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Kazuyoshi Takeda

Kazuyoshi Takeda

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Immunology

D-Index
84
Citations
23279
World Ranking
1394
National Ranking
55

Medicine

D-Index
84
Citations
23281
World Ranking
15215
National Ranking
470

Overview

Kazuyoshi Takeda is affiliated with Juntendo University in Japan, contributing extensively to research in Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work spans several subfields including Immunology, Oncology, Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, and Surgery.

Their scholarly output encompasses a variety of topics, with main research interests including:

  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes

Takeda has published numerous papers in different scientific journals. Some recent works include:

  • "An IL-12-Based Nanocytokine Safely Potentiates Anticancer Immunity through Spatiotemporal Control of Inflammation to Eradicate Advanced Cold Tumors", 2023, Advanced Science
  • "COVID-19-related discrimination, PTSD symptoms, and psychological distress in healthcare workers", 2022, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
  • "Sex Differences in Social Cognition and Association of Social Cognition and Neurocognition in Early Course Schizophrenia", 2022, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Association of COVID-19-related discrimination with subsequent depression and suicidal ideation in healthcare workers", 2023, Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • "Inhibition of Importin β1 Augments the Anticancer Effect of Agonistic Anti-Death Receptor 5 Antibody in TRAIL-resistant Tumor Cells", 2020, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics

Frequent coauthors with whom Takeda has collaborated include:

  • Ko Okumura
  • Ryo Okubo
  • Koichiro Uchida
  • Yohei Sasaki
  • Hideki Oi

The majority of Takeda's publications appear in several key venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Biomedical Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • Transplantation
  • Advanced Science
  • Frontiers in Psychology

Best Publications

  • Involvement of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand in surveillance of tumor metastasis by liver natural killer cells.

    Kazuyoshi Takeda;Yoshihiro Hayakawa;Mark J. Smyth;Nobuhiko Kayagaki

  • Activation of NK cell cytotoxicity.

    Mark J. Smyth;Erika Cretney;Janice M. Kelly;Jennifer A. Westwood

  • Improved efficacy of neoadjuvant compared to adjuvant immunotherapy to eradicate metastatic disease

    Jing Liu;Jing Liu;Stephen J. Blake;Michelle C.R. Yong;Heidi Harjunpää;Heidi Harjunpää

  • Sequential production of interferon-gamma by NK1.1( ) T cells and natural killer cells is essential for the antimetastatic effect of alpha-galactosylceramide

    MJ Smyth;NY Crowe;DG Pellicci;K Kyparissoudis

  • Critical contribution of liver natural killer T cells to a murine model of hepatitis.

    Kazuyoshi Takeda;Yoshihiro Hayakawa;Luc Van Kaer;Hironori Matsuda

  • Tumor Necrosis Factor–Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand (Trail) Contributes to Interferon γ–Dependent Natural Killer Cell Protection from Tumor Metastasis

    Mark J. Smyth;Erika Cretney;Kazuyoshi Takeda;Robert H. Wiltrout

  • Tumor immunoevasion by the conversion of effector NK cells into type 1 innate lymphoid cells

    Yulong Gao;Yulong Gao;Fernando Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes;Fernando Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes;Fernando Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes;Tobias Bald;Susanna S Ng;Susanna S Ng

  • Critical Role for Tumor Necrosis Factor–related Apoptosis-inducing Ligand in Immune Surveillance Against Tumor Development

    Kazuyoshi Takeda;Mark J. Smyth;Erika Cretney;Yoshihiro Hayakawa

  • Tim-3 mediates phagocytosis of apoptotic cells and cross-presentation.

    Masafumi Nakayama;Hisaya Akiba;Kazuyoshi Takeda;Yuko Kojima

  • Expression and function of TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand on murine activated NK cells.

    Nobuhiko Kayagaki;Noriko Yamaguchi;Masafumi Nakayama;Kazuyoshi Takeda

  • The Role of ICOS in the CXCR5+ Follicular B Helper T Cell Maintenance In Vivo

    Hisaya Akiba;Kazuyoshi Takeda;Yuko Kojima;Yoshihiko Usui

  • Expression and function of 4-1BB and 4-1BB ligand on murine dendritic cells

    Toshiro Futagawa;Hisaya Akiba;Tomohiro Kodama;Kazuyoshi Takeda

  • NKT cells — conductors of tumor immunity?

    Mark J Smyth;Nadine Y Crowe;Yoshihiro Hayakawa;Kazuyoshi Takeda

  • Co-inhibition of CD73 and A2AR Adenosine Signaling Improves Anti-tumor Immune Responses

    Arabella Young;Arabella Young;Shin Foong Ngiow;Shin Foong Ngiow;Deborah S. Barkauskas;Erin Sult

  • Eradication of established tumors in mice by a combination antibody-based therapy.

    Tomoyasu Uno;Kazuyoshi Takeda;Kazuyoshi Takeda;Yuko Kojima;Hirohisa Yoshizawa

  • Critical Contribution of Ox40 Ligand to T Helper Cell Type 2 Differentiation in Experimental Leishmaniasis

    Hisaya Akiba;Yasushi Miyahira;Machiko Atsuta;Kazuyoshi Takeda

  • Antiviral response by natural killer cells through TRAIL gene induction by IFN–α/β

    Kojiro Sato;Shigeaki Hida;Hiroshi Takayanagi;Taeko Yokochi

  • The Dark Side of IFN-γ: Its Role in Promoting Cancer Immunoevasion

    Marija Mojic;Kazuyoshi Takeda;Yoshihiro Hayakawa

  • TRAIL and its receptors as targets for cancer therapy.

    Hideo Yagita;Kazuyoshi Takeda;Yoshihiro Hayakawa;Mark J. Smyth

  • Requirement of IL-4 and liver NK1+ T cells for concanavalin A-induced hepatic injury in mice.

    S Toyabe;S Seki;T Iiai;K Takeda

  • Plasmodium berghei Infection in Mice Induces Liver Injury by an IL-12- and Toll-Like Receptor/Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88-Dependent Mechanism

    Keishi Adachi;Hiroko Tsutsui;Shin-Ichiro Kashiwamura;Ekihiro Seki

Frequent Co-Authors

Ko Okumura
Ko Okumura Juntendo University
Hideo Yagita
Hideo Yagita Juntendo University
Mark J. Smyth
Mark J. Smyth QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Yoshihiro Hayakawa
Yoshihiro Hayakawa Aichi Institute of Technology
Michele W. L. Teng
Michele W. L. Teng QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Hisaya Akiba
Hisaya Akiba Juntendo University
Roy J. Shephard
Roy J. Shephard University of Toronto
Yusuke Nakamura
Yusuke Nakamura National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
Kouetsu Ogasawara
Kouetsu Ogasawara Tohoku University
Tatsuro Irimura
Tatsuro Irimura Juntendo University

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