| Lack of sphingosine 1-phosphate-degrading enzymes in erythrocytes K Ito, Y Anada, M Tani, M Ikeda, T Sano, A Kihara, Y Igarashi Biochemical and biophysical research communications 357 (1), 212-217, 2007 | 227 | 2007 |
| The extended family of neutral sphingomyelinases CJ Clarke, CF Snook, M Tani, N Matmati, N Marchesini, YA Hannun Biochemistry 45 (38), 11247-11256, 2006 | 211 | 2006 |
| Ceramide/sphingosine/sphingosine 1-phosphate metabolism on the cell surface and in the extracellular space M Tani, M Ito, Y Igarashi Cellular signalling 19 (2), 229-237, 2007 | 205 | 2007 |
| Mechanisms of sphingosine and sphingosine 1-phosphate generation in human platelets M Tani, T Sano, M Ito, Y Igarashi Journal of lipid research 46 (11), 2458-2467, 2005 | 134 | 2005 |
| Purification, characterization, molecular cloning, and subcellular distribution of neutral ceramidase of rat kidney S Mitsutake, M Tani, N Okino, K Mori, S Ichinose, A Omori, H Iida, ... Journal of Biological Chemistry 276 (28), 26249-26259, 2001 | 125 | 2001 |
| Molecular cloning of the full-length cDNA encoding mouse neutral ceramidase: a novel but highly conserved gene family of neutral/alkaline ceramidases T Tanigawa, H Izu, M Tani, N Okino, K Mori, M Ito Journal of Biological Chemistry 275 (15), 11229-11234, 2000 | 125 | 2000 |
| Purification and Characterization of a Novel Ceramidase fromPseudomonas aeruginosa N Okino, M Tani, S Imayama, M Ito Journal of Biological Chemistry 273 (23), 14368-14373, 1998 | 124 | 1998 |
| Klotho-related protein is a novel cytosolic neutral β-glycosylceramidase Y Hayashi, N Okino, Y Kakuta, T Shikanai, M Tani, H Narimatsu, M Ito Journal of biological chemistry 282 (42), 30889-30900, 2007 | 109 | 2007 |
| Purification and characterization of a neutral ceramidase from mouse liver: a single protein catalyzes the reversible reaction in which ceramide is both hydrolyzed and synthesized M Tani, N Okino, S Mitsutake, T Tanigawa, H Izu, M Ito Journal of Biological Chemistry 275 (5), 3462-3468, 2000 | 101 | 2000 |
| Analysis of membrane topology of neutral sphingomyelinase 2 M Tani, YA Hannun FEBS letters 581 (7), 1323-1328, 2007 | 89 | 2007 |
| Neutral sphingomyelinase 2 is palmitoylated on multiple cysteine residues: role of palmitoylation in subcellular localization M Tani, YA Hannun Journal of biological chemistry 282 (13), 10047-10056, 2007 | 86 | 2007 |
| O-glycosylation of mucin-like domain retains the neutral ceramidase on the plasma membranes as a type II integral membrane protein M Tani, H Iida, M Ito Journal of Biological Chemistry 278 (12), 10523-10530, 2003 | 86 | 2003 |
| Subcellular localization of human neutral ceramidase expressed in HEK293 cells Y Hwang, M Tani, T Nakagawa, N Okino, M Ito Biochemical and biophysical research communications 331 (1), 37-42, 2005 | 75 | 2005 |
| Neutral/alkaline and acid ceramidase activities are actively released by murine endothelial cells E Romiti, E Meacci, M Tani, F Nuti, M Farnararo, M Ito, P Bruni Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 275 (3), 746-751, 2000 | 68 | 2000 |
| Involvement of neutral ceramidase in ceramide metabolism at the plasma membrane and in extracellular milieu M Tani, Y Igarashi, M Ito Journal of Biological Chemistry 280 (44), 36592-36600, 2005 | 64 | 2005 |
| Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Secretory Neutral Ceramidase of Drosophila melanogaster Y Yoshimura, N Okino, M Tani, M Ito The journal of biochemistry 132 (2), 229-236, 2002 | 64 | 2002 |
| Specific and sensitive assay for alkaline and neutral ceramidases involving C12-NBD-ceramide M Tani, N Okino, S Mitsutake, M Ito The journal of biochemistry 125 (4), 746-749, 1999 | 60 | 1999 |
| Molecular cloning and functional analysis of zebrafish neutral ceramidase Y Yoshimura, M Tani, N Okino, H Iida, M Ito Journal of Biological Chemistry 279 (42), 44012-44022, 2004 | 59 | 2004 |
| Mannosylinositol phosphorylceramide is a major sphingolipid component and is required for proper localization of plasma-membrane proteins in Schizosaccharomyces pombe M Nakase, M Tani, T Morita, HK Kitamoto, J Kashiwazaki, T Nakamura, ... Journal of cell science 123 (9), 1578-1587, 2010 | 51 | 2010 |
| Phospholipid methylation controls Atg32‐mediated mitophagy and Atg8 recycling K Sakakibara, A Eiyama, SW Suzuki, M Sakoh‐Nakatogawa, N Okumura, ... The EMBO journal 34 (21), 2703-2719, 2015 | 47 | 2015 |
