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Recent Publications ( last 5 years)
2010
J.K. Lee , H.K. Jin, S. Endo, E.H. Schuchman, J.E. Carter, J.S. Bae.
Intracerebral Transplantation of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Reduces Amyloid-Beta Deposition and Rescues Memory Deficits in Alzheimer's Disease Mice by Modulation of Immune Responses.
Stem Cells. 28, 329-343, 2010.

S. Watanabe, S. Endo, E. Oshima, T. Hoshi, H, Higashi, K. Yamada, K, Tohyama, T, Yamashita, and Y Hirabayashi
Glycosphingolipid synthesis in cerebellar Purkinje neurons: Roles in myelin formation and axonal homeostasis.
Glia, 58, 1197-1207, 2010.

T. Sakamoto and S. Endo. 
Amygdala, deep cerebellar nuclei and red nucleus contribute to delay eyeblink conditioning in C57BL/6 mice.
Eur. J. Neurosci. 32, 1537-1551, 2010.

O. Imamura, G. Pages, J. Pouyssegur, S. Endo and K. Takishima
ERK1 and ERK2 are required for radial glial maintenance and cortical lamination
Genes Cell 15, 1072–1088, 2010.

2009
S. Endo, F. Shutoh, T. L. Dinh, T. Okamoto, T. Ikeda, M. Suzuki, S. Kawahara, Dai Yanagihara, K. Yamada, Y. Kirino, T. Sakamoto, S Itohara, A. Nairn, P Greengard, S. Nagao, and M. Ito
Dual involvement of G-substrate in motor learning revealed by gene deletion.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 106, 3525-3530, 2009.

G. Borlikova and S. Endo
Inducible cAMP early repressor (ICER) and brain functions
Mol. Neurobiol. 40, 73-86, 2009.

Y. Uechi, M. Bayarjargal, M. Umikawa, M. Oshiro, K. Takei, Y. Yamashiro, T. Asato, S. Endo, R. Misaki, T. Taguchi, K. Kariya
Rap2 function requires palmitoylation and recycling endosome localization
Biochem.Biophys.Res. Commu. 378, 732-737, 2009.

S.Endo
Molecular mechanisms underlying memory-ICER and long-term memory-
Jpn. J. Geriatrics. 46, 299-305, 2009.

T. Sakamoto and S. Endo.
GABAA receptors in deec cerebellar nucleus.
Seitai no kagaku, 60, 380-381, 2009.
2008
T. Suzuki, F. Du, QB. Tian, J. Zhang, and S. Endo.Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IIƒ¿ clusters are associated with stable lipid rafts and their formation traps PSD-95.
J. Neurochem. 104(3), 596-610, 2008

N. Kojima, G. Borlikova, T. Sakamoto, K. Yamada, T. Ikeda, S. Itohara, H. Niki, and S. Endo.
Inducible cAMP early repressor acts as a negative regulator for kindling epileptogenesis and long-term fear memory. J. Neurosci. 28, 6459-6472, 2008.

T. Sakamoto, and S. Endo.
GABAA receptors in deep cerebellar nuclei play important roles in mouse eyeblink conditioning.  Brain Res. 1230, 125-137, 2008.

T. Nakazawa, M. Shimura, M. Kondo, S. Yokokura, M. Tamai, K. Nishida, and S. Endo.
The neuroprotective role of G-substrate in N-methyl-D-aspartate-induced amacrine cell death.
J. Neurosci. Res. 86, 136-144, 2008.

T. Nakazawa, M. Shimura, R. Mourin, M Kondo, S. Yokokura, T.C. Saido, K. Nishida, and S. Endo.
Calpain-mediated degradation of G-substrate plays a critical role in retinal excitotoxicity for amacrine cells. J Neurosci. Res. 87, 1412-1423, 2008.

H. Nonaka, K. Takei, M. Umikawa, M, Oshiro, K. Kuninaka, M. Bayarjargal, T. Asato, Y. Yamashiro, Y. Uechi, S. Endo, Tatsuo Suzuki.
MINK is a Rap2 effector for phosphorylation of  the postsynaptic scaffold protein TANC1. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 377, 573-578, 2008.

O. Imamura, Y. Satoh, S. Endo, and K. Takishima.
Analysis of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 function in neural stem.progenitor cells via nervous system-specific gene disruption.
Stem cells, 26, 3247-3256, 2008.

2007
T. Suzuki, Q.B. Tian, J. Kuromitsu, T. Kawai, and S. Endo.
Characterization of mRNA species that are associated with postsynaptic density fraction by gene chip microarray analysis.
Neuroscience Research. 57, 61-85, 2007

C.Y. Chung, J. B. Koprich, S. Endo, and O. Isacson.
An endogenous Ser/Thr protein phosphatase inhibitor, G-substrate, reduces vulnerability in models of Parkinsonfs disease.
J. Neurosci. 27, 8314-8323, 2007.

E. Maruyama, K. Ogawa, S. Endo, M. Tsujimoto, T. Hashikawa, T. Nabetani, and A. Tsugita.
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor induces cell surface expression of short-form tenascin R complex in hippocampal presynapses.
Int. J. Biochem. Cell. Biol. 39, 1930-1942, 2007.

T. Nakazawa, M. Shimura, M. Ryu, K. Nishida, G. Pages, J. Pouyssegur, and S. Endo.
ERK1 plays a critical protective role against NMDA-induced retinal injury.
J. Neurosci. Res. (2007) doi; 10.1002/jnr.21472

Y. Lu, QB. Tian, S. Endo, and T. Suzuki.
A role for LRP4 in neuronal cell viability is related to apoE-binding.
Brain Res. (2007), doi:1.10/1016/j.brainres.2007.08.035.

Y. Satoh, S. Endo, T. Ikeda, K. Yamada, M. Ito, M. Kuroki, T. Hiramoto, O. Imamura, Y.  Kobayashi, Y. Watanabe, S. Itohara, and K. Takishima.
ERK2 knockdown mice show deficit in long-term memory; ERK2 has a specific function in learning and memory.
J. Neurosci. (2007) 27, 10765-10776.

T. Suzuki, F. Du, Q.-B. Tian, J. Zhang, F. Saitoh, and S. Endo
CaMKIIƒ¿ clusters are associated with stable lipid rafts and their formation traps PSD-95.
J. Neurochem. (2007) in press

2006
F. Du, F. Saitoh, Q.-B. Tian, S. Miyazawa, S. Endo and T. Suzuki
Mechanisms for association of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II with lipid rafts.
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 347, 814-820, 2006.

S. Endo, Y. Satoh, K. Shah, and K. Takishima
A single amino-acid change in ERK1/2 makes the enzyme susceptible to PP1 derivatives. 
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 341, 261-265, 2006.

Q.B. Tian, T. Suzuki, T. Yamauchi, H. Sakagami, Y. Yoshimura, S. Miyazawa, K. Nakayama, F. Saitoh, J.P. Zhang, Y. Lu, H. Kondo and S. Endo.
Interaction of LDL receptor-related protein 4 (LRP4) with postsynaptic scaffold proteins via its C-terminal PDZ domain-binding motif, and its regulation by Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II.   Eur. J. Neurosci.23, 2864-2876, 2006