Germ Cell Group

Staff:

Associate Professor

Masami Nozaki, Ph. D.

Subjects:

1. Molecular characterization of cancer stem cells.
2. Analysis of epigenetical regulation in male germ cells.
3. Induction of cranial neural crest stem cells from ES cells.

Papers published in 2016

1. Lapatinib-resistant cancer cells possessing epithelial cancer stem cell properties develop sensitivity during sphere formation by activation of the ErbB/AKT/cyclin D2 pathway.

   Yuichi Ohnishi, Hiroki Yasui, Kenji Kakudo and Masami Nozaki

   Oncol Rep, 36 (5), 3058-3064, 2016.

Germ Cell Group

Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University