Munemasa Mori

This paper identifies cell membrane tension as a regulator of epithelial fate transitions in the lung, showing it integrates physical and signaling cues to control AT1 and AT2 cell differentiation.

This study identifies FGF2's role in expanding parietal mesothelial progenitor pools and inhibiting BMP4-driven smooth muscle cell differentiation in developing pig and mouse models.

This study identifies Ephrin A ligands in mouse cells as mediators of cell death signaling to human pluripotent stem cells during interspecies co-culture, enhancing chimera formation when inhibited.

This study identifies Foxa2 as critical for salivary gland generation using conditional blastocyst complementation and demonstrates successful salivary gland development in mice.

The paper identifies the Foxa2 lineage's role in lung development and demonstrates that conditional complementation of this lineage can generate a whole lung in mice.

This study identifies the role of Wnt/Fgf crosstalk in tracheal basal progenitor cell specification through genetic ablation experiments in mouse models.