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Shuko Fujitani
Researcher at Vanderbilt University
Publications - 3
Citations - 716
Shuko Fujitani is an academic researcher from Vanderbilt University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cellular differentiation & Pancreas. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 667 citations. Previous affiliations of Shuko Fujitani include Osaka University.
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Aggressive pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in mice caused by pancreas-specific blockade of transforming growth factor-β signaling in cooperation with active Kras expression
Hideaki Ijichi,Anna Chytil,Agnieszka E. Gorska,Mary Aakre,Yoshio Fujitani,Shuko Fujitani,Christopher V.E. Wright,Harold L. Moses +7 more
TL;DR: The data show that blockade of TGF-beta signaling and activated Ras signaling cooperate to promote PDAC progression, which indicated a haploinsufficiency of T GF- beta signaling in this genetic context.
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Ptf1a determines horizontal and amacrine cell fates during mouse retinal development
Yoshio Fujitani,Shuko Fujitani,Shuko Fujitani,Huijun Luo,Feng Qiu,Jared Burlison,Qiaoming Long,Yoshiya Kawaguchi,Helena Edlund,Raymond J. MacDonald,Takahisa Furukawa,Takashi Fujikado,Mark A. Magnuson,Mengqing Xiang,Christopher V.E. Wright +14 more
TL;DR: A model in which the Foxn4-Ptf1a pathway plays a central role in directing the differentiation of retinal progenitors towards horizontal and amacrine cell fates is provided.
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Targeted deletion of a cis-regulatory region reveals differential gene dosage requirements for Pdx1 in foregut organ differentiation and pancreas formation
Yoshio Fujitani,Shuko Fujitani,Daniel F. Boyer,Maureen Gannon,Yoshiya Kawaguchi,Michael Ray,Masakazu Shiota,Roland Stein,Mark A. Magnuson,Christopher V.E. Wright +9 more
TL;DR: In vivo evidence is provided of the differential requirements for the level of Pdx1 gene activity in the specification and differentiation of the various organs of the posterior foregut, as well as in pancreas and gut endocrine cell differentiation.