2012.08.07
Thesis by Dr. Yumi Nakamura ( The 1st Chiba University G-COE Annual Best Research Award winner in 2008) published in 'Immunity'
Critical Role for Mast Cells in
Interleukin-1β-Driven Skin Inflammation Associated
with an Activating Mutation in the Nlrp3 Protein
Yuumi Nakamura,1 Luigi Franchi,1 Naotomo Kambe,2 Guangxun Meng,3 Warren Strober,4 and Gabriel Nunez1,*
1Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
2Department of Dermatology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
3Unit of Innate Immunity, Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Shanghai Institutes for Biological
Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200025, China
4Mucosal Immunity Section, Laboratory for Host Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
*Correspondence: bclx@umich.edu
