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MAJOR PUBLICATIONS

1. Molecular cloning of a human monocyte-derived neutrophil chemotactic factor (MDNCF) and the induction of MDNCF mRNA by interleukin 1 and tumor necrosis factor.  Matsushima K, Morishita K, Yoshimura T, Lavu S, Kobayashi Y, Lew W, Appella E, Kung HF, Leonard EJ, Oppenheim JJ.  J Exp Med. 167:1883-1893, 1988.

2. Prevention of lung reperfusion injury in rabbits by a monoclonal antibody against interleukin-8.  Sekido N, Mukaida N, Harada A, Nakanishi I, Watanabe Y, Matsushima K.  Nature. 365:654-657, 1993.

3. Chemokine receptor CXCR3 facilitates CD8+ T cell differentiation into short-lived effector cells leading to memory degeneration.  Kurachi M, Kurachi J, Suenaga F, Tsukui T, Abe J, Ueha S, Tomura M, Sugihara K, Takamura S, Kakimi K, Matsushima K.  J Exp Med. 208:1605-1620, 2011. 

4. Bone marrow graft-versus-host disease: early destruction of hematopoietic niche after MHC-mismatched hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.   Shono Y, Ueha S, Wang Y, Abe J, Kurachi M, Matsuno Y, Sugiyama T, Nagasawa T, Imamura M, Matsushima K. Blood. 2010. 115(26):5401-11.