Pigment Dispersing Factor Regulates Ecdysone Biosynthesis via Bombyx Neuropeptide G Protein Coupled Receptor-B2 in the Prothoracic Glands of Bombyx mori

Masatoshi Iga, Takayoshi Nakaoka, Yutaka Suzuki, +1

PLoS ONE

GeneticsMolecular BiologyCryptochromeProthoracic GlandsProteomics +19

Lysophosphatidylcholine transduces Ca2+ signaling via the platelet-activating factor receptor in macrophages

T Ogita, Yosuke Tanaka, Takayoshi Nakaoka, +5

American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Paf ReceptorsImmunologyPlatelet-activating Factor ReceptorCellular PhysiologyInflammation +15

A Clinical Quantitative Evaluation of Hepatobiliary Transport of [11C]Dehydropravastatin in Humans Using Positron Emission Tomography

Kenichi Kaneko, Masaaki Tanaka, Akira Ishii, +18

Drug Metabolism and Disposition

A highly specific and sensitive quantification analysis of the sterols in silkworm larvae by high performance liquid chromatography–atmospheric pressure chemical ionization–tandem mass spectrometry

Fumihiko Igarashi, Juri Hikiba, Mari H. Ogihara, +3

Analytical Biochemistry

BiologySilkworm LarvaeBiochemistryGas ChromatographyNatural Sciences +7

Distribution of Kakugo Virus and Its Effects on the Gene Expression Profile in the Brain of the Worker Honeybee <i>Apis mellifera</i> L

Tomoko Fujiyuki, Emiko Matsuzaka, Takayoshi Nakaoka, +6

Journal of Virology

Deep sequencing of the prothoracic gland transcriptome reveals new players in insect ecdysteroidogenesis

Takayoshi Nakaoka, Masatoshi Iga, Tetsuya Yamada, +6

PLoS ONE

GeneticsGenomic MechanismInsect EcdysteroidogenesisMolecular GeneticsReproductive Biology +15

Differential Gene Expression in the Hypopharyngeal Glands of Worker Honeybees (<i>Apis mellifera</i>L.) Associated with an Age-Dependent Role Change

Takayuki Ueno, Takayoshi Nakaoka, Hideaki Takeuchi, +1

ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Novel Middle-Type Kenyon Cells in the Honeybee Brain Revealed by Area-Preferential Gene Expression Analysis

Kumi Kaneko, Tsubomi Ikeda, Mirai Nagai, +11

PLoS ONE

BiologyCell LineageNeurobiological MechanismDevelopmental BiologyHoneybee Brain +12

Laying workers in queenless honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies have physiological states similar to that of nurse bees but opposite that of foragers

Takayoshi Nakaoka, Hideaki Takeuchi, Takeo Kubo

Journal of Insect Physiology

BiologyInsect Social BehaviorPhysiological StatesFitnessNatural Sciences +6

[18F]DPA-714 PET imaging for the quantitative evaluation of early spatiotemporal changes of neuroinflammation in rat brain following status epilepticus

Kenichi Kaneko, Satsuki Irie, Aya Mawatari, +8

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Neuroimaging BiomarkersEarly Spatiotemporal ChangesNeurophysiologyNeuroanatomyStatus Epilepticus +9