Nobuyuki Shirasawa

Summary

Affiliation: Yamagata University
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi Intercellular communication within the rat anterior pituitary: XIV electron microscopic and immunohistochemical study on the relationship between the agranular cells and GnRH neurons in the dorsal pars tuberalis of the pituitary gland
    Nobuyuki Shirasawa
    Department of Anatomy and Structural Science, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
    Anat Rec (Hoboken) 290:1388-98. 2007
  2. ncbi Intercellular communication within the rat anterior pituitary gland: X. Immunohistocytochemistry of S-100 and connexin 43 of folliculo-stellate cells in the rat anterior pituitary gland
    Nobuyuki Shirasawa
    Department of Anatomy, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 2 2 2 Iidanishi, Yamagata 990 9585, Japan
    Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol 278:462-73. 2004
  3. ncbi Electron microscopic observations of the anterior pituitary gland. Part I. The neurons in the "transitional zone" of the anterior pituitary gland
    Yoshio Mabuchi
    Functional Morphology, Nagoya City University Medical School, Mizuho ku, Nagoya City, Aichi 467 8601, Japan
    Tissue Cell 40:157-66. 2008
  4. ncbi Intercellular communications within the rat anterior pituitary XII: immunohistochemical and physiological evidences for the gap junctional coupling of the folliculo-stellate cells in the rat anterior pituitary
    Yumi Sato
    Functional Morphology, Nagoya City University Medical Science, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi 467-8601, Japan
    Tissue Cell 37:281-91. 2005
  5. ncbi Intercellular communications within the rat anterior pituitary XI: an immunohistochemical study of distributions of S-100 positive cells in the anterior pituitary of the rat
    Goro Sato
    Functional Morphology, Nagoya City University Medical Science, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho cho, Mizuho ku, Nagoya City, Aichi 467 8601, Japan
    Tissue Cell 37:269-80. 2005
  6. ncbi Intercellular communication within the rat anterior pituitary: relationship between LH-RH neurons and folliculo-stellate cells in the pars tuberalis
    Yoshio Mabuchi
    Department of Functional Morphology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho cho, 467 8601, Aichi, Japan
    Cell Tissue Res 317:79-90. 2004
  7. ncbi The kinase domain of death-associated protein kinase is inhibitory for tubulointerstitial fibrosis in chronic obstructive nephropathy
    Kazunori Yukawa
    Department of Physiology, Wakayama Medical University, 811 1 Kimiidera, Wakayama 641 8509, Japan
    Int J Mol Med 15:73-8. 2005
  8. ncbi Interaction between spontaneous and neurally mediated regulation of smooth muscle tone in the rabbit corpus cavernosum
    Hikaru Hashitani
    Department of Regulatory Cell Physiology and Nephrourology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467 8601, Japan
    J Physiol 569:723-35. 2005
  9. ncbi Estrogen-producing steroidogenic pathways in parietal cells of the rat gastric mucosa
    Takashi Ueyama
    Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wakayama Medical University, Kimiidera 811 1, Wakayama 641 8509, Japan
    Life Sci 74:2327-37. 2004
  10. ncbi Gastric parietal cells: potent endocrine role in secreting estrogen as a possible regulator of gastro-hepatic axis
    Takashi Ueyama
    Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wakayama Medical University, Kimiidera 811 1, Wakayama 641 8509, Japan
    Endocrinology 143:3162-70. 2002

Collaborators

  • Tsuyoshi Soji
  • E Sakuma
  • Motoshi Kikuchi
  • Takashi Ueyama
  • Hikaru Hashitani
  • Hikaru Suzuki
  • Yoshio Mabuchi
  • Damon C Herbert
  • Ikuo Wada
  • Goro Sato
  • Yumi Sato
  • Atsushi Sakamoto
  • Osamu Horiuchi
  • Kazunori Yukawa
  • Yuji Asai
  • Masanobu Maeda
  • Tao Bai
  • Tetsuji Tanaka
  • Shizuo Akira
  • Masakazu Ichinose
  • Akihiko Kimura
  • Masanori Kishino
  • Yuji Tsubota
  • Katsuaki Hoshino
  • Kyoko Owada-Makabe
  • Akira Naito
  • Kiyoshi Takeda
  • Masahiro Kuno
  • Yasuo Hashimoto
  • Richard J Coombs

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi Intercellular communication within the rat anterior pituitary: XIV electron microscopic and immunohistochemical study on the relationship between the agranular cells and GnRH neurons in the dorsal pars tuberalis of the pituitary gland
    Nobuyuki Shirasawa
    Department of Anatomy and Structural Science, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
    Anat Rec (Hoboken) 290:1388-98. 2007
    ..It was postulated that the "message" carried by LH-RH might have been transmitted to the cells in the DPT to aid in the modulation of LH release...
  2. ncbi Intercellular communication within the rat anterior pituitary gland: X. Immunohistocytochemistry of S-100 and connexin 43 of folliculo-stellate cells in the rat anterior pituitary gland
    Nobuyuki Shirasawa
    Department of Anatomy, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 2 2 2 Iidanishi, Yamagata 990 9585, Japan
    Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol 278:462-73. 2004
    ....
  3. ncbi Electron microscopic observations of the anterior pituitary gland. Part I. The neurons in the "transitional zone" of the anterior pituitary gland
    Yoshio Mabuchi
    Functional Morphology, Nagoya City University Medical School, Mizuho ku, Nagoya City, Aichi 467 8601, Japan
    Tissue Cell 40:157-66. 2008
    ..This is the first report that neuronal elements form clusters in the "transitional zone." A relationship of the unmyelinated and neuroendocrine fibers in the basal layer and in the "transitional zone" is discussed...
  4. ncbi Intercellular communications within the rat anterior pituitary XII: immunohistochemical and physiological evidences for the gap junctional coupling of the folliculo-stellate cells in the rat anterior pituitary
    Yumi Sato
    Functional Morphology, Nagoya City University Medical Science, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi 467-8601, Japan
    Tissue Cell 37:281-91. 2005
    ....
  5. ncbi Intercellular communications within the rat anterior pituitary XI: an immunohistochemical study of distributions of S-100 positive cells in the anterior pituitary of the rat
    Goro Sato
    Functional Morphology, Nagoya City University Medical Science, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho cho, Mizuho ku, Nagoya City, Aichi 467 8601, Japan
    Tissue Cell 37:269-80. 2005
    ..The distribution pattern of the folliculo-stellate cells and the capillaries showed good agreement and the spatial relationship between these two is detailed so as to better understand hypophyseal histophysiology...
  6. ncbi Intercellular communication within the rat anterior pituitary: relationship between LH-RH neurons and folliculo-stellate cells in the pars tuberalis
    Yoshio Mabuchi
    Department of Functional Morphology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho cho, 467 8601, Aichi, Japan
    Cell Tissue Res 317:79-90. 2004
    ..It is postulated that the LH-RH message might be transmitted not only by the established hypophyseal portal vein system but also via the folliculo-stellate cells in the pars tuberalis to aid in the modulation of LH release...
  7. ncbi The kinase domain of death-associated protein kinase is inhibitory for tubulointerstitial fibrosis in chronic obstructive nephropathy
    Kazunori Yukawa
    Department of Physiology, Wakayama Medical University, 811 1 Kimiidera, Wakayama 641 8509, Japan
    Int J Mol Med 15:73-8. 2005
    ..Thus, our results suggest that the kinase domain deleted by gene targeting plays a suppressive role for the development of renal fibrosis through inhibition of the tubular epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in a mouse model of COU...
  8. ncbi Interaction between spontaneous and neurally mediated regulation of smooth muscle tone in the rabbit corpus cavernosum
    Hikaru Hashitani
    Department of Regulatory Cell Physiology and Nephrourology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467 8601, Japan
    J Physiol 569:723-35. 2005
    ..Thus, interaction between spontaneous and neurally mediated regulation of CCSM tone may be fundamental to maintaining the muscle contractility. In addition, both PGs and NO appear to alter CCSM tone with only small changes in [Ca2+]i...
  9. ncbi Estrogen-producing steroidogenic pathways in parietal cells of the rat gastric mucosa
    Takashi Ueyama
    Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wakayama Medical University, Kimiidera 811 1, Wakayama 641 8509, Japan
    Life Sci 74:2327-37. 2004
    ..These results indicate that parietal cells of rat stomach convert circulating progesterone and/through androstenedione and testosterone to synthesize both estrone and 17beta-estradiol, which then enter the liver via the portal vein...
  10. ncbi Gastric parietal cells: potent endocrine role in secreting estrogen as a possible regulator of gastro-hepatic axis
    Takashi Ueyama
    Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wakayama Medical University, Kimiidera 811 1, Wakayama 641 8509, Japan
    Endocrinology 143:3162-70. 2002
    ..These findings indicate that gastric parietal cells play a potent endocrine role in secreting estrogen that may function as a regulator of the gastro-hepatic axis...