Shigeru Sato

The paper develops REFLEX and HUNTERuni-seq to identify perivascular angiogenic macrophages (PVAMs) that deliver VEGF-A to endothelial cells, showing physical contact is critical for effective signaling.

This paper introduces a synthetic near-infrared luciferin, AkaSuke, that enhances deep-tissue bioluminescence imaging with firefly luciferases by improving detection sensitivity.

This paper identifies SIX1 as a critical transcription factor downstream of mesenchymal signals that cooperates with RUNX1 and SMAD4 to regulate {Delta}Np63 expression in Mullerian duct epithelium, leading to vaginal stratified squamous epithelium formation and preventing adenosis.