Research Summary

Selected Publications

Papers with an asterisk(*) are based on research conducted outside of RIKEN.

• 1. Hikichi Y, Motomura Y, Takeuchi O, Moro K.:
  "Posttranscriptional regulation of ILC2 homeostatic function via tristetraprolin."
  J Exp Med. 2021 Dec 6;218(12)
• 2. Momiuchi Y, Motomura Y, Suga E, Mizuno H, Kikuta J, Morimoto A, Mochizuki M, Otaki N, Ishii M, Moro K.:
  "Group 2 innate lymphoid cells in bone marrow regulate osteoclastogenesis in a reciprocal manner via RANKL, GM-CSF and IL-13."
  Int Immunol. 2021 Oct 29;33(11)
• 3. Kobayashi T, Motomura Y, Moro K.:
  "The discovery of group 2 innate lymphoid cells has changed the concept of type 2 immune diseases."
  Int Immunol. 2021 Nov 25;33(12)
• 4. Kiniwa T, Moro K.:
  "Localization and site-specific cell-cell interactions of group 2 innate lymphoid cells."
  Int Immunol. 2021 Apr 22;33(5)
• 5. Miyajima Y, Ealey KN, Motomura Y, Mochizuki M, Takeno N, Yanagita M, Economides AN, Nakayama M, Koseki H, Moro K.:
  "Effects of BMP7 produced by group 2 innate lymphoid cells on adipogenesis."
  Int Immunol. 2020 May 30;32(6)
• 6. Wagner M, Ealey KN, Tetsu H, Kiniwa T, Motomura Y, Moro K, Koyasu S.:
  "Tumor-Derived Lactic Acid Contributes to the Paucity of Intratumoral ILC2s."
  Cell Rep. 2020 Feb 25;30(8)
• 7. Kobayashi T, Ricardo-Gonzalez RR, Moro K.:
  "Skin-Resident Innate Lymphoid Cells - Cutaneous Innate Guardians and Regulators."
  Trends Immunol. 2020 Feb;41(2)
• 8. Sasaki T, Moro K, Kubota T, Kubota N, Kato T, Ohno H, Nakae S, Saito H, Koyasu S.:
  "Innate Lymphoid Cells in the Induction of Obesity."
  Cell Rep. 2019 Jul 2;28(1)
• 9. Kobayashi T, Voisin B, Kim DY, Kennedy EA, Jo JH, Shih HY, Truong A, Doebel T, Sakamoto K, Cui CY, Schlessinger D, Moro K, Nakae S, Horiuchi K, Zhu J, Leonard WJ, Kong HH, Nagao K.:
  "Homeostatic Control of Sebaceous Glands by Innate Lymphoid Cells Regulates Commensal Bacteria Equilibrium."
  Cell. 2019 Feb 21;176(5)
• 10. Koga S, Hozumi K, Hirano KI, Yazawa M, Terooatea T, Minoda A, Nagasawa T, Koyasu S, Moro K.:
  "Peripheral PDGFRα+gp38+ mesenchymal cells support the differentiation of fetal liver-derived ILC2."
  J Exp Med. 2018 Jun 4;215(6)

Recent Research Results

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  Mar. 5, 2024
  Unlocking the secrets of lung fibrosis with a new mouse model

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  Jul. 3, 2019
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  Nov. 24, 2015
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