Frontiers in physiology 12 748574-748574 2021年9月 [査読有り]
Connexin 43 (Cx43) is an integral membrane protein that forms gap junction channels. These channels mediate intercellular transport and intracellular signaling to regulate organogenesis. The human disease oculodentodigital dysplasia (ODDD) is caus...
Shahad Al Thamin   Yuta Chiba   Keigo Yoshizaki   Tian Tian   LingLing Jia   Xin Wang   Kan Saito   Jiyao Li   Aya Yamada   Satoshi Fukumoto   
Journal of cellular physiology 2021年4月
The epithelial-mesenchymal interactions are essential for the initiation and regulation of the development of teeth. Following the initiation of tooth development, numerous growth factors are secreted by the dental epithelium and mesenchyme that p...
Keiji Masuda   Xu Han   Hiroki Kato   Hiroshi Sato   Yu Zhang   Xiao Sun   Yuta Hirofuji   Haruyoshi Yamaza   Aya Yamada   Satoshi Fukumoto   
International journal of molecular sciences 22(5) 2021年2月
A subpopulation of mesenchymal stem cells, developmentally derived from multipotent neural crest cells that form multiple facial tissues, resides within the dental pulp of human teeth. These stem cells show high proliferative capacity in vitro and...
Jia L   Chiba Y   Saito K   Yoshizaki K   Tian T   Han X   Mizuta K   Chiba M   Wang X   Thamin SA   Yamada A   Li J   Fukumoto S   
Chiba Yuta   Yoshizaki Keigo   Tian Tian   Miyazaki Kanako   Martin Daniel   Saito Kan   Yamada Aya   Fukumoto Satoshi   
Journal of Dental Research (in press) 2021年 [査読有り]
Kan Saito   Yuta Chiba   Aya Yamada   Satoshi Fukumoto   
Pediatric Dental Journal 30(3) 129-138 2020年12月
Background: Recently, various amelogenesis imperfecta such as molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH) have been reported in pediatric dentistry. The cause has been studied extensively but is not yet clear. Therefore, dentists focus on prevention to...