Laboratory of Cell & Tissue Biology

Biological exploration of meat and milk at cellular and tissue level

Faculty

  • NameE-mail Address
  • Position
  • Degree
  • WAKAMATSU Junichi
  • Professor
  • Ph. D (Agriculture)

jwaka[at]agr.hokudai.ac.jp

  • KOBAYASHI Ken
  • Associate Professor
  • Ph. D (Agriculture)

kkobaya[at]agr.hokudai.ac.jp

Website

http://lab.agr.hokudai.ac.jp/cell_tissue_biology/

Selected Publications

Abe, H., Zhai, Y., Toba, Y., Masumo, H., Hayakawa, T., Kumura, H., & Wakamatsu, J. (2024). Water extractability of the zinc protoporphyrin IX–myoglobin complex from Parma ham is pH-dependent. Food Chemistry, 441, 138317.

Zhai, Y., Abe, H., Wang, H.-C., Hayakawa, T., Kumura, H., & Wakamatsu, J. (2023) Dissociation of ferriheme from oxidized heme proteins and re-reduction of ferriheme to ferroheme are crucial for the formation of zinc protoporphyrin IX in nitrite/nitrate-free dry-cured meat products. Food Chemistry, 427, 136755.

Wakamatsu, J.-I. (2022). Evidence of the mechanism underlying zinc protoporphyrin IX formation in nitrite/nitrate-free dry-cured Parma ham. Meat Science, 192, 108905.

Kobayashi, K., Han, L., Lu, S.-N., Ninomiya, K., Isobe, N., & Nishimura, T. (2023). Effects of hydrostatic compression on milk production-related signaling pathways in mouse mammary epithelial cells. Experimental Cell Research, 431(1), 113762.

Kobayashi, K. (2023). Culture models to investigate mechanisms of milk production and blood-milk barrier in mammary epithelial cells: A review and a protocol. Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia, 28(1), 8.

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