Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the cDNA for a human serine protease reponsible for activation of hepatocyte growth factor. Structural similarity of the protease precursor to blood coagulation factor XII

Keiji Miyazawa, Takeshi Shimomura, Akiko Kitamura, +3

Journal of Biological Chemistry

High-Efficiency Full-Length cDNA Cloning by Biotinylated CAP Trapper

Piero Carninci, Catrine Kvam, Akiko Kitamura, +10

Genomics

Biotinylated Cap TrapperMolecular BiotechnologyBiotechnology

A mutation in the immunoproteasome subunit PSMB8 causes autoinflammation and lipodystrophy in humans

Akiko Kitamura, Yoichi Maekawa, Hisanori Uehara, +12

Journal of Clinical Investigation

MitophagyUbiquitinated ProteinsImmunodeficienciesImmunologyImmune Regulation +26

Hepatocyte Growth Factor Activator Inhibitor, a Novel Kunitz-type Serine Protease Inhibitor

Takeshi Shimomura, Kimitoshi Denda, Akiko Kitamura, +8

Journal of Biological Chemistry

An inherited mutation in <i>NLRC4</i> causes autoinflammation in human and mice

Akiko Kitamura, Yuki Sasaki, Takaya Abe, +2

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Notch2 integrates signaling by the transcription factors RBP-J and CREB1 to promote T cell cytotoxicity

Yoichi Maekawa, Yoshiaki Minato, Chieko Ishifune, +9

Nature Immunology

Transcriptional RegulationSignal TransductionSignaling PathwayCell RegulationImmunology +7

Notch signaling drives IL-22 secretion in CD4⁺T cells by stimulating the aryl hydrocarbon receptor

Muhammad S. Alam, Yoichi Maekawa, Akiko Kitamura, +4

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Effect of <i>Undaria pinnatifida</i> (Wakame) on the development of cerebrovascular diseases in stroke‐prone spontaneously hypertensive rats

Katsumi Ikeda, Akiko Kitamura, Hiroko Machida, +4

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

HypertensionVascular DiseaseCerebrovascular DiseaseWakame PowderExperimental Nutrition +20

Biallelic Mutations in Nuclear Pore Complex Subunit NUP107 Cause Early-Childhood-Onset Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome

Noriko Miyake, Hiroyasu Tsukaguchi, Eriko Koshimizu, +26

The American Journal of Human Genetics

Biallelic MutationsUrologyGenetic DisorderGeneticsRenal Pathology +4

An alternatively processed mRNA generated from human hepatocyte growth factor gene

Keiji Miyazawa, Akiko Kitamura, Daiji Naka, +1

European Journal of Biochemistry

Amino AcidsGeneticsHhgf CdnaGene StructureHhgf Mrna +14