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Koichi Ikuta

Koichi Ikuta

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Microbiology

D-Index
65
Citations
19383
World Ranking
2476
National Ranking
86

Overview

Koichi Ikuta is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and specializes primarily in the fields of immunology and microbiology, with additional work in medicine. Their research encompasses several subfields, including immunology, physiology, surgery, endocrine and autonomic systems, and molecular biology.

Their work covers a range of topics centered on immune cell function and interaction, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, T-cell and B-cell immunology, eosinophilic esophagitis, asthma and respiratory diseases, circadian rhythm and melatonin, as well as immune response and inflammation.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Koichi Ikuta include:

  • Guangwei Cui
  • Akihiro Shimba
  • Shinya Abe
  • Shizue Tani-ichi
  • T. Asahi

Koichi Ikuta has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent journals featuring their work are:

  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • International Immunology
  • Nature Immunology
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Recent notable papers include the following:

  • "Control of immunity by glucocorticoids in health and disease," 2020, Seminars in Immunopathology
  • "Chronic circadian misalignment accelerates immune senescence and abbreviates lifespan in mice," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Cytotoxic innate lymphoid cells sense cancer cell-expressed interleukin-15 to suppress human and murine malignancies," 2022, Nature Immunology
  • "Glucocorticoids Regulate Circadian Rhythm of Innate and Adaptive Immunity," 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Estradiol suppresses psoriatic inflammation in mice by regulating neutrophil and macrophage functions," 2022, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Koichi Ikuta has also contributed to published book works. One identified title is ARDS in COVID-19 - Insights for Treatment, published in 2023 by Frontiers Media.

Best Publications

  • Evidence that hematopoietic stem cells express mouse c-kit but do not depend on steel factor for their generation

    Koichi Ikuta;Irving L. Weissman

  • A developmental switch in thymic lymphocyte maturation potential occurs at the level of hematopoietic stem cells.

    Koichi Ikuta;Tatsuo Kina;Ian MacNeil;Ian MacNeil;Nobuko Uchida

  • Role of cytosolic phospholipase A2 in allergic response and parturition.

    Naonori Uozumi;Kazuhiko Kume;Takahide Nagase;Noriaki Nakatani

  • Inducible gene knockout of transcription factor recombination signal binding protein-J reveals its essential role in T versus B lineage decision

    Hua Han;Kenji Tanigaki;Norio Yamamoto;Kazuki Kuroda

  • STAT5 as a molecular regulator of proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis in hematopoietic cells

    Tetsuya Nosaka;Toshiyuki Kawashima;Kazuhide Misawa;Koichi Ikuta

  • In situ class switching and differentiation to IgA-producing cells in the gut lamina propria

    Sidonia Fagarasan;Kazuo Kinoshita;Masamichi Muramatsu;Koichi Ikuta

  • The monoclonal antibody TER-119 recognizes a molecule associated with glycophorin A and specifically marks the late stages of murine erythroid lineage.

    Tatsuo Kina;Koichi Ikuta;Eiji Takayama;Katsuya Wada

  • Alymphoplasia is caused by a point mutation in the mouse gene encoding Nf-κb-inducing kinase

    Reiko Shinkura;Kazuhiro Kitada;Fumihiko Matsuda;Kei Tashiro

  • Essential Role of IL-17A in the Formation of a Mycobacterial Infection-Induced Granuloma in the Lung

    Yuko Okamoto Yoshida;Masayuki Umemura;Ayano Yahagi;Rebecca L. O’Brien

  • Contribution of IL-17-producing gamma delta T cells to the efficacy of anticancer chemotherapy.

    Yuting Ma;Laetitia Aymeric;Clara Locher;Stephen R Mattarollo

  • 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

  • Interleukin 7 receptor-deficient mice lack gammadelta T cells.

    Kazushige Maki;Shinji Sunaga;Yoshinori Komagata;Yuzo Kodaira

  • Functional heterogeneity is associated with the cell cycle status of murine hematopoietic stem cells

    William H. Fleming;Eytan J. Alpern;Nobuko Uchida;Koichi Ikuta

  • B cell ontogeny in murine embryo studied by a culture system with the monolayer of a stromal cell clone, ST2: B cell progenitor develops first in the embryonal body rather than in the yolk sac.

    M. Ogawa;S. Nishikawa;K. Ikuta;F. Yamamura

  • Hair follicle-derived IL-7 and IL-15 mediate skin-resident memory T cell homeostasis and lymphoma.

    Takeya Adachi;Tetsuro Kobayashi;Tetsuro Kobayashi;Eiji Sugihara;Taketo Yamada

  • Contribution of IL-17–producing γδ T cells to the efficacy of anticancer chemotherapy

    Yuting Ma;Yuting Ma;Laetitia Aymeric;Laetitia Aymeric;Clara Locher;Clara Locher;Stephen R. Mattarollo

  • IL-7 receptor α+ CD3– cells in the embryonic intestine induces the organizing center of Peyer's patches

    Hisahiro Yoshida;Kenya Honda;Reiko Shinkura;Satoko Adachi

  • Increased B-lymphopoiesis by interleukin 7 induces bone loss in mice with intact ovarian function: Similarity to estrogen deficiency

    Chisato Miyaura;Yoshiko Onoe;Masaki Inada;Kazushige Maki

  • Defective B-1 Cell Development and Impaired Immunity against Angiostrongylus cantonensis in IL-5Rα-Deficient Mice

    Toshimi Yoshida;Koichi Ikuta;Hiroko Sugaya;Kazushige Maki

  • Impaired Anaphylactic Responses with Intact Sensitivity to Endotoxin in Mice Lacking a Platelet-activating Factor Receptor

    Satoshi Ishii;Tomoyuki Kuwaki;Takahide Nagase;Kazushige Maki

  • Mouse hematopoietic stem cells

    Gerald J. Spangrude;Laurie Smith;Nobuko Uchida;Koichi Ikuta

Frequent Co-Authors

Tasuku Honjo
Tasuku Honjo Kyoto University
Irving L. Weissman
Irving L. Weissman Stanford University
Rebecca L. O'Brien
Rebecca L. O'Brien National Jewish Health
Tsutomu Chiba
Tsutomu Chiba Kyoto University
Takashi Nagasawa
Takashi Nagasawa Osaka University
Willi K. Born
Willi K. Born University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Kenji Kabashima
Kenji Kabashima Kyoto University
Akira Shimizu
Akira Shimizu Kyoto University
Junji Yodoi
Junji Yodoi Kyoto University

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