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Akifumi Takaori-Kondo

Akifumi Takaori-Kondo

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
19768
World Ranking
7696
National Ranking
518

Overview

Akifumi Takaori-Kondo is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to medical research, particularly in the fields of hematology and infectious diseases. Their work spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, oncology, and immunology, reflecting a broad research scope within the medical sciences.

The main topics of their research encompass acute myeloid leukemia, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research. Additional areas of focus include CAR-T cell therapy, immune cell function and interaction, multiple myeloma research and treatments, and lymphoma diagnosis and treatment.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Blood, International Journal of Hematology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), British Journal of Haematology, and Blood Advances. These venues indicate an emphasis on hematological and biomedical research environments.

Their frequently collaborating coauthors are Junya Kanda, Kotaro Shirakawa, Yasuyuki Arai, Tadakazu Kondo, and Toshio Heike, illustrating a collaborative research network within their field.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Akifumi Takaori-Kondo include:

  • Altered TMPRSS2 usage by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron impacts infectivity and fusogenicity (2022, Nature)
  • Attenuated fusogenicity and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (2022, Nature)
  • Molecular International Prognostic Scoring System for Myelodysplastic Syndromes (2022, NEJM Evidence)
  • Enhanced fusogenicity and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Delta P681R mutation (2021, Nature)
  • Implications of TP53 allelic state for genome stability, clinical presentation and outcomes in myelodysplastic syndromes (2020, Nature Medicine)

Their research contributions involve molecular mechanisms of viral infectivity, pathogenicity in SARS-CoV-2 variants, and clinical prognostic tools in myelodysplastic syndromes, among other topics.

Best Publications

  • Integrated molecular analysis of adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma

    Keisuke Kataoka;Yasunobu Nagata;Akira Kitanaka;Yuichi Shiraishi

  • Aberrant PD-L1 expression through 3′-UTR disruption in multiple cancers

    Keisuke Kataoka;Yuichi Shiraishi;Yohei Takeda;Seiji Sakata

  • Enhanced fusogenicity and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Delta P681R mutation

    Akatsuki Saito;Takashi Irie;Rigel Suzuki;Tadashi Maemura;Tadashi Maemura

  • Implications of TP53 allelic state for genome stability, clinical presentation and outcomes in myelodysplastic syndromes

    Elsa Bernard;Yasuhito Nannya;Robert P. Hasserjian;Sean M. Devlin

  • Revised Adult T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma International Consensus Meeting Report

    Lucy B. Cook;Shigeo Fuji;Olivier Hermine;Ali Bazarbachi

  • Activation of OX40 Signal Transduction Pathways Leads to Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-associated Factor (TRAF) 2- and TRAF5-mediated NF-κB Activation

    Shin Kawamata;Toshiyuki Hori;Akihiro Imura;Akifumi Takaori-Kondo

  • The Enzymatic Activity of CEM15/Apobec-3G Is Essential for the Regulation of the Infectivity of HIV-1 Virion but Not a Sole Determinant of Its Antiviral Activity

    Keisuke Shindo;Akifumi Takaori-Kondo;Masayuki Kobayashi;Aierken Abudu

  • Ubiquitination of APOBEC3G by an HIV-1 Vif-Cullin5-Elongin B-Elongin C Complex Is Essential for Vif Function

    Masayuki Kobayashi;Akifumi Takaori-Kondo;Yasuhiro Miyauchi;Kazuhiro Iwai

  • Epigenetic Variation between Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines Is an Indicator of Differentiation Capacity

    Masatoshi Nishizawa;Kazuhisa Chonabayashi;Masaki Nomura;Azusa Tanaka

  • Graft-Versus-Host Disease Amelioration by Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Is Associated with Peripheral Preservation of Naive T Cell Populations.

    Sumie Fujii;Yasuo Miura;Aya Fujishiro;Takero Shindo

  • Anti-viral protein APOBEC3G is induced by interferon-α stimulation in human hepatocytes

    Yuichi Tanaka;Hiroyuki Marusawa;Hiroshi Seno;Yuko Matsumoto

  • APOBEC3G targets human T-cell leukemia virus type 1

    Amane Sasada;Akifumi Takaori-Kondo;Kotaro Shirakawa;Masayuki Kobayashi

  • RFWD3-Mediated Ubiquitination Promotes Timely Removal of Both RPA and RAD51 from DNA Damage Sites to Facilitate Homologous Recombination.

    Shojiro Inano;Koichi Sato;Yoko Katsuki;Wataru Kobayashi

  • B7‐H1 expression is regulated by MEK/ERK signaling pathway in anaplastic large cell lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma

    Ryo Yamamoto;Momoko Nishikori;Masaharu Tashima;Tomomi Sakai

  • Natural Alpha Interferon-Producing Cells Respond to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 with Alpha Interferon Production and Maturation into Dendritic Cells

    Akihito Yonezawa;Rimpei Morita;Akifumi Takaori-Kondo;Norimitsu Kadowaki

  • SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617 mutations L452 and E484Q are not synergistic for antibody evasion.

    Isabella Ferreira;Steven Kemp;Rawlings Datir;Akatsuki Saito

  • Prognostic relevance of integrated genetic profiling in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma.

    Keisuke Kataoka;Masako Iwanaga;Jun Ichirou Yasunaga;Yasunobu Nagata

  • Uric acid induces NADPH oxidase-independent neutrophil extracellular trap formation.

    Yasuyuki Arai;Yoko Nishinaka;Toshiyuki Arai;Makiko Morita

  • Singlet oxygen is essential for neutrophil extracellular trap formation.

    Yoko Nishinaka;Toshiyuki Arai;Souichi Adachi;Akifumi Takaori-Kondo

  • Neutralization of the SARS-CoV-2 Mu Variant by Convalescent and Vaccine Serum.

    Keiya Uriu;Izumi Kimura;Kotaro Shirakawa;Akifumi Takaori-Kondo

Frequent Co-Authors

Seishi Ogawa
Seishi Ogawa Kyoto University
Takashi Uchiyama
Takashi Uchiyama Kyoto University
Satoru Miyano
Satoru Miyano Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Yuichi Shiraishi
Yuichi Shiraishi University of Tokyo
Yusuke Shiozawa
Yusuke Shiozawa Wake Forest University
Shigeru Chiba
Shigeru Chiba University of Tsukuba
Yuzuru Kanakura
Yuzuru Kanakura Osaka University
Masashi Sanada
Masashi Sanada Kyoto University
Souichi Adachi
Souichi Adachi Shiga Prefectural General Hospital
Shosaku Nomura
Shosaku Nomura Kansai Medical University

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