Apr 2013 Our paper on the metabolic signature of osteoclast differentiation and function has been accepted in JBMR. Oct 2012 Sunao Takeshita received President's Poster Competition Award in ASBMR 2012 Annual Meeting. Nov 2011 Our paper on the physiologic function of the AT1 angiotensin receptor in bone metabolism has been accepted in JBMR. Oct 2010 Sunao Takeshita presented his work in the plenary poster session of ASBMR 2010(comments in the Meeting Reports of IBMS BoneKEy: http://www.bonekey- ibms.org/cgi/content/full/ibmske;7/12/465). May 2009 Comments on our Nat Med paper appear in the Previews of Cell Metabolism “Osteoclasts Pump Iron”. March 2009 Ishii’s paper has been published in the March issue of Nature Medicine (http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v15/n3/covers/index.html）. Also highlighted in the SciBX (Science-Business eXchange) on March 12（http://www.nature.com/scibx/journal/v2/n10/full/scibx.2009.391.html）. Jan 2009 Our paper on osteoclasts and mitochondria has been accepted in Nature Medicine. Oct 2008 Our paper on the renin-angiotensin system as the underlying mechanism of co-mobidity of hypertension and osteoporosis has been accepted in JBMR(doi: 10.1359/jbmr.081006). Oct 2007.10.26 Our DT-R mouse has been selected as “Mouse of the Month” of RIKEN. Oct 2007 Our paper on the effects of life-long calorie restriction on bone metabolism has been accepted in Endocrinology. Oct 2007 Comments on our findings in the osteocyte-ablated mouse appear in the BoneKEy-Osteovision of IBMS. Sept 2007 Yutaro Asaba, M.D., received Young Investigator Award of ASBMR. Jun 2007 Our paper on osteocytes has been published in the June issue of Cell Metabolism.
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