• Revalidation of DNA Fragmentation Analyses for Human Sperm-Measurement Principles, Comparative Standards, Calibration Curve, Required Sensitivity, and Eligibility Criteria for Test Sperm
  Kaneko S, Okada Y (2024)
  Biology
• An Efficient Method for Isolating and Purifying Nuclei from Mice Brain for Single-Molecule Imaging Using High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy
  Qiu Y, Sajidah E, Kondo S, Narimatsu S, Sandira M, Higashiguchi Y, Nishide G, Taoka A, Hazawa M, Inaba Y, Inoue H, Matsushima A, Okada Y, Nakada M, Ando T, Lim K, Wong RW (2024)
  Cells
• Isolation of stage-specific spermatogenic cells by dynamic histone incorporation and removal in spermatogenesis.
  Fujiwara Y*, Hada M*, Fukuda Y, Koga C, Inoue E, Okada Y (2023)
  Cytometry: Part A (* equal contribution)
• A novel bioinformatic approach reveals cooperation between Cancer/Testis genes in basal-like breast tumors
  Laisné M, Rodgers B, Benlamara S, Wicinski J, Nicolas A, Djerroudi L, Gupta N, Ferry L, Kirsh O, Daher D, Philippe C, Okada Y, Charafe-Jauffret E, Cristofari G, Meseure D, Vincent-Salomon A, Ginestier C, Defossez P-A (2024)
  Oncogene
• Dual function of PHF16 in reinstating homeostasis of murine intestinal epithelium after crypt regeneration
  Ahn JY, Kim S, Kim CR, Lee JH, Kim JM, Klompstra TM, Choi YH, Jeon Y, Na Y, Kim JS, Okada Y, Lee H, Kim IS, Kim JK, Koo BK, Baek SH (2024)
  Developmental Cell

2023

• Solubilization of Mouse Sperm Chromatin for Sequencing Analyses Using a Chaperon Protein
  Fukuda Y, Shintomi K, Yamaguchi K, Fujiwara Y, Okada Y (2022)
  Methods in Molecular Biology
  
• Epigenetic regulator Cfp1 safeguards male meiotic progression by regulating meiotic gene expression.
  Ki BS, Shim SH, Park C, Yoo H, La H, Lee OH, Kwon Y, Skalnik DG, Okada Y, Yoon HG, Kim JH, Hong K, Choi Y (2022)
  Experimental & Molecular Medicine
• Sperm chromatin condensation: epigenetic mechanisms to compact the genome and spatiotemporal regulation from inside and outside the nucleus.
  Okada Y (2022)
  Genes & Genetic Systems
• Rubicon prevents autophagic degradation of GATA4 to promote Sertoli cell function.
  Yamamuro T, Nakamura S, Yamano Y, Endo T, Yanagawa K, Tokumura A, Matsumura T, Kobayashi K, Mori H, Enokidani Y, Yoshida G, Imoto H, Kawabata T, Hamasaki M, Kuma A, Kuribayashi S, Takezawa K, Okada Y, Ozawa M, Fukuhara S, Shinohara T, Ikawa M, Yoshimori T (2022)
  PLOS Genetics
• R-Loop Formation in Meiosis: Roles in Meiotic Transcription-Associated DNA Damage
  Fujiwara Y, Handel MA, Okada Y (2022)
  Epigenomes
• Potential role of KRAB-ZFP binding and transcriptional states on DNA methylation of retroelements in human male germ cells.
  Fukuda K, Makino Y, Kaneko S, Shimura C, Okada Y, Ichiyanagi K and Shinkai Y (2022)
  Elife
• Sperm chromatin structure: insights from in vitro to in situ experiments
  Okada Y (2022)
  Current Opinion in Cell Biology

• Preparation of optimized concanavalin A-conjugated Dynabeads(R) magnetic beads for CUT&Tag.
  Fujiwara Y, Tanno Y, Sugishita H, Kishi Y, Makino Y and Okada Y (2021)
  PLOS ONE　　IQBプレスリリース
• Identification and characterization of the antigen recognized by the germ cell mAb TRA98 using a human comprehensive wet protein array.
  Fukuda E, Tanaka H, Yamaguchi K, Takasaka M, Kawamura Y, Okuda H, Isotani A, Ikawa M, Shapiro VS, Tsuchida J, Okada Y, Tsujimura A, Miyagawa Y, Fukuhara S, Kawakami Y, Wada M, Nishimune Y and Goshima N (2021)
  Genes to Cells
• Protocol for isolation of spermatids from mouse testes.
  Kim CR, Noda T, Okada Y, Ikawa M and Baek SH (2021)
  STAR Protocols

• Meiotic cohesins mediate initial loading of HORMAD1 to the chromosomes and coordinate SC formation during meiotic prophase.
  Fujiwara Y, Horisawa-Takada Y, Inoue E, Tani N, Shibuya H, Fujimura S, Kariyazono R, Sakata T, Ohta K, Araki K, Okada Y and Ishiguro KI (2020)
  PLOS Genetics　　IQBプレスリリース
• PHF7 Modulates BRDT Stability and Histone-to-Protamine Exchange during Spermiogenesis.
  Kim CR, Noda T, Kim H, Kim G, Park S, Na Y, Oura S, Shimada K, Bang I, Ahn JY, Kim YR, Oh SK, Choi HJ, Kim JS, Jung I, Lee H, Okada Y, Ikawa M and Baek SH (2020)
  Cell Reports
• A widespread family of heat-resistant obscure (Hero) proteins protect against protein instability and aggregation.
  Tsuboyama K, Osaki T, Matsuura-Suzuki E, Kozuka-Hata H, Okada Y, Oyama M, Ikeuchi Y, Iwasaki S and Tomari Y (2020)
  PLOS Biology

• Single cell RNA-sequencing identified Dec2 as a suppressive factor for spermatogonial differentiation by inhibiting Sohlh1 expression.
  Makino Y, Jensen NH, Yokota N, Rossner MJ, Akiyama H, Shirahige K and Okada Y (2019)
  Scientific Reports　　IQBプレスリリース

• Neonatal testis growth recreated in vitro by two-dimensional organ spreading.
  Kojima K, Nakamura H, Komeya M, Yamanaka H, Makino Y, Okada Y, Akiyama H, Torikai N, Sato T, Fujii T, Kimura H and Ogawa T (2018)
  Biotechnology and Bioengineering
• Re-evaluating the Localization of Sperm-Retained Histones Revealed the Modification-Dependent Accumulation in Specific Genome Regions.
  Yamaguchi K, Hada M, Fukuda Y, Inoue E, Makino Y, Katou Y, Shirahige K and Okada Y (2018)
  Cell Reports　　IQBプレスリリース

• TH2A is phosphorylated at meiotic centromere by Haspin.
  Hada M, Kim J, Inoue E, Fukuda Y, Tanaka H, Watanabe Y and Okada Y (2017)
  Chromosoma
• Use of Histone K-M Mutants for the Analysis of Transcriptional Regulation in Mouse Zygotes.
  Aoshima K, Kimura T and Okada Y (2017)
  Methods in Molecular Biology
• Identification of a variant-specific phosphorylation of TH2A during spermiogenesis.
  Hada M, Masuda K, Yamaguchi K, Shirahige K and Okada Y (2017)
  Scientific Reports
• Meikin-associated polo-like kinase specifies Bub1 distribution in meiosis I.
  Miyazaki S, Kim J, Yamagishi Y, Ishiguro T, Okada Y, Tanno Y, Sakuno T and Watanabe Y (2017)
  Genes to Cells
• Testis-Specific Histone Variant H3t Gene Is Essential for Entry into Spermatogenesis.
  Ueda J, Harada A, Urahama T, Machida S, Maehara K, Hada M, Makino Y, Nogami J, Horikoshi N, Osakabe A, Taguchi H, Tanaka H, Tachiwana H, Yao T, Yamada M, Iwamoto T, Isotani A, Ikawa M, Tachibana T, Okada Y, Kimura H, Ohkawa Y, Kurumizaka H and Yamagata K (2017)
  Cell Reports
• Epigenetic modifications and reprogramming in paternal pronucleus: sperm, preimplantation embryo, and beyond.
  Okada Y and Yamaguchi K (2017)
  Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

• ARCN1 Mutations Cause a Recognizable Craniofacial Syndrome Due to COPI-Mediated Transport Defects.
  Izumi K, Brett M, Nishi E, Drunat S, Tan ES, Fujiki K, Lebon S, Cham B, Masuda K, Arakawa M, Jacquinet A, Yamazumi Y, Chen ST, Verloes A, Okada Y, Katou Y, Nakamura T, Akiyama T, Gressens P, Foo R, Passemard S, Tan EC, El Ghouzzi V and Shirahige K (2016)
  American Journal of Human Genetics

• KM mutant highlights enhancers in minor ZGA.
  Okada Y and Aoshima K (2015)
  Cell Cycle
• Paternal H3K4 methylation is required for minor zygotic gene activation and early mouse embryonic development.
  Aoshima K, Inoue E, Sawa H and Okada Y (2015)
  EMBO reports

• Generation of a dual-color reporter mouse line to monitor spermatogenesis in vivo.
  Makino Y, Inoue E, Hada M, Aoshima K, Kitano S, Miyachi H and Okada Y (2014)
  Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

• Viroporin activity of the JC polyomavirus is regulated by interactions with the adaptor protein complex 3.
  Suzuki T, Orba Y, Makino Y, Okada Y, Sunden Y, Hasegawa H, Hall WW and Sawa H (2013)
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
• Establishment of alternative culture method for spermatogonial stem cells using knockout serum replacement.
  Aoshima K, Baba A, Makino Y and Okada Y (2013)
  PLOS ONE

• Understanding paternal genome demethylation through live-cell imaging and siRNA.
  Yamagata K and Okada Y (2011)
  Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

• The human polyoma JC virus agnoprotein acts as a viroporin.
  Suzuki T, Orba Y, Okada Y, Sunden Y, Kimura T, Tanaka S, Nagashima K, Hall WW and Sawa H (2010)
  PLOS Pathogens
• A role for the elongator complex in zygotic paternal genome demethylation.
  Okada Y, Yamagata K, Hong K, Wakayama T and Zhang Y (2010)
  Nature
• Histone demethylase JHDM2A is involved in male infertility and obesity.
  Okada Y, Tateishi K and Zhang Y (2010)
  Journal of Andrology

• Role of Jhdm2a in regulating metabolic gene expression and obesity resistance.
  Tateishi K, Okada Y, Kallin EM and Zhang Y (2009)
  Nature

• Histone demethylase JHDM2A is critical for Tnp1 and Prm1 transcription and spermatogenesis.
  Okada Y, Scott G, Ray MK, Mishina Y and Zhang Y (2007)
  Nature
• DDX1 promotes proliferation of the JC virus through transactivation of its promoter.
  Sunden Y, Semba S, Suzuki T, Okada Y, Orba Y, Nagashima K, Umemura T and Sawa H (2007)
  Microbiology and Immunology

• Leukaemic transformation by CALM-AF10 involves upregulation of Hoxa5 by hDOT1L.
  Okada Y, Jiang Q, Lemieux M, Jeannotte L, Su L and Zhang Y (2006)
  Nature Cell Biology

• hDOT1L links histone methylation to leukemogenesis.
  Okada Y, Feng Q, Lin Y, Jiang Q, Li Y, Coffield VM, Su L, Xu G and Zhang Y (2005)
  Cell
• Identification of FEZ1 as a protein that interacts with JC virus agnoprotein and microtubules: role of agnoprotein-induced dissociation of FEZ1 from microtubules in viral propagation.
  Suzuki T, Okada Y, Semba S, Orba Y, Yamanouchi S, Endo S, Tanaka S, Fujita T, Kuroda S, Nagashima K and Sawa H (2005)
  Journal of Biological Chemistry
• Dissociation of heterochromatin protein 1 from lamin B receptor induced by human polyomavirus agnoprotein: role in nuclear egress of viral particles.
  Okada Y, Suzuki T, Sunden Y, Orba Y, Kose S, Imamoto N, Takahashi H, Tanaka S, Hall WW, Nagashima K and Sawa H (2005)
  EMBO reports

• Nuclear entry mechanism of the human polyomavirus JC virus-like particle: role of importins and the nuclear pore complex.
  Qu Q, Sawa H, Suzuki T, Semba S, Henmi C, Okada Y, Tsuda M, Tanaka S, Atwood WJ and Nagashima K (2004)
  Journal of Biological Chemistry

• JC virus agnoprotein colocalizes with tubulin.
  Endo S, Okada Y, Orba Y, Nishihara H, Tanaka S, Nagashima K and Sawa H (2003)
  Journal of NeuroVirology

• Chk2-deficient mice exhibit radioresistance and defective p53-mediated transcription.
  Takai H, Naka K, Okada Y, Watanabe M, Harada N, Saito S, Anderson CW, Appella E, Nakanishi M, Suzuki H, Nagashima K, Sawa H, Ikeda K and Motoyama N (2002)
  EMBO Journal
• Differential requirement for Apaf1 and Bcl-X(L) in the regulation of programmed cell death during development.
  Yoshida H, Okada Y, Kinoshita N, Hara H, Sasaki M, Sawa H, Nagashima K, Mak TW, Ikeda K and Motoyama N (2002)
  Cell Death & Differentiation
• Hydrocephalus, situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, and male infertility in DNA polymerase lambda-deficient mice: possible implication for the pathogenesis of immotile cilia syndrome.
  Kobayashi Y, Watanabe M, Okada Y, Sawa H, Takai H, Nakanishi M, Kawase Y, Suzuki H, Nagashima K, Ikeda K and Motoyama N (2002)
  Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Expression of JC virus agnoprotein in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy brain.
  Okada Y, Sawa H, Endo S, Orba Y, Umemura T, Nishihara H, Stan AC, Tanaka S, Takahashi H and Nagashima K (2002)
  Acta Neuropathologica

• Distribution and function of JCV agnoprotein.
  Okada Y, Endo S, Takahashi H, Sawa H, Umemura T and Nagashima K (2001)
  Journal of NeuroVirology
• Interaction of JC virus agno protein with T antigen modulates transcription and replication of the viral genome in glial cells.
  Safak M, Barrucco R, Darbinyan A, Okada Y, Nagashima K and Khalili K (2001)
  Journal of Virology
• Broad distribution of the JC virus receptor contrasts with a marked cellular restriction of virus replication.
  Suzuki S, Sawa H, Komagome R, Orba Y, Yamada M, Okada Y, Ishida Y, Nishihara H, Tanaka S and Nagashima K (2001)
  Virology
• Distribution of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus RNA in experimentally infected rabbits.
  Kimura T, Mitsui I, Okada Y, Furuya T, Ochiai K, Umemura T and Itakura C (2001)
  Journal of Comparative Pathology

• CalDAG-GEFIII activation of Ras, R-ras, and Rap1.
  Yamashita S, Mochizuki N, Ohba Y, Tobiume M, Okada Y, Sawa H, Nagashima K and Matsuda M (2000)
  Journal of Biological Chemistry
• Transcriptional activation of JC virus by human T-lymphotropic virus type I Tax protein in human neuronal cell lines.
  Okada Y, Sawa H, Tanaka S, Takada A, Suzuki S, Hasegawa H, Umemura T, Fujisawa J, Tanaka Y, Hall WW and Nagashima K (2000)
  Journal of Biological Chemistry

• 野老美紀子、山縣一夫、岡田由紀 (2018)
  「哺乳類の精子形成から受精卵へ」実験医学増刊号「染色体を解く」（平野達也、胡桃坂仁志　編)、羊土社
• 浦聖恵、岡田由紀 (2017)
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  「ヒストン制御とエピジェネティクス」、生体の科学　第65巻第6号
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