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Original Paper

  1. Yokoyama, M., Kimura, M. Y., Ito, T., Hayashizaki, K., Endo, Y., Wang, Y., Yagi, R., Nakagawa, T., Kato, N., Matsubara, H., and Nakayama, T.: Myosin light chain 9/12 regulates the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. Front. Immunol. 11:594297 (2021).
  2. Suzuki, A. S., Yagi, R., Kimura, M. Y., Iwamura, C., Shinoda, K., Onodera, A., Hirahara, K., Tumes, D. J., Koyama-Nasu, R., Iismaa, S. E., Graham, R. M., Motohashi, S., and Nakayama, T.: Essential role for CD30-Transglutaminase 2 axis in memory Th1 and Th17 cell generation. Front. Immunol. 11:1536 (2020).
  3. Aoki, T., Takami, M., Takatani, T., Motoyoshi, K., Ishii, A., Hara, A., Toyoda, T., Okada, R., Hino, M., Koyama-Nasu, R., Kiuchi, M., Hirahara, K., Kimura, M. Y., Nakayama, T., Shimojo, N., and Motohashi, S.: Activated invariant natural killer T cells directly recognize leukemia cells in CD1d-independent manner. Cancer Sci. 111(7):2223-2233 (2020).
  4. Kimura, M. Y., Koyama-Nasu, R., Yagi, R., and Nakayama, T.: Anew therapeutic target: the CD69-Myl9 system in immune responses. Semin. Immunopathol. 41(3):349-358 (2019).
  5. Tumes, D., Hirahara, K., Papadopoulos, M., Shinoda, K., Onodera, A., Kumagai, J., Yip, K. H., Pant, H., Kokubo, K., Kiuchi, M., Aoki, A., Obata-Ninomiya, K., Tokoyoda, K., Endo, Y., Kimura, M. Y., and Nakayama, T.: Ezh2 controls development of natural killer T cells, which cause spontaneous asthma-like pathology. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 144(2):549-560.e10 (2019).
  6. *Kimura, M. Y., Igi, A., Hayashizaki, K., Mita, Y., Shinzawa, M., Kadakia, T., Endo, Y., Ogawa, S., Yagi, R., Motohashi, S., Singer, A., and Nakayama, T.: CD69 prevents PLZFhi innate precursors from prematurely exiting the thymus and aborting NKT2 cell differentiation. Nat. Commun. 9:3749 (2018). *Corresponding author
  7. Mita, Y., *Kimura, M. Y., Hayashizaki, K., Koyama-Nasu, R., Ito, T., Motohashi, S., Okamoto, Y., and Nakayama, T.: Crucial role of CD69 in anti-tumor immunity through regulating the exhaustion of tumor-infiltrating T cells. Int. Immunol. 30:559-567 (2018). *Corresponding author
  8. *Kimura, M. Y.: The basisof T cell development and lineage choice in the thymus. Chiba Medical Journal 94(3):19-23 (2018). *Corresponding author
  9. *Kimura, M. Y., Hayashizaki, K., Tokoyoda, K., Takamura, S., Motohashi, S., and *Nakayama, T.: Crucial role for CD69 in allergic inflammatory responses: CD69-Myl9 system in the pathogenesis of airway inflammation. Immunol. Rev. 278:87-100 (2017). *Co-corresponding author
  10. *Kimura, M. Y., Thomas, J., Tai, X., Guinter, T. I., Shinzawa, M., Etzenperger, R., Li, Z., Love, P., Nakayama, T., and *Singer, A.: Timing and duration of MHC I positive selection signals are adjusted in the thymus to prevent lineage errors. Nat. Immunol. 17:1415-1423 (2016). *Co-corresponding author
  11. Hayashizaki, K.,* Kimura, M. Y.,* Tokoyoda, K.,* Hosokawa, H., Shinoda, K., Hirahara, K., Ichikawa, T., Onodera, A., Hanazawa, A., Iwamura, C., Kakuta, J., Muramoto, K., Motohashi, S., Tumes, D. J., Iinuma, T., Yamamoto, H., Ikehara, Y., Okamoto, Y., and Nakayama, T.: Myosin light chain 9 and 12 are functional ligands for CD69 that regulate airway inflammation. (*these authors contributed equally to this work) Sci. Immunol. 1:pp.eaaf9154 (2016).
  12. Pobezinsky, L. A., Etzensperger, R., Jeurling, S., Alag, A., Kadakia, T., McCaughtry, T. M., Kimura, M. Y., Sharrow, S. O., Guinter, T. I., Feigenbaum, L., and Singer, A.: Let-7 microRNAs target the lineage-specific transcription factor PLZF to regulate terminal NKT cell differentiation and effector function. Nat. Immunol. 16:517-24 ( 2015).
  13. Hosokawa, H., Kato, M., Tohyama, H., Tamaki, Y., Endo, Y., Kimura, M. Y., Tumes, D. J., Motohashi, S., Matsumoto, M., Nakayama, K. I., Tanaka, T., and Nakayama, T.: Methylation of gata3 protein at arg-261 regulates transactivation of the il5 gene in T helper 2 cells. J. Biol. Chem. 290:13095-103 (2015).
  14. Luckey, M. A., Kimura, M. Y., Waickman, A. T., Feigenbaum, L., Singer, A., and Park, J. H.: The transcription factor ThPOK suppresses Runx3 and imposes CD4 lineage fate by inducing the SOCS suppressors of cytokine signaling. Nat. Immunol. 15(7):638-45 (2014).
  15. Van Laethem, F., Tikhonova, A., Pobezinsky, L. A., Tai, X., Kimura, M. Y., Le Saout, C., Guinter, T. I., Adams, A., Sharrow, S. O., Bernhardt, G., Feigenbaum, L., and Singer, A.: Lck availability during thymic selection determines the recognition specificity of the T cell repertoire. Cell 154(6):1326-1341 (2013).
  16. Kimura, M. Y., Pobezinsky, L. A., Guinter, T. I., Thomas, J., Adams, A., Park, J. H., Tai, X., and Singer, A.: IL-7 signaling must be intermittent, not continuous, during CD8+ T cell homeostasis to promote cell survival instead of cell death. Nat. Immunol. 14(2):143-151 (2013).
  17. Tai, X., Erman, B., Alag, A., Mu, J., Kimura, M., Katz, G., Guinter, T., McCaughtry, T., Etzensperger, R., Feigenbaum, L., Singer, D. S., and Singer, A.: Foxp3 transcription factor is proapoptotic and lethal to developing regulatory T cells unless counterbalanced by cytokine survival signals. Immunity 38(6):1116-28 (2013).
  18. Adoro, S., McCaughtry, T., Erman, B., Alag, A., Van Laethem, F., Park, J. H., Tai, X., Kimura, M., Wang, L., Grinberg, A., Kubo, M., Bosselut, R., Love, P., and Singer, A.: Coreceptor gene imprinting governs thymocyte lineage fate. EMBO J. 31(2):366-377 (2012).
  19. Park, J. H., Adoro, S., Guinter, T., Erman, B., Alag, A. S., Catalfamo, M., Kimura, M. Y., Cui, Y., Lucas, P. J., Gress, R. E., Kubo, M., Hennighausen, L., Feigenbaum, L., and Singer, A. l.: Signaling by intrathymic cytokines, not T cell antigen receptors, specifies CD8 lineage choice and promotes the differentiation of cytotoxic-lineage T cells. Nat. Immunol. 11:257-264 (2010).
  20. Suzuki, A., Iwamura, C., Shinoda, K., Tumes, D. J., Kimura, M. Y., Hosokawa, H., Endo, Y., Horiuchi, S., Tokoyoda, K., Koseki, H., Yamashita, M., and Nakayama, T.: Polycomb group gene product Ring1B regulates Th2-driven airway inflammation through the inhibition of Bim-mediated apoptosis of effector Th2 cells in the lung. J. Immunol. 184(8):4510-4520 (2010).
  21. Nakayama, T., and Kimura, M. Y.: Memory Th1/Th2 cell generation controlled Schnurri-2. Memory T-cells, edited by Maurizio Zanetti, 2009
  22. Kimura, M. Y., Iwamura, C., Suzuki, A., Miki, T., Hasegawa, A., Sugaya, K., Yamashita, M., Ishii, S., and Nakayama, T.: Schnurri-2 controls memory Th1 and Th2 cell numbers in vivo. J. Immunol. 178(8):4926-4936 (2007).
  23. Iwamura, C., Kimura, M. Y., Shinoda, K., Endo, Y., Hasegawa, A., Yamashita, M., and Nakayama, T.: Schnurri-2 regulates Th2-dependent airway inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness. Int. Immunol. 19(6):755-762 (2007).
  24. Kimura, M. Y., Iwamura, C., Suzuki, A., Kitajima, M., Hosokawa, H., Hasegawa, A., Yamashita, M., and Nakayama, T.: Schnurri-2 controls the generation of memory Th1 and Th2 cells. 13th International congress of Immunology pp.475-479 (2007).
  25. Kaneko, T., Hosokawa, H., Yamashita, M., Wang, C. R., Hasegawa, A., Kimura, M. Y., Kitajima, M., Kimura, F., Miyazaki, M., and Nakayama, T.: Chromatin remodeling at the Th2 cytokine gene loci in human type 2 helper T cells. Mol. Immunol. 44(9):2249-2256 (2007).
  26. Hosokawa, H., Kimura, M. Y., Shinnakasu, R., Suzuki, A., Miki, T., Koseki, H., van Lohuizen, M., Yamashita, M., and Nakayama, T.: Regulation of Th2 development by Polycomb group gene bmi-1 through the stabilization of GATA3. J. Immunol. 177(11):7656-7664 (2006).
  27. Tenda, Y., Yamashita, M., Kimura, M. Y., Hasegawa, A., Shimizu, C., Kitajima, M., Onodera, A., Suzuki, A., Seki N., and Nakayama, T.: Hyperresponsive TH2 cells with enhanced nuclear factor-kappa B activation induce atopic dermatitis-like skin lesions in Nishiki-nezumi Cinnamon/Nagoya mice. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 118(3):725-733 (2006).
  28. Yamashita, M., Hirahara, K., Shinnakasu, R., Hosokawa, H., Norikane, S., Kimura, M. Y., Hasegawa, A., and Nakayama, T.: Crucial role of MLL for the maintenance of memory T helper type 2 cell responses. Immunity 24(5):611-622 (2006).
  29. Hasegawa, A., Miki, T., Hosokawa, H., Hossain, M. B., Shimizu, C., Hashimoto, K., Kimura, M. Y., Yamashita, M., and Nakayama, T.: Impaired GATA3-dependent chromatin remodeling and Th2 cell differentiation leading to attenuated allergic airway inflammation in aging mice. J. Immunol. 176(4):2546-2554 (2006).
  30. Nigo, I. Y., Yamashita, M., Hirahara, K., Shinnakasu, R., Inami, M., Kimura, M., Hasegawa, A., Kohno, Y., and Nakayama, T.: Regulation of allergic airway inflammation through Toll-like receptor 4-mediated modification of mast cell function. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103(7):2286-2291 (2006).
  31. Nakayama, T., Yamashita, M., Kimura, M., Hasegawa, A., Omori, M., Inami, M., Motohashi, S., Kitajima, M., Hashimoto, K., Hosokawa, H., and Shinnakasu, R.: Chromatin remodeling of the Th2 cytokine gene loci. International Congress Series 1285:137-144 (2005).
  32. Kimura, M. Y., and Nakayama, T.: Differentiation of NK1 and NK2 cells. Crit. Rev. Immunol. 25(5):361-374 (2005).
  33. Yamashita, M., Shinnakasu, R., Asou, H., Kimura, M., Hasegawa, A., Hashimoto, K., Hatano, N., Ogata, M., and Nakayama, T.: Ras-ERK MAPK cascade regulates GATA3 stability and Th2 differentiation through ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. J. Biol. Chem. 280(33):29409-29419 (2005).
  34. Miyamoto, T., Kaneko, T., Yamashita, M., Tenda, Y., Inami, M., Suzuki, A., Ishii, S., Kimura, M., Hashimoto, K., Shimada, H., Yahata, H., Ochiai, T., Saito, I., DeGregori, J., and Nakayama, T.: Prolonged skin allograft survival by IL-10 gene-introduced CD4 T cell administration. Int. Immunol. 17:759-768 (2005).
  35. Kimura, M. Y., and Nakayama, T.: Differentiation of NK1 and NK2 cells. Crit. Rev. Imm. 25:361-374 (2005).
  36. Kimura, M. Y., Hosokawa, H., Yamashita, M., Hasegawa, A., Iwamura, C., Watarai, H., Taniguchi, M., Takagi, T., Ishii, S., and Nakayama, T.: Regulation of T helper type 2 cell differentiation by murine Schnurri-2. J. Exp. Med. 201:397-408 (2005).
  37. Katsumoto, T., Kimura, M., Yamashita, M., Hosokawa, H., Hashimoto, K., Hasegawa, A., Omori, M., Miyamoto, T., Taniguchi, M., and Nakayama, T.: STAT6-dependent differentiation and production of IL-5 and IL-13 in murine NK2 cells. J. Immunol. 173:4967-4975 (2004).
  38. Yamashita, M., Shinnakasu, R., Nigo, Y., Kimura, M., Hasegawa, A., Taniguchi, M., and Nakayama, T.: Interleukin (IL)-4-independent maintenance of histone modification of the IL-4 gene loci in memory Th2 cells. J. Biol. Chem. 279:39454-39464 (2004).
  39. Yamashita, M., Ukai-Tadenuma, M., Miyamoto, T., Sugaya, K., Hosokawa, H., Hasegawa, A., Kimura, M., Taniguchi, M., DeGregori, J., and Nakayama, T.: Essential role of GATA3 for the maintenance of Type 2 helper T (Th2) cytokine production and chromatin remodeling at the Th2 cytokine gene loci. J. Biol. Chem. 279:26983-26990 (2004).
  40. Inami, M., Yamashita, M., Tenda, Y., Hasegawa, A., Kimura, M., Hashimoto, K., Seki, N., Taniguchi, M., and Nakayama, T.: CD28 costimulation controls histone hyperacetylation of the interleukin 5 gene locus in developing Th2 cells. J. Biol. Chem. 279:23123-23133 (2004).
  41. Omori, M., Yamashita, M., Inami, M., Ukai-Tadenuma, M., Kimura, M., Nigo, Y., Hosokawa, H., Hasegawa, A., Taniguchi, M., and Nakayama, T.: CD8 T cell-specific downregulation of histone hyperacetylation and gene activation of the IL-4 gene locus by ROG, repressor of GATA. Immunity 19:281-294 (2003).
  42. Murata, K., Inami, M., Hasegawa, A., Kubo, S., Kimura, M., Yamashita, M., Hosokawa, H., Nagao, T., Suzuki, K., Hashimoto, K., Shinkai, H., Koseki, H., Taniguchi, M., Ziegler, S. F., and Nakayama, T.: CD69-null mice protected from arthritis induced with anti-type II collagen antibodies. Int. Immunol. 8:987-992 (2003).
  43. Fukuda, K., Yoshida, H., Sato, T., Furumoto, T., Mizutani-Koseki, Y., Suzuki, Y., Saito, Y., Takemori, T., Kimura, M., Sato, H., Taniguchi, M., Nishikawa, S., Nakayama, T., and Koseki, H.: Mesenchymal expression of Fokl1, a winged helix transcriptional factor, regulates generation and maintenance of gut-associated lymphoid organs. Developmental Biol. 255:278-289 (2003).
  44. Sakamoto, M., Hasegawa, A., Sugaya, K., Hashimoto, K., Kimura, M., Yamashita, M., Suzuki, K., and Nakayama, T.: Destinct calcium response induced by T-cell antigen receptor stimulation in thymocytes and mature T cells. Bioimages 11:1-8 (2003).
  45. Shirai, T., Magara, K. K., Motohashi, S., Yamashita, M., Kimura, M., Suwazomo, Y., Nogawa, K., Kuriyama, T., Taniguchi, M., and Nakayama, T.: TH1-biased immunity induced by exposure to Antarctic winter. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 111:1353-1360 (2003).
  46. Asai, K., Hachimura, S., Kimura, M., Toraya, T., Yamashita, M., Nakayama, T., and Kaminogawa, S.: T cell hyporesponsiveness induced by oral administration of ovalbumin is associated with impaired NFAT nuclear translocation and p27kip1 degradation. J. Immunol. 169:4723-4731 (2002).
  47. Shibata, Y., Kamata, T., Kimura, M., Yamashita, M., Wang, C. -R., Murata, K., Miyazaki, M., Taniguchi, M., Watanabe, N., and Nakayama, T.: Ras activation in T cells determines the development of antigen-induced airway hyperresponsiveness and eosinophilic inflammation. J. Immunol. 169:2134-2140 (2002).
  48. Yamashita, M., Ukai-Tadenuma, M., Kimura, M., Omori, M., Inami, M., Taniguchi, M., and Nakayama, T.: Identification of a conserved GATA3 response element upstream proximal from the interleukin-13 gene locus. J. Biol. Chem. 277:42399-42408 (2002).
  49. Kikkawa, E., Yamashita, M., Kimura, M., Omori, M., Sugaya, K., Shimizu, C., Katsumoto, T., Ikekita, M., Taniguchi, M., and Nakayama, T.: Th1/Th2 cell differentiation of developing CD4 single-positive thymocytes. Int. Immunol. 14:943-951 (2002).
  50. Nakayama, T., Kasprowicz, D. J., Yamashita, M., Schubert, L. A., Gillard, G., Kimura, M., Didierlaurent, A., Koseki, H., and Ziegler, S. F.: The generation of mature, single-positive thymocytes in vivo is dysregulated by CD69 blockade or overexpression. J. Immunol. 168:87-94 (2002).
  51. Kimura, M., Koseki, Y., Yamashita, M., Watanabe, N., Shimizu, C., Katsumoto, T., Kitamura, T., Taniguchi M., Koseki, H., and Nakayama, T.: Regulation of Th2 cell differentiation by mel-18, a mammalian polycomb group gene. Immunity 15:275-287 (2001).
  52. Shimizu, C., Kawamoto, H., Yamashita, M., Kimura, M., Kondo, E., Kaneko, Y., Okada, S., Tokuhisa T., Yokoyama, M., Taniguchi, M., Katsura, Y., and Nakayama, T.: Progression of T cell lineage restriction in the earliest subpopulation of murine adult thymus visualized by the expression of lack proximal promoter activity. Int. Immunol. 13:105-117 (2001).
  53. Yamashita, M., Katsumata, M., Iwashima, M., Kimura, M., Shimizu, C., Kamata, T., Shin, T., Seki, N., Suzuki, S., Taniguchi, M., and Nakayama, T.: T cell receptor-induced calcineurin activation regulates T helper type 2 cell development by modifying the interleukin 4 receptor signaling complex. J. Exp. Med. 191:1869-1879 (2000).
  54. Kimura, M., Yamashita, M., Kubo, M., Iwashima, M., Shimizu, C., Tokoyoda, K., Chiba, J., Taniguchi, M., Katsumata, M., and Nakayama, T.: Impaired Ca/calcineurin pathway in in vivo anergized CD4 T cells. Int. Immunol. 12:817-824 (2000).
  55. Cui, J., Watanabe, N., Kawano, T., Yamashita, Y., Kamata, T., Shimizu, C., Kimura, M., Shimizu, E., Koike, J., Koseki, H., Tanaka, Y., Taniguchi, M., and Nakayama, T.: Inhibition of T helper cell type 2 cell differentiation and immunoglobulin E response by ligand-activated Vα14 natural killer T cells. J. Exp. Med. 190:783-792 (1999).
  56. Yamashita, M., Kimura, M., Kubo, M., Shimizu, C., Tada, T., Perlmutter, R. M., and Nakayama, T.: T cell antigen receptor-mediated activation of the Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway controls interleukin 4 receptor function and type-2 helper T cell differentiation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96:1024-1029 (1999).
  57. Shimizu, C., Li, X., Kimura, M., Hashimoto, K., Sugaya, K., Kubo, M., Suzuki, S., and Nakayama, T.: A novel immunosuppressant, FTY720, increases the efficiency of a superantigen-induced peripheral T-cell deletion whilst inhibiting negative selection in the thymus. Immunology 94:503-512 (1998).
  58. Yamashita, M., Hashimoto, K., Kimura, M., Kubo, M., Tada, T., and Nakayama, T.: Requirement for p56lck tyrosine kinase activation in Th subset differentiation. Int. Immunol. 10:577-591 (1998).
  59. Nakayama, T., Yamashita, M., Kubo, M., Kimura, M., Shimizu, C., and Tada, T.: TCR-mediated signal transduction pathways that control helper T cell differentiation: Requirement for activation of Lck tyrosine kinase and Ras/MAPK pathway in Th2 cell differentiation. 10th International congress of Immunology pp.589-593 (1998).
  60. Yamashita, M., Hashimoto, K., Kimura, M., Kubo, M., Tada, T., and Nakayama, T.: TCR-mediated signaling events required for T helper subset differentiation. in kinases and phosphatases in lymphocyte and neuronal signaling edited by H. Yakura pp.350-351 (1997).

Proceedings

  1. Motoko Y. Kimura, IGMM-UMR5535-CNRS Seminar, Montpellier/ France, Apr. 8th 2015: Timing of positive selection and CD8 lineage choice.
  2. Motoko Y. Kimura, Biological Sciences and bioengineering Program seminar at Sabanci University, Istanbul Turkey, Apr. 14th 2015: Timing of positive selection and CD8 lineage choice.
  3. Motoko Y. Kimura and Alfred Singer, G-COE Symposium, Makuhari/ Chiba, Nov. 30th 2011: Why is signaling by both TCR and IL-7R necessary for naïve CD8 T cell survival.
  4. Motoko Y. Kimura, G-COE seminar at Chiba University, Jun. 11th 2009: Basis for IL-7 function as a homeostatic and pro-survival cytokine.

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