Kihara A (2015) Sphingolipid metabolism via sphingosine 1-phosphate. Bioactive lipid mediators: current reviews and protocols (Yokomizo, T., and Murakami, M. eds.), Springer Japan, Tokyo. pp127-138. Review
Nishino K, Obara K, Kihara A (2015) The C-terminal cytosolic region of Rim21 senses alterations in plasma membrane lipid composition: insights into sensing mechanisms for plasma membrane lipid asymmetry. J Biol Chem, 290, 30797-30805.
Kitamura T, Takagi S, Naganuma T, Kihara A (2015) Mouse aldehyde dehydrogenase ALDH3B2 is localized to lipid droplets via two C-terminal tryptophan residues and lipid modification. Biochem J, 465, 79-87.
Sassa T; Fatty acid elongase and ceramide synthase: key enzymes essential for the formation of the lipid lamellae in the epidermis. The 6th Annual Symposium of Pan Asian-Pacific Skin Barrier Research Society, Okayama, 2015. 12. 13.
Kihara A; Metabolic pathways and genes involved in the synthesis and degradation of ceramides. 6th International Singapore Lipid Symposium, Singapore, 2015. 11. 30.
Abe K, Wakashima T, Ohno Y, Kihara A; Biochemical analysis of the mutation for non-syndromic mental retardation in the trans-2-enoyl-CoA reductase TER gene involved in fatty acid elongation. 6th International Singapore Lipid Symposium, Singapore, 2015. 11. 30
Kihara A; Ceramide metabolism and skin barrier formation; International Conference of Chung-Ang University on Life Science and Medical Reseach, Seoul, Korea, 2015. 9. 23.
Kihara A; Metabolism, function in skin barrier formation, and pathology of ceramide; International Conference of the Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology 2015, Seoul, Korea, 2015. 9. 23.
Sassa T, Hirayama T, Kihara A; Regulation of mammalian ceramide synthases by phosphorylation; International Conference of the Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology 2015, Seoul, Korea, 2015. 9. 23.
Sugimoto M, Shimizu Y, Wakabayashi M, Yoshioka T, Tanaka Y, Higashino K, Numata Y, Sakai S, Kihara A, Igarashi Y, Kuge Y; A novel ultrahigh resolution imaging mass spectrometry visualizes distribution of sphingomyelin molecular species in the mouse tissue section; 8th Annual Meeting for the World Molecular Imaging Congress 2015, Hawaii, USA, 2015. 9. 4.
Sugimoto M, Shimizu Y, Wakabayashi M, Yoshioka T, Tanaka Y, Higashino K, Numata Y, Sakai S, Kihara A, Kuge Y, Igarashi Y; Molecular imaging of tissue distribution of sphingomyelin species produced by particular ceramide synthase and sphingomyelin synthase. 14th International Conference on Bioactive Lipids in Cancer, Inflammation and Related Diseases, Budapest, Hungary, 2015. 7. 14.
Kihara A; Molecular mechanism of the production of acylceramide, the key lipid for skin barrier formation. 8th International Ceramide Conference (iCC8)/ 11th Sphingolipid Club (SLC) joint meeting, Izmir, Turkey, 2015. 5. 7.
Sassa T, Kanetake T, Nagamuma T, Takagi S, Kitamura T, Kihara A; Aldh3a2 knockout mice as a potential model for Sjögren-Larsson syndrome. 6th International conference on phospholipase A2 and lipid mediators, Tokyo, 2015. 2. 12.
Kondo N, Ohno Y, Yamagata M, Nagamuma T, ○Kihara A; Phytosphingosine is a source of odd-numbered fatty acids via a novel pathway involving the MPO1 gene. 6th International conference on phospholipase A2 and lipid mediators, Tokyo, 2015. 2. 11.
Kihara A; Regulation of fatty aldehyde dehydrogenases by lipid modification. 2nd International symposium on protein modification in pathogenic dysregulation of signaling, Tokyo, 2015. 1. 24.
