Tetsuhisa Otani

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National Institute for Physiological Sciences

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Tetsuhisa Otani is an Assistant Professor at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan. His research focuses on the mechanical features and interactions of cells in multicellular systems, with recent publications exploring topics such as tight junctions, epithelial morphogenesis, and cell death mechanisms. His work contributes to a deeper understanding of cellular dynamics during embryogenesis and the regulation of tissue architecture.

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Mechanisms of tension homeostasis and its role in epithelial morphogenesis

Open Date: 2016-04-01

Close Date: 2018-03-01

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Dynamic interactions between cytoplasmic dynein and cargo molecules

Open Date: 2012-04-01

Close Date: 2015-03-01

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National Institute for Physiological Sciences

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HISASHI OKUMURA

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自然科学研究機構　生命創成探究センター/Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems

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Klaus Ebnet

University of Münster

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Toshihiko Fujimori

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The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI

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Cell position-based evaluation of mechanical features of cells in multicellular systems

Tight junction membrane proteins regulate the mechanical resistance of the apical junctional complex

Effective mechanical potential of cell–cell interaction explains three-dimensional morphologies during early embryogenesis

ZO-1 Guides Tight Junction Assembly and Epithelial Morphogenesis via Cytoskeletal Tension-Dependent and -Independent Functions

Erebosis, a new cell death mechanism during homeostatic turnover of gut enterocytes

JAM-A interacts with α3β1 integrin and tetraspanins CD151 and CD9 to regulate collective cell migration of polarized epithelial cells

Angulin-1 seals tricellular contacts independently of tricellulin and claudins

Occludin and tricellulin facilitate formation of anastomosing tight-junction strand network to improve barrier function.

Tight Junction Structure and Function Revisited

Physiological functions of junctional adhesion molecules (JAMs) in tight junctions.

The extracellular domain of angulin-1 and palmitoylation of its cytoplasmic region are required for angulin-1 assembly at tricellular contacts

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Atsuko Higashi

Motosuke Tsutsumi

Kazuyuki Nakamura

Masaki Fukata

Tomomi Nemoto

Susanne Krug

Karl Matter

Mikio Furuse

ceniz zihni

Tomohito Higashi

Kyoko Furuse

HISASHI OKUMURA

Klaus Ebnet

Toshihiko Fujimori

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