Department of Immunochemistry

Subjects:

1. Role of paired receptors on host defense.
2. Mechanism of activation of NK cells.

Published Papers

1. Down-Regulation of Basophil Function by Human CD200 and Human Herpesvirus-8 CD200.

   Ikuo Shiratori, Masao Yamaguchi, Maho Suzukawa, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Lewis L Lanier, Takashi Saito and Hisashi Arase

   J Immunol, 175 (7), 4441-4449, 2005.
2. Heterotypic interaction of CRTAM with Necl2 induces cell adhesion on activated NK cells and CD8+ T cells.

   Noriko Arase, Arata Takeuchi, Midori Unno, Satoshi Hirano, Tadashi Yokosuka, Hisashi Arase and Takashi Saito

   Int Immunol, 17 (9), 1227-1237, 2005.

Link

http://www.biken.osaka-u.ac.jp/