・Morimoto K*, Takahashi R, Takahashi G, Miyajima M, Nakajima K*. “Maternal immunoglobulins are distributed in the offspring’s brain to support the maintenance of cortical interneurons in the postnatal period." Inflamm Regen. 44(1):24, 2024

・Morimoto K, Tabata H, Takahashi R, Nakajima K*. “Interactions between neural cells and blood vessels in central nervous system development.” Bioessays, e2300091, 2023

・Morimoto K, Nakajima K*. “Role of the Immune System in the Development of the Central Nervous System.” Front Neurosci. 13:916, 2019

・Maeda Y, Tsuda T, Takeda Y*, Koyama S*, Hayama Y, Nojima S, Kimura T, Ito D, Takamatsu H, Kang S, Nishide M, Morimoto K, Hosokawa T, Kinehara Y, Kato Y, Nakatani T, Takeda K, Hayama M, Obata S, Akazawa H, Shikina T, Inohara H, Kumanogoh A. “SEMA4A promotes eosinophil survival and contributes to eosinophil-mediated allergic diseases.” Allergol Int. 68(2): pp274-276, 2019

・Nishide M, Nojima S*, Ito D, Takamatsu H, Koyama S, Kang S, Kimura T, Morimoto K, Hosokawa T, Hayama Y, Kinehara Y, Kato Y, Nakatani T, Nakanishi Y, Tsuda T, Park JH, Hirano T, Shima Y, Narazaki M, Morii E, Kumanogoh A*. “Semaphorin 4D inhibits neutrophil activation and is involved in the pathogenesis of neutrophil-mediated autoimmune vasculitis.” Ann Rheum Dis. 76(8), pp1440-1448, 2017

・Kimura T*, Nada S, Takegahara N, Okuno T, Nojima S, Kang S, Ito D, Morimoto K, Hosokawa T, Hayama Y, Mitsui Y, Sakurai N, Sarashina-Kida H, Nishide M, Maeda Y, Takamatsu H, Okuzaki D, Yamada M, Okada M, Kumanogoh A*. “Polarization of M2 macrophages requires Lamtor1 that integrates cytokine and amino-acid signals.” Nat Commun. 7:13130, 2016

・Morimoto K, Baba Y*, Shinohara H, Kang S, Nojima S, Kimura T, Ito D, Yoshida Y, Maeda Y, Sarashina-Kida H, Nishide M, Hosokawa T, Kato Y, Hayama Y, Kinehara Y, Okuno T, Takamatsu H, Hirano T, Shima Y, Narazaki M, Kurosaki T, Toyofuku T* & Kumanogoh A “LRRK1 is critical in the regulation of B-cell responses and CARMA1-dependent NF-kB activation” Sci Rep. 6:25738, 2016

・Toyofuku T*, Morimoto K, Sasawatari S, Kumanogoh A. “LRRK1 regulates autophagy through turning on the TBC1D2-dependent Rab7 inactivation.” Mol Cell Biol. 35(17), pp3044-3058, 2015

・Ito D, Nojima S*, Nishide M, Okuno T, Takamatsu H, Kang S, Kimura T, Yoshida Y, Morimoto K, Maeda Y, Hosokawa T, Toyofuku T, Ohshima J, Kamimura D, Yamamoto M, Murakami M, Morii E, Rakugi H, Isaka Y, Kumanogoh A*. “mTOR Complex Signaling through the SEMA4A-Plexin B2 Axis Is Required for Optimal Activation and Differentiation of CD8+ T Cells.” J Immunol. 195(3), pp934-943, 2015

・Yoshida Y, Ogata A*, Kang S, Ebina K, Shi K, Nojima S, Kimura T, Ito D, Morimoto K, Nishide M, Hosokawa T, Hirano T, Shima Y, Narazaki M, Tsuboi H, Saeki Y, Tomita T, Tanaka T, Kumanogoh A. “Semaphorin 4D Contributes to Rheumatoid Arthritis by Inducing Inflammatory Cytokine Production: Pathogenic and Therapeutic Implications.” Arthritis Rheumatol. 67(6), pp1481-1490, 2015

・Nojima S, Toyofuku T*, Kamao H, Ishigami C, Kaneko J, Okuno T, Takamatsu H, Ito D, Kang S, Kimura T, Yoshida Y, Morimoto K, Maeda Y, Ogata A, Ikawa M, Morii E, Aozasa K, Takagi J, Takahashi M, Kumanogoh A*. “A point mutation in Semaphorin 4A associates with defective endosomal sorting and causes retinal degeneration” Nat Commun. 4:1406, 2013