Original articles with peer review, *corresponding authors are marked with an asterisk

  1. 61. Shirasu, M., Fujioka, K., Kakishima, S., Nagai, S., Tomizawa, Y., Tsukaya, H., Murata, J., Manome, Y., and Touhara, K.*
    "Chemical Identity of a Rotting Animal-like Odor Emitted from the inflorescence of the Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum)"
    Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 74, 2550-2554 (2010)
  2. 62. Nagashima, A. and Touhara, K.*
    "Enzymatic conversion of odorants in nasal mucus affects olfactory glomerular activation patterns and odor perception"
    J. Neurosci. 30, 16391-16398 (2010)　
  3. 63. Haga, S., Hattori, T., Sato, T., Sato, K., Matsuda, S., Kobayakawa, R., Sakano, H., Yoshihara, Y., Kikusui, T., and Touhara, K.*
    "The male mouse pheromone ESP1 enhances female sexual receptive behavior through a specific vomeronasal receptor"
    Nature 466, 118-122 (2010)
  4. 64. Iwabu M, Yamauchi T, Okada-Iwabu M, Sato K, Nakagawa T, Funata M, Yamaguchi M, Namiki S, Nakayama R, Tabata M, Ogata H, Kubota N, Takamoto I, Hayashi YK, Yamauchi N, Waki H, Fukayama M, Nishino I, Tokuyama K, Ueki K, Oike Y, Ishii S, Hirose K, Shimizu T, Touhara K,and Kadowaki T.*
    "Adiponectin and AdipoR1 regulate PGC-1alpha and mitochondria by Ca(2+) and AMPK/SIRT1."
    Nature 464, 1313-1319 (2010)
  5. 65. Miura, N., Nakagawa, T., Touhara, K., and Ishikawa, Y.*
    "Broadly and narrowly tuned odorant receptors are involved in female sex pheromone reception in Ostrinia moths"
    Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 40, 64-73 (2010)
  6. 66. Kim, K., Sato, K., Shibuya, M., Zeiger, D.M., Butcher, R.A., Ragains, J.R., Clardy, J., Touhara, K. and Sengupta, P.*
    "Two chemoreceptors mediate the developmental effects of dauer pheromone in C. elegans"
    Science 326, 994-998 (2009)
  7. 67. Oka, Y., Takai, Y., and Touhara, K.*
    "Nasal airflow rate affects the sensitivity and pattern of glomerular odorant responses in the mouse olfactory bulb"
    J. Neurosci. 29, 12070-12078 (2009)
  8. 68. Shirasu, M., Nagai, S., Hayashi, R., Ochiai, A., and Touhara, K.*
    "Dimethyl trisulfide as a characteristic odor associated with fungating cancer wounds"
    Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 73, 2117-2120 (2009)
  9. 69. Tanaka, K., Uda, Y., Ono, Y., Nakagawa, T., Suwa, M., Yamaoka, R., and Touhara, K.*
    "Highly selective tuning of a silkworm olfactory receptor to a key mulberry leaf volatile"
    Current Biology 19, 881-890 (2009)
  10. 70. Miura, N., Nakagawa, T., Tatsuki, S., Touhara, K., and Ishikawa, Y.*
    "A male-specific odorant receptor conserved through the evolution of sex pheromones in Ostrinia moth species"
    Int J Biol Sci. 5, 319-330 (2009)
  11. 71. Yoshikawa, K., and Touhara, K.*
    "Myr-Ric8A enhances Gα15-mediated Ca2+ response of vertebrate olfactory receptors"
    Chem. Senses 15-23 (2009)
  12. 72. Kato, A., Katada, S., and Touhara, K.*
    "Amino acids involved in conformational dynamics and G-protein coupling of an odorant receptor: targeting gain-of-function mutation"
    J. Neurochem. 107, 1261-1270 (2008)
  13. 73. Fukuda, N., Shirasu, M., Sato, K., Ebisui, E., Touhara, K., and Mikoshiba, K.*
    "Decreased olfactory mucus secretion and nasal abnormality in mice lacking type2 and type3 IP3 receptors"
    Eur. J. Neurosci. 27, 2665-2675 (2008)
  14. 74. Sato, K., Pellegrino, M., Nakagawa, T., Nakagawa, T., Vosshall, L.B., and Touhara, K.*
    "Insect olfactory receptors are heteromeric ligand-gated channels"
    Nature 452, 1002-1006 (2008)
  15. 75. Kimoto, H., Sato, K., Nodari, F., Haga, S., Holy, T., and Touhara, K.*
    "Sex- and strain-specific expression and vomeronasal activity of mouse ESP family peptides"
    Current Biology 17, 1879-1884 (2007)
  16. 76. Haga, S., Kimoto, H., and Touhara, K.*
    "Molecular characterization of vomeronasal sensory neurons responding to a male-specific peptide in tear fluid: sexual communication in mice"
    Pure Appl. Chem. 79, 775-783 (2007)
  17. 77. Oka, Y., Katada, S., Omura, M., Suwa, M., Yoshihara, Y. and Touhara, K.*
    "Odorant receptor map in the mouse olfactory bulb: in vivo sensitivity and specificity of receptor-defined glomeruli"
    Neuron 52, 857-869 (2006)
  18. 78. Fukuda, N., and Touhara, K.*
    "Developmental expression patterns of testicular olfactory receptor genes during mouse spermatogenesis"
    Genes to Cells 11, 71-81 (2006)
  19. 79. Kimoto, H., Haga, S., Sato, K., and Touhara, K.*
    "Sex-specific peptides from exocrine glands stimulate mouse vomeronsasal sensory neurons"
    Nature 437, 898-901 (2005)
  20. 80. Nakagawa,T., Sakurai, T., Nishioka, T.*, and Touhara, K.*
    "Insect sex-pheromone signals mediated by specific combinations of olfactory receptors"
    Science 307, 1638-1642 (2005)