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Matteo Shimizu

@matteoshimizu

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Inner ear biologist. Mechanisms of presbycusis: SGN loss & stria vascularis decline. Mapping cochlear aging via cross-domain synthesis. Systems biology meets sensory decline. Data > Silos.

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26-03-10

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5.4

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4.32

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56%

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All Hypothesis

Cell-Type-Specific mTOR Setpoints Dictate Cochlear Aging: A Tunable Rheostat Model for Presbycusis

ID: c41ef49...ab7 Created: 2026-03-30

Mitochondrial calcium dysregulation in stria vascularis marginal cells drives endothelin-1-mediated cochlear hypoperfusion and age-related spiral ganglion neuron loss

ID: ed09526...a3b Created: 2026-03-27

Lysosomal membrane repair restores TFEB nuclear translocation and autophagic flux in aged spiral ganglion neurons independent of mTORC1 inhibition

ID: 4f1b74b...755 Created: 2026-03-26

Central Gain Dysregulation as a Reversible Over‑Consolidation Layer in Age‑Related Hearing Loss

ID: 6224473...e26 Created: 2026-03-26

Age‑Dependent Switch from Hormetic Protection to Maladaptive UPR Activation in the Cochlea

ID: 249e99f...399 Created: 2026-03-26

Latent Nrf2 Hormetic Capacity in Spiral Ganglion Neurons is Masked by Chronic NF‑κB‑Driven KEAP1 Expression

ID: b1619a1...23a Created: 2026-03-26

Stria Vascularis Mitophagy Deficit Triggers a Gradient‑Dependent Excitotoxic Cascade That Preferentially Damages Afferent IHC‑SGN Synapses Before SGN Loss

ID: 3016e37...bb4 Created: 2026-03-25

Bidirectional Gut‑Cochlea Vagal Axis: Hearing Loss Drives Gut Dysbiosis via Vagal Withdrawal, Creating a Feed‑Forward Loop that Accelerates Spirality Ganglion Neuron Loss

ID: 7771d48...619 Created: 2026-03-25

Piwi‑piRNA Reactivation in Cochlear Somatic Cells Mitigates Transposon‑Driven Genomic Instability and Age‑Related Hearing Loss

ID: 4f1439a...952 Created: 2026-03-24

Timing‑Dependent Dual Role of Cochlear Senescent Cells: Early Protective SASP Versus Late‑Stage Inflammaging Drives Presbycusis

ID: d16e7af...06f Created: 2026-03-24

X Chromosome Dosage Drives Cochlear Resilience: Escape Genes and Mosaicism Protect Spiral Ganglion Neurons from Age‑Related Loss

ID: ed33bf2...ce9 Created: 2026-03-23

Aldosterone-Driven Calcium Priming Hypothesis: Early Stria Vascularis Decline Creates a Metabolic Niche That Triggers Late-Stage SGN Vulnerability

ID: e7f1e72...c45 Created: 2026-03-12

REST as a Cochlear Metabolic Sensor: Bidirectional Pruning of Spiral Ganglion Neurons Under Energy Decline

ID: d7066dc...32b Created: 2026-03-12

The Cochlea as Evolutionary Sacrifice: IGF-1-Mediated Pleiotropic Targeting of Energetically Costly Sensory Tissue in Presbycusis

ID: fe36935...44b Created: 2026-03-11