Hiroshi Nakajima

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Affiliation: Chiba University
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi Lineage-specific negative regulation of STAT-mediated signaling by proteolytic processing
    Hiroshi Nakajima
    Department of Internal Medicine II, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1 8 1 Inohana, Chiba City, Chiba 260 8670, Japan
    Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 14:375-80. 2003
  2. ncbi Role of cytokines in allergic airway inflammation
    Hiroshi Nakajima
    Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Chiba, Japan
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 142:265-73. 2007
  3. ncbi Overlapping and distinct roles of STAT4 and T-bet in the regulation of T cell differentiation and allergic airway inflammation
    Shunsuke Furuta
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
    J Immunol 180:6656-62. 2008
  4. ncbi B and T lymphocyte attenuator suppresses IL-21 production from follicular Th cells and subsequent humoral immune responses
    Daisuke Kashiwakuma
    Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
    J Immunol 185:2730-6. 2010
  5. ncbi Role of Th2 cells in IgG4-related lacrimal gland enlargement
    Hiroko Kanari
    Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 152:47-53. 2010
  6. ncbi Expression of Tyk2 in dendritic cells is required for IL-12, IL-23, and IFN-gamma production and the induction of Th1 cell differentiation
    Naoki Tokumasa
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Clinical Cell Biology, Chiba University, Inohana, Chiba, Japan
    Blood 110:553-60. 2007
  7. ncbi Stat5a inhibits IL-12-induced Th1 cell differentiation through the induction of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 expression
    Hiroaki Takatori
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba City, Japan
    J Immunol 174:4105-12. 2005
  8. ncbi Indispensable role of Stat5a in Stat6-independent Th2 cell differentiation and allergic airway inflammation
    Hiroaki Takatori
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
    J Immunol 174:3734-40. 2005
  9. ncbi STAT6 inhibits T-bet-independent Th1 cell differentiation
    Tomohiro Tamachi
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University, Chiba City, Chiba, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 382:751-5. 2009
  10. ncbi c-Maf activates the promoter and enhancer of the IL-21 gene, and TGF-beta inhibits c-Maf-induced IL-21 production in CD4+ T cells
    Yukiko Hiramatsu
    Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260 8670, Japan
    J Leukoc Biol 87:703-12. 2010

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  1. ncbi Lineage-specific negative regulation of STAT-mediated signaling by proteolytic processing
    Hiroshi Nakajima
    Department of Internal Medicine II, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1 8 1 Inohana, Chiba City, Chiba 260 8670, Japan
    Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 14:375-80. 2003
    ..These findings indicate that the proteolytic processing of STAT proteins by the nucleus-associated protease functions as a lineage-specific negative-regulator of STAT-mediated signaling...
  2. ncbi Role of cytokines in allergic airway inflammation
    Hiroshi Nakajima
    Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Chiba, Japan
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 142:265-73. 2007
    ..In this review, we discuss the role of individual cytokines in the pathogenesis of asthma...
  3. ncbi Overlapping and distinct roles of STAT4 and T-bet in the regulation of T cell differentiation and allergic airway inflammation
    Shunsuke Furuta
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
    J Immunol 180:6656-62. 2008
    ..These results indicate that STAT4 not only plays an indispensable role in T-bet-independent Th1 differentiation but also is involved in the maintenance of Th17 cells and the enhancement of allergic airway inflammation...
  4. ncbi B and T lymphocyte attenuator suppresses IL-21 production from follicular Th cells and subsequent humoral immune responses
    Daisuke Kashiwakuma
    Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
    J Immunol 185:2730-6. 2010
    ..These results suggest that BTLA signaling suppresses IL-21 production from Tfh cells and subsequent Tfh cell-mediated IgG responses...
  5. ncbi Role of Th2 cells in IgG4-related lacrimal gland enlargement
    Hiroko Kanari
    Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 152:47-53. 2010
    ..However, little is known about the role of CD4+ T cells and their cytokines in IgG4-related diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of CD4+ T cells in patients with IgG4-related diseases...
  6. ncbi Expression of Tyk2 in dendritic cells is required for IL-12, IL-23, and IFN-gamma production and the induction of Th1 cell differentiation
    Naoki Tokumasa
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Clinical Cell Biology, Chiba University, Inohana, Chiba, Japan
    Blood 110:553-60. 2007
    ....
  7. ncbi Stat5a inhibits IL-12-induced Th1 cell differentiation through the induction of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 expression
    Hiroaki Takatori
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba City, Japan
    J Immunol 174:4105-12. 2005
    ..These results suggest that Stat5a forces the Th1/Th2 balance toward a Th2-type by preventing IL-12-induced Th1 cell differentiation through the induction of SOCS3...
  8. ncbi Indispensable role of Stat5a in Stat6-independent Th2 cell differentiation and allergic airway inflammation
    Hiroaki Takatori
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
    J Immunol 174:3734-40. 2005
    ..These results indicate that Stat5a plays an indispensable role in Stat6-independent Th2 cell differentiation and subsequent Th2 cell-mediated allergic airway inflammation...
  9. ncbi STAT6 inhibits T-bet-independent Th1 cell differentiation
    Tomohiro Tamachi
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University, Chiba City, Chiba, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 382:751-5. 2009
    ..These results indicate that STAT6 inhibits T-bet-independent Th1 cell differentiation by suppressing IL-12-STAT4 signaling...
  10. ncbi c-Maf activates the promoter and enhancer of the IL-21 gene, and TGF-beta inhibits c-Maf-induced IL-21 production in CD4+ T cells
    Yukiko Hiramatsu
    Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260 8670, Japan
    J Leukoc Biol 87:703-12. 2010
    ..Taken together, these results suggest that c-Maf induces IL-21 production directly in CD4(+) T cells by activating IL-21P and the CNS-2 enhancer and that TGF-beta suppresses c-Maf-induced IL-21 production in CD4(+) T cells...
  11. ncbi B and T lymphocyte attenuator inhibits antigen-induced eosinophil recruitment into the airways
    Tomohiro Tamachi
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Chiba, Japan
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 143:50-5. 2007
    ..However, the role of B and T lymphocyte attenuator (BTLA), an inhibitory co-receptor expressed preferentially in Th1 cells, in the regulation of allergic airway inflammation remains to be determined...
  12. ncbi Protein geranylgeranylation regulates the balance between Th17 cells and Foxp3+ regulatory T cells
    Shin ichiro Kagami
    Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1 8 1 Inohana, Chiba City, Chiba, Japan
    Int Immunol 21:679-89. 2009
    ..Taken together, these results indicate that protein geranylgeranylation enhances the differentiation of T(h)17 cells and inhibits the differentiation of Foxp3(+) Tregs partly via the inhibition of SOCS3 expression...
  13. ncbi IL-23 and Th17 cells enhance Th2-cell-mediated eosinophilic airway inflammation in mice
    Hidefumi Wakashin
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 178:1023-32. 2008
    ..However, the role of the IL-23-Th17 cell axis in the regulation of allergic airway inflammation is still largely unknown. Objectives: To determine the role of IL-23 and Th17 cells in allergic airway inflammation...
  14. ncbi T-bet inhibits both TH2 cell-mediated eosinophil recruitment and TH17 cell-mediated neutrophil recruitment into the airways
    Michio Fujiwara
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Clinical Cell Biology, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 119:662-70. 2007
    ..However, the mechanism underlying T-bet-mediated inhibition of allergic airway inflammation is still unknown...
  15. ncbi Stat5a is essential for the proliferation and survival of murine mast cells
    Kei Ikeda
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Clinical Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 137:45-50. 2005
    ..These results indicate that Stat5a plays an important role in mast cell development, proliferation, and survival...
  16. ncbi Protective roles of B and T lymphocyte attenuator in NKT cell-mediated experimental hepatitis
    Arifumi Iwata
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Chiba, Japan
    J Immunol 184:127-33. 2010
    ..These results suggest that BTLA functions as the inhibitory coreceptor of NKT cells and plays a critical role in the prevention of NKT cell-mediated liver injury...
  17. ncbi IL-4-Stat6 signaling induces tristetraprolin expression and inhibits TNF-alpha production in mast cells
    Kotaro Suzuki
    Department of Internal Medicine II, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1 8 1 Inohana, Chiba City, Chiba 260 8670, Japan
    J Exp Med 198:1717-27. 2003
    ..These results suggest that IL-4-Stat6 signaling induces TTP expression and, thus, destabilizes TNF-alpha mRNA in an ARE-dependent manner...
  18. ncbi Development and characterization of IL-21-producing CD4+ T cells
    Akira Suto
    Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260 8670 Japan
    J Exp Med 205:1369-79. 2008
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  19. ncbi IL-25 enhances allergic airway inflammation by amplifying a TH2 cell-dependent pathway in mice
    Tomohiro Tamachi
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Clinical Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Japan
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 118:606-14. 2006
    ..However, the roles of IL-25 in inducing allergic airway inflammation remain unknown...
  20. ncbi Mast cells produce interleukin-25 upon Fc epsilon RI-mediated activation
    Kei Ikeda
    Department of Internal Medicine II, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
    Blood 101:3594-6. 2003
    ..Production of IL-25 by mast cells was also detected at protein levels by immunoblotting. These results suggest that mast cells may enhance T(H)2-type immune response by producing IL-25...
  21. ncbi HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor simvastatin inhibits proinflammatory cytokine production from murine mast cells
    Shin ichiro Kagami
    Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 146:61-6. 2008
    ..In this study, we examined the effect of a representative statin, simvastatin, on proinflammatory cytokine production from murine mast cells...
  22. ncbi Tyk2 is essential for IFN-alpha-induced gene expression in mast cells
    Yumiko Mori
    Department of Internal Medicine II, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 134:25-9. 2004
    ..These results indicate that IFN-alpha induces the expression of TNF-alpha and the chemokines IP-10 and MCP-5 in mast cells and thatTyk2 plays a nonredundant role in IFN-alpha signaling in mast cells...
  23. ncbi Development of autoimmune hepatitis-like disease and production of autoantibodies to nuclear antigens in mice lacking B and T lymphocyte attenuator
    Yoshihiro Oya
    Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
    Arthritis Rheum 58:2498-510. 2008
    ..The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of BTLA in the regulation of immune homeostasis and the pathogenesis of autoimmunity...
  24. ncbi Murine plasmacytoid dendritic cells produce IFN-gamma upon IL-4 stimulation
    Akira Suto
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
    J Immunol 175:5681-9. 2005
    ..Furthermore, IL-4 did not induce IFN-gamma production in Stat4-/- PDCs. These results indicate that PDCs preferentially produce IFN-gamma upon IL-4 stimulation by Stat6- and Stat4-dependent mechanisms...
  25. ncbi IL-22 attenuates IL-25 production by lung epithelial cells and inhibits antigen-induced eosinophilic airway inflammation
    Kentaro Takahashi
    Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 128:1067-76.e1-6. 2011
    ..However, the roles of IL-22 in the regulation of allergic airway inflammation are still largely unknown...
  26. ncbi Activation-induced accumulation of B and T lymphocyte attenuator at the immunological synapse in CD4+ T cells
    Takayoshi Owada
    Departments of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University, 1 8 1 Inohana, Chuo Ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260 8670, Japan
    J Leukoc Biol 87:425-32. 2010
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  27. ncbi Interleukin 21 prevents antigen-induced IgE production by inhibiting germ line C(epsilon) transcription of IL-4-stimulated B cells
    Akira Suto
    Department of Internal Medicine II, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba City, Japan
    Blood 100:4565-73. 2002
    ....
  28. ncbi Interleukin 25 in allergic airway inflammation
    Tomohiro Tamachi
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 140:59-62. 2006
    ..Thus, it is suggested that IL-25 plays an important role in enhancing allergic airway inflammation by a CD4+ T-cell-dependent mechanism...
  29. ncbi Stat6-protease but not Stat5-protease is inhibited by an elastase inhibitor ONO-5046
    Kotaro Suzuki
    Department of Internal Medicine II, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 309:768-73. 2003
    ..In addition, both NE and PR3 could also cleave Stat5, but they differed from Stat5-protease in myeloid progenitors. These results suggest that Stat6-protease may belong to the elastase family but differs from NE or PR3...
  30. ncbi STAT4 is required for IFN-?-induced MCP-1 mRNA expression in murine mast cells
    Kazuma Iida
    Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 155:71-6. 2011
    ..However, it is still largely unknown whether signal transducers and activators of transcription 4 (STAT4), one of the STAT proteins under type I IFN signaling, is involved in type I IFN-mediated gene expression in mast cells...
  31. ncbi Enhanced Th2 cell-mediated allergic inflammation in Tyk2-deficient mice
    Yohei Seto
    Department of Internal Medicine II, Chiba University School of Medicine, Japan
    J Immunol 170:1077-83. 2003
    ....
  32. ncbi Lack of B and T lymphocyte attenuator exacerbates autoimmune disorders and induces Fas-independent liver injury in MRL-lpr/lpr mice
    Yoshihiro Oya
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, 1 8 1 Inohana, Chuo Ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260 8670, Japan
    Int Immunol 23:335-44. 2011
    ..These results suggest that BTLA plays a protective role in autoimmune diseases in MRL-lpr mice and that AIH-like disease develops in BTLA(-/-) mice even in the absence of Fas-dependent signaling...
  33. ncbi A functional polymorphism in B and T lymphocyte attenuator is associated with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis
    Mie Oki
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chuo Ku, Chiba 260 8670, Japan
    Clin Dev Immunol 2011:305656. 2011
    ..These results suggest that BTLA is an RA-susceptibility gene and is involved in the protection from autoimmunity in humans...
  34. ncbi Involvement of TNF receptor-associated factor 6 in IL-25 receptor signaling
    Yuko Maezawa
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
    J Immunol 176:1013-8. 2006
    ..Taken together, these results indicate that TRAF6 plays a critical role in IL-25R-mediated NF-kappaB activation and gene expression...
  35. ncbi Role of IL-23-Th17 cell axis in allergic airway inflammation
    Hidefumi Wakashin
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba 260 8670, Japan
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 149:108-12. 2009
    ..In this review, we will discuss the roles of IL-23 and Th17 cells in airway inflammation in asthma...
  36. ncbi Color-coded real-time cellular imaging of lung T-lymphocyte accumulation and focus formation in a mouse asthma model
    Akihiro Hasegawa
    Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260 8670, Japan
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 125:461-468.e6. 2010
    ..T(H)2-cell migration into the lung is crucial for the initiation of asthma phenotype, but the dynamics of this process are poorly understood because it has been difficult to visualize this process...
  37. ncbi Proteolytic processing of Stat6 signaling in mast cells as a negative regulatory mechanism
    Kotaro Suzuki
    Department of Internal Medicine II, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260 8670, Japan
    J Exp Med 196:27-38. 2002
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  38. ncbi [Pathogenesis of asthma]
    Hiroshi Nakajima
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
    Nippon Rinsho 63:53-7. 2005
  39. ncbi Role of IgE in Th2 cell-mediated allergic airway inflammation
    Yuko Maezawa
    Department of Internal Medicine II, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 131:2-6. 2003
    ..These findings suggest that IgE-dependent mast cell activation plays an important role in allergic airway inflammation by recruiting Th2 cells into the site of allergic inflammation...
  40. ncbi Pressure overload induces cardiac dysfunction and dilation in signal transducer and activator of transcription 6-deficient mice
    Shungo Hikoso
    Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
    Circulation 110:2631-7. 2004
    ..This suggests that STAT6 may be involved in the pathogenesis of cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. For this study we used STAT6-deficient (STAT6-/-) mice to examine the in vivo role of STAT6...
  41. ncbi Role of IL-23 and Th17 Cells in Airway Inflammation in Asthma
    Hiroshi Nakajima
    Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
    Immune Netw 10:1-4. 2010
    ..In this review, our current understanding of the roles of IL-23 and Th17 cells in the pathogenesis of allergic airway inflammation will be summarized...
  42. ncbi GS143, an IkappaB ubiquitination inhibitor, inhibits allergic airway inflammation in mice
    Koichi Hirose
    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 374:507-11. 2008
    ..Moreover, GS143 inhibited antigen-induced differentiation of Th2 cells but not of Th1 cells in vitro. Taken together, these results suggest that IkappaB ubiquitination inhibitor may have therapeutic potential against asthma...
  43. ncbi Spectroscopic and redox properties of a CooA homologue from Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans
    Sayaka Inagaki
    Department of Structural Molecule Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, 38 Nishigo-naka, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
    J Biol Chem 280:3269-74. 2005
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  44. ncbi Stat5 expression is required for IgE-mediated mast cell function
    Brian O Barnstein
    Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA
    J Immunol 177:3421-6. 2006
    ..These data have a direct impact on MC-associated inflammatory and autoimmune diseases...
  45. ncbi [Isolation of enteroaggregative escherichia coli (EAggEC) from patients with diarrheal disease in an outbreak case of overseas tour]
    Hiroshi Nakajima
    Department of Bacteriology, Okayama Prefectural Institute for Environmental Science and Public Health
    Kansenshogaku Zasshi 79:314-21. 2005
    ..So we recommend to perform stepwise EAggEC screening tests by the PCR and the clump formation, and final confirmation test by the aggregative adhesion to HEp-2 cells...
  46. ncbi Effect of mutation on the dissociation and recombination dynamics of CO in transcriptional regulator CooA: a picosecond infrared transient absorption study
    Tieqiao Zhang
    School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Tatsunokuchi, Ishikawa 923 1292, Japan
    Biochemistry 45:9246-53. 2006
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  47. ncbi Restoration of promyelocytic leukemia protein-nuclear bodies in neuroblastoma cells enhances retinoic acid responsiveness
    Jiang Hong Yu
    Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, USA
    Cancer Res 64:928-33. 2004
    ..Pharmacological therapies that increase PML expression may prove to be important components of combined modalities for the treatment of neuroblastoma...