Yoshihiro Urade

The endogenous somnogen adenosine excites a subset of sleep-promoting neurons via A2A receptors in the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus

J. Rossier, J. Rossier, B. Cauli, 2005, Neuroscience.

Prostaglandin D2 as a mediator of allergic asthma.

S. Narumiya, Y. Urade, A. Mizoguchi, 2000, Science.

Changes of the activities of enzymes involved in prostaglandin synthesis in rat skin during development and aging

Y. Urade, M. Ujihara, K. Ikai, 2004, Archives of Dermatological Research.

Activation of ventrolateral preoptic neurons by the somnogen prostaglandin D2.

H. Onoe, C. Saper, T. Scammell, 1998, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Human brain prostaglandin D synthase has been evolutionarily differentiated from lipophilic-ligand carrier proteins.

H. Toh, Y. Suzuki, Y. Urade, 1991, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Glutathione-independent prostaglandin D synthase as a lead molecule for designing new functional proteins.

H. Toh, Y. Urade, O. Hayaishi, 1996, Protein engineering.

An adenosine A2a agonist increases sleep and induces Fos in ventrolateral preoptic neurons

T. Scammell, O. Hayaishi, I. Estabrooke, 2001, Neuroscience.

Stage and region-specific localization of lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase in the adult murine testis and epididymis.

Y. Urade, R. Gerena, G. Killian, 2000, Journal of andrology.