原著論文

Yusuke Inoue*, Manatsu Fukushima, Go Hirasawa, Fumiya Furukawa, Hiroyuki Takeda*, Chie Umatani*.(*: co-corresponding author)
Maternal High-Fat Diet Affects the Contents of Eggs and Causes Abnormal Development in the Medaka Fish.
Endocrinology, vol. 165, no. 3, bqae006, 2024.

Aiki Tanaka†, Chie Umatani†*, Yoshitaka Oka. (†: equal  contribution)
Acetylcholine inhibits spontaneous firing activity of terminal nerve GnRH neurons in medaka.
Zool Sci. vol. 40, no. 2, 151-159, 2023.

Chika Fujimori, Chie Umatani, Misaki Chimura, Shigeho Ijiri, Hisanori Bando, Susumu Hyodo, Shinji Kanda.
In vitro and in vivo gene transfer in the cloudy catshark Scyliorhinus torazame.
Dev Growth Differ. vol. 64, no. 9, 558-65, 2022.

Soma Tomihara, Kana Ikegami, Rinko Shimomai, Chie Umatani*.
Neuropeptide FF indirectly affects testicular morphogenesis and functions in medaka.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. vol. 119, no.46, e2209353119, 2022.
東大プレスリリース　農工大プレスリリース

Shingo Hiroki, Hikari Yoshitane, Hinako Mitsui, Hirofumi Sato, Chie Umatani, Shinji Kanda, Yoshitaka Fukada, Yuichi Iino.
Molecular encoding and synaptic decoding of context during salt chemotaxis in C. elegans.
Nat Commun. vol. 13, no.1, 2928, 2022.
プレスリリース

Kana Ikegami, Sho Kajihara, Chie Umatani, Mikoto Nakajo, Shinji Kanda, Yoshitaka Oka.
Estrogen upregulates the firing activity of hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH1) neurons in the evening in female medaka.
J Neuroendocrinol. vol. 34, no.4, e13101, 2022. (Selected as the cover picture)
プレスリリース

Chie Umatani*, Nagisa Yoshida, Eri Yamamoto, Yasuhisa Akazome, Yasutaka Mori, Shinji Kanda, Kataaki Okubo, Yoshitaka Oka*. (*: co-corresponding author)
Co-existing Neuropeptide FF and Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone 3 Coordinately Modulate Male Sexual Behavior.
Endocrinology, vol. 163, no.2, bqab261, 2022.
プレスリリース

Yoichi Kasahara, Masataka Narukawa, Yoshiro Ishimaru, Shinji Kanda, Chie Umatani, Yasunori Takayama, Makoto Tominaga, Yoshitaka Oka, Kaori Kondo, Takashi Kondo, Ayako Takeuchi, Takumi Misaka, Keiko Abe, Tomiko Asakura.
TMC4 is a novel chloride channel involved in high-concentration salt taste sensation.
J Physiol Sci.  vol. 71, no.1, 23, 2021.
プレスリリース
2021年度　第12回　入澤宏・彩記念JPS優秀論文賞
2021’s highlighted research in Springer Nature

Yukiko Kikuchi, Towako Hiraki-Kajiyama, Mikoto Nakajo,  Chie Umatani, Shinji Kanda, Yoshitaka Oka, Keisuke Matsumoto, Hitoshi Ozawa, Kataaki Okubo.
Sexually dimorphic neuropeptide B neurons in medaka exhibit activated cellular phenotypes dependent on estrogen.
Endocrinology, vol. 160, no. 4, p. 827–839, 2019.

Chie Umatani, Yoshitaka Oka.
Juvenile-specific burst firing of terminal nerve GnRH3 neurons suggests novel functions in addition to neuromodulation.
Endocrinology, vol. 159, no. 4, p.1678-1689, 2018.
プレスリリース

Chie Umatani, Ryosuke Misu, Shinya Oishi, Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Hideki Abe, Yoshitaka Oka.
GnRH suppresses excitability of visual-processing neurons in the optic tectum.
Journal of Neurophysiology, vol.114, no. 5, p.2775-p.2784, 2015.

Kumi Kaneko, Tsubomi Ikeda, Mirai Nagai, Sayaka Hori, Chie Umatani, Hiroto Tadano, Atsushi Ugajin, Takayoshi Nakakoka, Rajib Kumar Paul, Tomoko Fujiyuki,  Kenichi Shirai, Takekazu Kunieda, Hideaki Takeuchi and Takeo Kubo.
Novel Middle-Type Kenyon Cells in the Honeybee Brain Revealed by Area-Preferential Gene Expression Analysis.
PLoS ONE, vol.8, no.8, e71732, 2013.

Chie Umatani, Hideki Abe, Yoshitaka Oka.
Neuropeptide RFRP inhibits the pacemaker activity of terminal nerve GnRH neurons.
Journal of Neurophysiology, vol.109, no. 9, p.2354-p.2363, 2013.
The 6th Merck Award for Young Biochemistry Researcher 受賞

総説

Chie Umatani*, Yoshitaka Oka* (*: co-corresponding author)
Multiple functions of non-hypophysiotropic gonadotropin releasing hormone neurons in vertebrates.
Zoological Letters, vol. 5, Article number: 23, 2019. 

著書

Laboratory Fish in Biomedical Research
Chie Umatani†, Mikoto Nakajo†, Daichi Kayo, Yoshitaka Oka, Shinji Kanda. (†: equal contribution)
Integrated analyses using medaka as a powerful model animal toward understanding various aspects of reproductive regulation.
D’Angelo, Girolamo eds. Academic Press, 2022.

『これだけ！　生化学』, 株式会社秀和システム, 2014.

稲垣 賢二 監修.  飯島 玲生, 瀧 慎太郎, 豊田 優, 藤原 慶 編. 

生化学若い研究者の会［有澤 琴子, 馬谷 千恵 , 大上 雅史, 小野田 淳人, 香川 璃奈, 杉山 康憲, 高橋 裕佳, 瀧 慎太郎, 道喜 慎太郎, 豊田 優, 藤原 慶（五十音順）］著.

1-1, 分担執筆（有澤 琴子, 馬谷 千恵）

第3章 「生体分子の構造と機能」 pp.59-104

1-2, 分担執筆（有澤 琴子, 馬谷 千恵）

第4章 「タンパク質の構造と機能」 pp.105-122