2020
Kuan JW*, Su AT, Tay SP, Fong IL, Kubota S,
Su'ut L, Osato M, Sashida G. Low prevalence of the BCR-ABL1 fusion gene in a normal population in southern Sarawak. Int J Hematol 2020; 111(2): 217-224.
Balogh P, Adelman ER, Pluvinage JV,
Capaldo BJ, Freeman KC, Singh S, Elagib KE, Nakamura Y, Kurita R, Sashida G, Zunder ER, Li H, Gru AA, Price EA, Schrier
SL, Weissman IL, Figueroa ME, Pang WW, Goldfarb AN. RUNX3 levels in human hematopoietic progenitors are regulated by aging and dictate erythroid-myeloid
balance. Haematologica 2020; 105(4): 905-913.
2019
Hayashi Y, Goyama S, Liu X, Tamura M, Asada S, Tanaka Y, Fukuyama T, Wunderlich M, O'Brien E, Mizukawa B, Yamazaki S, Matsumoto A, Yamasaki S, Shibata T, Matsuda K, Sashida G, Takizawa H, Kitamura T. Antitumor immunity augments the therapeutic effects of p53 activation on acute myeloid leukemia. Nature Commun 2019; 10: 4869.
Tenjin Y, Kudoh S, Kubota S, Yamada T, Matsuo A, Sato Y, Ichimura T, Kohrogi H, Sashida G, Sakagami T, Ito T. Ascl1-induced Wnt11 regulates neuroendocrine differentiation, cell proliferation, and E-cadherin expression in small-cell lung cancer and Wnt11 regulates small-cell lung cancer biology. Lab Invest 2019; 99. 1622-1635.
Kubota S, Tokunaga K, Umezu T, Yokomizo-Nakano T, Sun Y, Oshima M, Tan KT, Yang H, Kanai A, Iwanaga E, Asou N, Maeda T, Nakagata N, Iwama A, Ohyashiki K, Osato M, Sashida G. Lineage-specific RUNX2 super-enhancer activates MYC and promotes the development of blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm. Nature Commun 2019; 10: 1653.
2018
Wang C, Oshima M, Sato D, Matsui H, Kubota S, Aoyama K, Nakajima-Takagi Y, Koide S, Matsubayashi J, Mochizuki-Kashio M, Nakano-Yokomizo T, Bai J, Nagao T, Kanai A, Iwama A, Sashida G. Ezh2 loss promotes transformation of early T-cell precursors by propagating pathogenic DNA hyper-methylation at T-cell developmental regulator genes. J Clin Invest 2018; 128(9): 3872-86.
Hayashi Y, Zhang Y, Yokota A, Yan X, Liu J, Choi K, Li B, Sashida G, Peng Y, Xu Z, Huang R, Zhang L, Freudiger G, Wang J, Dong Y, Zhou Y, Wang J, Wu LY, Bu J, Chen A, Zhao X, Sun X, Chetal K, Olsson A, Watanabe M, Romick-Rosendale L, Harada H, Shih LY, Tse W, Bridges J, Caligiuri M, Huang T, Zheng Y, Witte D, Wang Q, Qu CK, Salomonis N, Grimes L, Nimer S, Xiao Z, Huang G. Pathobiologic Pseudohypoxia as a Putative Mechanism Underlying Myelodysplastic Syndromes. Cancer Discovery 2018.
Aoyama K, Oshima M, Koide S, Suzuki E, Mochizuki-Kashio M, Kato Y, Tara S, Shinoda D, Hiura N, Nakajima-Takagi Y, Sashida G, Iwama A. Ezh1 Targets Bivalent Genes to Maintain Self-Renewing Stem Cells in Ezh2-Insufficient Myelodysplastic Syndrome. iScience 2018; 9: 161-174.
2017
Sashida G, Iwama A. Multifaceted role of the polycomb-group gene EZH2 in hematological malignancies. Int J Hematol. 2017; 105(1): 23-30 [Review]
Hasegawa N, Oshima M, Sashida G, Matsui H, Koide S, Saraya A, Wang C, Muto T, Takane K, Kaneda A, Shimoda K, Nakaseko C, Yokote K, Iwama A. Impact of combinatorial dysfunctions of Tet2 and Ezh2 on the epigenome in the pathogenesis of myelodysplastic syndrome. Leukemia 2017; 31(4): 861-871.
2016
Sashida G#, Wang C, Tomioka T, Oshima M, Aoyama K, Kanai A, Mochizuki-Kashio M, Harada H, Shimoda K, Iwama A#. The loss of Ezh2 drives the pathogenesis of myelofibrosis and sensitizes tumor-initiating cells to bromodomain inhibition. J Exp Med. 2016; 213(8): 1459-77 #corresponding authors
Kanda M, Nagai T, Takahashi T, Liu ML, Kondou N, Naito AT, Akazawa H, Sashida G, Iwama A, Komuro I, Kobayashi Y. Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Enhances Endogenous Cardiomyocyte Regeneration after Myocardial Infarction. PLoS One. 2016; 11(5): e0156562.
2015
Kameda T, Shide K, Yamaji T, Kamiunten A, Sekine M, Hidaka T, Kubuki Y, Sashida G, Aoyama K, Yoshimitsu M, Abe H, Miike T, Iwakiri H, Tahara Y, Yamamoto S, Hasuike S, Nagata K, Iwama A, Kitanaka A, Shimoda K. Gene expression profiling of loss of TET2 and/or JAK2V617F mutant hematopoietic stem cells from mouse models of myeloproliferative neoplasms. Genom Data. 2015; 4: 102-8.
Mochizuki-Kashio M, Aoyama K, Sashida G, Oshima M, Tomioka T, Muto T, Wang C, Iwama A. Ezh2 loss in hematopoietic stem cells predisposes mice to develop heterogeneous malignancies in an Ezh1-depenedent manner. Blood 2015; 126(10): 1172-83.
Wang C, Oshima M, Sashida G, Tomioka T, Hasegawa N, Mochizuki-Kashio M, Nakajima-Takagi Y, Kusunoki Y, Kyoizumi S, Imai K, Nakachi K, Iwama A. Non-Lethal Ionizing Radiation Promotes Aging-Like Phenotypic Changes of Human Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells in Humanized Mice. PLoS One. 2015; 10(7): e0132041.
Kameda T, Shide K, Yamaji T, Kamiunten A, Sekine M, Taniguchi Y, Hidaka T, Kubuki Y, Shimoda H, Marutsuka K, Sashida G, Aoyama K, Yoshimitsu M, Harada T, Abe H, Miike T, Iwakiri H, Tahara Y, Sueta M, Yamamoto S, Hasuike S, Nagata K, Iwama A, Kitanaka A, Shimoda K. Loss-of-TET2 has dual roles in murine myeloproliferative neoplasms: disease sustainer and disease accelerator. Blood 2015; 125(2): 304-15.
Muto T, Sashida G, Hasegawa N, Nakaseko C, Yokote K, Shimoda K, Iwama A. MDS with extramedullary erythroid hyperplasia induced by loss of Tet2 in mice. Leuk Lymphoma. 2015 Feb;56(2):520-3.
2014
Mishima Y, Wang C, Miyagi S, Saraya A, Hosokawa H, Mochizuki-Kashio M, Nakajima-Takagi Y, Koide S, Negishi M, Sashida G, Naito T, Ishikura T, Onodera A, Nakayama T, Tenen DG, Yamaguchi N, Koseki H, Taniuchi I, Iwama A. Histone acetylation mediated by Brd1 is crucial for Cd8 gene activation during early thymocyte development. Nature Commun. 2014; 5: 5872.
Sashida G#, Harada H, Matsui H, Oshima M, Yui M, Harada Y, Tanaka S, Mochizuki-Kashio M, Wang C, Saraya A, Muto T, Hayashi Y, Suzuki K, Nakajima H, Inaba T, Koseki H, Huang G, Kitamura T, Iwama A#. Ezh2 loss promotes development of myelodysplastic syndrome but attenuates its predisposition to leukaemic transformation. Nature Commun. 2014; 5: 4177. #corresponding authors
Wang C, Sashida G, Saraya A, Ishiga R, Koide S, Oshima M, Isono K, Koseki H, Iwama A. Depletion of Sf3b1 impairs proliferative capacity of hematopoietic stem cells but is not sufficient to induce myelodysplasia. Blood. 2014; 123(21): 3336-43.
2013
Harada Y, Inoue D, Ding Y, Imagawa J, Doki N, Matsui H, Yahata T, Matsushita H, Ando K, Sashida G, Iwama A, Kitamura T, Harada H. RUNX1/AML1 mutant collaborates with BMI1 overexpression in the development of human and murine myelodysplastic syndromes. Blood. 2013; 121(17): 3434-46.
Muto T#, Sashida G#, Oshima M#, Wendt GR, Mochizuki-Kashio M, Nagata Y, Sanada M, Miyagi S, Saraya A, Kamio A, Nagae G, Nakaseko C, Yokote K, Shimoda K, Koseki H, Suzuki Y, Sugano S, Aburatani H, Ogawa S, Iwama A. Concurrent loss of Ezh2 and Tet2 cooperates in the pathogenesis of myelodysplastic disorders. J Exp Med. 2013; 210(12): 2627-39. #equal contribution
2012
Zhang Y#, Yan X#, Sashida G#, Zhao X, Rao Y, Goyama S, Whitman SP, Zorko N, Bernot K, Conway RM, Witte D, Wang QF, Tenen DG, Xiao Z, Marcucci G, Mulloy JC, Grimes HL, Caligiuri MA, Huang G. Stress hematopoiesis reveals abnormal control of self-renewal, lineage bias, and myeloid differentiation in Mll partial tandem duplication (Mll-PTD) hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells. Blood. 2012; 120(5): 1118-29. #equal contribution
Tanaka S, Miyagi S, Sashida G, Chiba T, Yuan J, Mochizuki-Kashio M, Suzuki Y, Sugano S, Nakaseko C, Yokote K, Koseki H, Iwama A. Ezh2 augments leukemogenicity by reinforcing differentiation blockage in acute myeloid leukemia. Blood. 2012; 120(5): 1107-17.
Liu Y, Liu F, Yu H, Zhao X, Sashida G, Deblasio A, Harr M, She QB, Chen Z, Lin HK, Di Giandomenico S, Elf SE, Yang Y, Miyata Y, Huang G, Menendez S, Mellinghoff IK, Rosen N, Pandolfi PP, Hedvat CV, Nimer SD. Akt phosphorylates the transcriptional repressor bmi1 to block its effects on the tumor-suppressing ink4a-arf locus. Science Signal. 2012; 5(247): ra77.
Sashida G, Iwama A. Epigenetic regulation of hematopoiesis. Int J Hematol. 2012;
96(4):405-12. [Review]
2011
Sashida G, Bae N, Di Giandomenico S, Asai T, Gurvich N, Bazzoli E, Liu Y, Huang G, Zhao X, Menendez S, Nimer SD. The Mef/Elf4 transcription factor finetunes the DNA damage response. Cancer Res. 2011; 71(14): 4857-65.
Huang G, Zhao X, Wang L, Elf S, Xu H, Zhao X, Sashida G, Zhang Y, Liu Y, Lee J, Menendez S, Yang Y, Yan X, Zhang P, Tenen DG, Osato M, Hsieh JJ, Nimer SD. The ability of MLL to bind RUNX1 and methylate H3K4 at PU.1 regulatory regions is impaired by MDS/AML-associated RUNX1/AML1 mutations. Blood. 2011; 118(25): 6544-52.
2010
Miyata Y, Liu Y, Jankovic V, Sashida G, Lee JM, Shieh JH, Naoe T, Moore M, Nimer SD. Cyclin C regulates human hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell quiescence. Stem Cells. 2010; 28(2): 308-317.
Sashida G, Bazzoli E, Menendez S, Liu Y, Nimer SD. The oncogenic role of the ETS transcription factors MEF and ERG. Cell Cycle. 2010; 9(17): 3457-9. [Review]
2000-2009
Sashida G, Liu Y, Elf S, Miyata Y, Ohyashiki K, Izumi M, Menendez S, Nimer SD. ELF4/MEF activates MDM2 expression and blocks oncogene-induced p16 activation to promote transformation. Mol Cell Biol. 2009; 29(13): 3687-99.
Liu Y, Elf SE, Miyata Y, Sashida G, Liu Y, Huang G, Di Giandomenico S, Lee JM, Deblasio A, Menendez S, Antipin J, Reva B, Koff A, Nimer SD. p53 regulates hematopoietic stem cell quiescence. Cell Stem Cell. 2009; 4(1): 37-48.
Ishii Y, Hsiao HH, Sashida G, Ito Y, Miyazawa K, Kodama A, Ohyashiki JH, Ohyashiki K. Derivative (1;7)(q10;p10) in multiple myeloma. A sign of therapy-related hidden myelodysplastic syndrome. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2006; 167: 131-137.
Tauchi T, Shin-Ya K, Sashida G, Sumi M, Okabe S, Ohyashiki JH, Ohyashiki K. Telomerase inhibition with a novel G-quadruplex-interactive agent, telomestatin: in vitro and in vivo studies in acute leukemia. Oncogene. 2006; 25: 5719-5725.
Hsiao HH, Sashida G, Ito Y, Kodama A, Fukutake K, Ohyashiki JH, Ohyashiki K. Additional cytogenetic changes and previous genotoxic exposure predict unfavorable prognosis in myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia with der(1;7)(q10;p10). Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2006; 165: 161-6.
Hsiao HH, Ito Y, Sashida G, Ohyashiki JH, Ohyashiki K. De novo appearance of der(1;7)(q10;p10) is associated with leukemic transformation and unfavorable prognosis in essential thrombocythemia. Leuk Res. 2005; 29(11): 1247-1252.
Sashida G, Ohyashiki JH, Nakajima A, Sumi M, Kawakubo K, Tauchi T, Ohyashiki K. Telomere dynamics in myelodysplastic syndrome determined by telomere measurement of marrow metaphases. Clin Cancer Res. 2003; 9: 1489-1496.
Sashida G, Takaku TI, Shoji N, Nishimaki J, Ito Y, Miyazawa K, Kimura Y, Ohyashiki JH, Ohyashiki K. Clinico-hematologic features of myelodysplastic syndrome presenting as isolated thrombocytopenia: an entity with a relatively favorable prognosis. Leuk Lymphoma. 2003; 44: 653-658.
Nakajima A, Tauchi T, Sashida G, Sumi M, Abe K, Yamamoto K, Ohyashiki JH, Ohyashiki K. Telomerase inhibition enhances apoptosis in human acute leukemia cells: possibility of antitelomerase therapy. Leukemia. 2003; 17: 560-567.
Sashida G, Ohyashiki JH, Ito Y, Ohyashiki K. Monoclonal constitution of neutrophils detected by PCR-based human androgen receptor gene assay in a subset of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura patients. Leuk Res. 2002; 26: 825-830.
Tauchi T, Nakajima A, Sashida G, Shimamoto T, Ohyashiki JH, Abe K, Yamamoto K, Ohyashiki K. Inhibition of human telomerase enhances the effect of the tyrosine kinase Inhibitor, imatinib, in BCR-ABL-positive leukemia cells. Clin Cancer Res. 2002; 8: 3341-3347.
Ohyashiki JH, Sashida G, Tauchi T, Ohyashiki K. Telomeres and telomerase in hematologic neoplasia. Oncogene. 2002; 21: 680-687. [Review]
Sashida G, Tauchi T, Katagiri T, Kuriya S, Ohyashiki K. Transformation of severe aplastic anemia into myelodysplastic syndrome with monosomy 7: monoclonal origin detected by HUMARA gene analysis during the aplastic anemia phase. Haematologica. 2000; 85: 665-666.
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