Research Activities

Human norovirus propagation in iPS cell-derived intestinal epithelial cells (Sato Lab, in CMGH)

Human norovirus (HuNoV) is a major cause of intestinal infection, with diarrhea and vomiting. The...

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Group A <i>Streptococcus<i> converts PAMPs to immunosuppressive lipids to evade host immunity (Yamasaki_Lab, in PNAS)

Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a Gram-positive bacterial pathogen that causes a range of diseases...

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Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Is a Key Host Factor for Toxoplasma GRA15-Dependent Disruption of the Gamma Interferon-Induced Antiparasitic Human Response (Yamamoto Lab, in mBio)

Toxoplasma,&nbsp;an important intracellular parasite of humans and animals, causes life-threateni...

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Infection with flaviviruses requires BCLXL for cell survival (Matsuura-Lab in PLoS Pathogens)

The genus Flavivirus including Japanese encephalitis virus, Dengue virus, and Zika virus all of w...

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Identification of proteins important for enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli colonization. (Nakamura lab. in PNAS)

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is known to be the leading cause of diarrhea in travelers...

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Downregulation of cytoplasmic DNases is implicated in cytoplasmic DNA accumulation and SASP in senescent cells (Hara Lab, in Nat Commun)

Although the irreversible cell-cycle arrest is traditionally believed as the major function of se...

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Identification of vascular endothelial stem cells (Takakura Lab, in Cell Stem Cell)

The generation of new blood vessels via angiogenesis is critical for meeting tissue oxygen demand...

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Identification of a Golgi GPI-N-acetylgalactosamine transferase (Kinnoshita Lab, in Nature Commun.)

About 150 various proteins are anchored to the mammalian cell surface via a glycolipid, termed gl...

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