Antimicrobial Peptides Human β-Defensins and Cathelicidin LL-37 Induce the Secretion of a Pruritogenic Cytokine IL-31 by Human Mast Cells

François Niyonsaba, Hiroko Ushio, Mutsuko Hara, +8

The Journal of Immunology

Il-31 Gene ExpressionMicrobial PathogensMast Cell DisorderImmunologyImmune Regulation +17

IL-33–Mediated Innate Response and Adaptive Immune Cells Contribute to Maximum Responses of Protease Allergen–Induced Allergic Airway Inflammation

Seiji Kamijo, Haruna Takeda, Tomoko Tokura, +15

The Journal of Immunology

AsthmaInflammatory Lung DiseaseLung InflammationMast Cell DisorderInnate Immune System +17

Antimicrobial peptides human β‐defensin (hBD)‐3 and hBD‐4 activate mast cells and increase skin vascular permeability

Xuejun Chen, François Niyonsaba, Hiroko Ushio, +8

European Journal of Immunology

Mast Cell DisorderInnate Immune SystemImmunologyCell DeathPeptide Science +21

The extra domain A of fibronectin stimulates murine mast cells via Toll-like receptor 4

Srie Prihianti Gondokaryono, Hiroko Ushio, François Niyonsaba, +6

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Cytokine milieu modulates release of thymic stromal lymphopoietin from human keratinocytes stimulated with double-stranded RNA

Hirokazu Kinoshita, Toshiro Takai, Tuấn Anh Lê, +11

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

InflammationCytokineImmune RegulationImmunologyCytokine Milieu +8

Host Defense (Antimicrobial) Peptide, Human β-Defensin-3, Improves the Function of the Epithelial Tight-Junction Barrier in Human Keratinocytes

Chanisa Kiatsurayanon, François Niyonsaba, Rithee Smithrithee, +6

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

InflammationEpithelial Tight-junction BarrierCutaneous BiologyInnate Immune SystemImmunology +11

Circadian clock gene Period2 regulates a time-of-day–dependent variation in cutaneous anaphylactic reaction

Yuki Nakamura, Daisuke Harama, Naomi Shimokawa, +9

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Cutaneous Anaphylactic ReactionSignal TransductionAllergyMedicinePhysiology +7

Circadian regulation of allergic reactions by the mast cell clock in mice

Yuki Nakamura, Nobuhiro Nakano, Kayoko Ishimaru, +9

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

AlertnessAllergySignal TransductionMedicineMast Cell Disorder +9

c-FLIP Maintains Tissue Homeostasis by Preventing Apoptosis and Programmed Necrosis

Xuehua Piao, Sachiko Komazawa‐Sakon, Takashi Nishina, +13

Science Signaling

Critical role of transcription factor PU.1 in the expression of CD80 and CD86 on dendritic cells

Shunsuke Kanada, Chiharu Nishiyama, Nobuhiro Nakano, +6

Blood