Watanabe K, Hida M, Sasaki T, Yano H, Kawano K, Yoshioka H, Matsuo N.: Sp1 upregulates the proximal promoter activity of the mouse collagen ƒ¿1(XI) gene (Col11a1) in chondrocytes. In vivo Cell Dev Biol-Animal 52, 235-242, 2016.
Iwasaki A, Sakai K, Moriya K, Sasaki T, Keene DR, Akhtar R, Miyazono T, Yasumura S, Watanabe M, Morishita S, Sakai T: Molecular mechanism responsible for fibronectin-controlled alterations in tissue stiffness in advanced chronic liver fibrogenesis.
J. Biol. Chem. 291, 72-88, 2016.
 
Markova D, Pan, T-C, Zhang R-Z, Zhang G, Sasaki T, Arita M, Birk D, Chu M-L. Forelimb Contractures and Abnormal Tendon Collagen Fibrillogenesis in Fibulin-4 Null Mice. Cell Tissue Res., 364, 637-646, 2016.
Sasaki T, Stoop R, Sakai T, Hess A, Deutzmann R, Schlötzer-Schrehardt U, Chu M-L, von der Mark K: Loss of fibulin-4 results in abnormal collagen fibril assembly in bone, caused by impaired lysyl oxidase processing and collagen cross-linking. Matrix Biol.50, 53-66, 2016.
Villacorte M, Delmarcelle AS, Lernoux M, Bouquet M, Lemoine P, Bolsée J, Umans L, de Sousa Lopes SC, Van Der Smissen P, Sasaki T, Bommer G, Henriet P, Refetoff S, Lemaigre FP, Zwijsen A, Courtoy PJ, Pierreux CE: Thyroid follicle development requires Smad1/5- and endothelial cell-dependent basement membrane assembly. Development, 143, 958-1970, 2016.  
Khan SA, Dong H, Joyce J, Sasaki T, Chu ML, Tsuda T: Fibulin-2 is Essential for Angiotensin II-Induced Myocardial Fibrosis Mediated by Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-ƒÀ. Lab Invest 96, 773-783, 2016.
   
Sasaki T, Hanisch F-G, Deutzmann R, Sakai LY, Sakuma T, Miyamoto T, Yamamoto T, Hannappel E, Chu M-L, Lanig H, von der Mark K (2016) Functional consequence of fibulin-4 missense mutations associated with vascular and skeletal abnormalities and cutis laxa. Matrix Biol., in press.