Publications in 1998 from Division of Genetic Information (DGI) are presented year by year.

98.        Katsuhiko Yoshimoto, Hideko Endo, Masaru Tsuyuguchi, Chisato Tanaka, Takehiko Kimura, Hiroyuki Iwahana, Genichi Kato, Toshiaki Sano, Mitsuo Itakura (1998) Familial Isolated Primary Hyperparathyroidism with Parathyroid Carcinomas: Clinical and Molecular Features. Clin. Endocrinol. 48(1): 67-72.

99.        Chisato Tanaka, Katsuhiko Yoshimoto, Shozo Yamada, Hiroshi Nishioka, Setsuko Ii, Maki Moritani, Takashi Yamaoka, Mitsuo Itakura (1998) Absence of Germ-Line Mutations of the Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 (MEN1) Gene in Familial Pituitary Adenoma in Contrast to MEN1 in Japanese. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab.  83(3), 960-965.

100.      Takaya Matsushita, Takashi Yamaoka, Satoshi Otsuka, Maki Moritani, Toshio Matsumoto, Mitsuo Itakura (1998) Molecular Cloning of a Mouse Paired-Box-Containing Gene (Pax)-4 from an Islet b Cell Line and Deduced Sequence of Human Pax-4. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 242: 176-180.

101.      Takashi Yamaoka, Chiyoko Idehara, Takaya Matsushita, Taketo Yamada, Setsuko Ii, Maki Moritani, Jun-ichi Hata, Hiromu Sugino, Sumihare Noji, Mitsuo Itakura (1998) Hypoplasia of Pancreatic Islets in Transgenic Mice Expressing Activin Receptor Mutants. J. Clin. Invest. 102(2): 294-301.

102.      Chisato Tanaka, Takehiko Kimura, Peng Yang, Maki Moritani, Takashi Yamaoka, Shozo Yamada, Toshiaki Sano, Katsuhiko Yoshimoto, Mitsuo Itakura (1998) Analysis of Loss of Heterozygosity on Chromosome 11 and Infrequent Inactivation of MEN1 Gene in Sporadic Pituitary Adenomas. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 83(8): 2631-2634.

103.      Chisato Tanaka, Katsuhiko Yoshimoto, Mitsuo Itakura (1998) Germ-Line Mutations in MEN1 Patients-Authors' Response. J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 83(8), 83(8): 3005-3005.

104.      Maki Moritani, Katsuhiko Yoshimoto, Susan F. Wong1, Chisato Tanaka, Takashi Yamaoka, Toshiaki Sano, Jun-Ichi Miyazaki, Hitoshi Kikutani, and Mitsuo Itakura (1998) Abrogation of Autoimmune Diabetes in Nonobese Diabetic Mice and Protection against Effector Lymphocytes by Transgenic Paracrine TGF-b1. J. Clin. Invest. 102(3): 499-506.

105.      Rumi Katashima, Hiroyuki Iwahana, Miwa Fujimura, Takashi Yamaoka, Toshiharu Ishizuka, Masamiti Tatibana, Mitsuo Itakura (1998) Molecular Cloning of a Human cDNA for the 41-kDa phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase-associated protein. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1396: 245-250.

106.      Rumi Katashima, Hiroyuki Iwahana, Miwa Fujimura, Takashi Yamaoka, Mitsuo Itakura (1998) Assignment of the human phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase-associated protein 41 gene (PRPSAP2) to 17p11.2-p12. Genomics, 54: 180-181.

107.      Eiji Kudo, Hiroshi Shiota, Takeshi Naito, Keiko Satake, Mitsuo Itakura (1998) Polymorphisms of thymidine kinase gene in herpes simplex virus type 1: Analysis of clinical isolates from herpetic keratitis patients and laboratory strains. J. Med. Virol. 56: 151-158.