Taniai T., Furukawa S., Shono T. and Yamakawa M. (1996) Elicitors Triggering the Simultaneous Gene Expression of Antibacterial Proteins of the Silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 226: 783-790.


Furukawa S., Taniai K., Ishibashi J., Hara S., Shono T. and Yamakawa M. (1997) A Novel Member of Lebocin Gene Family from the Silkworm, Bombyx moriBiochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 238: 769-774.


Furukawa S., Yamamoto M., Taniai K., Shono T. and Yamakawa M. (1998) Patial Nucleotide Sequence of a cDNA Encoding 18S Ribosomal RNA from the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle, Oryctes rhynoceros  Linnaeus.  Appl. Entomol. Zool. 33: 175-178.


Furukawa S., Taniai K., Yang J., Shono T. and Yamakawa M. (1999) Induction of Gene Expression of Antibacterial Proteins by Chitin Oligomers in the Silkworm, Bombyx mori.  Insect Mol. Biol.  8: 145-148.


Furukawa S., Tanaka H., Nakazawa H., Ishibashi J., Shono T. and Yamakawa M. (1999) Lipopolysaccharide-inducible Binding of Nuclear Proteins to the 5'-upstream Regulatory Region in Bombyx mori Lebocin Genes. J. Seric. Sci. Jpn. 68: 289-294.


Furukawa S., Tanaka H., Nakazawa H., Ishibashi J., Shono T. and Yamakawa M. (1999) Inducible Gene Expression of Moricin, a Unique Antibacterial Peptide from the Silkworm (Bombyx mori). Biochem. J.340: 265-271.


Yang J., Furukawa S., Sagisaka A., Ishibashi J., Taniai K., Shono T. and Yamakawa M. (1999) cDNA Cloning and Gene Expression of Cecropin D, an Antibacterial Protein in the Bombyx mori. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 122B: 409-414.


Sagisaka A., Furukawa S., Tanaka H.and Yamakawa M. (2002) Analysis of the 5'-upstream Regulatory Region of a Gene Encoding Coleoptericin, an Antibacterial Protein from the Beetle, Allomyrina dicotoma (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Appl. Entomol. Zool. 37: 155-161.


Tomie T., Ishibashi J., Furukawa S., Kobayashi S., Sawahata R., Asaoka A., Tagawa M. and Yamakawa M. (2003) Scarabaecin, a novel cysteine-containing antifungal peptide from the rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinocerosBiochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 307: 261-266.


Ponnuvel K. M., Nakazawa H., Furukawa S., Asaoka A., Ishibashi J., Tanaka H. and Yamakawa M. (2003) A lipase isolated from the silkworm Bombyx mori shows antiviral activity against nucleopolyhedrovirus. J. Virol. 77: 10725-10729.


Nakazawa H., Yukuhiro F., Furukawa S., Sagisaka A., Tanaka H., Ishibashi J. and Yamakawa M. (2003) Spontaneous synthesis of an antibacterial peptide linked to ecdysis in lepidopteran insects. J. Insect Biotechnol. Sericol. 72: 133-137.


Nakazawa H.,Tsuneishi E., Ponnuvel K. M., Furukawa S., Asaoka A., Tanaka H., Ishibashi J. and Yamakawa M. (2004) Antiviral activity of a serine protease from the digestive juice of Bombyx mori larvae against nucleopolyhedrovirus. Virology 321: 154-162.


Sagisaka A, Tanaka H., Furukawa S. and Yamakawa M. (2004) Characterization of a homologue of the Rel/NF-kB transcription factor from a beetle, AllomyrinadichotomaBiochim Biophys Acta 1678: 85-93.


Tanaka H., Yamamoto M., Moriyama Y., Yamao M., Furukawa S., Sagisaka A., Nakazawa H., Mori H. and Yamakawa M. (2005) A novel Rel protein and shortened isoform that differentially regulate antibacterial peptide genes in the silkworm, Bombyx moriBiochim Biophys Acta 1730: 10-21.


Tanaka H., Furukawa S., Nakazawa H., Sagisaka A. and Yamakawa M. (2005) Regulation of gene expression of attacin, an antibacterial protein in the silkworm, Bombyx moriJ. Seric. Sci. Jpn. 74: 45-56.


Furukawa S., Sagisaka A., Tanaka H. and Yamakawa, M. (2007) Effect of nucleopolyhedrovirus infection on the silkworm, Bombyx moriAppl. Entomol. Zool.42: 55-62.


Tanaka H., Matsuki H., Furukawa S., Sagisaka A., Kotani E., Mori H. and Yamakawa, M. (2007) Identification and functional analysis of Relish homologs in the silkworm, Bombyx moriBiochim Biophys Acta 1769: 559-568. 


Kaneko Y., Furukawa S., Tanaka H. and Yamakawa M. (2007) Expression of antimicrobial peptide genes encoding Enbocin and Gloverin isoforms in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 71: 2233-2241.


Furukawa S., Sagisaka A., Tanaka H., Ishibashi J., Kaneko Y., Yamaji K. and Yamakawa M. (2007) Molecular cloning and characterization of histone H2A.Z gene of the silkworm, Bombyx moriJ. Insect Biotechnol. Sericol76: 121-127.


Furukawa S., Tanaka K., Fukatsu T. and Sasaki T. (2008) In vitro infection of Wolbachia in insect cell lines. Appl. Entomol. Zool. 43: 519-525.


Tanaka K., Furukawa S., Nikoh N., Sasaki T. and Fukatsu T. (2009) Complete WO phage sequences reveal their dynamic evolutionary trajectories and putative functional elements required for integration into the Wolbachia genome. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75: 5676-5686.


Furukawa S., Tanaka H., Ishibashi J., Imanishi S. and Yamakawa M. (2009) Functional characterization of Cactus homolog from the silkworm Bombyx mori.Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 73: 2665-2670


Ikeda T., Nakamura J.,Furukawa S., Chantawannakul P., Sasaki M. and Sasaki T. (2011) Transduction of baculovirus vectors to queen honeybees, Apis mellifera. Apidologie 42: 461-471.


Ikeda T., Furukawa S., Nakamura J., Sasaki M. and Sasaki T. (2011).CpG methylation in the hexamerin 110 gene in the European honeybee, Apis mellifera. J. Insect Sci. 11: 74.


Tanaka H., Sagisaka A., Fujita K., Furukawa S., Ishibashi J., and Yamakawa M. (2012) BmEts upregulates promoter activity of lebocin in Bombyx mori. InsectBiochem. Mol. Biol. 42:471-481