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Fumiko Itoh

Researcher at Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences

Publications -  45
Citations -  3051

Fumiko Itoh is an academic researcher from Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: SMAD & Transforming growth factor. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 42 publications receiving 2821 citations. Previous affiliations of Fumiko Itoh include Kawasaki Medical School & Netherlands Cancer Institute.

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Signaling of transforming growth factor-β family members through Smad proteins

TL;DR: The latest advances in the understanding of the Smad mechanism of action and their in vivo functions are reviewed, with a focus on the function of Smads as signal integrators.
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Regulation of cell proliferation by Smad proteins.

TL;DR: Important activities of TGF‐β are its potent anti‐mitogenic and pro‐apoptotic effects that, at least in part, are mediated via Smad proteins.
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Elucidation of Smad Requirement in Transforming Growth Factor-β Type I Receptor-induced Responses

TL;DR: Mutation in the L45 loop region did not affect the binding of inhibitory Smads but did abrogate the weak binding of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein and Disabled-2 to ALK5, which suggests that the L 45 loop in the kinase domain is important for docking of other binding proteins.
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Promoting bone morphogenetic protein signaling through negative regulation of inhibitory Smads

TL;DR: The identification of a cytoplasmic protein, previously termed associated molecule with the SH3 domain of STAM (AMSH), as a direct binding partner for Smad6 is reported, suggesting that the molecular mechanism by which AMSH exerts its action is by inhibiting the binding of Smad 6 to activated type I receptors or activated R‐Smads.