Dr. Kenji Kabashima
Graduate School of
Medicine
Kyoto University, Japan
Email: kaba@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Qualifications
2003 Ph.D., Kyoto University, Faculty
of Medicine
1996 M.D., Kyoto University,
Faculty of Medicine
Publications (Selected)
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Tomura M, Honda T, Tanizaki T, Otsuka
A, Egawa G, Tokura Y, Waldmann H, Hori S, Cyster JG, Watanabe T, Miyachi Y,
Kanagawa O, Kabashima K*. Activated regulatory T cells are major T cell type
emigrating from sensitized skin. J Clin Invest 2010.
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Honda T, Nakajima S, Egawa G,
Ogasawara K, Malissen B, Miyachi Y, Kabashima K*. 2009. Prostaglandin
E(2)-EP(3) signaling suppresses skin inflammation in murine contact
hypersensitivity. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2010.
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Nagamachi, M., Sakata, D., Kabashima,
K. (equally contributed 1st author), Furuyashiki, T., Murata, T., Segi-Nishida,
E., Soontrapa, K., Matsuoka, T., Miyachi, Y., and Narumiya, S. 2007.
Facilitation of Th1-mediated immune response by prostaglandin E receptor EP1. J
Exp Med 204:2865-2874.
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Kabashima, K., Haynes, N.M., Xu, Y.,
Nutt, S.L., Allende, M.L., Proia, R.L., and Cyster, J.G. 2006. Plasma cell S1P1
expression determines secondary lymphoid organ retention versus bone marrow
tropism. J Exp Med 203:2683-2690.
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Kabashima, K., Banks, T.A., Ansel,
K.M., Lu, T.T., Ware, C.F., and Cyster, J.G. 2005. Intrinsic lymphotoxin-beta
receptor requirement for homeostasis of lymphoid tissue dendritic cells.
Immunity 22:439-450.
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Katagiri, K., Ohnishi, N., Kabashima,
K., Iyoda, T., Takeda, N., Shinkai, Y., Inaba, K., and Kinashi, T. 2004.
Crucial functions of the Rap1 effector molecule RAPL in lymphocyte and
dendritic cell trafficking. Nat Immunol 5:1045-1051.
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Kabashima, K., Sakata, D., Nagamachi,
M., Miyachi, Y., Inaba, K., and Narumiya, S. 2003. Prostaglandin E2-EP4
signaling initiates skin immune responses by promoting migration and maturation
of Langerhans cells. Nat Med 9:744-749.
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Kabashima, K., Murata, T., Tanaka, H.,
Matsuoka, T., Sakata, D., Yoshida, N., Katagiri, K., Kinashi, T., Tanaka, T.,
Miyasaka, M., et al. 2003. Thromboxane A2 modulates interaction of dendritic
cells and T cells and regulates acquired immunity. Nat Immunol 4:694-701.
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Kabashima, K., Saji, T., Murata, T.,
Nagamachi, M., Matsuoka, T., Segi, E., Tsuboi, K., Sugimoto, Y., Kobayashi, T.,
Miyachi, Y., et al. 2002. The prostaglandin receptor EP4 suppresses colitis,
mucosal damage and CD4 cell activation in the gut. J Clin Invest 109:883-893.
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Matsuoka, T., Hirata, M., Tanaka, H.,
Takahashi, Y., Murata, T., Kabashima, K., Sugimoto, Y., Kobayashi, T.,
Ushikubi, F., Aze, Y., et al. 2000. Prostaglandin D2 as a mediator of allergic
asthma. Science 287:2013-2017.