Project/Area Number |
20790308
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Experimental pathology
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Research Institution | Sapporo Medical University |
Principal Investigator |
MURATA Masaki Sapporo Medical University, 医学部, 助教 (10404592)
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Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2009
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
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Keywords | 病理学 / 組織・細胞 / シグナル伝達 / タイト結合 / 上皮極性 |
Research Abstract |
Expression of occludin induces microvilli formation in epithelial cells. But there is no change in the expression of the molecules associated with microvilli (ezrin, radixin, moesin, and EBP-50) at protein and mRNA level. Occludin regulates the localization of ezrin by controlling the phosphorylation of ezrin in this time. In addition, a similar change is seen when introducing only C-terminal cytoplasmic domain of occludin is transfected in non-epithelial cells. Occludin may play an important role in the formation of microvilli in epithelial cells by phosphorylation of molecules associated with microvilli via the C-terminal cytoplasmic domain.
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