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Hirohito Kita

Hirohito Kita

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Immunology

D-Index
91
Citations
28838
World Ranking
1042
National Ranking
563

Medicine

D-Index
91
Citations
28867
World Ranking
11808
National Ranking
6052

Overview

Hirohito Kita is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States and has a strong research focus in medicine, particularly within immunology and microbiology. Their work spans several subfields including immunology, surgery, physiology, immunology and allergy, and rheumatology.

The scientist's research centers significantly on eosinophilic esophagitis and related eosinophilic disorders and syndromes. Additional primary topics include IL-33, ST2, and innate lymphoid cell (ILC) pathways, asthma and respiratory diseases, immune cell function and interaction, as well as food allergy and anaphylaxis research. Allergic rhinitis and sensitization also form part of their study interests.

Hirohito Kita has published extensively, contributing to numerous scientific journals. Frequent publication venues comprise:

  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Allergy
  • Physiology
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Global

Notable recent papers include:

  • "TSLP and IL-33 reciprocally promote each other's lung protein expression and ILC2 receptor expression to enhance innate type-2 airway inflammation", 2020, Allergy
  • "Roles of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) in allergic diseases: The 10-year anniversary for ILC2s", 2021, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • "Detergent exposure induces epithelial barrier dysfunction and eosinophilic inflammation in the esophagus", 2022, Allergy
  • "Estrogen receptor-α signaling increases allergen-induced IL-33 release and airway inflammation", 2020, Allergy
  • "Gastrointestinal Eosinophil Responses in a Longitudinal, Randomized Trial of Peanut Oral Immunotherapy", 2020, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Hirohito Kita has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including:

  • Koji Iijima
  • Takao Kobayashi
  • Alfred D. Doyle
  • Benjamin L. Wright
  • Mia Y. Masuda

Best Publications

  • Cellular senescence mediates fibrotic pulmonary disease

    Marissa J. Schafer;Thomas A. White;Koji Iijima;Andrew J. Haak

  • Anti-interleukin-5 antibody treatment (mepolizumab) in active eosinophilic oesophagitis: a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial

    Alex Straumann;Sebastien Conus;Pascale Grzonka;Hirohito Kita

  • Fungi and allergic lower respiratory tract diseases

    Alan P. Knutsen;Robert K. Bush;Jeffrey G. Demain;David W. Denning

  • IL-33–Responsive Lineage−CD25+CD44hi Lymphoid Cells Mediate Innate Type 2 Immunity and Allergic Inflammation in the Lungs

    Kathleen R. Bartemes;Koji Iijima;Takao Kobayashi;Gail M. Kephart

  • Fungal rhinosinusitis: A categorization and definitional schema addressing current controversies

    Arunaloke Chakrabarti;David W. Denning;Berrylin J. Ferguson;Jens Ponikau

  • A novel IL-1 family cytokine, IL-33, potently activates human eosinophils.

    W. Brett Cherry;Juhan Yoon;Kathleen R. Bartemes;Koji Iijima

  • The Danger Signal, Extracellular ATP, Is a Sensor for an Airborne Allergen and Triggers IL-33 Release and Innate Th2-Type Responses

    Hideaki Kouzaki;Koji Iijima;Takao Kobayashi;Scott M. O’Grady

  • IL-33–activated dendritic cells induce an atypical TH2-type response

    Matthew A. Rank;Takao Kobayashi;Hideaki Kozaki;Kathleen R. Bartemes

  • Asthma outcomes: Biomarkers

    Stanley J. Szefler;Sally Wenzel;Robert Brown;Serpil C. Erzurum

  • Enhanced innate type 2 immune response in peripheral blood from patients with asthma

    Kathleen R. Bartemes;Gail M. Kephart;Stephanie J. Fox;Hirohito Kita

  • The role of protease activation of inflammation in allergic respiratory diseases.

    Charles E. Reed;Hirohito Kita

  • Expression of Mas-related gene X2 on mast cells is upregulated in the skin of patients with severe chronic urticaria

    Daisuke Fujisawa;Jun Ichi Kashiwakura;Hirohito Kita;Yusuke Kikukawa

  • Proteases Induce Production of Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin by Airway Epithelial Cells through Protease-Activated Receptor-2

    Hideaki Kouzaki;Scott M. O'Grady;Christopher B. Lawrence;Hirohito Kita

  • Regulatory effect of cytokines on eosinophil degranulation.

    Takao Fujisawa;Randa Abu-Ghazaleh;Hirohito Kita;Colin J. Sanderson

  • Granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor and interleukin 3 release from human peripheral blood eosinophils and neutrophils.

    Hirohito Kita;Tsukasa Ohnishi;Yoshio Okubo;Deborah Weiler

  • Eosinophils: multifaceted biological properties and roles in health and disease.

    Hirohito Kita

  • Chronic rhinosinusitis: An enhanced immune response to ubiquitous airborne fungi

    Seung Heon Shin;Jens U. Ponikau;David A. Sherris;David Congdon

  • Migration of eosinophils through basement membrane components in vitro: role of matrix metalloproteinase-9.

    Shinji Okada;Hirohito Kita;Terry J. George;Gerald J. Gleich

  • Features of airway remodeling and eosinophilic inflammation in chronic rhinosinusitis: is the histopathology similar to asthma?

    Jens U Ponikau;David A Sherris;Gail M Kephart;Eugene B Kern

  • Swallowed fluticasone improves histologic but not symptomatic response of adults with eosinophilic esophagitis.

    Jeffrey A. Alexander;Kee Wook Jung;Amindra S. Arora;Felicity Enders

  • School examinations enhance airway inflammation to antigen challenge

    Lin Ying Liu;Christopher L. Coe;Christopher L. Coe;Cheri A. Swenson;Cheri A. Swenson;Elizabeth A. Kelly;Elizabeth A. Kelly

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald J. Gleich
Gerald J. Gleich University of Utah
Larry R. Pease
Larry R. Pease Mayo Clinic
Thomas C. Smyrk
Thomas C. Smyrk Mayo Clinic
Akio Mori
Akio Mori University of Tokyo
Hirokazu Kimura
Hirokazu Kimura RMIT University
Kristin M. Leiferman
Kristin M. Leiferman University of Utah
Mitsuru Adachi
Mitsuru Adachi Showa University
Hiroshi Nakajima
Hiroshi Nakajima Chiba University

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