Claudin-based tight junctions are crucial for the mammalian epidermal barrier

Mikio Furuse, Masaki Hata, Kyoko Furuse, +6

The Journal of Cell Biology

ZO-1 and ZO-2 Independently Determine Where Claudins Are Polymerized in Tight-Junction Strand Formation

Kazuaki Umeda, Junichi Ikenouchi, Sayaka Katahira-Tayama, +7

Cell

BiochemistryCross-linkProtein FoldingNatural SciencesPolymer Science +6

Tricellulin constitutes a novel barrier at tricellular contacts of epithelial cells

Junichi Ikenouchi, Mikio Furuse, Kyoko Furuse, +3

The Journal of Cell Biology

Bicellular Tight JunctionsCell AdhesionMolecular BiologyCytoskeletonTricellulin Expression +19

Conversion of <i>Zonulae Occludentes</i> from Tight to Leaky Strand Type by Introducing Claudin-2 into Madin-Darby Canine Kidney I Cells

Mikio Furuse, Kyoko Furuse, Hiroyuki Sasaki, +1

The Journal of Cell Biology

Claudin-2–deficient mice are defective in the leaky and cation-selective paracellular permeability properties of renal proximal tubules

Shigeaki Muto, Masaki Hata, Junichi Taniguchi, +10

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Establishment and Characterization of Cultured Epithelial Cells Lacking Expression of ZO-1

Kazuaki Umeda, Takeshi Matsui, Mayumi Nakayama, +4

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Cell AdhesionCell CultureCell ProliferationCytoskeletonCell Junctions +14

Claudins and JAM-A coordinately regulate tight junction formation and epithelial polarity

Tetsuhisa Otani, Thanh Phuong Nguyen, Shinsaku Tokuda, +6

The Journal of Cell Biology

Cell AdhesionMolecular BiologyCytoskeletonCell JunctionsCellular Physiology +19

Dynamic behavior of paired claudin strands within apposing plasma membranes

Hiroyuki Sasaki, Chiyuki Matsui, Kyoko Furuse, +3

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Compartmentalization established by claudin-11-based tight junctions in stria vascularis is required for hearing through generation of endocochlear potential

Shin‐ichiro Kitajiri, Tatsuo Miyamoto, Akihito Mineharu, +9

Journal of Cell Science

JACOP, a Novel Plaque Protein Localizing at the Apical Junctional Complex with Sequence Similarity to Cingulin

Hiroe Ohnishi, Takuo Nakahara, Kyoko Furuse, +3

Journal of Biological Chemistry