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List of works by Takahiro Kikawada

A LEA model peptide protects the function of a red fluorescent protein in the dry state

A leech capable of surviving exposure to extremely low temperatures

scientific article published in 2014

An abundant LEA protein in the anhydrobiotic midge, PvLEA4, acts as a molecular shield by limiting growth of aggregating protein particles.

scientific article

Anhydrobiosis-associated nuclear DNA damage and repair in the sleeping chironomid: linkage with radioresistance

scientific article published on 16 November 2010

Biochemical and structural characterization of an endoplasmic reticulum-localized late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) protein from the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha.

scientific article published in November 2014

Biological effects of anhydrobiosis in an African chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki on radiation tolerance

scientific article

Cas9-mediated genome editing reveals a significant contribution of calcium signaling pathways to anhydrobiosis in Pv11 cells

scientific article published on 05 October 2021

Cells from an anhydrobiotic chironomid survive almost complete desiccation

scientific article published on 20 October 2009

Chironomid midges (Diptera, chironomidae) show extremely small genome sizes.

scientific article published on June 2015

Combined metabolome and transcriptome analysis reveals key components of complete desiccation tolerance in an anhydrobiotic insect

scientific article published on 28 July 2020

Comparative genome sequencing reveals genomic signature of extreme desiccation tolerance in the anhydrobiotic midge

scientific article

Cooption of heat shock regulatory system for anhydrobiosis in the sleeping chironomid Polypedilum vanderplanki

scientific article published on 20 February 2018

Current findings on the molecular mechanisms underlying anhydrobiosis in Polypedilum vanderplanki

scientific article

Dehydration-induced expression of LEA proteins in an anhydrobiotic chironomid

scientific article published on 12 July 2006

Dehydration-inducible changes in expression of two aquaporins in the sleeping chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki

scientific article

Desiccation-induced structuralization and glass formation of group 3 late embryogenesis abundant protein model peptides.

scientific article published in February 2010

Development of a Tet-On Inducible Expression System for the Anhydrobiotic Cell Line, Pv11

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Diversity and Regulation of S-Adenosylmethionine Dependent Methyltransferases in the Anhydrobiotic Midge

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

Diversity of the expression profiles of late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) protein encoding genes in the anhydrobiotic midge Polypedilum vanderplanki.

scientific article published on 31 March 2015

Effect of trehalose on the properties of mutant {gamma}PKC, which causes spinocerebellar ataxia type 14, in neuronal cell lines and cultured Purkinje cells.

scientific article

Effects of Group 3 LEA protein model peptides on desiccation-induced protein aggregation.

scientific article published on 8 May 2012

Effects of dehydration rate on physiological responses and survival after rehydration in larvae of the anhydrobiotic chironomid.

scientific article published in August 2008

Enzymatic control of anhydrobiosis‐related accumulation of trehalose in the sleeping chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki ⬇️

scientific article published on September 6, 2010

Establishment of gene transfer and gene silencing methods in a desiccation-tolerant cell line, Pv11.

scientific article published on 18 October 2016

Estimation of radiation tolerance to high LET heavy ions in an anhydrobiotic insect, Polypedilum vanderplanki.

scientific article published in December 2006

FRET sensor-based quantification of intracellular trehalose in mammalian cells.

scientific article published on 27 July 2015

Factors Inducing Successful Anhydrobiosis in the African Chironomid Polypedilum vanderplanki: Significance of the Larval Tubular Nest

scientific article published in November 2005

Genetic background of enhanced radioresistance in an anhydrobiotic insect: transcriptional response to ionizing radiations and desiccation.

scientific article

Group 3 LEA Protein Model Peptides Suppress Heat-Induced Lysozyme Aggregation. Elucidation of the Underlying Mechanism Using Coarse-Grained Molecular Simulations

scientific article published on 30 March 2020

Herbivory-induced glucose transporter gene expression in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens

scientific article published on 27 July 2015

High quality genome assembly of the anhydrobiotic midge provides insights on a single chromosome-based emergence of extreme desiccation tolerance

scientific article published on 05 April 2022

Identification of a master transcription factor and a regulatory mechanism for desiccation tolerance in the anhydrobiotic cell line Pv11

scientific article published on 19 March 2020

Identification of a novel strong promoter from the anhydrobiotic midge, Polypedilum vanderplanki, with conserved function in various insect cell lines

scientific article published on 07 May 2019

Identification of anhydrobiosis-related genes from an expressed sequence tag database in the cryptobiotic midge Polypedilum vanderplanki (Diptera; Chironomidae).

scientific article

Increase of internal ion concentration triggers trehalose synthesis associated with cryptobiosis in larvae of Polypedilum vanderplanki.

scientific article

Induction of anhydrobiosis in fat body tissue from an insect

scientific article published in June 2005

Intracellular trehalose via transporter TRET1 as a method to cryoprotect CHO-K1 cells

scientific article

Karyotypical characteristics of two allopatric African populations of anhydrobiotic Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912 (Diptera, Chironomidae) originating from Nigeria and Malawi

scientific article

Mechanism allowing an insect to survive complete dehydration and extreme temperatures

scientific article published in September 2002

Mutation of a novel ABC transporter gene is responsible for the failure to incorporate uric acid in the epidermis of ok mutants of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

scientific article

Physiological changes leading to anhydrobiosis improve radiation tolerance in Polypedilum vanderplanki larvae.

scientific article published on 6 March 2007

Radiation tolerance in the tardigrade Milnesium tardigradum

scientific article

Resistance to Extreme Stresses by a Newly Discovered Japanese Tardigrade Species, Macrobiotus kyoukenus (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae)

scientific article published in 2022

Salt Effects on the structural and thermodynamic properties of a group 3 LEA protein model peptide.

scientific article published on 25 July 2011

Sugar transporter genes of the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens: A facilitated glucose/fructose transporter

scientific article published on 10 August 2010

The Antioxidant System in the Anhydrobiotic Midge as an Essential, Adaptive Mechanism for Desiccation Survival

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

The complete mitochondrial genome of an anhydrobiotic midge Polypedilum vanderplanki (Chironomidae, Diptera).

scientific article published on 29 December 2015

The trehalose transporter 1 gene sequence is conserved in insects and encodes proteins with different kinetic properties involved in trehalose import into peripheral tissues

scientific article published on 24 December 2009

Towards Water-Free Biobanks: Long-Term Dry-Preservation At Room Temperature Of Desiccation-Sensitive Enzyme Luciferase In Air-Dried Insect Cells

scholarly article published 24 March 2017

Towards water-free biobanks: long-term dry-preservation at room temperature of desiccation-sensitive enzyme luciferase in air-dried insect cells.

scientific article published on 26 July 2017

Transcriptome analysis of Pv11 cells infers the mechanism of desiccation tolerance and recovery

Transcriptome analysis of the anhydrobiotic cell line Pv11 infers the mechanism of desiccation tolerance and recovery

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Trehalose uptake and dehydration effects on the cryoprotection of CHO-K1 cells expressing TRET1

scientific article published on 06 September 2019

Vitrification is essential for anhydrobiosis in an African chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki

scientific article

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