Research Activities
Research Activities
Principal Investigators
Dept. of Fundamental Cell Technology
Isao Asaka (Professor)
Publications
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Aoi T, Asaka I, Akutsu H, Ito Y, Kataoka K, Kanda Y, Kojima H, Sekino Y, Suemori H, Nakagawa M, Nakamura K, Nakamura Y, Fujii M, Furue M, Yamazaki D; Japanese Working Group for Consideration of Good Cell Culture Practice
- Secondary publication: Proposal for points of consideration for pluripotent stem cell culture In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal, 2024 Mar doi:10.1007/s11626-024-00863-w
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Saito MK, Osawa M, Tsuchida N, Shiraishi K, Niwa A, Woltjen K, Asaka I, Ogata K, Ito S, Kobayashi S, Yamanaka S
- A disease-specific iPS cell resource for studying rare and intractable diseases Inflammation and Regeneration, 2023 Sep 43(1):43
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Shigeharu Oh, Akira Niwa, Ayako Nagahashi, Isao Asaka, Tatsutoshi Nakahata, Megumu K. Saito
- iPS cells from Chediak-Higashi syndrome patients recapitulate the giant granules in myeloid cells Pediatrics International, 2022 Jan;64(1):e15390.
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Fukui Y, Hayano S, Kawanabe N, Wang Z, Shimada A, Saito MK, Asaka I, Kamioka H
- Investigation of the molecular causes underlying physical abnormalities in Diamond-Blackfan anemia patients with RPL5 haploinsufficiency Pathology International, 71(12):803-813 (2021)
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Kuramochi Y, Awaya T, Matsuo-Takasaki M, Takami M, An Y, Li J, Hemmi Y, Wakabayashi T, Arai Y, Inoue J, Noguchi M, Nakamura Y, Asaka I, Akimoto K, Saito MK, Hayashi Y
- Generation of two human induced pluripotent stem cell lines derived from two X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy patients with ABCD1 mutations Stem Cell Research, 53:102337 (2021)
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Tagawa M, Ikeda HO, Inoue Y, Iwai S, Iida Y, Hata M, Asaka I, Tsujikawa A.
- Deterioration of phagocytosis in induced pluripotent stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelial cells established from patients with retinitis pigmentosa carrying Mer tyrosine kinase mutations. Exp. Eye Res., 205:108503 (2021)
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Korogi Y, Gotoh S, Ikeo S, Yamamoto Y, Sone N, Tamai K, Konishi S, Nagasaki T, Matsumoto H, Ito I, Chen-Yoshikawa TF, Date H, Hagiwara M, Asaka I, Hotta A, Mishima M, Hirai T.
- In Vitro Disease Modeling of Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Type 2 Using Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Alveolar Organoids. Stem Cell Reports, 12(3):431-440 (2019)
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Honda-Ozaki F, Terashima M, Niwa A, Saiki N, Kawasaki Y, Ito H, Hotta A, Nagahashi A, Igura K, Asaka I, Li HL, Yanagimachi M, Furukawa F, Kanazawa N, Nakahata T, Saito MK.
- Pluripotent Stem Cell Model of Nakajo-Nishimura Syndrome Untangles Proinflammatory Pathways Mediated by Oxidative Stress. Stem Cell Reports, 10(6):1835-1850 (2018)
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Hata M, Ikeda HO, Iwai S, Iida Y, Gotoh N, Asaka I, Ikeda K, Isobe Y, Hori A, Nakagawa S, Yamato S, Arita M, Yoshimura N, Tsujikawa A.
- Reduction of lipid accumulation rescues Bietti's crystalline dystrophy phenotypes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A., 115(15):3936-3941 (2018)
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Oshima K, Saiki N, Tanaka M, Imamura H, Niwa A, Tanimura A, Nagahashi A, Hirayama A, Okita K, Hotta A, Kitayama S, Osawa M, Kaneko S, Watanabe A, Asaka I, Fujibuchi W, Imai K, Yabe H, Kamachi Y, Hara J, Kojima S, Tomita M, Soga T, Noma T, Nonoyama S, Nakahata T, Saito MK.
- Human AK2 links intracellular bioenergetic redistribution to the fate of hematopoietic progenitors. Biochem Biophys Res Commun., 497(2):719-725 (2018)
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Hosokawa Y, Toyoda T, Fukui K, Baden MY, Funato M, Kondo Y, Sudo T, Iwahashi H, Kishida M, Okada C, Watanabe A, Asaka I, Osafune K, Imagawa A, Shimomura I.
- Insulin-producing cells derived from 'induced pluripotent stem cells' of patients with fulminant type 1 diabetes: vulnerability to cytokine insults and increased expression of apoptosis-related genes. J Diabetes Investig., 9(3):481-493 (2017)
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Takada S, Kambe N, Kawasaki Y, Niwa A, Honda-Ozaki F, Kobayashi K, Osawa M, Nagahashi A, Semi K, Hotta A, Asaka I, Yamada Y, Nishikomori R, Heike T, Matsue H, Nakahata T, Saito MK.
- Pluripotent stem cell models of Blau syndrome reveal an IFN-γ-dependent inflammatory response in macrophages. J Allergy Clin Immunol., 2018 Jan;141(1):339-349.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.04.013. Epub 2017 Jun 3.
Kawasaki Y, Oda H, Ito J, Niwa A, Tanaka T, Hijikata A, Seki R, Nagahashi A, Osawa M, Asaka I, Watanabe A, Nishimata S, Shirai T, Kawashima H, Ohara O, Nakahata T, Nishikomori R, Heike T, Saito MK.
- Identification of a High-Frequency Somatic NLRC4 Mutation as a Cause of Autoinflammation by Pluripotent Cell-Based Phenotype Dissection. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017, 69(2):447-459.
Hayashi Y, Hsiao EC, Sami S, Lancero M, Schlieve CR, Nguyen T, Yano K, Nagahashi A, Ikeya M, Matsumoto Y, Nishimura K, Fukuda A, Hisatake K, Tomoda K, Asaka I, Toguchida J, Conklin BR, Yamanaka S.
- BMP-SMAD-ID promotes reprogramming to pluripotency by inhibiting p16/INK4A-dependent senescence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016;113(46):13057-13062.
Mori E, Fujikura J, Noguchi M, Nakao K, Matsubara M, Sone M, Taura D, Kusakabe T, Ebihara K, Tanaka T, Hosoda K, Takahashi K, Asaka I, Inagaki N, Nakao K.
- Impaired adipogenic capacity in induced pluripotent stem cells from lipodystrophic patients with BSCL2 mutations. Metabolism 2016, 65(4):543-56
Yasuno T, Osafune K, Sakurai H, Asaka I, Tanaka A, Yamaguchi S, Yamada K, Hitomi H, Arai S, Kurose Y, Higaki Y, Sudo M, Ando S, Nakashima H, Saito T, Kaneoka H.
- Functional analysis of iPSC-derived myocytes from a patient with carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2014;448(2):175-81.
Matsumoto Y, Hayashi Y, Schlieve CR, Ikeya M, Kim H, Nguyen TD, Sami S, Baba S, Barruet E, Nasu A, Asaka I, Otsuka T, Yamanaka S, Conklin BR, Toguchida J, Hsiao EC.
- Induced pluripotent stem cells from patients with human fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva show increased mineralization and cartilage formation. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2013;8:190.
Hitomi T, Habu T, Kobayashi H, Okuda H, Harada KH, Osafune K, Taura D, Sone M, Asaka I, Ameku T, Watanabe A, Kasahara T, Sudo T, Shiota F, Hashikata H, Takagi Y, Morito D, Miyamoto S, Nakao K, Koizumi A.
- The moyamoya disease susceptibility variant RNF213 R4810K (rs112735431) induces genomic instability by mitotic abnormality. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2013;439(4):419-26.
Hitomi T, Habu T, Kobayashi H, Okuda H, Harada KH, Osafune K, Taura D, Sone M, Asaka I, Ameku T, Watanabe A, Kasahara T, Sudo T, Shiota F, Hashikata H, Takagi Y, Morito D, Miyamoto S, Nakao K, Koizumi A.
- Downregulation of Securin by the variant RNF213 R4810K (rs112735431, G>A) reduces angiogenic activity of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived vascular endothelial cells from moyamoya patients. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2013;438(1):13-9.
Yanagimachi MD, Niwa A, Tanaka T, Honda-Ozaki F, Nishimoto S, Murata Y, Yasumi T, Ito J, Tomida S, Oshima K, Asaka I, Goto H, Heike T, Nakahata T, Saito MK.
- Robust and highly-efficient differentiation of functional monocytic cells from human pluripotent stem cells under serum- and feeder cell-free conditions. PLoS One. 2013, 8(4):e59243.
Fujikura J, Nakao K, Sone M, Noguchi M, Mori E, Naito M, Taura D, Harada-Shiba M, Kishimoto I, Watanabe A, Asaka I, Hosoda K, Nakao K.
- Induced pluripotent stem cells generated from diabetic patients with mitochondrial DNA A3243G mutation. Diabetologia. 2012, 55(6):1689-98.
Yahata N, Asai M, Kitaoka S, Takahashi K, Asaka I, Hioki H, Kaneko T, Maruyama K, Saido T.C, Nakahata T, Asada T, Yamanaka S, Iwata N, Inoue H.
- Anti-Aβ drug screening platform using human iPS cell-derived neurons for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. PLoS One. 2011, 6(9): e25788.
Tochika-Komatsu Y., Asaka I., and Ii I.
- A Random Amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) primer to assist the identification of a selected strain, Aizu K-111 of Panax ginseng and the sequence amplified. Biol. Pharm. Bull. 2001, 24(10) 1210-1213
Asaka I., Ii I., Hirotani M., Asada Y., and Furuya T.
- Ginsenoside contents of plantlets regenerated from Panax ginseng embryoids. Phytochemistry. 1994, 36(1), 61-63
Asaka I., Ii I., Hirotani M., Asda Y., Yoshikawa T., and Furuya T.
- Mass production of Ginseng (Panax ginseng) embrioids on media containing high consentration of Sugar. Planta Medica. 1994, 60, 99-196
Asaka I., Ii I., Hirotani M., Asada Y., and Furua T.
- Production of ginsenoside saponins by culturing ginseng(Panax ginseng) embryogenic tissues in bioreactors. Biotechnology Letters. 1993, 15(12), 1259-1264
Kawaguchi K., Asaka I., Hirotani M., Furuya T., and Katsuki S.
- Cardenolides in the regenerated plants obtained from Strophanthus divaricatus calli. Phytochemistry. 1993, 34(5), 1317-1321.
Asaka I., Ii I., Yosikawa T., Hirotani M., and Furuya T.
- Embryoid formation by high temperature treatment from multiple shoots of Panax ginseng. Planta Medica. 1993, 59, 345-346
Hirotani M., Asaka I., and Furuya T.
- Investigation of the biosynthesis of 3-hydroxy triterpenoids, ganoderic acids T and S, by application of a feeding experiment using [1,2-13C2]acetate. J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1, 1990, 2751 - 2754
Hirotani M., Asaka I., Ino C., Furuya T., and Shiro M.
- Ganoderic acid derivatives and ergosta-4,7,22-triene-3,6-dione from Ganoderma lucidum. Phytochemistry. 26, 2797 (1987).