Akira Sawa

S-nitrosylated GAPDH initiates apoptotic cell death by nuclear translocation following Siah1 binding

Makoto R. Hara, Nishant Agrawal, Sangwon F. Kim et al. · Nature Cell Biology · 2005 · 1.1K citations

Signal Transduction, Cell Regulation, Natural Sciences +12

Increased Levels of Glutamate in Brains from Patients with Mood Disorders

Kenji Hashimoto, Akira Sawa, Masaomi Iyo · Biological Psychiatry · 2007 · 600 citations

Neuropsychology, Psychiatry, Neurophysiology +12

A schizophrenia-associated mutation of DISC1 perturbs cerebral cortex development

Atsushi Kamiya, Ken‐ichiro Kubo, Toshifumi Tomoda et al. · Nature Cell Biology · 2005 · 536 citations

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Brain Development, Psychotic Disorder +10

Haem oxygenase-1 prevents cell death by regulating cellular iron

Christopher D. Ferris, Samie R. Jaffrey, Akira Sawa et al. · Nature Cell Biology · 1999 · 510 citations

Biochemistry, Heme Homeostasis, Heme Degradation +9

p53 Mediates Cellular Dysfunction and Behavioral Abnormalities in Huntington’s Disease

Byoung-Il Bae, Hong Xu, Shuichi Igarashi et al. · Neuron · 2005 · 481 citations · Full text

Neurodegenerative Diseases, Medicine, Degenerative Disease +6