2016年4月ー2019年3月　慶應義塾大学医学部・特任助教 2019年4月ー2020年1月　慶應義塾大学医学部・専任講師

Research theme：Analysis of immune responses in the central nervous system

Keyword：central nervous system, Immunology, Ischemic stroke

Research period： 2020.2

Tissue regulatory T cells and neural repair Reviewed

Minako Ito, Kyoko Komai, Toshihiro Nakamura, Tanakorn Srirat, Akihiko Yoshimura

International immunology   31 ( 6 )   361 - 369   2019.2

Brain regulatory T cells suppress astrogliosis and potentiate neurological recovery Reviewed

Minako Ito, Kyoko Komai, Setsuko Mise-Omata, Mana Iizuka-Koga, Yoshiko Noguchi, Taisuke Kondo, Ryota Sakai, Kazuhiko Matsuo, Takashi Nakayama, Osamu Yoshie, Hiroko Nakatsukasa, Shunsuke Chikuma, Takashi Shichita, Akihiko Yoshimura

Nature   565 ( 7738 )   246 - 250   2019.1

Bruton's tyrosine kinase is essential for NLRP3 inflammasome activation and contributes to ischaemic brain injury Reviewed

Minako Ito, Takashi Shichita, Masahiro Okada, Ritsuko Komine, Yoshiko Noguchi, Akihiko Yoshimura, Rimpei Morita

Nature communications   6   2015.6