2020
Emura, N., Saito, Y., Miura, R. and Sawai, K. (2020) Effect of downregulating the Hippo pathway members YAP1 and LATS2 transcripts on early development and gene expression involved in differentiation in porcine embryos. Cell. Reprogram. 22: 62-70.
2019
Emura, N., Takahashi, K., Saito, Y. and Sawai, K. (2019) The necessity of TEAD4 for early development and gene expression involved in differentiation in porcine embryos. J. Reprod. Dev. 65: 361-368.
Takahashi, K., Ross, P. J. and Sawai, K. (2019) The necessity of ZSCAN4 for preimplantation development and gene expression of bovine embryos. J. Reprod. Dev. 65: 319-326.
2018
Fujii, T., Hirayama, H., Fukuda, S., Kageyama, S., Naito, A., Yoshino, H., Moriyasu, S., Yamazaki, T., Sakamoto, K., Hayakawa, H., Takahashi, K., Takahashi, Y. and Sawai, K. (2018) Expression and localization of aquaporins 3 and 7 in bull spermatozoa and their relevance to sperm motility after cryopreservation. J. Reprod. Dev. 64: 327-335.
2017
Sakurai, N., Takahashi, K., Emura, N., Hashizume, T. and Sawai, K. (2017) Effects of downregulating TEAD4 transcripts by RNA interference on early development of bovine embryos. J. Reprod. Dev. 63: 135-142.
Hashizume, T., Watanabe, R., Inaba, Y., Sawai, K.,Fülöp, F. and Nagy, GM. (2017) Hypothalamic dopamine is required for salsolinol-induced prolactin secretion in goats. Anim. Sci. J. 88: 1588-1594.
2016
Sakurai, N., Takahashi, K., Emura, N., Fujii, T., Hirayama, H., Kageyama, S., Hashizume, T. and Sawai, K. (2016) The necessity of OCT-4 and CDX2 for early development and gene expression involved in differentiation of inner cell mass and trophectoderm lineages in bovine embryos. Cell Reprog. in press.
Emura, N., Sakurai, N., Takahashi, K., Hashizume, T. and Sawai, K. (2016) Oct-4 expression is essential for the segregation of trophectoderm lineages in porcine preimplantation embryos. J. Reprod. Dev. 62 (4):401-408.
2015
Takahashi, K., Sakurai, N., Emura, N., Hashizume, T. and Sawai, K. (2015) Effects of down regulating GLIS1 transcript on preimplantation development and gene expression of bovine embryos. J. Reprod. Dev. 61(5):369-374.
2013
Sakurai, N., Fujii, T., Hashizume, T. and Sawai, K. (2013) Effects of downregulating Oct-4 transcript by RNA interference on early development of porcine embryos. J. Reprod. Devel. 59(4): 353-360.
Fujii, T., Sakurai, N., Osaki, T., Iwagami, G., Hirayama, H., Minamihashi, A., Hashizume, T. and Sawai, K. (2013) Changes in the expression patterns of the genes involved in the segregation and function of inner cell mass and trophectoderm lineages during porcine preimplantation development. J. Reprod. Dev. 59(2): 151-158.
Wasielak, M., Fujii, T., Ohsaki, T., Hashizume, T., Bogacki, M. and Sawai, K.(2013) Transcript abundance and apoptosis in day-7 porcine blastocyst cultured with exogenous IGF-I. Reprod. Biol. 1: 58-65.
2012
後藤由希, 斉藤隼人, 金 金, 平田統一, 澤井 健, 橋爪 力 (2012) Kisspeptin-10の成熟雌牛の黄体形成ホルモンおよび卵胞刺激ホルモン放出作用. 東畜会報. 61: 47-54.
Saito, H., Sawada, T., Yaegashi, T., Goto, Y., Jin, J., Sawai, K. and Hashizume, T. (2012) Kisspeptin-10 stimulates the release of luteinizing hormone and testosterone in pre- and post-pubertal male goats. Anim. Sci. J. 83: 487-492.
Jin, J., Yaegashi, T., Sawai, K. and Hashizume, T. (2012) Effects of photoperiod on the secretion of growth hormone in female goats. Anim. Sci. J. 83: 610-616.
Sekizawa, F., Sawai, K., Tanaka, M. and Okuda, K. (2012) Relationship between embryo collection results after superovulation treatment of Japanese Black cows and their plasma β-carotene and vitamin concentrations. J. Reprod. Dev. 58: 377-379.
Sawai, K., Fujii, T., Hirayama, H., Hashizume, T. and Minamihashi, A. (2012) Epigenetic status and full-term development of bovine cloned embryos treated with trichostatin A. J. Reprod. Dev. 58: 302-309.
Hirayama, H., Ushizawa, K., Takahashi, T., Sawai, K., Moriyasu, S., Kageyama, S., Miura, R., Matsui, M., Fukuda, S., Naito, A., Fujii, T. and Minamihashi, A. (2012) Differences in apoptotic status in the bovine placentome between spontaneous and induced parturition. J. Reprod. Dev. 58: 585-591.
2011
Hirayama, H., Sawai, K., Hirayama, M., Hirai, T., Kageyama, S., Onoe, S., Minamihashi, A. and Moriyasu, S. (2011) Prepartum maternal plasma glucose concentrations and placental glucose transporter mRNA expression in cows carrying somatic cell clone fetuses. J. Reprod. Dev. 57: 57-61.
澤田 建, 中嶋侑佳, 八重樫朋祥, 斉藤隼人, 後藤由希, 金 金, 澤井 健, Fűlőp, F., Nagy, G.M., 橋爪 力 (2011) 雄ヤギにおけるサルソリノールによるプロラクチン放出反応. 東畜会報 60: 116-122.
Ezzat Ahmed, A., Saito, H., Sawada, T., Yaegashi, T., Jin, J., Sawai, K., Yamashita, T. and Hashizume, T. (2011) Sex steroid hormones do not enhance the direct stimulatory effect of kisspeptin-10 on the secretion of growth hormone from bovine anterior pituitary cells. Anim. Sci. J. 82: 73-77.
Sawai, K., Takahashi, M., Fujii, T., Moriyasu, S., Hirayama, H., Minamihashi, A., Hashizume, T. and Onoe, S. (2011) DNA methylation status of bovine blastocyst embryos obtained from various procedures. J. Reprod. Dev. 57: 236-241.
Yamanaka, K., Sakatani, M, Kubota, K., Balboula, A.Z., Sawai, K. and Takahashi, M. (2011) Effects of downregulating DNA methyltransferase 1 transcript by RNA interference on DNA methylation status of the satellite I region and in vitrodevelopment of bovine somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos. J. Reprod. Dev. 57: 393-402.
Miyashita, N., Kubo, Y., Yonai, M., Kaneyama. K., Saito, N., Sawai, K., Minamihashi, A., Suzuki, T., Kojima, T. and Nagai, T. (2011) Cloned cows with short telomeres deliver healthy offspring with normal-length telomeres. J. Reprod. Dev. 57: 636-642.
2010
Hashizume, T., Saito, H., Sawada, T., Yaegashi, T., Ezzat Ahmed, A., Sawai, K. and Yamashita, T. (2010) Characteristics of stimulation of gonadotropin secretion by kisspeptin-10 in female goats. Anim. Reprod. Sci. 118: 37-41.
Sawai, K., Takahashi, M., Moriyasu, S., Hirayama, H., Minamihashi, A., Hashizume, T. and Onoe, S. (2010) Changes in the DNA methylation status of bovine embryos from the blastocyst to elongated stage derived from somatic cell nuclear transfer. Cell. Reprogram. 12: 15-22.
Hirayama, H., Kageyama, S., Moriyasu, S., Sawai, K., Onoe, S. and Minamihashi, A. (2010) The possibility of a false positive arising from sperm DNA in genetic diagnosis of bovine embryos. J. Reprod. Dev. 56: 182-186.
Ezzat Ahmed, A., Saito, H., Sawada, T., Yaegashi, T., Goto, Y., Nakajima, Y., Jin, J., Yamashita, T., Sawai, K. and Hashizume, T.(2010) The role of sexual steroid hormones in the direct stimulation by Kisspeptin-10 of the secretion of luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone and prolactin from bovine anterior pituitary cells. Anim. Reprod. Sci. 121: 267-272.
Fujii, T., Moriyasu, S., Hirayama, H., Hashizume, T. and Sawai, K. (2010) Aberrant expression patterns of genes involved in segregation of inner cell mass and trophectoderm lineages in bovine embryos derived from somatic cell nuclear transfer. Cell. Reprogram. 12: 617-625.
Inoue, K., Kohda T., Sugimoto, M., Sado, T., Ogonuki, N., Matoba, S., Shiura, H., Ikeda, R., Mochida, K., Fujii, T., Sawai, K., Otte, A.P, Tian, X.C., Yang, X., Ishino, F., Abe, K. and Ogura, A. (2010) Impeding Xist expression from the active X chromosome improves mouse somatic cell nuclear transfer. Science 330: 496-499.
2009
Hashizume, T., Onodera, Y., Shida, R., Isobe, E., Suzuki, S., Sawai, K., Kasuya, E. and Nagy, G.M. (2009) Characteristics of prolactin-releasing response to salsolinol (SAL) and thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in ruminants. Anim. Endocrinol. 36: 99-104.
Skarzynski, D.J., Piotrowska, K.K., Bah, M.M., Korzekwa, A., Woclawek-Potocka, I., Sawai, K. and Okuda, K. (2009) Effects of exogenous tumour necrosis factor-αon the secretory function of the bovine reproductive tract depend on tumour necrosis factor-αconcentrations. Reprod. Dom. Anim. 44: 371-379.
Ezzat Ahmed, A., Saito, H., Sawada, T., Yaegashi, T., Yamashita, T., Hirata, TI., Sawai, K. and Hashizume, T. (2009) Characteristics of the stimulatory effect of kisspeptin-10 on the secretion of luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone and growth hormone in prepubertal male and female cattle. J. Reprod. Dev. 55: 650-654.
2008
Saito, S., Sawai, K., Murayama, Y., Fukuda, K. and Yokoyama, K. (2008) Nuclear transfer to study the nuclear reprogramming of human stem cells. Methods Mol. Biol. 438: 151-169.
Hirayama, H., Fujikawa, A., Kageyama, S., Moriyasu, S., Sawai, K., Onoe, S. and Minamihashi, A. (2008) Multiple genotyping in bovine pre-implantation embryos with whole genome amplification. Anim. Sci. J. 79: 554-560.
Hirayama, H., Sawai, K., Moriyasu, S., Hirayama, M., Goto, Y., Kaneko, E., Miyamoto, A., Ushizawa, K., Takahashi, T. and Minamihashi, A. (2008) Excess estrogen sulfoconjugation as the possible cause for a poor sign of parturition in pregnant cows carrying somatic cell clone fetuses. Reproduction 136: 639-647
2007
Sawai, K., Kageyama, S., Moriyasu, S., Hirayama, H., Minamihashi, A. and Onoe, S. (2007) Changes in the mRNA transcripts of insulin-like growth factor ligand, receptors and binding proteins in bovine blastocysts and elongated embryos derived from somatic cell nuclear transfer. J. Reprod. Dev. 53: 77-86.
Hirayama, H., Katagiri, S., Kageyama, S., Minamihashi, A., Moriyasu, S., Sawai, K., Onoe, S. and Takahashi, Y. (2007) Rapid sex chromosomal chimerism analysis in heterosexual twin female calves by loop-mediated isothermal amplification. Anim. Reprod. Sci. 101: 38-44.