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Prof. Dr. Hiroki Kato

Member, Steering-Committee Member

Institute of Cardiovascular Immunology

Medical Faculty, University of Bonn University Hospital of Bonn Sigmund-Freud-Strasse 25 53127 Bonn

hkato@uni-bonn.de

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My research focuses on the mechanisms by which cytoplasmic RNA sensors RIG-I like receptors (RLRs) distinguish between viral RNAs and self-RNAs and trigger type I IFNs. Current work examines spontaneous autoimmune symptoms in RLR mutant mice derived via mutagenesis and how RLR-dysregulation causes autoimmune disease. I am also particularly interested in the analysis of immune responses and pathogenesis in virus infection in vivo and autoimmune diseases using mouse models.

Hiroki Kato

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Recent publications

  • Local activation of mutant RIG-I by short noncoding Y-RNA in the kidney triggers lethal nephritis.

    Science immunology

    Authors: Saya Satoh, Yaw Bia Tan, Benjamin Heil, Shintaro Yamada, Verena Schütte, Celest Phang, Chaozhi Tang, Yuta Tsukamoto, Takahiro Higuchi, Takashi Fujita, Rayk Behrendt, Martin Schlee, Dahai Luo, Hiroki Kato

  • RNA-binding proteins hnRNPM and ELAVL1 promote type-I interferon induction downstream of the nucleic acid sensors cGAS and RIG-I.

    The EMBO journal

    Authors: Alexander Kirchhoff, Anna-Maria Herzner, Christian Urban, Antonio Piras, Robert Düster, Julia Mahlberg, Agathe Grünewald, Thais M Schlee-Guimarães, Katrin Ciupka, Petro Leka, Robert J Bootz, Christina Wallerath, Charlotte Hunkler, Ann Kristin de Regt, Beate M Kümmerer, Maria Hønholt Christensen, Florian I Schmidt, Min Ae Lee-Kirsch, Claudia Günther, Hiroki Kato, Eva Bartok, Gunther Hartmann, Matthias Geyer, Andreas Pichlmair, Martin Schlee

  • Mouse models of type I interferonopathies.

    Human molecular genetics

    Authors: Domnica Luca, Hiroki Kato

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