Makoto Funaki

Effects of substrate stiffness on cell morphology, cytoskeletal structure, and adhesion

Tony Yeung, Penelope C. Georges, Lisa A. Flanagan et al. · Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton · 2004 · 2.3K citations

Life Sciences, Biophysics, Cell Biology +17

Bone Marrow-Derived Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Become Quiescent on Soft Substrates but Remain Responsive to Chemical or Mechanical Stimuli

Jessamine Winer‐Jones, Paul A. Janmey, Margaret E. McCormick et al. · Tissue Engineering Part A · 2008 · 373 citations

Life Sciences, Bioengineering, Cell Biology +17

Dexamethasone-induced insulin resistance in 3T3-L1 adipocytes is due to inhibition of glucose transport rather than insulin signal transduction.

Hideyuki Sakoda, Takehide Ogihara, Motonobu Anai et al. · Diabetes · 2000 · 233 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Cell Signaling +10

14-3-3 Protein Binds to Insulin Receptor Substrate-1, One of the Binding Sites of Which Is in the Phosphotyrosine Binding Domain

Takehide Ogihara, Toshiaki Isobe, Tohru Ichimura et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1997 · 175 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +15

Overexpression of SH2-Containing Inositol Phosphatase 2 Results in Negative Regulation of Insulin-Induced Metabolic Actions in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes via Its 5′-Phosphatase Catalytic Activity

Tsutomu Wada, Toshiyasu Sasaoka, Makoto Funaki et al. · Molecular and Cellular Biology · 2001 · 175 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Physiology +16