Department of Immunoparasitology

Subjects:

1. Host defense mechanism against Toxoplasma gondii and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
2. The mechanism of intestinal homeostasis by commensal bacteria.

Papers published in 2012

1. A Cluster of Interferon-γ-Inducible p65 GTPases Plays a Critical Role in Host Defense against Toxoplasma gondii.

   Masahiro Yamamoto, Megumi Okuyama, Ji Su Ma, Taishi Kimura, Naganori Kamiyama, Hiroyuki Saiga, Jun Ohshima, Miwa Sasai, Hisako Kayama, Toru Okamoto, David C S Huang, Dominique Soldati-Favre, Kyoji Horie, Junji Takeda and Kiyoshi Takeda

   Immunity, 37 (2), 302-313, 2012.
2. Critical role of AIM2 in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

   Hiroyuki Saiga, Shoko Kitada, Yosuke Shimada, Naganori Kamiyama, Megumi Okuyama, Masahiko Makino, Masahiro Yamamoto and Kiyoshi Takeda

   Int Immunol, 24 (10), 637-644, 2012.
3. Probiotic Bifidobacterium breve Induces IL-10-Producing Tr1 Cells in the Colon.

   Seong Gyu Jeon, Hisako Kayama, Yoshiyasu Ueda, Takuya Takahashi, Takashi Asahara, Hirokazu Tsuji, Noriko M Tsuji, Hiroshi Kiyono, Ji Su Ma, Takashi Kusu, Ryu Okumura, Hiromitsu Hara, Hiroki Yoshida, Masahiro Yamamoto, Koji Nomoto and Kiyoshi Takeda

   PLoS Pathog, 8 (5), e1002714, 2012.
4. A method for the generation of conditional gene-targeted mice.

   Masahiro Yamamoto and Kiyoshi Takeda

   Methods Mol Biol, 757, 399-410, 2012.

Link

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