Ultrasonication-induced Amyloid Fibril Formation of β2-Microglobulin

Yumiko Ohhashi, Miho Kihara, Hironobu Naiki, +1

Journal of Biological Chemistry

BiochemistryProtein FoldingAmyloid FibrilsBioanalysisStrong Agitator +12

Critical Balance of Electrostatic and Hydrophobic Interactions Is Required for β₂-Microglobulin Amyloid Fibril Growth and Stability

Bakthisaran Raman, Eri Chatani, Miho Kihara, +6

Biochemistry

Protein ChemistryAmyloid Fibril GrowthSolid-state IonicProteinlipid InteractionBiochemistry +13

Autocrine TGF-β-positive feedback in profibrotic AT2-lineage cells plays a crucial role in non-inflammatory lung fibrogenesis

Yasunori Enomoto, Hiroaki Katsura, Takashi Fujimura, +12

Nature Communications

Acute Lung InjuryInflammatory Lung DiseaseLung InflammationProfibrotic At2-lineage CellsImmunology +18

Seeding-dependent Maturation of β2-Microglobulin Amyloid Fibrils at Neutral pH

Miho Kihara, Eri Chatani, Miyo Sakai, +3

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Protein SecretionEngineeringBiochemistrySeeding-dependent MaturationProtein Folding +12

Conformation of Amyloid Fibrils of β2-Microglobulin Probed by Tryptophan Mutagenesis

Miho Kihara, Eri Chatani, Kentarô Iwata, +5

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Protein ChemistryProtein FunctionProtein AssemblyBiochemistryProtein Folding +11

Anti–PD-1 antibodies recognizing the membrane-proximal region are PD-1 agonists that can down-regulate inflammatory diseases

Kensuke Suzuki, Masaki Tajima, Yosuke Tokumaru, +7

Science Immunology

Enhanced enteric neurogenesis by Schwann cell precursors in mouse models of Hirschsprung disease

Toshihiro Uesaka, Mitsumasa Okamoto, Mayumi Nagashimada, +4

Glia

Retrovirus-derived <i>RTL5</i> and <i>RTL6</i> genes are novel constituents of the innate immune system in the eutherian brain

Masahito Irie, Johbu Itoh, Ayumi Matsuzawa, +7

Development

Myofibroblast β2 adrenergic signaling amplifies cardiac hypertrophy in mice

Atsuki Imaeda, Shota Tanaka, Kota Tonegawa, +8

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Myofibroblast β2Cardiac MuscleCardiomyopathyMolecular PhysiologyMedicine +5

Zfhx4 regulates endochondral ossification as the transcriptional platform of Osterix in mice

Eriko Nakamura, Kenji Hata, Yoshifumi Takahata, +14

Communications Biology