Publications

  1. Hilda Mardiana Pratiwi, Masahiro Hirasawa, Kohki Kato, Keijiro Munakata, Shogo Ueda, Yuuta Moriyama, Reiko Yu, Toru Kawanishi, and Mikiko Tanaka(2023). Heterochronic development of pelvic fins in zebrafish: possible involvement of temporal regulation of pitx1 expression. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11: 1170691. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2023.1170691

  2. Satomi F Ono, Ingrid Rosenburg Cordeiro , Osamu Kishida, Haruki Ochi and Mikiko Tanaka(2023). Air-breathing behavior underlies the cell death in limbs of Rana pirica tadpoles. Zoological Letters 9, 2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-022-00199-x

  3. Ingrid Rosenburg Cordeiro, Reiko Yu and Mikiko Tanaka (2020). Regulation of the limb shape during the development of the Chinese softshell turtles. Evol. Dev. 2020, e12352.

  4. Ingrid Rosenburg Cordeiro, and Mikiko Tanaka (2020). Environmental Oxygen is a Key Modulator of Development and Evolution: From Molecules to Ecology. BioEssays 42, 202000025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.202000025

  5. Ingrid Rosenburg Cordeiro, Kaori Kabashima, Haruki Ochi, Keijiro Munakata, Chika Nishimori, Mara Laslo, James Hanken, and Mikiko Tanaka (2019). Environmental oxygen exposure allows for the evolution of interdigital cell death in limb patterning. Developmental Cell 50, 155-166. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2019.05.025

  6. Kenta Kawahata*, Ingrid Rosenburg Cordeiro*, Shogo Ueda, Guojun Sheng, Yuuta Moriyama, Chika Nishimori, Reiko Yu,

Makoto Koizumi, Masataka Okabe, and Mikiko Tanaka (2019). Evolution of the avian digital pattern. Scientific Reports 9, article number 8560. (*These authors contributed equally to this work)

  1. Yuuta Moriyama, Hilda Mardiana Pratiwi, Shogo Ueda, Mikiko Tanaka (2019).

Localization of β-catenin and Islet in the pelvic fin field in zebrafih. Zoological Science 36, 365-371.

  1. Mikiko Tanaka (2019). Preface- Ecology, Evolution and Development.

Development, Growth & Differentiation Special Issue “Ecology, Evolution and Development” 61, 3-4. (invited)

  1. Eri Okamoto*, Yuuta Moriyama*, Shigehiro Kuraku, Kei-ichi Kai, Mikiko Tanaka (2019).

Involvement of HGF/MET signaling in appendicular muscle development in cartilaginous fish. Development, Growth & Differentiation Special Issue “Ecology, Evolution and Development” (*These authors contributed equally to this work) (invited) 61, 97-103.

  1. Shogo Ueda, Ingrid Rosenburg Cordeiro, Yuuta Moriyama, Chika Nishiomri, Kei-ichi Kai,

Reiko Yu, Ryuichiro Nakato, Katsuhiko Shirahige, and Mikiko Tanaka (2019). Cux2 refines the forelimb field by controlling expression of Raldh2 and Hox genes. Biology Open 8, bio040584.

  1. Eri Okamoto, Mai Van Hieu, Atsushi Ishimatsu, Mikiko Tanaka (2018). Modification of pectoral fins occurred during the larval-juvenile

transition in the mudskipper (Periophthalmus modestus). Zoological Letters 4, 23. doi: 10.1186/s40851-018-0105-z.

  1. Mikiko Tanaka (2018).

Alterations in anterior-posterior patterning and its accompanying changes along the proximal-distal axis during the fin-to-limb transition. Genesis 56, e23053. (Invited)

  1. Eri Okamoto, Rie kusakabe, Shigehiro Kuraku, Susumu Hyodo, Alexandre Robert-Moreno, Koh Onimaru, James Sharpe, Shigeru Kuratani,

Mikiko Tanaka (2017). Migratory appendicular muscles precursor cells in the common ancestor to all vertebrates Nature Ecology & Evolution 1, 1731-1736. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0330-4.

  1. Mikiko Tanaka (2017). Evolution of vertebrate limb development (version 2). Essential for Life Sciences doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0002099.pub2. (Invited)

  2. Shogo Ueda, Takayuki Suzuki and Mikiko Tanaka (2017).

Transgene introduction into the chick limb bud by electroporation. Methods in Molecular Biology: Avian and reptilian Developmental Biology. 1650, 203-208. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7216-6_13. (Invited)

  1. Kanami Noguchi, Ryota Ishikawa, Kanako Miyoshi, Masahumi Kawaguchi, Takahiko Kawasaki, Tatsumi Hirata, Makiko Fukui, Shigeru Kuratani, Mikiko Tanaka and Yasunori Murakami (2017).

Expression patterns of Sema3A in developing amniote limbs: with reference to the diversification of peripheral nerve innervation. Dev. Growth Differ. 59, 270-285. doi: 10.1111/dgd.12364.

  1. Koh Onimaru, Luciano Marcon, Marco Musy, Mikiko Tanaka, James Sharpe (2016).

The fin to limb transition as the re-organisation of a Turing pattern. Nature Communications 7, Article number 11582

  1. Mikiko Tanaka (2016).

Developmental mechanism of limb field specification along the anterior-posterior axis during vertebrate evolution. J. Dev. Biol. 4, 18. (Invited)

  1. Mikiko Tanaka (2016).

Fins into limbs: autopod acquisition and anterior elements reduction by modifying gene networks involving 5’Hox, Gli3 and Shh. Dev. Biol. 413, 1-7

  1. Shinji Masuda and Mikiko Tanaka (2016).

PICCORO:A technique for manipulating the activity of transcription factors with blue light. Methods in Cell Biology: The Zebrafish, 4th edition, Volume 3-Genetics, Genomics, and Transcriptomics. 135, 289-295. doi: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2016.03.009. (Invited)

  1. Koh Onimaru, Shigehiro Kuraku, Wataru Takagi, Susumu Hyodo, James Sharpe and Mikiko Tanaka (2015).

A shift in anterior-posterior positional information underlies the fin-to-limb evolution. eLife DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07048

  1. Mikiko Tanaka, Reiko Yu, Daisuke Kurokawa (2015).

Anterior migration of lateral plate mesodermal cells during embryogenesis of the pufferfish Takifugu niphobles: Insight into the rostral positioning of pelvic fins. J. Anat. 227, 81-88.

  1. Hiroki Kaneko, Yuki Nakatani, Koji Fujimura and Mikiko Tanaka (2014).

Development of the lateral plate mesoderm in medaka Oryzias latipes and Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus: insight into the diversification of pelvic fin position. J. Anat. 225, 659-674.

  1. Natsuno Suda, Takehiko Itoh, Ryuichiro Nakato, Daisuke Shirakawa, Masashige Bando, Yuki Katou,

Kohsuke Kataoka, Katsuhiko Shirahige, Cheryll Tickle and Mikiko Tanaka (2014). Dimeric combinations of MafB, cFos and cJun control the apoptosis-survival balance in limb morphogenesis. Development 141, 2885-2894. [PubMed] This paper is recommended by Faculty of 1000.

  1. Shinji Masuda, Yuki Nakatani, Shukun Ren, Mikiko Tanaka (2013).

Blue light-mediated manipulation of transcription factor activity in vivo. ACS Chem. Biol. 8, 2649-2653. [PubMed]

  1. Mikiko Tanaka (2013). Molecular and evolutionary basis of limb

field specification and limb initiation. Dev. Growth Differ. 55, 149-163. (Invited) [PubMed]

  1. Mikiko Tanaka and Koh Onimaru (2012). Acquisition of the paired fins : a view from the sequential evolution of the lateral plate mesoderm.

Evol. Dev. 14,412-420 [PubMed]

  1. Yohichiro Hosokawa*, Haruki Ochi, Takanori Iino, Akihiro Hiraoka and Mikiko

Tanaka* (2011). Photoporation of biomolecules into single cells in living vertebrate embryos induced by a femtosecond laser amplifier. PLoS One 6, e27677.(*Co-corresponding authors. These authors contributed equally to this work.) [PubMed]

  1. Koh Onimaru*, Eiichi Shoguchi, Shigeru Kuratani and Mikiko Tanaka* (2011). Development and evolution of the lateral plate mesoderm: Comparative analysis of amphioxus and lamprey with implications for the acquisition of paired fins. Dev. Biol. 359, 124-136.(*Co-corresponding authors.)

[PubMed]

  1. Yasunori Murakami* and Mikiko Tanaka* (2011).Evolution of Motor innervation to fins and limbs.

Dev. Biol. 355, 164-172. (*Co-corresponding authors.) [PubMed]

  1. Mikiko Tanaka (2011). Revealing the mechanisms of rostral shift of

pelvic fins among teleost fishes. Evol. Dev. 13, 380-388. [PubMed]

  1. Yumie Murata*, Mika Tamura*, Yusuke Aita, Yasunori Murakami, Koji Fujimura, Masataka Okabe, Norihiro Okada and

Mikiko Tanaka(2010). Allometric growth of the trunk leads to the rostral shift of the pelvic fin in teleost fishes. Dev. Biol.. 347, 236-245. (*These authors contributed equally to this work) [PubMed]

  1. Nobuhiro Kokubo, Manami Matsuura, Koh Onimaru, Tiecke Eva, Shigehiro Kuraku, Shigeru Kuratani, Mikiko Tanaka (2010). Mechanisms of heart development in the Japanese lamprey, Lethenteron

japonicum. Evol. Dev. 12, 34-44. [PubMed]

  1. Koji Sakamoto*, Koh Onimaru*, Keijiro Munakata*, Natsuno Suda, Mika Tamura, Haruki Ochi and Mikiko Tanaka (2009). Heterochronic shift in Hox-mediated activation of Sonic hedgehog

leads to morphological changes during vertebrate fin evolution. PLoS ONE, 4, e5121. (*These authors contributed equally to this work) [PubMed]

  1. Masahiro Esaki, Kazuyuki Hoshijima, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Keijiro Munakata, Mikiko Tanaka, Kayoko Ookata, Kazuhide Asakawa, Koichi Kawakami, Weiyi Wang, Eric S Weinberg, Shigehisa Hirose (2009). Mechanism of development of ionocytes rich in vacuolar-type H+-ATPase in the skin of zebrafish larvae. Dev. Biol. 329, 116-129

[PubMed]

  1. Mikiko Tanaka (2009). Evolution of vertebrate limb development(DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0002099).

Encylopedia of Life Sciences.

  1. Manami Matsuura, Hidenori Nishihara, Koh Onimaru, Nobuhiro Kokubo, Shigehiro Kuraku, Rie Kusakabe, Norihiro Okada, Shigeru Kuratani and

Mikiko Tanaka (2008). Identification of four Engrailed genes in the Japanese river lamprey, Lethenteron japonicum. Dev.Dyn. 237, 1581-1589 [PubMed]

  1. Takeshi Sasaki, Hidenori Nishihara, Mika Hirakawa, Koji Fujimura, Mikiko Tanaka, Nobuhiro Kokubo, Chiharu Kimura-Yoshida, Isao Matsuo, Kenta Sumiyama, Naruya Saitou, Tomomi

Shimogori and Norihiro Okada (2008). Possible involvement of SINEs in mammalian-specific brain formation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 105, 4220-4225. [PubMEd]

  1. Zerina Johanson, Mikiko Tanaka, Natalie Chaplin and Moya M. Smith (2008). Early Palaeozoic dentine and

patterned scales in the embryonic cat shark tail. Biol. Lett.. 4, 87-90. This paper is evaluated as one of ‘Hidden jewels” paper by Faculty of 1000. [PubMed]

  1. Eva Tiecke*, Manami Matsuura*, Nobuhiro Kokubo, Shigehiro Kuraku, Rie Kusakabe, Shigeru Kuratani and Mikiko Tanaka (2007) Identification and developmental expression of two Tbx1/10-related genes in the agnathan Lethenteron japonicum. Dev. Genes and Evol. 217, 691-697. (*These authors contributed equally to this work)

[PubMed]

  1. Megan G Davey, I Robert Paton, David R Morrice, Yili Yin, Maike Schmidt,

Paul Buxton, Despina Stamataki, Mikiko Tanaka, Andrea E Munsterberg, James Briscoe, Cheryll Tickle and Dave W Burt (2006). The Chicken talpid3 gene encodes a novel protein essential for hedgehog signaling. Genes & Dev. 20, 1365-1377. This paper is evaluated as one of ‘Exceptional” paper by Faculty of 1000. [PubMed]

  1. Mikiko Tanaka, Laura A Hale, Angel Amores, Yi-Lin Yan, William A Cresko,Tohru Suzuki

and John H Postlethwait (2005). Developmental genetic basis for the evolution of pelvic fin loss in the pufferfish Takifugu rubripes. Dev. Biol. 281, 227-239 [PubMed]

  1. Mikiko Tanaka and Cheryll Tickle (2004). Tbx18 and boundary formation in chick somite and wing development. Dev. Biol. 268, 470-480.

[PubMed]

  1. Nicholas Cole, Mikiko Tanaka, Alan R Prescott and Cheryll Tickle (2003). Expression of limb initiation

gene and clues to the basis of morphological diversification of three-spine sticklebacks. Curr. Biol. 13, R951-R952. [PubMed]

  1. Mikiko Tanaka, Andrea Munsterberg, W Gary Anderson, Alan R Prescott, Neil Hazon and Cheryll Tickle (2002). Fin development in a cartilaginous fish and the origin of vertebrate limbs. Nature 416, 527-531. This paper is evaluated as one of ‘Must read” paper by Faculty of 1000.

[PubMed]

  1. Eiji Akiba, Sayuri Yonei-Tamura, Hiroshi Yajima, Minoru Omi, Mikiko Tanaka, Mika Sato-Maeda, Koji Tamura and Hiroyuki Ide (2001). Fibroblast growth

factor-induced gene expression and cartilage pattern formation in chick limb bud recombinants. Develop. Growth & Differ. 43, 165-175. [PubMed]

  1. Maike Schmidt, Mikiko Tanaka and Andrea Munsterberg (2000). Expression of (beta)-catenin in the developing chick myotome is regulated by myogenic signals. Development 127, 4105-4113.

[PubMed]

  1. Mikiko Tanaka, Martin J Cohn, Peter Ashby, Megan Davey, Paul Martin and Cheryll Tickle (2000). Distribution of polarizing activity and potential for limb formation in mouse and chick embryos and possible relationship to polydactyly. Development 127, 4011-4021.

[PubMed]

  1. Mikiko Tanaka, Yasuyo Shigetani, Sayaka Sugiyama, Koji Tamura, Harukazu Nakamura, and

Hiroyuki Ide (1998). Apical ectodermal ridge induction by the transplantation of En-1- overexpressing ectoderm in chick limb bud. Develop. Growth & Differ. 40, 423-429. [PubMed]

  1. Masakazu Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Gotoh, Koji Tamura, Mikiko Tanaka, Atsushi Kawakami, Hiroyuki Ide and Atsushi Kuroiwa (1998). Coordinated

expression of Hoxa-11 and Hoxa-13 during limb muscle patterning. Development 125, 1325-1335 [PubMed]

  1. Mikiko Tanaka, Koji Tamura, Sumihare Noji, Tsutomu Nohno, and Hiroyuki Ide (1997). Induction of additional limb at the dorsal-ventral boundary of a chick embryo. Dev. Biol. 182, 191-203

[PubMed]

  1. Mikiko Tanaka, Koji Tamura, and Hiroyuki Ide (1996). Citral, an inhibitor of retinoic

acid synthesis, modifies chick limb development. Dev. Biol. 175, 239-247 [PubMed]