Mina Kojima, PhD
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Publications
2024
Circulating tumor-reactive KIR+CD8+ T cells suppress anti-tumor immunity in patients with melanoma
Lu B, Lucca L, Lewis W, Wang J, Nogueira C, Heer S, Rayon-Estrada V, Axisa P, Reeves S, Buitrago-Pocasangre N, Pham G, Kojima M, Wei W, Aizenbud L, Bacchiocchi A, Zhang L, Walewski J, Chiang V, Olino K, Clune J, Halaban R, Kluger Y, Coyle A, Kisielow J, Obermair F, Kluger H, Hafler D. Circulating tumor-reactive KIR+CD8+ T cells suppress anti-tumor immunity in patients with melanoma. Nature Immunology 2024, 1-10. PMID: 39609626, DOI: 10.1038/s41590-024-02023-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCD8+ T cellsAnti-tumor immunityRegulatory T cellsT cellsSubpopulation of CD8+ T cellsCytotoxic CD8+ T cellsHuman CD8+ T cellsTumor antigen-specific CD8Impaired anti-tumor immunityTumor antigen-specificPoor overall survivalTumor rejectionKIR expressionOverall survivalTumor antigensImmune evasionCellular mediatorsHuman cancersCD8MelanomaTumorTranscriptional programsFunctional heterogeneityImmunityPatientsThe maternal-to-zygotic transition: reprogramming of the cytoplasm and nucleus
Kojima M, Hoppe C, Giraldez A. The maternal-to-zygotic transition: reprogramming of the cytoplasm and nucleus. Nature Reviews Genetics 2024, 1-23. PMID: 39587307, DOI: 10.1038/s41576-024-00792-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
The landscape of pioneer factor activity reveals the mechanisms of chromatin reprogramming and genome activation
Miao L, Tang Y, Bonneau AR, Chan SH, Kojima ML, Pownall ME, Vejnar CE, Gao F, Krishnaswamy S, Hendry CE, Giraldez AJ. The landscape of pioneer factor activity reveals the mechanisms of chromatin reprogramming and genome activation. Molecular Cell 2022, 82: 986-1002.e9. PMID: 35182480, PMCID: PMC9327391, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.01.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome activationChromatin openingTranscription factorsPioneer factor activityDifferent transcription factorsChromatin reprogrammingPioneer factorsNucleosome positionsActive enhancersIndividual genesCore histonesTriple mutantGene activationTF inputsDevelopmental transitionsSequence contextCell typesFactor activityHistonesPioneering activityEnhancerActivationSequence of eventsPou5f3Chromatin
2019
Amplification of a broad transcriptional program by a common factor triggers the meiotic cell cycle in mice.
Kojima ML, de Rooij DG, Page DC. Amplification of a broad transcriptional program by a common factor triggers the meiotic cell cycle in mice. Elife 2019, 8 PMID: 30810530, DOI: 10.7554/eLife.43738.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Meioc maintains an extended meiotic prophase I in mice.
Soh YQS, Mikedis MM, Kojima M, Godfrey AK, de Rooij DG, Page DC. Meioc maintains an extended meiotic prophase I in mice. PLoS Genet 2017, 13: e1006704. PMID: 28380054, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006704.Peer-Reviewed Original Research