Jiro Usukura

Nagoya University Hospital — Japan

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Retinal Development and Disorders(37), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research(27), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications(15), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions(13), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics(13)

Publications186 total

Morphological analysis of the behaviour of influenza A virus genome vRNPs (ribonucleoproteins) in host cells by advanced immuno-freeze-etch electron microscopy
2025Open Access
Pivotal roles of Plasmodium falciparum lysophospholipid acyltransferase 1 in cell cycle progression and cytostome internalization
Communications Biology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Advanced Freeze-Replica Methods for Virus Cell Biology
Methods in molecular biology·2025
Influenza A virus exploits the motility of membrane cytoskeletal actomyosin filaments for its genome packaging in the host cell
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Pivotal roles of <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> lysophospholipid acyltransferase 1 in cell cycle progression and cytostome internalization
2024Open Access
Influenza A virus uses actomyosin for genome packaging at the cell membrane
Research Square (Research Square)·2023Open Access
Budding pouches and associated bubbles: 3D visualization of exo-membrane structures in plasmodium falciparum gametocytes
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology·2022· 2 citedOpen Access
Atomic Force Imaging of Cell Membrane
MEMBRANE·2022
A cryo-TSEM with temperature cycling capability allows deep sublimation of ice to uncover fine structures in thick cells
Scientific Reports·2021· 2 citedOpen Access
Development of a New cryo-S(T)EM Technique Allowing Simultaneous STEM and SEM Imaging and its Application to Biological Samples
Research Square (Research Square)·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
A prospective mechanism and source of cholesterol uptake by Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes co-cultured with HepG2 cells
Parasitology International·2020· 12 cited
Improved unroofing protocols for cryo-electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy and freeze-etching electron microscopy and the associated mechanisms
Microscopy·2020· 14 cited
Calreticulin protects insulin against reductive stress in vitro and in MIN6 cells
Biochimie·2020· 7 cited
カルレチクリンはin vitroおよびMIN6細胞における還元ストレスに対してインスリンを保護する【JST・京大機械翻訳】
Biochimie·2020
A method to selectively internalise submicrometer boron carbide particles into cancer cells using surface transferrin conjugation for developing a new boron neutron capture therapy agent
Journal of Experimental Nanoscience·2019· 25 citedOpen Access
Unroofing Methods to Observe Membrane Cytoskeleton in Atomic Force Microscopy
Seibutsu Butsuri·2019Open Access
Development of an Easy-to-Use Cryo-Electron Microscope for Simultaneous Observation of SEM and Transmission Images
Microscopy and Microanalysis·2018· 1 citedOpen Access
Cutting Edge of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) of the Cell: From Live Cell Imaging to High-resolution Structural Analysis of Cytoskeletal Actin Filaments
Microscopy and Microanalysis·2018Open Access
1S-A1-1Development of an Easy-to-use Cryo-electron Microscope for Simultaneous Observation of SEM and Transmission Images
Microscopy·2017
A Cryosectioning Technique for the Observation of Intracellular Structures and Immunocytochemistry of Tissues in Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
Scientific Reports·2017· 14 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Yuji Nishizawa(8), Akio Yamazaki(6), Fumio Hayashi(5), Nobuhiro Morone(4), Takashi Wakabayashi(4), Shu Kachi(4), Kozo Kaibuchi(3), Mineo Kondo(3), Yoshiaki Hirako(3), Katsushi Owaribe(3), Yasushi Shiomi(3), Chikashi Obuse(3), Toshiki Tsurimoto(3), Eichi Yamada(3), Toshimichi Shinohara(3), Shöichiro Tsukita(3), H Ishikawa(3), V. A. Bondarenko(3), Matsuyo Yamazaki(3), Tomoko Maeda(3)