Homma, K., Fujisawa, T., Tsuburaya, N., Yamaguchi, N., Kadowaki, H., Takeda, K., Nishitoh, H.,  Matsuzawa, A., Naguro, I., and Ichijo, H.
SOD1 as a molecular switch for initiating the homeostatic ER stress response under zinc deficiency.
Mol. Cell, 52, 75-86 (2013).

  Puckett M.C.,Goldman, E.H., Cockrell, L.M., Huang, B., Kasinski, A.L., Du, Y., Wang, C.Y., Lin, A., Ichijo, H., Khuri, F. and Fu, H.
Integration of the Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1-mediated stress signaling with the Akt/PKB-IκB kinase cascade.
Mol.Cell. Biol. , 33, 2252-2259 (2013).

  Yamaguchi, K., Takeda, K., Kadowaki, H., Ueda, I., Namba, Y., Ouchi, Y. Nishitoh, H. and Ichijo, H.
Involvement of ASK1-p38 pathway in the pathogenesis of diabetes triggered by pancreatic ß cell exhaustion.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1830, 3656-3663 (2013).

  Katome, T., Namekata, K., Guo, X., Semba, K., Kittaka, D., Kawamura, K., Kimura, A., Harada, C., Ichijo, H., Mitamura, Y. and Harada, T.
Inhibition of ASK1-p38 pathway prevents neural cell death following optic nerve injury.
Cell Death Differ., 20, 270-280 (2013).

  Takada, E., Furuhata, M., Nakae, S., Ichijo, H., Sudo, K. and Mizuguchi, J.
Requirement of apoptosis-inducing kinase 1 for the induction of bronchial asthma following stimulation with ovalbumin.
Int. Arch. Allergy Immunol., 162, 104-114 (2013).

  Tasaki, T., *Yamada, S., Guo, X., Tanimoto, A., Wang, K-T., Nabeshima, A., Kitada, S., Noguchi H., Kimura, S., Shimajiri, S., Kohno, K., Ichijo, H. and Sasaguri, Y.
Apoptosis Signal-regulating Kinase 1 deficiency attenuates vascular injury-induced neointimal hyperplasia by suppressing apoptosis In smooth muscle cells.
Am. J. Pathol., 182, 597-609 (2013).

  Toyama, K., Koibuchi, N., Uekawa, K., Hasegawa, Y., Kataoka, K., Katayama, T., Sueta, D., Jie Ma, M., Nakagawa, T., Yasuda, O., Tomimoto, H. and Ichijo, H.
Ogawa, H. and Kim-Mitsuyama, S. Apoptosis Signal-regulating Kinase 1 is a novel target molecule for cognitive impairment induced by chronic cerebral hypoperfusion. Artenoscier.
Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol., 34,616-625 (2014).

Review articles

  Shiizaki, S., Naguro, I. and Ichijo, H.
Activation mechanisms of ASK1 in response to various stresses and its significance in intracellular signaling.
Adv. Biol. Regul., (review article), 53, 135-144 (2013).