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Wang J, Ohno-Matsui K, Yoshida T, Shimada N, Ichinose S, Sato T, Mochizuki M, Morita I. Amyloid- β up-regulates complement factor B in retinal pigment epithelial cells through cytokines released from recruited macrophages/microglia; Another mechanism of complement activation in age-related macular degeneration J Cell Phsiol in press

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Tsuchiya T, Nakahama K, Asakawa Y, Maemura T, Tanaka M, Takeda S, Morita M, Morita The reduction in pigment epithelium-derived factor is a sign of malignancy Annual Report 2008 77 森田 育男 in ovarian cancer expressing low-level of vascular endothelial growth factor. Gyncol Endocrinol 2 5（ 2 ） 104-109, 2009

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Hayashi H, Nakahama K, Sato T, Tuchiya T, Asakawa Y, MaemuraT, Tanaka M, Morita I, The role of Mac-1 （CD1 1b/CD1 8） in osteoclast differentiation induced by receptor activator of nuclear factor- κ B ligand., FEBS Letters, 582（21-22）:3243-3248, 2008

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Fujimori H, Asahina K, Shimizu-Saito K, Ikeda R, Tanaka Y, Teramoto K, Morita I, Teraoka H. Vascular endothelial growth factor promotes proliferation and function of hepatocyte-like cells in embryoid bodies formed from mouse embryonic stem cells. J. Hepatol,. 48 （6）:962-973, 2008

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Wang J, Ohno-Matsui K, Yoshida T, Kojima A, Shimada N, Nakahama K, Safranova O, Iwata N, Saido TC, Mochizuki M, Morita I.Altered function of factor I caused by amyloid beta: implication for pathogenesis of agerelated macular degeneration from Drusen. J Immunol. 181（1）:712-720、2008.

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Kaneda M, Zhang D, Bhattacharjee R, Nakahama K, Arii S, Morita I. Vitamin K（2） suppresses malignancy of HuH7 hepatoma cells via inhibition of connexin 4 3. Cancer Lett, 263（1）: 53-60, 2008.

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Mukai N, Akahori T, Komaki M, Li Q, Kanayasu-Toyoda T, Ishii-Watabe A, Kobayashi A, Yamaguchi T, Abe M, Amagasa T, Morita I. A comparison of the tube forming potentials of early and late endothelial progenitor cells. Exp Cell Res, 314（3）: 430-440, 2008.

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Kojima A, Nakahama K, Ohno-Matsui K, Shimada N, Mori K, Iseki S, Sato T, Mochizuki M, Morita I. Connexin 4 3 contributes to differentiation of retinal pigment epithelial cells via cyclic AMP signaling. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 366（2）: 532-538, 2008.

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Huang, C, Wang J, Kikkawa U, Mukai H, Shen M, Morita I, Chen B, Chang WC, Calcineurin-mediated dephosphorylation of c-Jun Ser-2 4 3 is required for c-Jun protein stability and cell transformation. Oncogene, 2 7 （17）:2422-2429, 2008

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Pluemsampant S, Safronova O, Nakahama K, Morita I. Protein kinase CK2 is a key activator of histone deacetylase in hypoxia-associated tumors. Int J Cancer, 122（2）: 333-341, 2008