Research Activities

Transferrin and ferritin regulate cell cycle of lymphoma cells at different points (Kotani Lab, Redox Biology)

Although is widely known that iron is important for the survival and proliferation of cells ...

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RIFINs Bind Both Inhibitory and Activating NK Receptors (Iwanaga Lab, Nature)

Malaria is a life-threatening disease affecting people globally. It is spread by mosquitoes carry...

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Rotavirus VP4/VP7 monoreassortants reveal genotypes less sensitive to vaccine- or infection-induced antibodies (Kobayashi Lab, in mBio)

Rotavirus, the leading cause of severe acute gastroenteritis in infants, is responsible for appro...

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Uncovering the protein complex critical to male fertility (Ikawa Lab, in PNAS)

The human body is full of checks and balances that ensure correct growth, development, and functi...

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Establishment of reverse genetics systems for Colorado tick fever virus(Kobayashi Lab, in PLOS Pathogens)

The Colorado tick fever virus (CTFV), which has 12-segmented double-stranded RNA genomes, is a pa...

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Identification of a New T cell Subset Fighting Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (Yamasaki Lab, JCI)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes human tuberculosis. As mycobacteria are protected by thick...

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