Selected bibliographies


Hayashi K, Takagane K, Itoh G, Kuriyama S, Koyota S, Meguro K, Ling Y, Abé T, Ohashi R, Yashiro M, Mizuno M, Tanaka M. Cell-cell contact-dependent secretion of large-extracellular vesicles from EFNBhigh cancer cells accelerates peritoneal dissemination. (2024) British J Cancer   doi10.1038/s41416-024-02783-8.


Horie M, Takagane K, Itoh G, Kuriyama S, Yanagihara K, Yashiro M, Umakoshi M, Goto A, Arita J, Tanaka M. Exosomes secreted by ST3GAL5high cancer cells promote peritoneal dissemination by establishing a premetastatic microenvironment. (2024) Molecular Oncology   18(1):21-43 doi: 10.1002/1878-0261.13524.


Kuriyama S, Thasaneeya K, Itoh G, Kidoaki S, Tanaka M. Glyoxal-methyl-ethylene sulfonic acid fixative enhances the fixation of cytoskeletal structures for Förster resonance energy transfer measurements. (2024) Histochem Cell Biol.   Oct;162(4):337-347. doi: 10.1007/s00418-024-02304-x.


Umakoshi M, Kudo-Asabe Y, Tsuchie H, Li Z, Koyama K, Miyabe K, Yoshida M, Nagasawa H, Nanjo H, Okada K, Maeda D, Miyakoshi N, Tanaka M, Goto A. Prognostic Value of Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Marker Expression in the Intratumoral and Marginal Areas of Soft Tissue Sarcoma. (2024) Pathobiology   Jul 22:1-17. doi: 10.1159/000539855.


Takahashi S, Takagane K, Itoh G, Kuriyama S, Umakoshi M, Goto A, Yanagihara K, Yashiro M, Iijima K, and Tanaka M CCDC85A is regulated by miR-224-3p and augments cancer cell resistance to endoplasmic reticulum stress. (2023) Frontiers in Oncology   13:1196546. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1196546


Umakoshi M, Nakamura A, Tsuchie H, Li Z, Kudo-Asabe Y, Miyabe K, Ito Y, Yoshida M, Nagasawa H, Okada K, Nanjo H, Maeda D, Miyakoshi N, Tanaka M, Goto A. Macrophage numbers in the marginal area of sarcomas predict clinical prognosis. (2023) Sci. Rep.   13(1):1290 doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-28024-1


Kuriyama S, Tanaka M. Characteristic tetraspanin expression patterns mark various tissues during early Xenopus development. (2023) Dev Growth Differ.  doi: 10.1111/dgd.12836. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36606534.


Kuriyama, S., Tanaka, G., Takagane, K., Itoh, G., and Tanaka, M. Pigment Epithelium Derived Factor Is Involved in the Late Phase of Osteosarcoma Metastasis by Increasing Extravasation and Cell-Cell Adhesion.(2022) Front. Oncol. 12.doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.123456.


Takagane, K., Umakoshi, M., Itoh, G., Kuriyama, S., Goto, A., and Tanaka, M. SKAP2 suppresses inflammation-mediated tumorigenesis by regulating SHP-1 and SHP-2. (2022) Oncogene doi: 10.1038/s41416-022-0283-5.


Tanaka, M. Crosstalk of tumor stromal cells orchestrates invasion and spreading of gastric cancer. (2022) Pathol. Int. doi: 10.1111/pin.12345.


Itoh, G., Takagane, K., Fukushi, Y., Kuriyama, S., Umakoshi, M., Goto, A., Yanagihara, K., Yashiro, M., and Tanaka, M. Cancer-associated fibroblasts educate normal fibroblasts to facilitate cancer cell spreading and T-cell suppression. (2022) Mol. Oncol. doi: 10.1002/1878-0261.12876.


Sasaki, Y., Takagane, K., Konno, T., Itoh, G., Kuriyama, S., Yanagihara, K., Yashiro, M., Yamada, S., Murakami, S., and Tanaka, M. Expression of asporin reprograms cancer cells to acquire resistance to oxidative stress. (2021)Cancer Sci. 112, 1251–1261.doi: 10.1111/cas.14872.


Umakoshi M, Takahashi S, Itoh G, Kuriyama S, Sasaki Y, Yanagihara K, Yashiro M, Maeda D, Goto A, Tanaka M.

(2019) Macrophage-mediated transfer of cancer-derived components to stromal cells contributes to establishment of a pro-tumor microenvironment. Oncogene 38 (12), 2162-2176 doi: 10.1037/s41388-018-0564-x


Itoh G, Ikeda M, Iemura K, Amin MA, Kuriyama S, Tanaka M, Mizuno N, Osakada H, Haraguchi T, Tanaka K. (2018) Lateral attachment of kinetochores to microtubules is enriched in prometaphase rosette and facilitates chromosome alignment and bi-orientation establishment. Sci Rep. 8(1):3888. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-22164-5



Kuriyama S, Tsuji T, Sakuma T, Yamamoto T and Tanaka M PLEKHN1 promotes apoptosis by enhancing Bax-Bak hetro-oligomerization through interaction with Bid in human colon cancer. (2018) Cell Death Discovery   4:11.doi: 10.1038/s41420-017-0006-5.


Itoh G, Chida S, Yanagihara K, Yashiro M, Aiba N, Tanaka M. Cancer-associated fibroblasts induce cancer cell apoptosis that regulates invasion mode of tumours. (2017) Oncogene   doi: 10.1038/onc.2017.49.


Goto A, Tanaka M, Yoshida M, Umakoshi M, Nanjo H, Shiraishi K, Saito M, Kohno T, Kuriyama S, Konno H, Imai K, Saito H, Minamiya Y, Maeda D. The low expression of miR-451 predicts a worse prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer cases. (2017) PLos One   12(7):e0181270. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181270. eCollection 2017


Tanaka M, Kuriyama S, Itoh G, Maeda D, Goto A, Tamiya Y, Yanagihara K, Yashiro M, Aiba N. Mesothelial Cells Create a Novel Tissue Niche That Facilitates Gastric Cancer Invasion. (2017) Cancer Res.   77(3):684-695. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-0964.


Kuriyama S, Tamiya Y, Tanaka M. Spatiotemporal expression of UPK3B and its promoter activity during embryogenesis and spermatogenesis. (2017) Histochem. Cell Biology.   147(1):17-26. doi: 10.1007/s00418-016-1486-8.


Tanaka M, Kuriyama S, Itoh G, Kohyama A, Iwabuchi Y, Shibata H, Yashiro M, Aiba N. Identification of anti-cancer chemical compounds using Xenopus embryos. (2016) Cancer Science   107(6):803-11. doi: 10.1111/cas.12940. Epub 2016 May 12.


Tanaka M., Shimamura S., Kuriyama S., Maeda D., Goto A., Aiba N. SKAP2 promotes podosome formation to facilitate tumor-associated macrophage infiltration and metastatic progression. (2016) Cancer Res.  76:(2) 358-369


Tsuji T., Satoyoshi R., Aiba N., Kubo T., Yanagihara K., Maeda D., Goto A., Ishikawa K., Yashiro M., and Tanaka M Agr2 mediates paracrine effects on stromal fibroblasts that promtoe invasion by gastric signet-ring carcinoma cells. (2015) Cancer Res.75 (2): 356-66: doi:10.1158/0008-54.CAN-14-1693.



Satoyoshi R., Aiba N., Yanagihara K., Yashiro M., and Tanaka M. Tks5 activation in mesothelial cells creates invasion front of peritoneal carcinomatosis. (2015) Oncogene34:(24), 3176-3187.



Kuriyama S., Yoshida M., Yano S., Aiba N., Kohno T., Minamiya Y., Goto A., and Tanaka M. LPP inhibits collective cell migration during lung cancer dissemination.(2015) Oncogene doi:1038/onc2015.2015.155



Satoyoshi R., Kuriyama S., Aiba N., Yashiro M., and Tanaka M. Asporin activates coordinated invasion of scirrhous gastric cancer and cancer-associated fibroblasts. (2015) Oncogene 29: 650-660. doi: 10.1038/onc2013.584



Kuriyama S., Theveneau E., Benedetto A., Charras G., Tanaka M., Parsons M., Kabla A., and Mayor R. In vivo collective cell migration requires an LPAR2-dependent increase in tissue fluidity (2014) J Cell Biol.206 (1): 113-127. doi/10.1083/jcb.201402093



Shimamura S., Sasaki K. and Tanaka M. The Src substrate SKAP2 regulates actin assembly by interacting with WAVE2 and contactin (2013) J Biol. Chem.288, 1171-1183.



Tanaka M., Kuriyama S. and Aiba N.

Nm23-H1 regulates contact inhibition of locomotion which is affected by ephrin-B1

J Cell Sci. 125, 4343-53. Doi: 10.1242/jcs.104083 (2012)


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Yagi R., Tanaka M. et al.

ARAP3 inhibits peritoneal dissemination of scirrhous gastric carcinoma cells by regulating cell adhesion and invasion.  Oncogene 30, 1413-1421, (2011)

Tanaka M. et al.

Suppression of gastric cancer dissemination by ephrin-B1-derived peptide.

Cancer Science 101, 87-93, (2010)

Tanaka M. et al.
A novel RNA-binding protein Ossa/C9orf10 regulates activity of Src kinases to protect cells from oxidative-stress induced apoptosis. 

Mol Cell Biol 29, 402-413, (2009)

Ohta K, Ito A, Kuriyama S, et al.

Tsukushi functions as a Wnt signaling inhibitor by competing with Wnt2b for binding to Frizzled4.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 108: 14962-7 (2011)

Theveneau E., Kuriyama S., et al.

Collective chemotaxis requires contact-dependent cell polarity. Dev Cell 20, 39-53, 2010

Li B*, Kuriyama S* et al.

The homeobox gene Gbx2 is a direct target of Wnt signalling during neural crest induction. Development 136: 3267-78 *The authors contributed equally. (2009)

Kashef J, Köhler A, Kuriyama S et al. 

Cadherin-11 regulates protrusive activity in Xenopus cranial neural crest cell supstream of Trio and the small GTPases. Genes Dev. 23: 1393-8(2009).

Steventon B, Araya C, Linker C, Kuriyama S. et al.

Differential requirements of BMP and Wnt signalling during gastrulation and neurulation define two steps in neural crest induction. Development. 136(5):771-9. (2009)

Kuriyama S, Mayor R

A role for Syndecan-4 in neural induction involving ERK- and PKC-dependent pathways. Development. 136: 575-84. (2009)

Carmona-Fontaine C, Matthews HK, Kuriyama S et al. 

Contact inhibition of locomotion in vivo controls neural crest directional migration. Nature. 456: 957-61. (2009)