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58
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12071
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3521
National Ranking
90

Overview

Fumio Takei is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and conducts research primarily in the fields of Immunology and Microbiology as well as Medicine. Their work focuses on Immunology and the subfield of Surgery, emphasizing cellular and molecular mechanisms within immune responses.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Frequent publication venues where Takei's work appears include:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • JCI Insight
  • Blood Advances
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Lung group 2 innate lymphoid cells are trained by endogenous IL-33 in the neonatal period," 2020, JCI Insight
  • "Abortive γδTCR rearrangements suggest ILC2s are derived from T-cell precursors," 2020, Blood Advances
  • "Innate lymphoid cell development," 2021, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • "The Fate of Activated Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells," 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Migration of Lung Resident Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells Link Allergic Lung Inflammation and Liver Immunity," 2021, Frontiers in Immunology

Fumio Takei collaborates frequently with several coauthors who contribute regularly to their research publications, including:

  • Laura Mathä
  • Itziar Martínez-González
  • Maryam Ghaedi
  • Catherine A. Steer
  • Hanjoo Brian Shim

Best Publications

  • Group 2 innate lymphoid cells are critical for the initiation of adaptive T helper 2 cell-mediated allergic lung inflammation.

    Timotheus Y.F. Halim;Catherine A. Steer;Laura Mathä;Matthew J. Gold

  • Lung Natural Helper Cells Are a Critical Source of Th2 Cell-Type Cytokines in Protease Allergen-Induced Airway Inflammation

    Timotheus Y.F. Halim;Timotheus Y.F. Halim;Ramona H. Krauß;Ramona H. Krauß;Ann C. Sun;Fumio Takei;Fumio Takei

  • Retinoic-Acid-Receptor-Related Orphan Nuclear Receptor Alpha Is Required for Natural Helper Cell Development and Allergic Inflammation

    Timotheus Y.F. Halim;Timotheus Y.F. Halim;Aric MacLaren;Mark T. Romanish;Matthew J. Gold

  • Role of the intercellular adhesion molecule-1(ICAM-1) in endotoxin-induced pneumonia evaluated using ICAM-1 antisense oligonucleotides, anti-ICAM-1 monoclonal antibodies, and ICAM-1 mutant mice.

    T Kumasaka;W M Quinlan;N A Doyle;T P Condon

  • Allergen-Experienced Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells Acquire Memory-like Properties and Enhance Allergic Lung Inflammation

    Itziar Martinez-Gonzalez;Itziar Martinez-Gonzalez;Laura Mathä;Laura Mathä;Catherine A. Steer;Catherine A. Steer;Maryam Ghaedi;Maryam Ghaedi

  • Inhibition of mixed lymphocyte response by a rat monoclonal antibody to a novel murine lymphocyte activation antigen (MALA-2).

    F Takei

  • Type 2 innate lymphoid cells disrupt bronchial epithelial barrier integrity by targeting tight junctions through IL-13 in asthmatic patients.

    Kazunari Sugita;Kazunari Sugita;Catherine A. Steer;Itziar Martinez-Gonzalez;Can Altunbulakli

  • Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) expression is upregulated in autoimmune murine lupus nephritis.

    R P Wuthrich;A M Jevnikar;F Takei;L H Glimcher

  • Group 2 innate lymphoid cells facilitate sensitization to local, but not systemic, TH2-inducing allergen exposures

    Matthew J. Gold;Frann Antignano;Timotheus Y.F. Halim;Jeremy A. Hirota

  • The Ly-49 family : genes, proteins and recognition of class I MHC

    Fumio Takei;Jack Brennan;Dixie L Mager

  • Molecular cloning of murine intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM-1).

    K.J. Horley;C. Carpenito;B. Baker;F. Takei

  • Expression cloning of a cDNA encoding M1/69-J11d heat-stable antigens.

    R Kay;F Takei;R K Humphries

  • Expression of different members of the Ly-49 gene family defines distinct natural killer cell subsets and cell adhesion properties.

    Jack Brennan;Dixie Mager;Wilfred Jefferies;Fumio Takei

  • The Rap GTPases regulate integrin-mediated adhesion, cell spreading, actin polymerization, and Pyk2 tyrosine phosphorylation in B lymphocytes.

    Sarah J. McLeod;Andrew J. Shum;Rosaline L. Lee;Fumio Takei

  • Adhesion molecules on murine brain microvascular endothelial cells: expression and regulation of ICAM-1 and Lgp 55☆

    Zsuzsanna Fabry;Mari M. Waldschmidt;Dana Hendrickson;Judy Keiner

  • The role of P-selectin and ICAM-1 in acute lung injury as determined using blocking antibodies and mutant mice

    Claire M. Doerschuk;William M. Quinlan;Nicholas A. Doyle;Nicholas A. Doyle;Daniel C. Bullard

  • Diversity of NK Cell Receptor Repertoire in Adult and Neonatal Mice

    Akira Kubota;Satoko Kubota;Stefan Lohwasser;Dixie L. Mager

  • Ly-49 multigene family. New members of a superfamily of type II membrane proteins with lectin-like domains.

    S Wong;J D Freeman;C Kelleher;D Mager

  • Lung ILC2s link innate and adaptive responses in allergic inflammation

    Itziar Martinez-Gonzalez;Catherine A. Steer;Fumio Takei

  • Characterization of pancreatic islet cell infiltrates in NOD mice: effect of cell transfer and transgene expression.

    Lorraine A. O'reilly;Patricia R. Hutchings;Paul R. Crocker;Elizabeth Simpson

Frequent Co-Authors

Dixie L. Mager
Dixie L. Mager University of British Columbia
Kelly M. McNagny
Kelly M. McNagny University of British Columbia
Allen C. Eaves
Allen C. Eaves Stemcell Technologies
Emily M. Mace
Emily M. Mace Columbia University
Gerald Krystal
Gerald Krystal BC Cancer Agency
Laurie H. Glimcher
Laurie H. Glimcher Harvard University
Douglas G. Kilburn
Douglas G. Kilburn University of British Columbia
Connie J. Eaves
Connie J. Eaves University of British Columbia
Francis R. Carbone
Francis R. Carbone University of Melbourne
Arthur L. Beaudet
Arthur L. Beaudet Baylor College of Medicine

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