Budget Amount *help |
¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
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Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The mechanisms of collagen secretion have not been well characterized, because collagens synthesized within the ER are too large to fit into conventional COPII-coated vesicles. We previously characterized TANGO1 as a collagen cargo receptor. In this study, we have characterized that TANGO1 forms macromolecular complexes with cTAGE5 and TANGO1. In addition, we have revealed that TANGO1 acts as a scaffold in corporation with Sec16 and functions as an organizer of ER exit site. We have also identified Sec23a as a protein up-regulated during hepatic stellate cell activation. When Sec23a is depleted, activation of hepatic stellate cells is attenuated.
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