2001

• T. Takizawa, K. Nakashima, M. Namihira, W. Ochiai, A. Uemura, M. Yanagisawa, N. Fujita, M. Nakao, and T. Taga. DNA methylation is a critical cell-intrinsic determinant of astrocyte differentiation in the fetal brain. Dev. Cell , 1:749-758, 2001.
• M. Yanagisawa, T. Takizawa, W. Ochiai, A. Uemura, K. Nakashima, and T. Taga. Fate alteration of neuroepithelial cells from neurogenesis to astrocytogenesis by bone morphogenetic proteins. Neurosci. Res. , 41: 391-396, 2001.
• M. Yanagisawa, K. Nakashima, K. Takeda, W. Ochiai, T. Takizawa, M. Ueno, M. Takizawa, H. Shibuya, and T. Taga. Inhibition of BMP2-induced, TAK1-kinase-mediated neurite outgrowth by Smad6 and Smad7. Genes Cells , 6:1091-1100, 2001.
• J. Koyama, T. Abe, T. Shimazaki, A. Koizumi, K. Nakashima, S. Gojo, T. Taga, H. Okano, J. Hata, and A. Umezawa. Brain from bone: Efficient"meta-differentiation"of marrow stroma-derived mature osteoblast to neurons with noggin or a demethylating agent. Differentiation 68:235-244, 2001.
• J. Nichols, I. Chambers, T. Taga, and A. Smith. Physiological rationale for responsiveness of mouse embryonic stem cells to gp130 cytokines Development 128:2333-2339, 2001.
• M. Choi, K. Yamamoto, H. Masuno, K. Nakashima, T. Taga, and S. Yamada. Ligand recognition by the vitamin D receptor. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 9:1721-1730, 2001.
• M. Ueno, K. Igarashi, N. Kimura, K. Okita, M. Takizawa, I. Nobuhisa, T. Kojima, T. Kitamura, U. Samulowitz, D. Vestweber, T. Shimomura, T. Suda, K. Nakashima, and T. Taga. Endomucin is expressed in embryonic dorsal aorta and is able to inhibit cell adhesion . Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. , 287:501-506, 2001.
• W. Ochiai, M. Yanagisawa, T. Takizawa, K. Nakashima, and T. Taga. Astrocyte differentiation of fetal neuroepithelial cells involving cardiotrophin-1-induced activation of stat3. Cytokine , 14:264-271, 2001.
• K. Nakashima, T. Takizawa, W. Ochiai , M. Yanagisawa, T. Hisatsune, M. Nakafuku, K. Miyazono, T. Kishimoto, R. Kageyama, and T. Taga. BMP2-mediated alteration in the developmental pathway of fetal mouse brain cells from neurogenesis to astrocytogenesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA , 98:5868-5873, 2001.
• T. Takizawa, M. Yanagisawa, W. Ochiai, K. Yasukawa, T. Ishiguro, K. Nakashima, and T. Taga. Directly linked soluble IL-6 receptor-IL-6 fusion protein induces astrocyte differentiation from neuroepithelial cells via activation of STAT3. Cytokine , 13:272-279, 2001.
• M. Yanagisawa, K. Nakashima, T. Takizawa, W. Ochiai, H. Arakawa, and T. Taga. Signaling crosstalk underlying synergistic induction of astrocyte differentiation by BMPs and IL-6 family of cytokines. FEBS Lett. , 489:139-143, 2001.
• R. Matsuo, W. Ochiai, K. Nakashima, and T. Taga. A new expression-cloning strategy for isolation of substrate-specific kinases by using phosphorylation site-specific antibody. J. Immunol. Methods , 247:141-151, 2001.
• T. Kagawa, T. Wada, and K. Ikenaka Regulation of oligodendrocyte development. Microsc Res Tech 52 : 740-745 2001.
• M. Yamada, M. Jung, T. Kagawa, A. Ivanova, K. A. Nave, and K. Ikenaka Mutant Plp/DM20 cannot be processed to secrete PLP-related oligodendrocyte differentiation/survival factor. Neurochem Res 26 : 639-645 2001.
• L. Moran-Rivard, T. Kagawa, H. Saueressig, M. K. Gross, J. Burrill, and M. Goulding Evx1 is a postmitotic determinant of v0 interneuron identity in the spinal cord. Neuron 29 : 385-399 2001.
• K. Ono, T. Kagawa, T. Tsumori, S. Yokota, and Y. Yasui Morphological changes and cellular dynamics of oligodendrocyte lineage cells in the developing vertebrate central nervous system. Dev Neurosci 23 : 346-355 2001.