Akiko Iwasaki, PhD
Professor of Immunobiology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Departments & Organizations
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Immunology: Computational Immunology | Microbiology
Molecular Virology
Immunobiology
Molecular Virology
Research Interests
Innate immunity; Autophagy; Inflammasomes; sexually transmitted infections; Herpes simplex virus; human papillomavirus;respiratory virus infections; Influenza infection; T cell immunity; Commensal bacteria more...
Education
- Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1998
Selected Publications
- Sasai M, Linehan MM, Iwasaki A. Bifurcation of Toll-like receptor 9 signaling by adaptor protein 3. Science 2010 Sep 17;329(5998):1530-4.
- Influenza virus activates inflammasomes via its intracellular M2 ion channel. Ichinohe T, Pang IK, Iwasaki A. Nat Immunol. 2010 May;11(5):404-10.
- In Vivo Requirement for Atg5 in Antigen Presentation by Dendritic Cells. Lee HK, Mattei LM, Steinberg BE, Alberts P, Lee YH, Chervonsky A, Mizushima N, Grinstein S, Iwasaki A. Immunity. 2010 Feb 26;32(2):227-239.
