研究業績

2024

Ulferts S, Lopes M, Miyamoto K, Grosse R. Nuclear actin dynamics and functions at a glance. J Cell Sci. 2024;137(6):jcs261630. doi: 10.1242/jcs.261630.

2023

Ihashi S, Hamanaka M, Kaji M, Mori R, Nishizaki S, Mori M, Imasato Y, Inoue K, Matoba S, Ogonuki N, Takasu A, Nakamura M, Matsumoto K, Anzai M, Ogura A, Ikawa M, Miyamoto K. Incomplete activation of Alyref and Gabpb1 leads to preimplantation arrest in cloned mouse embryos. Life Sci Alliance. 2023 Aug 28;6(11):e202302296. doi: 10.26508/lsa.202302296. 

  プレスリリース(日刊工業新聞 掲載)

Masahito T, Sakanoue R, Takasu A, Watanabe N, Shimamoto Y, Miyamoto K. Transition to the structurally vulnerable nuclear state is an integral part of mouse embryonic development. bioRxiv. 2023; doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.20.529332

2022

Tomikawa J, Miyamoto K. Structural alteration of the nucleus for the reprogramming of gene expression. FEBS J. 2022 Nov;289(22):7221-7233. doi: 10.1111/febs.15894.

Gunasekaran S, Miyagawa Y, Miyamoto K. Actin nucleoskeleton in embryonic development and cellular differentiation. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2022 Jun;76:102100. doi: 10.1016/j.ceb.2022.102100.

Takeuchi H, Yamamoto M, Fukui M, Inoue A, Maezawa T, Nishioka M, Kondo E, Ikeda T, Matsumoto K, Miyamoto K. Single-cell profiling of transcriptomic changes during in vitro maturation of human oocytes. Reprod Med Biol. 2022 May 9;21(1):e12464. doi: 10.1002/rmb2.12464.

  Top-cited article during 2022-2023

Tomikawa J, Penfold CA, Hatakeyama R, Miyamoto K. Nuclear transfer system for the direct induction of embryonic transcripts from intra- and cross-species nuclei using mouse 4-cell embryos. STAR Protoc. 2022 Apr 11;3(2):101284. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101284.

2021

Tomikawa J, Penfold CA, Kamiya T, Hibino R, Kosaka A, Anzai M, Matsumoto K, Miyamoto K. Cell division- and DNA replication-free reprogramming of somatic nuclei for embryonic transcription. iScience. 2021 Nov 3;24(11):103290. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103290.

  プレスリリースJST Science Japan, JST客観日本(中国版)掲載)

Kamimura S, Inoue K, Mizutani E, Kim JM, Inoue H, Ogonuki N, Miyamoto K, Ihashi S, Itami N, Wakayama T, Ito A, Nishino N, Yoshida M, Ogura A. Improved development of mouse somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos by chlamydocin analogues, class I and IIa histone deacetylase inhibitors. Biol Reprod. 2021 Aug 3;105(2):543-553. doi: 10.1093/biolre/ioab096.

Morita K, Hatanaka Y, Ihashi S, Asano M, Miyamoto K, Matsumoto K. Symmetrically dimethylated histone H3R2 promotes global transcription during minor zygotic genome activation in mouse pronuclei. Sci Rep. 2021 May 12;11(1):10146. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-89334-w.

Shindo T, Ihashi S, Sakamoto Y, Okuno T, Tomikawa J, Miyamoto K. Visualization of endogenous nuclear F-actin in mouse embryos reveals abnormal actin assembly after somatic cell nuclear transfer. J Biochem. 2021 Apr 18;169(3):303-311. doi: 10.1093/jb/mvaa125.

Miyamoto K, Harata M. Nucleoskeleton proteins for nuclear dynamics. J Biochem. 2021 Apr 18;169(3):237-241. doi: 10.1093/jb/mvab006

Yun CS, Masaka H, Nishino D, Horaku S, Rahman AMI, Khandoker MAMY, Yamauchi N. Analysis of novel embryonic factors of cattle and effects on endometrial cells in vitro. Anim Reprod Sci. 2021;226:106696. doi: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2021.106696.

Nishino D, Kotake A, Yun CS, Rahman AMI, El-Sharawy M, Yamanaka KI, Khandoker MAMY, Yamauchi N. Gene expression of bovine endometrial epithelial cells cultured in matrigel. Cell Tissue Res. 2021;385:265-275. doi: 10.1007/s00441-021-03418-7.

2020

Takahashi Y, Hiratsuka S, Machida N, Takahashi D, Matsushita J, Hozak P, Misteli T, Miyamoto K, Harata M. Impairment of nuclear F-actin formation and its relevance to cellular phenotypes in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome. Nucleus. 2020 Dec;11(1):250-263. doi: 10.1080/19491034.2020.1815395.

Okuno T, Li WY, Hatano Y, Takasu A, Sakamoto Y, Yamamoto M, Ikeda Z, Shindo T, Plessner M, Morita K, Matsumoto K, Yamagata K, Grosse R, Miyamoto K. Zygotic Nuclear F-Actin Safeguards Embryonic Development. Cell Rep. 2020 Jun 30;31(13):107824. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107824

  プレスリリース(テレビ和歌山 WTVニュース, 毎日新聞, 和歌山新報, 日刊工業新聞掲載)

Yamazaki S, Gerhold C, Yamamoto K, Ueno Y, Grosse R, Miyamoto K, Harata M. The Actin-Family Protein Arp4 Is a Novel Suppressor for the Formation and Functions of Nuclear F-Actin. Cells. 2020 Mar 19;9(3):758. doi: 10.3390/cells9030758.

Rahman ANMI, Yamashita S, Fujihara T, Islam MR, Fujihara T, Yamaguchi H, Kawahara M, Takahashi M, Takahashi H, Gotoh T, Yamauchi N. Type-I interferon regulates matrix metalloproteinases clearance of the bovine endometrial spheroid. Anim Sci J. 2020;91:e13350. doi: 10.1111/asj.13350.

2019

Almonacid M, Al Jord A, El-Hayek S, Othmani A, Coulpier F, Lemoine S, Miyamoto K, Grosse R, Klein C, Piolot T, Mailly P, Voituriez R, Genovesio A, Verlhac MH. Active Fluctuations of the Nuclear Envelope Shape the Transcriptional Dynamics in Oocytes. Dev Cell. 2019 Oct 21;51(2):145-157.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.09.010.

Higuchi C, Yamamoto M, Shin SW, Miyamoto K, Matsumoto K. Perturbation of maternal PIASy abundance disrupts zygotic genome activation and embryonic development via SUMOylation pathway. Biol Open. 2019 Oct 29;8(10):bio048652. doi: 10.1242/bio.048652.

Miyamoto K. Various nuclear reprogramming systems using egg and oocyte materials. J Reprod Dev. 2019 Jun 14;65(3):203-208. doi: 10.1262/jrd.2019-002.

Yamagata K, Nagai K, Miyamoto H, Anzai M, Kato H, Miyamoto K, Kurosaka S, Azuma R, Kolodeznikov II, Protopopov AV, Plotnikov VV, Kobayashi H, Kawahara-Miki R, Kono T, Uchida M, Shibata Y, Handa T, Kimura H, Hosoi Y, Mitani T, Matsumoto K, Iritani A. Signs of biological activities of 28,000-year-old mammoth nuclei in mouse oocytes visualized by live-cell imaging. Sci Rep. 2019 Mar 11;9(1):4050. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-40546-1.

  プレスリリースUnited States of America FOX News Channel, NHKニュース, 朝日新聞, 産経新聞, 読売新聞, 日本経済新聞等他多数掲載)

2018

Miyamoto K, Nguyen KT, Allen GE, Jullien J, Kumar D, Otani T, Bradshaw CR, Livesey FJ, Kellis M, Gurdon JB. Chromatin Accessibility Impacts Transcriptional Reprogramming in Oocytes. Cell Rep. 2018 Jul 10;24(2):304-311. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.06.030.

  プレスリリース日刊工業新聞掲載)

Azuma R, Miyamoto K, Oikawa M, Yamada M, Anzai M. Combinational Treatment of Trichostatin A and Vitamin C Improves the Efficiency of Cloning Mice by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer. J Vis Exp. 2018 Apr 26;(134):57036. doi: 10.3791/57036.

Ikeda T, Hikichi T, Miura H, Shibata H, Mitsunaga K, Yamada Y, Woltjen K, Miyamoto K, Hiratani I, Yamada Y, Hotta A, Yamamoto T, Okita K, Masui S. Srf destabilizes cellular identity by suppressing cell-type-specific gene expression programs. Nat Commun. 2018 Apr 11;9(1):1387. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03748-1.

Morita K, Tokoro M, Hatanaka Y, Higuchi C, Ikegami H, Nagai K, Anzai M, Kato H, Mitani T, Taguchi Y, Yamagata K, Hosoi Y, Miyamoto K, Matsumoto K. Peroxiredoxin as a functional endogenous antioxidant enzyme in pronuclei of mouse zygotes. J Reprod Dev. 2018 Apr 13;64(2):161-171. doi: 10.1262/jrd.2018-005.

Higuchi C, Shimizu N, Shin SW, Morita K, Nagai K, Anzai M, Kato H, Mitani T, Yamagata K, Hosoi Y, Miyamoto K, Matsumoto K. Ubiquitin-proteasome system modulates zygotic genome activation in early mouse embryos and influences full-term development. J Reprod Dev. 2018 Feb 27;64(1):65-74. doi: 10.1262/jrd.2017-127.

Musavi SAA, Yamashita S, Fujihara T, Masaka H, Islam MR, Kim S, Gotoh T, Kawahara M, Tashiro K, Yamauchi N. Analysis of differentially expressed genes and the promoters in bovine endometrium throughout estrus cycle and early pregnancy.
Anim Sci J. 2018;89:1609-21. doi: 10.1111/asj.13091.

2017

Baarlink C, Plessner M, Sherrard A, Morita K, Misu S, Virant D, Kleinschnitz EM, Harniman R, Alibhai D, Baumeister S, Miyamoto K, Endesfelder U, Kaidi A, Grosse R. A transient pool of nuclear F-actin at mitotic exit controls chromatin organization. Nat Cell Biol. 2017 Dec;19(12):1389-1399. doi: 10.1038/ncb3641.

  プレスリリース(科学新聞)

Miyamoto K, Tajima Y, Yoshida K, Oikawa M, Azuma R, Allen GE, Tsujikawa T, Tsukaguchi T, Bradshaw CR, Jullien J, Yamagata K, Matsumoto K, Anzai M, Imai H, Gurdon JB, Yamada M. Reprogramming towards totipotency is greatly facilitated by synergistic effects of small molecules. Biol Open. 2017 Apr 15;6(4):415-424. doi: 10.1242/bio.023473.

  プレスリリース(フジサンケイビジネスアイ, 日経産業新聞, 日刊工業新聞, 日本經濟新聞, 化学工業日報 等掲載)

Jullien J, Vodnala M, Pasque V, Oikawa M, Miyamoto K, Allen G, David SA, Brochard V, Wang S, Bradshaw C, Koseki H, Sartorelli V, Beaujean N, Gurdon J. Gene Resistance to Transcriptional Reprogramming following Nuclear Transfer Is Directly Mediated by Multiple Chromatin-Repressive Pathways. Mol Cell. 2017 Mar 2;65(5):873-884.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.01.030.

Misu S, Takebayashi M, Miyamoto K. Nuclear Actin in Development and Transcriptional Reprogramming. Front Genet. 2017 Mar 7;8:27. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2017.00027.

El-Sharawy M, Eid E, Darwish S, El-Razek I, Islam MR, Kubota K, Yamauchi N, El-Shamaa I. Effect of Organic and Inorganic Selenium Supplementation on Semen Quality and Blood Enzymes in Buffalo Bulls. Anim Sci J. 2017;88:999-1005. doi: 10.1111/asj.12736.

Islam MR, Ikeguchi Y, Yamagami K, El-Sharawy M, Yamauchi N. Development of an in vitro model to study uterine functions and early implantation using rat uterine explants. Cell Tissue Res. 2017;370:501-512. doi: 10.1007/s00441-017-2679-8.

2016

Teperek M, Simeone A, Gaggioli V, Miyamoto K, Allen GE, Erkek S, Kwon T, Marcotte EM, Zegerman P, Bradshaw CR, Peters AH, Gurdon JB, Jullien J. Sperm is epigenetically programmed to regulate gene transcription in embryos. Genome Res. 2016 Aug;26(8):1034-46. doi: 10.1101/gr.201541.115.

Akizawa H, Nagatomo H, Odagiri H, Kohri N, Yamauchi N, Yanagawa Y, Nagano M, Takahashi M, Kawahara M. Conserved roles of fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 signaling in the regulation of inner cell mass development in bovine blastocysts. Mol Reprod Dev. 2016;83:516-25. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22646.

Nagatomo H, Kohri N, Akizawa H, Hoshino Y, Yamauchi N, Kono T, Takahashi M, Kawahara M. Requirement for nuclear autoantigenic sperm protein mRNA expression in bovine preimplantation development. Anim Sci J. 2016 Mar;87(3):457-61. doi: 10.1111/asj.12538.

Shirozu T, Sasaki K, Kawahara M, Yanagawa Y, Nagano M, Yamauchi N, Takahashi M. Expression dynamics of bovine MX genes in the endometrium and placenta during early to mid pregnancy. J Reprod Dev. 2016;62:29-35. doi: 10.1262/jrd.2015-086.

Islam MR, Yamagami K, Yashii Y, Yamauchi N. Growth factor induced proliferation, migration, and lumen formation of rat endometrial epithelial cells in vitro. J Reprod Dev. 2016;62:271-8. doi: 10.1262/jrd.2015-158.

Zhao L, Isayama K, Chen H, Yamauchi N, Shigeyoshi Y, Hashimoto S, Hattori MA. The nuclear receptor REV-ERBα represses the transcription of growth/differentiation factor 10 and 15 genes in rat endometrium stromal cells. Physiol Rep. 2016;4:e12663. doi: 10.14814/phy2.12663.

Yamagami K, Islam MR, Yoshii Y, Mori K, Tashiro K, Yamauchi N. Preimplantation embryo-secreted factors modulate maternal gene expression in rat uterus. Cell Tissue Res. 2016;364:453-63. doi: 10.1007/s00441-015-2336-z.

Egashira A, Yamauchi N, Islam MR, Yamagami K, Tanaka A, Suyama H, El-Sayed EM, Shoji Tabata, Kuramoto T. Kid depletion in mouse oocytes associated with multinucleated blastomere formation and inferior embryo development. Anim Sci J. 2016 Aug;87(8):1048-54. doi: 10.1111/asj.12530. 

2015

Miyamoto K, Suzuki KT, Suzuki M, Sakane Y, Sakuma T, Herberg S, Simeone A, Simpson D, Jullien J, Yamamoto T, Gurdon JB. The Expression of TALEN before Fertilization Provides a Rapid Knock-Out Phenotype in Xenopus laevis Founder Embryos. PLoS One. 2015 Nov 18;10(11):e0142946. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142946.

  プレスリリース(読売新聞掲載)

Herberg S, Simeone A, Oikawa M, Jullien J, Bradshaw CR, Teperek M, Gurdon J, Miyamoto K. Histone H3 lysine 9 trimethylation is required for suppressing the expression of an embryonically activated retrotransposon in Xenopus laevis. Sci Rep. 2015 Sep 21;5:14236. doi: 10.1038/srep14236.

Miyamoto K, Simpson D, Gurdon JB. Manipulation and in vitro maturation of Xenopus laevis oocytes, followed by intracytoplasmic sperm injection, to study embryonic development. J Vis Exp. 2015 Feb 9;(96):e52496. doi: 10.3791/52496.

Egashira A, Yamauchi N, Tanaka K, Mine C, Otsubo H, Murakami M, Islam MR, Ohtsuka M, Yoshioka N, Kuramoto T. Developmental capacity and implantation potential of the embryos with multinucleated blastomeres. J Reprod Dev. 2015;61:595-600. doi: 10.1262/jrd.2015-052.

Yamauchi K, Yamauchi N, Yamagami K, Nakamura N, Yamashita S, Islam MR, Tabata S, Yahiro K, Tamura T, Hashizume K, Hattori MA. Development of an in vitro model for the analysis of bovine endometrium using simple techniques. Anim Sci J. 2015;86:523-31. doi: 10.1111/asj.12318.

Chen H, Isayama K, Kumazawa M, Zhao L, Yamauchi N, Shigeyoshi Y, Hashimoto S, Hattori MA. Integration of the nuclear receptor REV-ERBα linked with circadian oscillators in the expressions of Alas1, Ppargc1a, and Il6 genes in rat granulosa cells. Chronobiol Int. 2015;32:739-49. doi: 10.3109/07420528.2015.1042582.

Isayama K, Zhao L, Chen H, Yamauchi N, Shigeyoshi Y, Hashimoto S, Hattori MA. Removal of Rev-erbα inhibition contributes to the prostaglandin G/H synthase 2 expression in rat endometrial stromal cells. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2015;308:E650-61. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00533.2014.

Tasaki H, Zhao L, Isayama K, Chen H, Yamauchi N, Shigeyoshi Y, Hashimoto S, Hattori MA. Inhibitory role of REV-ERBα in the expression of bone morphogenetic protein gene family in rat uterus endometrium stromal cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2015;308:C528-38. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00220.2014.

Nagatomo H, Akizawa H, Sada A, Kishi Y, Yamanaka K, Takuma T, Sasaki K, Yamauchi N, Yanagawa Y, Nagano M, Kono T, Takahashi M, Kawahara M. Comparing spatial expression dynamics of bovine blastocyst under three different procedures: in-vivo, in-vitro derived, and somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos. Jpn J Vet Res. 2015;63:159-71.

~2014(selected publications)

Jullien J, Miyamoto K (co-first author), Pasque V, Allen GE, Bradshaw CR, Garrett NJ, Halley-Stott RP, Kimura H, Ohsumi K, Gurdon JB. Hierarchical molecular events driven by oocyte-specific factors lead to rapid and extensive reprogramming. Mol Cell. 2014 Aug 21;55(4):524-36. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.06.024.

Miyamoto K, Teperek M, Yusa K, Allen GE, Bradshaw CR, Gurdon JB. Nuclear Wave1 is required for reprogramming transcription in oocytes and for normal development. Science. 2013 Aug 30;341(6149):1002-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1240376.

Miyamoto K, Pasque V, Jullien J, Gurdon JB. Nuclear actin polymerization is required for transcriptional reprogramming of Oct4 by oocytes. Genes Dev. 2011 May 1;25(9):946-58. doi: 10.1101/gad.615211.

Miyamoto K, Nagai K, Kitamura N, Nishikawa T, Ikegami H, Binh NT, Tsukamoto S, Matsumoto M, Tsukiyama T, Minami N, Yamada M, Ariga H, Miyake M, Kawarasaki T, Matsumoto K, Imai H. Identification and characterization of an oocyte factor required for development of porcine nuclear transfer embryos. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2011 Apr 26;108(17):7040-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1013634108.

Jullien J, Pasque V, Halley-Stott RP, Miyamoto K, Gurdon JB. Mechanisms of nuclear reprogramming by eggs and oocytes: a deterministic process? Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2011 Jun 23;12(7):453-9. doi: 10.1038/nrm3140.

Miyamoto K, Tsukiyama T, Yang Y, Li N, Minami N, Yamada M, Imai H. Cell-free extracts from mammalian oocytes partially induce nuclear reprogramming in somatic cells. Biol Reprod. 2009 May;80(5):935-43. doi: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.073676. 

Isayama K, Chen H, Yamauchi N, Hattori MA. REV-ERBα Inhibits the PTGS2 expression in bovine uterus endometrium stromal and epithelial cells exposed to ovarian steroids. J Reprod Dev. 2014;60:362-70. doi: 10.1262/jrd.2014-040.

Kito G, Tanaka H, Soh T, Yamauchi N, Hattori MA. The putative promoters of germ cell-specific genes and Nanog are hypomethylated in chicken sperm. J Reprod Dev. 2014;60:224-9. doi: 10.1262/jrd.2014-010.

Mori M, Kuwano T, Kamori T, Isozaki Y, Nishihara T, Yamauchi N, Hattori MA. Effect of ATP-binding cassette subfamily B member 1 on bovine blastocyst implantation. Theriogenology 2014;81:683-8. doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2013.11.015.

Yamagami K, Yamauchi N, Kubota K, Nishimura S, Vishwajit Sur Chowdhury, Yamanaka K, Takahashi M, Tabata S, Hattori MA. Expression and Regulation of Foxa2 in the Rat Uterus during Early Pregnancy. J Reprod Dev. 2014;60:468-75. doi: 10.1262/jrd.2014-086.

Kawamura M, Tasaki H, Misawa I, Chu G, Yamauchi N, Hattori MA. Contribution of testosterone to the clock system in rat prostate mesenchyme cells. Andrology 2014;2:225-33. doi: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2013.00161.x.

Tasaki H, Zhao L, Isayama K, Chen H, Yamauchi N, Shigeyoshi Y, Hashimoto S, Hattori MA. Profiling of circadian genes expressed in the uterus endometrial stromal cells of pregnant rats as revealed by DNA microarray coupled with RNA interference. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2013 Jul 8;4:82. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2013.00082.

Chen H, Zhao L, Kumazawa M, Yamauchi N, Shigeyoshi Y, Hashimoto S, Hattori MA. Downregulation of core clock gene Bmal1 attenuates expression of progesterone and prostaglandin biosynthesis-related genes in rat luteinizing granulosa cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2013;304:C1131-40. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00008.2013.

Nishimura K, Nakano N, Chowdhury VS, Kaneto M, Torii M, Hattori MA, Yamauchi N, Kawai M. Effect of PPARβ/δ agonist on the placentation and embryo-fetal development in rats. Birth Defects Res B Dev Reprod Toxicol. 2013;98:164-9. doi:

Chen H, Zhao L, Chu G, Kito G, Yamauchi N, Shigeyoshi Y, Hashimoto S, Hattori MA. FSH induces the development of circadian clockwork in rat granulosa cells via a gap junction protein Cx43 dependent pathway. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2013;304:E566-75. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00432.2012.

Mori M, Kasa S, Isozaki Y, KamoriA T, Yamaguchi S, Ueda S, Kuwano T, Eguchi M, Isayama K, Nishimura S, Tabata S, Yamauchi N, Hattori MA. Improvement of the cellular quality of cryopreserved bovine blastocysts accompanied by enhancement of the ATP-binding cassette sub-family B member 1 expression. Reprod Toxicol. 2013;35:17-24. doi: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2012.11.002.

Chen H, Chu G, Zhao L, Yamauchi N, Shigeyoshi Y, Hashimoto S, Hattori MA. Rev-erbα regulates circadian rhythms and StAR expression in rat granulosa cells as identified by the agonist GSK4112. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2012;420:374-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.02.164.

Chu G, Misawa I, Chen H, Yamauchi N, Shigeyoshi Y, Hashimoto S, Hattori MA. Contribution of FSH and triiodothyronine to the development of circadian clocks during granulosa cell maturation. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2012;302:E645-53. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00470.2011.

Chu G, Yoshida K, Narahara S, Uchikawa M, Kawamura M, Yamauchi N, Xi Y, Shigeyoshi Y, Hashimoto S, Hattori MA. Alterations of circadian clockworks during differentiation and apoptosis of rat ovarian cells. Chronobiol Int 2011;28:477-87. doi: 10.3109/07420528.2011.589933.

Nishimura K, Yamauchi N, Chowdhury VS, Torii M, Hattori MA, Kaneto M. Expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor isoforms in the rat uterus during early pregnancy. Cell Tissue Res 2011;345:275-84. doi: 10.1007/s00441-011-1208-4.

Uchikawa M, Kawamura M, Yamauchi N, Hattori MA. Down-regulation of circadian clock gene period 2 in uterine endometrial stromal cells of pregnant rats during decidualization. Chronobiol Int 2011;28:1-9. doi: 10.3109/07420528.2010.522289.

Yokota K, Hirano T, Urata N, Yamauchi N, Hattori MA. Upregulation of P-glycoprotein activity in porcine oocytes and granulosa cells during in vitro maturation. J Reprod Dev 2011;57:322-6. doi: 10.1262/jrd.10-137m.

Kito G, Aramaki S, Tanaka K, Soh T, Yamauchi N, Hattori MA. Temporal and spatial differential expression of chicken germline-specific proteins cDAZL, CDH and CVH during gametogenesis. J Reprod Dev 2010;56:41-6. doi: 10.1262/jrd.09-218a.

Kubota K, Yamauchi N, Yamagami K, Nishimura S, Gobaru T, Yamanaka K, Wood C, Soh T, Takahashi M, Hattori MA. Steroidal regulation of Ihh and Gli1 expression in the rat uterus. Cell Tissue Res 2010;340:389-95. doi: 10.1007/s00441-010-0945-0.
IF=4.061, Times Cited=7

Yoshida K, He PJ, Yamauchi N, Hashimoto S, Hattori MA. Up-regulation of circadian clock gene Period 2 in the prostate mesenchymal cells during flutamide-induced apoptosis. Mol Cell Biochem 2010;335:37-45. doi: 10.1007/s11010-009-0238-7.

Hirata M, He PJ, Shibuya N, Uchikawa M, Yamauchi N, Hashimoto S, Hattori MA. Progesterone, but not estradiol, synchronizes circadian oscillator in the uterus endometrial stromal cells. Mol Cell Biochem. 2009;324:31-8. doi: 10.1007/s11010-008-9981-4.

Matsumoto K, Yamauchi N, Watanabe R, Oozono S, Kubota K, Nishimura K, Wood C, Soh T, Kizaki K-I, Hattori M-A. In vitro decidualization of rat endometrial stromal cells. Cell Tissue Res. 2009;335:575-86. doi: 10.1007/s00441-008-0734-1. 

Kurokawa M, Sato F, Aramaki S, Soh T, Yamauchi N, Hattori MA. Monitor of the myostatin autocrine action during differentiation of embryonic chicken myoblasts into myotubes: effect of IGF-I. Mol Cell Biochem 2009;331:193-9. doi: 10.1007/s11010-009-0158-6.

Aramaki S, Kubota K, Soh T, Yamauchi N, Hattori MA. Chicken dead end homologue protein is a nucleoprotein of germ cells including primordial germ cells. J Reprod Dev 2009;55: 214-8. doi: 10.1262/jrd.20154.

Oozono S, YamauchiN, Nishimura K, Matsumoto K, Watanabe R, Kubota K, Aramaki S, Sato F, Wood C, Soh T, Kizaki KI, Hattori MA. Expression of rat uterine serine proteinases homologous to mouse implantation serine proteinase 2. J Exp Zool Part B Mol Dev Evol. 2008;310:642-9. doi: 10.1002/jez.b.21237.

Kubota K, YamauchiN, Matsumoto K, Watanabe R, Oozono S, Aramaki S, Wood C, Soh T, Hattori MA. Expression of hedgehog family genes in the rat uterus during early pregnancy. J Reprod Dev. 2008;54:340-5. doi: 10.1262/jrd.20054. 

Gamo T, YamauchiN, Nishimura K, Watanabe R, Matsumoto K, Oozono S, Kubota K, He PJ, Soh T, Hattori MA. Effects of tumor necrosis factor-a on cell proliferation, prostaglandins and matrix-metalloproteinases production in rat endometrial stromal cells cultured in vitro. J Exp Zool Part A Mol Integr Physiol. 2007;148:550-5. doi: 10.1002/jez.a.423.