Masatoshi Takeichi(竹市 雅俊, Takeichi Masatoshi?), né le est un biologiste du développement, directeur du RIKEN, «Centre pour le développement de la biologie» à Kōbe, Japan. Il est connu pour avoir identifié la classe des cadhérines des molécules d'adhésion.
M. Takeichi: Functional correlation between cell adhesive properties and some cell surface proteins. J. Cell Biol. 1977, 75, 464-474.
N. Yoshida, M. Takeichi: Teratocarcinoma cell adhesion: Identification of a cell surface protein involved in calcium-dependent cell aggregation. Cell 1982, 28, 217-224.
K. Hatta, M. Takeichi: Expression of N-cadherin adhesion molecules associated with early morphogenetic events in chicken embryos. Nature 1986, 320, 447-449.
Y. Shirayoshi, K. Hatta, M. Hosoda, S. Tsunasawa, F. Sakiyama, M. Takeichi: Cadherin cell adhesion molecules with distinct binding specificities share a common structure. EMBO J. 1986, 5, 2485-2488.
A. Nagafuchi, Y. Shirayoshi, K. Okazaki, K. Yasuda, M. Takeichi: Transformation of cell adhesion properties by exogenously introduced E-cadherin cDNA. Nature 1987, 329, 341-343.
A. Nose, A. Nagafuchi, M. and Takeichi: Expressed recombinant cadherins mediate cell sorting in model systems. Cell 1988 54, 993-1001.
S. Hirano, N. Kimoto, Y. Shimoyama, S. Hirohashi, M. Takeichi: Identification of a neural α-catenin as a key regulator of cadherin function and multicellular organization. Cell 1992, 70, 293-301.
H. Togashi, K. Abe, A. Mizoguchi, O. Chisaka, M. Takeichi: Cadherin regulates dendritic spine morphogenesis. Neuron 2002, 35, 77-89.
W. Meng et al.: Anchorage of microtubule minus ends to adherens junctions regulates epithelial cell-cell contacts. Cell 135. 948-59 (2008)
T. Ishiuchi et al.: Mammalian Fat and Dachsous cadherins regulate apical membrane organization in the embryonic cerebral cortex. J Cell Biol 185. 959-67 (2009)
K. Taguchi et al.: Mechanosensitive EPLIN-dependent remodeling of adherens junctions regulates epithelial reshaping. J Cell Biol 194.643-56 (2011)
T. Ishiuchi, M. Takeichi: Willin and Par3 cooperatively regulate epithelial apical constriction through aPKC-mediated ROCK phosphorylation. Nat Cell Biol 13.860-6 (2011)
T. Nishimura et al.: Planar cell polarity links axes of spatial dynamics in neural-tube closure. Cell 149.1084-97 (2012)
N. Tanaka et al.: Nezha/CAMSAP3 and CAMSAP2 cooperate in epithelial-specific organization of noncentrosomal microtubules. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 49.20029-34 (2012)
