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Fumihiko Urano

Researcher at Washington University in St. Louis

Publications -  149
Citations -  18195

Fumihiko Urano is an academic researcher from Washington University in St. Louis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Unfolded protein response & Endoplasmic reticulum. The author has an hindex of 48, co-authored 133 publications receiving 16108 citations. Previous affiliations of Fumihiko Urano include University of Massachusetts Boston & University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Coupling of stress in the ER to activation of JNK protein kinases by transmembrane protein kinase IRE1.

TL;DR: Malfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum induce cellular stress and activate c-Jun amino-terminal kinases (JNKs or SAPKs), and Mammalian homologs of yeast IRE1, which activate chaperone genes in response to ER stress, also activated JNK, and I RE1alpha-/- fibroblasts were impaired in JNK activation by ER stress.
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IRE1 couples endoplasmic reticulum load to secretory capacity by processing the XBP-1 mRNA

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that mutations in either ire-1 or the transcription-factor-encoding xbp-1 gene abolished the UPR in Caenorhabditis elegans, suggesting that physiological ER load regulates a developmental decision in higher eukaryotes.
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Transcriptional and Translational Control in the Mammalian Unfolded Protein Response

TL;DR: Together, these two components adapt the secretory apparatus to physiological load and protect cells from the consequences of protein malfolding.
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Measuring ER stress and the unfolded protein response using mammalian tissue culture system

TL;DR: The current methods to measure ER stress levels, UPR activation, and subsequent pathways in mammalian cells will assist in understanding the UPR and its contribution to ER stress-related disorders such as diabetes and neurodegeneration.