Yuji Mishina

The type I BMP receptors, Bmpr1a and Acvr1, activate multiple signaling pathways to regulate lens formation (2009)

Huang, Jie, Dattilo, Lisa K, Kaartinen, Vesa, Mishina, Yuji, Deng, Chu-Xia, ...

BMPs play multiple roles in development and BMP signaling is essential for lens formation. However, the mechanisms by which BMP receptors function in vertebrate development are incompletely...

FGF-regulated BMP signaling is required for eyelid closure and to specify conjunctival epithelial cell fate (2009)

Dattilo, Lisa K, Rajagopal, Ramya, Liu, Ying, Kaartinen, Vesa, Mishina, Yuji, ...

There are conflicting reports about whether BMP signaling is required for eyelid closure during fetal development. This question was addressed using mice deficient in BMP or TGF beta signaling in...

Alk3/Bmpr1a receptor is required for development of the atrioventricular canal into valves and annulus fibrosus (2005)

Morley, Gregory E, Vance, Kendra M, Emile, Lorin, ...

Endocardial cushions are precursors of mature atrioventricular (AV) valves. Their formation is induced by signaling molecules originating from the AV myocardium, including bone morphogenetic proteins...

BMP Receptor Signaling Is Required for Postnatal Maintenance of Articular Cartilage (2004)

Ryan B. Rountree, Michael Schoor, Hao Chen, Melissa E. Marks, Vincent Harley, Yuji Mishina, ...

Through genetic manipulation, these authors have reduced signaling by bone morphogenetic factors in joint regions, and created a valuable model for the study of arthritis.

BMP Receptor Signaling Is Required for Postnatal Maintenance of Articular Cartilage (2004)

Ryan B. Rountree, Michael Schoor, Hao Chen, Melissa E. Marks, Vincent Harley, Yuji Mishina, ...

Articular cartilage plays an essential role in health and mobility, but is frequently damaged or lost in millions of people that develop arthritis. The molecular mechanisms that create and maintain...

Regulation of outgrowth and apoptosis for the terminal appendage: external genitalia: development by concerted actions of BMP signaling (2003)

Suzuki, Kentaro, Bachiller, Daniel, YiPing, P. Chen, Kamikawa, Mami, Ogi, Hidenao, Haraguchi, Ryouma, ...

Extra-corporal fertilization depends on the formation of copulatory organs: the external genitalia. Coordinated growth and differentiation of the genital tubercle (GT), an embryonic anlage of...

Genetic interaction between Wnt/{beta}-catenin and BMP receptor signaling during formation of the AER and the dorsal-ventral axis in the limb (2003)

Soshnikova, Natalia, Zechner, Dietmar, Huelsken, Joerg, Mishina, Yuji, Behringer, Richard R., Taketo, Makoto M., ...

By conditional gene ablation in mice, we found that β-catenin, an essential downstream effector of canonical Wnt signaling, is a key regulator of formation of the apical ectodermal ridge (AER) and...

Endocardial cushion and myocardial defects after cardiac myocyte-specific conditional deletion of the bone morphogenetic protein receptor ALK3 (2002)

Mishina, Yuji, Hanks, Mark C, ...

Receptors for bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), members of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) superfamily, are persistently expressed during cardiac development, yet mice lacking type II...

Endocardial cushion and myocardial defects after cardiac myocyte-specific conditional deletion of the bone morphogenetic protein receptor ALK3

Gaussin, Vinciane, Van De Putte, Tom, Mishina, Yuji, Hanks, Mark C., Zwijsen, An, Huylebroeck, Danny, ...

Receptors for bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), members of the transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) superfamily, are persistently expressed during cardiac development, yet mice lacking type II or...

Positional cloning of the gene LIMBIN responsible for bovine chondrodysplastic dwarfism

Takeda, Haruko, Takami, Marika, Oguni, Tomoko, Tsuji, Takehito, Yoneda, Kazuhiro, Sato, Hiroaki, ...

Chondrodysplastic dwarfism in Japanese brown cattle is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by short limbs. Previously, we mapped the locus responsible for the disease on the distal end of...

Genetic interaction between Wnt/β-catenin and BMP receptor signaling during formation of the AER and the dorsal–ventral axis in the limb

Soshnikova, Natalia, Zechner, Dietmar, Huelsken, Joerg, Mishina, Yuji, Behringer, Richard R., Taketo, Makoto M., ...

By conditional gene ablation in mice, we found that β-catenin, an essential downstream effector of canonical Wnt signaling, is a key regulator of formation of the apical ectodermal ridge (AER) and...

Cardiac progenitor cells from adult myocardium: Homing, differentiation, and fusion after infarction

Oh, Hidemasa, Bradfute, Steven B., Gallardo, Teresa D., Nakamura, Teruya, Gaussin, Vinciane, Mishina, Yuji, ...

Potential repair by cell grafting or mobilizing endogenous cells holds particular attraction in heart disease, where the meager capacity for cardiomyocyte proliferation likely contributes to the...

BMP4 supports self-renewal of embryonic stem cells by inhibiting mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways

Qi, Xiaoxia, Li, Teng-Guo, Hao, Jing, Hu, Jie, Wang, Jing, Simmons, Holly, ...

The fate of pluripotent stem cells is tightly controlled during early embryonic development. Both the derivation and the maintenance of embryonic stem cells (ES cells) in vitro depend on feeder...

Chorioallantoic Fusion Defects and Embryonic Lethality Resulting from Disruption of Zfp36L1, a Gene Encoding a CCCH Tandem Zinc Finger Protein of the Tristetraprolin Family

Stumpo, Deborah J., Byrd, Noah A., Phillips, Ruth S., Ghosh, Sanjukta, Maronpot, Robert R., Castranio, Trisha, ...

The mouse gene Zfp36L1 encodes zinc finger protein 36-like 1 (Zfp36L1), a member of the tristetraprolin (TTP) family of tandem CCCH finger proteins. TTP can bind to AU-rich elements within the...

BMP Receptor Signaling Is Required for Postnatal Maintenance of Articular Cartilage

Rountree, Ryan B, Schoor, Michael, Chen, Hao, Marks, Melissa E, Harley, Vincent, Mishina, Yuji, ...

Articular cartilage plays an essential role in health and mobility, but is frequently damaged or lost in millions of people that develop arthritis. The molecular mechanisms that create and maintain...

Bmpr1a and Bmpr1b have overlapping functions and are essential for chondrogenesis in vivo

Yoon, Byeong S., Ovchinnikov, Dmitry A., Yoshii, Isaac, Mishina, Yuji, Behringer, Richard R., Lyons, Karen M.

Previous studies have demonstrated the ability of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) to promote chondrogenic differentiation in vitro. However, the in vivo role of BMP signaling during chondrogenesis...

Conditional Transgenic System for Mouse Aurora A Kinase: Degradation by the Ubiquitin Proteasome Pathway Controls the Level of the Transgenic Protein

Fukuda, Tomokazu, Mishina, Yuji, Walker, Michael P., DiAugustine, Richard P.

Aurora A is a mitotic kinase that localizes to centrosomes. Expression of this protein is normally limited to the mitotic stage (G2-M) of the cell cycle, whereas human cancer cells frequently exhibit...

Endocardial cushion and myocardial defects after cardiac myocyte-specific conditional deletion of the bone morphogenetic protein receptor ALK3

Gaussin, Vinciane, Van De Putte, Tom, Mishina, Yuji, Hanks, Mark C., Zwijsen, An, Huylebroeck, Danny, ...

Receptors for bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), members of the transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) superfamily, are persistently expressed during cardiac development, yet mice lacking type II or...

Positional cloning of the gene LIMBIN responsible for bovine chondrodysplastic dwarfism

Takeda, Haruko, Takami, Marika, Oguni, Tomoko, Tsuji, Takehito, Yoneda, Kazuhiro, Sato, Hiroaki, ...

Chondrodysplastic dwarfism in Japanese brown cattle is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by short limbs. Previously, we mapped the locus responsible for the disease on the distal end of...

Genetic interaction between Wnt/β-catenin and BMP receptor signaling during formation of the AER and the dorsal–ventral axis in the limb

Soshnikova, Natalia, Zechner, Dietmar, Huelsken, Joerg, Mishina, Yuji, Behringer, Richard R., Taketo, Makoto M., ...

By conditional gene ablation in mice, we found that β-catenin, an essential downstream effector of canonical Wnt signaling, is a key regulator of formation of the apical ectodermal ridge (AER) and...

Cardiac progenitor cells from adult myocardium: Homing, differentiation, and fusion after infarction

Oh, Hidemasa, Bradfute, Steven B., Gallardo, Teresa D., Nakamura, Teruya, Gaussin, Vinciane, Mishina, Yuji, ...

Potential repair by cell grafting or mobilizing endogenous cells holds particular attraction in heart disease, where the meager capacity for cardiomyocyte proliferation likely contributes to the...

BMP4 supports self-renewal of embryonic stem cells by inhibiting mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways

Qi, Xiaoxia, Li, Teng-Guo, Hao, Jing, Hu, Jie, Wang, Jing, Simmons, Holly, ...

The fate of pluripotent stem cells is tightly controlled during early embryonic development. Both the derivation and the maintenance of embryonic stem cells (ES cells) in vitro depend on feeder...

Chorioallantoic Fusion Defects and Embryonic Lethality Resulting from Disruption of Zfp36L1, a Gene Encoding a CCCH Tandem Zinc Finger Protein of the Tristetraprolin Family

Stumpo, Deborah J., Byrd, Noah A., Phillips, Ruth S., Ghosh, Sanjukta, Maronpot, Robert R., Castranio, Trisha, ...

The mouse gene Zfp36L1 encodes zinc finger protein 36-like 1 (Zfp36L1), a member of the tristetraprolin (TTP) family of tandem CCCH finger proteins. TTP can bind to AU-rich elements within the...

BMP Receptor Signaling Is Required for Postnatal Maintenance of Articular Cartilage

Rountree, Ryan B, Schoor, Michael, Chen, Hao, Marks, Melissa E, Harley, Vincent, Mishina, Yuji, ...

Articular cartilage plays an essential role in health and mobility, but is frequently damaged or lost in millions of people that develop arthritis. The molecular mechanisms that create and maintain...

Bmpr1a and Bmpr1b have overlapping functions and are essential for chondrogenesis in vivo

Yoon, Byeong S., Ovchinnikov, Dmitry A., Yoshii, Isaac, Mishina, Yuji, Behringer, Richard R., Lyons, Karen M.

Previous studies have demonstrated the ability of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) to promote chondrogenic differentiation in vitro. However, the in vivo role of BMP signaling during chondrogenesis...

Conditional Transgenic System for Mouse Aurora A Kinase: Degradation by the Ubiquitin Proteasome Pathway Controls the Level of the Transgenic Protein

Fukuda, Tomokazu, Mishina, Yuji, Walker, Michael P., DiAugustine, Richard P.

Aurora A is a mitotic kinase that localizes to centrosomes. Expression of this protein is normally limited to the mitotic stage (G2-M) of the cell cycle, whereas human cancer cells frequently exhibit...

Prenatal Lung Epithelial Cell-Specific Abrogation of Alk3-Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling Causes Neonatal Respiratory Distress by Disrupting Distal Airway Formation

Sun, Jianping, Chen, Hui, Chen, Cheng, Whitsett, Jeffrey A., Mishina, Yuji, Bringas, Pablo, ...

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) play important roles in regulating lung development and function although the endogenous regulatory effects of BMP signaling are still controversial. We found that...

BMP Receptor ALK3 Controls Collecting System Development

Hartwig, Sunny, Bridgewater, Darren, Di Giovanni, Valeria, Cain, Jason, Mishina, Yuji, Rosenblum, Norman D.

The molecular signals that regulate growth and branching of the ureteric bud during formation of the renal collecting system are largely undefined. Members of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)...

Oct4/Sox2-Regulated miR-302 Targets Cyclin D1 in Human Embryonic Stem Cells▿ †

Greer Card, Deborah A., Hebbar, Pratibha B., Li, Leping, Trotter, Kevin W., Komatsu, Yoshihiro, Mishina, Yuji, ...

Oct4 and Sox2 are transcription factors required for pluripotency during early embryogenesis and for the maintenance of embryonic stem cell (ESC) identity. Functional mechanisms contributing to...

TAK1-binding Protein 1, TAB1, Mediates Osmotic Stress-induced TAK1 Activation but Is Dispensable for TAK1-mediated Cytokine Signaling*S⃞

Inagaki, Maiko, Omori, Emily, Kim, Jae-Young, Komatsu, Yoshihiro, Scott, Greg, Ray, Manas K., ...

TAK1 kinase is an indispensable intermediate in several cytokine signaling pathways including tumor necrosis factor, interleukin-1, and transforming growth factor-β signaling pathways. TAK1 also...