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Curtis Okamoto

Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern …
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Targeting receptor-mediated endocytotic pathways with nanoparticles: rationale and advances

S Xu, BZ Olenyuk, CT Okamoto… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
Targeting of drugs and their carrier systems by using receptor-mediated endocytotic
pathways was in its nascent stages 25years ago. In the intervening years, an explosion of …

Lasp-1 binds to non-muscle F-actin in vitro and is localized within multiple sites of dynamic actin assembly in vivo

…, JA Parente Jr, S Tarrer, C Okamoto… - Journal of cell …, 2002 - journals.biologists.com
Lasp-1 has been identified as a signaling molecule that is phosphorylated upon elevation of
[cAMP]i in pancreas, intestine and gastric mucosa and is selectively expressed in cells …

Plasma membrane protein sorting in polarized epithelial cells.

…, G Apodaca, B Aroeti, C Okamoto - The Journal of cell …, 1992 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
PATIAL asymmetry is fundamental to the structure and function ofmost eukaryotic cells. A basic
aspect of this polarity is that the cell's plasma membrane is divided into discrete domains. …

Oligomeric α-synuclein is increased in basal tears of Parkinson's patients

SF Hamm-Alvarez, CT Okamoto, SR Janga… - Biomarkers in …, 2019 - Future Medicine
Aim: Secretion of proteins into basal tears of Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients may be
altered by changes in nerve function. Materials & methods: Oligomeric α-Syn Oligo and total α-…

Structure, function, and molecular modeling approaches to the study of the intestinal dipeptide transporter PepT1

…, S Hamm‐Alvarez, CT Okamoto… - Journal of …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
The proton‐coupled intestinal dipeptide transporter, PepT1, has 707 amino acids, 12 putative
transmembrane domains (TMD), and is of importance in the transport of nutritional di‐ and …

Endocytosis and transcytosis

CT Okamoto - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 1998 - Elsevier
Vesicular coat proteins mediate the formation of nascent vesicles and select the cargo to be
incorporated therein. As additional coat proteins are discovered that regulate vesicular traffic …

Levels of oligomeric α-Synuclein in reflex tears distinguish Parkinson's disease patients from healthy controls

…, D Freire, WJ Mack, CT Okamoto… - Biomarkers in …, 2019 - Future Medicine
Aim: Due to active engagement of sensory and afferent nerve fibers in reflex tearing which
could be affected in Parkinson's disease (PD), we tested reflex tears as a source of potential …

Topical Review: Vesicular trafficking machinery, the actin cytoskeleton, and H+‐K+‐ATPase recycling in the gastric parietal cell

CT Okamoto, JG Forte - The Journal of physiology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Gastric HCl secretion by the parietal cell involves the secretagogue‐regulated re‐cycling of
the H + –K + ‐ATPase at the apical membrane. The trafficking of the H + –K + ‐ATPase and …

Adaptor protein complex 2–mediated, clathrin‐dependent endocytosis, and related gene activities, are a prominent feature during maturation stage amelogenesis

…, SP Lyngstadaas, CT Okamoto… - Journal of Bone and …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Molecular events defining enamel matrix removal during amelogenesis are poorly
understood. Early reports have suggested that adaptor proteins (AP) participate in ameloblast‐…

Determination of protein regions responsible for interactions of amelogenin with CD63 and LAMP1

YM Zou, HJ Wang, JL Shapiro, CT Okamoto… - Biochemical …, 2007 - portlandpress.com
The enamel matrix protein amelogenin is secreted by ameloblasts into the extracellular
space to guide the formation of highly ordered hydroxyapatite mineral crystallites, and, …