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Kawahara Kohichi

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Long Noncoding RNA HOTAIR Regulates Polycomb-Dependent Chromatin Modification and Is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Colorectal Cancers

R Kogo, T Shimamura, K Mimori, K Kawahara, S Imoto… - Cancer research, 2011 - AACR
The functional impact of recently discovered long noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) in human
cancer remains to be clarified. One long ncRNA which has attracted attention is the Hox …

Axin, an inhibitor of the Wnt signalling pathway, interacts with β‐catenin, GSK‐3β and APC and reduces the β‐catenin level

…, F Hamada, T Ishidate, K Anai, K Kawahara… - Genes to …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The Wnt/Wingless signalling pathway plays an important role in both embryonic
development and tumorigenesis. β‐Catenin and Axin are positive and negative effectors of …

Prostaglandin E2-induced inflammation: Relevance of prostaglandin E receptors

K Kawahara, H Hohjoh, T Inazumi, S Tsuchiya… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2015 - Elsevier
Prostaglandin E 2 (PGE 2 ) is one of the most typical lipid mediators produced from arachidonic
acid (AA) by cyclooxygenase (COX) as the rate-limiting enzyme, and acts on four kinds …

Regulation of the MDM2-P53 pathway and tumor growth by PICT1 via nucleolar RPL11

M Sasaki, K Kawahara, M Nishio, K Mimori, R Kogo… - Nature medicine, 2011 - nature.com
PICT1 (also known as GLTSCR2) is considered a tumor suppressor because it stabilizes
phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN), but individuals with oligodendrogliomas lacking …

IL-4-induced selective clearance of oligomeric β-amyloid peptide1–42 by rat primary type 2 microglia

E Shimizu, K Kawahara, M Kajizono… - The Journal of …, 2008 - journals.aai.org
A hallmark of immunopathology associated with Alzheimer’s disease is the presence of
activated microglia (MG) surrounding senile plaque deposition of β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides. Aβ …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer susceptibility and embryonic lethality in Mob1a/1b double-mutant mice

M Nishio, K Hamada, K Kawahara… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Mps one binder 1a (MOB1A) and MOB1B are key components of the Hippo signaling pathway
and are mutated or inactivated in many human cancers. Here we show that intact Mob1a …

[HTML][HTML] Pten controls lung morphogenesis, bronchioalveolar stem cells, and onset of lung adenocarcinomas in mice

S Yanagi, H Kishimoto, K Kawahara… - The Journal of …, 2007 - Am Soc Clin Investig
PTEN is a tumor suppressor gene mutated in many human cancers. We generated a
bronchioalveolar epithelium–specific null mutation of Pten in mice [SP-C-rtTA/(tetO) 7 -Cre/Pten flox/…

Tamibarotene: a candidate retinoid drug for Alzheimer's disease

…, N Yamagata, H Katsuki, K Kawahara… - Biological and …, 2012 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Tamibarotene (Am80), a synthetic retinoid approved in Japan for treatment of acute promyelocytic
leukemia (APL), is a retinoic acid receptor (RAR) agonist with high specificity for RARα …

[HTML][HTML] Reduction of MLH1 and PMS2 confers temozolomide resistance and is associated with recurrence of glioblastoma

…, K Minami, Y Nishizawa, R Ikeda, K Kawahara… - Oncotarget, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although there is a relationship between DNA repair deficiency and temozolomide (TMZ)
resistance in glioblastoma (GBM), it remains unclear which molecule is associated with GBM …

[PDF][PDF] Thymidine catabolism as a metabolic strategy for cancer survival

…, A Mitsuhashi, R Ikeda, M Haraguchi, K Kawahara… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Thymidine phosphorylase (TP), a rate-limiting enzyme in thymidine catabolism, plays a
pivotal role in tumor progression; however, the mechanisms underlying this role are not fully …