Department of Immunopathology

Subjects:

1. Molecular regulation of immune responses.
2. Physiological and pathological roles of guidance factors.

Published Papers

1. Endogenous CD100 promotes glomerular injury and macrophage recruitment in experimental crescentic glomerulonephritis.

   Ming Li, Kim M O'Sullivan, Lynelle K Jones, Cecilia Lo, Timothy Semple, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Hitoshi Kikutani, Stephen R Holdsworth and Richard Kitching

   Immunology, 128 (1), 114-122, 2009.
2. Neuromyelitis optica: Passive transfer to rats by human immunoglobulin.

   Makoto Kinoshita, Yuji Nakatsuji, Takashi Kimura, Masayuki Moriya, Kazushiro Takata, Tatsusada Okuno, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Koji Kajiyama, Hiroo Yoshikawa and Saburo Sakoda

   Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 386 (4), 623-627, 2009.
3. Sema4D/CD100 deficiency leads to superior performance in mouse motor behavior.

   Kazunori Yukawa, Tetsuji Tanaka, Noriko Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Iso, Li Li, Akira Kohsaka, Hidefumi Waki, Masayasu Miyajima, Masanobu Maeda, Hitoshi Kikutani and Atsushi Kumanogoh

   Can J Neurol Sci, 36 (3), 349-355, 2009.
4. Disruption of SEMA4D ameliorates platelet hypersensitivity in dyslipidemia and confers protection against the development of atherosclerosis.

   Li Zhu, Timothy J Stalker, Karen P Fong, Hong Jiang, Anh Tran, Irene Crichton, Eric K Lee, Keith B Neeves, Sean F Maloney, Hitoshi Kikutani, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Ellen Pure, Scott L Diamond and Lawrence F Brass

   Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 29 (7), 1039-1045, 2009.
5. Astrocytic necrosis is induced by anti-aquaporin-4 antibody-positive serum.

   Makoto Kinoshita, Yuji Nakatsuji, Masayuki Moriya, Tatsusada Okuno, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Misa Nakano, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Kazuo Fujihara, Keiko Tanaka and Saburo Sakoda

   Neuroreport, 20 (5), 508-512, 2009.
6. Signal adaptor DAP10 associates with MDL-1 and triggers osteoclastogenesis in cooperation with DAP12.

   Masanori Inui, Yuki Kikuchi, Naoko Aoki, Shota Endo, Tsutomu Maeda, Akiko Sugahara-Tobinai, Shion Fujimura, Akira Nakamura, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Marco Colonna and Toshiyuki Takai

   Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 106 (12), 4816-4821, 2009.
7. Immune Semaphorins: Novel Features of Neural Guidance Molecules.

   Masayuki Mizui, Atsushi Kumanogoh and Hitoshi Kikutani

   J Clin Immunol, 29 (1), 1-11, 2009.

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