Papers of the Month May 2019

• MicroRNA to promote the occurrence of stomach cancer

  Masanobu Oshima (WPI Nano Life Science Institute), et al.

  "Interleukin 1 Up-regulates MicroRNA 135b to Promote Inflammation-Associated Gastric Carcinogenesis in Mice"

  Gastroenterology

• Opposite anisotropic piezoresistive effect of electronic device material by reflectance difference microscopy

  Lei Yang (WPI Nano Life Science Institute), et al.

  "The Opposite Anisotropic Piezoresistive Effect of ReS2"

  ACS Nano

Papers of the Month Mar 2019

• Vapor drives a liquid-solid transition of macrocyclic compounds

  Tomoki Ogoshi (WPI Nano Life Science Institute), et al.

  "Guest Vapor-Induced State Change of Structural Liquid Pillar[6]arene"

  J. Am. Chem. Soc.

Papers of the Month Jan 2019

• Generation of artificial MET receptor agonist with native activities: possible application to therapeutics

  Kunio Matsumoto (WPI Nano Life Science Institute / Cancer Research Institute / Institute for Frontier Science Initiative), et al.

  "Cellular signaling and gene expression profiles evoked by a bivalent macrocyclic peptide that serves as an artificial MET receptor agonist"

  Sci. Rep.

Papers of the Month Oct 2018

• Visualization of clock protein actions by high-speed AFM

  Toshio Ando (WPI Nano Life Science Institute), et al.

  "Revealing circadian mechanisms of integration and resilience by visualizing clock proteins working in real time"

  Nat. Commun.

Papers of the Month Sep 2018

• Genetic basis for land plant evolution

  Tomoaki Nishiyama (Advanced Science Research Center), et al.

  "The Chara Genome: Secondary Complexity and Implications for Plant Terrestrialization"

  Cell

• Role for febrile factor transporter in infection-induced fever

  Takeo Nakanishi (Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences), Ikumi Tamai (Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences), et al.

  "Prostaglandin Transporter OATP2A1/SLCO2A1 Is Essential for Body Temperature Regulation during Fever"

  J. Neurosci.