原著論文 Original papers

Ryotaro Inoue*, Mai Kawano, Koya Shimoyama, Momoko Saito, Shogo Arimura, Kotaro Tokunaga, Wataru Takagi, Marty Kwok Shing Wong, Susumu Hyodo. "Hierarchical regulation of steroid synthesis in ovarian follicles drives progesterone surge in cloudy catshark." General and Comparative Endocrinology (2026). DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2025.114870.  Open Access

Wataru Takagi*, Ayami Masuda, Koya Shimoyama, Kotaro Tokunaga, Susumu Hyodo, Yuki Sato-Takabe. "Low microbial abundance and community diversity in the egg capsule of the oviparous cloudy catshark (Scyliorhinus torazame) during oviposition." Environmental Microbiology Reports (2024). DOI : https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.70025. Open Access

Shogo Arimura, Marty Kwok-Shing Wong*, Ryotaro Inoue, Mai Kawano, Koya Shimoyama, Chika Fujimori, Kotaro Tokunaga, Wataru Takagi, Susumu Hyodo. "Functional characterization of follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone receptors in cloudy catshark, Scyliorhinus torazame." General and Comparative Endocrinology (2024). DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2024.114542. Open Access

Koya Shimoyama*, Mai Kawano, Nobuhiro Ogawa, Kotaro Tokunaga, Wataru Takagi, Makito Kobayashi and Susumu Hyodo. "Progesterone initiates tendril formation in the oviducal gland during egg encapsulation in cloudy catshark (Scyliorhinus torazame)." Zoological Letters (2023). DOI : https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-023-00211-y. Open Access

Yuta Ohishi, Shogo Arimura, Koya Shimoyama, Kazuyuki Yamada, Shinya Yamauchi, Taku Horie, Susumu Hyodo, Shigehiro Kuraku*. "Egg Yolk Protein Homologs Identified in Live-Bearing Sharks: Co-Opted in the Lecithotrophy-to-Matrotrophy Shift?." Genome Biology and Evolution (2023). DOI : https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad028. Open Access

Takuto Inoue, Koya Shimoyama, Momoko Saito, Marty Kwok-Shing Wong, Kiriko Ikeba, Ryo Nozu, Rui Matsumoto, Kiyomi Murakumo, Keiichi Sato, Kotaro Tokunaga, Kazuya Kofuji, Wataru Takagi, Susumu Hyodo*. "Long-term monitoring of egg-laying cycle using ultrasonography reveals the reproductive dynamics of circulating sex steroids in an oviparous catshark, Scyliorhinus torazame." General and Comparative Endocrinology (2022). 

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2022.114076