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Kenji Matsumoto is a researcher primarily affiliated with Izumi Municipal Hospital in Japan. Their work focuses on the field of medicine, with substantial contributions to immunology and allergy, as well as related areas such as surgery, physiology, and molecular biology.

Their research covers a range of topics including asthma and respiratory diseases, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, eosinophilic esophagitis, food allergy and anaphylaxis research, allergic rhinitis and sensitization, dermatology and skin diseases, and pregnancy and preeclampsia studies.

Matsumoto's recent papers demonstrate an active role in advancing knowledge in allergy and immunology. Key publications include:

  • Does asthma affect morbidity or severity of COVID-19? (2020), Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Laundry detergents and surfactants-induced eosinophilic airway inflammation by increasing IL-33 expression and activating ILC2s (2023), Allergy
  • STAT6 gain-of-function variant exacerbates multiple allergic symptoms (2022), Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Comparison of Nonesophageal Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders with Eosinophilic Esophagitis: A Nationwide Survey (2021), The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • Effect of oral immunotherapy in children with milk allergy: The ORIMA study (2020), Allergology International

Matsumoto frequently publishes in several key scientific venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Allergology International
  • Allergy
  • Scientific Reports
  • The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice

The scientist collaborates regularly with other researchers such as Hideaki Morita, Hirohisa Saito, Yukihiro Ohya, Kenichiro Motomura, and Akio Matsuda. These collaborations reflect a network of scholarly interaction within the fields of immunology and allergy.

Best Publications

  • IL-33 is a crucial amplifier of innate rather than acquired immunity

    Keisuke Oboki;Tatsukuni Ohno;Naoki Kajiwara;Ken Arae

  • Application of moisturizer to neonates prevents development of atopic dermatitis

    Kenta Horimukai;Kumiko Morita;Masami Narita;Mai Kondo

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O.C. Cookson

  • Two-step egg introduction for prevention of egg allergy in high-risk infants with eczema (PETIT): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

    Osamu Natsume;Shigenori Kabashima;Junko Nakazato;Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada

  • Selective growth of human mast cells induced by Steel factor, IL-6, and prostaglandin E2 from cord blood mononuclear cells.

    H Saito;M Ebisawa;H Tachimoto;M Shichijo

  • Intra-articular Injected synovial stem cells differentiate into meniscal cells directly and promote meniscal regeneration without mobilization to distant organs in rat massive meniscal defect.

    Masafumi Horie;Ichiro Sekiya;Takeshi Muneta;Shizuko Ichinose

  • IL-33 Mediates Inflammatory Responses in Human Lung Tissue Cells

    Akiko Yagami;Kanami Orihara;Hideaki Morita;Kyoko Futamura

  • An Interleukin-33-Mast Cell-Interleukin-2 Axis Suppresses Papain-Induced Allergic Inflammation By Promoting Regulatory T Cell Numbers

    Hideaki Morita;Ken Arae;Hirotoshi Unno;Kousuke Miyauchi

  • Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Gene Promoter Polymorphisms Are Associated with Susceptibility to Bronchial Asthma

    Michishige Harada;Tomomitsu Hirota;Aya I. Jodo;Yuki Hitomi

  • Type 2 innate lymphoid cells disrupt bronchial epithelial barrier integrity by targeting tight junctions through IL-13 in asthmatic patients.

    Kazunari Sugita;Kazunari Sugita;Catherine A. Steer;Itziar Martinez-Gonzalez;Can Altunbulakli

  • Interleukin-33 enhances adhesion, CD11b expression and survival in human eosinophils.

    Maho Suzukawa;Rikiya Koketsu;Motoyasu Iikura;Susumu Nakae

  • Preferential target is mitochondria in α-mangostin-induced apoptosis in human leukemia HL60 cells

    Kenji Matsumoto;Yukihiro Akao;Hong Yi;Kenji Ohguchi

  • Advances in mechanisms of asthma, allergy, and immunology in 2010

    David H. Broide;Fred Finkelman;Fred Finkelman;Bruce S. Bochner;Marc E. Rothenberg

  • Haplotypes of CYP3A4 and their close linkage with CYP3A5 haplotypes in a Japanese population.

    Hiromi Fukushima-Uesaka;Yoshiro Saito;Hidemi Watanabe;Kisho Shiseki

  • ZNF384-related fusion genes define a subgroup of childhood B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia with a characteristic immunotype

    Shinsuke Hirabayashi;Kentaro Ohki;Kazuhiko Nakabayashi;Hitoshi Ichikawa

  • Functional analysis of the thymic stromal lymphopoietin variants in human bronchial epithelial cells.

    Michishige Harada;Tomomitsu Hirota;Aya I. Jodo;Satoru Doi

  • Xanthones induce cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis in human colon cancer DLD-1 cells.

    Kenji Matsumoto;Yukihiro Akao;Kenji Ohguchi;Tetsuro Ito

  • Antimicrobial peptides human β‐defensin (hBD)‐3 and hBD‐4 activate mast cells and increase skin vascular permeability

    Xuejun Chen;François Niyonsaba;Hiroko Ushio;Mutsuko Hara

  • Corticosteroid and cytokines synergistically enhance toll-like receptor 2 expression in respiratory epithelial cells

    Toshiki Homma;Atsushi Kato;Noriko Hashimoto;Jonathan Batchelor

  • Airway Epithelial Cells Produce B Cell-Activating Factor of TNF Family by an IFN-β-Dependent Mechanism

    Atsushi Kato;Ai Q. Truong-Tran;Alan L. Scott;Kenji Matsumoto

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O. C. Cookson

Frequent Co-Authors

Hirohisa Saito
Hirohisa Saito Juntendo University
Susumu Nakae
Susumu Nakae Hiroshima University
Yukihiro Ohya
Yukihiro Ohya National Center For Child Health and Development
Ko Okumura
Ko Okumura Juntendo University
Katsuko Sudo
Katsuko Sudo Tokyo Medical University
Atsushi Kato
Atsushi Kato Northwestern University
Akihiro Umezawa
Akihiro Umezawa National Center For Child Health and Development
Teruhiko Yoshida
Teruhiko Yoshida National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Toshiaki Kawakami
Toshiaki Kawakami University of California, San Diego
Motohiro Ebisawa
Motohiro Ebisawa Juntendo University

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