Naomi Nakagata

Embryonic hair follicle fate change by augmented β-catenin through Shh and Bmp signaling (2009)

Suzuki, Kentaro, Yamaguchi, Yuji, Villacorte, Mylah, Mihara, Kenichiro, Akiyama, Masashi, Shimizu, Hitoshi, ...

β-catenin signaling is one of the key factors regulating the fate of hair follicles (HFs). To elucidate the regulatory mechanism of embryonic HF fate determination during epidermal...

Molecular analysis of coordinated bladder and urogenital organ formation by Hedgehog signaling (2007)

Haraguchi, Ryuma, Motoyama, Jun, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Satoh, Yoshihiko, Miyagawa, Shinichi, Nakagata, Naomi, ...

The urogenital and reproductive organs, including the external genitalia, bladder and urethra, develop as anatomically aligned organs. Descriptive and experimental embryology suggest that the cloaca,...

Decrease of Fertilizing Ability of Mouse Spermatozoa after Freezing and Thawing Is Related to Cellular Injury1 (2004)

Hirofumi Nishizono, Masaki Shioda, Toru Takeo, Tetsumi Irie, Naomi Nakagata

In general, the fertilizing ability of cryopreserved mouse spermatozoa is less than that of fresh spermatozoa. This ability is especially low in C57BL/6, the main strain used for the production of...

SH2-B Is Required for Both Male and Female Reproduction

Ohtsuka, Satoshi, Takaki, Satoshi, Iseki, Masanori, Miyoshi, Kanta, Nakagata, Naomi, Kataoka, Yuki, ...

Many growth factors and hormones modulate the reproductive status in mammals. Among these, insulin and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) regulate the development of gonadal tissues. SH2-B has been...

Angiopoietin-related growth factor (AGF) promotes epidermal proliferation, remodeling, and regeneration

Oike, Yuichi, Yasunaga, Kunio, Ito, Yasuhiro, Matsumoto, Shun-ichiro, Maekawa, Hiromitsu, Morisada, Tohru, ...

We report here the identification of an angiopoietin-related growth factor (AGF). To examine the biological function of AGF in vivo, we created transgenic mice expressing AGF in epidermal...

Germinal center-associated nuclear protein contributes to affinity maturation of B cell antigen receptor in T cell-dependent responses

Kuwahara, Kazuhiko, Fujimura, Satoru, Takahashi, Yoshimasa, Nakagata, Naomi, Takemori, Toshitada, Aizawa, Shinichi, ...

Acquired immunity depends on proliferation and differentiation of antigen (Ag)-specific B cells in germinal centers (GCs) of lymphoid follicles in response to T cell-dependent Ags. Here, we studied...

SH2-B Is Required for Both Male and Female Reproduction

Ohtsuka, Satoshi, Takaki, Satoshi, Iseki, Masanori, Miyoshi, Kanta, Nakagata, Naomi, Kataoka, Yuki, ...

Many growth factors and hormones modulate the reproductive status in mammals. Among these, insulin and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) regulate the development of gonadal tissues. SH2-B has been...

Angiopoietin-related growth factor (AGF) promotes epidermal proliferation, remodeling, and regeneration

Oike, Yuichi, Yasunaga, Kunio, Ito, Yasuhiro, Matsumoto, Shun-ichiro, Maekawa, Hiromitsu, Morisada, Tohru, ...

We report here the identification of an angiopoietin-related growth factor (AGF). To examine the biological function of AGF in vivo, we created transgenic mice expressing AGF in epidermal...

Germinal center-associated nuclear protein contributes to affinity maturation of B cell antigen receptor in T cell-dependent responses

Kuwahara, Kazuhiko, Fujimura, Satoru, Takahashi, Yoshimasa, Nakagata, Naomi, Takemori, Toshitada, Aizawa, Shinichi, ...

Acquired immunity depends on proliferation and differentiation of antigen (Ag)-specific B cells in germinal centers (GCs) of lymphoid follicles in response to T cell-dependent Ags. Here, we studied...