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    DNA barcoding and gene expression recording reveal the presence of cancer cells with unique properties during tumor progression

    Tumors comprise diverse cancer cell populations with specific capabilities for adaptation to the tumor microenvironment, resistance to anticancer treatments, and metastatic dissemination. However, whether thes...

    Yuka Umeki, Noriaki Ogawa, Yuko Uegaki, Kotaro Saga in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (2022)

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    Author Correction: Evaluation of HPV16 E7 expression in head and neck carcinoma cell lines and clinical specimens

    An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

    Koji Kitamura, Keisuke Nimura, Rie Ito, Kotaro Saga, Hidenori Inohara in Scientific Reports (2021)

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    A simple method using CRISPR-Cas9 to knock-out genes in murine cancerous cell lines

    CRISPR-Cas9 system can be used to generate knock-out cancer cell lines. An insertion or deletion induced by a single guide RNA (gRNA) is often used to generate knock-out cells, however, some cells express the ...

    Airi Ishibashi, Kotaro Saga, Yuuta Hisatomi, Yue Li, Yasufumi Kaneda in Scientific Reports (2020)

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    Evaluation of HPV16 E7 expression in head and neck carcinoma cell lines and clinical specimens

    Human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 infection in the oropharynx is one of the major risk factors for oropharyngeal carcinoma. Although the HPV E6 and E7 proteins are known to have a role in head and neck carcinogene...

    Koji Kitamura, Keisuke Nimura, Rie Ito, Kotaro Saga, Hidenori Inohara in Scientific Reports (2020)

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    NANOG helps cancer cells escape NK cell attack by downregulating ICAM1 during tumorigenesis

    At the beginning of tumorigenesis, newly born cancer cells must successfully avoid attack by the immune system. Although most abnormal cells are efficiently identified and destroyed by the immune system, parti...

    Kotaro Saga, **hee Park, Keisuke Nimura in Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer … (2019)

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    Methyl-beta cyclodextrin alters the production and infectivity of Sendai virus

    Cellular membrane cholesterol has been shown to support various membrane proteins. However, the role and function of membrane cholesterol in viral production are still unclear. Here, we investigated the effect...

    Hiroshi Fujita, Katsuto Tamai, Masako Kawachi, Kotaro Saga in Archives of Virology (2011)