Publications in English　

2009 / 2008 / 2007/ 2006/2005/2004/before2003



　Jan.2010～

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2024

Short Repeat Ribonucleic Acid Reduces Cytotoxicity by Preventing the Aggregation of TDP-43 and Its 25 KDa Carboxy-Terminal Fragment.
Fujimoto A., Kinjo M., Kitamura A.
JACS Au, Open Online https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacsau.4c00566

Interaction of receptor-binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant with hACE2 and actin.
Fujimoto A., Kawai H., Kawamura R., Kitamura A.
Cells, 13(16), 1318 (2024) https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13161318

Hetero-oligomerization of TDP-43 carboxy-terminal fragments with cellular proteins contributes to proteotoxicity.
Kitamura A., Fujimoto A., Kawashima R., Lyu Y., Sasaki K., Hamada Y., Moriya K., Kurata A., Takahashi K., Brielmann R., Bott L.C., Morimoto R.I., Kinjo M.
Communications Biology, 7, 743 (2024)https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-024-06410-3

Stress granule dysfunction via chromophore-associated light inactivation.
Koizumi T., Fujimoto A., Kawaguchi H., Kurosaki T., Kitamura A.
ACS Omega, Online https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c01469

2023

Stress granule dysfunction via chromophore-associated light inactivation.
Koizumi T., Fujimoto A., Kawaguchi H., Kurosaki T., Kitamura A.
bioRxiv, 15 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.12.553066

Axonal transport of Frizzled5 by Alcadein α-containing vesicles is associated with kinesin-1.
Shiraki Y., Mitsuma M., Takada R., Hata S., Kitamura A., Takada S., Kinjo M., Taru H., Müller U.C., Yamamoto T., Sobu Y., Suzuki T.
Molecular Biology of the Cell, 34(11), ar110 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E22-10-0495

Increased intracellular crowding during hyperosmotic stress.
Kitamura A., Oasa S., Kawaguchi H., Osaka M., Vukojevic V., Kinjo M.
Scientific Reports, 13, 11834 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.30.522363

Light-induced condensates show accumulation-prone and less dynamic properties in the nucleus compared to the cytoplasm.
Hamada Y., Kitamura A.
Spectrosc. J., 1(2), 65-71 (2023) https://doi.org/10.3390/spectroscj1020006

Intracellular conformation of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-causative TDP-43.
Kitamura A., Yuno S., Kawamura R., Kinjo M.
Int. J. Mol. Sci., 24(6), 551322 (2023) https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24065513

Trans-cis isomerization kinetics of cyanine dyes reports on the folding states of exogeneous RNA G-quadruplexes in live cells.
Kitamura A., Tornmalm J., Demirbay B., Piguet J., Kinjo M., *Widengren J.
Nucleic Acids Research, Published online (2023) https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkac1255

Intracellular conformation of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-causative TDP-43.
Kitamura A., Yuno S., Kawamura R., Kinjo M.
bioRxiv, 22 Jan, 2023

Trans-cis isomerization kinetics of cyanine dyes reports on the folding states of exogeneous RNA G-quadruplexes in live cells.
Kitamura A., Tornmalm J., Demirbay B., Piguet J., Kinjo M., *Widengren J.
Nucleic Acids Research, Published online 2023 https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkac1255

Increased intracellular crowding during hyperosmotic stress.
Kitamura A., Oasa S., Kawaguchi H., Osaka M., Vukojevic V., Kinjo M.
bioRxiv, 30 Dec, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.30.522363

2022

Short repeat RNA reduces cytotoxicity by preventing the aggregation of TDP-43 and its 25 kDa carboxy-terminal fragment.
Fujimoto A., Kinjo M., Kitamura A.
bioRxiv, 4 Jul, (2022) https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.03.498631

Hetero-oligomerization of TDP-43 carboxy-terminal fragments with cellular proteins contributes to proteotoxicity.
Kitamura A., Fujimoto A., Kawashima R., Lyu Y., Moriya K., Kurata A., Takahashi K., Brielmann R., Bott L.C., Morimoto R.I., Kinjo M.
bioRxiv, 22 May, (2022) https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.22.493003

2021

Interaction between Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2 and Human Virus Receptor ACE2 Using Two-Color Fluorescence Cross-Correlation Spectroscopy
Fujimoto A., Lyu Y., Kinjo M., Kitamura A.
Appl. Sci. 11(22), 10697 (2021) https://doi.org/10.3390/app112210697

Quantitative evaluation of macromolecular crowding environment based on translational and rotational diffusion using polarization dependent fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
Yamamoto J, Matsui A, Gan F, Oura M, Ando R, Matsuda T, Gong J. P., Kinjo M.
Sci Rep.11(1), 10594 (2021) 10.1038/s41598-021-89987-7.

Interaction between spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and human virus receptor ACE2 using two-color fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy
Fujimoto A.,Lyu Y. ,Kinjo M, , Kitamura A.
bioRxiv (Preprint), (2021) https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.18.456769

Number and Brightness Analysis: Visualization of Protein Oligomeric State in Living Cells
Fukushima R,, Yamamoto J.,　Kinjo M.
Advanced Imaging and Bio Techniques for Convergence Science
Editors: Kim, Jun Ki, Kim, Jeong Kon, Pack, Chan-Gi (Eds.)
31-58 (2021)

Empirical Bayes method using surrounding pixel information for number and brightness analysis
Fukushima R. .,Yamamoto J., Kinjo M.
Biophysical journal, 120 (11), 2156-2171 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2021.03.033

Conformational stabilization of Optineurin by the dynamic interaction of linear polyubiquitin.
Kitamura A., Numazawa R., Kinjo M.
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 559, 203-209 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.04.103

Molecular basis of functional compatibility between ezrin and other actin-membrane associated proteins during cytokinesis.
Yang G., Hiruma S., Kitamura A., Kinjo M., Mishra, M., Uehara R.
Exp. Cell Res., 403, 112600 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yexcr.2021.112600

Detection of Protein Aggregation using Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
Kitamura A., Fujimoto A., Kinjo M.
J. Vis. Exp. (170), e62576, (2021) https://dx.doi.org/10.3791/62576

Analysis of the Triplet-state Kinetics of a Photosensitizer forPhotoimmunotherapy by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy.
Takakura H., Goto Y., Kitamura A., Yoshihara T., Tobita S., Kinjo M.,Ogawa M.
J. Photochem. & Photobiol., A: Chem., 408, 113094 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2020.113094

Harusawa K., Watanabe C., Kobori Y., Tomita K., Kitamura A., Kinjo M., Yanagisawa M.
Membrane Surface Modulates Slow Diffusion in Small Crowded Droplets
Langmuir, 37(1), 437–444 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03086

2020

Spatial Image Correlation Spectroscopy(ICS): A Technique for Average Size Determination of SubcellularAccumulated Structures from Fluorescence Microscopic Images.
Kitamura, A. & Kinjo, M.

BIO-PROTOCOL 10(10), (2020) 10.21769/bioprotoc.3624  

Biophysical research in Hokkaido University, Japan.
Aizawa, T., Demura, M., Gohara, K., Haga, H., Ishimori, K., Kinjo, M., Komatsuzaki, T., Maenaka, K. & Yao, M.
Biophysical Reviews 12(2), 233–236 (2020) 10.1007/s12551-020-00649-w

Quantitative Analysis of Membrane Surface and Small Confinement Effectson Molecular Diffusion.
Watanabe, C., Kobori, Y., Yamamoto, J., Kinjo, M. & Yanagisawa, M.Quantitative
J. Phys. Chem. B 124(6), 1090–1098 (2020) 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b10558

2019

Functional Fluorescence Microscopy Imaging: Quantitative Scanning-Free Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy for the Characterization of Fast Dynamic Processes in Live Cells
Aleksandar J. Krmpot, Stanko N. Nikolić, Sho Oasa, Dimitrios K. Papadopoulos, Marco Vitali, Makoto Oura, Shintaro Mikuni, Per Thyberg, Simone Tisa, Masataka Kinjo, Lennart Nilsson, Lars Terenius, Rudolf Rigler, and Vladana Vukojević
Anal. Chem 91(17), 11129-11137(2019) , [Open Access]

Encapsulation of biomacromolecules by soaking and co-crystallization into porous protein crystals of hemocyanin
Hashimoto T., Yuxin Ye., Matsuno A., Ohnishi Y., Kitamura A., Kinjo M., Abe S., Ueno T., Yao M., Ogawa T., Matsui T., Tanaka Y.
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications., 509(2), 577-584(2019) [Open Access]

Full fiber-optic fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
Yamamoto J. and Kinjo M.
Optics Express, 27(10), 14835-14841 (2019) [Open Access]

The AAA+ ATPase/ubiquitin ligase mysterin stabilizes cytoplasmic lipid droplets
Sugihara M1, Morito D2,3, Ainuki S1, Hirano Y4, Ogino K4, Kitamura A5, Hirata H4, Nagata K1,6
J Cell Biol. 218(3), 949-960(2019) [Open Access]

Characterization of Intracellular Crowding Environments with Topology-Based DNA Quadruplex Sensors
Takahashi S., Yamamoto J., Kitamura A., Kinjo M.,Sugimoto N.
Anal. Chem., 91 (4), pp 2586–2590 (2019) [ACS]


2018

Multipoint fluorescence correlation spectroscopy using spatial light modulator
Yamamoto J., Mikuni s., Kinjo M.
Biomedical Optics Express, 9(12), 5881-5890 (2018)[Open Access]
Absolute Quantification of RNA Molecules Using Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy with Certified Reference Materials
Akira Sasaki, Johtaro Yamamoto, Masataka Kinjo, Naohiro Noda
Anal. Chem., 90 (18), 10865-10871, 2018 [Open Access]

The cytoplasmic region of the amyloid beta-protein precursor (APP) is necessary and sufficient for the enhanced fast velocity of APP transport by kinesin-1.
Tsukamoto M., Chiba K., Sobu Y., Shiraki Y., Okumura Y., Hata S., Kitamura A., Nakaya T., Uchida S., Kinjo M., Taru H., *Suzuki T.
FEBS Letters, 592, 2716-2724, 2018 [FEBS Press]

TDP-43 depletion: mechanism of neuronal cell death in ALS.
Kitamura A.
Future Neurology,13, 143-149, 2018[Published Online]

Molecular chaperone HSP70 prevents formation of inclusion bodies of the 25-kDa C-terminal fragment of TDP-43 by preventing aggregate accumulation.
Kitamura A., Iwasaki N., Kinjo M.
Cell Stress and Chaperones, 23, 1177-1183, 2018 [Oxford]

Determination of cytoplasmic optineurin foci sizes using image correlation spectroscopy.
Kitamura A., Shimizu H., Kinjo M.
The Journal of Biochemistry, 164, 223-229, 2018 [Oxford]

Relationship Between Homodimeric Glucocorticoid Receptor and Transcriptional Regulation Assessed via an InVitro Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy-Microwell System
Sho Oasa, Shintaro Mikuni, Johtaro Yamamoto, Tsumugi Kurosaki, Daisuke Yamashita & Masataka Kinjo
Scientific Reportsvolume, 8, Article number: 7488 doi:10.1038/s41598-018-25393-w, 2018 [OpenAccess]

Two-detector number and brightness analysis reveals spatio-temporal oligomerization of proteins in living cells
Fukushima R., Yamamoto J., Ishikawa H. , Kinjo M.
Methods, 2018 doi:10.1016/j.ymeth.2018.03.007 [OpenAccess]

Analysis of the substrate recognition state of TDP-43 to single-stranded DNA using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy.
Kitamura A., Shibasaki A., Takeda K., Suno R., Kinjo M.
Biochem. Biophys. Reports, 14, 58-63, 2018 [ScienceDirect]

State-of-the-art Fluorescence Fluctuation-Based Spectroscopic Techniques for the Study of Protein Aggregation.
Kitamura A., Kinjo M.
Int. J. Mol. Sci., 19, 964, 2018 [OpenAccess]

Detection of substrate-binding of a collagen-specific molecular chaperone HSP47 in solution using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
Kitamura A., #Ishida Y., Kubota H., Pack C.G., Homma T., Ito S., Araki K., Kinjo M., Nagata K.
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 497, 279-284, 2018 [PubMed]  [ScienceDirect]

Physicochemical properties of mammalian molecular chaperone HSP60.
Ishida R., Okamoto T., Motojima F., Kubota H., Takahashi H., Tanabe-Ishida M., Oka T., Kitamura A., Kinjo M., Yoshida M., Otaka M., *Itoh H.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19, 489, 2018 [OpenAccess] 

Determination of diffusion coefficients in live cells using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching with wide-field fluorescence microscopy.
Kitamura A. and Kinjo M.
Biophysics and Physicobiology, 15, 1-7, 2018 [J-STAGE]
2017

↓　NEW!!　↓

U6 snRNA expression prevents toxicity in TDP-43-knockdown cells.
Yahara M., Kitamura A., Kinjo M.
PLOS ONE, 12, e0187813, 2017[OpenAccess] [Hokudai Press release]

Phosphorylation of KLC1 modifies interaction with JIP1 and abolishes the enhanced fast velocity of APP transport by kinesin-1
Yuriko Sobu, Keiko Furukori, Kyoko Chiba, Angus C Nairn, Masataka Kinjo, Saori Hata, and Toshiharu Suzuki
Mol. Biol. Cell mbc, E17-05-0301, 2017[OpenAccess]

Phosphorylation of multiple sites within an acidic region of Alcadein α is required for kinesin-1 association and Golgi exit of Alcadein α cargo
Yuriko Sobu, Keiko Furukori, Kyoko Chiba, Angus C Nairn, Masataka Kinjo, Saori Hata, and Toshiharu Suzuki
Mol. Biol. Cell mbc, E17-05-0301, 2017[OpenAccess]

Negative Correlation between the Diffusion Coefficient and Transcriptional Activity of the Glucocorticoid Receptor
Shintaro Mikuni, Johtaro Yamamoto, Takashi Horio and Masataka Kinjo
Int. J. Mol. Sci., 18(9), 1855, 2017[OpenAccess]

Different aggregation states of a nuclear localization signal-tagged 25-kDa C-terminal fragment of TAR RNA/DNA-binding protein 43 kDa
Akira Kitamura,Sachiko Yuno,Hideki Muto and Masataka Kinjo
Genes Cells, 22(6), 521–534, 2017 [OpenAccess]

A Quantitative Study of Internal and External Interactions of Homodimeric Glucocorticoid Receptor Using Fluorescence Cross-Correlation
Manisha Tiwari, Sho Oasa, Johtaro Yamamoto, Shintaro Mikuni and Masataka Kinjo
Scientific Reports, 7, Article number: 4336 ,2017 [OpenAccess] [Hokudai Press release]

Makoto Oura, Johtaro Yamamoto, Takashi Jin, and Masataka Kinjo
Investigation of pH-dependent photophysical properties of quantum nanocrystals by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
Optics Express, 25(2), 1435-1443, 2017 [OpenAccess]

2016

Ochiishi T., Doi M., Yamasaki K., Hirose K., Kitamura A., Urabe T., Hattori N., Kinjo M., Ebihara T., Shimura H.
Development of new fusion proteins for visualizing amyloid-beta oligomers in vivo.
Scientific Reports, 6，22712, 2016　 [OpenAccess]　 [Hokudai Press release]　 [AIST Press release]

Morikawa T. J., Fujita H., Kitamura A., Horio T., Yamamoto J., Kinjo M., Sasaki A., Machiyama H., Yoshizawa K., Ichimura T., Imada K., Nagai T., Watanabe T. M.
Dependence of fluorescent protein brightness on protein concentration in solution and enhancement of it.
Scientific Reports., 6，22342, 2016　[OpenAccess]　[Press release]　[PubMed], Nakayama Y., Shibasaki A.,

Kitamura A., Nakayama Y., Shibasaki A., Taki A., Yuno S., Takeda K., Yahara M., Tanabe N., Kinjo M.
Interaction of RNA with a C-terminal fragment of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-associated TDP43 reduces cytotoxicity.
Scientific Reports, 6，19230, 2016　[OpenAccess]　[Press release]

Tsutsumi M., Muto H., Myoba S., Kimoto M., Kitamura A., Kamiya K., Kikukawa T., Takiya S., Demura M., Kawano K., Kinjo M., Aizawa T
In vivo fluorescence-correlation spectroscopy analyses of FMBP-1, a silkworm transcription facto
FEBS Open Bio,, 6, 106-125, 2016 [OpenAccess]　[Cover Illustration ]

2015

J. Yamamoto, M. Oura, T. Yamashita, S. Miki, T. Jin, T. Haraguchi, Y. Hiraoka, H. Terai, and M. Kinjo,
Rotational diffusion measurements using polarization-dependent fluorescence correlation spectroscopy based on superconductiong nanowire single-photon detector.
Opt. Express, 23(25), pp.32633-42, 2015[Open Access]

A. Sasaki, J. Yamamoto, T. Jin, and M. Kinjo
Raster image cross-correlation analysis for spatiotemporal visualization of intracellular degradation activities against exogeneous DNAs.
Sci. Rep., 5, pp.14428-1-9, 2015 [Press release at Hokkaido University][Open Access]

Mikuni S, Kodama K, Sasaki A, Kohira N, Maki H, Munetomo M, Maenaka K,, Kinjo M.
Screening for FtsZ Dimerization Inhibitors Using Fluorescence Cross-Correlation Spectroscopy and Surface Resonance Plasmon Analysis. PLOS ONE, e0130933
PLOS ONE, e0130933, 2015 [Press release at Hokkaido University][Open Access]

Oasa S., Sasaki A., Yamamoto J., Mikuni S. and Kinjo M.
Homodimeriation of glucocortioid receptor from single cells investigated using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and microwells.
FEBS Letters, 589, 2171-2178, 2015 [FEBS Editor's Selection][Open Access]

Kitamura A, Nakayama Y, Kinjo M.
Efficient and dynamic nuclear localization of green fluorescent protein via RNA binding

Biochem. biophys. res. commun., 463, 401-406, 2015　 [PubMed][

Kitamura A, Nagata K, Kinjo M.
Conformational analysis of misfolded protein aggregation by FRET and live-cell imaging techniques.
Int.J.Mol.Sci., 16. 6076-6092, 2015 [Open Access]

Kameda Y, Takahata M, Mikuni S, Shimizu T, Hamano H, Angata T, Hatakeyama S, Kinjo M, Iwasaki N.
Siglec-15 is a potential therapeutic target for postmenopausal osteoporosis.
Bone. 2015 Feb;71:217-26. Epub 2014 Nov 8. [PubMed]

Odani W, Urata K, Okuda M, Okuma S, Koyama H, Pack CG, Fujiwara K, Nojima T, Kinjo M, Kawai-Noma S, Taguchi H.
Peptide sequences converting polyglutamine into a prion in yeast.
FEBS J. 2015 Feb;282(3):477-90. Epub 2014 Dec 9. [PubMed]

Tiwari M, Kinjo M.
Determination of the dissociation constant of the NFkB p50/p65 heterodimer in living cells using flourescence cross-correlation spectroscopy.
Methods Mol Biol. 2015;1228:173-86. [PubMed]

2014

Yamashita T, Liu D, Miki S, Yamamoto J, Haraguchi T, Kinjo M, Hiraoka Y, Wang Z, Terai H.
Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy with visible-wavelength superconducting nanowire single-photon detector.
Opt Express. 2014 Nov 17;22(23):28783-9. [PubMed]

Moritomo H, Yamada K, Kojima Y, Suzuki Y, Tani S, Kinoshita H, Sasaki A, Mikuni S, Kinjo M, Kawamata J.
A biphenyl type two-photon fluorescence probe for monitoring the mitochondrial membrane potential.
Cell Struct Funct. 2014;39(2):125-33. Epub 2014 Oct 16. [PubMed]

Chiba K, Araseki M, Nozawa K, Furukori K, Araki Y, Matsushima T, Nakaya T, Hata S, Saito Y, Uchida S, Okada Y, Nairn AC, Davis RJ, Yamamoto T, Kinjo M, Taru H, Suzuki T.
Quantative analysis of APP axonal transport in neurons: role of JIP1 in enhanced APP anterograde transport.
Mol Biol Cell. 2014 Nov 5;25(22):3569-80. Epub 2014 Aug 27. [PubMed]

Morito D, Nishikawa K, Koseki J, Kitamura A, Kotani Y, Kiso K, Kinjo M, Fujiyoshi Y, Nagata K.
Moyamoya disease-associated protein mysterin/RNF213 is a novel AAA+ATPase, which dynamically changes its oligomeric state.
Scientifec Reports. 2014 Mar 24; 4: 4442. [PubMed]

Kitamura A, Inada N, Kubota H, Matsumoto G, Kinjo M, Morimoto R.I, Nagata K.
Dysregulation of the proteasome increases the toxicity of ALS-linked mutant SOD1.
Genes to Cells. 2014 Mar; 19(3): 209-24. [PubMed]

Takano M, Tashiro E, Kitamura A, Maita H, Iguchi-Ariga SM, Kinjo M, Ariga H.
Prefoldin preventw aggregation of alpha-synuclein.
Brain Research. 2014 Jan 13; 1542: 186-94. [PubMed]

Chiba K, Shimada Y, Kinjo M, Suzuki T, Uchida S.
Simple and direct assembly of kymographs from movies using Kymomaker.
Traffic. 2014 Jan; 15(1): 1-11 [PubMed]

2013

Ohta S, Kawai-Noma S, Kitamura A, Pack CG, Kinjo M, Taguchi H.
The interaction of Hsp104 with yeast prion Sup35 as analyzed by fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2013 Dec 6; 442(1-2): 28-32. [PubMed]

Harada K, Mikuni S, Beppu H, Niimi H, Abe S, Hano N, Yamagata K, Kinjo M, Kitajima I.
A Rapid and High-Throughput Quantitation Assay of the Nuclear Factor κB Activity Using Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy in the Setting of Clinical Laboratories.
PLoS One. 2013 Oct 4;8(10):e75579. [PubMed]

Sadamoto H, Muto H.
Fluorescence Cross-correlation Spectroscopy (FCCS) to Observe Dimerization of Transcription Factors in Living Cells.
Methods Mol Biol. 2013;977:229-41. [PubMed]

Yamada M, Kumamoto K, Mikuni S, Arai Y, Kinjo M, Nagai T, Tsukasaki Y, Watanabe TM, Fukui M, Jin M, Toba S, Hirotsune S.
Rab6a releases LIS1 from a dynein idling complex and activates dynein for retrograde movement.
Nat Commun. 2013 Jun 19;4:2033. [PubMed]

Tiwari M, Mikuni S, Muto H, Kinjo M.
Determination of dissociation constant of the NFκB p50/p65 heterodimer using fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy in the living cell.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2013 Jul 5;436(3):430-5. Epub 2013 Jun 7. [PubMed]

Tashiro E, Zako T, Muto H, Itoo Y, Sörgjerd K, Terada N, Abe A, Miyazawa M, Kitamura A, Kitaura H, Kubota H, Maeda M, Momoi T, Iguchi-Ariga SM, Kinjo M, Ariga H.
Prefoldin protects neuronal cells from polyglutamine toxicity by preventing aggregation formation.
J Biol Chem. 2013 Jul 5;288(27):19958-72. Epub 2013 May 17. [PubMed]

Kameda Y, Takahata M, Komatsu M, Mikuni S, Hatakeyama S, Shimizu T, Angata T, Kinjo M, Minami A, Iwasaki N.
Siglec-15 regulates osteoclast differentiation by modulating RANKL-induced phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt and Erk pathways in association with signaling adaptor DAP12.
J Bone Miner Res. 2013 May 15. Epub ahead of print. [PubMed]

Niikura K, Sugimura N, Musashi Y, Mikuni S, Matsuo Y, Kobayashi S, Nagakawa K, Takahara S, Takeuchi C, Sawa H, Kinjo M, Ijiro K.
Virus-like particles with removable cyclodextrins enable glutathione-triggered drug release in cells.
Mol Biosyst. 2013 Mar 5; 9(3): 501-7. [PubMed]

Kiboku T, Katoh T, Nakamura A, Kitamura A, Kinjo M, Murakami Y, Takahashi M.
Nonmuscle myosin Ⅱ folds into a 10S form via two portions of tail for dynamic subcellular loacalization.
Genes to Cells. 2013 Feb; 18(2): 90-109. [PubMed]

Islam MS, Honma M, Nakabayashi T, Kinjo M, Ohta N.
pH Dependence of the Fluorescence Lifetime of FAD in Solution and in Cells.
Int J Mol Sce. 2013 Jan 18; 14(1): 1952-63. [PubMed]

2012

Yamamoto J. and Iwai T.
Chapter 11 On-Demand Holographic Optical Tweezers -In G. K. Knopf and Y. Otani(Eds.)
Optical Nano and Micro Actuator Technology. CRC Press, New York, 333-347(2012) [book]

Hihara S, Pack CG, Kaizu K, Tani T, Hanafusa T, Nozaki T, Takemoto S, Yoshimi T, Yokota H, Imamoto N, Sako Y, Kinjo M, Takahashi K, Nagai T, Maeshima K.
Local nucleosome dynamics facilitate chromatin accessibility in living Mammalian cells.
Cell Rep. 2012 Dec 27;2(6):1645-56. [PubMed]

Oikawa D, Kitamura A, Kinjo M, Iwawaki T.
Direct association of unfolded proteins with mammalian ER stress sensor, IRE1 beta.
PLoS One. 2012;7(12): e51290. [PubMed]

Yamamoto H, Kakuta S, Watanabe M.T, Kitamura A, Sekito T, Kondo-Kakuta C, Ichikawa R, Kinjo M, and Ohsumi Y.
Atg9 vesicles are an important membrane source during early steps of autophagosome formation.
J. Cell Biol. 2012 Jul 23;198(2):219-33. [PubMed]

Kawano T, Araseki M, Araki Y, Kinjo M, Yamamoto T, Suzuki T.
A Small Peptide Sequence is Sufficient for Initiating Kinesin-1 Activation Through Part of TPR Region of KLC1.
Traffic. 2012 Jun; 13(6): 834-48. [PubMed]

Yamamoto J, Iwai T.
Highly controllable optical tweezers using dynamic electronic holograms.
Curr. Pharm. Biotechnol. 2012 Nov; 13(14): 2655-62. [PubMed]

Tani S, Nakagawa K, Honda T, Saito H, Suzuki Y, Kawamata J, Uchida M, Sasaki A, Kinjo M.
Fluorescence Imaging of Mitochondria in Living Cells Using a Novel Fluorene Derivative with a Large Two-Photon Absorption Cross-Section.
Curr Pharm Biotechnol. 2012 Nov 1; 13(14): 2649-54. [PubMed]

Nagahori N, Uchida M, Kinjo M, Yamashita T.
Use of Carbohydrate-Conjugated Nanoparticles for an Integrated Approach to Functional Imaging of Glycans and Understanding of Their Molecular Mechanisms.
Curr Pharm Biotechnol. 2012 Nov 1; 13(14): 2612-6. [PubMed]

Muto H, Kinjo M.
Current Research on Protein-Protein Interactions Among Auxin-Singnaling Factors in Regulation of Plant Grouwth and Development.
Curr Pharm Biotechnol. 2012 Nov 1; 13(14): 2604-11. [PubMed]

2011

Strömqvist J, Johansson S, Xu L, Ohsugi Y, Andersson K, Muto H, Kinjo M, Höglund P, Widengren J.
A modified FCCS procedure applied to Ly49A-MHC class I cis-interaction studies in cell membranes.
Biophys J. 2011 Sep 7; 101(5): 1257-69. [PubMed]

Ogikubo S, Nakabayashi T, Adachi T, Islam MS, Yoshizawa T, Kinjo M, Ohta N.
Intracellular pH sensing using autofluorescence lifetime microscopy.
J Phys Chem B. 2011 Sep 1; 115(34): 10385-90. [PubMed]

Ohyanagi T, Nagahori N, Shimawaki K, Hinou H, Yamashita T, Sasaki A, Jin T, Iwanaga T, Kinjo M, Nishimura S.
Importance of sialic acid residues illuminated by live animal imaging using phosphorylcholine self-assembled monolayer-coated quantum dots.
J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Aug 17; 133(32): 12507-17. [PubMed]

Sadamoto H, Saito K, Muto H, Kinjo M, Ito E.
Direct observation of dimerization between different CREB1 isoforms in a living cell.
PLoS One. 2011; 6(6): e20285. Epub 2011 Jun 1. [PubMed]

Matsumura S, Shinoda K, Yamada M, Yokojima S, Inoue M, Ohnishi T, Shimada T, Kikuchi K, Masui D,
Hashimoto S, Sato M, Ito A, Akioka M, Takagi S, Nakamura Y, Nemoto K, Hasegawa Y, Takamoto H,
Inoue H, Nakamura S, Nabeshima Y, Teplow DB, Kinjo M, Hoshi M.
Two distinct amyloid {beta}-protein(A{beta}) assembly pathways leading to oligomers and fibrils identified
by combined fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, morphology and toxicity analyses.
J Biol Chem. 2011 Apr 1; 286(13): 11555-62. [PubMed]

Kubota H, Kitamura A, Nagata K.
Analyzing the aggregation of polyglutamine-expansion proteins and its modulation by molecular chaperones.
Methods. 2011 Mar; 53(3): 267-74. [PubMed]

Tsuji T, Kawai-Noma S, Pack CG, Terajima H, Yajima J, Nishizaka T, Kinjo M, Taguchi H.
Single-particle tracking of quantum dot-conjugated prion proteins inside yeast cells.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2011 Feb 25; 405(4): 638-43. [PubMed]

Sun F, Mikuni S, Kinjo M.
Monitoring the caspase cascade in single apoptotic cells using a three-color fluorescent protein substrate.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2011 Jan 14; 404(2): 706-10 [PubMed]

Mitsuhashi M, Sakata H, Kinjo M, Yazawa M, Takahashi M.
Dynamic assembly properties of nonmuscle myosin Ⅱ isoforms revealed by combination of
fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy.
J Biochem. 2011 Mar; 149(3): 253-63. [PubMed]

2010

Kinjo M, Sakata H, Mikuni S.
First Steps for Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy of Living Cells.
Live Cell Imaging -A Laboratory Manual- Edited by Goldman R, Swedolow J, Spector D.
(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press) 2010: 229-238.

Miura Y., Kato K., Takegawa Y., Kurogochi M., Furukawa J-i., Shinohara Y., Nagahori N., Amano M.,
Hinou H., Nishimura S-I.
Glycoblotting-assisted O-glycomics:Ammonium carbamate allows for highly efficient O-glycan release
from glycoproteins.
Anal Chem. 2010 Dec 15; 82(24): 10021-9. [PubMed]

Yamamoto J, Iwai T.
Stability of particles trapped by time-division optical tweezers based on the generalized Lorentz-Mie theory.
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 2010; 49: 092701-6. [DOI]

Nonaka Y, Muto H, Aizawa T, Okabe E, Myoba S, Yokoyama T, Saito S, Tatami F, Kumaki Y, Kamiya M,
Kikukawa T, Mizuguchi M, Takiya S, Kinjo M, Demura M, Kawano K.
STPR, a 23-amino acid tandem repeat domain, found in the human function-unknown protein ZNF821.
Biochemistry. 2010 Sep 28; 49(38): 8367-75. [PubMed]

Kawai-Noma S, Pack CG, Kojidani T, Asakawa H, Hiraoka Y, Kinjo M, Haraguchi T, Taguchi H, Hirata A.
In vivo evidence for the fibrillar structures of Sup35 prion in yeast cells.
J Cell Biol. 2010 Jul 26; 190(2): 223-31. [PubMed]

Jin T, Sasaki A, Kinjo M, Miyazaki J.
A quantum dot-based ratiometric pH sensor.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Apr 14;46(14):2408-10. [PubMed]

Ohtake N, Niikura K, Suzuki T, Nagakawa K, Mikuni S, Matsuo Y, Kinjo M, Sawa H, Ijiro K.
Low pH-Triggered Model Drug Molecule Release from Virus-Like Paricles.
Chembiochem. 2010 Mar 16. No abstract available. [PMID:20235110]

Sasaki A, Kinjo M.
Monitoring intracellular dagradation of exogenous DNA using diffusion properties.
J Control Release. 2010 Apr 2;143(1):104-11. [PubMed]

Sasaki A, Sakata H, Kinjo M.
Single-cell quantitative analysis of DNA incorporation and protein expression in microwells.
Curr Pharm Biotechnol. 2010 Jan;11(1):117-21. [PubMed]

Sakata H, Horiuchi M, Takahashi I, Kinjo M.
Confomational analysis of soluble oligomers of GFP tagged prion protein by fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy.
Curr Pharm Biotechnol. 2010 Jan; 11(1): 87-95. [PubMed]