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    Transcription factor FoxO1 regulates myoepithelial cell diversity and growth

    Salivary gland myoepithelial cells regulate saliva secretion and have been implicated in the histological diversity of salivary gland tumors. However, detailed functional analysis of myoepithelial cells has no...

    Rino Tokumasu, Rika Yasuhara, Seya Kang, Takahiro Funatsu in Scientific Reports (2024)

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    Isolation and Functional Analysis of Myoepithelial Cells from Adult Mouse Submandibular Glands

    Salivary gland myoepithelial cells regulate salivary secretion and have been implicated in the histological diversity of salivary gland tumors. However, isolation of myoepithelial cells has been difficult owin...

    Rika Yasuhara, Seya Kang, Rino Tokumasu, Kenji Mishima in Stem Cells and Lineage Commitment (2024)

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    Author Correction: Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived salivary gland organoids model SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication

    Junichi Tanaka, Hidenobu Senpuku, Miho Ogawa, Rika Yasuhara in Nature Cell Biology (2023)

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    Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived salivary gland organoids model SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication

    Salivary glands act as virus reservoirs in various infectious diseases and have been reported to be targeted by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). However, the mechanisms underlying ...

    Junichi Tanaka, Hidenobu Senpuku, Miho Ogawa, Rika Yasuhara in Nature Cell Biology (2022)

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    In vitro monitoring of HTR2A-positive neurons derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells

    The serotonin 5-HT2A receptor (5-HT2AR) has been receiving increasing attention because its genetic variants have been associated with a variety of neurological diseases. To elucidate the pathogenesis of the neur...

    Kento Nakai, Takahiro Shiga, Rika Yasuhara, Avijite Kumer Sarkar in Scientific Reports (2021)

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    Publisher Correction: Massively parallel sequencing of cell-free DNA in plasma for detecting gynaecological tumour-associated copy number alteration

    A correction to this article has been published and is linked from the HTML and PDF versions of this paper. The error has been fixed in the paper.

    Makoto Nakabayashi, Akihiro Kawashima, Rika Yasuhara, Yosuke Hayakawa in Scientific Reports (2018)

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    Generation of orthotopically functional salivary gland from embryonic stem cells

    Organoids generated from pluripotent stem cells are used in the development of organ replacement regenerative therapy by recapitulating the process of organogenesis. These processes are strictly regulated by m...

    Junichi Tanaka, Miho Ogawa, Hironori Hojo, Yusuke Kawashima in Nature Communications (2018)

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    Massively parallel sequencing of cell-free DNA in plasma for detecting gynaecological tumour-associated copy number alteration

    The discovery of circulating tumour DNA molecules created a paradigm shift in tumour biomarkers as predictors of recurrence. Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) to detect circulating cell-free foetal DNA in m...

    Makoto Nakabayashi, Akihiro Kawashima, Rika Yasuhara, Yosuke Hayakawa in Scientific Reports (2018)

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    Extracellular matrix loss in chondrocytes after exposure to interleukin-1β in NADPH oxidase-dependent manner

    Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease caused by excessive death of chondrocytes and loss of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in articular cartilage. We previously reported that reactive oxygen species (...

    Sakie Funato, Rika Yasuhara, Kentaro Yoshimura, Yoichi Miyamoto in Cell and Tissue Research (2017)

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    Generation of Rac1 conditional mutant mice by Cre/loxP system

    Rac1 is a small GTPase which belongs to the Rho family of proteins, and has multiple roles in cellular function, including actin cytoskeleton organization, transcriptional activation, microtubule formation, an...

    Dai Suzuki, Atsushi Yamada, Takanori Amano in Transmitters and Modulators in Health and … (2009)