Galectin-9 Enhances Cytokine Secretion, but Suppresses Survival and Degranulation, in Human Mast Cell Line

• Reiji Kojima ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Reiji Kojima, Tatsukuni Ohno

  Affiliations Department of Basic Pathology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan, Department of Pediatrics, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan, Department of Allergy and Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

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• Tatsukuni Ohno ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Reiji Kojima, Tatsukuni Ohno

  Current address: Department of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

  Affiliation Department of Allergy and Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

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• Motoyasu Iikura,

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Toshiro Niki,

  Affiliations Departments of Immunology and Immunopathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Takamatsu, Japan, Research Center, GalPharma Company, Takamatsu, Japan

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• Mitsuomi Hirashima,

  Affiliations Departments of Immunology and Immunopathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Takamatsu, Japan, Research Center, GalPharma Company, Takamatsu, Japan

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• Keichi Iwaya,

  Affiliation Department of Basic Pathology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

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• Hitoshi Tsuda,

  Affiliation Department of Basic Pathology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

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• Shigeaki Nonoyama,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

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• Akio Matsuda,

  Affiliation Department of Allergy and Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hirohisa Saito,

  Affiliation Department of Allergy and Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kenji Matsumoto,

  Affiliation Department of Allergy and Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

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• Susumu Nakae

  * E-mail: snakae@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Allergy and Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan, Laboratory of Systems Biology, Center for Experimental Medicine and Systems Biology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan

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