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Masahiro Takigawa

Masahiro Takigawa

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
12402
World Ranking
10908
National Ranking
745

Overview

Masahiro Takigawa is affiliated with Hamamatsu University in Japan and specializes in engineering, particularly within electrical and electronic engineering. The scope of their research includes subfields such as management of technology and innovation, as well as computer networks and communications. Their work intersects several main topics encompassing blood donation and transfusion practices, Bluetooth and wireless communication technologies, power line communications and noise, and semiconductor lasers and optical devices.

The recent published works of Masahiro Takigawa document involvement in multiple areas. These include:

  • FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DONOR RETURN OF FIRST-TIME BLOOD DONORS IN JAPAN (2020), published in the Japanese Journal of Transfusion and Cell Therapy
  • Iterative Carrier Frequency Offset Estimation with Independent Component Analysis in BLE Systems (2020), published in IEICE Transactions on Communications

Their research has appeared primarily in two publication venues:

  • Japanese Journal of Transfusion and Cell Therapy
  • IEICE Transactions on Communications

Throughout their career, they have collaborated with a number of coauthors on various projects. Frequent coauthors listed include:

  • Takeshi Odajima
  • Minoko Takanashi
  • Hiroki Sugimori
  • Tsutomu Hayasaka
  • Makiko Kojima

Best Publications

  • Defining early mycosis fungoides.

    Nicola Pimpinelli;Elise A. Olsen;Marco Santucci;Eric Vonderheid

  • Update on erythrodermic cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: report of the International Society for Cutaneous Lymphomas.

    Eric C. Vonderheid;Maria Grazia Bernengo;Günter Burg;Madeleine Duvic

  • Human hair follicles display a functional equivalent of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and synthesize cortisol.

    Natsuho Ito;Taisuke Ito;Arno Kromminga;Albrecht Bettermann

  • Collapse and restoration of MHC class-I-dependent immune privilege: exploiting the human hair follicle as a model.

    Taisuke Ito;Natsuho Ito;Albrecht Bettermann;Yoshiki Tokura

  • Interleukin‐10 expressed at early tumour sites induces subsequent generation of CD4+ T‐regulatory cells and systemic collapse of antitumour immunity

    Naohiro Seo;Satoshi Hayakawa;Masahiro Takigawa;Yoshiki Tokura

  • Maintenance of Hair Follicle Immune Privilege Is Linked to Prevention of NK Cell Attack

    Taisuke Ito;Natsuho Ito;Matthias Saatoff;Hideo Hashizume

  • The Hair Follicle and Immune Privilege

    Ralf Paus;Natsuho Ito;Masahiro Takigawa;Taisuke Ito;Taisuke Ito

  • A randomized double-blind trial of intravenous immunoglobulin for pemphigus

    Masayuki Amagai;Shigaku Ikeda;Hiroshi Shimizu;Hajime Iizuka

  • Immunology of the Human Nail Apparatus: The Nail Matrix Is a Site of Relative Immune Privilege

    Taisuke Ito;Natsuho Ito;Matthias Saathoff;Barbara Stampachiacchiere

  • Role of Oxygen Intermediates in UV-Induced Epidermal Cell Injury

    Kiichiro Danno;Takeshi Horio;Masahiro Takigawa;Sadao Imamura

  • Induction of ADF/TRX by oxidative stress in keratinocytes and lymphoid cells

    Yoshifumi Sachi;Kiichi Hirota;Hiroshi Masutani;Ken-ichi Toda

  • Interferon‐γ is a potent inducer of catagen‐like changes in cultured human anagen hair follicles

    T. Ito;N. Ito;M. Saathoff;A. Bettermann

  • Hypersensitivity to mosquito bites as the primary clinical manifestation of a juvenile type of Epstein-Barr virus-associated natural killer cell leukemia/lymphoma

    Yoshiki Tokura;Shigehiko Ishihara;Shinichi Tagawa;Naohiro Seo

  • Analysis of photosensitivity in Japanese cancer-bearing patients receiving photodynamic therapy with porfimer sodium (Photofrin).

    Shin-Ichi Moriwaki;Junko Misawa;Yasushi Yoshinari;Ichiro Yamada

  • Superantigenic Staphylococcal Exotoxins Induce T-Cell Proliferation in the Presence of Langerhans Cells or Class II–Bearing Keratinocytes and Stimulate Keratinocytes to Produce T-Cell–Activating Cytokines

    Yoshiki Tokura;Junji Yagi;Mark O'Malley;Julia M. Lewis

  • 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine in urine as an index of oxidative damage to DNA in the evaluation of atopic dermatitis.

    Tsuboi H;Kouda K;Takeuchi H;Takigawa M

  • Altered Permeability and Disordered Cutaneous Immunoregulatory Function in Mice with Acute Barrier Disruption

    Takafumi Nishijima;Yoshiki Tokura;Genji Imokawa;Naohiro Seo

  • Keratinocyte differentiation is induced by cell-permeant ceramides and its proliferation is promoted by sphingosine

    H Wakita;Y Tokura;H Yagi;K Nishimura

  • E‐selectin and vascular cell adhesion molecule‐1 as critical adhesion molecules for infiltration of T lymphocytes and eosinophils in atopic dermatitis

    Hisashi Wakita;Taiko Sakamoto;Yoshiki Tokura;Masahiro Takigawa

  • Roles of E- and P-cadherin in the human skin.

    Fukumi Furukawa;Kimio Fujii;Yuji Horiguchi;Norihisa Matsuyoshi

Frequent Co-Authors

Sadao Imamura
Sadao Imamura Kyoto University
Keiji Iwatsuki
Keiji Iwatsuki Okayama University
Yoshiki Miyachi
Yoshiki Miyachi Kyoto University
Ralf Paus
Ralf Paus University of Miami
Genji Imokawa
Genji Imokawa Chubu University
Takashi Hashimoto
Takashi Hashimoto Osaka Metropolitan University
Yukie Niwa
Yukie Niwa Niwa Institute for Immunology
Masutaka Furue
Masutaka Furue Kyushu University
Junji Yodoi
Junji Yodoi Kyoto University
Michiyuki Maeda
Michiyuki Maeda Kyoto University

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