Mikiei Tanaka, PhD

Contact Information

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
975 NE 10th Street, BRC-1303
Oklahoma City, OK 73014
Telephone (405) 271-8000 (x47814)
mikiei-tanaka@ouhsc.edu

Position/Education

Assistant Professor for Research
BS Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
MS Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
PhD Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Postdoctoral Fellowship, RIKEN Bio-Mimetic Research

Research Interest

Oxidative stress effects on RNA

Publications

  1. Tanaka M., H. Xiao, Y. Hirata, and K. Kiuchi. A rapid assay for glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor and neutrin based on transfection of cells with tyrosine hydroxylase promoter-luciferase construct. Brain Res. Protocols. 11, p119-122 (2003).

  2. Lee S. S., Y. M. Kim, E. Junn, G. Lee, K-H, Park, M. Tanaka, R. D. Ronchetti, M. M. Quezado, M. M. Mouradian. Cell cycle aberrations by -synuclein over-expression and cyclin B immunoreactivity in Lewy bodies. Neurobiol. Aging. 24, p687-696 (2003).

  3. Tanaka M., Y. M. Kim, G. Lee, E. Junn, T. Iwatsubo and M. M. Mouradian. Aggresome formed by -synuclein and synphilin-1 are cytoprotective. J. Biol. Chem. 279, p4625-4631 (2004).

  4. Lee G., M. Tanaka, K. Park, S. S. Lee, Y. M. Kim, E. Junn, S-H. Lee, and M. M. Mouradian. Casein kinase II-mediated and inclusion body formation. J. Biol. Chem. 279, p6834-6839 (2004).

  5. Mouradian M. M., M. Tanaka, G. Lee and E. Junn. The Impact of Inclusion Formation on Cell Survival. In: Ubiquitin and The proteosome in neurodegeneration. Kluwer Publishers, Edited by Leonidas Stefanis, p57-67 (2006).

  6. Tanaka M., P. B. Chock, E. R. Stadtman. Oxidized mRNA induces translation errors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 104, p66-71 (2007).

  7. Tanaka M., Y. Hirata, J. Pawel, M. Dizdaroglu, P. B. Chock, E. R. Stadtman. Oxidized messenger RNA induces endoplasmic reticulum stress in HEK293 cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (submitted for publication).