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
