Matsuzawa, A., Saegusa, K., Noguchi, T., Sadamitsu, C., Nishitoh, H., Nagai, S., Koyasu, S., Matsumoto, K., Takeda, K. and Ichijo, H.
ROS-dependent activation of TRAF6-ASK1-p38 pathway is selectively required for TLR-4 mediated innate immunity.
Nat. Immunol., 6, 587-592 (2005).

  Noguchi, T., Takeda, K., Matsuzawa, A., Saegusa, K., Nakano, H., Gohda, J., Inoue, J. and Ichijo, H.
Recruitment of TRAF family proteins to the ASK1 signalosome is essential for oxidative stress-induced cell death.
J. Biol. Chem., 280, 37033-37040 (2005).

 
Junn, E., Taniguchi, H., Jeong, B.S., Zhao, X., Ichijo, H. and Mouradian, M.,M.
Interaction of DJ-1 with Daxx inhibits ASK1 activity and cell death.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 102, 9691-9696 (2005).

  Kadowaki, H., Nishitoh, H., Urano, F., Sadamitsu, C., Matsuzawa, A., Takeda, K., Masutani, H., Yodoi, J., Urano, Y., Nagano, T. and Ichijo, H.
Amyloid b induces neuronal cell death through ROS-mediated ASK1 activation.
Cell Death Differ., 12, 19-24 (2005).

  Dersch, K., Ichijo, H., Bhakdi, S. and Husmann, M.
Fatty acids liberated from low density lipoprotein trigger endothelial apoptosis via mitogen activated protein kinases.
Cell Death Differ., 12, 1107-1114 (2005).

  Bijangi-Vishehsaraei, K., Saadatzadeh, M.R., Werne, A., McKenzie, K.A., Kapur, R., Ichijo,H. and Haneline, L.S.
Enhanced TNF-α induced apoptosis in fanconi anemia type C deficient cells is dependent on Apoptosis Signal-regulating Kinase 1.
Blood, 106, 4124-4130 (2005).

  Izumi, Y., Kim-Mitsuyama, S., Yoshiyama, M., Omura, T., Shiota, M., Matsuzawa, A., Yukimura, T., Murohara, T., Takeya, M., Ichijo, H., Yoshikawa, J. and Iwao, H.
Important Role of Apoptosis Signal-Regulating Kinase 1 in Ischemia-induced Angiogenesis.
Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol., 25, 1877-1883 (2005).

  Kumasawa, F., Hashimoto, S., Onose, A., Jibiki, I. , Mizumura, K., Matsumoto, M., Maruoka, S., Gon, Y., Kobayashi, T., Takahashi, N., Ichijo, H. and Horie, T.
Apoptosis signal- regulating kinase 1 in leukotriene D(4)-induced activator protein-1 in airway smooth muscle cells.
Eur. J. Pharmacol., 517, 11-16 (2005).

  Sayama, K., Komatsuzawa, H., Yamasaki, K., Shirakata, Y., Hanakawa, Y., Ouhara, K., Tokumaru, S., Dai, X., Tohyama, M., ten Dijke, P., Sugai, M., Ichijo, H. and Hashimoto, K.
New mechanisms of skin innate immunity: ASK1-mediated keratinocyte differentiation regulates the expression of b-defensins, LL37, and TLR2.
Eur. J. Immunol., 35, 1886-1895 (2005).

  Watanabe, T., Otsu, K., Takeda, T., Yamaguchi, O., Hikoso, S., Kashiwase, K., Higuchi, Y., Taniike, M., Nakai, A., Matsumura, Y., Nishida, K., Ichijo, H. and Hori, M.
Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 is involved not only in apoptosis but also in non-apoptotic cardiomyocyte death.
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 333, 562-567 (2005).

  Omura, T., Yoshiyama, M., Matsumoto, R., Kusuyama, T., Enomoto, S., Nishiya, D., Izumi, Y., Kim, S., Ichijo, H., Motojima, M., Akioka, K., Iwao, H., Takeuchi, K. and Yoshikawa, J.
Role of c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase in G-protein-coupled receptor agonist-induced cardiac plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 expression.
J. Mol. Cell Cardiol., 38, 583-592 (2005).

Review article

  Matsuzawa, A. and Ichijo, H.  Stress-responsive protein kinases in redox-regulated apoptosis signaling.
Antioxid. Redox Signal, (review article), 7, 472-481 (2005).