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Hiroshi Nakajima

Hiroshi Nakajima

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Microbiology

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76
Citations
19423
World Ranking
1427
National Ranking
37

Overview

Hiroshi Nakajima is affiliated with Chiba University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research focuses primarily on Immunology, Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their work covers a variety of main topics including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, immune cell function and interaction, vasculitis and related conditions, systemic lupus erythematosus research, T-cell and B-cell immunology, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, as well as eosinophilic disorders and syndromes.

The following list presents some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Hiroshi Nakajima:

  • Autophagy as a modulator of cell death machinery, 2020, Cell Death and Disease
  • Effect of Reduced-Dose vs High-Dose Glucocorticoids Added to Rituximab on Remission Induction in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis, 2021, JAMA
  • Antibody responses to BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine and their predictors among healthcare workers in a tertiary referral hospital in Japan, 2021, Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Immune Responses and Inflammatory Diseases by RNA-Binding ZFP36 Family Proteins, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Efficacy and safety of dose escalation of tofacitinib in refractory anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis, 2023, RMD Open

Frequent co-authors associated with Hiroshi Nakajima include:

  • Kei Ikeda
  • Shigeru Tanaka
  • Shunsuke Furuta
  • Kotaro Suzuki
  • Arifumi Iwata

Publications have appeared repeatedly in several venues, with multiple contributions to the following journals and archives:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Modern Rheumatology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • RMD Open
  • Arthritis Research & Therapy

Best Publications

  • Mutation of Jak3 in a Patient with SCID: Essential Role of Jak3 in Lymphoid Development

    Sarah M. Russell;Nahid Tayebi;Hiroshi Nakajima;Mary C. Riedy

  • IL-23 and Th17 Cells Enhance Th2-Cell–mediated Eosinophilic Airway Inflammation in Mice

    Hidefumi Wakashin;Koichi Hirose;Yuko Maezawa;Shin-ichiro Kagami

  • CD4+ T-lymphocytes and interleukin-5 mediate antigen-induced eosinophil infiltration into the mouse trachea.

    Hiroshi Nakajima;Itsuo Iwamoto;Sanae Tomoe;Ryutaro Matsumura

  • Stat5b Is Essential for Natural Killer Cell–mediated Proliferation and Cytolytic Activity

    Kazunori Imada;Eda T. Bloom;Hiroshi Nakajima;Judith A. Horvath-Arcidiacono

  • Role of vascular cell adhesion molecule 1/very late activation antigen 4 and intercellular adhesion molecule 1/lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 interactions in antigen-induced eosinophil and T cell recruitment into the tissue.

    H Nakajima;H Sano;T Nishimura;S Yoshida

  • Interferon gamma regulates antigen-induced eosinophil recruitment into the mouse airways by inhibiting the infiltration of CD4+ T cells.

    I Iwamoto;H Nakajima;H Endo;S Yoshida

  • IL-5 and eosinophilia.

    Kiyoshi Takatsu;Hiroshi Nakajima

  • Polymorphisms in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene were associated with both the efficacy and the toxicity of methotrexate used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, as evidenced by single locus and haplotype analyses.

    Wako Urano;Atsuo Taniguchi;Hisashi Yamanaka;Eiichi Tanaka

  • A novel subset of mouse NKT cells bearing the IL-17 receptor B responds to IL-25 and contributes to airway hyperreactivity

    Asuka Terashima;Hiroshi Watarai;Sayo Inoue;Etsuko Sekine

  • An Indirect Effect of Stat5a in IL-2–Induced Proliferation: A Critical Role for Stat5a in IL-2–Mediated IL-2 Receptor α Chain Induction

    Hiroshi Nakajima;Xiu Wen Liu;Anthony Wynshaw-Boris;Louis A. Rosenthal

  • Development and characterization of IL-21–producing CD4+ T cells

    Akira Suto;Daisuke Kashiwakuma;Shin-ichiro Kagami;Koichi Hirose

  • Mast cells produce interleukin-25 upon FcεRI-mediated activation

    Kei Ikeda;Hiroshi Nakajima;Kotaro Suzuki;Shin-ichiro Kagami

  • IL-25 enhances allergic airway inflammation by amplifying a TH2 cell–dependent pathway in mice

    Tomohiro Tamachi;Yuko Maezawa;Kei Ikeda;Shin-ichiro Kagami

  • Interleukin 21 prevents antigen-induced IgE production by inhibiting germ line Cε transcription of IL-4–stimulated B cells

    Akira Suto;Hiroshi Nakajima;Hiroshi Nakajima;Koichi Hirose;Koichi Hirose;Kotaro Suzuki;Kotaro Suzuki

  • Serum matrix metalloproteinase 3 as a predictor of the degree of joint destruction during the six months after measurement, in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis.

    Hisashi Yamanaka;Yuko Matsuda;Michi Tanaka;Wako Sendo

  • The inflammatory process in the mechanism of decreased serum uric acid concentrations during acute gouty arthritis

    Wako Urano;Hisashi Yamanaka;Hiroshi Tsutani;Hiroshi Nakajima

  • A Novel Big Defensin Identified in Horseshoe Crab Hemocytes: Isolation, Amino Acid Sequence, and Antibacterial Activity

    Tetsu Saito;Shun Ichiro Kawabata;Takeshi Shigenaga;Yoko Takayenoki

  • The Common Cytokine Receptor γ Chain Plays an Essential Role in Regulating Lymphoid Homeostasis

    Hiroshi Nakajima;Elizabeth W. Shores;Masayuki Noguchi;Warren J. Leonard

  • Tachycitin, a Small Granular Component in Horseshoe Crab Hemocytes, Is an Antimicrobial Protein with Chitin-Binding Activity

    Shun Ichiro Kawabata;Ranko Nagayama;Michimasa Hirata;Takeshi Shigenaga

  • Autophagy as a modulator of cell death machinery

    Masayuki Noguchi;Noriyuki Hirata;Tsutomu Tanaka;Futoshi Suizu

  • Role of cytokines in allergic airway inflammation

    Hiroshi Nakajima;Kiyoshi Takatsu

  • Magnetic Field Configuration in Impulsive Solar Flares Inferred from Coaligned Microwave/X-Ray Images

    Masanori Nishio;Kentaro Yaji;Takeo Kosugi;Hiroshi Nakajima

Frequent Co-Authors

Itsuo Iwamoto
Itsuo Iwamoto Chiba University
Masaaki Ito
Masaaki Ito Mie University
Yasushi Saito
Yasushi Saito Chiba University
Norihisa Ishii
Norihisa Ishii National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
Katsuji Koyama
Katsuji Koyama Kyoto University
Warren J. Leonard
Warren J. Leonard National Institutes of Health
Toshinori Nakayama
Toshinori Nakayama Chiba University
Hirohisa Saito
Hirohisa Saito Juntendo University
Mitsuru Adachi
Mitsuru Adachi Showa University
Hiroyuki Uchida
Hiroyuki Uchida University of Yamanashi

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