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Mari Kannagi is affiliated with Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Immunology and Microbiology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • T-cell and Retrovirus Studies
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Plant Virus Research Studies

Kannagi has published research in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • Cancer Science
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • eJHaem

Their work often intersects with subfields such as Immunology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Plant Science.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kannagi are:

  • "Involvement of EZH2 inhibition in lenalidomide and pomalidomide-mediated growth suppression in HTLV-1-infected cells" (2021), published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • "Short-term cultured autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cells as a potential immunogen to activate Tax-specific CTL response in adult T-cell leukemia patients" (2021), published in Cancer Science
  • "Vaccination with short-term-cultured autologous PBMCs efficiently activated STLV-1-specific CTLs in naturally STLV-1-infected Japanese monkeys with impaired CTL responses" (2023), published in PLoS Pathogens
  • "Elimination of residual adult T-cell leukaemia clones by Tax-targeted dendritic cell vaccine" (2025), published in eJHaem

Kannagi collaborates frequently with other researchers. Key co-authors include:

  • Atsuhiko Hasegawa
  • Kuniko Katagiri
  • Takao Masuda
  • Nobuyo Kondo
  • Yoshiko Nagano

Best Publications

  • Isolation of T-cell tropic HTLV-III-like retrovirus from macaques

    Daniel;NL Letvin;NW King;M Kannagi

  • Transformation of human leukocytes by cocultivation with an adult T cell leukemia virus producer cell line

    Naoki Yamamoto;Morihisa Okada;Yoshio Koyanagi;Mari Kannagi

  • Predominant recognition of human T cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) pX gene products by human CD8+ cytotoxic T cells directed against HTLV-I-infected cells.

    Mari Kannagi;Shinji Harada;Ikuro Maruyama;Hidetoshi Inoko

  • Induction of Bcl-x(L) expression by human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 Tax through NF-kappaB in apoptosis-resistant T-cell transfectants with Tax.

    Tomonori Tsukahara;Mari Kannagi;Takashi Ohashi;Hirotomo Kato

  • Cell surface phenotypes and expression of viral antigens of various human cell lines carrying human T-cell leukemia virus

    Kazuo Sugamura;Masahiro Fujii;Mari Kannagi;Mitsuru Sakitani

  • Allogeneic stem-cell transplantation with reduced conditioning intensity as a novel immunotherapy and antiviral therapy for adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma.

    Jun Okamura;Atae Utsunomiya;Ryuji Tanosaki;Naokuni Uike

  • Graft-versus-Tax Response in Adult T-Cell Leukemia Patients after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

    Nanae Harashima;Kiyoshi Kurihara;Atae Utsunomiya;Ryuji Tanosaki

  • Target epitope in the Tax protein of human T-cell leukemia virus type I recognized by class I major histocompatibility complex-restricted cytotoxic T cells.

    M Kannagi;H Shida;H Igarashi;K Kuruma

  • Identification of Critical Amino Acid Residues in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 IN Required for Efficient Proviral DNA Formation at Steps prior to Integration in Dividing and Nondividing Cells

    Naomi Tsurutani;Makoto Kubo;Yosuke Maeda;Takashi Ohashi

  • Augmentation of chemokine production by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 3a/X1 and 7a/X4 proteins through NF-κB activation

    Noriyuki Kanzawa;Kazuo Nishigaki;Takaya Hayashi;Yuichi Ishii

  • Clinical outcomes of a novel therapeutic vaccine with Tax peptide‐pulsed dendritic cells for adult T cell leukaemia/lymphoma in a pilot study

    Youko Suehiro;Atsuhiko Hasegawa;Tadafumi Iino;Amane Sasada

  • In vitro growth characteristics of simian T-lymphotropic virus type III.

    Mari Kannagi;Joanne M. Yetz;Norman L. Letvin

  • HTLV-1 induces a Th1-like state in CD4+CCR4+ T cells

    Natsumi Araya;Tomoo Sato;Hitoshi Ando;Utano Tomaru

  • Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Tax Protein Abrogates Interleukin-2 Dependence in a Mouse T-Cell Line

    Youichi Iwanaga;Tomonori Tsukahara;Takashi Ohashi;Yuetsu Tanaka

  • Effective Suppression of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 through a Combination of Short- or Long-Hairpin RNAs Targeting Essential Sequences for Retroviral Integration

    Hironori Nishitsuji;Michinori Kohara;Mari Kannagi;Takao Masuda

  • Expression of small hairpin RNA by lentivirus-based vector confers efficient and stable gene-suppression of HIV-1 on human cells including primary non-dividing cells

    Hironori Nishitsuji;Tamako Ikeda;Hiroyuki Miyoshi;Takashi Ohashi

  • Interference with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replication by CD8+ T cells in peripheral blood leukocytes of asymptomatic HIV carriers in vitro.

    Mari Kannagi;Takao Masuda;Toshio Hattori;Tadashi Kanoh

  • Prevention of Adult T-Cell Leukemia-Like Lymphoproliferative Disease in Rats by Adoptively Transferred T Cells from a Donor Immunized with Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Tax-Coding DNA Vaccine

    Takashi Ohashi;Shino Hanabuchi;Hirotomo Kato;Hiromi Tateno

  • Interferon-α (IFN-α) suppresses HTLV-1 gene expression and cell cycling, while IFN-α combined with zidovudin induces p53 signaling and apoptosis in HTLV-1-infected cells

    Shuichi Kinpara;Mami Kijiyama;Ayako Takamori;Atsuhiko Hasegawa

  • Long-term outcomes after hematopoietic SCT for adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma: results of prospective trials

    I Choi;R Tanosaki;N Uike;A Utsunomiya

Frequent Co-Authors

Atae Utsunomiya
Atae Utsunomiya Kagoshima University
Naokuni Uike
Naokuni Uike National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center
Masao Matsuoka
Masao Matsuoka Kumamoto University
Yuetsu Tanaka
Yuetsu Tanaka University of the Ryukyus
Naoki Yamamoto
Naoki Yamamoto National University of Singapore
Koichi Akashi
Koichi Akashi Kyushu University
Naoki Yamamoto
Naoki Yamamoto Kyoto University
Toshiki Watanabe
Toshiki Watanabe University of Tokyo
Takanori Teshima
Takanori Teshima Hokkaido University
Aikichi Iwamoto
Aikichi Iwamoto Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development

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