2002 November-December

Date Presenter

Journal

24 December, 2002 Masafumi Takiguchi
(Professor)
Veronika G, Jennifer W, Cassian Y, Thomas S.  Tumour-Derived soluble MIC ligands impair expression of NKG2D and T-cell activation.  Nature. 419:734-738, 2002.
17 December, 2002 Takamasa Ueno
(Assistant Professor)
Diana G, Wolfgang WA. Schamel, Maria M, Francisco S. M, and Balbino A.  Recruitment of Nck by CD3e reveals a ligand-induced conformational change essential for T cell receptor signaling and synapse formation.  Cell. 109:901-912, 2002.
26 November, 2002 Manami Satoh
(Guraduate student
Master Course
1st grader)
Marcus A, Jan V. L, Nicole F, Xu G. Y, Claus S, Robeart L. E, Margaret E. F, Dirk M. O, Hans-Juergan S, and Bruce D. W.  Expansion of pre-existing, lymph node-localized CD8+ T cells during supervised treatment interruptions in chronic HIV-1 infection.
19 November, 2002 Seiji Okada
(Professor: : Division of Hematopoiesis
Amy J. W, Richard I. S, Julie L. C, Irving L. W.  Little evidence for developmental plasticity of adult hematopoietic stem cells.  Science. 297:2256-2259, 2002
12 November, 2002 Mamoru Fujiwara
(Guraduate student
Master Course
1st grader)
Linqu Z, Wenjie Y, Rebecca E. C, Entique A. D, Siyu F, Thang P, Jianfeng M, Jaclyn J. H, Wenyong Z, Peter L, David D. H.  Contribution of human alpha-defensin-1, -2, and -3 to the anti-HIV-1 activity of CD8 activiral factor.  Science. 298:995-1000, 2002.
5 November, 2002 Hiroshi Takata
(Guraduate student
Master Course
1st grader)
Stephen A. Migueles, Alisha C. Laborico, W. Lesley Shupert, M. Shirin Sabbaghian, et al.  HIV-specific CD8+T cell proliferation is coupled to perforin expression and is maintained in nonprogressors.  Nature Immunol. 3(11):1061-1068, 2002.