Prof. ARAKI

• Professor
  • Nobukazu ARAKI, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• Lecturer
  • Youhei EGAMI, Ph.D.
• Assistant Professor
  • Katsuhisa KAWAI, Ph.D.

• Studies on spatiotemporal regulation of phagocytosis and macropinocytosis by small GTPases and phosphoinositides.
• Optogenetics (photo-manipulation) of G-protein molecular switches and signaling in live cells.

• Rab10-Positive Tubular Structures Represent a Novel Endocytic Pathway That Diverges From Canonical Macropinocytosis in RAW264 Macrophages.
  Kawai K, et al. Front Immunol. 12:649600. (2021).
• Rac1 switching at the right time and location is essential for Fcγ receptor-mediated phagosome formation.
  Ikeda Y, et al. J. Cell Sci. 130(15):2530-2540. (2017).
• RhoC regulates the actin remodeling required for phagosome formation during FcγR-mediated phagocytosis.
  Egami Y, et al. J. Cell Sci. 130(24):4168-4179. (2017).

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