Mamoru IGARASHI, Ph. D.
- B. Sc. : School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Japan (1991)
- M. Sc. : Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Japan (1993)
- Ph. D. (Science): Waseda University, Japan
Current Research Projects
- Evaluation of the effect of glucosamine
- Nuclear receptors and bone metabolism
Publications
- Igarashi M, Yogiashi Y, Mihara M, Takada I, Kitagawa H, Kato S: Vitamin K induces osteoblast differentiation through pregnane X receptor-mediated transcriptional control of the Msx2 gene. Mol Cell Biol, 27: 7947-7954, 2007.
- Takada I, Mihara M, Suzawa M, Ohtake F, Kobayashi S, Igarashi M, Youn M-Y, Takeyama K, Nakamura T, Mezaki Y, Takezawa S, Yogiashi Y, Kitagawa H, Yamada G, Takada S, Minami Y, Shibuya H, Matsumoto K, Kato S: A histone lysine methyltransferase activated by non-canonical Wnt signalling suppresses PPAR-γ transactivation. Nat Cell Biol, 9: 1273-1285, 2007.
- Memezawa A, Takada I, Takeyama K, Igarashi M, Ito S, Aiba S, Kato S, Kouzmenko AP: Id2 gene-targeted crosstalk between Wnt and retinoid signaling regulates proliferation in human keratinocytes. Oncogene, 26: 5038-5045, 2007.