Yamabe, K., Shimizu, S., Kamiike, W., Waguri, S., Eguchi, Y., Hasegawa, J., Okuno, S., Yoshioka, Y., Ito, T., Sawa, Y., Uchiyama, Y., Tsujimoto, Y. and Matsuda, H.: Prevention of hypoxic liver cell necrosis by in vivo human bcl-2 gene transfection. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 243, 217-223, 1998

Shimizu, S., Eguchi, Y., Kamiike, W., Funahashi, Y., Mignon, A., Lacronique, V., Matsuda, H. and Tsujimoto, Y.: Bcl-2 prevents apoptotic mitochondrial dysfunction by regulating proton flux. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 95, 1455-1459, 1998

Matsushima, M., Fujiwara, T., Takahashi, E., Minaguchi, T., Eguchi, Y., Tsujimoto, Y., Suzumori, K. and Nakamura, Y.: Isolation, mapping, and functional analysis of a novel human cDNA (BNIP3L) encoding a protein homologous to human NIP3. Genes, Chrom. & Cancer, 21, 230-235, 1998

Tanaka, N., Sato, M., Lamphier, M. S., Nozawa, H., Oda, E., Noguchi, S., Schreiber, R. D., Tsujimoto, Y. and Taniguchi, T.: Type I interferons are essential mediators of apoptotic death in virally infected cells. Genes to Cells, 3, 29-37, 1998

Tanabe, H., Eguchi, Y., Shimizu, S., Martinou, J.-C. and Tsujimoto, Y.: Death-signaling cascade in mouse cerebellar granule neurons. Eur. J. Neurosci. 10, 1403-1411, 1998

Kosai, K., Matsumoto, K., Nagata, S., Tsujimoto, Y. and Nakamura, T.: Abrogation of Fas-induced fulminant hepatic failure in mice by hepatocyte growth factor. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 244, 683-690, 1998

Yoshimura, S., Banno, Y., Nakashima, S., Takenaka, K., Sakai, H., Nishimura, Y., Sakai, N., Shimizu, S., Eguchi, Y., Tsujimoto, Y. and Nozawa, Y.: Ceramide formation leads to caspase-3 activation during hypoxic PC12 cell death. Inhibitory effects of Bcl-2 on ceramide formation and caspase-3 activation. J. Biol. Chem. 273, 6921-6927,1998

Saitoh, Y., Eguchi, Y., Hagihara, Y., Arita, N., Watahiki, M., Tsujimoto, Y. and Hayakawa, T. Dose-dependent doxycycline-mediated adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion from encapsulated Tet-On proopiomelanocortin Neuro2A cells in the subarachnoid space. Human Gene Therapy, 9: 997-1002, 1998

Kamada, S., Kusano, H., Fujita, H., Ohtsu, M., Koya, R. C., Kuzumaki, N. and Tsujimoto, Y. A cloning method for caspase substrates that uses the yeast two-hybrid system: Cloning of the anti-apoptotic gene gelsolin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 95: 8532-8537, 1998

Kitagawa, K., Matsumoto, M., Tsujimoto, Y., Ohtsuki, T., Kuwabara, K., Matsushima, K., Yang, G., Tanabe, H., Martinou, J-C., Hori, M., Yanagihara, T. Amelioration of hippocampal neuron damage after global ischemia by neuronal overexpression of Bcl-2 in transgenic mice. Stroke, 29: 2616-2621, 1998

Okuno, S-i., Shimizu, S., Ito, T., Nomura, M., Hamada, E., Tsujimoto, Y. and Matsuda, H. Bcl-2 prevents caspase-independent cell death. J. Biol. Chem. 273: 34272-7, 1998

Tsujimoto, Y. Role of Bcl-2 family proteins in apoptosis: apoptosomes or mitochondria. Genes to Cells, 3: 697-707, 1998

Narita, M., Shimizu, S., Ito, T., Chittenden, T., Lutz, R. J., Matsuda, H. and Tsujimoto, Y. Bax interacts with the permeability transition pore to induce permeability transition and cytochrome c release in isolated mitochondria. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 95: 14681-14686, 1998

Tsujimoto, Y. Prevention of neuronal cell death by Bcl-2. Results Probl. Cell Differ. 24: 137-55, 1998