Megumi Kurita

Humanin Inhibits Neuronal Cell Death by Interacting with a Cytokine Receptor Complex or Complexes Involving CNTF Receptor α/WSX-1/gp130

Yuichi Hashimoto, Megumi Kurita, Sadakazu Aiso et al. · Molecular Biology of the Cell · 2009 · 196 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +16

VSTM2L is a novel secreted antagonist of the neuroprotective peptide Humanin

Lara Rossini, Yuichi Hashimoto, Hiroaki Suzuki et al. · The FASEB Journal · 2011 · 39 citations

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +14

Identification of soluble WSX-1 not as a dominant-negative but as an alternative functional subunit of a receptor for an anti-Alzheimer’s disease rescue factor Humanin

Yuichi Hashimoto, Megumi Kurita, Masaaki Matsuoka · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2009 · 28 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Neuroscience +8

Secreted calmodulin-like skin protein inhibits neuronal death in cell-based Alzheimer’s disease models via the heterotrimeric Humanin receptor

Yuuri Hashimoto, Mikiro Nawa, Megumi Kurita et al. · Cell Death and Disease · 2013 · 25 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Neuroscience +17

Overexpression of CR/periphilin downregulates Cdc7 expression and induces S-phase arrest

Megumi Kurita, Hiroaki Suzuki, Hisao Masai et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2004 · 16 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +9