2024

Polyploid Cancer Cell Models in Drosophila. Wang, Y. and Tamori, Y. Genes, 15(1), 96.

2022

Attachment and detachment of cortical myosin regulates cell junction exchange during cell rearrangement in the Drosophila wing epithelium.  Ikawa, K., Ishihara, S., Tamori, Y., and Sugimura, K.  Current Biology, 313 263–275.

2021

Tumor-cell invasion initiates at invasion hotspots, an epithelial tissue-intrinsic microenvironment. Kobayashi, R., Takishima, H., Deng, S., Fujita, Y., and Tamori, Y. bioRxiv, doi:10.1101/2021.09.28.462102.

Sequential oncogenic mutations influence cell competition. Kohashi, K., Mori, Y., Narumi, R., Kozawa, K., Kamasaki, T., Ishikawa, S., Kajita, M., Kobayashi, R., Tamori, Y., and Fujita, Y. Current Biology, 31: 3984–3995.

Tumor hotspots: Tissue-intrinsic oncogenic niche. Kobayashi, R. and Tamori, Y. The Cell (Saibo), “Angiogenesis and immunity in tumor development” (Japanese).

2020

Mechanotransduction-mediated epithelial tissue repair through cell competition. Nara, S. and Tamori, Y. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (Igaku No Ayumi), 274: 434–441. (Japanese).

2019

The initial stage of tumorigenesis in Drosophila epithelial tissues.   Tamori, Y.  Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1167: 87–103.

Cell Competition and tissue homeostasis through compensatory cellular growth. Tamori, Y. and Fujita, Y. Journal of Japanese Biochemical Society 9: 147-158. (Japanese).

2018

Tissue-intrinsic tumor hotspots.  Tamori, Y.  The Cell (Saibo), “Tumor Microenvironment” (Japanese).

2017

Induction and diagnosis of tumors in Drosophila imaginal disc epithelia.  Morimoto, K. and Tamori, Y.  Journal of Visualized Experiments, (125), e55901.

Systematic analysis of microRNAs in Drosophila epithelial tumors reveals tumor-enhancing and tumor-suppressing micro RNAs.  Shu, Z., Huang, Y.-C., Palmer, W., Tamori, Y., Moreno, H., Wang, H., Liu, N. and Deng, W.-M.  Oncotarget, 8: 108825–108839.

Tissue-intrinsic tumor hotspots: terroir for tumorigenesis.  Tamori, Y. and Deng, W.-M.  Trends in Cancer, 3: 259–268.

2016

Epithelial tumors originate in tumor hotspots, a tissue-intrinsic microenvironment.  Tamori, Y., Suzuki, E. and Deng, W.-M.  PLoS Biology, 14(9): e1002537. 

Press Release from FSU: Fruit flies yield clues on cancerous tumor hotspots.

Press Release from PLoS: Location, location, location: Cellular hotspots for tumors and regeneration.

Cover Art: PLoS Biology, Vol. 14(9) September 2016.

Growth of winner cells in cell competition – replacement and compensation.  Tamori, Y.  Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (Igaku No Ayumi), Vol. 29, No. 9. (Japanese).

Compensatory tissue repair in cell competition.  Tamori, Y.  Seitai No Kagaku, Vol. 67, No. 2. (Japanese).

2014

Compensatory cellular hypertrophy: the other strategy for tissue homeostasis.  Tamori, Y. and Deng, W.-M.  Trends in Cell Biology, 24, 230–237.

Regulation of broad by the Notch pathway affects timing of follicle cell development.  Jia D., Tamori, Y., Pyrowolakis, G. and Deng, W.-M.  Developmental Biology, 392, 52–61.

2013

Tissue repair through cell competition and compensatory cellular hypertrophy in postmitotic epithelia.  Tamori, Y. and Deng, W.-M.  Developmental Cell, 25, 350–363.

Press Release from FSU: System of competition and space compensation revealed.

Recommended in F1000: http://f1000.com/prime/718016759

Efficient EGFR signaling and dorsal-ventral axis patterning requires syntaxin dependent Gurken trafficking.  Tian A.-G, Tamori, Y., Huang, Y.-C., Toledo, M.N. and Deng W.-M.  Developmental Biology, 373, 349–358.

2012

Knudson Hypothesis.  Tamori, Y. and Deng, W.-M.  Cell Press Cell Picture Show, “Cancer”:  http://www.cell.com/pictureshow/cancer

2011

Cell competition and its implications for development and cancer.  Tamori, Y. and Deng, W.-M.  Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 38, 483–496.

Cover art: Journal of Genetics and Genomics, Vol. 38, Issue 10.

2010

Involvement of Lgl and Mahjong/VprBP in cell competition.  Tamori, Y., Bialucha, C.U., Tian, A.-G., Kajita, M., Huang, Y.-C., Norman, M., Harrison, N., Poulton, J., Ivanovitch, K., Disch, L., Liu, T., Deng, W.-M. and Fujita, Y.  PLoS Biology, 8, e1000422.

Press Release: Key to competition between cancer, normal cells.

Recommended in F1000: http://f1000.com/prime/4711957

Highlighted in Discover Magazine “Top 100 Stories of 2010”：No. 18

Highlighted in PLoS Biology, 8, e1000423.

Highlighted in Nature Reviews Cancer, 10, 598–599.

Mahjong-mediated regulation of cell competition.  Tamori, Y. and Deng, W.-M.  Experimental Medicine (Jikken Igaku), Vol. 29, No. 9, (Japanese).

2009

Maternal effects on phenotypic plasticity in larvae of the salamander Hynobius retardatus.  Michimae, H., Nishimura, K., Tamori, Y. and Wakahara, M.  Oecologia, 160, 601–608.

2008

Evolution acts on enhancer organization to fine-tune gradient threshold readouts.  Crocker, J., Tamori, Y. and Erives, A.  PLoS Biology, 6, e263.

2005

P450 aromatase expression in the temperature-sensitive sexual differentiation of salamander (Hynobius retardatus) gonads.  Sakata, N., Tamori, Y. and Wakahara, M.  International Journal of Developmental Biology, 49, 417–425.

2004

Spatio-temporal expression of a DAZ-like gene in the Japanese newt Cynops pyrrhogaster that has no germ plasm.  Tamori, Y., Iwai, T., Mita, K. and Wakahara, M.  Development Genes and Evolution, 214, 615–627.

2000

Conversion of red blood cells (RBCs) from the larval to the adult type during metamorphosis in Xenopus: specific removal of mature larval-type RBCs by apoptosis.  Tamori, Y. and Wakahara, M.  International Journal of Developmental Biology, 44, 373–380.

Homoiogenetic regulation through the ectoderm on localized expression of the hatching gland phenotype in the head area of Xenopus embryos.  Tamori, Y., Mita, K. and Katagiri, C.  Development Growth and Differentiation, 42, 459–467.