Recent Publications

1. Ise W, Koike T, Shimada N, Yamamoto H, Tai Y, Shirai T, Kawakami R, Kuwabara M, Kawai C, Shida K, Inoue T, Hojo N, Ichiyama K, Sakaguchi S, Shiroguchi K, Suzuki K, Kurosaki T. KLF2 expression in IgG plasma cells at their induction site regulates the migration program. J Exp Med 222, e20241019 (2025)

2. Inoue T, Baba Y, Kurosaki T. BCR signaling in germinal center B cell selection. Trends Immunol 45, 693-704 (2024)

3. Inoue T, Matsumoto Y, Kawai C, Ito M, Nada S, Okada M, Kurosaki T. Csk restrains BCR-mediated ROS production and contributes to germinal center selection and affinity maturation. J Exp Med 221, e20231996 (2024)

4. Ise W, Kurosaki T. Tissues of origin matter to plasma cell longevity. Nat Immunol 25, 194-195 (2024)

5. Inoue T, Kurosaki T. Memory B cells. Nat Rev Immunol 24, 5-17 (2024)

6. Koike T, Fujii K, Kometani K, Butler NS, Funakoshi K, Yari S, Kikuta J, Ishii M, Kurosaki T, Ise W. Progressive differentiation toward the long-lived plasma cell compartment in the bone marrow. J Exp Med 220, e20221717 (2023)

7. Inoue T, Shinnakasu R, Kawai C, Yamamoto H, Sakakibara S, Ono C, Itoh Y, Terooatea T, Yamashita K, Okamoto T, Hashii N, Ishii-Watabe A, Butler NS, Matsuura Y, Matsumoto H, Otsuka S, Hiraoka K, Teshima T, Murakami M, Kurosaki T. Antibody feedback contributes to facilitating the development of Omicron-reactive memory B cells in SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccinees. J Exp Med 220, e20221786 (2023)

8. Shinnakasu R, Sakakibara S, Yamamoto H, Wang PH, Moriyama S, Sax N, Ono C, Yamanaka A, Adachi Y, Onodera T, Sato T, Shinkai M, Suzuki R, Matsuura Y, Hashii N, Takahashi Y, Inoue T, Yamashita K, Kurosaki T. Glycan engineering of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain elicits cross-neutralizing antibodies for SARS-related viruses. J Exp Med 218, e20211003 (2021)

9. Inoue T, Shinnakasu R, Kawai C, Ise W, Kawakami E, Sax N, Oki T, Kitamura T, Yamashita K, Fukuyama H, Kurosaki T. Exit from germinal center to become quiescent memory B cells depends on metabolic reprograming and provision of a survival signal. J Exp Med 218, e20200866 (2021)

10. Tanaka S, Ise W, Inoue T, Ito A, Ono C, Shima Y, Sakakibara S, Nakayama M, Fujii K, Miura I, Sharif J, Koseki H, Koni PA, Raman I, Li QZ, Kubo M, Fujiki K, Nakato R, Shirahige K, Araki H, Miura F, Ito T, Kawakami E, Baba Y, Kurosaki T. Tet2 and Tet3 in B cells are required to repress CD86 and prevent autoimmunity. Nat Immunol 21, 50-961 (2020)

11. Leach S, Shinnakasu R, Adachi Y, Momota M, Makino-Okamura C, Yamamoto T, Ishii KJ, Fukuyama H, Takahashi Y, Kurosaki T. Requirement for memory B-cell activation in protection from heterologous influenza virus reinfection. Int Immunol 31, 771-779 (2019)