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Hajime Karasuyama is affiliated with Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with extensive work in related subfields including Immunology, Dermatology, Immunology and Allergy, Physiology, and Rheumatology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Mast cells and histamine
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Urticaria and Related Conditions
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research

Karasuyama has published recent scientific papers covering various aspects of immunology and inflammation, including:

  • Macrophages transfer mitochondria to sensory neurons to resolve inflammatory pain, 2021, Neuron
  • An IL-4 signalling axis in bone marrow drives pro-tumorigenic myelopoiesis, 2023, Nature
  • The Role of Trogocytosis in the Modulation of Immune Cell Functions, 2021, Cells
  • Basophils and their effector molecules in allergic disorders, 2020, Allergy
  • IL-31-generating network in atopic dermatitis comprising macrophages, basophils, thymic stromal lymphopoietin, and periostin, 2022, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

The frequent co-authors working with Karasuyama include:

  • Kensuke Miyake
  • Soichiro Yoshikawa
  • Junya Ito
  • Christophe Pellefigues
  • Kazufusa Takahashi

Key publication venues where Karasuyama has contributed work multiple times are:

  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

In addition to research papers, Karasuyama has authored a book titled The Fundamental Biology of Basophils in Health and Disease published in 2023 by Frontiers Media.

Best Publications

  • Decreased apoptosis in the brain and premature lethality in CPP32-deficient mice

    Keisuke Kuida;Timothy S. Zheng;Songqing Na;Chia-Yi Kuan

  • Reduced Apoptosis and Cytochrome c-Mediated Caspase Activation in Mice Lacking Caspase 9

    Keisuke Kuida;Tarik F Haydar;Chia-Yi Kuan;Yong Gu

  • Establishment of mouse cell lines which constitutively secrete large quantities of interleukin 2, 3, 4 or 5, using modified cDNA expression vectors

    Hajime Karasuyama;Fritz Melchers

  • Interleukin-2 production by tumor cells bypasses T helper function in the generation of an antitumor response

    Eric R. Fearon;Drew M. Pardoll;Toshiuki Itaya;Paul Golumbek

  • Dominant-negative mutations in the DNA-binding domain of STAT3 cause hyper-IgE syndrome

    Yoshiyuki Minegishi;Masako Saito;Shigeru Tsuchiya;Ikuya Tsuge

  • Treatment of established renal cancer by tumor cells engineered to secrete interleukin-4

    Paul T. Golumbek;Audrey J. Lazenby;Hyam I. Levitsky;Liz M. Jaffee

  • Human Tyrosine Kinase 2 Deficiency Reveals Its Requisite Roles in Multiple Cytokine Signals Involved in Innate and Acquired Immunity

    Yoshiyuki Minegishi;Masako Saito;Tomohiro Morio;Ken Watanabe

  • The proteins encoded by the VpreB and lambda 5 pre-B cell-specific genes can associate with each other and with mu heavy chain.

    H Karasuyama;A Kudo;F Melchers

  • Long-term proliferating early pre B cell lines and clones with the potential to develop to surface Ig-positive, mitogen reactive B cells in vitro and in vivo.

    A Rolink;A Kudo;H Karasuyama;Y Kikuchi

  • Interleukin 7 receptor-deficient mice lack gammadelta T cells.

    Kazushige Maki;Shinji Sunaga;Yoshinori Komagata;Yuzo Kodaira

  • Thymic stromal lymphopoietin–elicited basophil responses promote eosinophilic esophagitis

    Mario Noti;Elia D.Tait Wojno;Brian S. Kim;Mark C. Siracusa

  • Basophils Play a Pivotal Role in Immunoglobulin-G-Mediated but Not Immunoglobulin-E-Mediated Systemic Anaphylaxis

    Yusuke Tsujimura;Kazushige Obata;Kaori Mukai;Hideo Shindou

  • Essential role of Src-family protein tyrosine kinases in NF-kappaB activation during B cell development.

    Kaoru Saijo;Christian Schmedt;I-hsin Su;Hajime Karasuyama

  • The surrogate light chain in B-cell development

    Fritz Melchers;Hajime Karasuyama;Dirk Haasner;Steven Bauer

  • Basophils Play a Critical Role in the Development of IgE-Mediated Chronic Allergic Inflammation Independently of T Cells and Mast Cells

    Kaori Mukai;Kunie Matsuoka;Choji Taya;Hidenori Suzuki

  • Basophils are essential initiators of a novel type of chronic allergic inflammation.

    Kazushige Obata;Kaori Mukai;Yusuke Tsujimura;Kenji Ishiwata

  • IL-2 receptor alpha chain (CD25, TAC) expression defines a crucial stage in pre-B cell development.

    Antonius Rolink;Ulf Grawunder;Thomas H. Winkler;Hajime Karasuyama

  • The expression of Vpre-B/λ5 surrogate light chain in early bone marrow precursor B cells of normal and B cell-deficient mutant mice

    Hajime Karasuyama;Antonius Rolink;Yoichi Shinkal;Faith Young

  • Mouse and human neutrophils induce anaphylaxis.

    Friederike Jönsson;David A. Mancardi;Yoshihiro Kita;Hajime Karasuyama

  • Selective ablation of basophils in mice reveals their nonredundant role in acquired immunity against ticks

    Takeshi Wada;Kenji Ishiwata;Haruhiko Koseki;Tomoyuki Ishikura

  • Molecular explanation for the contradiction between systemic Th17 defect and localized bacterial infection in hyper-IgE syndrome

    Yoshiyuki Minegishi;Masako Saito;Masayuki Nagasawa;Hidetoshi Takada

Frequent Co-Authors

Fritz Melchers
Fritz Melchers Leibniz Association
Hiromichi Yonekawa
Hiromichi Yonekawa Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Antonius Rolink
Antonius Rolink University of Basel
Stephen J. Galli
Stephen J. Galli Stanford University
Mindy Tsai
Mindy Tsai Stanford University
Tomio Tada
Tomio Tada University of Tokyo
Thomas H. Winkler
Thomas H. Winkler University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Akira Kudo
Akira Kudo Tokyo Institute of Technology
Susumu Nakae
Susumu Nakae Hiroshima University

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