Original articles (2001-2005)

  1. Miyata, S., Uchinokura, S., Fukushima, T., Hamasuna, R., Itoh, H., Akiyama, Y., Nakano, S., Wakisaka, S., and Kataoka, H.: Diverse roles of hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor type 1 (HAI-1) in the growth of glioblastoma cells in vivo. Cancer Lett., 227:83-93 (2005).
  2. Tjin, E.P.M., Bebde, R.J., Derksen, P.W.B., Van Huijstee, A-P., Kataoka, H., Spaargaren, M., and Pals, S.T.: Follicular dendritic cells catalyze hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) activation in the germinal center microenvironment by secreting the serine protease HGF activator. J. Immunology, 175:2807-2813 (2005).
  3. Tanaka, H., Nagaike, K., Takeda, N., Itoh, H., Kohama, K., Fukushima, T., Miyata, S., Uchinokura, S., Shimomura, T., Miyazawa, K., Kitamura, N., Yamada, G., and Kataoka, H.: Hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor type 1 (HAI-1) is required for branching morphogenesis in the chorioallantoic placenta. Mol. Cell. Biol., 25:5687-5698 (2005).
  4. Itoh, H., Naganuma, S., Takeda, N., Miyata, S., Uchinokura, S., Fukushima, T., Uchiyama, S., Tanaka, H., Nagaike, K., Shimomura, T., Miyazawa, K., Yamada, G., Kitamura, N., Koono, M., Kataoka, H.: Regeneration of injured intestinal mucosa is impaired in hepatocyte growth factor activator-deficient mice. Gastroenterology, 127:1423-1435 (2004)
  5. Nuki, Y., Uchinokura, S., Miyata, S., Fukushima, T., Hamasuna, R., Nakano, S., Wakisaka, S., Akiyama, Y., Itoh, H., Katoaka, H.: Establishment and characterization of a new human glioblastoma cell line, NYGM. Hum. Cell, 17:145-150 (2004)
  6. Inoue, T., Kataoka, H., Goto, H., Nagaike, K., Igamin, K., Naka, D., Kitamura, N., Miyazawa, K.: Activation of c-Met (hepatocyte growth factor receptor) in human gastric cancer tissue. Cancer Sci., 95:803-808 (2004)
  7. Nagaike, K., Kohama, K., Uchiyama, S., Tanaka, H., Chijiiwa, K., Itoh, H., Kataoka, H.: Paradoxically enhanced immunoreactivity of hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor type 1 (HAI-1) in cancer cells at the invasion front. Cancer Sci., 95:728-735 (2004)
  8. Tjin, E.P.M., Derksen, P.W.B., Kataoka, H., Spaargaren, M., Pals, S.T.: Multiple myeloma cells catalyze hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) activation by secreting the serine protease HGF-activator. Blood, 104:2172-2175 (2004)
  9. Sasaki, M., Tsuneyama, K., Sato, T., Kataoka, H., Mollenhauer, J., Poustka, A., Nakanuma, Y.: Site-characteristic expression and induction of trefoil factor family 1, 2 and 3 and malignant brain tumor-1 in normal and diseased intrahepatic bile ducts relates to biliary pathophysiology. Liver Int., 24:29-37 (2004)
  10. Yamauchi, M., Kataoka, H., Itoh, H., Seguchi, T., Hasui, Y., Osada, Y.: Hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor type 1 (HAI-1) and type 2 (HAI-2) are expressed by tubular epithelium in kidney and downregulated in renal cell carcinoma. J. Urol., 171:890-896 (2004)
  11. Fukai, K., Yokosuka, O., Chiba, T., Yuichi Hirasawa, Motohisa Tada, Fumio Imazeki, Kataoka, H., Saisho, H.: Hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor 2/placental bikunin (HAI-2/PB) gene is frequently hypermethylated in human hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Res., 63:8674-8679 (2003)
  12. Pogens, A.J.G., Kataoka, H., Ferstl, S., Frank, H.-G., Kaufmann, P.: A positive immunoselection method to isolate villous cytotrophblast cells from first trimester and term placenta to high purity. Placenta, 24:412-423 (2003)
  13. Naganuma, S., Itoh, H., Uchiyama, S., Tanaka, H., Nagaike, K., Miyata, S., Uchinokura, S., Nuki, Y., Akiyama, Y., Chijiiwa, K., Kataoka, H.: Characterization of transcripts generated from mouse hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor type 2 (HAI-2) and HAI-2-related small peptide (H2RSP) genes: chimeric mRNA transcribed from both HAI-2 and H2RSP genes is detected in human but not in mouse. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 302:345-353 (2003)
  14. Yamauchi, M., Itoh, H., Naganuma, S., Koono, M., Hasui, Y., Osada, Y., Kataoka, H.: Expression of hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor type 2 (HAI-2) in human testis: Identification of a distinct transcription start site for the HAI-2 gene in testis. Biol. Chem., 383: 1953-1957 (2002)
  15. Sugiki, M., Omura, S., Yoshida, E., Itoh, H., Kataoka, H., Maruyama, M.: Downregulation of urokinase-type and tissue-type plasminogen activators in a rabbit model of renal ischemia/reperfusion. J. Biochem., 132:501-508 (2002)
  16. Kataoka, H., Itoh, H., Nuki, Y., Hamasuna, R., Kitamura, N., Shimomura, T.: Mouse hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) activator inhibitor type 2 lacking the first Kunitz domain potently inhibits the HGF activator. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 290:1096-1100 (2002)
  17. Shimao Y., Nabeshima, K., Inoue, T., Koono, M.: Complex formation of IQGAP1 with E-cadherin/catenin during cohort migration of carcinoma cells: its possible association with localized release from cell-cell adhesion. Virchows Arch., 441:124-132 (2002)
  18. Nabeshima, K., Shimao, Y., Inoue, T., Koono, M.: Immunohistochemical analysis of IQGAP1 expression in human colorectal carcinomas: its overexpression in carcinomas and association with invasion fronts. Cancer Lett., 176:101-109 (2002)
  19. Nagata, K., Hirono, S., Ido, A., Kataoka, H., Moriuchi, A., Shimomura, T., Hori, T., Hayashi, K., Koono, M., Kitamura, N., Tsubouchi, H.: Expression of hepatocyte growth factor activator and hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor type 1 in human hepatocellular carcinoma. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 289:205-211 (2001)
  20. Itoh, H., Kataoka, H., Yamauchi, M., Naganuma, S., Akiyama, Y., Nuki, Y., Shimomura, Y., Miyazawa, K., Kitamura, N., Koono, M.: Identification Of Hepatocyte Growth Factor Activator Inhibitor Type 2 (Hai-2)-Related small lpeptide (H2RSP): Its nuclear localization and generation of chimeric mRNA transcribed from both HAI-2 and H2RSP genes. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 288:390-399 (2001)
  21. Itoh, H., Kataoka, H., Meng, J.H., Hamasuna, R., Kitamura, N., Koono, M.: Mouse hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor type 1 (HAI-1) and type 2 (HAI-2)/placental bikunin genes and their promoters. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1519:92-95 (2001)
  22. Hamasuna, R., Kataoka, H., Meng, J-Y., Itoh, H., Moriyama, T., Wakisaka, S., Koono, M.: Reduced expression of hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor type-2/placental bikunin (HAI-2/PB) in human glioblastomas: Implication for anti-invasive role of HAI-2/PB in glioblastoma cells. Int. J. Cancer, 93:339-345 (2001)
  23. Meng, J-Y., Kataoka, H., Itoh, H., Koono, M.: Amyloid Eprotein precursor is involved in the growth of human colon carcinoma cell in vitro and in vivo. Int. J. Cancer, 92:31-39 (2001)
  24. Inoue, T., Nabeshima, K., Shimao, Y., Meng, J-Y., Koono, M.: Regulation of fibronectin expression and splicing in migrating epithelial cells: Migrating MDCK cells produce less, but more active, fibronectin. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 280:1262-1268 (2001)