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 (22)：
Akiko Hamano, Megumi Yokoyama, Osamu Katsumata-Kato, Junko Fujita-Yoshigaki. Effects of Aging on the Relationship between Ionic Components in Saliva and Salt Taste Preference. International Journal of Oral-Medical Sciences. 2025. 23. 3. 156-162
Akiko Hamano, Megumi Yokoyama, Osamu Katsumata-Kato, Junko Fujita-Yoshigaki. Association between the Cation Concentrations in Saliva and the Sensitivity and Preference of Salty Taste. International Journal of Oral-Medical Sciences. 2025. 23. 2. 102-110
Miyuki Toda, Megumi Yokoyama, Osamu Katsumata-Kato, Junko Fujita-Yoshigaki. Decline in stimulus responsiveness of secretory granules in salivary glands with age. Journal of Oral Biosciences. 2024. 100583-100583
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
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
