The 4th International Congress on Stress Responses in Biology and Medicine
(2009.10.6-9) Sapporo, Japan

"Combination of heat shock and mild electrical stimulation improves insulin resistance and visceral fat accumulation"
S. Morino, S. Yano, T. Matsuno, Y. Shimauchi, S. Matsuyama, T. Kondo, MA. Suico, T. Shuto, E. Araki, H. Kai

"Endoplasmic reticulum stress increases the expression of toll-like
receptor-2 in epithelial cells"
S.Shimasaki, T.Shuto, T.Koga, T.Sato, S.Morino, M.Suico, H.Kai

Cell Stress Society International 2009 (2009.10.6-9) Sapporo, Japan

"The endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation of transthyretin variants is negatively regulated by BiP."
T. Sato, S. Susuki, M. Miyata, M. Momohara, Y. Sako, M.A. Suico, T. Shuto, H. Kai

"Mild electrical stimulation and heat shock induCombination treatment ces
cell death in hypertrophic adipocytes"
Shingo Matsuyama, Tomoko Matsuda, Saori Morino, Shuichiro Yano,Tatsuya
Kondo, Mary Ann Suico, Tsuyoshi Shuto, Eiichi Araki, Hirofumi Kai

Global COE-IMEG Joint Summer Retreat Seminar
(2009.9.3-4) Kumamoto, Japan

"Mild electrical stimulation with heat shock ameliorates insulin resistance by enhancing insulin signaling"
S. Morino, S. Yano, T. Matsuno, Y. Shimauchi, S. Matsuyama, T. Kondo, MA. Suico, T. Shuto, E. Araki, H. Kai

FASEB SUMMER RESEARCH CONFERENCES, From unfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum to disease (2009.6.7-12) Vermont, USA

"The endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation of transthyretin variants is negatively regulated by BiP in mammalian cells."
T. Sato, S. Susuki, M. Miyata, M. Momohara, M.A. Suico, T. Shuto, Y. Ando, H. Kai

"The role of Glu54 in transthyretin for protein stability, thyroxine binding and secretion from the cells."
M. Miyata, T. Sato, M. Mizuguchi, T. Nakamura, S. Ikemizu, Y. Nabeshima, S. Susuki, Y. Suwa, H. Morioka, Y. Ando, M.A. Suico, T. Shuto, T. koga, Y. Yamagata, H. Kai

The Kumamoto University Global COE International Joint Symposium on Cell Fate Regulation Research: Molecular Basis and Therapeutic Potentials
(2009.4.9-10) Kumamoto, Japan

"A novel approach for improvement of insulin resistance and visceral fat accumulation"
S. Morino, T. Kondo, K. Sasaki, H. Adachi, MA. Suico, E. Sekimoto, T. Matsuda, T. Shuto, E. Araki, H. Kai