Takafumi Sakai

Publications

• Underlying Mechanism of the Cyclic Migrating Motor Complex in Suncus Murinus: a Change in Gastrointestinal PH is the Key Regulator
  Physiological Reports. Jan, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 28082431
• The Effect of Glutamate on Ghrelin Release in Mice
  Cell Biology International. Mar, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 28067437
• A Sexually Dimorphic Area of the Dorsal Hypothalamus in Mice and Common Marmosets
  Endocrinology. Dec, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27726418
• Molecular Cloning of Ghrelin and Characteristics of Ghrelin-Producing Cells in the Gastrointestinal Tract of the Common Marmoset (Callithrix Jacchus)
  Zoological Science. Oct, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27715422
• Identification of Marker Genes for Pars Tuberalis Morphogenesis in Chick Embryo: Expression of Cytokine-like 1 and Gap Junction Protein Alpha 5 in Pars Tuberalis
  Cell and Tissue Research. Dec, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27590887
• A Comparative Study of Sex Difference in Calbindin Neurons Among Mice, Musk Shrews, and Japanese Quails
  Neuroscience Letters. Sep, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27531632
• Longitudinal Investigation of Carriage Rates, Counts, and Genotypes of Toxigenic Clostridium Difficile in Early Infancy
  Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Oct, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27451451
• Early-Life Events, Including Mode of Delivery and Type of Feeding, Siblings and Gender, Shape the Developing Gut Microbiota
  PloS One. 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27362264
• Molecular Cloning of Motilin and Mechanism of Motilin-induced Gastrointestinal Motility in Japanese Quail
  General and Comparative Endocrinology. Jul, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27179882
• The Proximal Gastric Corpus is the Most Responsive Site of Motilin-induced Contractions in the Stomach of the Asian House Shrew
  Journal of Comparative Physiology. B, Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology. Jul, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27062028
• Involvement of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Receptor 1, (TRPV1)-Expressing Vagal Nerve in the Inhibitory Effect of Gastric Acidification on Exogenous Motilin-Induced Gastric Phase III Contractions in Suncus Murinus
  Digestive Diseases and Sciences. Jun, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26860510
• Ghrelin Is an Essential Factor for Motilin-Induced Gastric Contraction in Suncus Murinus
  Endocrinology. Dec, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26441238
• A High-throughput Direct Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer-based Assay for Analyzing Apoptotic Proteases Using Flow Cytometry and Fluorescence Lifetime Measurements
  Analytical Biochemistry. Dec, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26334608
• Motilin Stimulates Gastric Acid Secretion in Coordination with Ghrelin in Suncus Murinus
  PloS One. 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26115342
• Motilin Stimulates Pepsinogen Secretion in Suncus Murinus
  Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. Jul, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25957475
• Development of TaqMan-based Quantitative PCR for Sensitive and Selective Detection of Toxigenic Clostridium Difficile in Human Stools
  PloS One. 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 25360662
• Macrophage Colony-stimulating Factor Induces Prolactin Expression in Rat Pituitary Gland
  Zoological Science. Jun, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24882100
• Regulation of LH/FSH Expression by Secretoglobin 3A2 in the Mouse Pituitary Gland
  Cell and Tissue Research. Apr, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24514953
• G Protein-coupled Receptor 120 Signaling Regulates Ghrelin Secretion in Vivo and in Vitro
  American Journal of Physiology. Endocrinology and Metabolism. Jan, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24222669
• Mother-to-infant Transmission of Intestinal Bifidobacterial Strains Has an Impact on the Early Development of Vaginally Delivered Infant's Microbiota
  PloS One. 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 24244304
• Negative Regulation of Neuromedin U MRNA Expression in the Rat Pars Tuberalis by Melatonin
  PloS One. 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23843987
• The Role of the Vagus Nerve in the Migrating Motor Complex and Ghrelin- and Motilin-induced Gastric Contraction in Suncus
  PloS One. 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23724093
• Mechanism of Ghrelin-induced Gastric Contractions in Suncus Murinus (house Musk Shrew): Involvement of Intrinsic Primary Afferent Neurons
  PloS One. 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23565235
• Ethnic Diversity of Gut Microbiota: Species Characterization of Bacteroides Fragilis Group and Genus Bifidobacterium in Healthy Belgian Adults, and Comparison with Data from Japanese Subjects
  Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. Aug, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23522670
• Detailed Morphogenetic Analysis of the Embryonic Chicken Pars Tuberalis As Glycoprotein Alpha Subunit Positive Region
  Journal of Molecular Histology. Aug, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23269505
• Ghrelin Increases Intracellular Ca²⁺ Concentration in the Various Hormone-producing Cell Types of the Rat Pituitary Gland
  Neuroscience Letters. Sep, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22897875
• In Vitro Selection of a Peptide Antagonist of Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor Using CDNA Display
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Jul, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22723348
• Construction of Microbial Platform for an Energy-requiring Bioprocess: Practical 2'-deoxyribonucleoside Production Involving a C-C Coupling Reaction with High Energy Substrates
  Microbial Cell Factories. Jun, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22709572
• Molecular Identification of GHS-R and GPR38 in Suncus Murinus
  Peptides. Jul, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22579813
• Antagonistic Effect of Disulfide-rich Peptide Aptamers Selected by CDNA Display on Interleukin-6-dependent Cell Proliferation
  Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. Apr, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22503683
• Detailed Analysis of the δ-crystallin MRNA-expressing Region in Early Development of the Chick Pituitary Gland
  Journal of Molecular Histology. Jun, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22461196
• Coordination of Motilin and Ghrelin Regulates the Migrating Motor Complex of Gastrointestinal Motility in Suncus Murinus
  American Journal of Physiology. Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. May, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22383491
• Collision of Millimetre Droplets Induces DNA and Protein Transfection into Cells
  Scientific Reports. 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22375250
• Immunocytochemical Localization of Kisspeptin Neurons in the Rat Forebrain with Special Reference to Sexual Dimorphism and Interaction with GnRH Neurons
  Endocrine Journal. 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22240892
• Glutamine and Glutamic Acid Enhance Thyroid-stimulating Hormone β Subunit MRNA Expression in the Rat Pars Tuberalis
  The Journal of Endocrinology. Mar, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22219301
• Simple and Tunable Förster Resonance Energy Transfer-based Bioprobes for High-throughput Monitoring of Caspase-3 Activation in Living Cells by Using Flow Cytometry
  Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. Feb, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 21791227
• Transmission of Intestinal Bifidobacterium Longum Subsp. Longum Strains from Mother to Infant, Determined by Multilocus Sequencing Typing and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism
  Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Oct, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21821739
• Circadian Transcriptional Factor DBP Regulates Expression of Kiss1 in the Anteroventral Periventricular Nucleus
  Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. Jun, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21458520
• Fermented Milk Containing Lactobacillus Casei Strain Shirota Reduces Incidence of Hard or Lumpy Stools in Healthy Population
  International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. Jun, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21322768
• 負傷した細胞からリリースされたゲノム DNA のフラグメントは、自然免疫をアクティブにし、甲状腺内分泌機能を抑制します。
  Endocrinology. Apr, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21303947
• Directed Evolution of a Three-finger Neurotoxin by Using CDNA Display Yields Antagonists As Well As Agonists of Interleukin-6 Receptor Signaling
  Molecular Brain. Jan, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21214917
• Ghrelin Cells in the Gastrointestinal Tract
  International Journal of Peptides. 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20798855
• Physiological Characteristics of Gastric Contractions and Circadian Gastric Motility in the Free-moving Conscious House Musk Shrew (Suncus Murinus)
  American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. Oct, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20686171
• M-RTLV Agar, a Novel Selective Medium to Distinguish Lactobacillus Casei and Lactobacillus Paracasei from Lactobacillus Rhamnosus
  International Journal of Food Microbiology. May, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20385416
• Screening and Characterization of a Phosphopentomutase Useful for Enzymatic Production of 2'-deoxyribonucleoside
  New Biotechnology. Oct, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19818317
• Identification of Ghrelin in the House Musk Shrew (Suncus Murinus): CDNA Cloning, Peptide Purification and Tissue Distribution
  Peptides. May, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19428777
• House Musk Shrew (Suncus Murinus, Order: Insectivora) As a New Model Animal for Motilin Study
  Peptides. Feb, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 18996160
• Repeated-batch Production of Galactooligosaccharides from Lactose at High Concentration by Using Alginate-immobilized Cells of Sporobolomyces Singularis YIT 10047
  The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. Oct, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 19029770
• Characteristic Features of Ghrelin Cells in the Gastrointestinal Tract and the Regulation of Stomach Ghrelin Expression and Production
  World Journal of Gastroenterology. Nov, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 19009644
• Detailed Analysis of Formation of Chicken Pituitary Primordium in Early Embryonic Development
  Cell and Tissue Research. Sep, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18584208
• Primary Structure, Tissue Distribution, and Biological Activity of Chicken Motilin Receptor
  General and Comparative Endocrinology. May, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18433751
• Gastric Leptin, but Not Estrogen and Somatostatin, Contributes to the Elevation of Ghrelin MRNA Expression Level in Fasted Rats
  The Journal of Endocrinology. Mar, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18310448
• DNA Introduction into Living Cells by Water Droplet Impact with an Electrospray Process
  Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English). 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18203224
• Hypophyseal Corticosteroids Stimulate Somatotrope Differentiation in the Embryonic Chicken Pituitary Gland
  Histochemistry and Cell Biology. Mar, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18064482
• Gastric Estrogen Directly Induces Ghrelin Expression and Production in the Rat Stomach
  The Journal of Endocrinology. Sep, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 17003276
• Efficient Production of 2-deoxyribose 5-phosphate from Glucose and Acetaldehyde by Coupling of the Alcoholic Fermentation System of Baker's Yeast and Deoxyriboaldolase-expressing Escherichia Coli
  Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. Jun, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16794316
• One-pot Microbial Synthesis of 2'-deoxyribonucleoside from Glucose, Acetaldehyde, and a Nucleobase
  Biotechnology Letters. Jun, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16786272
• Identification of Immunoreactive Plasma and Stomach Ghrelin, and Expression of Stomach Ghrelin MRNA in the Bullfrog, Rana Catesbeiana
  General and Comparative Endocrinology. Sep, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16630619
• Biochemical Retrosynthesis of 2'-deoxyribonucleosides from Glucose, Acetaldehyde, and a Nucleobase
  Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Aug, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16283293
• Independent Differentiation of Mammotropes and Somatotropes in the Chicken Embryonic Pituitary Gland. Analysis by Cell Distribution and Attempt to Detect Somatomammotropes
  Histochemistry and Cell Biology. Apr, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16215739
• Identification, Cloning, and Characterization of a Sporobolomyces Singularis Beta-galactosidase-like Enzyme Involved in Galacto-oligosaccharide Production
  Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. Apr, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16233798
• Promoter Activity of Sea Lamprey Proopiocortin and Proopiomelanotropin Genes in AtT-20/D16v Cells
  General and Comparative Endocrinology. Nov, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16039655
• Exogenous Administration of Octanoic Acid Accelerates Octanoylated Ghrelin Production in the Proventriculus of Neonatal Chicks
  Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. Jul, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15953586
• Temporal and Spatial Expression of TGF-beta2 in Chicken Somites During Early Embryonic Development
  Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Comparative Experimental Biology. May, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15828015
• Caspase-3 Sensitive Signaling in Vivo in Apoptotic HeLa Cells by Chemically Engineered Intramolecular Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Mutants of Green Fluorescent Protein
  Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. May, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15796904
• Localization of Ghrelin-producing Cells in the Stomach of the Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss)
  Zoological Science. Jul, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15277719
• Structural Determination and Histochemical Localization of Ghrelin in the Red-eared Slider Turtle, Trachemys Scripta Elegans
  General and Comparative Endocrinology. Aug, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15242751
• Development of Thyroid-stimulating Hormone Beta Subunit-producing Cells in the Chicken Embryonic Pituitary Gland
  Cells, Tissues, Organs. 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15237192
• Development of Gonadotropes in the Chicken Embryonic Pituitary Gland
  Zoological Science. Apr, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15118231
• Estrogen Modulates Ghrelin Expression in the Female Rat Stomach
  Peptides. Feb, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15063011
• Construction of Deoxyriboaldolase-overexpressing Escherichia Coli and Its Application to 2-deoxyribose 5-phosphate Synthesis from Glucose and Acetaldehyde for 2'-deoxyribonucleoside Production
  Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Jul, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 12839746
• Microbial Production of 2-deoxyribose 5-phosphate from Acetaldehyde and Triosephosphate for the Synthesis of 2'-deoxyribonucleosides
  Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. Apr, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 12784646
• Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor Expression in the Cells of the Stomach-projected Afferent Nerve in the Rat Nodose Ganglion
  Neuroscience Letters. May, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 12757895
• Existence of Ghrelin-immunopositive and -expressing Cells in the Proventriculus of the Hatching and Adult Chicken
  Regulatory Peptides. Mar, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 12609759
• Appearance of Prolactin-releasing Peptide-producing Neurons in the Area Postrema of Adrenalectomized Rats
  Neuroscience Letters. Feb, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 12566169
• Expression of PDS/Pds, the Pendred Syndrome Gene, in Endometrium
  The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Feb, 2002  |   Pubmed ID: 11836344
• Ghrelin-producing Cells Exist As Two Types of Cells, Closed- and Opened-type Cells, in the Rat Gastrointestinal Tract
  Peptides. Mar, 2002  |   Pubmed ID: 11836003
• Pituitary Folliculo-Stellate-Like Cells Stimulate Somatotroic Pituitary Tumor Growth in Nude Mice
  Endocrine Pathology. 1995  |   Pubmed ID: 12114691