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Hiroshi Takayanagi

Hiroshi Takayanagi

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
94
Citations
45294
World Ranking
1966
National Ranking
112

Overview

Hiroshi Takayanagi is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. Within these broader domains, they focus on subfields such as Immunology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Rheumatology, and Genetics.

The main topics of Takayanagi's work include:

  • Bone Metabolism and Diseases
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Bone health and treatments
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders

Takayanagi has authored papers in a variety of scientific journals. Some of the recent notable papers include:

  • "Mechanisms of joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis - immune cell-fibroblast-bone interactions," 2022, Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • "Microbiota-derived butyrate limits the autoimmune response by promoting the differentiation of follicular regulatory T cells," 2020, EBioMedicine
  • "RANKL as the master regulator of osteoclast differentiation," 2021, Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism
  • "Stepwise cell fate decision pathways during osteoclastogenesis at single-cell resolution," 2020, Nature Metabolism
  • "OPG Production Matters Where It Happened," 2020, Cell Reports

Frequent publication venues for Takayanagi include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Immunology
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Inflammation and Regeneration
  • International Immunology

Collaborative work is a key feature of Takayanagi's research activities. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Masayuki Tsukasaki
  • Kazuo Okamoto
  • Ryunosuke Muro
  • Takeshi Nitta
  • Noriko Komatsu

Best Publications

  • Induction and activation of the transcription factor NFATc1 (NFAT2) integrate RANKL signaling in terminal differentiation of osteoclasts.

    Hiroshi Takayanagi;Sunhwa Kim;Takako Koga;Takako Koga;Hiroshi Nishina

  • Osteoimmunology: shared mechanisms and crosstalk between the immune and bone systems

    Hiroshi Takayanagi

  • Th17 functions as an osteoclastogenic helper T cell subset that links T cell activation and bone destruction

    Kojiro Sato;Ayako Suematsu;Kazuo Okamoto;Akira Yamaguchi

  • Evidence for osteocyte regulation of bone homeostasis through RANKL expression

    Tomoki Nakashima;Mikihito Hayashi;Takanobu Fukunaga;Kosaku Kurata

  • The molecular understanding of osteoclast differentiation.

    Masataka Asagiri;Hiroshi Takayanagi

  • T-cell-mediated regulation of osteoclastogenesis by signalling cross-talk between RANKL and IFN-gamma.

    Hiroshi Takayanagi;Kouetsu Ogasawara;Shigeaki Hida;Tomoki Chiba

  • Pathogenic conversion of Foxp3+ T cells into TH17 cells in autoimmune arthritis.

    Noriko Komatsu;Kazuo Okamoto;Shinichiro Sawa;Tomoki Nakashima

  • Estrogen Prevents Bone Loss via Estrogen Receptor α and Induction of Fas Ligand in Osteoclasts

    Takashi Nakamura;Yuuki Imai;Yuuki Imai;Takahiro Matsumoto;Shingo Sato

  • Costimulatory signals mediated by the ITAM motif cooperate with RANKL for bone homeostasis

    Takako Koga;Masanori Inui;Kazuya Inoue;Sunhwa Kim

  • Autoamplification of NFATc1 expression determines its essential role in bone homeostasis.

    Masataka Asagiri;Kojiro Sato;Takako Usami;Sae Ochi

  • Involvement of receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand/osteoclast differentiation factor in osteoclastogenesis from synoviocytes in rheumatoid arthritis

    Hiroshi Takayanagi;Hideharu Iizuka;Takuo Juji;Takumi Nakagawa

  • RANKL maintains bone homeostasis through c-Fos-dependent induction of interferon - β

    Hiroshi Takayanagi;Sunhwa Kim;Koichi Matsuo;Hiroshi Suzuki

  • Osteoprotection by semaphorin 3A

    Mikihito Hayashi;Tomoki Nakashima;Masahiko Taniguchi;Tatsuhiko Kodama

  • Osteoimmunology: evolving concepts in bone–immune interactions in health and disease

    Masayuki Tsukasaki;Hiroshi Takayanagi

  • The role of NFAT in osteoclast formation.

    Hiroshi Takayanagi

  • The tumor necrosis factor family receptors RANK and CD40 cooperatively establish the thymic medullary microenvironment and self-tolerance.

    Taishin Akiyama;Yusuke Shimo;Hiromi Yanai;Junwen Qin

  • Osteoimmunology and the effects of the immune system on bone

    Hiroshi Takayanagi

  • Essential Role of p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase in Cathepsin K Gene Expression during Osteoclastogenesis through Association of NFATc1 and PU.1 *

    Masahito Matsumoto;Masakazu Kogawa;Seiki Wada;Hiroshi Takayanagi

  • NFAT and Osterix cooperatively regulate bone formation

    Takako Koga;Yuichi Matsui;Masataka Asagiri;Tatsuhiko Kodama

  • Mechanistic insight into osteoclast differentiation in osteoimmunology.

    Hiroshi Takayanagi

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomoki Nakashima
Tomoki Nakashima Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Sakae Tanaka
Sakae Tanaka University of Tokyo
Tatsuhiko Kodama
Tatsuhiko Kodama University of Tokyo
Tadatsugu Taniguchi
Tadatsugu Taniguchi University of Tokyo
Kozo Nakamura
Kozo Nakamura Shinshu University
Shigeaki Kato
Shigeaki Kato University of Tokyo
Josef M. Penninger
Josef M. Penninger University of British Columbia
Yongwon Choi
Yongwon Choi University of Pennsylvania
Jun-ichiro Inoue
Jun-ichiro Inoue University of Tokyo
Yasuyuki Morishita
Yasuyuki Morishita University of Tokyo

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