受賞 Award and Prize
Zoological Science Award (1988, 1998)
日本動物学会賞Prize of the Zoological Society of Japan (1993)

 

代表的論文
・Yazawa, T., Nakayama, Y., Fujimoto, K., Matsuda, Y., Abe, K., Kitano, T., Abe, S.-I. and Yamamoto, T.
Abnormal Spermatogenesis at Low Temperatures in the Japanese Red-bellied Newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster: Possible Biological Significance of the Cessation of Spermatocytogenesis Mol Reprod Dev. 2003, 66, 60-66.


・Abe K., Jin, Y., Yamamoto, T. and Abe S.-I.
Human Recombinant Stem Cell Factor Promotes Spermatogonial Proliferation, but Not Meiosis Initiation in Organ Culture of Newt Testis Fragments. Biochim. Biophys. Res. Comm. 2002, 294, 695-699.


・Fujimoto, K., Yamamoto, T., Kitano, T. and Abe S.-I.
Promotion of Cathepsin L Activity in Newt Spermatogonial Apoptosis Induced by Prolactin. FEBS, 2002, 521, 43-46.


・Yazawa, T., Yamamoto, T., Jin, Y. and Abe, S.-I.
Follicle-Stimulating Hormone is Indispensable for the Last Spermatogonial Mitosis Preceding Meiosis Initiation in Newts (Cynops pyrrhogaster) ..Biol. Reprod., 2002, 66, 14-20.


・Yamamoto, T., Nakayama, Y. and Abe S.-I. (2001)
Mammalian Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF-I) Up-regulate IGF-I Gene Expression in Organ Culture of Newt Testis; Molecular cloning and gene expression of newt IGF-I and IGF-I receptor. Mol. Repr. Dev., 60, 56-64.


・ Kitano, T., Takamune, K., Nagahama, Y. and Abe, S.-I. (2001)
Role of P450 aromatase in gonadal sex differentiation in Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus). Environ. Sci. 8, 001-011.


・ Yazawa, T., Fujimoto, K., Yamamoto, T. and Ab, S.-I. (2001)
Caspase Activity in Newt Spermatogonial Apoptosis Induced by Prolactin and Cycloheximide Mol. Repr. Dev., 59, 209-214.


・Yazawa, T., Yamamoto, T. and Abe, S.-I.
Prolactin Induces Apoptosis in the Penultimate Spermatogonial Stage of the Testes in Japanese Red-Bellied Newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster). Endocrinology, 2000, 141, 2027-2032.


・Yazawa, T., Yamamoto, T., Nakayama, Y., Hamada, S. and Abe, S.-I. (2000)
Conversion from mitosis to meiosis: morphology and expression of PCNA and DMC 1 during newt spermatogenesis. Dev. Growth & Differ., 42, 603-611.


・ Kitano, T., Takamune, K., Nagahama, Y., and Abe, S.-I. (2000)
Aromatase inhibitor and 17α-methyltestosterone cause sex-reversesal from genetical females to phenotypic males and suppression of P450 aromatase(P450arom)gene expressin in Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus). Mol. Repr. Dev., 56, 1-5.


・Kitano, T., Takamune, T., Kobayashi, T., Nagahama, Y. and Abe, S.-I. (1999)
Suppression of P450 aromatase gene expression in sex-reversed males produced by rearing genetically female larvae at a high water temperature during a period of sex differentiation in the Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus). J. Mol. Endocr.,23,pp.167-176


・Yazawa, T., Yamamoto, K., Kikuyama, S., and Abe, S.-I. (1999)
Elevation of Plasma Prolactin Concentrations by Low Temperature is the Cause of Spermatogonial Cell Death in the Newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster. Gen. Comp. Endocr., 113, 302-311.


・Ito, R. and Ab, S.-I. (1999)
FSH-initiated differentiation of newt spermatogonia to primary spermatocytes in germ-somatic cell reaggregates cultured within a collagen matrix. Int. J. Dev. Biol., 43: 111-116.


・Nakayama, Y., Yamamoto, T. and Abe, S.-I.
IGF-I, IGF-II and insulin promote differentiation of spermatogonia toprimary spermatocytes in organ culture of newt testes. Int. J. Dev. Biol.,1999, 43, 343-347.


・Abe, S. -I. and Ji, Z. -S.
Initiation and stimulation of spermatogenesis in vitro by mammalian follicle-stimulating hormone in the Japanese newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster. Int. J. Dev. Biol.., 1994, 38, 201-208.


・Ji,, Z. -S., Kubokawa, K., Ishii, S. and Abe, S. -I.
Differentiation of secondary spermatogonia to primary spermatocytes by mammalian follicle-stimulating hormone in organ culture of testes fragments from the newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster. Develop., Growth and Differ., 1992, 34 (6), 649-660.


・Abe, S. -I.
Differentiation of spermatogenic cells from vertebrates in vitro. Int. Rev. Cytol. 1987, 109, 159-209.