Ianiri G, Abhyankar R, Kihara A, Idnurm A (2014) Phs1 and the synthesis of very long chain fatty acids are required for ballistospore formation. PLos One, 9, e105147.
Wakashima T, Abe K, Kihara A (2014) Dual functions of the trans-2-enoyl-CoA reductase TER in the sphingosine-1-phosphate metabolic pathway and in fatty acid elongation. J Biol Chem, 289, 24736-24748.
Obara K, Kihara A (2014) Signaling events of the Rim101 pathway occur at the plasma membrane in a ubiquitination-dependent manner. Mol Cell Biol, 34, 3525-3534.
Naganuma T, Kihara A (2014) Two modes of regulation of the fatty acid elongase ELOVL6 by the 3-ketoacyl-CoA reductase KAR in the fatty acid elongation cycle. PLos One, 9, e101823.
Kihara A (2014) Sphingosine 1-phosphate is a key metabolite linking sphingolipids to glycerophospholipids. Biochim Biophys Acta, 1841, 766-772. Review
Sassa T, Kihara A (2014) Metabolism of very long-chain fatty acids: genes and pathophysiology. Biomol Ther, 22, 83-92. Review
Sassa T, Wakashima T, Ohno Y, Kihara A (2014) Lorenzo's oil inhibits ELOVL1 and lowers the level of sphingomyelin with a saturated very long-chain fatty acid. J Lipid Res, 55, 524-530.
Obara K, Nishino K, Kihara A; Rim21 senses alteration in plasma membrane lipid asymmetry and elicits the signal at the plasma membrane in a ubiquitination-dependent manner. FEBS-EMBO 2014, Paris, France, 2014. 8. 31.
Ohno Y, Ohkuni A, Kamiyama N, Nakamichi S, Kihara A; Identification of an ultra long-chain fatty acid ω-hydroxylase and an ω-hydroxyceramide acyltransferase: discovery of the missing link in the pathway for the synthesis of acylceramides in the epidermis. 第12回未来創薬・医療イノベーション拠点形成国際シンポジウム, 札幌, 2014. 9. 5. （ポスター発表賞）
Ohno Y, Ohkuni A, Kamiyama N, Nakamichi S, Kihara A; Identification of the cytochrome P450 4F subfamily protein CYP4F22 as a ceramide ω-hydroxylase involved in the synthesis of acylceramide in epidermis. 55th International Conference on the Bioscience of Lipids, Aberdeen, UK, 2014. 6. 24.
Blondelle J, Ohno Y, Guyot S, Storck S, Blanchard-Gutton N, Walmsley G, Guillaud L, Maurer M, Barthélémy I, Demarquoy J, Piercy RJ, Blot S, Kihara A, Tiret L, Pilot-Storck F; Défaut de fusion des myoblastes: un nouveau mécanisme pathogénique responsable de l'hypotrophie musculaire observée dans des myopathies congénitales, révélé par des analyses comparées en cellules, chez le chien et la souris. 7èmes Assises de Génétique Humaine et Médicale, Bordeaux, France, 2014. 1. 30.
Kihara A; The fatty acid elongase ELOVL1 and the P450 family member CYP4F22 are involved in the production of epidermal acylceramide. Gordon Research Conference (Glycolipid & Sphingolipid Biology), Ventura, USA, 2014. 1. 16.
Naganuma T, Kihara A; The condensation reaction by the fatty acid elongase ELOVL6 is stimulated by the following reduction reaction by KAR in fatty acid elongation cycle. Gordon Research Conference (Glycolipid & Sphingolipid Biology), Ventura, USA, 2014. 1. 15.
Sassa T, Ohno Y, Suzuki S, Nomura T, Akiyama M, Taguchi R, Shimizu H, Itohara S, Kihara A; Fatty acid elongase Elovl1 is essential for the synthesis of ≧C26 ceramides and epidermal permeability barrier formation. Gordon Research Conference (Glycolipid & Sphingolipid Biology), Ventura, USA, 2014. 1. 14.
