Kazuyoshi Kawakami

Best Publications

• Dectin-1 is required for host defense against Pneumocystis carinii but not against Candida albicans.

  Shinobu Saijo;Noriyuki Fujikado;Takahisa Furuta;Soo Hyun Chung

  866
  Citations

• Dectin-2 Recognition of α-Mannans and Induction of Th17 Cell Differentiation Is Essential for Host Defense against Candida albicans

  Shinobu Saijo;Satoshi Ikeda;Keiko Yamabe;Shigeru Kakuta

  861
  Citations

• IL-17-Mediated Regulation of Innate and Acquired Immune Response against Pulmonary Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmette-Guérin Infection

  Masayuki Umemura;Ayano Yahagi;Satoru Hamada;Mst Dilara Begum

  780
  Citations

• IL-17A Produced by γδ T Cells Plays a Critical Role in Innate Immunity against Listeria monocytogenes Infection in the Liver

  Satoru Hamada;Masayuki Umemura;Takeru Shiono;Kensho Tanaka

  448
  Citations

• Invariant natural killer T cells recognize glycolipids from pathogenic Gram-positive bacteria

  Yuki Kinjo;Petr Illarionov;José Luis Vela;Bo Pei

  408
  Citations

• Interleukin-12 (IL-12) and IL-18 synergistically induce the fungicidal activity of murine peritoneal exudate cells against Cryptococcus neoformans through production of gamma interferon by natural killer cells.

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  320
  Citations

• Critical role of Vα14+ natural killer T cells in the innate phase of host protection against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection

  Kazuyoshi Kawakami;Natsuo Yamamoto;Yuki Kinjo;Kazuya Miyagi

  303
  Citations

• Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1-Dependent Increase of Vα14 NKT Cells in Lungs and Their Roles in Th1 Response and Host Defense in Cryptococcal Infection

  Kazuyoshi Kawakami;Yuki Kinjo;Kaori Uezu;Satomi Yara

  232
  Citations

• Activation of Vα14+ Natural Killer T Cells by α-Galactosylceramide Results in Development of Th1 Response and Local Host Resistance in Mice Infected with Cryptococcus neoformans

  Kazuyoshi Kawakami;Yuki Kinjo;Satomi Yara;Yoshinobu Koguchi

  226
  Citations

• IL-12 protects mice against pulmonary and disseminated infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans.

  K. Kawakami;M. Tohyama;Q. Xie;A. Saito

  217
  Citations

• IL-18 Contributes to Host Resistance Against Infection with Cryptococcus neoformans in Mice with Defective IL-12 Synthesis Through Induction of IFN-γ Production by NK Cells

  Kazuyoshi Kawakami;Yoshinobu Koguchi;Mahboob Hossain Qureshi;Akiko Miyazato

  187
  Citations

• Cryptococcal infection and Th1-Th2 cytokine balance.

  Yoshinobu Koguchi;Kazuyoshi Kawakami

  174
  Citations

• Deoxynucleic Acids from Cryptococcus neoformans Activate Myeloid Dendritic Cells via a TLR9-Dependent Pathway

  Kiwamu Nakamura;Akiko Miyazato;Gang Xiao;Masumitsu Hatta

  149
  Citations

• Toll-Like Receptor 9-Dependent Activation of Myeloid Dendritic Cells by Deoxynucleic Acids from Candida albicans

  Akiko Miyazato;Akiko Miyazato;Kiwamu Nakamura;Natsuo Yamamoto;Héctor M. Mora-Montes

  148
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• Dectin-1 is not required for the host defense to Cryptococcus neoformans.

  Kiwamu Nakamura;Kiwamu Nakamura;Takeshi Kinjo;Shinobu Saijo;Akiko Miyazato

  143
  Citations

• OX40 ligand expressed by DCs costimulates NKT and CD4 + Th cell antitumor immunity in mice

  Jamal Zaini;Sita Andarini;Minoru Tahara;Yasuo Saijo

  142
  Citations

• High Plasma Osteopontin Level and Its Relationship with Interleukin-12–mediated Type 1 T Helper Cell Response in Tuberculosis

  Yoshinobu Koguchi;Kazuyoshi Kawakami;Kaori Uezu;Kiyoyasu Fukushima

  138
  Citations

• γδ T cells: Firefighters or fire boosters in the front lines of inflammatory responses

  Masanobu Nanno;Tetsuo Shiohara;Hiroshi Yamamoto;Kazuyoshi Kawakami

  137
  Citations

• Contribution of interferon-γ in protecting mice during pulmonary and disseminated infection with Cryptococcus neoformans

  Kazuyoshi Kawakami;Masaki Tohyama;Katsuji Teruya;Norifumi Kudeken

  135
  Citations

• Role of interferon-γ in Vα14+ natural killer T cell-mediated host defense against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in murine lungs

  Masashi Nakamatsu;Natsuo Yamamoto;Masumitsu Hatta;Chikara Nakasone

  130
  Citations