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Original paper Corisin induces proteostasis stress to drive epithelial injury and pulmonary fibrosis.

Nat Commun.., 2026; 17:8486
DOI:10.1038/s41467-026-76162-7
Fujimoto H, Yasuma T, D'Alessandro-Gabazza CN, Toda M, Nishihama K, Takeshita A, Fridman D'Alessandro V, Tomaru A, Saiki H, Okano T, Kogue Y, Anoh T, Alhawsawi MAB, Abdel-Hamid AM, Imai B, Fields CJ, Teofanovic J, Leistikow K, Ono R, Nosaka T, Yamazaki H, Yamakawa D, Bando YK, Sugihara F, Kikuta J, Kataoka K, Kondoh Y, Sakaue T, Takeda H, Yano Y, Hataji O, Cann I, Kobayashi T, Gabazza EC.

Original paper Alkyne Two-Phase Strategy: Rapid Generation of TK-285-Derived PROTACs as BRD4 Degraders.

J Med Chem.., 2026; 69:8388-8416
DOI:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c03771
Yamakoshi H, Watanabe R, Segawa R, Ishihara R, Tachibana R, Kudo G, Nagasawa S, Yamanaka S, Ito A, Takeda H, Sawasaki T, Yoshino R, Hirokawa T, Doi T, Hirasawa N, Iwabuchi Y.

Original paper Design of Analytical Methods for Protein Adsorption Characteristics at Material Interfaces.

Langmuir., 2026; 42:17363-17374
DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.6c00943
Tanaka K, Nakano Y, Suganuma M, Matsumoto K, Hasegawa T, Nakahara M, Suto K, Ejima D, Imoarai T, Takeda H.

Original paper A lysine-free REC tag system for proximity-biotinylation applications.

Sci Rep.., 2026; 16:4846
DOI:10.1038/s41598-026-35323-w
Tokunaga S, Nagaoka H, Ozawa T, Yamada K, Takeda H, Fujisaki H, Hamada M, Soga F, Kishi H, Takashima E, Sawasaki T.

Original paper Screening and Engineering of Ancestral Sortase Es That Enable High-Fidelity Enzyme Design with Activity Trade-Off.

Bioconjug Chem.., 2026; 37:341-350
DOI:10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5c00576
Koshiba R, Chisuga T, Fujinami D, Takeda H, Nakano S.

Original paper Face Mask-Wearing Behaviour Among Young Adults During and After the COVID-19 Epidemic in China

Asia Pac J Public Health., 2026; 38(4):332-335
DOI:10.1177/10105395261433224
Tao Z, Fang R, Ma T, Jiang W, Xia H, Culleton R, Jiao Y.

Original paper Saptiotemporal regulation of MKK4 dictates switch-like JNK activation and binary cell-fate decisions.

Nature Communications., 2026; 17:1-18
DOI:10.1038/s41467-025-67943-7
Hisashi Moriizumi, Takanori Nakamura, Yuji Kubota, Ryosuke Hiranuma, Youngmin Cho, Toru Kawanishi, Hiroyuki Takeda, Takashi Suzuki, Mutsuhiro Takekawa

Original paper An autopsy case of multiple liver metastases from minute pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma clinically diagnosed as primary hepatic acinar cell carcinoma.

Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology.., 2026; 19:413-422
DOI:10.1007/s12328-026-02283-7
Okujima, Y., Tada, F., Murakami, H., Miyaoka, H., Kurata, M., & Masumoto, J

Original paper Macrophage accumulation on the injured pulmonary surface promotes intrathoracic adhesions.

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy.., 2026; 11:1-3
DOI:10.1038/s41392-026-02762-w
Mori, Y., Sakaue, T., Okazaki, M., Kurata, M., & Izutani, H.

Original paper Novel biodegradable device for transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects.

Scientific Reports.., 2026; 16:1-9
DOI:10.1038/s41598-026-48868-7
Kurobe, H., Sakaue, T., Hirata, Y., Moritani, T., Kurata, M., Higaki, T., & Shinoka, T.

Original paper Caldesmon-1-mediated actin dynamics is essential for osteogenic differentiation of aortic valve interstitial cells.

Scientific Reports., 2026; 16:1-16
DOI:10.1038/s41598-026-39938-x
Komoda, M., Sakaue, T., Nakao, Y., Sakamoto, H., Fukunishi, T., Higaki, T., Aono, J., Kurobe, H., Kurata, M., Nishimura, T., & Izutani, H.

Original paper Diagnostic performance of kinetic parameters of ultrafast breast MRI and their associations with immunohistopathological findings of breast carcinoma.

Scientific Reports.., 2026; 16:1-14
DOI:10.1038/s41598-026-55998-5
Kobayashi, A., Matsuda, M., Okada, K., Matsuda, T., Ebihara, R., Ochi, H., Kawaguchi, N., Shiraishi, Y., Takimoto, Y., Ihara, Y., Kamei, Y., Kurata, M., Kitazawa, R., & Kido, T.

Original paper Spatial transcriptomics of urothelial carcinoma with basal/squamous differentiation identifies Galectin-7 as a specific marker of squamous lineage commitment. Discover.

Discov Oncol., 2026; 17:722
DOI:10.1007/s12672-026-04927-z
Haga, S., Watanabe, R., Kurata, M., Miura, N., Liu, S., Kikugawa, T., Kitazawa, R., Mogi, M., & Saika, T.

Original paper Uhrf1 in PDGFRα-lineage cells regulates osteophyte formation in osteoarthritis

iScience.., 2026; 29(8):116927
DOI:10.1016/j.isci.2026.116927
Jono A, Yanagihara Y, Sakai H, Saeki N, Kutsuna T, Kinoshita T, Uezumi A, Takao M, Imai Y.

Original paper Multiscale analysis and functional validation of the cellular and genetic determinants of skeletal disease

Nat Genet.., 2026; 58(7):1530-1545
DOI:10.1038/s41588-026-02640-9
Chai RC, Lundberg M, Freudenthal B, Smith JT, Boughton AP, Zhang Y, Flynn KA, Frysz M, Corr AP, Khoo WH, Komla-Ebri D, Dack MRG, Guilfoyle SE, Logan JG, Butterfield NC, Leitch VD, Pollard AS, Mäkitie RE, Bradford N, Ramos-Mucci L, Vilas-Zornoza A, Chen Y, Yip RKH, Er J, Tan SZ, McDonald MM, Youlten SE, Sergio CM, Castro-Martinez A, Young SG, Skorokhodova E, Evans DM, Powell JE, de Leeuw CA, Ewing AD, Eisman JA, Blank RD, Phan TG; International Federation of Musculoskeletal Research Societies (IFMRS) Big Data Working Group; Lagendijk AK, Hawkins ED, Oh HL, McIntyre RE, Hessel EM, Taylor-King JP, Baldock PA, Duncan EL, Williams GR, Bassett JHD, Croucher PI, Kemp JP.

Original paper S100A4-TLR4-TGF-β axis as a therapeutic target for Dupuytren’s contracture in diabetic patients

Cell Death Discov.., 2026; 12:310
DOI:10.1038/s41420-026-03167-y
Kato K, Komura S, Yanagihara Y, Saeki N, Goto A, Maki R, Hirose H, Hirakawa A, Imai Y, Akiyama H.

Original paper Ldha Regulates Osteosarcoma Lung Metastasis through Hedgehog Signaling

Cancer Res Commun.., 2026; 6(6):1495-1508
DOI:10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-25-0163
Maki R, Komura S, Nagano A, Niwa A, Tomita H, Imai Y, Akiyama H.

Original paper A pleckstrin homology domain protein is involved in crystalloid formation in Plasmodium ookinetes and affects the maturation of infective sporozoites

oop Logo Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology., 2026; 16:2026
DOI:10.3389/fcimb.2026.1777159
Mayumi Tachibana, Naoaki Shinzawa, Minami Baba, Motomi Torii, Richard Culleton, Tomoko Ishino

Original paper UNC45B Reduction With Aging: A Myofiber-Intrinsic Promoting Factor for Sarcopenia

Aging Cell.., 2026; 25(5):e70502
DOI:10.1111/acel.70502
Mishima T, Nagamune T, Tada S, Watanabe D, Tokuda N, Yamada T, Hashimoto-Hachiya A, Higo-Yamamoto S, Kido K, Nagaoka N, Ikedo A, Imai Y, Fujita R, Mizuno S, Takahashi S, Oishi K, Ato S, Ogasawara R.

Original paper Integrating Scientific English and Life Science Learning to Foster Global Competence among High School Students

科学教育研究センター紀要., 2026; 5:6-12
DOI:
Kato A, Culleton R, Vergin R