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  1. Müller glia phagocytose dead photoreceptor cells in a mouse model of retinal degenerative disease

    Article • The FASEB Journal, November 2018, Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology (FASEB)

    Yoshikazu Imanishi, Krzysztof Palczewski

  2. Impairment of Vision in a Mouse Model of Usher Syndrome Type III

    Article • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, March 2016, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  3. Spatiotemporal Analysis of Protein Transport and Membrane Morphogenesis in Vertebrate Photoreceptors

    Article • Seibutsu Butsuri, January 2016, Biophysical Society of Japan

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  4. Retinol dehydrogenase 8 and ATP-binding cassette transporter 4 modulate dark adaptation of M-cones in mammalian retina

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, October 2015, Wiley

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  5. Applications of phototransformable fluorescent proteins for tracking the dynamics of cellular components

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  6. Monitoring of Rhodopsin Trafficking and Mistrafficking in Live Photoreceptors

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  7. Rhodopsin Trafficking and Mistrafficking

    Article • January 2015, Elsevier

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  8. Organization of cGMP sensing structures on the rod photoreceptor outer segment plasma membrane

    Article • Channels, November 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  9. Submembrane Assembly and Renewal of Rod Photoreceptor cGMP-Gated Channel: Insight into the Actin-Dependent Process of Outer Segment Morphogenesis

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, June 2014, Society for Neuroscience

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  10. Retrograde intraciliary trafficking of opsin during the maintenance of cone-shaped photoreceptor outer segments ofXenopus laevis

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, June 2014, Wiley

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  11. Signals Governing the Trafficking and Mistrafficking of a Ciliary GPCR, Rhodopsin

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, August 2013, Society for Neuroscience

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  12. The Mechanosensory Structure of the Hair Cell Requires Clarin-1, a Protein Encoded by Usher Syndrome III Causative Gene

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, July 2012, Society for Neuroscience

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  13. Noninvasive multiphoton fluorescence microscopy resolves retinol and retinal condensation products in mouse eyes

    Article • Nature Reports Stem Cells, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  14. Proteomic Changes in the Photoreceptor Outer Segment upon Intense Light Exposure

    Article • Journal of Proteome Research, February 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  15. Visualization of Retinoid Storage and Trafficking by Two-Photon Microscopy

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  16. Clarin-1, Encoded by the Usher Syndrome III Causative Gene, Forms a Membranous Microdomain

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, May 2009, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  17. Usher syndrome IIIA gene clarin-1 is essential for hair cell function and associated neural activation

    Article • Human Molecular Genetics, May 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  18. Retinyl Ester Homeostasis in the Adipose Differentiation-related Protein-deficient Retina

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 2008, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  19. RBP4 Disrupts Vitamin A Uptake Homeostasis in a STRA6-Deficient Animal Model for Matthew-Wood Syndrome

    Article • Cell Metabolism, March 2008, Elsevier

    Yoshikazu Imanishi, Professor Johannes von Lintig

  20. Two-Photon Microscopy:  Shedding Light on the Chemistry of Vision†

    Article • Biochemistry, August 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  21. A Third Photoreceptor-Specific GRK Found in the Retina of Oryzias latipes (Japanese killifish)

    Article • ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, January 2007, Zoological Society of Japan

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  22. Topology and Membrane Association of Lecithin: Retinol Acyltransferase

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, November 2006, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  23. Retinol Dehydrogenase (RDH12) Protects Photoreceptors from Light-induced Degeneration in Mice

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2006, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  24. Effects of Potent Inhibitors of the Retinoid Cycle on Visual Function and Photoreceptor Protection from Light Damage in Mice

    Article • Molecular Pharmacology, July 2006, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  25. Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa and E150K Mutation in the Opsin Gene

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, May 2006, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  26. Aberrant Metabolites in Mouse Models of Congenital Blinding Diseases:  Formation and Storage of Retinyl Esters†

    Article • Biochemistry, April 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  27. Pharmacological and rAAV Gene Therapy Rescue of Visual Functions in a Blind Mouse Model of Leber Congenital Amaurosis

    Article • PLoS Medicine, November 2005, PLOS

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  28. Lecithin:Retinol Acyltransferase Is Responsible for Amidation of Retinylamine, a Potent Inhibitor of the Retinoid Cycle

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2005, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  29. Role of Photoreceptor-specific Retinol Dehydrogenase in the Retinoid Cyclein Vivo

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, March 2005, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  30. Hippocalcin in the olfactory epithelium: a mediator of second messenger signaling

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, October 2004, Elsevier

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  31. Essential role of Ca2+-binding protein 4, a Cav1.4 channel regulator, in photoreceptor synaptic function

    Article • Nature Neuroscience, September 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  32. Identification of All-trans-Retinol:All-trans-13,14-dihydroretinol Saturase

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, September 2004, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  33. Retinosomes

    Article • Journal of Cell Biology, August 2004, Rockefeller University Press

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  34. Diversity of Guanylate Cyclase-Activating Proteins (GCAPs) in Teleost Fish: Characterization of Three Novel GCAPs (GCAP4, GCAP5, GCAP7) from Zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Prediction of Eight GCAPs (GCAP1-8) in Pufferfish (Fugu rubripes)

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, August 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  35. Noninvasive two-photon imaging reveals retinyl ester storage structures in the eye

    Article • Journal of Cell Biology, January 2004, Rockefeller University Press

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  36. Lecithin-retinol Acyltransferase Is Essential for Accumulation of All-trans-Retinyl Esters in the Eye and in the Liver

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, December 2003, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  37. Retinoid cycle in the vertebrate retina: experimental approaches and mechanisms of isomerization

    Article • Vision Research, December 2003, Elsevier

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  38. Rhodopsin phosphorylation: 30 years later

    Article • Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, July 2003, Elsevier

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  39. Pharmacological Chaperone-mediatedin VivoFolding and Stabilization of the P23H-opsin Mutant Associated with Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, February 2003, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  40. Dual-substrate Specificity Short Chain Retinol Dehydrogenases from the Vertebrate Retina

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, September 2002, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Yoshikazu Imanishi

  41. Calcium-Binding Proteins: Intracellular Sensors from the Calmodulin Superfamily

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, January 2002, Elsevier

    Yoshikazu Imanishi