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RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences Precision Immune Regulation RIKEN ECL Research Unit

RIKEN ECL Unit Leader: Naoko Satoh-Takayama (Ph.D.)

Research Summary

 Kazuhiko Yamamoto

By applying spatial analysis to age- and time-dependent immune responses, we aim to elucidate the mechanisms that regulate the immune responses between different organs and how their immune regulation is affected by changes in the microenvironment. The ultimate goal is to understand human pathogenesis based on the results obtained from animal disease models.

Main Research Fields

  • Medicine, Dentistry & Pharmacy

Related Research Fields

  • Informatics
  • Biology
  • Immunology

Keywords

  • Innate lymphoid cells
  • Disease regulation
  • Spatial analysis for immune response

Selected Publications

  • 1. Nagata R., Akama Y., Goncalves P., Serafini N., Kageyama T., Sato M, Shimaoka M., Ohno H. and Satoh-Takayama N.*
    "Acute peritonitis-induced adipose CD127+ ILC1s express PD-L1 and ameliorate inflammation in mice."
    Nature Communication, 17(1):2391, 2026.
  • 2. Satoh-Takayama N.*, Shigeno Y., Nagata R., Kato T., Nakanishi Y., Kageyama T., Tachibana N., Ito A., Benno Y., and Ohno H.
    "Fibroblasts sense commensal-derived metabolites and regulate innate IL-13-dependent immunity in the stomach."
    Mucosal Immunology, 19(2):1862-1874, 2026.
  • 3. Ogawa C., Zou C., Paucar Iza YA., Park T., Harada J. Satoh-Takayama N., Kuroda M., Brown CC. and Taniuchi I.
    "Runx-CBFb regulates the development of tolerogenic Thetis cells."
    Nature Immunology, 27(8):1633-1642, 2026
  • 4. Akama Y., Park EJ., Satoh-Takayama N., Ito A., Kawamoto E., Gaowa A., Matsuno E., Oikawa S., Saito M., Inoue T., Suzuki K., and Shimaoka M.
    "Roles of programmed death-1 and muscle innate lymphoid -derived IL-13 in sepsis-induced intensive care unit-acquired weakness."
    Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle. 15(5):1999-2012, 2024.
  • 5. Tsugawa H., Ishihara T., Ogasa K., Iwanami S., Hori A., Takahashi M., Yamada Y., Satoh-Takayama N., Ohno H., Minoda A., and Arita M.
    "A lipidome landscape of aging in mice."
    Nature Aging, 4(5):709-726, 2024.
  • 6. Ito A., Akama Y., Satoh-Takayama N., Saito K., Kato T., Kawamoto E., Gaowa A., Park EJ., Takao M., Shimaoka M.
    "Possible metastatic stage-dependent ILC2 activation induces differential function of MDSCs through IL-13/IL-13Ra1 signaling during the progression of breast cancer lung metastasis."
    Cancers. 14(13): 3267, 2022.
  • 7. Shi Z., Takeuchi T., Nakanishi Y., Kato T., Beck K., Nagata R., Kageyama T., Ito A., Ohno H. and. Satoh-Takayama N.*
    "A Japanese Herbal formula, Daikenchuto, alleviates experimental colitis by reshaping microbial profiling and enhancing group 3 innate lymphoid cells."
    Frontiers in Immunology. 13: 903459, 2022.
  • 8. Akama Y., Park EJ., Satoh-Takayama N., Gaowa A., Ito A., Kawamoto E., Darkwas S., Appiah M.G., Myint PK., Ohno H., Imai H. and Shimaoka M.
    "Sepsis induces deregulation of IL-13 production and PD-1 expression in lung group 2 innate lymphoid cells."
    Shock. 55: 357-370, 2021.
  • 9. Satoh-Takayama N.*, Kato T., Motomura Y., Kageyama T., Taguchi-Atarashi N., Daitoku-Kinoshita R., Kuroda E., Di Santo JP., Mimuro H., Moro K. and Ohno H.
    "Bacteria-induced group 2 innate lymphoid cells in the stomach provide immune protection through induction of IgA."
    Immunity. 52: 635-649, 2020.
  • 10. Tamaura M., Satoh-Takayama N., Tsumura M., Kageyama T., Hayakawa S., Asano T., Goda S., Nakayama M., Koseki H., Ohara O., Okada S., Ohno. H. and Kobayashi M.
    "Human gain-of-function STAT1 mutation disturbs IL-17 immunity in mice."
    International Immunology. 32: 259-272, 2020.

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Lab Members

Principal investigator

Naoko Satoh-Takayama
RIKEN ECL Unit Leader

Core members

Yunzi Yan
Postdoctoral Researcher
Toshiki Tanigawa
Technical Staff II
Mitsuki Ito
Student Trainee
Himari Kadowaki
Student Trainee
Ruka Anzai
Student Trainee

Contact Information

North Research Building,
1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku,
Yokohama City, Kanagawa,
230-0045, Japan
Email: ims-web@riken.jp

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