Takeda, K., Matsuzawa, A., Nishitoh, H., Tobiume, K., Kishida, S., Ninomiya,T., Tsuji, J., Matsumoto, K., and Ichijo, H.
Involvement of ASK1 in Ca2+-induced p38 MAP kinase activation.
EMBO Rep., 5, 161-166 (2004).

  Kaneto, H., Nakatani, Y., Miyatsuka, T., Kawamori, D., Matsuoka, T.A., Matsuhisa, M., Kajimoto, Y., Ichijo, H., Yamasaki, Y. and Hori, M.
Possible novel therapy for diabetes with cell-permeable JNK-inhibitory peptide.
Nat. Med., 10, 1128-1132 (2004).

  Yamaguchi, O., Watanabe, T., Nishida, K., Kashiwase, K., Higuchi, Y., Takeda, T., Hikoso, S., Hirotani, S., Asahi, M., Taniike, M., Nakai, A., Tsujimoto, I., Matsumura, Y., Miyazaki, J., Chien, K.R., Matsuzawa, A.,
Sadamitsu, C., Ichijo, H., Baccarini, M., Hori1, M. and Otsu, K.
Cardiac-specific Disruption of c-raf-1 Gene Induces Cardiac Dysfunction and Apoptosis.
J. Clin. Invest., 114, 937-943 (2004).

  Huang, S., Shu, L., Easton, J., Harwood, F. C., Germain, G. S., Ichijo, H. andHoughton, P. J.
Inhibition of Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Activates Apoptosis Signal-Regulating Kinase 1 Signaling by Suppressing Protein Phosphatase 5 Activity.
J. Biol. Chem., 279, 36490-36496 (2004).

  Omura, T., Yoshiyama, M., Kim, S., Matsumoto, R., Nakamura, Y., Izumi, Y., Ichijo, H., Sudo, T., Akioka, K., Iwao, H., Takeuchi, K. and Yoshikawa, J.
Involvement of Apoptosis Signal-Regulating Kinase-1 on Angiotensin II-Induced Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Expression.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol., 24, 1-6 (2004).

  Subramanian RR, Zhang H, Wang H, Ichijo H, Miyashita T, Fu H.
Interaction of apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 with isoforms of 14-3-3 proteins.
Exp Cell Res., 294, 581-91 (2004).

Review articles

  Matsukawa, J., Matsuzawa, A., Takeda, K. and Ichijo, H.
Functions of MAP Kinase cascades: The ASK1-MAP Kinase cascades in mammalian stress response.
J. Biochem., (review article), 136, 261-265 (2004).

  Naguro, I., Adachi-Akahane, S. and Ichijo, H.   Calcium signaling via voltage-dependent L-type Ca2+ channels.
Signal Transduction, (review article), 4, 195-205 (2004).

  Kadowaki, H., Nishitoh, H. and Ichijo, H.  Survival and apoptosis signals in ER stress: the role of protein kinases.
J. Chem. Neuroanat., (review article), 28, 93-100 (2004).