Tanizaki Laboratory, Molecular Physiology & Morphogenesis
Research Achievements
Publications
2025
2024
2023
- Tanizaki Y, Wang S, Zhang H, Shibata Y, Shi YB. Liver development during Xenopus tropicalis metamorphosis is controlled by T3-activation of WNT signaling. iScience. 2023 Feb 28;26(4):106301.
- Wang S, Shibata Y, Fu L, Tanizaki Y, Luu N, Bao L, Peng Z, Shi YB. Thyroid hormone receptor knockout prevents the loss of Xenopus tail regeneration capacity at metamorphic climax. Cell Biosci. 2023 Feb 23;13(1):40.
- Wang S, Shibata Y, Tanizaki Y, Zhang H, Yan W, Fu L, Shi YB. Comparative Analysis of Transcriptome Profiles Reveals Distinct and Organ-Dependent Genomic and Nongenomic Actions of Thyroid Hormone in Xenopus tropicalis Tadpoles. Thyroid. 2023 Apr;33(4):511-522.
- Tanizaki Y, Zhang H, Shibata Y, Shi YB. Organ-specific effects on target binding due to knockout of thyroid hormone receptor α during Xenopus metamorphosis. Dev Growth Differ. 2023 Jan;65(1):23-28.
2022
- Tanizaki Y, Shibata Y, Zhang H, Shi YB. Thyroid Hormone Receptor α Controls the Hind Limb Metamorphosis by Regulating Cell Proliferation and Wnt Signaling Pathways in Xenopus tropicalis. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jan 22;23(3):1223.
- Tanizaki Y, Zhang H, Shibata Y, Shi YB. Thyroid hormone receptor α controls larval intestinal epithelial cell death by regulating the CDK1 pathway. Commun Biol. 2022 Feb 7;5(1):112
- Fu L, Crawford L, Tong A, Luu N, Tanizaki Y, Shi YB. Sperm associated antigen 7 is activated by T3 during Xenopus tropicalis metamorphosis via a thyroid hormone response element within the first intron. Dev Growth Differ. 2022 Jan;64(1):48-58.
2021
- Shibata Y, Tanizaki Y, Zhang H, Lee H, Dasso M, Shi YB. Thyroid Hormone Receptor Is Essential for Larval Epithelial Apoptosis and Adult Epithelial Stem Cell Development but Not Adult Intestinal Morphogenesis during Xenopus tropicalis Metamorphosis. Cells. 2021 Mar 3;10(3):536.
- Tanizaki Y, Bao L, Shi B, Shi YB. A Role of Endogenous Histone Acetyltransferase Steroid Hormone Receptor Coactivator 3 in Thyroid Hormone Signaling During Xenopus Intestinal Metamorphosis. Thyroid. 2021 Apr;31(4):692-702.
- Tanizaki Y, Shibata Y, Zhang H, Shi YB. Analysis of Thyroid Hormone Receptor α-Knockout Tadpoles Reveals That the Activation of Cell Cycle Program Is Involved in Thyroid Hormone-Induced Larval Epithelial Cell Death and Adult Intestinal Stem Cell Development During Xenopus tropicalis Metamorphosis. Thyroid. 2021 Jan;31(1):128-142.
Awards
- The University of Tokyo Excellent Young Researcher (Tokubetsu Kenkyuin), Nov 2024
- Young Investigator Award, Japan Society for Comparative Endocrinology, Nov 2023
- NICHD Early Career Award, NIH, Apr 2022
- American Thyroid Association Trainees' Grant, Jul 2019
- American Thyroid Association Trainees' Grant, Jul 2018
- JSH Travel Award for EHA (European Hematology Association), Oct 2016
- Travel Award, 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, Dec 2010
Invited Talks & Seminars
- Yuta Tanizaki. Thyroid hormone-dependent regulation of iron metabolism revealed by Xenopus tropicalis. The 96th Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan, Symposium 15 “Amphibians are Wonderland 8”, Port Messe Nagoya, Aichi, Sep 2025
- Yuta Tanizaki. Dynamics of hematopoietic niches in Xenopus. The 96th Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan, Symposium 15 “Imaging the Interaction between Life and Environment”, Port Messe Nagoya, Aichi, Sep 2025
- Yuta Tanizaki. The role of thyroid hormone in tissue/organ development during post embryonic development. The 67th Annual Meeting of the Japan Thyroid Association, International Symposium on Molecular Thyroidology, Pacifico Yokohama, Kanagawa, Oct 2024
- Yuta Tanizaki. Studies on thyroid hormone functions in tissue and organ development. The 47th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Comparative Endocrinology, Nishijin Plaza, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Nov 2023
- Yuta Tanizaki. Thyroid Hormone Actions in Xenopus. Waseda University Symposium, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Tokyo, Jun 2022
- Yuta Tanizaki. The functions of endogenous histone acetyltransferases during Xenopus intestinal remodeling. The 64th Annual Meeting of the Japan Thyroid Association, International Symposium on Molecular Thyroidology, Online, Nov 2021
- Yuta Tanizaki. Molecular pathways regulating adult intestinal stem cell development as revealed by the analysis of thyroid hormone receptor α deficient Xenopus tropicalis tadpoles. 2019 JSPS-NIH Forum, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA, Mar 2021
- Yuta Tanizaki, Kei Sato, Shunji Sakai, Takashi Kato. Identification and purification of Xenopus hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells by transplantation models. The 87th Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan, Symposium 9 “The Things We Can Learn from Xenopus: Past, Present and Future.” Okinawa Convention Center, Okinawa, Nov 2016
- Yuta Tanizaki, Takuki Aiso, Takashi Kato. Environmental stimuli regulate proliferation of Xenopus hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells. The 2nd Next-generation Amphibian Researchers’ Meeting, NIBB, Aichi, Aug 2016