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[3] Shiraki N., Shiraki Y., Tsuyama T., Obata F, Miura M, Nagae G, Aburatani H., Kume K, Endo F, Kume S*. Methionine metabolism regulates maintenance and differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells. Cell Metab. 19, 780-794, 2014.
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[1] Shahjalal HM, Shiraki N, Sakano D, Kikawa K, Ogaki S, Baba H, Kume K, Kume S. Generation of insulin-producing β-like cells from human iPS cells in a defined and completely xeno-free culture system. J Mol Cell Biol. 2014 Oct;6(5):394-408.
[2] Shiraki N, Shiraki Y, Tsuyama T, Obata F, Miura M, Nagae G, Aburatani H, Kume K, Endo F, Kume S. Methionine metabolism regulates maintenance and differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells. Cell Metab. 2014 May 6;19(5):780-94.
[3] Sakano D, Shiraki N, Kikawa K, Yamazoe T, Kataoka M, Umeda K, Araki K, Mao D, Matsumoto S, Nakagata N, Andersson O, Stainier D, Endo F, Kume K, Uesugi M, Kume S. VMAT2 identified as a regulator of late-stage β-cell differentiation. Nat Chem Biol. 2014 Feb;10(2):141-8.
[4] Yamazoe T, Shiraki N, Toyoda M, Kiyokawa N, Okita H, Miyagawa Y, Akutsu H, Umezawa A, Sasaki Y, Kume K, Kume S. A synthetic nanofibrillar matrix promotes in vitro hepatic differentiation of embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells. J Cell Sci. 2013 Dec 1;126(Pt 23):5391-9.
[5] Ogaki S, Shiraki N, Kume K, Kume S. Wnt and Notch signals guide embryonic stem cell differentiation into the intestinal lineages. Stem Cells. 2013 Jun;31(6):1086-96.
[6] Shiraki N, Yamazoe T, Qin Z, Ohgomori K, Mochitate K, Kume K, Kume S. Efficient differentiation of embryonic stem cells into hepatic cells in vitro using a feeder-free basement membrane substratum. PLoS One. 2011;6(8):e24228.
[7] Shiraki N, Umeda K, Sakashita N, Takeya M, Kume K, Kume S. Differentiation of mouse and human embryonic stem cells into hepatic lineages. Genes Cells. 2008 Jul;13(7):731-46.
[8] Shiraki N, Yoshida T, Araki K, Umezawa A, Higuchi Y, Goto H, Kume K, Kume S. Guided differentiation of embryonic stem cells into Pdx1-expressing regional-specific definitive endoderm. Stem Cells. 2008 Apr;26(4):874-85.