A genome-wide analysis of genes and gene families involved in innate immunity of Bombyx mori

Hiromitsu Tanaka, Jun Ishibashi, Kosuke Fujita, +7

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

BiologyGene FamiliesPlant ImmunityGenome StudyGenetics +10

Selective cancer cell cytotoxicity of enantiomeric 9-mer peptides derived from beetle defensins depends on negatively charged phosphatidylserine on the cell surface

Takashi Iwasaki, Jun Ishibashi, Hiromitsu Tanaka, +4

Peptides

Enantiomeric 9-MerBiochemistryPeptide EngineeringPeptide LibraryGlycobiology +5

Cellular uptake and in vivo distribution of polyhistidine peptides

Takashi Iwasaki, Yoshihisa Tokuda, Ayaka Kotake, +4

Journal of Controlled Release

PharmacologyPolyhistidine PeptidesPeptide Library

Physiological function, expression pattern, and transcriptional regulation of a Caenorhabditis elegans insulin-like peptide, INS-18

Yohei Matsunaga, Keiko Gengyo‐Ando, Shohei Mitani, +2

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Transcriptional RegulationSystems BiologyDevelopmental BiologyMolecular PhysiologySignal Transduction +9

Gene Expression of a Novel Defensin Antimicrobial Peptide in the Silkworm,<i>Bombyx mori</i>

Yoichi Kaneko, Hiromitsu Tanaka, Jun Ishibashi, +2

Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry

BiologyBiosynthesisNatural SciencesGeneticsEntomology +12

Ewing's sarcoma fusion protein, EWS/Fli-1 and Fli-1 protein induce PLD2 but not PLD1 gene expression by binding to an ETS domain of 5′ promoter

Ryosuke Kikuchi, Masashi Murakami, Sayaka Sobue, +9

Oncogene

Transcriptional RegulationMedicineEts DomainPld1 Gene ExpressionSarcoma Fusion Protein +6

GATA-1 and GATA-2 binding to 3′ enhancer of WT1 gene is essential for its transcription in acute leukemia and solid tumor cell lines

Ayako Furuhata, Masashi Murakami, Hiromi Ito, +11

Leukemia

Transcriptional RegulationWt1 GeneMedicineGata-2 BindingCell Biology +6

RET signaling‐induced SPHK1 gene expression plays a role in both GDNF‐induced differentiation and MEN2‐type oncogenesis

Masashi Murakami, Masatoshi Ichihara, Sayaka Sobue, +11

Journal of Neurochemistry

A<i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>Insulin-Like Peptide, INS-17: Its Physiological Function and Expression Pattern

Yohei Matsunaga, Kensuke Nakajima, Keiko Gengyo‐Ando, +3

Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Molecular RegulationMolecular BiologyReporter GeneExpression PatternCellular Physiology +17

Diapause is associated with a change in the polarity of secretion of insulin-like peptides

Yohei Matsunaga, Yoko Honda, Shuji Honda, +4

Nature Communications