Tyrosine Phosphorylation of STAT3 by Leptin through Leptin Receptor in Mouse Metaphase 2 Stage Oocyte

Tetsu Matsuoka, Masahiro Tahara, Takeshi Yokoi, +6

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

InflammationNeuropeptidesStage OocyteSignal TransductionHormonal Receptor +10

Reactive Oxygen Species Block Sperm-Egg Fusion via Oxidation of Sperm Sulfhydryl Proteins in Mice

Akiko Mammoto, Nobuyuki Masumoto, Masahiro Tahara, +4

Biology of Reproduction

SpermatogenesisFertilityMolecular BiologySemen AnalysisReproductive Biology +19

The Role of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase in Oxytocin-Induced Contraction of Uterine Smooth Muscle in Pregnant Rat

A. Nohara, Masahide Ohmichi, Koji Koike, +7

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

MechanobiologyUterine Smooth MuscleMolecular PhysiologyMedicineMitogen-activated Protein Kinase +10

Magnesium sulfate inhibits oxytocin-induced calcium mobilization in human puerperal myometrial cells: Possible involvement of intracellular free magnesium concentration

J. Mizuki, Keiichi Tasaka, Nobuyuki Masumoto, +3

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Possible InvolvementHealth SciencesMedicinePhysiologyUterine Receptivity +5

Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Stimulates Prolactin Release from Anterior Pituitary Cells: A Possible Involvement of Intracellular Calcium Mobilization*

Koji Koike, Nobuyuki Masumoto, Kanji Kasahara, +5

Endocrinology

SNAP-25 is essential for cortical granule exocytosis in mouse eggs

Yoshihide Ikebuchi, Nobuyuki Masumoto, Tetsu Matsuoka, +5

American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology

SpermatogenesisOocyteImmunologyCytoskeletonCa2+-dependent Exocytosis +14

Expression of Epidermal Growth Factor and Transforming Growth Factor-Alpha in Fallopian Tube Epithelium and Their Role in Embryogenesis

Hirohisa Kurachi, Ken-ichirou Morishige, Takashi Imai, +4

Hormone Research

Transforming Growth Factor-alphaDevelopmental BiologyEpidermal Growth FactorGrowth FactorFallopian Tube Epithelium +12

Regulation of intracellular Mg2+ by superoxide in amnion cells

Nobuyuki Masumoto, Keiichi Tasaka, J. Mizuki, +2

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Molecular PhysiologyOxidative StressLipid PeroxidationIntracellular Mg2+Reactive Oxygen Specie +5

Involvement of a sperm protein sensitive to sulfhydryl-depleting reagents in mouse sperm-egg fusion

Akiko Mammoto, Nobuyuki Masumoto, Masahiro Tahara, +4

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Expression of Rab3A in the cortical region in mouse metaphase II eggs

Nobuyuki Masumoto, Yoshihide Ikebuchi, Masahiro Tahara, +4

Journal of Experimental Zoology

OocyteDevelopmental BiologyEpendymaCortical RegionGenetics +11