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    NSUN3-mediated mitochondrial tRNA 5-formylcytidine modification is essential for embryonic development and respiratory complexes in mice

    In mammalian mitochondria, translation of the AUA codon is supported by 5-formylcytidine (f5C) modification in the mitochondrial methionine tRNA anticodon. The 5-formylation is initiated by NSUN3 methylase. Human...

    Yoshitaka Murakami, Fan-Yan Wei, Yoshimi Kawamura in Communications Biology (2023)

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    Resistance to chemical carcinogenesis induction via a dampened inflammatory response in naked mole-rats

    Naked mole-rats (NMRs) have a very low spontaneous carcinogenesis rate, which has prompted studies on the responsible mechanisms to provide clues for human cancer prevention. However, it remains unknown whethe...

    Kaori Oka, Shusuke Fujioka, Yoshimi Kawamura, Yoshihiro Komohara in Communications Biology (2022)

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    Isolation and characterization of neural stem/progenitor cells in the subventricular zone of the naked mole-rat brain

    The naked mole-rat (NMR) is the longest-lived rodent with a maximum lifespan of more than 37 years and shows a negligible senescence phenotype, suggesting that tissue stem cells of NMRs are highly capable of m...

    Yuki Yamamura, Yoshimi Kawamura, Yuki Oiwa, Kaori Oka in Inflammation and Regeneration (2021)

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    Characterization of an active LINE-1 in the naked mole-rat genome

    Naked mole-rats (NMRs, Heterocephalus glaber) are the longest-living rodent species. A reason for their long lifespan is pronounced cancer resistance. Therefore, researchers believe that NMRs have unknown secrets...

    Shunichi Yamaguchi, Shizuka Nohara, Yuki Nishikawa, Yusuke Suzuki in Scientific Reports (2021)

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    Characterization of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis in the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), a heterothermic mammal

    The naked mole-rat (NMR) is a heterothermic mammal that forms eusocial colonies consisting of one reproductive female (queen), several reproductive males, and subordinates. Despite their heterothermy, NMRs pos...

    Yuki Oiwa, Kaori Oka, Hironobu Yasui, Kei Higashikawa, Hidemasa Bono in Scientific Reports (2020)

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    Flow cytometric identification and cell-line establishment of macrophages in naked mole-rats

    Naked mole rats (NMRs) have extraordinarily long lifespans and anti-tumorigenic capability. Recent studies of humans and mice have shown that many age-related diseases, including cancer, are strongly correlate...

    Haruka Wada, Yuhei Shibata, Yurika Abe, Ryo Otsuka, Nanami Eguchi in Scientific Reports (2019)

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    Protocadherin-αC2 is required for diffuse projections of serotonergic axons

    Serotonergic axons extend diffuse projections throughout various brain areas, and serotonergic system disruption causes neuropsychiatric diseases. Loss of the cytoplasmic region of protocadherin-α (Pcdh-α) fam...

    Shota Katori, Yukiko Noguchi-Katori, Atsushi Okayama in Scientific Reports (2017)

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    Tumour resistance in induced pluripotent stem cells derived from naked mole-rats

    The naked mole-rat (NMR, Heterocephalus glaber), which is the longest-lived rodent species, exhibits extraordinary resistance to cancer. Here we report that NMR somatic cells exhibit a unique tumour-suppressor re...

    Shingo Miyawaki, Yoshimi Kawamura, Yuki Oiwa, Atsushi Shimizu in Nature Communications (2016)

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    Split single-cell RT-PCR analysis of Purkinje cells

    This protocol details a method for analyzing the expression of multiple genes from a single Purkinje neuron, including the determination of whether the gene expression is monoallelic or biallelic. The protocol...

    Shigeyuki Esumi, Ryosuke Kaneko, Yoshimi Kawamura, Takeshi Yagi in Nature Protocols (2006)