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Kiyoshi Migita is affiliated with Fukushima Medical University in Japan and specializes primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Immunology, Rheumatology, and Molecular Biology. Their research also spans Epidemiology and Hematology.

The scientist's work covers a range of specific research topics including:

  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Galectins and Cancer Biology
  • Vasculitis and related conditions
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Frequent collaborators of Kiyoshi Migita include:

  • Shuzo Sato
  • Tomoyuki Asano
  • Jumpei Temmoku
  • Haruki Matsumoto
  • Naoki Matsuoka

They have published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Medicine
  • Internal Medicine

Recent papers by Kiyoshi Migita include:

  • "Galectin-9 as a biomarker for disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Behçet's disease with a somatic UBA1 variant: Expanding spectrum of autoinflammatory phenotypes of VEXAS syndrome," 2022, Clinical Immunology
  • "Genetic risk factors for autoimmune hepatitis: implications for phenotypic heterogeneity and biomarkers for drug response," 2021, Human Genomics
  • "Efficient detection of somatic UBA1 variants and clinical scoring system predicting patients with variants in VEXAS syndrome," 2023, Lara D. Veeken
  • "Uric acid-mediated inflammasome activation in IL-6 primed innate immune cells is regulated by baricitinib," 2020, Modern Rheumatology

Best Publications

  • Anti-gp210 and anti-centromere antibodies are different risk factors for the progression of primary biliary cirrhosis

    Minoru Nakamura;Hisayoshi Kondo;Tsuyoshi Mori;Atsumasa Komori

  • Genome-wide association study identifies TNFSF15 and POU2AF1 as susceptibility loci for primary biliary cirrhosis in the Japanese population.

    Minoru Nakamura;Nao Nishida;Minae Kawashima;Yoshihiro Aiba

  • Serum cytokine and soluble cytokine receptor levels in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

    Seigo Abiru;Kiyoshi Migita;Yumi Maeda;Manabu Daikoku

  • Liver architecture, cell function, and disease.

    Hiromi Ishibashi;Minoru Nakamura;Atsumasa Komori;Kiyoshi Migita

  • Cytokine gene polymorphisms in Japanese patients with hepatitis B virus infection—association between TGF-β1 polymorphisms and hepatocellular carcinoma

    Kiyoshi Migita;Seiji Miyazoe;Yumi Maeda;Manabu Daikoku

  • Human intrahepatic biliary epithelial cells function in innate immunity by producing IL-6 and IL-8 via the TLR4-NF-kappaB and -MAPK signaling pathways.

    Terufumi Yokoyama;Atsumasa Komori;Minoru Nakamura;Yasushi Takii

  • Radiation-induced G1 arrest is selectively mediated by the p53-WAF1/Cip1 pathway in human thyroid cells.

    Hiroyuki Namba;Takesi Hara;Tomoo Tukazaki;Kiyoshi Migita

  • Aspirin and NS-398 inhibit hepatocyte growth factor–induced invasiveness of human hepatoma cells

    Seigou Abiru;Kazuhiko Nakao;Tatsuki Ichikawa;Kiyoshi Migita

  • Antibody titer to gp210-C terminal peptide as a clinical parameter for monitoring primary biliary cirrhosis

    Minoru Nakamura;Yuki Shimizu-Yoshida;Yasushi Takii;Atsumasa Komori

  • Enhanced expression of type I interferon and toll-like receptor-3 in primary biliary cirrhosis.

    Yasushi Takii;Minoru Nakamura;Masahiro Ito;Terufumi Yokoyama

  • Inhibition of Caspase Cascade by HTLV-I Tax Through Induction of NF-κB Nuclear Translocation

    Atsushi Kawakami;Tomoki Nakashima;Hideaki Sakai;Satoshi Urayama

  • The serum levels of resistin in rheumatoid arthritis patients

    K Migita;Y Maeda;T Miyashita;H Kimura

  • Familial Mediterranean fever: genotype-phenotype correlations in Japanese patients.

    Kiyoshi Migita;Kazunaga Agematsu;Masahide Yazaki;Fumiaki Nonaka

  • High prevalence of Sjogren's syndrome in patients with HTLV-I associated myelopathy.

    Hideki Nakamura;Katsumi Eguchi;Tatsufumi Nakamura;Akinari Mizokami

  • Biliary epithelial cells and primary biliary cirrhosis: the role of liver-infiltrating mononuclear cells.

    Shinji Shimoda;Kenichi Harada;Hiroaki Niiro;Tomoharu Yoshizumi

  • Alpha-fetoprotein above normal levels as a risk factor for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients infected with hepatitis C virus

    Masakuni Tateyama;Hiroshi Yatsuhashi;Naota Taura;Yasuhide Motoyoshi

  • A novel role for interleukin-18 in human natural killer cell death: high serum levels and low natural killer cell numbers in patients with systemic autoimmune diseases.

    Kazutaka Shibatomi;Hiroaki Ida;Satoshi Yamasaki;Tomoki Nakashima

  • Hepatic expression of toll-like receptor 4 in primary biliary cirrhosis.

    Ai-Ping Wang;Kiyoshi Migita;Masahiro Ito;Yasushi Takii

  • Rapid Increase in Serum Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Concentration during Hepatitis C Interferon-Free Treatment.

    Satoru Hashimoto;Hiroshi Yatsuhashi;Seigo Abiru;Kazumi Yamasaki

  • Protective effect of the HLA-DRB1*13:02 allele in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis patients.

    Shomi Oka;Hiroshi Furukawa;Aya Kawasaki;Kota Shimada

Frequent Co-Authors

Atsushi Kawakami
Atsushi Kawakami Nagasaki University
Katsumi Eguchi
Katsumi Eguchi Nagasaki University
Minoru Nakamura
Minoru Nakamura Nagasaki University
Hiromi Ishibashi
Hiromi Ishibashi Nagasaki University
Kazunaga Agematsu
Kazunaga Agematsu Shinshu University
Akihiro Yachie
Akihiro Yachie Kanazawa University
Shinji Shimoda
Shinji Shimoda Kyushu University
Naoyuki Tsuchiya
Naoyuki Tsuchiya University of Tsukuba
Tomoki Nakashima
Tomoki Nakashima Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Koh-ichiro Yoshiura
Koh-ichiro Yoshiura Nagasaki University

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