Accumulation of alpha B-crystallin in central nervous system glia and neurons in pathologic conditions.

Toru Iwaki, Akiko Iwaki, E Corbin, +3

PubMed

Alpha B-crystallin and 27-kd heat shock protein are regulated by stress conditions in the central nervous system and accumulate in Rosenthal fibers.

Toru Iwaki, Akiko Iwaki, Jun Tateishi, +2

PubMed

Heterozygous deletion of <i>ITPR1</i>, but not <i>SUMF1</i>, in spinocerebellar ataxia type 16

Akiko Iwaki, Yu Kawano, Shiroh Miura, +8

Journal of Medical Genetics

Rosenthal fibers share epitopes with alpha B-crystallin, glial fibrillary acidic protein, and ubiquitin, but not with vimentin. Immunoelectron microscopy with colloidal gold.

N. Tomokane, Toru Iwaki, Jun Tateishi, +2

PubMed

Sense and antisense modification of glial alpha B-crystallin production results in alterations of stress fiber formation and thermoresistance.

Toru Iwaki, Akiko Iwaki, Jun Tateishi, +1

The Journal of Cell Biology

Stress Fiber FormationCell ProliferationCytoskeletonGliomaCellular Physiology +18

Identification and Characterization of the Gene Encoding a New Member of the α-Crystallin/Small hsp Family, Closely Linked to the αB-Crystallin Gene in a Head-to-Head Manner

Akiko Iwaki, Toko Nagano, Midori Nakagawa, +2

Genomics

Transcriptional RegulationProtein FunctionαB-crystallin GeneGeneticsα-Crystallin/small Hsp Family +7

Preferential expression of αB-crystallin in astrocytic elements of neuroectodermal tumors

Torn Iwaki, Akiko Iwaki, M. Miyazono, +1

Cancer

FALS with FUS mutation in Japan, with early onset, rapid progress and basophilic inclusion

Naoki Suzuki, Masashi Aoki, Hitoshi Warita, +10

Journal of Human Genetics

BiologyMendelian DisorderEarly OnsetGenetic DisorderGenetics +7

Expression of αB-crystallin in the developing rat kidney

Toru Iwaki, Akiko Iwaki, Ronald K.H. Liem, +1

Kidney International

Association of HSPB2, a Member of the Small Heat Shock Protein Family, with Mitochondria

Midori Nakagawa, Naomi Tsujimoto, Hiroyuki Nakagawa, +3

Experimental Cell Research

Protein FunctionBiochemistryMitochondrial FunctionProtein FoldingNatural Sciences +4