Ryuki Shimada, Kei-ichiro Ishiguro. Female-specific mechanisms of meiotic initiation and progression in mammalian oocyte development. Genes to Cells. 2024
Saori Yoshimura, Ryuki Shimada, Koji Kikuchi, Soichiro Kawagoe, Hironori Abe, Sakie Iisaka, Sayoko Fujimura, Kei-ichiro Yasunaga, Shingo Usuki, Naoki Tani, et al. Atypical heat shock transcription factor HSF5 is critical for male meiotic prophase under non-stress conditions. Nature Communications. 2024
Kris G. Alavattam, Jasmine M. Esparza, Mengwen Hu, Ryuki Shimada, Anna R. Kohrs, Hironori Abe, Yasuhisa Munakata, Kai Otsuka, Saori Yoshimura, Yuka Kitamura, et al. ATF7IP2/MCAF2 directs H3K9 methylation and meiotic gene regulation in the male germline. Genes & Development. 2024. 38. 3-4. 115-130
Ryuki Shimada, Yuzuru Kato, Naoki Takeda, Sayoko Fujimura, Kei-ichiro Yasunaga, Shingo Usuki, Hitoshi Niwa, Kimi Araki, Kei-ichiro Ishiguro. STRA8-RB interaction is required for timely entry of meiosis in mouse female germ cells. Nature Communications. 2023. 14. 1
Ryuki SHIMADA, Kei-ichiro ISHIGURO. Cell cycle regulation for meiosis in mammalian germ cells. Journal of Reproduction and Development. 2023. 69. 3. 139-146
Different mechanism of meiosis initiation in males and females
(IMEG mini symposium Developmental Biology of Reproduction -Epigenetics, Gene Regulation and Metabolism in Germ Cells- 2023)