PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
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20. Tamannaa Z., Sakamoto T., Mamun Md. A., Oyama S., Waliullah A.S.M., Islam A., Nabi Md. M., Aramaki S., Tasaki E., Mitaka Y., Takata M., Sato T., Kahyo T., Matsuura K., Setou M.* (2024) DESI-IMS coupled with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry demonstrated the capability of NMN imaging in Shelfordella lateralis tissue. Medical Mass Spectrometry 8: 1–9. DOI: 10.24508/mms.2024.06.001
19. Tasaki E., Yamamoto Y., Iuchi Y.* (2024) Higher levels of the lipophilic antioxidants coenzyme Q10 and vitamin E in long-lived termite queens than in short-lived workers. Insect Science 31(1): 201–210. DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.13217
18. Nozaki T.*, Tasaki E., Matsuura K. (2023) Cell type specific polyploidization in the royal fat body of termite queens. Zoological Letters 9(1): 20. DOI: 10.1186/s40851-023-00217-6
17. Takata M.*, Yabe K., Noro T., Mizote S., Konishi T., Tasaki E., Matsuura K. (2023) A method for estimating colony size using queen fecundity in termites under field conditions. The Science of Nature 110(35). DOI: 10.1007/s00114-023-01865-6
16. Tasaki E.#, Mitaka Y.#, Takahashi Y., Waliullah A. S. M., Tamannaa Z., Sakamoto T., Islam A., Kamiya M., Sato T., Aramaki S., Kikushima K., Horikawa M., Nakamura K., Kahyo T., Takata M., Setou M.*, Matsuura K.* (2023) The royal food of termites shows king and queen specificity. PNAS Nexus 2(7). DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad222
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15. Ishibashi T.#, Waliullah A. S. M.#, Aramaki S., Kamiya Masaki., Kahyo T., Nakamura K., Tasaki E., Takata M., Setou M., Matsuura K.* (2023) Plastic brain structure changes associated with the division of labour and ageing in termites. Development Growth and Differentiation 65(7): 374–383. DOI: 10.1111/dgd.12873
14. Takata M.*, Konishi T., Nagai S., Nozaki T., Tasaki E., Matsuura K. (2023) Discovery of an underground chamber to protect kings and queens during winter in temperate termites. Scientific Reports 13: 8809. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36035-1
13. Takata M.*, Nagai S., Inagaki T., Ohkubo Y., Tasaki E., Matsuura K. (2023) Heritable effects on caste determination and colony-level sex allocation in termites under field conditions. iScience 26(3): 106207. DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106207
12. Konishi T.*, Tasaki E., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2023) King- and queen-specific degradation of uric acid contributes to reproduction in termites. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290: 20221942. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1942
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11. Tasaki E.*, Takata M., Matsuura K. (2021) Why and how do termite kings and queens live so long? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 376(1823): 20190740. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0740
10. Takahashi Y., Kuribayashi H., Tasaki E., Yoshida I., Ide M., Fujita K., Igarashi T., Saeki S., Iuchi Y.* (2021) Insect feces tea of locust (Locusta migratoria) suppresses lipid accumulation in 3T3-L1 cells and mice. Food Science and Technology Research 27(5): 807–816. DOI: 10.3136/fstr.27.807
9. Takata M.*, Inagaki T., Ishibashi T., Tasaki E., Matsuura K. (2020) A non-invasive method for sexing first and second instar larvae of termites using external morphology. Insectes Sociaux 67: 487–493. DOI: 10.1007/s00040-020-00785-2
8. Tasaki E., Komagata Y., Inagaki T., Matsuura K.* (2020) Reproduction deep inside wood: a low O2 and high CO2 environment promotes egg production by termite queens. Biology Letters 16(4): 20200049. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0049
7. Tasaki E.#, Mitaka Y.#, Nozaki T., Kobayashi K., Matsuura K., Iuchi Y.* (2018) High expression of the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 in long-lived termite kings. Aging (Albany NY) 10(10): 2668–2683. DOI: 10.18632/aging.101578
6. Mitaka Y.#*, Tasaki E.#, Nozaki T., Fuchikawa T., Kobayashi K., Matsuura K. (2018) Transcriptomic analysis of epigenetic modification genes in the termite Reticulitermes speratus. Insect Science 27(2): 202–211. DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.1264
5. Tasaki E., Matsuura K., Iuchi Y.* (2018) Hypoxia adaptation in termites: hypoxic conditions enhance survival and reproductive activity in royals. Insect Molecular Biology 27(6): 808–814. DOI: 10.1111/imb.12519
4. Tasaki E., Kobayashi K., Matsuura K., Iuchi Y.* (2018) Long-lived termite queens exhibit high Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase activity. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity 2018: 5127251. DOI: 10.1155/2018/5127251
3. Tasaki E., Sakurai H., Nitao M., Matsuura K., Iuchi Y.* (2017) Uric acid, an important antioxidant contributing to survival in termites. PLoS ONE 12(6): e0179426. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179426
2. Tasaki E., Matsumoto S., Tada H., Kurahashi T., Zhang X., Fujii J., Utsumi T., Iuchi Y.* (2017) Protective role of testis-specific peroxiredoxin 4 against cellular oxidative stress. Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition 60(3): 156–161. DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.16-96
1. Tasaki E., Kobayashi K., Matsuura K., Iuchi Y.* (2017) An efficient antioxidant system in a long- lived termite queen. PLoS ONE 12(1): e0167412. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167412
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Other Publications
3. Tasaki E. (2020) Long longevity and antioxidant system in queens of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus. Termite Journal 173: 12–16. (Japanese language)
2. Tasaki E. (2018) Longevity and antioxidant defenses in termites. The Nature & Insects 53(2): 21–24. (Japanese language)
1. Tasaki E., Iuchi Y. (2016) Anti-aging: proposing new functional-food assessment. New Food Industry 58(1): 23–28. (Japanese language)