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• Nakama, T#., Wall, A#., Dolton G#., Tan, LR., Thomas, H., Hamana, H., Aritsu, Y., Tan, TS., Toyoda, M., Goto, Y., Li, H., Kitamatsu, K., Udaka, K., Miyashita, Y., Oshiumi, H., Nakamura, K., Nagasaki, Y., Minami, R., Nakata, .H, Rizkallah, PJ., Kishi, H., Ueno, T., Sewell, AK*., Motozono, C*. Position-5-Driven Reorientation of the Immunodominant HLA-A*24:02 SARS-CoV-2 Epitope Underlies Universal T-cell Escape. JCI Insight, In press, 2026
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• Shibata, K, Motozono, C., Nagae M., Shimizu, T., Ishikawa, E., Motooka, D., Okuzaki, D., Izumi, Y., Takahashi, M., Fujimori N., Wing JB., Hayano, T., Asai Y., Bamba, T., Ogawa Y., Furutani-Seiki M., Shirai M., Yamasaki S. Symbiotic bacteria-dependent expansion of MR1-reactive T cells causes autoimmunity in the absence of Bcl11b in lymphocytes.Nature Communications, 13(1):6948, 2022.
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• Takano, T., Motozono, C*., Imai, T., Sonoda, KH., Nakanishi, Y., Yamasaki, S*. Dectin-1 intracellular domain determines species-specific ligand spectrum by modulating receptor sensitivity. J. Biol. Chem. 292(41):16933-16941, 2017. *Corresponding equally
• Motozono, C#., Pearson, JA#., De Leenheer, E., Rizkallah, PJ., Beck, K., Trimby, A., Sewell, AK., Wong, FS., Cole, DK. Distortion of the Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Binding Groove to Accommodate an Insulin-derived 10-Mer Peptide. J. Biol. Chem. 290(31): 18924-18933, 2015. #Contributed equally
• Motozono, C., Bridgeman, JS., Price, DA., Sewell, AK., Ueno, T. Clonotypically similar hybrid αβ T cell receptors can exhibit markedly different surface expression, antigen specificity and cross-reactivity. Clin. Exp. Immunol. 180(3): 560-570, 2014.
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• Motozono, C., Yokoyama, M., Sato, H., Ueno, T. Cross-reactivity analysis of T cell receptors specific for overlapping HIV-1 Nef epitopes of different lengths. Microbes. Infect. 16(4): 320-327, 2014.
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