Yoko Funasaka

Met and hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor signal transduction in normal melanocytes and melanoma cells.

Ruth Halaban, Jeffrey S. Rubin, Yoko Funasaka et al. · PubMed · 1992 · 183 citations

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Oncology +14

Fatty Acids Regulate Pigmentation via Proteasomal Degradation of Tyrosinase

Hideya Ando, Hidenori Watabe, Julio C. Valencia et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2004 · 168 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +11

c-Kit-kinase induces a cascade of protein tyrosine phosphorylation in normal human melanocytes in response to mast cell growth factor and stimulates mitogen-activated protein kinase but is down-regulated in melanomas.

Yoko Funasaka, Teri G. Boulton, Melanie H. Cobb et al. · Molecular Biology of the Cell · 1992 · 164 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Oncology +17

Effect of Arbutin on Melanogenic Proteins in Human Melanocytes

Ashok K. Chakraborty, Yoko Funasaka, MARI KOMOTO et al. · Pigment Cell Research · 1998 · 152 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +11

Possible involvement of proteolytic degradation of tyrosinase in the regulatory effect of fatty acids on melanogenesis

Hideya Ando, Yoko Funasaka, Masahiro Oka et al. · Journal of Lipid Research · 1999 · 142 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Cellular Metabolism +15