Evolutionary origins of bitter taste receptors in jawed vertebrates. (2024) Akihiro Itoigawa, Yasuka Toda, Shigehiro Kuraku, Yoshiro Ishimaru. Curr. Biol., 34:R271-R272

A vertebrate-wide catalogue of T1R receptors reveals diversity in taste perception. (2024) Hidenori Nishihara, Yasuka Toda, Tae Kuramoto, Kota Kamohara, Azusa Goto, Kyoko Hoshino, Shinji Okada, Shigehiro Kuraku, Masataka Okabe, Yoshiro Ishimaru. Nat Ecol Evol., 8:111-120

Expression profiles and functional characterization of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) T2Rs. (2021) Toshiki Shimizu, Takashi Kubozono, Ryota Asaoka, Yasuka Toda, Yoshiro Ishimaru. Biochem. Biophys. Rep., 28:101123 

TMC4 is a novel chloride channel involved in high-concentration salt taste sensation. (2021) Yoichi Kasahara, Masataka Narukawa, Yoshiro Ishimaru, Shinji Kanda, Chie Umatani, Yasunori Takayama, Makoto Tominaga, Yoshitaka Oka, Kaori Kondo, Takashi Kondo, Ayako Takeuchi, Takumi Misaka, Keiko Abe, Tomiko Asakura. J. Physical. Sci., 71:23

Evolution of the primate glutamate taste sensor from a nucleotide sensor. (2021) Yasuka Toda, Takashi Hayakawa, Akihiro Itoigawa, Yosuke Kurihara, Tomoya Nakagita, Masahiro Hayashi, Ryuichi Ashino, Amanda D Melin, Yoshiro Ishimaru, Shoji Kawamura, Hiroo Imai, Takumi Misaka. Curr. Biol., 31:4641-4649

Early origin of sweet perception in the songbird radiation. (2021) Yasuka Toda, Meng-Ching Ko, Qiaoyi Liang, Eliot T Miller, Alejandro Rico-Guevara, Tomoya Nakagita, Ayano Sakakibara, Kana Uemura, Timothy Sackton, Takashi Hayakawa, Simon Yung Wa Sin, Yoshiro Ishimaru, Takumi Misaka, Pablo Oteiza, James Crall, Scott V Edwards, William Buttemer, Shuichi Matsumura, Maude W Baldwin. Science, 373:226-231

Positive/Negative Allosteric Modulation Switching in an Umami Taste Receptor (T1R1/T1R3) by a Natural Flavor Compound, Methional. (2018) Yasuka Toda, Tomoya Nakagita, Takatsugu Hirokawa, Yuki Yamashita, Ayako Nakajima, Masataka Narukawa, Yoshiro Ishimaru, Riichiro Uchida, Takumi Misaka. Sci. Rep., 8:11796

A large increase of sour taste receptor cells in Skn-1-deficient mice does not alter the number of their sour taste signal-transmitting gustatory neurons. (2017) Naohiro Maeda, Masataka Narukawa, Yoshiro Ishimaru, Kurumi Yamamoto, Takumi Misaka, Keiko Abe. Neurosci. Lett. 648:53-58

Olfactory receptor accessory proteins play crucial roles in receptor function and gene choice. (2017) Ruchira Sharma, Yoshiro Ishimaru, Ian Davison, Kentaro Ikegami, Ming-Shan Chien, Helena You, Quiyi Chi, Momoka Kubota, Masafumi Yohda, Michael Ehlers, Hiroaki Matsunami. Elife 6:e21895

Expanding frontiers in weight-control research explored by young investigators. (2017) Yoshiro Ishimaru, Chisayo Kozuka, Kenichiro Nakajima, Tsutomu Sasaki. J. Physiol. 67:83-95

Catecholamines Facilitate Fuel Expenditure and Protect Against Obesity via a Novel Network of the Gut-Brain Axis in Transcription Factor Skn-1-deficient Mice. (2016) Shota Ushiama, Yoshiro Ishimaru, Masataka Narukawa, Misako Yoshioka, Chisayo Kozuka, Naoki Watanabe, Makoto Tsunoda, Naomi Osakabe, Tomiko Asakura, Hiroaki Masuzaki, Keiko Abe. EBioMedicine 8:60-71

Expression of serotonin receptor genes in cranial ganglia. (2016) Naohiro Maeda, Makoto Ohmoto, Kurumi Yamamoto, Azusa Kurokawa, Masataka Narukawa, Yoshiro Ishimaru, Takumi Misaka, Ichiro Matsumoto, Keiko Abe. Neurosci. Lett. 617:46-51

Molecular mechanisms underlying the reception and transmission of sour taste information. (2015) Yoshiro Ishimaru. Bioscience. Biotech. Biochem. 79:171-176