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-Y. Ban, Y. Ando, Y. Terai, R. Matsumura, K. Nakane, S. Iwai, S. Sato, J. Yamamoto
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-Xuehui Rui, Yukihiro Okamoto, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Taro Shimizu, Ward Wakileh,Naoko Kajimura and Hiroshi Umakoshi,
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-Xuehui Rui, Yukihiro Okamoto, Shuichiro Fukushima, Nozomi Morishita Watanabe, Hiroshi Umakoshi. Scientific Reports, Investigating the impact of 2-OHOA-embedded liposomes on biophysical properties of cancer cell membranes via Laurdan two-photon microscopy imaging, Sci Rep 14, 15831 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65812-9 A01

-Hayashida Y, Oosawa C, Yasunaga T, Morimoto YV. Cell-to-cell signaling in cell populations with large cell size variability. Biophysical Journal (2024)　https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2024.07.017 A01

-Y. Kawamoto, Y. Wu, S. Park, K. Hidaka, H. Sugiyama, Y. Takahashi, Y. Takakura. Multivalent dendritic DNA aptamer molecules for the enhancement of therapeutic effects. Chem. Commun., 60, 6256-6259 (2024) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC00578C A03

-E. Onodera, S. Usuda, H. Hara, M. Harun-Or-Rashid, S. Fujii, Y. Nakamura, S. Yusa, pH- and Photoresponsive Liquid Plasticine, Langmuir, 40, 22, 11757–11765 (2024) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c01254 A03

-R. Rajan, T. Furuta, D. Zhao, K. Matsumura, Molecular mechanism of protein aggregation inhibition with sulfobetaine polymers and their hydrophobic derivatives, Cell Reports Phys. Sci. (2024) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2024.102012 A03

-R. Nagasawa, K. Onizuka, K. R. Komatsu, E. Miyashita, H. Murase, K. Ojima, S. Ishikawa, M. Ozawa, H. Saito, F. Nagatsugi, Large-scale analysis of small molecule-RNA interactions using multiplexed RNA structure libraries. Commun. Chem. (2024) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-024-01181-8 A02

-T. Hirose, R. Rajan, E. Miyako, K. Matsumura, Liquid metal–polymer nano-microconjugations as an injectable and photo-activatable drug carrier, Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., (Advance Article) (2024) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4ME00028E A03

-K. Takagi, S. Bhowmik, K. T. Huang, C. J. Huang, R. Takahashi, S. Yusa, Complex formation of pendant lysine residue-containing zwitterionic random copolymer with copper (II), Polym. J., 55, 1075-1083 (2023) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41428-023-00808-2 A03

-T. T. Pham, S. Aibara, T. Omori, Y. Kimura, S. Yusa, Preparation of hydrophilic poly(vinylalcohol)-containing amphiphilic diblock copolymers and their self-association in water, Polym. J., 55, 665–673 (2023) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41428-023-00767-8 A03

-T. Sotani, M. Otoba, M. Hosotani, T. Hayashi, H. Sogawa and F. Sanda, Bipyridine-containing π-conjugated polymers bearing optically active amide groups: mechanistic aspects of formation of chiral higher-order structures, Polymer Chemistry, 15, 915-923 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1039/D3PY01374J A01

-S. Seong, H. Kang, H. Kim, Y. J. Son, J. Jang, S. Maeda, S. Chikami, T. Hayashi, H. J. Yoon and J. Noh, Effects of the substituent position on the structural order, work function change, and thermopower of dichloro-substituted benzenethiolate self-assembled monolayers on Au (1 1 1), Applied Surface Science, 643, 158661 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.158661 A01

-D. Seo, S. Seong, H. Kim, H. S. Oh, J. H. Lee, H. Kim, Y. O. Kim, S. Maeda, S. Chikami, T. Hayashi and J. Noh, Molecular Self-Assembly and Adsorption Structure of 2,2′-Dipyrimidyl Disulfides on Au(111) Surfaces, Molecules, 29(4), 846 (2024). https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29040846 A01

-J. Moon, G. Hu and T. Hayashi, Application of Machine Learning in the Quantitative Analysis of the Surface Characteristics of Highly Abundant Cytoplasmic Proteins: Toward AI-Based Biomimetics, Biomimetics (Basel), 9(3), 162 (2024). https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics9030162 A01

-S. Chikami, S. Maeda, G. V. Latag, R. Kaizu, N. Tanji, M. Ezure, S. Nagase and T. Hayashi, Analysis of the hydration water on the surface of human hair using a combination of infrared absorption vibrational spectroscopy and multivariate curve resolution, Surface and Interface Analysis, (2024) (in print) A01

-N. Rajapriya Inbaraj, S. Song, R. Chang, K. Fujita and T. Hayashi, Investigation of Hydration States of Ionic Liquids by Fourier Transform Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy: Relevance to Stabilization of Protein Molecules, Langmuir, 39, 2558-2568 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02851 A01

-G. V. Latag, T. Nakamura, D. Palai, E. A. Q. Mondarte and T. Hayashi, Investigation of Three-Dimensional Bacterial Adhesion Manner on Model Organic Surfaces Using Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Energy Dissipation Monitoring, ACS Appl Bio Mater, 6, 1185-1194 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.2c01012 A01

-Shinji Ikizawa, Tatsuki Hori, Tegar Nurwahyu Wijaya, Hiroshi Kono, Zhen Bai, Tatsuhiro Kimizono, Wenbo Lu, Duy Phuoc Tran, and Akio Kitao. PaCS-Toolkit: Optimized Software Utilities for Parallel Cascade Selection Molecular Dynamics (PaCS-MD) Simulations and Subsequent Analyses,
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-Matsuda M, Mochizuki S. Control of A/D type CpG-ODN aggregates to a suitable size for induction of strong immunostimulant activity. Biochem. Biophys. Rep., 36, 101573 (2023).　https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrep.2023.101573 A01-2

-Rajan R, Matsumura K. Design of Polysulfobetaine Derivatives for Enhanced Inhibition of Protein Aggregation, Polym. Chem., accepted. (2024).　https://doi.org/10.1039/D4PY00129J A03

-Tamura T, Irie T, Deguchi S, Yajima H, Tsuda M, Nasser H, Mizuma K, Plianchaisuk A, Suzuki S, Uriu K, Begum MM, Shimizu R, Jonathan M, Suzuki R, Kondo T, Ito H, Kamiyama A, Yoshimatsu K, Shofa M, Hashimoto R, Anraku Y, Kimura KT, Kita S, Sasaki J, Sasaki-Tabata K, Maenaka K, Nao N, Wang L, Oda Y; Genotype to Phenotype Japan (G2P-Japan) Consortium; Ikeda T, Saito A, Matsuno K, Ito J, Tanaka S, Sato K, Hashiguchi T, Takayama K, Fukuhara T. Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB.1.5 variant, Nat. Commun., 15(1), 1176 (2024).　https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45274-3 A01-2

-Ozawa T, Ikeda Y, Chen L, Suzuki R, Hoshino A, Noguchi A, Kita S, Anraku Y, Igarashi E, Saga Y, Inasaki N, Taminishi S, Sasaki J, Kirita Y, Fukuhara H, Maenaka K, Hashiguchi T, Fukuhara T, Hirabayashi K, Tani H, Kishi H, Niimi H. Rational in silico design identifies two mutations that restore UT28K SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody activity against Omicron BA.1, Structure., 32(3), 263-272.e7 (2024).　https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2023.12.013 A01-2

-Uemura K, Nobori H, Sato A, Toba S, Kusakabe S, Sasaki M, Tabata K, Matsuno K, Maeda N, Ito S, Tanaka M, Anraku Y, Kita S, Ishii M, Kanamitsu K, Orba Y, Matsuura Y, Hall W-W, Sawa H, Kida H, Matsuda A, Maenaka K. 2-Thiouridine is a broad-spectrum antiviral nucleoside analogue against positive-strand RNA viruses, PNAS, 120(42), e2304139120 (2023).　https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2304139120 A01-2

-Gyeongwoo Lee, Taishu Iwase, Matsumoto Shunsuke, Ahmed Nabil, and Mitsuhiro Ebara, Development of Apoptotic Cell Inspired Antibody-Drug Conjugate Toward Effective Immune Modulation, International Journal of Molecular Science, 24(22), 16036 (2023).　https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242216036 A03-2

-Gyenogwoo Lee, Ahmed Nabil, Oh Hyeong Kwon, and Mitsuhiro Ebara, Design of An Apoptotic Cell-mimetic Wound Dressing using Phosphoserine-chitosan Hydrogels, Biomaterials science, 11, 7897-7908 (2023).　https://doi.org/10.1039/d3bm01259j A03-2

-Lili Chen, Ahmed Nabil, Nanami Fujisawa, Emiho Oe, Kai Li, Mitsuhiro Ebara, A Facile, Flexible, and Multifunctional Thermo-chemotherapy System for Customized Treatment of Drug-resistant Breast Cancer, Journal of Controlled Release, 363, 550-561(2023).　https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2023.10.010 A03-2

-Y. Kamiya, S. Lao, J. Ariyoshi, F. Sato, H. Asanuma, Unexpectedly stable homopurine parallel triplex of SNA:RNA*SNA and L-aTNA:RNA*L-aTNA, Chem. Commun., 60, 1257-1260 (2024) Selected as “Front cover”　https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CC05555H A02

-A. Phienluphon, K. Kondo, B. Mikami, S. K. K. Teo, K. Saito, T. Watanabe, T. Nagata, M. Katahira, Structure-based characterization and improvement of an enzymatic activity of Acremonium alcalophilum feruloyl esterase. ACS Sustain. Chem. & Eng., 12, 3831 (2024)　https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c08222. A01

-A. Eladl, K., Y. Yamaoki, K. Kamba, S. Hoshina, H. Horinouchi, K. Kondo, S. Waga, T. Nagata, M. Katahira, NMR characterization of the structure of the intrinsically disordered region of human origin recognition complex subunit 1, hORC1, and its interaction with G-quadruplex DNAs. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 683, 149112 (2023)　https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.10.044 A01

-K. S. K. Teo, K. Kondo, K. Saito, Y. Iseki, T. Watanabe, T. Nagata, M. Katahira, Enhanced depolymerization of beech wood lignin and its removal with peroxidases through continuous separation of lignin fragments. Green Chem., 25, 7682 (2023)　https://doi.org/10.1039/D3GC01246H. A01

-O. Eladl, Y. Yamaoki, K. Kondo, T. Nagata, M. Katahira, Complex formation of an RNA aptamer with a part of HIV-1 Tat through induction of base triples in living human cells proven by in-Cell NMR. Biophys. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 24, 9069 (2023)　https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24109069. A01

-K. Kamba, L. Wan, S. Unzai, R. Morishita, K. A. Takaori, T. Nagata, M. Katahira, Direct inhibition of human APOBEC3 deaminases by HIV-1 Vif independent of the proteolysis pathway. Biophys. J., 123, 294 (2023)　https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2023.12.015. A01

-N. Kumar, T. Nakaji-Hirabayashi, M. Kato, K. Matsumura, R. Rajan, Design of Highly Selective Zn-Coordinated Polyampholyte for Cancer Treatment and Inhibition of Tumor Metastasis. Biomacromolecules, (2024), 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c01044 A03

-E. Yuba, R. K. Gupta, Preparation of glycopeptide-modified pH-sensitive liposomes for promoting antigen cross-presentation and induction of antigen-specific cellular immunity. Biomaterials Science, (2024), Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D3BM01746J A03

-Z. Liu, Y. Okamoto, S. Sato, Photocatalytic Structures for Protein Modifications. ChemCatChem, e202301424 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202301424 A02

-Yu Mikame, Nagisa Maekawa, Soichiro Kimura, Juki Nakao, Asako Yamayoshi, Modular Synthesis of Methyl-Substituted Novel Psoralen N-Hydroxysuccinimide Esters and Evaluation of DNA Photo-Crosslinking Properties of the Corresponding Triplex-Forming Oligonucleotide Conjugates, Synlett, in press (2023). DOI：10.1055/a-2229-7441 A02-1

-Chisato Terada, Kaho Oh, Ryutaro Tsubaki, Bun Chan, Nozomi Aibara, Kaname Ohyama, Masa-Aki Shibata, Takehiko Wada, Mariko Harada-Shiba, Asako Yamayoshi & Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Dynamic and static control of the off-target interactions of antisense oligonucleotides using toehold chemistry, Nature Communications, 14, 7972 (2023). DOI：https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43714-0 A02-1

-Md. Harun-Or-Rashid, Most. Nazmin Aktar, Md. Sabbir Hossain, Nadia Sarkar, Md. Rezaul Islam, Md. Easin Arafat, Shukanta Bhowmik, Shin-ichi Yusa, Recent Advances in Micro- and Nano-Drug Delivery Systems Based on Natural and Synthetic Biomaterials, Polymers, 15, 4563 (2023). DOI: 10.3390/polym15234563 A03

-S. Okada, K. Nishimura, Q. Ainaya, K. Shiraishi, S. A. Anufriev, I. B. Sivaev, Y. Sakurai, M. Suzuki, M. Yokoyama, H. Nakamura, Development of a Gadolinium–Boron-Conjugated Albumin for MRI-Guided Neutron Capture Therapy, Mol. Pharmaceutics (2023) in press. DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.3c00726 A03

-K. Ogata, M. Hashizume, R. Takahashi, T. Hamaguchi, H. Jinnai, S. Yusa, Formation of Polyion Complex Aggregate Formed from a Cationic Block Copolymer and Anionic Polysaccharide. Langmuir,  in press. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02404 A03
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-H. Zhu, Y. Kamiya, H. Asanuma, Illuminating miRNA inhibition: Visualizing the interaction between anti-miRNA oligonucleotide and target miRNA using FRET, ACS Chem. Biol., 18, 2281 (2023) DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.3c00353 A02 Selected as a “Front Cover”

-Uehata T, Yamada S, Ori D, Vandenbon A, Giladi A, Jelinski A, Murakawa Y, Watanabe H, Takeuchi K, Toratani K, Mino T, Kiryu H, Standley DM, Tsujimura T, Ikawa T, Kondoh G, Landthaler M, Kawamoto H, Rodewald HR, Amit I, Yamamoto R, Miyazaki M, Takeuchi O, Regulation of lymphoid-myeloid lineage bias through Regnase-1/3-mediated control of Nfkbiz. Blood, Online ahead of print (2023)
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– S. Oyama, Ma. Tomita, M. Hata, Y. Mikame, T. Yamamoto, E. Ashihara, A. Yamayoshi, Exosome-hijacking drug delivery system with branched arginine linker effectively deliver antisense oligonucleotides into lung adeno-carcinoma cells, Chem. Pharm. Bull., 71, 819 (2023)
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– S. Li, H. Toriumi, D. Takahashi, T. Kamasaki, Y. Fujioka, S. Nagatoishi, J. Li, Y. Liu, T. Hosokawa, K. Tsumoto, Y. Ohba, Y. Katayama, D. Murakami, K. Hase, T. Mori, Safe and efficient oral allergy immunotherapy using one-pot-prepared mannan-coated allergen nanoparticles. Biomaterials, 303, 122381 (2023)　https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122381 A03-1

– X. Li, T. Yamazaki, M. Ebara, N. Shirahata, N. Hanagata, Nanoengineered coordination polymers boost cancer immunotherapy. Materials Today, 67, 123–150 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2023.06.001 A03-2

– Mikame Y, Eshima H, Toyama H, Nakao J, Matsuo M, Yamamoto T, Hari Y, Komano JA, Yamayoshi A, Development and Crosslinking Properties of Psoralen-Conjugated Triplex-Forming Oligonucleotides as Antigene Tools Targeting Genome DNA. ChemMedChem, in press. https://doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.202300348 A02-1

– Tegar N. Wijaya, Akio Kitao, Energetic and Kinetic Origins of CALB Interfacial Activation Revealed by PaCS-MD/MSM. J. Phys. Chem. B 127, 34, 7431–7441 (2023) doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c02041 A01

– Ogata S, Tsuji R, Moritaka A,Itoa S, Mochizuki S, Modification of the antigenicity of cancer cells by conjugates consisting of hyaluronic acid and foreign antigens. Biomater. Sci., 11, 5809–5818 (2023) DOI: 10.1039/d3bm00439b A01-2
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– Ide H, Hayashida Y, Morimoto Y*, Visualization of c-di-GMP in multicellular Dictyostelium stages. Front. Cell Dev. Biol., Sec. Signaling11 (2023) https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2023.1237778 A01

– Bhowmik S, Pham TT, Takahashi R, Kim D, Matsuoka H, Ishihara K, Yusa S, Preparation of Water-Soluble Polyion Complex (PIC) Micelles with Random Copolymers Containing Pendant Quaternary Ammonium and Sulfonate Groups, Langmuir, 39:8120-8129 (2023) 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c00524 A03

– X. Dai, D. Zhao, K. Matsumura, R. Rajan, Polyampholytes and Their Hydrophobic Derivatives as Excipients for Suppressing Protein Aggregation, ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 6, 2738–2746 (2023). A03

– J. H. Yum, T. Kumagai, D. Hori, H. Sugiyama, S. Park, Histidine–DNA nanoarchitecture as laccase mimetic DNAzymes, Nanoscale, 15, 10749-10754 (2023). A03

– K. Tanito, T. Nii, Y. Yokoyama, H. Oishi, M. Shibata, S. Hijii, R. Kaneko, C. Tateishi, S. Ito, A. Kishimura, T. Mori, Y. Katayama, Engineered macrophages acting as a trigger to induce inflammation only in tumor tissues based on arginase 1-responsive TNF-α accelerated release, J. Controlled Release, in press. A03

– S. Li, D. Murakami, S. Nagatoishi, K. Tsumoto, Y. Katayama, T. Mori, One-pot preparation of mannan-coated antigen nanoparticles using human serum albumin as a matrix for tolerance induction, J. Coll. Interf. Sci., 649, 955-965 (2023). A03

– Takata H., Shimizu T., Yamade R., Elsadek N.E., Emam S.E., Ando H., Ishima Y., Ishida T.,Anti-PEG IgM production induced by PEGylated liposomes as a function of administration route. Journal of Controlled Releas 360: 285-292 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2023.06.027 A02

– Furukawa A., Shuchi Y., WangJ., Guillen-Poza P.A., Ishizuka S., Kagoshima M., Ikeno R., Kumeta H., Yamasaki S., Matsumaru T., Saitoh T., Maenaka K., Structural basis for plastic glycolipid recognition of the C-type lectin Mincle. Structure (2023), DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2023.05.018 A01

– Tamura T., Ito J, Uriu K., Zahradnik J., Kida I., Anraku Y., Nasser H., Shofa M., Oda Y., Lytras S., Nao N., Itakura Y., Deguchi S., Suzuki R., Wang L., Begum M.MST., Kita S., Yajima H., Sasaki J., Sasaki-Tabata K., Shimizu R., Tsuda M., Kosugi Y., Fujita S., Pan L., Sauter S., Yoshimatsu K., Suzuki S., Asakura H., Nagashima M., Sadamasu K., Yoshimura K., Yamamoto Y., Nagamoto T., Schreiber G., Maenaka K., The Genotype to Phenotype Japan (G2P-Japan) Consortium, Hashiguchi T, Ikeda T., Fukuhara T., Saito A., Tanaka S., Matsuno K., Takayama K. & Sato K.
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– Hu D, Fumoto S*, Yoshikawa N, Peng J, Miyamoto H, Tanaka M, Nishida K. Diffusion coefficient of cationic liposomes during lipoplex formation determines transfection efficiency in HepG2 cells. Int. J. Pharmaceutics 637:122881 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2023.122881 A02

– Nakao J, Mikame Y, Eshima H, Yamamoto T, Dohno C, Wada T, Yamayoshi A. Unique Crosslinking Properties of Psoralen-conjugated Oligonucleotides developed by Novel Psoralen N-Hydroxysuccinimide Esters. ChemBioChem e202200789 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202200789 A02
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– Okamoto Y*, Mabuchi T, Nakane K, Ueno A, Sato S*. Switching Type I/Type II Reactions by Turning a Photoredox Catalyst into a Photo-Driven Artificial Metalloenzyme. ACS Catalysis 13: 4134-4141 (2023) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscatal.2c05946 A02
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– Satoh AO, Fujioka Y, Kashiwagi S, Yoshida A, Fujioka M, Sasajima H, Nanbo A, Amano M, Ohba Y. Interaction between PI3K and the VDAC2 channel tethers Ras-PI3K-positive endosomes to mitochondria and promotes endosome maturation. Cell Reports 42: 112229 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112229 A01-1

– Rajan R and Matsumura K. Design of self-assembled glycopolymeric zwitterionic micelles as removable protein stabilizing agents. Nanoscale Adv., (2023) https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NA00002H A03

– Tsunekawa Y, Fujii S, Nakamura Y, Yusa S. Near-infrared-triggered Meniscus Climbing of a Shape Memory Polymeric Object. Chem. Lett., 52, 152-155 (2023) 10.1246/cl.220541 A03

– Mizoue Y, Takahashi R, Sakurai K, Yusa S. A Thermo-Responsive Polymer Micelle with a Liquid Crystalline Core. Polymers, 15, 770 (2023) 10.3390/polym15030770 A03

– Rajan R, Kumar N, Zhao D, Dai X, Kawamoto K, Matsumura K. Polyampholyte-Based Polymer Hydrogels for the Long-Term Storage, Protection and Delivery of Therapeutic Proteins. Adv. Healthcare Mater.2203253 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202203253 A03

– Atsumi N, Yasumatsu K, Takashina Y, Ito C, Yasui N, Margolskee RF, Yamashita A. Chloride ions evoke taste sensations by binding to the extracellular ligand-binding domain of sweet/umami taste receptors. eLife. 12:e84291 (2023) https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.84291 A02

– Irie H, Morita K, Matsuda M, Koizumi M, Mochizuki S*. Tyrosinase-Related Protein2 Peptide with Replacement of N-Terminus Residue by Cysteine Binds to H-2Kb and Induces Antigen-Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes after Conjugation with CpG-DNA. Bioconjugate Chem. 34, 433–442 (2023) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00592
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– Kumar N, Oqmhula K, Hongo K, Takagi K, Yusa S, Rajan R*, Matsumura K*. Mechanistic insights and importance of hydrophobicity in cationic polymers for cancer therapy. J. Mater. Chem. B. (2023) DOI: 10.1039/d2tb02059a
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– Ibrahim M, Shimizu T, Ando H, Ishima Y, Elgarhy OH, Sarhan HA, Hussein AK, Ishida T. Investigation of anti-PEG antibody response to PEG-containing cosmetic products in mice. J. Control. Release, 354:260-267 (2023)
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– Arai T, Kokubo T, Tang R, Abo H, Terui A, Hirakawa J, Akita H, Kawashima H, Hisaka A, Hatakeyama H. Tumor-associated neutrophils and macrophages exacerbate anti-drug IgG-mediated anaphylactic reaction against an immune checkpoint inhibitor. J ImmunoTher Cancer 10:e005657 (2022) https://jitc.bmj.com/content/10/12/e005657 A02

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