Akira Kudō

Identification and Characterization of a Novel Protein, Periostin, with Restricted Expression to Periosteum and Periodontal Ligament and Increased Expression by Transforming Growth Factor β

Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Induces Differentiation of and Bone Resorption by Osteoclasts

Identification and Characterization of the New Osteoclast Progenitor with Macrophage Phenotypes Being Able to Differentiate into Mature Osteoclasts

A critical role of λ5 protein in B cell development

The gamete fusion process is defective in eggs of Cd9-deficient mice

Periostin is essential for cardiac healingafter acute myocardial infarction

The role of periostin in tissue remodeling across health and disease

Osteopetrosis and thalamic hypomyelinosis with synaptic degeneration in DAP12-deficient mice

The proteins encoded by the VpreB and lambda 5 pre-B cell-specific genes can associate with each other and with mu heavy chain.

Long-term proliferating early pre B cell lines and clones with the potential to develop to surface Ig-positive, mitogen reactive B cells in vitro and in vivo.

Activation of calcium signaling through Trpv1 by nNOS and peroxynitrite as a key trigger of skeletal muscle hypertrophy

A second gene, VpreB in the lambda 5 locus of the mouse, which appears to be selectively expressed in pre-B lymphocytes.