The roles of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) in the progression of various types of cancers are well established. CAF promote cancer progression through pleiotropic mechanisms, including the secretion of soluble factors and extracellular matri...
Journal of Pathology 244(4) 469-478 2018年4月 [査読有り]
Autoimmune hypophysitis (AH) is thought to be an autoimmune disease characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of the pituitary gland. Among AH pathologies, lymphocytic infundibulo-neurohypophysitis (LINH) involves infiltration of the neurohypophys...
Pathology International 68(4) 241-245 2018年4月 [査読有り]
Embedding of tissue samples that maintains a desired orientation is critical for preparing sections suitable for diagnosis and study objectives. Methods to prepare tissue sections include: (i) paraffin embedding or snap-freezing followed by microt...
Streptozotocin (STZ) has been widely used to induce diabetes in rodents. Strain-dependent variation in susceptibility to STZ has been reported
however, the gene(s) responsible for STZ susceptibility has not been identified. Here, we utilized the ...
Liang Weng   Yi-Peng Han   Atsushi Enomoto   Yasuyuki Kitaura   Shushi Nagamori   Yoshikatsu Kanai   Naoya Asai   Jian An   Maki Takagishi   Masato Asai   Shinji Mii   Takashi Masuko   Yoshiharu Shimomura   Masahide Takahashi   
PLoS biology 16(3) e2005090 2018年3月
Amino acid signaling mediated by the activation of mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) is fundamental to cell growth and metabolism. However, how cells negatively regulate amino acid signaling remains largely unknown. Here, we show ...