Koho Iizuka, M.D.

Dr. Koho Iizuka, M.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. He received his M.D. in 1987 from the Hirosaki University, Japan.  After postdoctoral training at the Washington University in St. Louis (Dr. Wayne Yokoyama), he joined the University of Minnesota in 2004.

His research focuses on Natural killer (NK) cell biology, especially its molecular recognition and tolerance mechanisms.

Selected Recent Publications

Furukawa H, Iizuka K, Poursine-Laurent J, Shastri N, Yokoyama WM. A ligand for the murine NK activationg receptor Ly49D: Activation of tolerized NK cells fromb2 microglobulin-deficient mice. Journal of Immunology 2002; 169:126-136

Iizuka K, Naidenko OV, Plougastel BFM, Fremont DH, Yokoyama WM. Genetically linked C-type lectin-related ligands for Nkrp1 family of NK cell receptors. Nature Immunology 2003; 4:801-807