Minako Hijikata

The paper investigates immune responses to different Mycobacterium avium complex isolates in mice, finding that M. intracellulare induces a distinct IL-17/neutrophilic immune program compared to M. avium.

This study evaluates strain-dependent disease progression and necrotizing granuloma formation in a murine model of MAC-PD using five clinical MAC strains.

This study shows that Mafb deficiency in myeloid cells increases susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in mice by impairing macrophage function and immune cell recruitment.

The paper uses single-cell RNA sequencing to analyze lung granulomas in M. tuberculosis-infected mice, identifying novel macrophage subtypes and markers associated with TB pathogenesis.