2019
The role of fatty acid binding protein 7 in spinal cord astrocytes in a mouse model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
Kamizato K, Sato S, Shil SK, Umaru BA, Kagawa Y, Yamamoto Y, Ogata M, Yasumoto Y, Okuyama Y, Ishii N, Owada Y, Miyazaki H. The role of fatty acid binding protein 7 in spinal cord astrocytes in a mouse model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Neuroscience 2019, 409: 120-129. PMID: 31051217, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.03.050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExperimental autoimmune encephalomyelitisSpinal cordAutoimmune encephalomyelitisMultiple sclerosisWT miceMouse modelFabp7 KO miceSpinal cord astrocytesLumbar spinal cordInduction of inflammationWild-type miceCentral nervous systemProtein 7Role of FABP7Fatty acid homeostasisMRNA expression levelsLate phaseEAE onsetEAE symptomsAstrocyte activationClinical scoresFatty acidsInflammatory cytokinesMyelin degenerationType mice
2016
Omega-3 fatty acids transport through the placenta
Islam A, Kodama T, Yamamoto Y, Ebrahimi M, Miyazaki H, Yasumoto Y, Kagawa Y, Sawada T, Owada Y, Tokuda N. Omega-3 fatty acids transport through the placenta. Asian Journal Of Medical And Biological Research 2016, 2: 1-8. DOI: 10.3329/ajmbr.v2i1.27561.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFatty acid transport proteinsFatty acid transportFatty acidsTransport proteinsMolecular mechanismsSpecific membraneType 2 diabetesAcid transportRetinal developmentPrenatal supplyProtein 3Fatty acid compositionPlacental transferFetal disordersRecent findingsAcid compositionSupplementation impactFA interventionProteinFetal developmentTherapeutic interventionsTrophoblast cellsPrecise mechanismVital organsFA
2015
Astrocyte‐expressed FABP7 regulates dendritic morphology and excitatory synaptic function of cortical neurons
Ebrahimi M, Yamamoto Y, Sharifi K, Kida H, Kagawa Y, Yasumoto Y, Islam A, Miyazaki H, Shimamoto C, Maekawa M, Mitsushima D, Yoshikawa T, Owada Y. Astrocyte‐expressed FABP7 regulates dendritic morphology and excitatory synaptic function of cortical neurons. Glia 2015, 64: 48-62. PMID: 26296243, DOI: 10.1002/glia.22902.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFabp7 KO miceMedial prefrontal cortexMiniature excitatory postsynaptic currentsAberrant dendritic morphologyKO miceCortical neuronsDendritic morphologyNeuropsychiatric disordersWhole-cell voltage-clamp recordingsPrimary cortical neuronal culturesDendritic arbor growthNeuronal dendritic morphologyExcitatory synaptic functionCortical pyramidal neuronsExcitatory synapse numberCortical neuronal culturesExcitatory postsynaptic currentsAstrocyte-conditioned mediumPrimary cortical neuronsWild-type miceExcitatory synapse formationVoltage-clamp recordingsNovel therapeutic interventionsHuman neuropsychiatric disordersFatty acids
2013
Fatty acid binding protein 7 as a marker of glioma stem cells
Morihiro Y, Yasumoto Y, Vaidyan LK, Sadahiro H, Uchida T, Inamura A, Sharifi K, Ideguchi M, Nomura S, Tokuda N, Kashiwabara S, Ishii A, Ikeda E, Owada Y, Suzuki M. Fatty acid binding protein 7 as a marker of glioma stem cells. Pathology International 2013, 63: 546-553. PMID: 24274717, DOI: 10.1111/pin.12109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlioblastoma stem cellsPatient-derived GSC linesGlioma surgical specimensExpression of FABP7Stem cellsAggressive brain tumorGlioma stem cellsNeural stem cellsPoor prognosisFatty acidsMajority of glioblastomasSurgical specimensFABP7 expressionAnaplastic astrocytomaBrain tumorsDiffuse astrocytomasGlioma diagnosisTumor cellsFABP7Western blottingAddition of serumKnown markerGlioblastomaProtein 7GSC lines