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National Institutes of Natural Sciences

National Institute for Basic Biology

NIBB Departments

Laboratory of Regeneration Biology

Faculty

AGATA, Kiyokazu

Director General
AGATA, Kiyokazu

Research Summary

Investigate the principle of regeneration and regenerate animals that can not be regenerated
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Selected Publications

Agata, K., Tanaka, T., Kobayashi, C., Kato, K., and Saitoh, Y. (2003). Intercalary regeneration in planarians. Dev Dyn 226, 308-316.

Cebria, F., Kobayashi, C., Umesono, Y., Nakazawa, M., Mineta, K., Ikeo, K., Gojobori, T., Itoh, M., Taira, M., Sanchez Alvarado, A., and Agata, K. (2002). FGFR-related gene nou-darake restricts brain tissues to the head region of planarians. Nature 419, 620-624.

Umesono, Y., Tasaki, J., Nishimura, Y., Hrouda, M., Kawaguchi, E., Yazawa, S., Nishimura, O., Hosoda, K., Inoue, T., and Agata, K. (2013). The molecular logic for planarian regeneration along the anterior-posterior axis. Nature 500, 73-76.

Tsutsumi, R., Inoue, T., Yamada, S., and Agata, K. (2015). Reintegration of the regenerated and the remaining tissues during joint regeneration in the newt Cynops pyrrhogaster. Regeneration (Oxf) 2, 26-36.

Tsutsumi, R., Yamada, S., and Agata, K. (2016). Functional joint regeneration is achieved using reintegration mechanism in Xenopus laevis. Regeneration (Oxf) 3, 26-38.