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Shimba, Akihiro

Graduate School of Medicine Program-Specific Assistant Professor

Shimba, Akihiro
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    Last Updated :2025/05/02

    Basic Information

    Faculty

    • 医学部

    Professional Memberships

    • THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR IMMUNOLOGY

    Academic Degree

    • 修士(医科学)(京都大学)
    • 博士(医科学)(京都大学)

    Research History

    • From Aug. 2019, To Present
      Kyoto University, 助教
    • From 2017, To Present
      京都大学 ウイルス・再生医科学研究所, 非常勤研究員

    Language of Instruction

    • Japanese

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      Research

      Research Interests

      • サイトカイン
      • ホルモン
      • 免疫学

      Research Areas

      • Life sciences, Medical biochemistry

      Papers

      • The transcription factor RORα is required for the development of type 1 innate lymphoid cells in adult bone marrow
        Shinya Abe; Moe Kagao; Takuma Asahi; Ryoma Kato; Shizue Tani-ichi; Akihiro Shimba; Riki Ishibashi; Hitoshi Miyachi; Satsuki Kitano; Masaki Miyazaki; Hans-Reimer Rodewald; Fumiko Toyoshima; Koichi Ikuta
        The Journal of Immunology, 13 Mar. 2025
      • A Chimeric IL-7Rα/IL-2Rβ Receptor Promotes the Differentiation of T Cell Progenitors into B Cells and Type 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells.
        Akihiro Shimba; Shizue Tani-Ichi; Kyoko Masuda; Guangwei Cui; Satoru Munakata; Shinya Abe; Satsuki Kitano; Hitoshi Miyachi; Hiroshi Kawamoto; Koichi Ikuta
        Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 14 Aug. 2024
      • Hematopoietic cell-derived IL-15 supports NK cell development in scattered and clustered localization within the bone marrow.
        Shinya Abe; Takuma Asahi; Takahiro Hara; Guangwei Cui; Akihiro Shimba; Shizue Tani-Ichi; Kohei Yamada; Kazuko Miyazaki; Hitoshi Miyachi; Satsuki Kitano; Naotoshi Nakamura; Junichi Kikuta; Alexis Vandenbon; Masaki Miyazaki; Ryo Yamada; Toshiaki Ohteki; Masaru Ishii; Veronika Sexl; Takashi Nagasawa; Koichi Ikuta
        Cell reports, 10 Sep. 2023
      • CD45 alleviates airway inflammation and lung fibrosis by limiting expansion and activation of ILC2s.
        Guangwei Cui; Akihiro Shimba; Jianshi Jin; Nozomi Hojo; Takuma Asahi; Shinya Abe; Aki Ejima; Shinri Okada; Keizo Ohira; Ryoma Kato; Shizue Tani-Ichi; Ryo Yamada; Takashi Ebihara; Katsuyuki Shiroguchi; Koichi Ikuta
        Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 05 Sep. 2023
      • Lung group 2 innate lymphoid cells differentially depend on local IL-7 for their distribution, activation, and maintenance in innate and adaptive immunity-mediated airway inflammation.
        Daichi Takami; Shinya Abe; Akihiro Shimba; Takuma Asahi; Guangwei Cui; Shizue Tani-Ichi; Takahiro Hara; Keishi Miyata; Masashi Ikutani; Kiyoshi Takatsu; Yuichi Oike; Koichi Ikuta
        International immunology, 26 Jul. 2023
      • 肺における2型自然リンパ球の維持と活性化に対するIL-7の機能(Role of local IL-7 in maintenance and activation of lung ILC2)
        高見 大地; 阿部 真也; 榛葉 旭恒; 旭 拓真; 生田 宏一
        日本細胞生物学会大会講演要旨集, Jun. 2020
      • Liver type 1 innate lymphoid cells lacking IL-7 receptor are a native killer cell subset fostered by parenchymal niches.
        Takuma Asahi; Shinya Abe; Guangwei Cui; Akihiro Shimba; Tsukasa Nabekura; Hitoshi Miyachi; Satsuki Kitano; Keizo Ohira; Johannes M Dijkstra; Masaki Miyazaki; Akira Shibuya; Hiroshi Ohno; Koichi Ikuta
        eLife, 22 Jun. 2023
      • Physiological concentrations of glucocorticoids induce pathological DNA double‐strand breaks
        Salma Akter; Akihiro Shimba; Koichi Ikuta; Md. Rasel Al Mahmud; Shintaro Yamada; Hiroyuki Sasanuma; Masataka Tsuda; Masakatsu Sone; Yukio Ago; Kenichi Murai; Hisashi Tanaka; Shunichi Takeda
        Genes to Cells, 07 Dec. 2022
      • Control of immunity and allergy by steroid hormones
        Koichi Ikuta; Aki Ejima; Shinya Abe; Akihiro Shimba
        Allergology International, Oct. 2022
      • A circulating subset of iNKT cells mediates antitumor and antiviral immunity.
        Guangwei Cui; Akihiro Shimba; Jianshi Jin; Taisaku Ogawa; Yukiko Muramoto; Hitoshi Miyachi; Shinya Abe; Takuma Asahi; Shizue Tani-Ichi; Johannes M Dijkstra; Yayoi Iwamoto; Kirill Kryukov; Yuanbo Zhu; Daichi Takami; Takahiro Hara; Satsuki Kitano; Yan Xu; Hajime Morita; Moyu Zhang; Lynn Zreka; Keishi Miyata; Takashi Kanaya; Shinya Okumura; Takashi Ito; Etsuro Hatano; Yoshimasa Takahashi; Hiroshi Watarai; Yuichi Oike; Tadashi Imanishi; Hiroshi Ohno; Toshiaki Ohteki; Nagahiro Minato; Masato Kubo; Georg A Holländer; Hideki Ueno; Takeshi Noda; Katsuyuki Shiroguchi; Koichi Ikuta
        Science immunology, 28 Oct. 2022
      • Androgens Alleviate Allergic Airway Inflammation by Suppressing Cytokine Production in Th2 Cells.
        Aki Ejima; Shinya Abe; Akihiro Shimba; Susumu Sato; Takuya Uehata; Shizue Tani-Ichi; Satoru Munakata; Guangwei Cui; Osamu Takeuchi; Toyohiro Hirai; Shigeaki Kato; Koichi Ikuta
        Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 17 Aug. 2022
      • 【免疫系の概日リズム】グルココルチコイドによる免疫応答能の概日制御
        榛葉 旭恒; 生田 宏一
        医学のあゆみ, Apr. 2022
      • Control of immunity by glucocorticoids in health and disease
        Akihiro Shimba; Koichi Ikuta
        Seminars in Immunopathology, Dec. 2020
      • Immune-enhancing effects of glucocorticoids in response to day–night cycles and stress
        Akihiro Shimba; Koichi Ikuta
        International Immunology, 20 Oct. 2020
      • Glucocorticoids Regulate Circadian Rhythm of Innate and Adaptive Immunity
        Akihiro Shimba; Koichi Ikuta
        Frontiers in Immunology, 18 Sep. 2020
      • Intestinal epithelial cell-derived IL-15 determines local maintenance and maturation of intra-epithelial lymphocytes in the intestine.
        Yuanbo Zhu; Guangwei Cui; Eiji Miyauchi; Yuki Nakanishi; Hisa Mukohira; Akihiro Shimba; Shinya Abe; Shizue Tani-Ichi; Takahiro Hara; Hiroshi Nakase; Tsutomu Chiba; Atsuko Sehara-Fujisawa; Hiroshi Seno; Hiroshi Ohno; Koichi Ikuta
        International immunology, 08 May 2020, Peer-reviewed
      • IL-7R-Dependent Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Competes with the STAT5 Signal to Modulate T Cell Development and Homeostasis.
        Guangwei Cui; Akihiro Shimba; Guangyong Ma; Kazuhiko Takahara; Shizue Tani-Ichi; Yuanbo Zhu; Takuma Asahi; Akifumi Abe; Hitoshi Miyachi; Satsuki Kitano; Takahiro Hara; Jun-Ichirou Yasunaga; Hirotsugu Suwanai; Hisakata Yamada; Masao Matsuoka; Kohjiro Ueki; Yasunobu Yoshikai; Koichi Ikuta
        Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 15 Feb. 2020, Peer-reviewed
      • Chronic circadian misalignment accelerates immune senescence and abbreviates lifespan in mice.
        Hitoshi Inokawa; Yasuhiro Umemura; Akihiro Shimba; Eiryo Kawakami; Nobuya Koike; Yoshiki Tsuchiya; Munehiro Ohashi; Yoichi Minami; Guangwei Cui; Takuma Asahi; Ryutaro Ono; Yuh Sasawaki; Eiichi Konishi; Seung-Hee Yoo; Zheng Chen; Satoshi Teramukai; Koichi Ikuta; Kazuhiro Yagita
        Scientific reports, 13 Feb. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author
      • Glucocorticoids Drive Diurnal Oscillations in T Cell Distribution and Responses by Inducing Interleukin-7 Receptor and CXCR4.
        Akihiro Shimba; Guangwei Cui; Shizue Tani-Ichi; Makoto Ogawa; Shinya Abe; Fumie Okazaki; Satsuki Kitano; Hitoshi Miyachi; Hisakata Yamada; Takahiro Hara; Yasunobu Yoshikai; Takashi Nagasawa; Günther Schütz; Koichi Ikuta
        Immunity, 20 Feb. 2018, Peer-reviewed, Lead author
      • グルココルチコイドと免疫概日リズムが制御する生体防御機構
        榛葉旭恒; 生田宏一
        医学のあゆみ, 2018, Invited
      • グルココルチコイドによる免疫機能の日内変動の制御
        生田宏一; 榛葉旭恒
        アンチ・エイジング医学, 2018, Invited
      • Interleukin-7 receptor controls development and maturation of late stages of thymocyte subpopulations
        Shizue Tani-ichi; Akihiro Shimba; Keisuke Wagatsuma; Hitoshi Miyachi; Satsuki Kitano; Kumiko Imai; Takahiro Hara; Koichi Ikuta
        PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Jan. 2013, Peer-reviewed

      Misc.

      • 肝臓内IL-15産生性微小環境による1型自然リンパ球を介した抗腫瘍免疫の制御
        旭拓真; 榛葉旭恒; 崔広為; 阿部真也; 生田宏一
        日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・要旨集(Web), 2020
      • Pleiotropic Effects of Glucocorticoids on the Immune System in Circadian Rhythm and Stress
        Akihiro Shimba; Aki Ejima; Koichi Ikuta
        Frontiers in Immunology, 08 Oct. 2021
      • Glucocorticoids Drive Circadian Changes in T-Cell Homing and Response via IL-7 Receptor
        Akihiro Shimba; Koichi Ikuta
        JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY, May 2017

      Presentations

      • Glucocorticoids drive diurnal changes in distribution and response of T cells via IL-7R expression
        Shimba Akihiro; Cui Guangwei; Ikuta Koichi
        第46回日本免疫学会総会・学術集会, Dec. 2017
      • Glucocorticoids drive diurnal changes in distribution and response of T cells via IL-7R expression
        Shimba Akihiro; Ikuta Koichi
        24th East Asia Joint Symposium, Oct. 2017
      • グルココルチコイドによる IL-7R および CXCR4 の発現を介した T 細胞維持への影響
        榛葉 旭恒; 生田 宏一
        Kyoto T Cell Conference, May 2015
      • Differential roles of IL-7 and IL-2 receptor signals in lymphocyte development and maintenance revealed by IL-7Rα/IL-15Rβ chimera knock-in
        Akihiro Shimba; Shizue Tani-Ichi; Kyoko Masuda; Takahiro Hara; Hiroshi Kawamoto; Koichi Ikuta
        第43回日本免疫学会総会・学術集会, Dec. 2014

      Books and Other Publications

      • グルココルチコイドによる免疫応答の日内変動制御
        榛葉 旭恒; 生田宏一
        感染炎症免疫, Aug. 2019, Not refereed
      • 概日リズムが制御する免疫応答の日内変動と炎症疾患
        榛葉 旭恒; 生田宏一
        実験医学, Feb. 2019, Not refereed
      • グルココルチコイドによる正負の免疫制御
        榛葉 旭恒; 生田宏一
        生体の科学, 2019, Not refereed
      • グルココルチコイドと免疫概日リズムが制御する生体防御機構
        榛葉 旭恒; 生田 宏一
        医学のあゆみ, Sep. 2018, Not refereed
      • グルココルチコイドによる免疫機能の日内変動の制御
        生田 宏一; 榛葉 旭恒
        アンチ・エイジング医学, Aug. 2018, Not refereed

      External funds: Kakenhi

      • Induction of autoimmune diseases by glucocorticoids
        Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
        Medium-sized Section 49:Pathology, infection/immunology, and related fields
        Kyoto University
        Koichi IKUTA
        From 30 Jul. 2020, To 31 Mar. 2022, Project Closed
        グルココルチコイド;自己免疫疾患;Th17細胞;実験的自己免疫性脳脊髄炎;関節リウマチ
      • Stress-induced renin causes intestinal inflammation via helper T cells
        Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
        Basic Section 49070:Immunology-related
        Kyoto University
        Akihiro Shimba
        From 01 Apr. 2020, To 31 Mar. 2022, Project Closed
        レニン;ヘルパーT細胞;炎症性腸疾患;精神的ストレス;TH17細胞;大腸炎
      • IL-15-producing microenvironment supporting innate lymphoid cells and its role in diseases
        Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
        Basic Section 49070:Immunology-related
        Kyoto University
        Koichi Ikuta
        From 01 Apr. 2020, To 31 Mar. 2023, Project Closed
        自然免疫;サイトカイン;微小環境;IL-15;腫瘍免疫
      • Glucocorticoids enhance the differentiation and function of Th17 cells and cause colitis
        Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
        Basic Section 49070:Immunology-related
        Kyoto University
        Akihiro Shimba
        From 01 Apr. 2018, To 31 Mar. 2020, Project Closed
        グルココルチコイド;ストレス;Th17細胞;大腸炎;ILC3;ステロイドホルモン;TH17;炎症性腸疾患
      • ストレスがTH17細胞のプロテアーゼの発現上昇と関節炎増悪に寄与する機構の解明
        Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
        Basic Section 49070:Immunology-related
        Kyoto University
        榛葉 旭恒
        From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2025, Granted
        ストレス;ヘルパーT細胞;MMP25;TH17;マトリックスメタロプロテアーゼ;関節リウマチ
      • Control of immune response and tissue homeostasis by novel IL-15-dependent subsets of innate lymphocytes and lymphoid cells
        Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
        Basic Section 49070:Immunology-related
        Kyoto University
        生田 宏一
        From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2026, Granted
        自然免疫;サイトカイン;微小環境;腫瘍免疫;抗ウイルス免疫応答
      • Development of nighttime lighting to promote patient sleep under metameric conditions
        Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
        Medium-sized Section 58:Society medicine, nursing, and related fields
        Kyoto University
        若村 智子
        From 30 Jun. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2025, Granted
        条件等色;概日リズム;看護ケア;照明機器;メラノプシン網膜神経節細胞
      • Control of immune response and tissue homeostasis by novel IL-15-dependent innate lymphocytes
        Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
        Basic Section 49070:Immunology-related
        Kyoto University
        生田 宏一
        From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2026, Granted
        自然免疫;サイトカイン;微小環境;腫瘍免疫;抗ウイルス免疫応答
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        Education

        Teaching subject(s)

        • From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
          Practice of Infectious disease medicine
          8028, Fall, Faculty of Medicine, 1
        • From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
          Physiology Practice
          3241, Fall, Faculty of Medicine, 1
        • From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
          Learning Clinical Laboratory Medicine in Hospital
          8043, Fall, Faculty of Medicine, 8
        • From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
          Practice of Infectious disease medicine
          8028, Fall, Faculty of Medicine, 1
        • From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
          Physiology Practice
          3241, Fall, Faculty of Medicine, 1
        • From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
          Immunology training
          8032, Fall, Faculty of Medicine, 1
        • From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
          Learning Clinical Laboratory Medicine in Hospital
          8043, Fall, Faculty of Medicine, 8
        • From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
          Physiology Practice
          3241, Fall, Faculty of Medicine, 1
        • From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
          Practice of Infectious disease medicine
          8028, Fall, Faculty of Medicine, 1
        • From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
          Learning Clinical Laboratory Medicine in Hospital
          8043, Fall, Faculty of Medicine, 8
        • From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
          Immunology training
          8032, Fall, Faculty of Medicine, 1
        • From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
          Immunology I
          Fall, 医学部(人間健康科学科)
        • From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
          Learning Clinical Laboratory Medicine in Hospital
          Fall, 医学部(人間健康科学科)
        • From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
          Immunology I
          Fall, 医学部(人間健康科学科)
        • From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
          Immunology training
          Fall, 医学部(人間健康科学科)
        • From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
          Practice of Infectious disease medicine
          Fall, 医学部(人間健康科学科)
        • From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
          Physiology Practice
          Fall, 医学部(人間健康科学科)
        • From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
          Learning Clinical Laboratory Medicine in Hospital
          Fall, 医学部(人間健康科学科)
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          Administration

          Faculty management (title, position)

          • From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
            広報・リクルート委員会委員

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