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Md Firoz Mortuza, Salem Djedidi, Takehiro Ito, Shin-ichiro Agake, Hitoshi Sekimoto, Tadashi Yokoyama, Shin Okazaki and Naoko Ohkama-Ohtu, 2022. Genetic and Physiological Characterization of Soybean-Nodule-Derived Isolates from Bangladeshi Soils Revealed Diverse Array of Bacteria with Potential Bradyrhizobia for Biofertilizers. Microorganisms, 10(11), 2282, DOI:10.3390/microorganisms10112282

Hinako Sugiura, Shunsuke Miyaji, Saki Yamamoto, Michiko Yasuda, Jean Louise Cocson Damo, Maria Daniela Artigas Ramirez, Shin-Ichiro Agake, Takehiro Kamiya, Toru Fujiwara, Sonoko Dorothea Bellingrath-Kimura, Haruo Tanaka, Soh Sugihara & Naoko Ohkama-Ohtsu, 2022. “Induction of citrate transporter gene expression in soybean roots by sulfur application“, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2022.2104594

Sylwia Lewandowska, Krzysztof Marczewski, Marcin Kozak, Naoko, Ohkama-Ohtsu, Magdalena Łabowska, Jerzy Detyna, Izabela Michalak. 2022. Impact of freshwater macroalga (Cladophora glomerata) extract on yield and morphological responses of Glycine max (L.) Merr., Agriculture 12(5) 685, DOI : 10.3390/agriculture12050685

Agake S., Plucani do Amaral F., Yamada T., Sekimoto H., Stacey G., Yokoyama T., Ohkama-Ohtsu N., Plant Growth Promoting Effect of Viable and Dead Spores of Bacillus pumilus TUAT1 on Setaria viridis. Microbes and Environments, 2022;37(1). doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME21060. 37(1), doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME21060

Okuda-Shimazaki J, Yoshida H, Lee I, Kojima K, Suzuki N, Tsugawa W, Yamada M, Inaka K, Tanaka H, Sode K., Microgravity environment grown crystal structure information based engineering of direct electron transfer type glucose dehydrogenase, Commun. Biol., 5(1), 1334, 2022.

Tang, Q., Takashima, K., Zeng, W., Okano, H., Zou, X., Takahashi, Y., Ojiro, R., Ozawa, S., Koyanagi, M., Maronpot, R.R., Yoshida, T., Shibutani, M.: Amelioration of lipopolysaccharides-induced impairment of fear memory acquisition by alpha-glycosyl isoquercitrin through suppression of neuroinflammation in rats. Journal of Toxicological Sciences (J. Toxicol. Sci.), 48 (3), 121-137, 2023

Takashima, K., Okano, H., Ojiro, R., Tang, Q., Takahashi, Y., Ozawa, S., Zou, X., Koyanagi, M., Maronpot, R.R., Yoshida, T., Shibutani, M.: Continuous exposure to alpha-glycosyl isoquercitrin from mid-gestation ameliorates polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid-disrupted hippocampal neurogenesis in rats. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy (J. Chem. Neuroanat.) 128, 102219, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2022.102219.

Ojiro, R., Okano, H., Takahashi, Y., Takashima, K., Tang, Q., Ozawa, S., Zou, X., Woo, G.H., Shibutani, M.: Comparison of the effect of glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicide on hippocampal neurogenesis after developmental exposure in rats. Toxicology (Toxicology). 483, 153369, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2022.153369.

Islam, M.D. Sharmin, T.; Tipo, I.H.; Saha, A.; Yesmin, S.; Roy, M.G.; Brindha, S.; Kuroda, Y.; Islam, M.M. The Immunogenicity of DENV1–4 ED3s Strongly Differ despite Their Almost Identical Three-Dimensional Structures and High Sequence Similarities. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 2393.

Dong HV, Suzuki M, Takemae H, Jamsransuren D, Matsuda S, Nguyen HD, Mizutani T, Takeda Y, Ogawa H (2022) Viral RNA extraction using an automatic nucleic acid extractor with magnetic particles and genetic characterization of bovine viral diarrhea virus in Tokachi Province. Japan, in 2016-2017. J Vet Med Sci. 84 (11), 1543-1550

Yoshinouchi S, Karouji K, Tominari T, Sugasaki M, Matsumoto C, Miyaura C, Hirata M, Itoh Y, Inada M. Prostate cancer expressing membrane-bound TGF-α induces bone formation mediated by the autocrine effect of prostaglandin E2in osteoblasts. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2023.12;644:40-48. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.11.050.

Tanaka, R., Yoshinouchi, S., Karouji, K., Tanaka, Y., Tominari, T., Hirata, M., Matsumoto, C., Itoh, Y., Miyaura, C., Inada, M. A mouse model of lung cancer induced via intranasal injection for anti-cancer drug screening and evaluation of pathology. FEBS Open Bio. 2022. 13 (1), 51-59

Coppieters, S., Traphoner, H., Stiebert, F., Balan, T., Kuwabara, T., Tekkaya, A.E. Large strain flow curve identification for sheet metal, Journal of Materials Processing Technology (J. Mater. Process. Technol.), 308: 117725, 2022.

Agyekum DVA, Kobayashi T, Dastogeer KMG, Yasuda M, Sarkodee-Addo E, Ratu STN, Xu Q, Miki T, Matsuura E, Okazaki S. Diversity and function of soybean rhizosphere microbiome under nature farming. Frontiers in Microbiology (Front. Microbiol.) 2023 Mar 1;14:1130969.

Uchida, S., Hashimoto, Y., Takamoto, A., Noguchi, K., Klysubun, W. and Wang, S.-L. (2022) Phosphate binding to allophane and ferrihydrite with implications for volcanic ash soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal (Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J.) 86, 1571-1581.

Yasuda, M., Dastogeer, K.M.G., Sarkodee-Addo, E., Tokiwa, C., Isawa, T., Shinozaki S., Okazaki, S. Impact of Azospirillum sp. B510 on the rhizosphere microbiome of rice under field conditions. Agronomy Basel, 2022, 12(6), 1367

Dastogeer, K.M.G., Yasuda, M., Okazaki, S. Microbiome and pathobiome analyses reveal changesin community structure by foliar pathogen infection in rice. Frontiers Microbiology (Front. Microbiol.) 13:949152, 2022.

Taheri, P., Kaida, R., Dastogeer, M.G.K., Appiah, K.S., Yasuda, M., Tanaka, K., Korrani, H.M., Azizi, M., Okazaki, S, Fujii, Y. Isolation and Functional Characterization of Culture-Dependent Endophytes Associated with Vicia villosa Roth. Agronomy Basel 2022, 12(10), 2417

Zhao, S., Shi, T., Terada, A., Riya, S., 2023, Evaluation of Pollution Level, Spatial Distribution, and Ecological Effects of Antimony in Soils of Mining Areas: A Review, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health), 20, 242

Kumagai, Y., Goto, K., Nagashima, T., Yamamoto, R., Boćkowski, M., Kotani, J., Influence of growth rate on homoepitaxial growth of AlN at 1450 °C by hydride vapor phase epitaxy. Applied Physics Express (Appl. Phys. Express) 15: 115501 1-4, 2022