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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Dai Fukumura is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has a body of research primarily focused on oncology, immunology, and molecular biology within the broader fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's publications emphasize cancer research, particularly within topics such as cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, pancreatic and hepatic oncology, and the interplay between cancer, metabolism, and immune responses.

Their recent notable publications include:

  • Fatty acid synthesis is required for breast cancer brain metastasis, 2021, Nature Cancer
  • Targeting Treg cells with GITR activation alleviates resistance to immunotherapy in murine glioblastomas, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Exercise Training Improves Tumor Control by Increasing CD8+ T-cell Infiltration via CXCR3 Signaling and Sensitizes Breast Cancer to Immune Checkpoint Blockade, 2021, Cancer Immunology Research
  • Brain Metastasis Cell Lines Panel: A Public Resource of Organotropic Cell Lines, 2020, Cancer Research
  • Anti-VEGF therapy improves EGFR-vIII-CAR-T cell delivery and efficacy in syngeneic glioblastoma models in mice, 2023, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

The lead researcher frequently collaborates with a number of scholars in the field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Rakesh K. Jain
  • Zohreh Amoozgar
  • Dan G. Duda
  • Sylvie Roberge
  • Peigen Huang

Fukumura's work is regularly published in several specialized venues with repeated contributions to:

  • Cancer Research
  • Cancer Immunology Research
  • Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Cancer

The scientist's research topics cover diverse areas including:

  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism

They have received recognition such as becoming a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Photodynamic therapy for cancer

    Dennis E.J.G.J. Dolmans;Dai Fukumura;Rakesh K. Jain

  • Role of HIF-1alpha in hypoxia-mediated apoptosis, cell proliferation and tumour angiogenesis.

    Peter Carmeliet;Yuval Dor;Jean-Marc Herbert;Dai Fukumura

  • Vascular Permeability in a Human Tumor Xenograft: Molecular Size Dependence and Cutoff Size

    Fan Yuan;Marc Dellian;Dai Fukumura;Michael Leunig

  • Hyperplasia of lymphatic vessels in VEGF-C transgenic mice

    Michael Jeltsch;Arja Kaipainen;Arja Kaipainen;Vladimir Joukov;Vladimir Joukov;Xiaojuan Meng;Xiaojuan Meng

  • NORMALIZATION OF THE VASCULATURE FOR TREATMENT OF CANCER AND OTHER DISEASES

    Shom Goel;Dan G. Duda;Lei Xu;Lance L. Munn

  • The role of nitric oxide in tumour progression

    Dai Fukumura;Satoshi Kashiwagi;Rakesh K. Jain

  • Enhancing cancer immunotherapy using antiangiogenics: opportunities and challenges.

    Dai Fukumura;Jonas Kloepper;Zohreh Amoozgar;Dan G. Duda

  • Kinetics of vascular normalization by VEGFR2 blockade governs brain tumor response to radiation: role of oxygenation, angiopoietin-1, and matrix metalloproteinases.

    Frank Winkler;Sergey V. Kozin;Ricky T. Tong;Sung-Suk Chae

  • Tumor Induction of VEGF Promoter Activity in Stromal Cells

    Dai Fukumura;Ramnik Xavier;Takeyuki Sugiura;Yi Chen

  • Normalization of Tumour Blood Vessels Improves the Delivery of Nanomedicines in a Size-Dependent Manner

    Vikash Pal Singh Chauhan;Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos;Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos;John D. Martin;John D. Martin;Zoran Popović

  • Predominant role of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in vascular endothelial growth factor-induced angiogenesis and vascular permeability

    Dai Fukumura;Takeshi Gohongi;Ananth Kadambi;Yotaro Izumi

  • Vascular normalizing doses of antiangiogenic treatment reprogram the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and enhance immunotherapy

    Yuhui Huang;Jianping Yuan;Elda Righi;Walid S. Kamoun

  • Multistage nanoparticle delivery system for deep penetration into tumor tissue

    Cliff Wong;Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos;Jian Cui;John Daniel Martin

  • Tissue engineering: creation of long-lasting blood vessels.

    Naoto Koike;Dai Fukumura;Oliver Gralla;Patrick Au

  • Engineering vascularized tissue

    Rakesh K Jain;Patrick Au;Josh Tam;Dan G Duda

  • Tumor microvasculature and microenvironment: targets for anti-angiogenesis and normalization

    Dai Fukumura;Rakesh K. Jain

  • Tumour biology: herceptin acts as an anti-angiogenic cocktail.

    Yotaro Izumi;Lei Xu;Emmanuelle di Tomaso;Dai Fukumura

  • Three-dimensional microscopy of the tumor microenvironment in vivo using optical frequency domain imaging.

    Benjamin J Vakoc;Ryan M Lanning;Ryan M Lanning;James A Tyrrell;Timothy P Padera

  • Increased microvascular density and enhanced leukocyte rolling and adhesion in the skin of VEGF transgenic mice.

    Michael Detmar;Lawrence F. Brown;Michael P. Schön;Brett M. Elicker

  • Dissecting tumour pathophysiology using intravital microscopy

    Rakesh K. Jain;Lance L. Munn;Dai Fukumura

Frequent Co-Authors

Rakesh K. Jain
Rakesh K. Jain Harvard University
Dan G. Duda
Dan G. Duda Harvard University
Lance L. Munn
Lance L. Munn Harvard University
Makoto Suematsu
Makoto Suematsu Keio University
Hiromasa Ishii
Hiromasa Ishii Keio University
Yves Boucher
Yves Boucher Harvard University
Ou Chen
Ou Chen Brown University
Hidekazu Suzuki
Hidekazu Suzuki Tokai University

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