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  • Hiruma K, Aoki S, Takino J, Higa T, Utami YD, Shiina A, Okamoto M, Nakamura M, Kawamura N, Ohmori Y, Sugita R, Tanoi K, Sato T, Oikawa H, Minami A, Iwasaki W, Saijo Y., “A fungal sesquiterpene biosynthesis gene cluster critical for mutualist-pathogen transition in Colletotrichum tofieldiae,” Nature Communications, vol.14, no.1, pp5288, 6 Sep. 2023, doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40867-w.
  • Kentaro Okada, Koei Yachi, Tan Anh Nhi Nguyen, Satomi Kanno, Chika Tateda, Tae-Hong Lee, Uyen Nguyen, Shunsuke Miyashima, Kei Hiruma, Kyoko Miwa, Takaki Maekawa, Michitaka Notaguchi, Yusuke Saijo, “Defense-related callose synthase PMR4 promotes root hair callose deposition and adaptation to phosphate deficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana,” bioRxiv, 6 Jul. 2023, doi:10.1101/2023.07.05.547890
  • Yongming Luo, Shigetaka Yasuda, Junpei Takagi, Yoko Hasegawa, Yukako Chiba, Junji Yamaguchi, Takeo Sato, “Deubiquitinating enzymes UBP12 and UBP13 regulate carbon/nitrogen-nutrient stress responses by interacting with the membrane-localized ubiquitin ligase ATL31 in Arabidopsis,” Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol.636, pp55 -61, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Saijo Y, Betsuyaku S, Toyota M, Tsuda K., “A Continuous Extension of Plant Biotic Interactions Research,” Plant Cell Physiol, 22 Sep. 2022, doi:10.1093/pcp/pcac132
  • Eliza Loo, Yuri Tajima, Kohji Yamada, Shota Kido, Taishi Hirase, Hirotaka Ariga, Tadashi Fujiwara, Keisuke Tanaka, Teruaki Taji, Imre Somssich, Jane E Parker, Yusuke Saijo, “Recognition of Microbe- and Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns by Leucine-Rich Repeat Pattern Recognition Receptor Kinases Confers Salt Tolerance in Plants,” MPMI, vol.35, no.7, pp554 -566, 27 Apr. 2022, doi:10.1094/MPMI-07-21-0185-FI
  • Uchida K, Yamaguchi M, Kanamori K, Ariga H, Isono K, Kajino T, Tanaka K, Saijo Y, Yotsui I, Sakata Y, Taji T, “MAP KINASE PHOSPHATASE1 promotes osmotolerance by suppressing PHYTOALEXIN DEFICIENT4-independent immunity,” Plant Physiology, vol.189, no.2, pp1128 -1138, 18 Mar. 2022, doi:10.1093/plphys/kiac131.
  • Ren Z, Suolang B, Fujiwara T, Yang D, Saijo Y, Kinoshita T, Wang Y., “Promotion and Upregulation of a Plasma Membrane Proton-ATPase Strategy: Principles and Applications,” Front. Plant Sci., 22 Dec. 2021, doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.749337
  • Okada K, Kubota Y, Hirase T, Otani K, Goh T, Hiruma K, Saijo Y, ” Uncoupling root hair formation and defense activation from growth inhibition in response to damage‐associated Pep peptides in Arabidopsis thaliana,” New Phytologist , 1 Nov. 2020, doi:10.1111/nph.17064, naistar
  • Pathompitaknukul K, Hiruma K, Tanaka H, Kawamura N, Toyoda A, Itoh T, Saijo Y., “Host-dependent fungus-fungus competition suppresses fungal pathogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana ,” bioRxiv, 30 May. 2020, doi:10.1101/2020.05.27.117978
  • Kaoru Okamoto Yoshiyama, Naoki Aoshima, Naoki Takahashi, Tomoaki Sakamoto, Kei Hiruma, Yusuke Saijo, Masaaki Umeda, Jun Hidema, Seisuke Kimura, “SUPPRESSOR OF GAMMA RESPONSE1 acts as a regulator coordinating crosstalk between DNA damage response and immune response in Arabidopsis thaliana,” Plant Mol Biol., Springer, vol.219, ppe201907016, 10 Apr. 2020, doi:10.1007/s11103-020-00994-0
  • Li X, Sanagi M, Lu Y, Nomura Y, Stolze SC, Yasuda S, Saijo Y, Schulze WX, Feil R, Stitt M, Lunn JE, Nakagami H, Sato T, Yamaguchi J, “Protein Phosphorylation Dynamics Under Carbon/Nitrogen-Nutrient Stress and Identification of a Cell Death-Related Receptor-Like Kinase in Arabidopsis. ,” Front. Plant Sci., 3 Apr. 2020, doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.00377
  • Hirokazu Toju, Kabir G. Peay, Masato Yamamichi, Kazuhiko Narisawa, Kei Hiruma, Ken Naito, Shinji Fukuda, Masayuki Ushio, Shinji Nakaoka, Yusuke Onoda, Kentaro Yoshida, Klaus Schlaeppi, Yang Bai, Ryo Sugiura, Yasunori Ichihashi, Kiwamu Minamisawa, E. Toby Kiers, “Core microbiomes for sustainable agroecosystems,” Nature Plants, vol.4, pp247 -258, 30 Apr. 2018, doi:10.1038/s41477-018-0139-4
  • Tomonori Shinya, Shigetaka Yasuda, Kiwamu Hyodo, Rena Tani, Yuko Hojo, Yuka Fujiwara, Kei Hiruma, Takuma Ishizaki, Yasunari Fujita, Yusuke Saijo, Ivan Galis, “Integration of danger peptide signals with herbivore-associated molecular pattern signaling amplifies anti-herbivore defense responses in rice,” The Plant Journal, 7 Mar. 2018, doi:10.1111/tpj.13883
  • Nobuo Ogita, Yoko Okushima, Mutsutomo Tokizawa, Yoshiharu Y. Yamamoto, Maho Tanaka, Motoaki Seki, Yuko Makita, Minami Matsui, Kaoru Okamoto Yoshiyama, Tomoaki Sakamoto, Tetsuya Kurata, Kei Hiruma, Yusuke Saijo, Naoki Takahashi, Masaaki Umeda, “Identifying the target genes of SUPPRESSOR OF GAMMA RESPONSE 1, a master transcription factor controlling DNA damage response in Arabidopsis,” the Plant Journal, vol.94, pp439 -453, 11 Feb. 2018, doi:10.1111/tpj.13866, naistar
  • Rodrigues O, Reshetnyak G, Grondin A, Saijo Y, Leonhardt N, Maurel C, Verdoucq L, “Aquaporins facilitate hydrogen peroxide entry into guard cells to mediate ABA- and pathogen-triggered stomatal closure.,” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 22 Aug. 2017, doi:10.1073/pnas.1704754114
  • Tajima Y, Iwakawa H-O, Hyodo K, Kaido M, Mise K, Okuno T., “Requirement for eukaryotic translation initiation factors in cap-independent translation differs between bipartite genomic RNAs of red clover necrotic mosaic virus.,” Virology, vol.509, pp152 -158, 21 Jun. 2017, doi:10.1016/j.virol.2017.06.015
  • Hirotaka Ariga, Taku Katori, Takashi Tsuchimatsu, Taishi Hirase, Yuri Tajima, Jane E. Parker, Rubén Alcázar, Maarten Koornneef, Owen Hoekenga, Alexander E. Lipka, Michael A. Gore, Hitoshi Sakakibara, Mikiko Kojima, Yuriko Kobayashi, Satoshi Iuchi, Masatomo Kobayashi, Kazuo Shinozaki, Yoichi Sakata, Takahisa Hayashi, Yusuke Saijo, Teruaki Taji, “NLR locus-mediated trade-off between abiotic and biotic stress adaptation in Arabidopsis,” Nature Plants, vol.3, pp17072, 26 May. 2017, doi:10.1038/nplants.2017.72, naistar
  • Kohji Yamada, Yusuke Saijo, Hirofumi Nakagami, Yoshitaka Takano, “Regulation of sugar transporter activity for antibacterial defense in Arabidopsis,” Science, 24 Nov. 2016, doi:10.1126/science.aah5692
  • Yamada K, Yamashita-Yamada M, Hirase T, Fujiwara T, Tsuda K, Hiruma K, Saijo Y., “Danger peptide receptor signaling in plants ensures basal immunity upon pathogen-induced depletion of BAK1. ,” EMBO J, vol.35, no.1, pp46 -61, 4 Jan. 2016, doi:10.15252/embj.201591807
  • Ross A, Yamada K, Hiruma K, Yamashita-Yamada M, Lu X, Takano Y, Tsuda K, Saijo Y, “The Arabidopsis PEPR pathway couples local and systemic plant immunity,” EMBO J, vol.33, pp62 -75, Jan. 2014, doi:10.1002/embj.201284303
  • Tintor N, Ross A, Kanehara K, Yamada K, Fan L, Kemmerling B, Nürnberger T, Tsuda K, Saijo Y, “Layered pattern receptor signaling via ethylene and endogenous elicitor peptides during Arabidopsis immunity to bacterial infection.,” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, vol.110, pp6211 -6216, 9 Apr. 2013, doi:10.1073/pnas.1216780110
  • Serrano M, Kanehara K, Torres M, Yamada K, Tintor N, Kombrink E, Schulze-Lefert P, Saijo Y, “Repression of sucrose/ultraviolet-B light-induced flavonoid accumulation in microbe-associated molecular pattern-triggered immunity in Arabidopsis,” Plant Physiol, vol.158, pp408 -422, Jan. 2012, doi:10.1104/pp.111.183459
  • Maekawa T, Cheng W, Spiridon LN, Toeller A, Lukasik E, Saijo Y, Liu P, Shen Q-H, Micluta MA, Somssich IE, Takken FLW, Petrescu A-J, Chai J, Schulze-Lefert P, “Coiled-coil domain-dependent homodimerization of intracellular barley immune receptors defines a minimal functional module for triggering cell death.,” Cell Host Microbe, vol.9, pp187 -199, 17 Mar. 2011, doi:10.1016/j.chom.2011.02.008
  • Christensen A, Svensson K, Thelin L, Zhang W, Tintor N, Prins D, Funke N, Michalak M, Schulze-Lefert P, Saijo Y, Sommarin M, Widell S, Persson S, “Higher plant calreticulins have acquired specialized functions in Arabidopsis.,” PLoS one, vol.5, no.e11342, 28 Jun. 2010, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011342
  • Haweker H, Rips S, Koiwa H, Salomon S, Saijo Y, Chinchilla D, Robatzek S, von Schaewen A, “Pattern recognition receptors require N-glycosylation to mediate plant immunity,” J Biol Chem, vol.285, pp4629 -4636, Jan. 2010, doi:10.1074/jbc.M109.063073
  • Saijo Y, Tintor N, Lu X, Rauf P, Pajerowska-Mukhtar K, Haweker H, Dong X, Robatzek S, Schulze-Lefert P, “Receptor quality control in the endoplasmic reticulum for plant innate immunity,” EMBO J, 28, 3439-3449, vol.28, pp3439 -3449, 4 Nov. 2009, doi:10.1038/emboj.2009.263
  • Lu X, Tintor N, Mentzel T, Kombrink E, Boller T, Robatzek S, Schulze-Lefert P, Saijo Y, “Uncoupling of sustained MAMP receptor signaling from early outputs in an Arabidopsis endoplasmic reticulum glucosidase II allele.,” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, vol.106, pp22522 -22527, 22 Oct. 2009, doi:10.1073/pnas.0907711106
  • Zhu D, Maier A, Lee JH, Laubinger S, Saijo Y, Wang H, Qu LJ, Hoecker U, Deng XW, “Biochemical Characterization of Arabidopsis Complexes Containing CONSTITUTIVELY PHOTOMORPHOGENIC1 and SUPPRESSOR OF PHYA Proteins in Light Control of Plant Development,” Plant Cell, vol.20, pp2307 -2323, 23 Sep. 2008, doi:10.1105/tpc.107.056580
  • Saijo Y, Zhu D, Li J, Rubio V, Zhou Z, Shen Y, Hoecker U, Wang H, Deng XW, “Arabidopsis COP1/SPA1 complex and FHY1/FHY3 associate with distinct phosphorylated forms of phytochrome A in balancing light signaling,” Mol Cell, vol.31, pp607 -613, 22 Aug. 2008, doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2008.08.003
  • Shen QH, Saijo Y, Mauch S, Biskup C, Bieri S, Keller B, Seki H, Ulker B, Somssich IE, Schulze-Lefert P, “Nuclear activity of MLA immune receptors links isolate-specific and basal disease-resistance responses,” Science, vol.315, no.5815, pp1098 -1103, 23 Feb. 2007, doi:10.1126/science.1136372
  • Rubio V, Shen Y, Saijo Y, Liu Y, Gusmaroli G, Dinesh-Kumar SP, Deng XW, “An alternative tandem affinity purification strategy applied to Arabidopsis protein complex isolation,” Plant J, vol.41, no.5, pp767 -778, 21 Jan. 2005, doi:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02328.x
  • Boccalandro HE, Rossi MC, Saijo Y, Deng XW, Casal JJ, “Promotion of photomorphogenesis by COP1,” Plant Mol Biol,, vol.56, pp905 -915, 1 Dec. 2004, doi:10.1007/s11103-004-5919-8
  • Yanagawa Y, Sullivan JA, Komatsu S, Gusmaroli G, Suzuki G, Yin J, Ishibashi T, Saijo Y, Rubio V, Kimura S, Wang J, Deng XW, “Arabidopsis COP10 forms a complex with DDB1 and DET1 in vivo and enhances the activity of ubiquitin conjugating enzymes,” Genes Dev, vol.18, pp2127 -2181, 1 Sep. 2004, doi:10.1101/gad.1229504
  • Saijo Y, Sullivan JA, Wang H, Yang J, Shen Y, Rubio V, Ma L, Hoecker U, Deng XW, “The COP1-SPA1 interaction defines a critical step in phytochrome A-mediated regulation of HY5 activity,” Genes Dev, vol.17, pp2642 -2647, 1 Nov. 2003, doi:10.1101/gad.1122903
  • Saijo Y, Kinoshita N, Ishiyama K, Hata S, Kyozuka J, Hayakawa T, Nakamura T, Shimamoto K, Yamaya T, Izui K, “A Ca(2+)-dependent protein kinase that endows rice plants with cold- and salt-stress tolerance functions in vascular bundles,” Plant Cell Physiol, vol.42, pp1228 -1233, 27 Aug. 2001, doi:10.1093/pcp/pce158
  • Saijo Y, Hata S, Kyozuka J, Shimamoto K, Izui K, “Over-expression of a single Ca2+-dependent protein kinase confers both cold and salt/drought tolerance on rice plants,” Plant J, vol.23, pp319 -327, Aug. 2000, doi:10.1046/j.1365-313x.2000.00787.x
  • Saijo Y, Hata S, Sheen J, Izui K, “cDNA cloning and prokaryotic expression of maize calcium-dependent protein kinases.,” Biochim Biophys Acta, vol.1350, pp109 -114, 7 Feb. 1997, doi:10.1016/s0167-4781(96)00207-2

Reviews

  • Kanako Inoue, Natsuki Tsuchida, Yusuke Saijo, “Modulation of plant immunity and biotic interactions under phosphate deficiency,” Journal of plant research , Springer, vol.137, no.3, pp 343 -357 , 2 May. 2024, doi:10.1007/s10265-024-01546-z
  • 足立 旭, 藤 雅子, 木戸 將太, 西條 雄介, “イネにおける低栄養水田適応型の共生微生物叢と共生細菌,” 日本土壌肥料学雑誌 = Japanese journal of soil science and plant nutrition, vol. 94, no.6, pp463 -468 , 2023年12月5日, doi:10.20710/dojo.94.6_463
  • Yusuke Saijo, ” Recognition of Microbe- and Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns by Leucine-Rich Repeat Pattern Recognition Receptor Kinases Confers Salt Tolerance in Plants.,” What’s New in MPMI 【YouTube Webinar( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8Y2SsikFaQ&t=224s )】, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Saijo Y, Loo EP, Yasuda S., “Pattern recognition receptors and signaling in plant-microbe interactions.,” The Plant Jpurnal, vol.93, no.4, pp592 -613, Dec. 2017, doi:10.1111/tpj.13808
  • Yasuda S, Okada K, Saijo Y, ” A look at plant immunity through the window of the multitasking coreceptor BAK1,” Curr Opin Plant Biol, no.38, pp10 -18, 27 Apr. 2017,doi:10.1016/j.pbi.2017.04.007
  • Espinas, N.A, Saze, H, Saijo, Y., “Epigenetic control of defense signaling and priming in plants.,” Frontiers Plant Sci., vol.11, no.7, pp1201, 11 Aug. 2016, doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.01201
  • Tintor N, Saijo Y, “ER-mediated control for abundance, quality, and signaling of transmembrane immune receptors in plants,” Front. Plant Sci, vol.5, no.65, 25 Feb. 2014,doi:10.3389/fpls.2014.00065
  • Yuusuke Saijo, “ER quality control of immune receptors and regulators in plants,” Cell Microbiol, vol.12, pp716 -724, Jun. 2010,doi:10.1111/j.1462-5822.2010.01472.x
  • Saijo Y, Schulze-Lefert P, “Manipulation of the eukaryotic transcriptional machinery by bacterial pathogens,” Cell Host Microbe, vol.4, pp96 -99, 14 Aug. 2008, doi:10.1016/j.chom.2008.07.001
  • Robatzek S, Saijo Y, ” Plant immunity from A to Z,” Genome Biol, vol.9, no.304, 9 Apr. 2008, doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-4-304
  • Shigetaka Yasuda, Yusuke Saijo (2021) Water competition between plants and bacterial pathogens under high humidity, BSJ-Review 12:78 (高湿度環境における植物と病原細菌の水をめぐる攻防、植物科学最前線)
  • Saijo Y.*, Loo E. P. (2019) Plant immunity in signal integration between biotic and abiotic stress responses, New Phytologist 225, 1
  • Fuji M., Shimizu Y., Saijo Y. (2018) Recognition of DAMPs in the control of plant immunity, Agricultural Biotechnology 2, 9 (植物によるDAMPの認識と免疫制御, 月刊「アグリバイオ」)
  • Fuji M. and Yusuke S. (2018) Exploitation of pattern recognition receptors in plants toward the development of sustainable plant protection procedures, Regulation of Plant Growth & Development 53, 1, 43-52 (パターン認識受容体を活用した高持続性の植物防御技術の開発に向けて, 学会誌「植物の生長調節」)
  • Lee, T.-H., Kitagawa, N., Hiruma, K. and Saijo, Y.* (2017) Host immunity-mediated control of endophytic/symbiotic microbes in plants. J. Environ. Biotech. 17(植物免疫システムによる内生・共生微生物の制御 2017, 環境バイオテクノロジー学会誌)
  • 西條 雄介, 山田 晃嗣, “デンジャーシグナル認識にもとづく植物の免疫制御,” 日本植物病理学会報, vol.81, no.4, pp322 -331, 2016年3月17日、https://doi.org/10.3186/jjphytopath.81.322

Book chapters

  • Inokuchi, T. and Saijo, Y.* (2016) Analysis for protein glycosylation of pattern recognition receptors in plants. In Plant Pattern Recognition Recceptors: Methods and Protocols. Libo Shan (Ed). Heidelberg, Springer.
  • Hiruma, K. and Saijo, Y*. (2016) Methods for Long-Term Stable Storage of Colletotrichum Species. In Methods Molecular Biology, Vol. 1398, Paula Duque (Ed): Environmental Responses in Plants, 978-1-4939-3354-9, 316860_1_En, (23)
  • Hiruma, K. and Saijo, Y*. (2016) Plant Inoculation with the Fungal Leaf Pathogen Colletotrichum higginsianum. In Methods Molecular Biology, Vol. 1398, Paula Duque (Ed): Environmental Responses in Plants, 978-1-4939-3354-9, 316860_1_En, (24)
  • Hiruma, K. and Saijo, Y*. (2016) Tracing Plant Defense Responses in Roots upon MAMP/DAMP Treatment. In Methods Molecular Biology, Vol. 1398, Paula Duque (Ed): Environmental Responses in Plants, 978-1-4939-3354-9, 316860_1_En, (25)
  • Saijo, Y. and Reimer-Michalski, E.-M. (2013) Epigenetic control of plant immunity.
    In Epigenetic Memory and Control in Plants. Grafi Gideon and Ohad Nir (Eds). Heidelberg, Springer(Signaling and Communication in Plants Vol. 18) pp 57-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35227-0_4

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