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Yousuke Takahama, Ph.D.

Yousuke Takahama, Ph.D.

  • Center for Cancer Research
  • National Cancer Institute
Senior Investigator
Experimental Immunology Branch
Section Chief, Thymus Biology Section

RESEARCH SUMMARY

The current interest of our laboratory is to understand molecular mechanisms (1) that build functionally competent thymus microenvironments, which are capable of supporting the production and selection of T cells, (2) that govern thymic selection to establish a functionally competent repertoire of mature T cells, and (3) that position developing T cells to localize within the thymus microenvironments for T cell repertoire formation.

Areas of Expertise

Thymus Biology
Thymic Epithelial Cells
Thymus Development
T Cell Development
T Cell Repertoire Selection

Publications

Selected Recent Publications

Generation and repair of thymic epithelial cells

Anderson G, Cosway EJ, James KD, Ohigashi I, Takahama Y.
J Exp Med. 221: e20230894, 2024.
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[ Journal Article ]

Functionally diverse thymic medullary epithelial cells interplay to direct central tolerance

Ushio A, Matsuda-Lennikov M, Kalle-Youngoue F, Shimizu A, Abdelmaksoud A, Kelly MC, Ishimaru N, Takahama Y.
Cell Reports. 43: 114072, 2024.
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[ Journal Article ]

Developmental conversion of thymocyte-attracting cells into self-antigen-displaying cells in embryonic thymus medulla epithelium

Ohigashi I, White AJ, Yang MT, Fujimori S, Tanaka Y, Jacques A, Kiyonari H, Matsushita Y, Turan S, Kelly MC, Anderson G, Takahama Y.
eLife. 12: 92552 , 2024.
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[ Journal Article ]

The thymoproteasome hardwires the TCR repertoire of CD8+ T cells in the cortex independent of negative selection

Ohigashi I, Frantzeskakis M, Jacques A, Fujimori S, Ushio A, Yamashita F, Ishimaru N, Yin D, Cam M, Kelly MC, Awasthi P, Takada K, Takahama Y.
J Exp Med. 218: e20201904, 2021.
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[ Journal Article ]

Trans-omics impact of thymoproteasome in cortical thymic epithelial cells

Ohigashi I, Tanaka Y, Kondo K, Fujimori S, Kondo H, Palin AC, Hoffmann V, Kozai M, Matsushita Y, Uda S, Motosugi R, Hamazaki J, Kubota H, Murata S, Tanaka K, Katagiri T, Kosako H, Takahama Y.
Cell Reports. 29: 2901-2916, 2019.
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