Ichizawa, S., Caspers, J., Uenoyama, R., Ito, Y., Miyazaki, T., Morisasa, M., Goto-Inoue, N., Suzuki, Y., Nakanishi, N., Endo, Y., Izawa, M., Yamashita, T., Ortiz-Guisado, B., Espinosa-López, E., Gómez-Baena, G., Schulz, S., and Miyazaki M.* (2026) Signatures of branched-chain fatty acids derived from a kidney reservoir confer stable chemical individuality on domestic cats. Current Biology. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2026.07.045

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Uenoyama, R., Miyazaki, T., Ooka, S., Nishikawa, T., and Miyazaki, M.* (2026) Free-roaming and captive cats prefer silver vine to catnip for self-anointing. Journal of Chemical Ecology 52: 43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-026-01717-3

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Takahashi, T., Ichizawa, S., Kikuchi, S., Hara, N., Uenoyama, R., Miyazaki, T., and Miyazaki, M.* (2026) Olfactory habituation and dishabituation dynamically regulate feeding motivation in domestic cats. Physiology & Behavior 311 (1) 115328

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Suka, A., Uenoyama, R., Ichizawa, S., Katayama, M., Miyazaki, M., and Miyazaki, T. (2025) Reduction of urinary felinine in domestic cats with renal diseases leads to decreased catty odor. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 87 (1) 61-67

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Uenoyama, R., Zhu, W., Miura, M., Miyazaki, T., and Miyazaki, M.* (2024) Sprayed urine emits a pungent odor due to its increased adhesion to vertical objects via urinary protein rather than to changes in its volatile chemical profile in domestic cats. Journal of Chemical Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-024-01490-1

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Obara, K., Uenoyama, R., Obata, Y., and Miyazaki, M.* (2024) Development of the gas chromatography/mass spectrometry-based aroma designer capable of modifying volatile chemical compositions in complex odors. Chemical Senses. 49, bjae007 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjae007

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Uenoyama, R., Ooka, S., Miyazaki, T., Mizumoto, H., Nishikawa, T., Hurst, J., and Miyazaki, M.* (2023) Assessing the safety and suitability of using silver vine as an olfactory enrichment for cats. iScience. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107848

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Ichizawa, S., Uenoyama, R., Nakanishi, N., Endo, Y., Suka, A., Izawa, M., and Miyazaki, M.* (2023) A comparative profile of urinary scent signals of two endangered Japanese populations of leopard cat. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11:1194611. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1194611

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Uenoyama, R., Miyazaki, T., Adachi, M., Nishikawa, T., Hurst, J., and Miyazaki, M.* (2022) Domestic cat damage to plant leaves containing iridoids enhances chemical repellency to pests. iScience. DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104455

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Uenoyama, R., Miyazaki, T., Hurst, J., Beynon, R., Murooka, T., Adachi, M., Onoda, I., Miyazawa, Y., Katayama, R., Yamashita, T., Kaneko, S., Nishikawa, T., and Miyazaki, M.* (2021) The characteristic response of domestic cats to plant iridoids allows them to gain chemical defense against mosquitoes. Science Advances 7(4), eabd9135

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Katayama, M., Ohata, K., Miyazaki, T., Katayama, R., Wakamatsu, N., Ohno, M., Yamashita, T., Oikawa, T., Sugaya, T., and Miyazaki, M.* (2020) Renal expression and urinary excretion of liver-type fatty acid-binding protein in cats with renal disease. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 34(2) 761-769

Uenoyama, R., Miyazaki, M., Miyazaki, T., Shigeno, Y., Tokairin, Y., Konno, H., Yamashita, T. (2019) LC-ESI-MS/MS quantification of carnosine, anserine, and balenine in meat samples. Journal of Chromatography B 1132, 121826

Suzuki, C., Miyazaki, T., Yamashita, T., and Miyazaki, M.* (2019) GC× GC-MS-based volatile profiling of Male Domestic Cat Urine and the Olfactory Abilities of Cats to Discriminate temporal changes and individual differences in Urine. Journal of Chemical Ecology 45 (7), 579-587

Miyazaki, M.*, Miyazaki, T., Nishimura, T., Hojo, W.,Yamashita, T. (2018) The chemical basis of species, sex, and individual recognition using feces in the domestic cat. Journal of Chemical Ecology 44 (4), 364-373

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Katayama, M., Miyazaki, T., Ohata, K., Oikawa, T., Kamiie, J., Sugaya, T., and Miyazaki, M.* (2019) Temporal changes in urinary excretion of liver-type fatty acid binding protein (L-FABP) in acute kidney injury model of domestic cats: Preliminary Study. The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 81(12),1868-1872

Miyazaki, T.,  Nakata, K., Nishimura, T., Abe, S., Yamashita, T., Miyazaki, M.* (2018) Identification of 2-phenylethanol with a rose-like odor from anal sac secretions of the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus). Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 82 (2), 232-237

Miyazaki, T., Nishimura, T., Yamashita, T., Miyazaki, M.* (2018) Olfactory discrimination of anal sac secretions in the domestic cat and the chemical profiles of the volatile compounds. Journal of Ethology 36 (1), 99-105

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Futsuta, A., Hojo, W., Miyazaki, T., Yamashita, T., Miyazaki, M.* (2018) LC–MS/MS quantification of felinine metabolites in tissues, fluids, and excretions from the domestic cat (Felis catus). Journal of Chromatography B 1072, 94-99

Miyazaki, M.*, Nishimura, T., Hojo, W., Miyazaki, T., Laine, R. A., and Yamashita, T. (2017) Potential use of domestic cat (Felis catus) urinary extracts for manipulating the behavior of free-roaming cats and wild small felids. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 196, 52–60

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Miyazaki, T., Okada, K., Yamashita, T., and Miyazaki, M.* (2017) Two-dimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry-based serum metabolic fingerprints of neonatal calves before and after first colostrum ingestion. Journal of Dairy Science 100(6), 4354–4364

Miyazaki, M.*, Miyazaki, T., Toyonaga, M., Tsutsui, T., Taira, H., Yamashita, T. and Suzuki, A. (2011) Characterisation of the carboxylesterase enzyme cauxin in the seminal fluid of the cat. The Veterinary Journal 190(3), 378–382

Miyazaki, M., Segawa, H., Yamashita, T., Zhu, Y., Takizawa, K., Hasegawa, M. and Taira, H.* (2010) Construction and characterization of a fluorescent sendai virus carrying the gene for envelope fusion protein fused with enhanced green fluorescent protein. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 74(11), 2293-2298

Miyazaki, M., Mao, L., Henderson, G., and Laine, R. A. (2009) Liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometric quantitation of juvenile hormone III in whole body extracts of the Formosan subterranean termite. Journal of Chromatography B 877(27), 3175–3180

Miyazaki, M.*, Yamashita, T., Miyazaki, T., Taira, H. and Suzuki, A. (2009) Gene delivery to renal tubular epithelial cells using adeno-associated virus vector in domestic cats. Research in Veterinary Science 87(3), 408–412.

Miyazaki, M., Mao, L., Henderson, G., and Laine, R. A.* (2009) Liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometric quantitation of juvenile hormone III in whole body extracts of the Formosan subterranean termite. Journal of Chromatography B 877(27), 3175-3180

Miyazaki, M., Yonesige, A., Matsuda, J., Kuroda, Y., Kojima, N., Suzuki, A. (2008) High-performance thin-layer chromatography/mass spectrometry for rapid analysis of neutral glycosphingolipids. Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL 91(5), 1218-1226

Suzuki, Y.*, Miyazaki, M.*, Ito, E., Suzuki, M., Yamashita, T., Taira, H. and Suzuki, A. (2007) Structural characterization of N-glycans of cauxin by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and nano LC-ESI-mass spectrometry. Structural characterization of N-glycans of cauxin by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and nano LC-ESI-mass spectrometry. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 71(3), 811-816 (*equal contribution)

Miyazaki, M., Soeta, S., Yamagishi, N., Taira, H., Suzuki, A., and Yamashita, T.* (2007) Tubulointerstitial nephritis causes decreased renal expression and urinary excretion of cauxin, a major urinary protein of the domestic cat. Research in Veterinary Science 82(1), 76-79.

Miyazaki, M., Yamashita, T., Hosokawa, M., Taira, H. and Suzuki, A.* (2006) Species-, sex-, and age-dependent urinary excretion of cauxin, a mammalian carboxylesterase. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology145(3-4), 270-277

Miyazaki, M., Yamashita, T., Suzuki, Y., Saito, Y., Soeta, S., Taira, H. and Suzuki, A. (2006) A major urinary protein of the domestic cat regulates the production of felinine, a putative pheromone precursor. Chemistry & Biology 13(10), 1071-1079

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Miyazaki, M., Kamiie, K., Soeta, S., Taira, H. and Yamashita, T. (2003) Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel carboxylesterase-like protein that is physiologically present at high concentrations in the urine of domestic cats (Felis catus). Biochemical Journal 370(Pt1), 101-110