Electroporation Publications

CUY21 Electroporator Range 

[2007]
Hepatocyte Growth Factor Promotes Colonic Epithelial Regeneration via Akt Signaling
Masami Kanayama ¹, Terumi Takahara ¹ (E-mail: terutaka-tym@umin.ac.jp), Yutaka Yata ¹, Feng Xue ¹, Eiji Shinno ¹, Kazunobu Nonome ¹, Hiroshi Kudo ¹, Kengo Kawai ¹, Takahiko Kudo ¹, Yoshiaki Tabuchi ², Akiharu Watanabe ³ and Toshiro Sugiyama ^1
1 Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
² Life Science Research Center, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
³ Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Okayama, Japan
American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointest Liver Physiology, 5 April 2007

Identification of XAGE-1 isoforms: predominant expression of XAGE-1b in testis and tumors
Shuichiro Sato ^{1, 2} (E-mail: sato-s@md.okayama-u.ac.jp), Yuji Noguchi ¹, Nobuya Ohara ³, Akiko Uenaka ¹, Michihide Shimono ¹, Kazuhiko Nakagawa ¹, Fumihito Koizumi ¹, Toshiaki Ishida ¹, Tadashi Yoshino ³, Yasushi Shiratori ² and Eiichi Nakayama ^1
1 Department of Immunology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
² Department of Gastroenterology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
³ Department of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
Cancer Immunity, Volume 7, 5 March 2007

SOCS3 is required to temporally fine-tune photoreceptor cell differentiation
Yoko Ozawa ^{1, 2}, Keiko Nakao ^{2, 3, 4}, Takuya Shimazaki ^{2, 3, 4}, Shigeto Shimmura ¹, Toshihide Kurihara ^{1, 2}, Susumu Ishida ¹, Akihiko Yoshimura ⁵, Kazuo Tsubota ¹ and Hideyuki Okano ^{2, 3, 4} (E-mail: hidokano@sc.itc.keio.ac.jp)
¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
² Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
³ Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), 4-1-8, Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitaima 332-0012, Japan
⁴ Solution Oriented Research for Science and Technology (SORST), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), 4-1-8, Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitaima 332-0012, Japan
⁵ Division of Molecular and Cellular Immunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
Developmental Biology, Volume 303, Issue 2, Pages 591-600, 15 March 2007

An Improved Graves' Disease Model Established by Using in Vivo Electroporation Exhibited Long-Term Immunity to Hyperthyroidism in BALB/c Mice
Toshio Kaneda ¹, Asako Honda ¹, Atsushi Hakozaki ¹, Tetsuya Fuse ¹, Akihiro Muto ¹ and Tadashi Yoshida ¹ (E-mail: tyoshida@hoshi.ac.jp)
¹ Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Hoshi University, Shinagawa, Tokyo 142-0581, Japan
Endocrinology, Volume 148, Issue 5, Pages 2335-2344, May 2007

Therapeutic RNA interference of malignant melanoma by electrotransfer of small interfering RNA targeting Mitf
N Nakai ^{1, 2}, T Kishida ², M Shin-Ya ², J Imanishi ², Y Ueda ³, S Kishimoto ¹ and O Mazda ² (E-mail: mazda@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp)
¹ Department of Dermatology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
² Department of Microbiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
³ Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Gene Therapy, Volume 14, Number 4, Pages 357-365, February 2007

Design of PCR-amplified DNA fragments for in vivo gene delivery: Size-dependency on stability and transgene expression
Kazuhiro Hirata ¹, Makiya Nishikawa ¹, Naoki Kobayashi ¹, Yuki Takahashi ¹ and Yoshinobu Takakura ¹ (E-mail: takakura@pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
¹ Department of Biopharmaceutics and Drug Metabolism, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 23 March 2007

Transfer of spermatogenesis-related cDNAs into eel testis germ-somatic cell coculture pellets by electroporation: Methods for analysis of gene function
C. Miura ^{1, 2} (E-mail: miutake@agr.ehime-u.ac.jp), R. Kuwahara ³, T. Miura ^{1, 2
1} Laboratory of Fish Reproductive Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
² Time Arrow and Biosignaling PRESTO Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan
³ Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Molecular Reproduction and Development, Volume 74, Issue 4, Pages 420-427, April 2007

In-vivo gene transfer into newly hatched chick brain by electroporation
Shinji Yamaguchi ¹, Sachiko Katagiri ¹, Naoki Hirose ¹, Yasuyuki Fujimoto ¹, Masahiro Mori ¹, Ikuko Fujii-Taira ², TatsuyaTakano ¹, Toshiya Matsushima ³ and Koichi J. Homma ¹ (E-mail: homma-kj@umin.ac.jp, hommakj@pharm.teikyo-u.ac.jp)
¹ Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Teikyo University, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
² Futai Special Laboratory, Microbial Chemistry Research Center, Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation, CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
³ Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
Neuroreport, Volume 18, Issue 8, Pages 735-739, 28 May 2007

Dual mode of paraxial mesoderm formation during chick gastrulation
Tadahiro Iimura ^{1, 2}, Xuesong Yang ^3, Cornelis J. Weijer ³, and Olivier Pourquie ^{1, 2} (E-mail: olp@stowers-institute.org)
¹ Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
² Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
³ Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, Wellcome Trust Biocentre, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, United Kingdom
PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America), Volume 104, Number 8, Pages 2744-2749, 20 February 2007

Electrical Stimulation Modulates Fate Determination of Differentiating Embryonic Stem Cells
Masahisa Yamada ^{1, 2}, Kentaro Tanemura ^{3, 4}, Seiji Okada ⁶, Akio Iwanami ⁶, Masaya Nakamura ⁷, Hideaki Mizuno ⁵, Michiru Ozawa ³, Ritsuko Ohyama-Goto ³, Naohito Kitamura ², Masako Kawano ¹, Kyoko Tan-Takeuchi ¹, Chiho Ohtsuka ³, Atsushi Miyawaki ⁵, Akihiko Takashima ⁴, Masaharu Ogawa ¹, Yoshiaki Toyama ⁷, Hideyuki Okano ⁶ and Takashi Kondo ³ (E-mail: tkondo@brain.riken.jp)
¹ Laboratory for Cell Culture Development, Brain Science Institute, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Saitama, Japan
² Yamada Research Unit, Molecular Neuropathology Group; Brain Science Institute, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Saitama, Japan
³ Kondo Research Unit, Brain Development Research Group, Brain Science Institute, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Saitama, Japan
⁴ Laboratory for Alzheimer's Disease, Brain Science Institute, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Saitama, Japan
⁵ Laboratory for Cell Function Dynamics, Brain Science Institute, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Saitama, Japan
⁶ Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
⁷ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Stem Cells, Volume 25, Number 3, Pages 562-570, March 2007

Myogenin and the SWI/SNF ATPase Brg1 Maintain Myogenic Gene Expression at Different Stages of Skeletal Myogenesis
Yasuyuki Ohkawa ¹, Saori Yoshimura ², Chiduru Higashi ², Concetta G. A. Marfella ¹, Caroline S. Dacwag ¹, Taro Tachibana ², and Anthony N. Imbalzano ¹ (E-mail: anthony.imbalzano@umassmed.edu)
¹ Department of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655
² Department of Bioengineering, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
JBC (The Journal of Biological Chemistry), Volume 282, Issue 9, Pages 6564-6570, 2 March 2007

Systemic Administration of IL-23 Induces Potent Antitumor Immunity Primarily Mediated through Th1-Type Response in Association with the Endogenously Expressed IL-12
Teruo Kaiga ^{1, 2}, Marimo Sato ¹ (E-mail: marimo@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp), Hide Kaneda ^{1, 3}, Yoichiro Iwakura ⁴, Tadatoshi Takayama ² and Hideaki Tahara 1
¹ Department of Surgery and Bioengineering, Advanced Clinical Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
² Division of Digestive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
³ Pediatric Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
⁴ Center of Experimental Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
The Journal of Immunology, Volume 178, Number 12, Pages 7571-7580, June 2007

Early Changes in KCC2 Phosphorylation in Response to Neuronal Stress Result in Functional Downregulation
Hiroaki Wake ^{1, 2}, Miho Watanabe ¹, Andrew J. Moorhouse ³, Takashi Kanematsu ⁴, Shoko Horibe ^{1, 6} Noriyuki Matsukawa ², Kiyofumi Asai ⁵, Kosei Ojika ², Masato Hirata ⁴ and Junichi Nabekura ^{1, 6, 7} (E-mail: nabekura@nips.ac.jp)
¹ Division of Homeostatic Development, National Institute of Physiological Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
² Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
³ Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
⁴ Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
⁵ Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
⁶ School of Life Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
⁷ Core Research for the Evolutionary Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
The Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 27, Issue 7, Pages 1642-1650, 14 February 2007

Cell-autonomous TrkB signaling in presynaptic retinal ganglion cells mediates axon arbor growth and synapse maturation during the establishment of retinotectal synaptic connectivity
Sonya Marshak ¹, Angeliki Maria Nikolakopoulou ¹, Ron Dirks ², Gerard J. Martens ² and Susana Cohen-Cory ¹ (E-mail: scohenco@uci.edu)
¹ Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
² Department of Molecular Animal Physiology, Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
The Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 27, Issue 10, Pages 2444-2456, 7 March 2007

Asymmetric Distribution of Prickle-Like 2 Reveals an Early Underlying Polarization of Vestibular Sensory Epithelia in the Inner Ear
Michael R. Deans ¹, Dragana Antic ^{2, 3}, Kaye Suyama ², Matthew P. Scott ², Jeffrey D. Axelrod ³ and Lisa V. Goodrich ¹ (E-mail: Lisa_Goodrich@hms.harvard.edu)
¹ Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
² Departments of Developmental Biology, Genetics, and Bioengineering, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
³ Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305
The Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 27, Issue 12, Pages 3139-3147, 21 March 2007

Changes in Sef Levels Influence Auditory Brainstem Development and Function
Victoria E. Abraira ^{1, *}, Naomi Hyun ^{1, *}, Andrew F. Tucker ^{1, *}, Donald E. Coling ³, M. Christian Brown ⁴, Cindy Lu ¹, Gregory R. Hoffman ² and Lisa V. Goodrich ¹ (E-mail: Lisa_Goodrich@hms.harvard.edu)
¹ Departments of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
² Departments of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
³ Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260
⁴ Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
* These three authors contributed equally to this work.
The Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 27, Issue 16, Pages 4273-4282, 18 April 2007

Zic1 and Zic3 Regulate Medial Forebrain Development through Expansion of Neuronal Progenitors
Takashi Inoue 1, Maya Ota ¹, Miyuki Ogawa ¹, Katsuhiko Mikoshiba ² and Jun Aruga ^1
1 Laboratory for Comparative Neurogenesis, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
² Laboratory for Developmental Neurobiology, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
The Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 27, Issue 20, Pages 5461-5473, 16 May 2007

[2004]
Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Is an Essential Inflammatory Mediator in Angiotensin II-Induced Progression of Established Atherosclerosis in Hypercholesterolemic Mice
Weihua Ni ¹, Shiro Kitamoto ¹, Minako Ishibashi ¹, Makoto Usui ¹, Shujiro Inoue ¹, Ken-ichi Hiasa ¹, Qingwei Zhao ¹, Ken-ichi Nishida ², Akira Takeshita ¹, Kensuke Egashira ¹ (E-mail: egashira@cardiol.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp)
¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
² New Product Research Laboratories, Dai-ichi Pharmaceutical Company, Tokyo, Japan
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, Volume 24, Issue 3, Pages 534-539, March 2004

In vivo gene transfer into the adult honeybee brain by using electroporation
Takekazu Kunieda ¹ and Takeo Kubo ¹ (E-mail: stkubo@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Volume 318, Issue 1, Pages 25-31, 21 May 2004

Techniques of signal generation required for electropermeabilization.
Survey of electropermeabilization devices
Marko Puc ¹, Selma Corovic ¹, Karel Flisar ¹, Marko Petkovsek ¹, Janez Nastran ¹ and Damijam Miklavcic ^1
1 University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Trzaska 25, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Bioelectrochemistry, Volume 64, Issue 2, Pages 113-124, September 2004

Synergistic antitumor effect of antiangiogenic factor genes on colon 26 produced by low-voltage electroporation
Masaya Uesato ¹, Yoshio Gunji ¹ (E-mail: gunjim9@faculty.chiba-u.jp), Takeshi Tomonaga ², Shinichi Miyazaki ¹, Tooru Shiratori ¹, Hisahiro Matsubara ¹, Teruo Kouzu ³, Hideaki Shimada ¹, Fumio Nomura ² and Takenori Ochiai ^1
1 Department of Academic Surgery (M9), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuou-ku, Chiba-city, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
² Department of Molecular Diagnosis (F8), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuou-ku, Chiba-city, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
³ Department of Endoscopic Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuou-ku, Chiba-city, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
Cancer Gene Therapy, Volume 11, Number 9, Pages 625-632, September 2004

Inhibition of RL male 1 tumor growth in BALB/c mice by introduction of the RLakt gene coding for antigen recognized by cytotoxic T-lymphocytes and the GM-CSF gene by in vivo electroporation
Motoyuki Tanaka ^{1, 2}, Masaharu Yamada ³, Toshiro Ono ¹, Yuji Noguchi ¹, Akiko Uenaka ¹, Seisuke Ota ^{1, 2}, Hidenori Hata ¹, Mine Harada ^{2, 4}, Mitsune Tanimoto ² and Eiichi Nakayama ¹ (E-mail: nakayama@md.okayama-u.ac.jp)
¹ Department of Immunology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
² Department of Internal Medicine II, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
³ Department of Surgery and Clinical Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
⁴ Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu Uni-versity Faculty of Medical Sciences, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582
Cancer Science, Volume 95, Issue 2, Page 154-159, February 2004

Blockade of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Suppresses Experimental Restenosis After Intraluminal Injury by Inhibiting Recruitment of Monocyte Lineage Cells
Kisho Ohtani ¹, Kensuke Egashira ¹ (E-mail: egashira@cardiol.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp), Ken-ichi Hiasa ¹, Qingwei Zhao ¹, Shiro Kitamoto ^{1, 2}, Minako Ishibashi ¹, Makoto Usui ¹, Shujiro Inoue ¹, Yoshikazu Yonemitsu ², Katsuo Sueishi ¹, Masataka Sata ³, Masabumi Shibuya ⁴ and Kenji Sunagawa ^1
1 Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka
² Departments of Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka
³ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo
⁴ Division of Genetics, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Circulation, Volume 110, Issue 16, Pages 2444-2452, 19 October 2004

Low-voltage electrochemotherapy with low-dose methotrexate enhances survival in mice with osteosarcoma.
Isobe Kenichi ¹, Shimizu Tominaga ¹, Nikaido Toshio ¹ and Takaoka Kunio ^1
1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Volume 426, Pages 226-231, September 2004

Navigation of trochlear motor axons along the midbrain-hindbrain boundary by neuropilin 2
Yuji Watanabe ^{1, 2} (E-mail: yuji@idac.tohoku.ac.jp), Reiko Toyoda ² and Harukazu Nakamura ^{1, 2
1} Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
² Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
Development, Volume 131, Issue 3, Pages 681-692, February 2004

Misrouting of mitral cell progenitors in the Pax6/small eyerat telencephalon
Tadashi Nomura and Noriko Osumi
Division of Developmental Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
Development, Volume 131, Issue 4, Pages 787-796, February 2004

Distinct roles of Rac1/Cdc42 and Rho/Rock for axon outgrowth and nucleokinesis of precerebellar neurons toward netrin 1
Frederic Causeret ¹, Matias Hidalgo-Sanchez ¹, Philippe Fort ², Stephanie Backer ¹, Michel-Robert Popoff ³, Cecile Gauthier-Rouviere ² and Evelyne Bloch-Gallego ¹ (E-mail: bloch-gallego@cochin.inserm.fr)
¹ Institut Cochin, GDPM, INSERM U567, CNRS 8104, Universite Paris V, CHU Cochin, 24 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014 Paris, France
² CRBM/CNRS FRE2593, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier Cedex, France
³ Institut Pasteur, Unite des Bacteries Anaerobies et Toxines, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
Development, Volume 131, Issue 12, Pages 2841-2852, June 2004

The Fgf8 signal causes cerebellar differentiation by activating the Ras-ERK signaling pathway
Tatsuya Sato ^{1, 2, *} and Harukazu Nakamura ^{1, 2} (E-mail: nakamura@idac.tohoku.ac.jp)
¹ Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Seiryo-machi 4-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
² Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Seiryo-machi 4-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
^* Present address: Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
Development, Volume 131, Issue 17, Pages 4275-4285, September 2004

Hes genes regulate size, shape and histogenesis of the nervous system by control of the timing of neural stem cell differentiation
Jun Hatakeyama 1, Yasumasa Bessho ^{1, *}, Kazuo Katoh ², Shigeo Ookawara ², Makio Fujioka ³, Francois Guillemo ⁴ and Ryoichiro Kageyama ¹ (E-mail: rkageyam@virus.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
¹ Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
² Department of Anatomy, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
³ Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
⁴ National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, NW7 1AA, UK
^* Present address: Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma 630-0101, Japan
Development, Volume 131, Issue 22, Pages 5539-5550, November 2004

Embryonic signaling centers expressing BMP, WNT and FGF proteins interact to pattern the cerebral cortex
Tomomi Shimogori ¹, Victoria Banuchi ¹, Hanyann Y. Ng ¹, Jonathan B. Strauss ¹ and Elizabeth A. Grove ¹ (E-mail: egrove@drugs.bsd.uchicago.edu)
¹ Department of Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Physiology, Committees on Neurobiology and Developmental Biology, University of Chicago, 947 E 58th Street, MC0926, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Development, Volume 131, Issue 22, Pages 5639-5647, November 2004

Multiple roles of Sox2, an HMG-box transcription factor in avian neural crest development
Yoshio Wakamatsu ^{1, 2}, Yukinori Endo ³, Noriko Osumi ³ and James A. Weston ^4
1 Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
² PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Japan
³ Japan Center for Translational and Advanced Animal Research on Human Diseases, Division of Developmental Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
⁴ Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Developmental Dynamics, Volume 229, Issue 1, Pages 74-86, January 2004

A primer on using in ovo electroporation to analyze gene function
Catherine E. Krull ^{1, *} (E-mail: krullc@missouri.edu)
¹ Biological Sciences, 108 Lefevre, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211
Developmental Dynamics, Volume 229, Issue 3, Pages 433-439, March 2004

Identification of a nonchordate-type classic cadherin in vertebrates: Chicken Hz-cadherin is expressed in horizontal cells of the neural retina and contains a nonchordate-specific domain complex
Koji Tanabe ^{1, 2}, Masatoshi Takeichi ^{1, 2} and Shinichi Nakagawa ^1
1 RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan
² Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Developmental Dynamics, Volume 229, Issue 4, Pages 899-906, April 2004

piggyBac-mediated somatic transformation of the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus
Yohei Shinmyo ¹, Taro Mito ¹, Takashi Matsushita ¹, Isao Sarashina ¹, Katsuyuki Miyawaki ¹, Hideyo Ohuchi ¹ and Sumihare Noji ¹ (E-mail: noji@bio.tokushima-u.ac.jp)
¹ Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima, 2-1 Minami-Jyosanjima-cho, Tokushima City 770-8506, Japan
Development Growth & Differentiation, Volume 46, Issue 4, Pages 343-349, August 2004

Gene Therapy for Central Diabetes Insipidus: Effective Antidiuresis by Muscle-Targeted Gene Transfer
Masanori Yoshida ¹, Yasumasa Iwasaki ² (E-mail: iwasakiy@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp), Masato Asai ¹, Takeshi Nigawara ² and Yutaka Oiso ^1
1 Departments of Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine and Hospital, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
² Department of Clinical Pathophysiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine and Hospital, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
Endocrinology, Volume 145, Number 1, Pages 261-268, January 2004

Epidermis-Targeted Gene Transfer Using In Vivo Electroporation
Hiroki Maruyama ¹, Jun-Ichi Miyazaki and Fumitake Gejyo
¹ Division of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
Epidermal Cells Methods and Protocols, Series: Methods in Molecular Biology, Volume 289, Pages 431-436, October 2004

Transient expression analysis of the mouse ornithine decarboxylase antizyme haploid-specific promoter using in vivo electroporation
Akiko Ike ¹, Hiroshi Ohta ^{1, *}, Masayoshi Onishi ¹, Naoko Iguchi ¹, Yoshitake Nishimune ¹ and Masami Nozaki ¹ (E-mail: mnozaki@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp)
¹ Department of Science for Laboratory Animal Experimentation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
^* Present address: Laboratory for Genomic Reprogramming, Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN Kobe Institute, 2-2-3 Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.
FEBS Letters, Volume 559, Issues 1-3, Pages 159-164, 13 February 2004

Dual roles of Sema6D in cardiac morphogenesis through region-specific association of its receptor, Plexin-A1, with off-track and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor type 2
Toshihiko Toyofuku ^{1, 2, 3, 5}, Hong Zhang ^{1, 2, 5}, Atsushi Kumanogoh ^{2, 3}, Noriko Takegahara ², Fumikazu Suto ⁴, Junko Kamei ^{1, 2}, Kazuhiro Aoki ¹, Masanori Yabuki ^{1, 2}, Masatsugu Hori ¹, Hajime Fujisawa ⁴ and Hitoshi Kikutani ^{2, 3, 6
1} Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
² Department of Molecular Immunology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
³ Core Research For Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Japan
⁴ Division of Biological Science, Nagoya University Graduate School of Science, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
Genes & Development, Volume 18, Issue 4, Pages 435-447, 15 February 2004

Electroporation-mediated muscarinic M3 receptor gene transfer into rat urinary bladder
Masayuki Otani ¹, Masaki Yoshida ¹, Hitoshi Iwashita ¹, Yoshiaki Kawano ¹, Kouichi Miyamae ¹, Akito Inadome ¹, Toru Nishi ² and Shoichi Ueda ^1
1 Departments of Urology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
² Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
International Journal of Urology, Volume 11, Issue 11, Page 1001-1008, November 2004

Application of RNA interference to chicken embryos using small interfering RNA
Fuminori Sato ¹, Tetsuto Nakagawa ², Makoto Ito ², Yasuo Kitagawa ³, Masa-aki Hattori ¹ (E-mail: mhattori@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp)
¹ Laboratory of Reproductive Physiology and Biotechnology, Department of Animal and Marine Bioresource Sciences
² Laboratory of Marine Biochemistry, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
³ Graduate Program for Regulation of Biological Signals, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology, Volume 301A, Issue 10, Pages 820-827, 1 October 2004

Green fluorescent protein gene-transfected peafowl somatic cells participate in the development of chicken embryos
Yongmei Xi ^{1, 2}, Yoich Nada ², Tomoki Soh ¹, Noboru Fujihara ¹ and Masa-aki Hattori ¹ (E-mail: mhattori@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp)
¹ Laboratory of Reproductive Physiology and Biotechnology, Department of Animal and Marine Bioresource Sciences, Graduate School Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
² Department of Agricultural Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology, Volume 301A, Issue 2, Pages 139-149, February 2004

Overexpression of genes in Purkinje cells in the embryonic chicken cerebellum by in vivo electroporation
Jiankai Luo ¹ (E-mail: tluo@mti.uni-jena.de) and Christoph Redies ^1
1 Institute of Anatomy I, Friedrich Schiller University, Teichgraben 7, D-07743, Jena, Germany
Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Volume 139, Issue 2, Pages 241-245, 30 October 2004

Local Actions of Endogenous Angiotensin II in Injured Glomeruli
Ji Ma ^{1, 2, 3} (E-mail: ji.ma@vanderbilt.edu), Taiji Matsusaka ^{1, 2}, Haichun Yang ², Hiroshi Kawachi ⁴, Fujio Shimizu ⁴, Yoshitaka Isaka ⁵, Enyu Imai ⁵, Valentina Kon ³ and Iekuni Ichikawa ^{1, 3
1} Department of Pediatrics, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
² Division of Nephrology, Hua Shan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
³ Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
⁴ Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Nephrology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
⁵ Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Volume 15, Issue 5, Pages 1268-1276, May 2004

Skeletal muscle targeting in vivo electroporation-mediated HGF gene therapy of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice
Yukio Umeda ¹ (E-mail: umeda@cc.gifu-u.ac.jp), Tsutomu Marui ¹, Yukihiro Matsuno ¹, Koyo Shirahashi ¹, Hisashi Iwata ¹, Hisato Takagi ¹, Kunio Matsumoto ², Toshikazu Nakamura ², Atsushi Kosugi ³, Yoshio Mori ¹ and Hirofumi Takemura ^1
1 Advanced Surgery, Department of Organ Pathobiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
² Molecular Regenerative Medicine, Course of Advanced Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
³ School of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Laboratory Investigation, Volume 84, Issue 7, Pages 836-844, July 2004

Gain- and loss-of-function in chick embryos by electroporation
Harukazu Nakamura ¹ (E-mil: nakamura@idac.tohoku.ac.jp), Tatsuya Katahira ¹, Tatsuya Sato ¹, Yuji Watanabe ¹ and Jun-ichi Funahashi ^1
1 Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Graduate School of Life Sciences, and Institute of Development, Aging & Cancer, Tohoku University, Seiryo-machi 4-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
Mechanisms of Development, Volume 121, Issue 9, Pages 1137-1143, September 2004

Cadherins guide migrating Purkinje cells to specific parasagittal domains during cerebellar development
Jiankai Luo ^{1, 2} (E-mail: tluo@mit.uni-jena.de), Ullrich Treubert-Zimmermann ^{1, 2} and Christoph Redies ^{1, 2
1} Institute of Anatomy, University of Essen School of Medicine, D-45122, Essen, Germany
² Institute of Anatomy I, University of Jena, D-07740, Jena, Germany
MCN (Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience), Volume 25, Issue 1, Pages 138-152, January 2004

Muscle-targeted interleukin-12 gene therapy of orthotopic hepatocellular carcinoma in mice using in vivo electrosonoporation
Yo-ichi Yamashita ¹, Mitsuo Shimada ¹, Ryosuke Minagawa ², Eiji Tsujita ¹, Norifumi Harimoto ¹, Shinji Tanaka ¹, Ken Shirabe ¹, Jun-ichi Miyazaki ³ and Yoshihiko Maehara ^1
1 Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences
² Department of Immunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
³ Division of Stem Cell Regulation Research, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, Volume 3, Issue 9, Pages 1177-1182, September 2004

A NUDEL-dependent mechanism of neurofilament assembly regulates the integrity of CNS neurons
Minh Dang Nguyen ^{1, 2} (E-mail: minh-dang_nguyen@hms.harvard.edu), Tianzhi Shu ¹, Kamon Sanada ¹, Roxanne C. Lariviere ^{2, *}, Huang-Chun Tseng ¹, Sang Ki Park ¹, Jean-Pierre Julien ^{2, *} and Li-Huei Tsai ¹ (E-mail: li-huei_tsai@hms.harvard.edu)
¹ Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, New Research Building, Room 856-8, MA 02115, USA
² Centre for Research in Neuroscience, The Montreal General Hospital Research Institute, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1A4, Canada
^* Present address: CHUL Research Center, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Laval University, 2705 Boulevard Laurier, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, G1V 4G2, Canada
Nature Cell Biology, Volume 6, Number 7, Pages 595-608, July 2004

RGM and its receptor neogenin regulate neuronal survival.
Eiji Matsunaga ¹, Servane Tauszig-Delamasure ², Philippe P. Monnier ^{3, 4}, Bernhard K. Mueller ^{3, 5}, Stephen M. Strittmatter ⁶, Patrick Mehlen ² and Alain Chedotal ^{1, 7
1} UMR CNRS 7102, Universite Paris 6, 9 Quai Saint Bernard, 75005 Paris, France
² CNRS UMR 5534, Label 'la Ligue', University of Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
³ MigraGen AG, Spemannstrasse 34, D-72076 Tuebingen, Germany
⁴ Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, M5T258, ON, Canada
⁵ Abboto GmbH & Co KG, Knollstrasse, 67601 Ludwigshafen, Germany
⁶ Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Nature Cell Biology, Volume 6, Issue 8, Pages 749-755, August 2004

Guidance of myocardial patterning in cardiac development by Sema6D reverse signalling
Toshihiko Toyofuku ^{1, 2, 3}, Hong Zhang ^{1, 2}, Atsushi Kumanogoh ^{2, 3}, Noriko Takegahara ², Masanori Yabuki ^{1, 2}, Koichiro Harada ^{1, 2}, Masatsugu Hori ¹ and Hitoshi Kikutani ^{2, 3
1} Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
² Department of Molecular Immunology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
³ CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Japan
Nature Cell Biology, Volume 6, Number 12, Pages 1204-1211, December 2004

BMP signaling inhibits intestinal stem cell self-renewal through suppression of Wnt-beta-catenin signaling.
Xi C He ^{1, *}, Jiwang Zhang ^{1, *}, Wei-Gang Tong ¹, Ossama Tawfik ², Jason Ross ¹, David H Scoville ^{1, 2}, Qiang Tian ³, Xin Zeng ⁴, Xi He ⁴, Leanne M Wiedemann ^{1, 2}, Yuji Mishina ⁵ and Linheng Li ^{1, 2} (E-mail: lil@stowers-institute.org)
¹ Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 E 50th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA
³ Institute of Systemsbiology, Seattle, Washington 98103, USA
⁴ Children's Hospital and Harvard University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
⁵ Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
^* These two authors contributed equally to this work.
Nature Genetics, Volume 36, Number 10, Pages 1117-1121, October 2004

Initiation of neuropathic pain requires lysophosphatidic acid receptor signaling
Makoto Inoue ¹, Md Harunor Rashid ¹, Ryousuke Fujita ¹, James J A Contos ², Jerold Chun ³ and Hiroshi Ueda ^1
1 Division of Molecular Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Nagasaki University, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan
² Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N., Seattle, Washington 98109-1024, USA
³ Department of Molecular Biology, Helen L. Dorris Institute for Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
Nature Medicine, Volume 10, Number 7, Pages 712-718, July 2004

Direct transfer of hepatocyte growth factor gene into kidney suppresses cyclosporin A nephrotoxicity in rats
Koji Yazawa ¹, Yoshitaka Isaka ², Shiro Takahara ¹, Enyu Imai ², Naotsugu Ichimaru ¹, Yi Shi ¹, Yukiomi Namba ¹ and Akihiko Okuyama ^1
1 Department of Urology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
² Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 19, Issue 4, Pages 812-816, April 2004

A role for ligand-gated ion channels in rod photoreceptor development
Tracy L. Young and Constance L. Cepko
Department of Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Neuron, Volume 41, Issue 6, Pages 867-879, 25 March 2004

Disabled-1-Regulated Adhesion of Migrating Neurons to Radial Glial Fiber Contributes to Neuronal Positioning during Early Corticogenesis
Kamon Sanada ¹, Amitabh Gupta ¹ and Li-Huei Tsai ^{1, 2} (E-mail: li-huei_tsai@hms.harvard.edu)
¹ Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115 USA
² Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115 USA
Neuron, Volume 42, Issue 2, Pages 197-211, 22 April 2004

Electroporation-mediated gene transfer system applied to cultured CNS neurons
Izumi Kawabata ¹, Tatsuya Umeda ¹, Kazuhiro Yamamoto ² and Shigeo Okabe ^{1, 2, 3} (E-mail: okabe.cbio@tmd.ac.jp)
¹ Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519
² Moleculer Neurophysiology Group, Neuroscience Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8566
³ Core Research for Evolution Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Kawaguchi, 332-0012, Japan
Neuroreport, Volume 15, Issue 6, Pages 971-975, 29 April 2004

Electroporation and RNA interference in the rodent retina in vivo and in vitro ^*
Protocol for in vivo electroporation into mouse/rat retina
Takahiko Matsuda (E-mail: tmatsuda@genetics.med.harvard.edu) and Constance L. Cepko (E-mail: cepko@genetics.med.harvard.edu)
Department of Genetics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115
^* PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America), Volume 101, Number 1, Pages 16-22, 6 January 2004

Sequence-specific gene silencing in murine muscle induced by electroporation-mediated transfer of short interfering RNA
Tsunao Kishida ¹, Hidetsugu Asada ¹, Satoshi Gojo ³, Suzuyo Ohashi ², Masaharu Shin-Ya ¹, Kakei Yasutomi ¹, Ryu Terauchi ², Kenji A. Takahashi ², Toshikazu Kubo ², Jiro Imanishi ¹, Osam Mazda ^1
1 Department of Microbiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602- 8566, Japan
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602- 8566, Japan
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Kawagoe, Saitama 350- 8550, Japan
The Journal of Gene Medicine, Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 105-110, January 2004

Post-secretion neutralization of transgene-derived effect: soluble erythropoietin receptor/IgG1Fc expressed in liver neutralizes erythropoietin produced in muscle
H. Maruyama ¹ (E-mail hirokim@med.niigata-u.ac.jp), M. Higuchi ², N. Higuchi ¹, S. Kameda ¹, M. Saito ², M. Sugawa ², J. Matsuzaki ², T. Neichi ², S. Yokoyama ², Y. Miyazaki ³, J. Miyazaki ⁴ and F. Gejyo ^1
1 Division of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachidori, Niigata 951-8120, Japan
² Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 2-1-9 Kyobashi, Chuou-ku, Tokyo 104-8301, Japan
³ Department of Hematology, Molecular Medicine Unit, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 853-8523, Japan
⁴ Division of Stem Cell Regulation Research, G6, Osaka University Medical School, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
The Journal of Gene Medicine, Volume 6, Issue 2, Pages 228-237, February 2004

Generation of Reelin-Positive Marginal Zone Cells from the Caudomedial Wall of Telencephalic Vesicles
Keiko Takiguchi-Hayashi ¹, Mariko Sekiguchi ¹, Shizuko Ashigaki ^{1, 3}, Masako Takamatsu ³, Hiroshi Hasegawa ³, Rika Suzuki-Migishima ², Minesuke Yokoyama ² , Shigetada Nakanishi ^{4, 5} and Yasuto Tanabe ^{1, 3
1} Translational Research Department, Molecular Bio-Medicine Unit, Japan Science and Technology, Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences, Machida, Tokyo, 194-8511
² Mouse Genome Technology Center, Japan Science and Technology, Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences, Machida, Tokyo, 194-8511
³ Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology, Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences, Machida, Tokyo, 194-8511
⁴ Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
⁵ Department of Molecular and System Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
The Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 24, Issue 9, Pages 2286-2295, 3 March 2004

Laminar Patterning in the Developing Neocortex by Temporally Coordinated Fibroblast Growth Factor Signaling
Hiroshi Hasegawa ¹, Shizuko Ashigaki ¹, Masako Takamatsu ¹, Rika Suzuki-Migishima ², Norihiko Ohbayashi ³, Nobuyuki Itoh ⁴, Shinji Takada ³ and Yasuto Tanabe ¹ (E-mail: stakada@nibb.ac.jp)
¹ Neural Organization Research Team, Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology, Machida, Tokyo 194-8511, Japan
² Mouse Genome Technology Center, Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology, Machida, Tokyo 194-8511, Japan
³ Center for Integrative Bioscience, Okazaki National Research Institutes, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
⁴ Department of Genetic Biochemistry, Kyoto University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Yoshida-Shimoadachi, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
The Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 24, Issue 40, Pages 8711-8719, 6 October 2004

Filamin A and FILIP (Filamin A-Interacting Protein) Regulate Cell Polarity and Motility in Neocortical Subventricular and Intermediate Zones during Radial Migration
Takashi Nagano ¹, Soichi Morikubo ^{1, 2} and Makoto Sato ^{1, 3} (E-mail: makosato@fmsrsa.fukui-med.ac.jp)
¹ Division of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Department of Morphological and Physiological Sciences, University of Fukui, Matsuoka, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
² Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Sensory and Locomotor Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Matsuoka, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
³ Solution Oriented Research for Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
The Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 24, Issue 43, Pages 9648-9657, 27 October 2004

Suppression of cyclosporine a nephrotoxicity in vivo by transforming growth factor beta receptor-immunoglobulin G chimeric protein
Xin Jing ¹, Homma Toshio ¹, Matsusaka Taiji ¹, Ma Ji ¹, Isaka Yoshitaka ¹, Imai Enyu ¹, Ichikawa Iekuni ^1
1 Department of Pediatrics, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
Transplantation, Volume 77, Number 9, Pages 1433-1442, 15 May 2004


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Dramatic Expansion of Germinal Stem Cells by Ectopically Expressed Human Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Mouse Sertoli Cells
Kentaro Yomogida ¹, Yo Yagura ¹, Yuko Tadokoro ¹ and Yoshitake Nishimune ^1
1 Department of Science for Laboratory Animal Experimentation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamadaoka,suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 69, Issue 4, Pages 1303-1307, October 2003

Bleomycin-mediated electrochemotherapy in mouse NR-S1 carcinoma
Akira Kitamura ¹ (E-mail: a-kit@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp)
¹ Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nagasaki University School of Dentistry, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, 852-8588, Nagasaki, Japan
Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, Volume 51, Number 4, Pages 359-362, April 2003

Serine 732 Phosphorylation of FAK by Cdk5 Is Important for Microtubule Organization, Nuclear Movement, and Neuronal Migration
Zhigang Xie ¹, Kamon Sanada ¹, Benjamin Adam Samuels ^{1, 2}, Heather Shih ¹ and Li-Huei Tsai ^{1, 2, 3} (E-mail: li-huei_tsai@hms.harvard.edu)
¹ Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
² Program in Neuroscience, Harvard University, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
³ Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
Cell, Volume 114, Issue 4, Pages 469-482, 22 August 2003

Negative Feedback Regulation of FGF Signaling Levels by Pyst1/MKP3 in Chick Embryos
Maxwell C. Eblaghie ^{1, 4}, J. Simon Lunn ^{1, 2, 4}, Robin J. Dickinson ³, Andrea E. Munsterberg ^{1, 5}, Juan-Jose Sanz-Ezquerro ¹, Elizabeth R. Farrell ¹, Joanne Mathers ³, Stephen M. Keyse ³ (E-mail: stephen.keyse@cancer.org.uk), Kate Storey ^{1, 2} (E-mail: k.g.storey@dundee.ac.uk) and Cheryll Tickle ¹ (E-mail: c.a.tickle@dundee.ac.uk)
¹ Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, United Kingdom
² Neural Development Group, Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, United Kingdom
³ Cancer Research UK, Molecular Pharmacology Unit, Biomedical Research Centre, Level 5, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD1 9SY, United Kingdom
Current Biology, Volume 13, Issue 12, Pages 1009-1018, 17 June 2003

The role of Grg4 in tectal laminar formation
Sayaka Sugiyama ¹ and Harukazu Nakamura ² (E-mail: nakamura@idac.tohoku.ac.jp)
¹ Laboratory for Neuronal Circuit Development, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, 351-0198 Japan
² Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, and Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Seiryo-machi 4-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
Development, Volume 130, Issue 3, Pages 451-462, February 2003

Irx4-mediated regulation of Slit1 expression contributes to the definition of early axonal paths inside the retina
Zhe Jin ¹, Jinhua Zhang ¹, Avihu Klar ², Alain Chedotal ³, Yi Rao ⁴, Constance L. Cepko ⁵ and Zheng-Zheng Bao ¹ (E-mail: zheng.bao@umassmed.edu)
¹ Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
² Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, PO Box 12272, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
³ Institut de la Sante et de le Recherche Medicale U106, Batiment de Pediatrie, Hopital de la Salpetriere, 47 Boulevard de I'Hopital, 75013, Paris, France
⁴ Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8108, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
⁵ Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Development, Volume 130, Issue 6, Pages 1037-1048, March 2003

Tbx4-Fgf10 system controls lung bud formation during chicken embryonic development
Jun-ichi Sakiyama ¹, Atsushi Yamagishi ^{1, 2} and Atsushi Kuroiwa ¹ (E-mail: i45240a@nucc.cc.nagoya-u.ac.jp)
¹ Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602 Japan
² CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602 Japan
Development, Volume 130, Issue 7, Pages 1225-1234, April 2003

Nodal signaling induces the midline barrier by activating Nodal expression in the lateral plate
Masamichi Yamamoto ¹, Naoki Mine ¹, Kyoko Mochida ¹, Yasuo Sakai ^{1, *}, Yukio Saijoh ¹, Chikara Meno ¹ and Hiroshi Hamada ¹ (E-mail: hamada@fbs.osaka-u.ac.jp)
¹ Developmental Genetics Group, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), 1-3 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
^* Present address: E. Kennedy Shriver Center, Division of Developmental Neuroscience, 200 Trapelo Rd, Waltham, MA 02254, USA
Development, Volume 130, Issue 9, Pages 1795-1804, May 2003

Tbx5 and Tbx4 trigger limb initiation through activation of the Wnt/Fgf signaling cascade
Jun K. Takeuchi ^{1, *}, Kazuko Koshiba-Takeuchi ^{1, *}, Takayuki Suzuki ¹, Mika Kamimura ¹, Keiko Ogura ¹ and Toshihiko Ogura ¹ (E-mail: ogura@bs.aist-nara.ac.jp)
¹ Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5, Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0101, Japan
^* Present address: Cardiovascular Research, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
Development, Volume 130, Issue 12, Pages 2729-2739, June 2003

Tbx5 specifies the left/right ventricles and ventricular septum position during cardiogenesis
Jun K. Takeuchi ¹, Makoto Ohgi ¹, Kazuko Koshiba-Takeuchi ¹, Hidetaka Shiratori ², Ichiro Sakaki ¹, Keiko Ogura ³, Yukio Saijoh ² and Toshihiko Ogura ^3
1 Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5, Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0101, Japan
² Division of Molecular Biology, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Osaka University, and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology Corporation, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
³ Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
Development, Volume 130, Issue 24, Pages 5953-5964, December 2003

Functional Analysis of Chicken Sox2 Enhancers Highlights an Array of Diverse Regulatory Elements that Are Conserved in Mammals
Masanori Uchikawa ¹, Yoshiko Ishida ¹, Tatsuya Takemoto ¹, Yusuke Kamachi ¹ and Hisato Kondoh ¹ (E-mail: kondohh@fbs.osaka-u.ac.jp)
¹ Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Developmental Cell, Volume 4, Number 4, Pages 509-519, April 2003

Analysis of transcription regulatory regions of embryonic chicken pepsinogen (ECPg) gene
Kumiko Watanuki ¹ (E-mail: kumikumi@comp.metro-u.ac.jp) and Sadao Yasugi ^1
1 Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
Developmental Dynamics, Volume 228, Issue 1, Pages 51-58, September 2003

Deltex/Dtx mediates NOTCH signaling in regulation of Bmp4 expression in cranial neural crest formation during avian development
Yukinori Endo ¹, Noriko Osumi ^{1, 2} and Yoshio Wakamatsu ^{2, 3} (Email: wakasama@mail.cc.tohoku.ac.jp)
¹ Center for Translational and Advanced Animal Research on Human Diseases, Division of Developmental Neuroscience
² Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575
³ Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Corporation, 4-1-8 Hon-machi, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
Development, Growth & Differentiation, Volume 45, Issue 3, Pages 241-248, June 2003

Gene silencing in chick embryos with a vector-based small interfering RNA system.
Tatsuya Katahira ¹ and Harukazu Nakamura ^{1, 2} (Email: nakamura@idac.tohoku.ac.jp)
¹ Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer (IDAC)
² Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Seiryo-machi 4-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
Development Growth & Differentiation, Volume 45, Issue 4, Pages 361-367, August 2003

Axonal morphogenesis controlled by antagonistic roles of two CRMP subtypes in microtubule organization
Junichi Yuasa-Kawada ¹, Ryoko Suzuki ¹, Fumi Kano ², Takeshi Ohkawara ¹, Masayuki Murata ² and Masaharu Noda ¹ (E-mail: madon@nibb.ac.jp)
¹ Division of Molecular Neurobiology, National Institute for Basic Biology, and Department of Molecular Biomechanics, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Okazaki, 444 8585, Japan
² Department of Molecular Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
European Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 17, Issue 11, Pages 2329-2343, June 2003

IGF-I gene transfer by electroporation promotes regeneration in a muscle injury model
T Takahashi ¹, K Ishida ¹, K Itoh ¹, Y Konishi ², K-I Yagyu ², A Tominaga ^{2, 3}, J-I Miyazaki ⁴ and H Yamamoto ^1
1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan
² Medical Research Center, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan
³ Department of Medical Biology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan
⁴ Department of Molecular Therapy, Division of Stem Cell Regulation Research, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Gene Therapy, Volume 10, Number 8, Pages 612-620, April 2003

Hepatocyte growth factor gene therapy accelerates regeneration in cirrhotic mouse livers after hepatectomy
F Xue ¹, T Takahara ¹, Y Yata ¹, Y Kuwabara ¹, E Shinno ¹, K Nonome ¹, M Minemura ¹, S Takahara ², X Li ³, E Yamato ⁴ and A Watanabe ^1
1 Third Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan
² Department of Urology, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan
³ Laboratory of Transplantation Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
⁴ Department of Nutrition and Physiological Chemistry, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan
Gut, Volume 52, Number 5, Pages 694-700, May 2003

Ectopic Bone Formation by Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Gene Transfer to Skeletal Muscle Using Transcutaneous Electroporation
Mariko Kawai ¹, Kazuhisa Bessho ¹, Shinji Kaihara ¹, Junya Sonobe ¹, Kimimitsu Oda ¹, Tadahiko Iizuka ², Hiroki Maruyama ^3
1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
² Department of Biochemistry, Niigata University School of Dentistry, Niigata 951-8514, Japan
³ Division of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata 951-8120, Japan
Human Gene Therapy, Volume 14, Number 16, Pages 1547-1556, November 2003

Effect of CaCl2 concentration on the rate of foreign gene transfer and expression by in vivo electroporation in the mouse ovary
Takayuki Suzuki ¹, Jun Tsunekawa ¹, Atsushi Murai ¹ and Tatsuo Muramatsu ^1
1 Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
International Journal of Molecular Medicine, Volume 12, Number 3, Pages 365-358, September 2003

Electrochemotherapy for digital chondrosarcoma
Tominaga Shimizu ¹, Toshio Nikaido ³, Hiroki Gomyo ¹, Yasuo Yoshimura ¹, Akiko Horiuchi ², Kenichi Isobe ¹, Sohei Ebara ¹ and Kunio Takaoka ^1
1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
³ Department of Organ Regeneration, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
Journal of Orthopaedic Science, Volume 8, Number 2, Pages 248-251, March 2003

Efficient gene delivery to articular cartilage using electroporation
Rie Katayama ¹ (E-mail: riek@ms.toyama-mpu.ac.jp), Tomoatsu Kimura ¹, Tetsuya Tomita ², Hiroaki Matsuno ¹, Yuji Morita ¹, Isao Matsushita ¹ and Ryuichi Gejo ^1
1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
Modern Rheumatology, Volume 13, Number 3, Pages 243-249, September 2003

Electrochemo-Gene Therapy of Cancer: Intratumoral Delivery of Interleukin-12 Gene and Bleomycin Synergistically Induced Therapeutic Immunity and Suppressed Subcutaneous and Metastatic Melanomas in Mice
Tsunao Kishida ¹, Hidetsugu Asada ¹, Yoshiki Itokawa ², Kakei Yasutomi ¹, Masaharu Shin-Ya ¹, Satoshi Gojo ³, Feng-De Cui ¹, Yuji Ueda ², Hisakazu Yamagishi ², Jiro Imanishi ¹ and Osam Mazda ¹ (E-mail: mazda@basic.kpu-m.ac.jp)
¹ Department of Microbiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamikyo, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
² Department of Digestive Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamikyo, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Kawagoe, Saitama 350-8550, Japan
Molecular Therapy, Volume 8, Number 5, Pages 738-745, November 2003

Emx2 patterns the neocortex by regulating FGF positional signaling
Tomomi Fukuchi-Shimogori ¹ and Elizabeth A Grove ¹ (E-mail: egrove@drugs.bsd.uchicago.edu)
¹ Department of Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Chicago, 947 East 58th Street, MC0926, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Nature Neuroscience, Volume 6, Number 8, Pages 825-831, August 2003

Layering defect in p35 deficiency is linked to improper neuronal-glial interaction in radial migration
Amitabh Gupta ^{1, *}, Kamon Sanada ^{1, *}, David T Miyamoto ², Susan Rovelstad ³, Bagirathy Nadarajah ⁴, Alan L Pearlman ³, Jan Brunstrom ³ and Li-Huei Tsai ¹ (E-mail: li-huei_tsai@hms.harvard.edu)
¹ Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
² Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
³ Departments of Neurology and Cell Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
⁴ Division of Neuroscience, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
^* These authors contributed equally to this work.
Nature Neuroscience, Volume 6, Number 12, Pages 1284-1291, December 2003

Methylation of CpG dinucleotides in the open reading frame of a testicular germ cell-specific intronless gene, Tact1/Actl7b, represses its expression in somatic cells
Mizue Hisano ¹, Hirosi Ohta ¹, Yoshitake Nishimune ¹ and Masami Nozaki ¹ (Email: mnozaki@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp)
¹ Science Animal Experimentation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Nucleic Acids Research, Volume 31, Number 16, Pages 4797-4804, 15 August 2003

Transgenic planarian lines obtained by electroporation using transposon-derived vectors and an eye-specific GFP marker
C. Gonzalez-Estevez ¹, T. Momose ², W. J. Gehring ³ and E. Salo ¹ (E-mail: esalo@ub.edu)
¹ Departament de Genetica, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
² Department of Zoology, Pharmazentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
³ Department of Cell Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America), Volume 100, Number 24, Pages 14046-14051, 25 November 2003

Possible involvement of antitumor immunity in the eradication of colon 26 induced by low-voltage electrochemotherapy with bleomycin
Shinichi Miyazaki ¹, Yoshio Gunji ¹, Hisahiro Matsubara ¹, Hideaki Shimada ¹, Masaya Uesato ¹, Takao Suzuki ¹, Teruo Kouzu ², Takenori Ochiai ^1
1 Department of Academic Surgery (M9), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
² Department of Endoscopic Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Chiba University School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
Surgery Today, Volume 33, Number 1, Pages 39-44, January 2003

The in vivo roles of STEF/Tiam1, Rac1 and JNK in cortical neuronal migration
Takeshi Kawauchi ^{1, 2}, Kaori Chihama ^{1, 2}, Yo-ichi Nabeshima ¹ and Mikio Hoshino ^{1, 2} (E-mail: mikio@lmls.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
¹ Department of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501
² Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
The EMBO Journal, Volume 22, Number 16, Pages 4190-4201, August 2003

Gene transfer into the liver by plasmid injection into the portal vein combined with electroporation
Shogo Kobayashi ¹, Keizo Dono ¹, Toshiyuki Tanaka ², Shiro Takahara ², Yoshitaka Isaka ³, Enyu Imai ³, Hiroaki Nagano ¹, Kato Tomoaki ¹, Koji Umeshita ¹, Shoji Nakamori ¹, Masato Sakon ¹ and Morito Monden ¹ (E-mail: monden@surg2.med.osaka-u.ac.jp)
¹ Department of Surgery and Clinical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
² Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
³ Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
The Journal of Gene Medicine, Volume 5, Issue 3, Pages 201-208, March 2003

Electroporation-mediated ex vivo gene transfer into graft not requiring injection pressure in orthotopic liver transplantation
Shogo Kobayashi ¹, Keizo Dono ¹, Shiro Takahara ², Yoshitaka Isaka ³, Enyu Imai ³, Lu Zhenhui ¹, Hiroaki Nagano ¹, Kato Tomoaki ¹, Koji Umeshita ¹, Shoji Nakamori ¹, Masato Sakon ¹ and Professor Morito Monden ^1
1 Department of Surgery and Clinical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
² Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
³ Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
The Journal of Gene Medicine, Volume 5, Issue 6, Pages 510-517, June 2003

Mammalian BarH1 Confers Commissural Neuron Identity on Dorsal Cells in the Spinal Cord
Rie Saba ^{1, 2}, Norio Nakatsuji ² and Tetsuichiro Saito ^2
1 Department of Genetics, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
² Department of Development and Differentiation, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
The Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 23, Issue 6, Pages 1987-1991, 15 March 2003

Locus-Specific Rescue of GluR1 NMDA Receptors in Mutant Mice Identifies the Brain Regions Important for Morphine Tolerance and Dependence
Makoto Inoue ¹, Masayoshi Mishina ^{2, 3}, and Hiroshi Ueda ^1
1 Division of Molecular Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
² Department of Molecular Neurobiology and Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
³ Solution-Oriented Research for Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
The Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 23, Issue 16, Pages 6529-6536, 23 July 2003

Multipolar Migration: The Third Mode of Radial Neuronal Migration in the Developing Cerebral Cortex
Hidenori Tabata ^{1, 2} and Kazunori Nakajima ^{1, 2, 3
1} Department of Anatomy, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
² Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of DNA Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
³ Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
The Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 23, Issue 31, Pages 9996-10001, 5 November 2003