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Hiromi Kubagawa is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The subfields they contribute to include Immunology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Their work encompasses several main research topics, such as Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research, Immune responses and vaccinations, and the COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction.

Hiromi Kubagawa has published multiple papers, with notable recent works including:

  • PIRs mediate innate myeloid cell memory to nonself MHC molecules, 2020, Science
  • Differences between Human and Mouse IgM Fc Receptor (FcµR), 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Identification of Amino Acid Residues in Human IgM Fc Receptor (FcµR) Critical for IgM Binding, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Questioning whether IgM Fc receptor (FcµR) is expressed by innate immune cells, 2022, Nature Communications
  • A rheostat sets B-cell receptor repertoire selection to distinguish self from non-self, 2020, Current Opinion in Immunology

They frequently publish in venues including the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Frontiers in Immunology, Science, Nature Communications, and Current Opinion in Immunology.

Coauthors regularly collaborating with Hiromi Kubagawa include:

  • Andreas Radbruch
  • Pedram Mahmoudi Aliabadi
  • Péter K. Jani
  • Fritz Melchers
  • Christopher Mark Skopnik

Best Publications

  • Deficient expression of a B cell cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase in human X-linked agammaglobulinemia

    Satoshi Tsukada;Douglas C. Saffran;David J. Rawlings;Ornella Parolini;Ornella Parolini

  • A novel pair of immunoglobulin-like receptors expressed by B cells and myeloid cells.

    Hiromi Kubagawa;Peter D. Burrows;Max D. Cooper

  • Intestinal Macrophages Lack CD14 and CD89 and Consequently Are Down-Regulated for LPS- and IgA-Mediated Activities

    Phillip D. Smith;Lesley E. Smythies;Meg Mosteller-Barnum;Don A. Sibley

  • Studies on the clonal origin of multiple myeloma. Use of individually specific (idiotype) antibodies to trace the oncogenic event to its earliest point of expression in B-cell differentiation.

    H. Kubagawa;Larry Vogler;J.D. Capra;M.E. Conrad

  • Identification of a family of Fc receptor homologs with preferential B cell expression

    Randall S. Davis;Yui-Hsi Wang;Hiromi Kubagawa;Max D. Cooper

  • Cellular distribution, regulation, and biochemical nature of an Fc alpha receptor in humans.

    Renato C. Monteiro;Hiromi Kubagawa;Max Cooper

  • Identity of the elusive IgM Fc receptor (FcμR) in humans

    Hiromi Kubagawa;Satoshi Oka;Yoshiki Kubagawa;Ikuko Torii

  • The paired Ig-like receptor PIR-B is an inhibitory receptor that recruits the protein-tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1

    Mathieu Bléry;Hiromi Kubagawa;Ching-Cheng Chen;Frédéric Vély

  • Molecular heterogeneity of Fc alpha receptors detected by receptor-specific monoclonal antibodies.

    R C Monteiro;M D Cooper;H Kubagawa

  • B cells are generated throughout life in humans.

    C Nuñez;N Nishimoto;G L Gartland;L G Billips

  • Biochemical Nature and Cellular Distribution of the Paired Immunoglobulin-like Receptors, PIR-A and PIR-B

    Hiromi Kubagawa;Ching-Cheng Chen;Le Hong Ho;Toshihide Shimada

  • Definition of immunoglobulin A receptors on eosinophils and their enhanced expression in allergic individuals.

    R C Monteiro;R W Hostoffer;M D Cooper;J R Bonner

  • Expression of surrogate light chain receptors is restricted to a late stage in pre-B cell differentiation

    K. Lassoued;Cesar Augusto Nunez;Cesar Augusto Nunez;L. Billips;H. Kubagawa

  • General pathology of Kawasaki disease. On the morphological alterations corresponding to the clinical manifestations.

    Shigeru Amano;Fumitada Hazama;Hiromi Kubagawa;Hiromi Kubagawa;Kachio Tasaka;Kachio Tasaka

  • Normal pre-B cells express a receptor complex of mu heavy chains and surrogate light-chain proteins.

    N Nishimoto;H Kubagawa;T Ohno;G L Gartland

  • Identification of TOSO/FAIM3 as an Fc receptor for IgM

    Hideaki Shima;Hiroyuki Takatsu;Shinji Fukuda;Masumi Ohmae

  • HLA-B27 Heavy Chain Homodimers Are Expressed in HLA-B27 Transgenic Rodent Models of Spondyloarthritis and Are Ligands for Paired Ig-Like Receptors

    Simon Kollnberger;Lucy A. Bird;Matthew Roddis;Cecile Hacquard-Bouder

  • A Distinctive Pattern of B Cell Immaturity in Perinatal Humans

    W. E. Gathings;H. Kubagawa;M. D. Cooper

  • IgG subclass expression by human B lymphocytes and plasma cells: B lymphocytes precommitted to IgG subclass can be preferentially induced by polyclonal mitogens with T cell help.

    M Mayumi;T Kuritani;H Kubagawa;M D Cooper

  • Constitutive tyrosine phosphorylation of the inhibitory paired Ig-like receptor PIR-B

    Le Hong Ho;Takahiro Uehara;Ching-Cheng Chen;Hiromi Kubagawa

  • PIRs mediate innate myeloid cell memory to nonself MHC molecules.

    Hehua Dai;Peixiang Lan;Peixiang Lan;Daqiang Zhao;Khodor Abou-Daya

Frequent Co-Authors

Max D. Cooper
Max D. Cooper Emory University
John F. Kearney
John F. Kearney University of Alabama at Birmingham
Renato C. Monteiro
Renato C. Monteiro Université Paris Cité
Jiri Mestecky
Jiri Mestecky University of Alabama at Birmingham
Toshiyuki Takai
Toshiyuki Takai Tohoku University
David E. Briles
David E. Briles University of Alabama at Birmingham
William H. Benjamin
William H. Benjamin University of Alabama at Birmingham
Carlo E. Grossi
Carlo E. Grossi University of Genoa
Mary Ellen Conley
Mary Ellen Conley Rockefeller University

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