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Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto

Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
16886
World Ranking
7028
National Ranking
471

Medicine

D-Index
72
Citations
17124
World Ranking
19870
National Ranking
632

Overview

Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto is affiliated with Asahikawa Medical University in Japan. Their research spans several fields within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on dermatology and related disciplines.

The scientist's work predominantly covers subfields such as dermatology, rheumatology, pathology and forensic medicine, immunology, and cell biology. Their research topics include autoimmune bullous skin diseases, skin and cellular biology research, eosinophilic disorders and syndromes, dermatology and skin diseases, nail diseases and treatments, dermatological and skeletal disorders, and cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research.

Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto has a substantial record of publications in notable journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Dermatology
  • European Journal of Dermatology
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • British Journal of Dermatology
  • International Journal of Dermatology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto include:

  • "Increased Circulating Cell-Free DNA in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis: Implications for Eosinophil Extracellular Traps and Immunothrombosis," 2022, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Clinical practice guide for the treatment of perforating dermatosis," 2020, The Journal of Dermatology
  • "Vitiligo expansion and extent correlate with durable response in anti-programmed death 1 antibody treatment for advanced melanoma: A multi-institutional retrospective study," 2020, The Journal of Dermatology
  • "Palmoplantar epidermal differentiation disorders: a new classification toward pathogenesis-based therapy," 2025, British Journal of Dermatology
  • "A proposal for a new pathogenesis-guided classification for inherited epidermal differentiation disorders," 2025, British Journal of Dermatology

Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Shin Iinuma
  • Amy S. Paller
  • Mari Kishibe
  • Masaru Honma
  • Masashi Akiyama

Best Publications

  • Revised nomenclature and classification of inherited ichthyoses: Results of the First Ichthyosis Consensus Conference in Sorèze 2009

    Vinzenz Oji;Gianluca Tadini;Masashi Akiyama;Claudine Blanchet Bardon

  • A mutation in the conserved helix termination peptide of keratin 5 in hereditary skin blistering.

    E. B. Lane;E. L. Rugg;H. Navsaria;I. M. Leigh

  • Spink5-deficient mice mimic Netherton syndrome through degradation of desmoglein 1 by epidermal protease hyperactivity.

    Pascal Descargues;Céline Deraison;Chrystelle Bonnart;Maaike Kreft

  • Bone Marrow Transplantation for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa

    John E Wagner;Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto;John A McGrath;Maria Hordinsky

  • Defective stratum corneum and early neonatal death in mice lacking the gene for transglutaminase 1 (keratinocyte transglutaminase)

    Masato Matsuki;Fumiyoshi Yamashita;Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto;Keiko Yamada

  • Desmoglein 1 deficiency results in severe dermatitis, multiple allergies and metabolic wasting

    Liat Samuelov;Ofer Sarig;Robert M Harmon;Debora Rapaport

  • A molecular defect in loricrin, the major component of the cornified cell envelope, underlies Vohwinkel's syndrome

    Elena Maestrini;Anthony P. Monaco;John A. McGrath;Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto

  • The majority of generalized pustular psoriasis without psoriasis vulgaris is caused by deficiency of interleukin-36 receptor antagonist.

    Kazumitsu Sugiura;Akemi Takemoto;Michiya Yamaguchi;Hidetoshi Takahashi

  • Epidermolysis bullosa simplex (Dowling-Meara type) is a genetic disease characterized by an abnormal keratin-filament network involving keratins K5 and K14.

    Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto;John A. McGrath;Stephen J. Chapman;Irene M. Leigh

  • Serum cytokines and growth factor levels in Japanese patients with psoriasis

    H. Takahashi;H. Tsuji;Y. Hashimoto;A. Ishida-Yamamoto

  • Corneodesmosomal cadherins are preferential targets of stratum corneum trypsin- and chymotrypsin-like hyperactivity in Netherton syndrome.

    Pascal Descargues;Céline Deraison;Catherine Prost;Sylvie Fraitag

  • A Mutation in SNAP29, Coding for a SNARE Protein Involved in Intracellular Trafficking, Causes a Novel Neurocutaneous Syndrome Characterized by Cerebral Dysgenesis, Neuropathy, Ichthyosis, and Palmoplantar Keratoderma

    Eli Sprecher;Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto;Mordechai Mizrahi-Koren;Debora Rapaport

  • Calcitonin gene-related peptide in the nervous tissue

    Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto;Masaya Tohyama

  • LEKTI is localized in lamellar granules, separated from KLK5 and KLK7, and is secreted in the extracellular spaces of the superficial stratum granulosum.

    Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto;Céline Deraison;Chrystelle Bonnart;Emmanuelle Bitoun

  • The Molecular Pathology of Progressive Symmetric Erythrokeratoderma: A Frameshift Mutation in the Loricrin Gene and Perturbations in the Cornified Cell Envelope

    Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto;John A. McGrath;HaMut Lam;Hajime Iizuka

  • Autosomal Recessive Ichthyosis with Hypotrichosis Caused by a Mutation in ST14, Encoding Type II Transmembrane Serine Protease Matriptase

    Lina Basel-Vanagaite;Lina Basel-Vanagaite;Revital Attia;Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto;Limor Rainshtein

  • Amelioration of epidermolysis bullosa by transfer of wild-type bone marrow cells.

    Jakub Tolar;Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto;Megan Riddle;Ron T. McElmurry

  • Epidermal terminal differentiation depends on B lymphocyte-induced maturation protein-1

    Erna Magnúsdóttir;Sergey Kalachikov;Koji Mizukoshi;David Savitsky

  • Epidermal lamellar granules transport different cargoes as distinct aggregates.

    Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto;Michel Simon;Mari Kishibe;Yuki Miyauchi

  • Selective Involvement of Keratins K1 and K10 in the Cytoskeletal Abnormality of Epidermolytic Hyperkeratosis (Bullous Congenital Ichthyosiform Erythroderma)

    Akemi. Ishida-Yamamoto;John A McGrath;Mary R Judge;Irene M Leigh

Frequent Co-Authors

Hajime Iizuka
Hajime Iizuka Asahikawa Medical University
Alain Hovnanian
Alain Hovnanian Imagine Institute for Genetic Diseases
John A. McGrath
John A. McGrath King's College London
Takashi Hashimoto
Takashi Hashimoto Osaka Metropolitan University
Masashi Akiyama
Masashi Akiyama Nagoya University
Gabriele Richard
Gabriele Richard OPKO Health (United States)
Jouni Uitto
Jouni Uitto Thomas Jefferson University
Robin A.J. Eady
Robin A.J. Eady St Thomas' Hospital
Masayuki Amagai
Masayuki Amagai Keio University

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