List of Selected Publications

1. Tatsukawa, H., Fukaya, Y., Frampton, G., Martinez-Fuentes, A., Suzuki, K., Kuo, T.-F., Nagatsuma, K., Shimokado, K., Okuno, M., Wu, J., lismaa, S., Matsuura, T., Tsukamoto, H., Zern, M. A., Graham, R. M., and Kojima, S.:
   "Role of transglutaminase 2 in liver injury via crosslinking and silencing of transcription factor, Sp1."
   Gastroenterology., 136: 1783-1795 (2009)
2. Tsuzuki, S., Wada, A., and Ito, Y.:
   "Photo-immobilization of biological components on gold-coated chips for measurements using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM)"
   Biotechnol. Bioeng. 102: 700-707 (2009)
3. Komatsu T., Kawaide H., Saito C., Yamagami A., Shimada S., Nakazawa M., Matsui M., Nakano A., Tsujimoto M., Natsume M., Abe H., Asami T., and Nakano T.:
   "The chloroplast protein BPG2 functions in brassinosteroid-mediated post-transcriptional accumulation of chloroplast rRNA."
   The Plant Journal., 61: 409-422 (2010)
4. Mukhopadhyay, B., Liu, J. Osei-Hyiaman, D., Godlewski, G., Mukhopadhyay, P., Wang, L., Jeong, W., Gao, B., Duester, G., Mackie, K., Kojima, S., and Kunos, G.:
   "Transcriptional regulation of cannabinoid receptor-1 expression in the liver by retinoic acid acting via retinoic acid receptor-γ."
   J. Biol. Chem. 285(25):19002-19011 (2010)
5. Furumai R , Uchida K, Komi Y, Yoneyama M, Ishigami K, Watanabe H, Kojima S, and Yoshida M.:
   "Spliceostatin A blocks angiogenesis by inhibiting global gene expression including VEGF"
   Cancer Science 101(11): 2483-2489 (2010)
6. Tatsukawa H, Sano T, Fukaya Y, Ishibashi N, Watanabe M, Okuno M, Moriwaki H and Kojima S.:
   "Dual induction of caspase 3- and transglutaminase-dependent apoptosis by acyclic retinoid in hepatocellular carcinoma cells."
   Mol Cancer. 10: 4 (11pages) (2011)
7. Y. Ogiso, K. Tsuneizumi, N. Masuda, M. Sato and T. Tabata.:
   "Robustness of the Dpp morphogen activity gradient depends on negative feedback regulation by the inhibitory Smad, Dad."
   Develop. Growth and Differ. 53(5) : 668-678 (2011)
8. A. Ohnishi, J. J. Hull, M. Kaji, K. Hashimoto, J. M. Lee, K. Tsuneizumi, T. Suzuki, N. Dohmae, and S. Matsumoto.:
   "Hormone signaling linked to silkmoth sex pheromone biosynthesis involves Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII)-mediated phosphorylation of the insect PAT family protein Bombyx mori lipid storage droplet protein-1 (BmLSD1)"
   J. Biol. Chem. 286(27) : 24101-24112 (2011)
9. E. Matsuo, T. Nagamine, S. Matsumoto and K. Tsuneizumi.:
   "Drosophila GTPase Nucleostemin 2 changes cellular distribution during larval development and GTP-binding motif is essential for the nucleoplasmic localization."
   Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 75(8) : 1511-1515 (2011)
10. Kuo TF, Tatsukawa H, Matsuura T, Nagatsuma K, Hirose S and Kojima S.:
    "Free fatty acids induce transglutaminase 2-dependent apoptosis in hepatocytes via ER stress-stimulated PERK pathways"
    J Cell Physiol. 227: 1130-1137 (2012)

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