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School of medicine  Department of Neuroanatomy and Embryology

Associate Professor HOMMA   Shunsaku Tel.024-547-1116 Fax.024-549-8811

■ Academic degrees Ph.D.  Wake Forest University      ■ Current research field Developmental neurology  "Anatomy in General (including Histology, Embryology)"    ■ Research keywords Cell Differentiation, Morphogenesis, neurotrophic factor, GDNF, Transcription Factor, ｂＨＬＨ, Cytoadhesin, receptor tyrosine kinase    ■ Subject of research Analysis of mechanism for Expression Regulation of Neurotrophin receptor on developmental process for Central Nervous System      　 Analysis of pattern with expression and the function of novel membrane protein with analogous constraction to cytoadhesin      　   ■ Achievements of joint or funded research 脊髄運動ニューロンサブタイプのdelta-notch系による分化調節機構      2003-2005  International joint research  View details...   ■ Papers Joint  Homma S, Yaginuma H, Vinsant S, Seino M, Kawata M et al.  Differential expression of the GDNF family receptors RET and GFRa1, 2 and 4 in subsets of motoneurons: a relationship between motoneuron birth date and receptor expression.  J Comparative Neurology  456, 245-259  2003        Joint  Aruga J, Tohmonda T, Homma S, Mikoshiba K  Zic1 promotes the expansion of dorsal neural progenitors in spinal cord by inhibiting neuronal differentiation.  Developmental Biology  244, 329-341  2002        Joint  Yaginuma H, Sato N, Homma S, and Oppenheim RW  Roles of caspase in the programmed cell death of motoneurons in vivo.  Archives Histology Cytology  64, 461-474  2001        Joint  Homma S, Oppenheim RW, Yaginuma H, Kimura S  Expression pattern of GDNF, c-ret, and GFRas suggests novel roles for GDNF ligands during early organogenesis in the chick embryo.  Developmental Biology  217, 121-137  2000        Joint  Oppenheim RW, Homma S, Marti E, Prevette D, Wang S et al.  Modulation of early but not later stages of programmed cell death in embryonic avian spinal cord by sonic hedgehog.  Molecular Cellular Neuroscience  13, 348-361  1999        View details...   ■ Research presentations Conference presentation  神経系のプログラム細胞死期におけるISLR2の発現様式  第33回日本神経科学大会  2010/09    Conference presentation  Ptf1aによる神経細胞サブタイプ特異的な神経栄養因子受容体の発現調節機構  第114回日本解剖学会総会・全国学術集会  2009/03    Conference presentation  NGLによるGDNF受容体の発現調節  第3１回日本神経科学大会  2008/07    Conference presentation  NGL2によるGDNF受容体（GFRα1）の発現調節  第113回日本解剖学会総会・全国学術集会  2008/03    Conference presentation  ｂHLH転写因子によるGDNF受容体（GFRα1）の発現誘導  第30回日本神経科学大会  2007/09    View details...   ■ Memberships of academic societies 分子生物学会 -Present  Domestic 日本神経学会 -Present  Domestic