Selected publications

1. Haneda Y, Miyagawa-Tomita S, Uchijima Y Iwase A, Asai R, Kohro T, Wada Y, Kurihara H. Diverse contribution of amniogenic somatopleural cells to cardiovascular development: with special reference to thyroid vasculature. Dev. Dyn. 253:59-77, 2024.
2. Kurihara Y, Ekimoto T, Gordon CT, Uchijima Y, Sugiyama R, Kitazawa T, Iwase A, Kotani R, Asai R, Pingault V, Ikeguchi M, Amiel J, Kurihara H. Mandibulofacial dysostosis with alopecia results from ETAR gain-of-function mutations via allosteric effects on ligand binding. J. Clin. Invest. 133(4):e151536, 2023.
3. Oda H, Tonami K, Nakata Y, Takubo N, Kurihara H. Persistent homological cell tracking technology. Sci. Rep. 13(1):10882, 2023.
4. Tonami K, Hayashi T, Uchijima Y, Kanai M, Yura F, Mada J, Sugahara K, Kurihara Y, Kominami Y, Ushijima T, Takubo N, Liu X, Tozawa H, Kanai Y, Tokihiro T, Kurihara H. Coordinated linear and rotational movements of endothelial cells compartmentalized by VE-cadherin drive angiogenic sprouting. iScience. 26(7):107051, 2023.
5. Mizukami K, Higashiyama H, Arima Y, Ando K, Okada N, Kose K, Yamada S, Takeuchi JK, Koshiba-Takeuchi K, Fukuhara S, Miyagawa-Tomita S, Kurihara H. Coronary artery established through amniote evolution. eLife 12:e83005, 2023.
6. Maruyama K, Miyagawa-Tomita S, Haneda Y, Kida M, Matsuzaki F, Imanaka-Yoshida K, Kurihara H. The cardiopharyngeal mesoderm contributes to lymphatic vessel development. eLife e81515, 2022.
7. Higashiyama H, Koyabu D, Hirasawa T, Werneburg I, Kuratani S, Kurihara H. Mammalian face as an evolutionary novelty. Proc. Natl. Acad Sci. U.S.A. 118(44): e2111876118, 2021.
8. Maruyama K, Naemura K, Arima Y, Uchijima Y, Nagao H, Yoshihara K, Singh MK, Uemura A, Matsuzaki F, Yoshida Y, Kurihara Y, Wada Y, Miyagawa-Tomita S, Kurihara H. Semaphorin3E-PlexinD1 signaling is required for coronary artery and lymphatic vessel development, with clinical implications in myocardial recovery. iScience 24(4):102305, 2021.
9. Maruyama K, Miyagawa-Tomita S, Mizukami K, Matsuzaki F, Kurihara H. Isl1-expressing non-venous cell lineage contributes to cardiac lymphatic vessel development. Dev. Biol. 452(2):134-143, 2019.
10. Asai R, Haneda Y, Seya D, Arima Y, Fukuda K, Kurihara Y, Miyagawa-Tomita S, Kurihara H. Amniogenic somatopleure: a novel origin of multiple cell lineages contributing to the cardiovascular system. Sci. Rep. 7(1):8955, 2017.
11. Kitazawa T, Takechi M, Hirasawa T, Adachi N, Narboux-Nême N, Kume H, Maeda K, Hirai T, Miyagawa-Tomita S, Kurihara Y, Hitomi J, Levi G, Kuratani S, Kurihara H. Developmental genetic bases behind the independent origin of the tympanic membrane in mammals and diapsids. Nat. Commun. 6:6853, 2015.
12. 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. 3: 1267, 2012.
13. 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. 138(21): 4763-76, 2011.
14. Asai R, Kurihara Y, Fujisawa K, Sato T, Kawamura Y, Kokubo H, Tonami K, Nishiyama K, Uchijima Y, Miyagawa-Tomita S, Kurihara H. Endothelin receptor type-A expression defines a distinct cardiac subdomain within the heart field, with a later implication of this signaling pathway in chamber myocardium formation. Development 137(22): 3823-3833, 2010.
15. Kawamura Y, Uchijima Y, Horike N, Tonami K, Nishiyama K, Amano T, Asano T, Kurihara Y, Kurihara H. Sirt3 protects in vitro-fertilized mouse preimplantation embryos against oxidative stress-induced p53-mediated developmental arrest. J. Clin. Invest. 120(8): 2817-2828, 2010.
16. Sato T, Kurihara Y, Asai R, Kawamura Y, Tonami K, Uchijima Y, Heude E, Ekker M, Levi G, Kurihara H. An endothelin-1 switch specifies maxillomandibular identity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 105(48): 18806-18811, 2008.
17. Sato T, Kawamura Y, Asai R, Amano T, Uchijima Y, Dettlaff-Swiercz DA, Offermanns S, Kurihara Y, Kurihara H. Recombinase-mediated cassette exchange revealed the selective use of Gq/G11-dependent and -independent endothelin-1/endothelin type-A receptor signaling in pharyngeal arch development. Development 135(4): 755-765, 2008.
18. Kurihara Y, Kawamura Y, Uchijima Y, Amano T, Kobayashi H, Asano T, Kurihara H. Maintenance of genomic methylation patterns during preimplantation development requires the somatic form of DNA methyltransferase 1. Dev. Biol. 313(1): 335-346, 2008.
19. 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 112(18): 2840-2850, 2005.
20. Fukuhara S, Kurihara Y, Arima Y, Yamada N, Kurihara H. Temporal requirement of signaling cascade involving endothelin-1/endothelin A receptor in branchial arch development. Mech. Dev. 121(10): 1223-1233, 2004.
21. Ozeki H, Kurihara Y, Tonami K, Watatani S, Kurihara H. Endothelin-1 regulates the dorsoventral branchial arch patterning in mice. Mech. Dev. 121(4): 387-395, 2004.
22. Kurihara Y, Kurihara H, Morita H, Cao W-H, Ling G-Y, Kumada M, Kimura S, Nagai R, Yazaki Y, Kuwaki T. Role of endothelin-1 in stress response in the central nervous system. Am. J. Physiol. 279(2): R515-R521, 2000.
23. Kurihara Y, Kurihara H, Oda H, Maemura K, Nagai R, Ishikawa T, Yazaki Y. Aortic arch malformations and ventricular septal defect in mice deficient in endothelin-1. J. Clin. Invest. 96(1): 293-300, 1995.
24. Kurihara Y, Kurihara H, Suzuki H, Kodama T, Maemura K, Nagai R, Oda H, Kuwaki T, Cao W-H, Kamada N, Jishage K, Ouchi Y, Azuma S, Toyoda Y, Ishikawa T, Kumada M, Yazaki Y. Elevated blood pressure and craniofacial abnormalities in mice deficient in endothelin-1. Nature 368(6473): 703-710, 1994.
25. Yanagisawa M, Kurihara H, Kimura S, Tomobe Y, Kobayashi M, Mitsui Y, Yazaki Y, Goto K, Masaki T. A novel vasoconstrictor peptide produced by vascular endothelial cells. Nature 332(6163): 411-415, 1988.