Mototsugu Eiraku

Receptor Type Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase ζ-Pleiotrophin Signaling Controls Endocytic Trafficking of DNER That Regulates Neuritogenesis▿ †

Fukazawa, Nobuna, Yokoyama, Seisuke, Eiraku, Mototsugu, Kengaku, Mineko, Maeda, Nobuaki

Protein tyrosine phosphatase ζ (PTPζ) is a receptor type protein tyrosine phosphatase that uses pleiotrophin as a ligand. Pleiotrophin inactivates the phosphatase activity of PTPζ, resulting in...

Minimization of exogenous signals in ES cell culture induces rostral hypothalamic differentiation

Wataya, Takafumi, Ando, Satoshi, Muguruma, Keiko, Ikeda, Hanako, Watanabe, Kiichi, Eiraku, Mototsugu, ...

Embryonic stem (ES) cells differentiate into neuroectodermal progenitors when cultured as floating aggregates in serum-free conditions. Here, we show that strict removal of exogenous patterning...