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Invited Guest

Yasuna Nakamura

Assistant Professor, Nagasaki University
Current Position, Affiliation
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology of Visceral Function and Body Fluid Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Japan
Education / Training
  • 2011, M.D., Wakayama Medical University, Faculty of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan
  • 2021, PhD., The University of Tokyo Graduate school of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Professional and Research Experience
  • 2012 - 2013, Resident, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2013 - 2014, Internal Medicine Fellow, Kawakita General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
  • 2014 - 2015, Nephrology Fellow, Tokyo Teishin Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
  • 2015 - 2017, Internal Medicine (Nephrology), Assistant professor, SHOWA Medical University Fujigaoka Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
  • 2021, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology of Visceral Function and Body Fluid Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Japan.
Awards & Honors
  • 2022, Excellent Presentation Award, The 65th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Nephrology
Selected Publications
  • R Uni, T Inoue, R Fujii, S Hasegawa, CH Wu, Y Nakamura, D Fukaya, B Surattichaiyakul, W Peerapanyasut, A Ozeki, N Akimitsu, Y Wada, M Nangaku, R Inagi. Vagus nerve stimulation even after injury ameliorates cisplatin- induced nephropathy via reducing macrophage infiltration. Sci Rep, 10(1):9472,2020.
  • S Hasegawa, T Inoue, Y Nakamura, D Fukaya, R Uni, CH Wu, R Fujii, W Peerapanyasut, A Taguchi, T Kohro, S Yamada, M Katagiri, T Ko, S Nomura, A Ozeki, E Susaki, H Ueda, N Akimitsu, Y Wada, I Komuro, M Nangaku, R Inagi. Activation of sympathetic signaling in macrophages blocks systemic inflammation and protects against renal ischemia/reperfusion injury. J Am Soc Nephrol. 32(7): 1599-1615, 2021.
  • T Inoue*, Y Nakamura*(co-first author), S Tanaka, T Kohro, L X. Li, L Huang, J Yao, S Kawamura, R Inoue, H Nishi, D Fukaya, R Uni, S Hasegawa, R Inagi, R Umene, CH Wu, H Ye, A Bajwa, D L. Rosin, K Ishihara, M Nangaku, Y Wada, MD Okusa. Bone marrow stromal cell antigen-1 (CD157) regulated by sphingosine kinase2 mediated kidney fibrosis. Front Med. 9:993698, 2022.
  • Y Nakamura*, H Matsumoto* (co-first author), CH Wu, D Fukaya, R Uni, Y Hirakawa, M Katagiri, S Yamada, T Ko, S Nomura, Y Wada, I Komuro, M Nangaku, R Inagi, T Inoue. Alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors signaling boosts cell-cell interactions in macrophages effecting anti-inflammatory and organ protection. Commun Biol. 6(1): 666, 2023.
  • A Yang, CH Wu, S Matsuo, R Umene, Y Nakamura, T Inoue. Activation of the α7nAChR by GTS-21 mitigates septic tubular cell injury and modulates macrophage infiltration. Int Immunopharmacol. 138:112555,2024.
Immuno-Horizons in Kidney Diseases: Unraveling the Hidden Players
Role
Speaker
Date & Time
12/06 10:30 - 10:45
Place
Room 2 ( 701B )
Lecture Title
Neuroimmune Communication in the Kidney: The Frontier