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Chihiro Sasakawa

Chihiro Sasakawa

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Microbiology
Japan
2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
106
Citations
55802
World Ranking
290
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Chihiro Sasakawa is affiliated with Chiba University in Japan and conducts research primarily in medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and microbiology. Their work spans a variety of subfields, including molecular biology, infectious diseases, microbiology, immunology, and endocrinology.

The scientist's research topics cover microbial infections and disease research, Escherichia coli studies, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, animal virus infections studies, streptococcal infections and treatments, and inflammasome and immune disorders.

Key recent publications include:

  • An update on the regulatory mechanisms of NLRP3 inflammasome activation, 2021, Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • TECPR1 conjugates LC3 to damaged endomembranes upon detection of sphingomyelin exposure, 2023, The EMBO Journal
  • A unique bacterial tactic to circumvent the cell death crosstalk induced by blockade of caspase-8, 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • Shigella infection and host cell death: a double-edged sword for the host and pathogen survival, 2020, Current Opinion in Microbiology
  • Isolation and characterization ofHelicobacter suis from human stomach, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sasakawa include Misako Morimoto, Yuta Akaike, Kazumoto Shibuya, Shinya Nagai, and Hiroshi Ashida.

Publication venues with multiple works by Sasakawa include:

  • The EMBO Journal (3 publications)
  • Veterinary Microbiology (3 publications)
  • Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • Current Opinion in Microbiology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

  • Complete Genome Sequence of Enterohemorrhagic Eschelichia coli O157:H7 and Genomic Comparison with a Laboratory Strain K-12

    Tetsuya Hayashi;Kozo Makino;Makoto Ohnishi;Ken Kurokawa

  • Differential Roles of Interleukin-17A and -17F in Host Defense against Mucoepithelial Bacterial Infection and Allergic Responses

    Harumichi Ishigame;Shigeru Kakuta;Takeshi Nagai;Motohiko Kadoki

  • Molecular mechanisms regulating NLRP3 inflammasome activation.

    Eun-Kyeong Jo;Jin Kyung Kim;Dong-Min Shin;Chihiro Sasakawa

  • Escape of Intracellular Shigella from Autophagy

    Michinaga Ogawa;Tamotsu Yoshimori;Toshihiko Suzuki;Hiroshi Sagara

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • An update on the regulatory mechanisms of NLRP3 inflammasome activation.

    Seungwha Paik;Jin Kyung Kim;Prashanta Silwal;Chihiro Sasakawa

  • Differential regulation of caspase-1 activation, pyroptosis, and autophagy via Ipaf and ASC in Shigella-infected macrophages.

    Toshihiko Suzuki;Luigi Franchi;Claudia Toma;Hiroshi Ashida

  • Helicobacter pylori Caga Protein Can Be Tyrosine Phosphorylated in Gastric Epithelial Cells

    Momoyo Asahi;Takeshi Azuma;Shigeji Ito;Yoshiyuki Ito

  • Innate lymphoid cells regulate intestinal epithelial cell glycosylation

    Yoshiyuki Goto;Takashi Obata;Jun Kunisawa;Shintaro Sato

  • Intestinal villous M cells: An antigen entry site in the mucosal epithelium

    Myoung Ho Jang;Mi Na Kweon;Mi Na Kweon;Mi Na Kweon;Koichi Iwatani;Masafumi Yamamoto;Masafumi Yamamoto;Masafumi Yamamoto

  • Listeria monocytogenes ActA-mediated escape from autophagic recognition

    Yuko Yoshikawa;Michinaga Ogawa;Torsten Hain;Mitsutaka Yoshida

  • Molecular characterization and protein analysis of the cap region, which is essential for encapsulation in Bacillus anthracis.

    S. I. Makino;I. Uchida;N. Terakado;C. Sasakawa

  • Cell death and infection: A double-edged sword for host and pathogen survival

    Hiroshi Ashida;Hitomi Mimuro;Michinaga Ogawa;Taira Kobayashi

  • Grb2 Is a Key Mediator of Helicobacter pylori CagA Protein Activities

    Hitomi Mimuro;Toshihiko Suzuki;Toshihiko Suzuki;Jiro Tanaka;Momoyo Asahi

  • A genetic determinant required for continuous reinfection of adjacent cells on large plasmid in S. flexneri 2a.

    Souichi Makino;Chihiro Sasakawa;Konio Kamata;Takeshi Kurata

  • Bacteria and host interactions in the gut epithelial barrier

    Hiroshi Ashida;Michinaga Ogawa;Minsoo Kim;Hitomi Mimuro

  • Supermolecular structure of the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli type III secretion system and its direct interaction with the EspA-sheath-like structure

    Kachiko Sekiya;Minako Ohishi;Tomoaki Ogino;Koichi Tamano

  • Helicobacter pylori CagA protein can be tyrosine phosphorylated in the gastric epithelial cells

    Takeshi Azuma;Momoyo Asahi;Shigeji Ito;Hiroyuki Suto

Frequent Co-Authors

Hitomi Mimuro
Hitomi Mimuro Osaka University
Sou-ichi Makino
Sou-ichi Makino Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Hiroshi Kiyono
Hiroshi Kiyono University of Tokyo
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Douglas E. Berg
Douglas E. Berg Washington University in St. Louis
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Tetsuya Hayashi
Tetsuya Hayashi Kyushu University
Shazib Pervaiz
Shazib Pervaiz National University of Singapore
Kozo Makino
Kozo Makino Osaka University

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