Selected publications

1. Arita Y, Nakaoka Y, Matsunaga T, Kidoya H, Yamamizu K, Arima Y, Kataoka-Hashimoto T, Ikeoka K, Yasui T, Masaki T, Yamamoto K, Higuchi K, Park JS, Shirai M, Nishiyama K, Yamagishi H, Otsu K, Kurihara H, Minami T, Yamauchi-Takihara K, Koh GY, Mochizuki N, Takakura N, Sakata Y, Yamashita JK, Komuro I. Myocardium-derived angiopoietin-1 is essential for coronary vein formation in the developing heart. Nat Commun. 2014;5:4552.
2. Kim KS, Arima Y, Kitazawa T, Nishiyama K, Asai R, Uchijima Y, Sato T, Levi G, Kitanaka S, Igarashi T, Kurihara Y, Kurihara H. Endothelin regulates neural crest deployment and fate to form great vessels through Dlx5/Dlx6-independent mechanisms. Mech Dev. 2013;130(11-12):553-66.
3. Arima Y, Miyagawa-Tomita S, Maeda K, Asai R, Seya D, Minoux M, Rijli FM, Nishiyama K, Kim KS, Uchijima Y, Ogawa H, Kurihara Y, Kurihara H. Preotic neural crest cells contribute to coronary artery smooth muscle involving endothelin signalling. Nat Commun. 2012;3:1267.
4. Arima S^#, Nishiyama K^#, Ko T, Arima Y, Hakozaki Y, Sugihara K, Koseki H, Uchijima Y, Kurihara Y, Kurihara H. Angiogenic morphogenesis driven by dynamic and heterogeneous collective endothelial cell movement. Development. 2011;138(21):4763-76. " ^# Equal contribution "
5. Tanaka A, Itoh F, Nishiyama K, Takezawa T, Kurihara H, Itoh S, Kato M. Inhibition of endothelial cell activation by bHLH protein E2-2 and its impairment of angiogenesis. Blood. 2010;115(20):4138-47.
6. Nishiyama K, Takaji K, Uchijima Y, Kurihara Y, Asano T, Yoshimura M, Ogawa H, Kurihara H. Protein kinase A-regulated nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of Id1 during angiogenesis. J Biol Chem. 2007;282(23):17200-9.
7. Nishiyama K, Takaji K, Kataoka K, Kurihara Y, Yoshimura M, Kato A, Ogawa H, Kurihara H. Id1 gene transfer confers angiogenic property on fully differentiated endothelial cells and contributes to therapeutic angiogenesis. Circulation. 2005;112(18):2840-50.