Research theme for competitive and other funds (6):
2019 - 2022 Host-bacteria interactions through immune evasion mechanism
2019 - 2021 Immune evasion mechanism of tumors mediated by NK cell receptors
2016 - 2019 The role of immune receptors with inter- and intraspecies diversity in infectious diseases
2015 - 2018 New mechanism of autoimmune diseases mediated by misfolded protein/MHC class II complex
2015 - 2017 Studies on new host-pathogen interaction via bacterial protease
2013 - 2015 Mechanism of misfolded protein transportation to outside cells
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Papers (30):
Kouyuki Hirayasu, Seik-Soon Khor, Yosuke Kawai, Mihoko Shimada, Yosuke Omae, Gen Hasegawa, Yuko Hashikawa, Hiromu Tanimoto, Jun Ohashi, Kazuyoshi Hosomichi, et al. Identification of the hybrid gene LILRB5-3 by long-read sequencing and implication of its novel signalling function. Frontiers in Immunology. in press. 2024
Mei-Tzu Su, Masanori Inui, Yi Li Wong, Maika Takahashi, Akiko Sugahara-Tobinai, Karin Ono, Shotaro Miyamoto, Keiichi Murakami, Ari Itoh-Nakadai, Dai Kezuka, et al. Blockade of checkpoint ILT3/LILRB4/gp49B binding to fibronectin ameliorates autoimmune disease in BXSB/Yaa mice. International immunology. 2021. 33. 8. 447-458
Kouyuki Hirayasu, Jinwen Sun, Gen Hasegawa, Yuko Hashikawa, Kazuyoshi Hosomichi, Atsushi Tajima, Katsushi Tokunaga, Jun Ohashi, Rikinari Hanayama. Characterization of LILRB3 and LILRA6 allelic variants in the Japanese population. Journal of human genetics. 2021. 66. 7. 739-748
Akihito Sakoguchi, Fumiji Saito, Kouyuki Hirayasu, Kyoko Shida, Sumiko Matsuoka, Sawako Itagaki, Wataru Nakai, Masako Kohyama, Tadahiro Suenaga, Shiroh Iwanaga, et al. Plasmodium falciparum RIFIN is a novel ligand for inhibitory immune receptor LILRB2. Biochemical and biophysical research communications. 2021. 548. 167-173
Genetic diversity of immune receptors LILRB3 and LILRA6 suggests their interaction with bacteria
(The 50th Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society for Immunology 2021)