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Moe Fukumoto, Haruko Watanabe‐Takano, Hajime Fukui, Ayano Chiba, Keisuke Sako, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Naoki Mochizuki
Developmental Cell · Nov 11, 2025Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology
Ning Gui, Keisuke Sako, Moe Fukumoto, Naoki Mochizuki, Hiroyuki Nakajima
This study shows chemokine signaling induces a phase transition in tip cells during angiogenesis, shifting migration from non-directional to directional.
Cell Structure and Function · Jan 1, 2025Peer-reviewedCell Biology
Nanami Morooka, Ning Gui, Koji Ando, Keisuke Sako, Moe Fukumoto, Urara Hasegawa, Melina Hußmann, Stefan Schulte‐Merker, Naoki Mochizuki, Hiroyuki Nakajima
The paper identifies Angpt1/Tie1 signaling as essential for trunk lymphatic vessel development in zebrafish, showing Tie1 regulates Foxo1 localization and modulates Vegfc/Vegfr3 signaling.
Development · May 14, 2024Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology
Melina Hußmann, Dörte Schulte, Sarah Weischer, Claudia Carlantoni, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Naoki Mochizuki, Didier Y. R. Stainier, Thomas Zobel, Manuel Koch, Stefan Schulte‐Merker
This study identifies a genetic interaction between svep1 and tie1 in zebrafish lymphatic development, independent of Vegfc, and links it to human glaucoma.
eLife · Apr 10, 2023Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology
Di Peng, Koji Ando, Melina Hußmann, Marleen Gloger, Renae Skoczylas, Naoki Mochizuki, Christer Betsholtz, Shigetomo Fukuhara, Stefan Schulte‐Merker, Nathan D. Lawson, Katarzyna Koltowska
This study identifies that arterial mural cells provide survival and guidance cues via Cxcl12a/b and Vegfc to promote lymphatic endothelial cell migration in zebrafish.
eLife · Mar 22, 2022Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology
Subir Kapuria, Haipeng Bai, Juancarlos Fierros, Ying Huang, Feiyang Ma, Tyler Yoshida, Antonio Aguayo, Fatma O. Kok, Katie M. Wiens, Joycelyn K. Yip, Megan Laura McCain, Matteo A. Pellegrini, Mikiko Nagashima, Peter F. Hitchcock, Naoki Mochizuki, , Ching‐Ling Lien
The paper identifies heterogeneous pdgfrβ+ cells critical for coronary vessel development and heart regeneration in zebrafish.
Development · Jan 28, 2022Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology
Koji Ando, Yu-Huan Shih, Lwaki Ebarasi, Ann S. Grosse, Daneal Portman, Ayano Chiba, Kenny Mattonet, Claudia Gerri, Didier Y. R. Stainier, Naoki Mochizuki, Shigetomo Fukuhara, Christer Betsholtz, Nathan D. Lawson
The paper shows that Pdgfrb signaling is essential for mural cell development in zebrafish, similar to mice, and identifies context-dependent roles in vascular structures.
Developmental Biology · Jul 24, 2021Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology
Haruko Watanabe‐Takano, Hiroki Ochi, Ayano Chiba, Ayaka Matsuo, Yugo Kanai, Shigetomo Fukuhara, Keisuke Sako, Takahiro Miyazaki, Shingo Sato, Naoto Minamino, Shu Takeda, Akihiro Yasoda, Naoki Mochizuki
This study shows that Osteocrin promotes both endochondral and intramembranous ossification in long bone growth by enhancing CNP signaling.
bioRxiv · Jul 9, 2019 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology
Hajime Fukui, Takahiro Miyazaki, Hiroyuki Tako Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Naoki Mochizuki
The paper shows that Hippo signaling restricts SHF cells in zebrafish to prevent excessive differentiation into Islet-1-positive atrial cardiomyocytes.
bioRxiv · Jun 23, 2017 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology