List of Selected Publications

1. Suga, H., Kadoshima, T., Minaguchi, M., Ohgushi, M., Soen, M.,Nakano, T., Takata, N., Wataya, T., Muguruma, K., Miyoshi, H., Yonemura, S., Oiso, Y. & Sasai, Y.:
   "Self-formation of functional adeno-hypophysis in three-dimensional culture."
   Nature 480, 57-62 (2011)
2. Eiraku, M., Takata, N., Ishibashi, H., Kawada, M., Sakakura, E., Okuda, S., Sekiguchi, K., Adachi, T. and Sasai, Y.:
   "Self-organizing optic-cup morphogenesis in three-dimensional culture. "
   Nature 472, 51-56 .(2011)
3. Kamiya, D., Banno, S., Sasai, N., Ohgushi, M., Watanabe, K., Kawada, M., Yakura, R., Jakt , L.M., Nishikawa, S. and Sasai. Y.:
   "Intrinsic transition of ES cell differentiation into neural progenitors."
   Nature 470, 503-509 (2011)
4. Aramaki, T., Sasai, N., Yakura, R., Sasai, Y.:
   "Jiraiya attenuates BMP signaling by interfering with type II BMP receptors in neuroectodermal patterning."
   Dev Cell 19, 547-561 (2010).
5. Muguruma, K., Nishiyama, A., Ono, Y., Miyawaki, H., Mizuhara, E., Hori, S., Kakizuka, A., Obata, K., Yanagawa, Y., Hirano, T., Sasai, Y.:
   "Ontogeny-recapitulating generation and tissue integration of ES cell-derived Purkinje cells."
   Nature Neuroscience 13, 1171-1181 (2010).
6. Ohgushi, M., Matsumura, M., Eiraku, M., Murakami, K., Aramaki, T., Nishiyama, A., Muguruma, K., Nakano, T., Suga, H., Ueno, M., Ishizaki, T., Suemori, H., Narumiya, S., Niwa, H. and Sasai, Y.:
   "Molecular Pathway and Cell State Responsible for Dissociation-Induced Apoptosis in Human Embryonic Stem Cells."
   Cell Stem Cell 7, 225-39 (2010)
7. Takai, A., Inomata, H., Arakawa, A., Yakura, R., Matsuo-Takasaki, M., Sasai, Y.:
   "Anterior neural development requires Del1, a matrix-associated protein that attenuates canonical Wnt signaling via the Ror2 pathway."
   Development 137, 3293-3302 (2010).
8. Eiraku, M, Watanabe, K., Matsuo-Takasaki, M., Kawada, M., Yonemura, S., Matsumura, M., Wataya, T., Nishiyama, A., Muguruma, K. and Sasai, Y.:
   "Self-Organized Formation of Polarized Cortical Tissues from ES cells and its Active Manipulation by Extrinsic Signals."
   Cell Stem Cell 3, 519-532 (2008).
9. Wataya, T., Ando, S., Muguruma, K., Ikeda, H., Watanabe, K., Eiraku, M., Kawada, M., Takahashi, J., Hashimoto, N. and Sasai, Y.:
   "Minimization of Exogenous Signals in ES Cell Culture Induces Rostral Hypothalamic Differentiation."
   Proc Natl Acd Sci USA 105, 11796-11801. (2008).
10. Inomata, H., Haraguchi, T. and Sasai, Y.:
    "Robust Stability of the Embryonic Dorsal Axial Pattern Requires ONT1, a Secreted Scaffold for Chordin Degradation."
    Cell 134, 854-865 (2008).

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