Research theme for competitive and other funds (3)：
2021 - 2025 高齢者の加齢による唾液分泌能低下を回復させる因子の検索
2018 - 2022 Search for salivation-enhancing factor to recover reduced denture adsorption
2015 - 2018 Search for salivary secretion enhancing factor after head and neck cancer treatment
Papers (19)：
Osamu Katsumata-Kato, Megumi Yokoyama, Junko Fujita-Yoshigaki. The secretory ability of newly formed secretory granules is regulated by pro-cathepsin B and amylase in parotid glands. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2023. 666. 45-51
Megumi Yokoyama, Osamu Katsumata-Kato, Junko Fujita-Yoshigaki. Acinar Cell Proliferation Promoted by BMP2 in Injured Mouse Parotid Gland: BMP2 Promotes Cell Proliferation in Parotid Gland. International Journal of Dentistry. 2023. 2023. 1-7
Yuzo Hirayama, Tae Watanabe, Megumi Yokoyama, Motoya Fujiseki, Takaki Yamazaki, Wern-Joo Sohn, Jae-Young Kim, Hitoshi Yamamoto. Histological Observation of the Jaws and Teeth of the Green Spotted Pufferfish (Tetraodon Nigroviridis). JOURNAL OF HARD TISSUE BIOLOGY. 2015. 24. 4. 325-329
Junko Fujita-Yosigaki, Megumi Yokoyama, Osamu Katsumata-Kato. Switching of cargo sorting from the constitutive to regulated secretory pathway by the addition of cystatin D sequence in salivary acinar cells. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2020. 319. G74-G86
