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Masamichi Aikawa

Masamichi Aikawa

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
89
Citations
23903
World Ranking
739
National Ranking
25

Overview

Masamichi Aikawa is affiliated with Tokai University in Japan and has an extensive research record primarily focused on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's recent publication record features studies spanning topics such as cardiac and inflammatory responses, extracellular vesicles, and viral infection sequelae. Notable recent papers include:

  • Development of a Definition of Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (2023, JAMA)
  • The impact of PARPs and ADP-ribosylation on inflammation and host-pathogen interactions (2020, Genes & Development)
  • Annexin A1-dependent tethering promotes extracellular vesicle aggregation revealed with single-extracellular vesicle analysis (2020, Science Advances)
  • Is Toll-like receptor 4 involved in the severity of COVID-19 pathology in patients with cardiometabolic comorbidities? (2020, Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews)
  • S100A9-RAGE Axis Accelerates Formation of Macrophage-Mediated Extracellular Vesicle Microcalcification in Diabetes Mellitus (2020, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology)

The scientist's work covers a range of main and subfields, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to medical and biological research. Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Key subfields of study are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Immunology
  • Surgery
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Their research topics expand across several domains related to cardiovascular and molecular biology, including:

  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • PARP inhibition in cancer therapy
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Immune cells in cancer

Frequent collaborators in Masamichi Aikawa's research include:

  • Sasha A. Singh
  • Elena Aïkawa
  • Sarvesh Chelvanambi
  • Taku Kasai
  • Mark C. Blaser

Scientific publishing venues where the scientist commonly contributes include:

  • Circulation
  • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Juntendo Medical Journal

Best Publications

  • Erythrocyte entry by malarial parasites. A moving junction between erythrocyte and parasite

    M Aikawa;LH Miller;J Johnson;J Rabbege

  • Hybridoma produces protective antibodies directed against the sporozoite stage of malaria parasite

    Nobuko Yoshida;Ruth S. Nussenzweig;Pedro Potocnjak;Victor Nussenzweig

  • Human vascular endothelial cell adhesion receptors for Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes: roles for endothelial leukocyte adhesion molecule 1 and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1.

    C. F. Ockenhouse;T. Tegoshi;Y. Maeno;C. Benjamin

  • Human cerebral malaria.

    Masamichi Aikawa

  • A malarial cysteine proteinase is necessary for hemoglobin degradation by Plasmodium falciparum.

    P J Rosenthal;J H McKerrow;M Aikawa;H Nagasawa

  • Microvascular sequestration of parasitized erythrocytes in human falciparum malaria: a pathological study.

    Emsri Pongponratn;Mario Riganti;Benjanee Punpoowong;Masamichi Aikawa

  • Interaction between cytochalasin B-treated malarial parasites and erythrocytes. Attachment and junction formation.

    L H Miller;M Aikawa;J G Johnson;T Shiroishi

  • Secretion of a malarial histidine-rich protein (Pf HRP II) from Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes

    R J Howard;S Uni;M Aikawa;S B Aley

  • Merozoite surface protein-3: a malaria protein inducing antibodies that promote Plasmodium falciparum killing by cooperation with blood monocytes

    Claude Oeuvray;Hasnaa Bouharoun-Tayoun;Hélène Gras-Masse;Emmanuel Bottius

  • Falciparum malaria-infected erythrocytes specifically bind to cultured human endothelial cells

    Iroka J. Udeinya;John A. Schmidt;Masamichi Aikawa;Louis H. Miller

  • The Duffy receptor family of Plasmodium knowlesi is located within the micronemes of invasive malaria merozoites.

    John H. Adams;Dlana E. Hudson;Motomi Torii;Gary E. Ward

  • Neurosecretory granules in small cell invasive carcinoma of the urinary bladder

    Stewart F. Cramer;Stewart F. Cramer;Masamichi Aikawa;Marilyn Cebelin

  • Plasmodium: The fine structure of malarial parasites

    Masamichi Aikawa

  • Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes form spontaneous erythrocyte rosettes.

    Rachanee Udomsangpetch;B. Wahlin;J. Carlson;K. Berzins

  • Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite surface protein 2.

    William O. Rogers;Anita Malik;Sylvie Mellouk;Kenichiro Nakamura

  • The pathology of human cerebral malaria.

    Masamichi Aikawa;Motohiro Iseki;John W. Barnwell;Diane Taylor

  • Plasmodium gallinaceum: a refractory mechanism of ookinete killing in the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae.

    K.D. Vernick;H. Fujioka;D.C. Seeley;B. Tandler

  • Modification of host cell membrane lipid composition by the intra-erythrocytic human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    Li Li Hsiao;R. J. Howard;M. Aikawa;T. F. Taraschi

  • Plasmodium falciparum malaria: association of knobs on the surface of infected erythrocytes with a histidine-rich protein and the erythrocyte skeleton.

    J H Leech;J W Barnwell;M Aikawa;L H Miller

  • Induction and localization of Plasmodium falciparum stress proteins related to the heat shock protein 70 family.

    Nirbhay Kumar;Gary Koski;Masakadu Harada;Masamichi Aikawa

  • Primary structure and localization of a conserved immunogenic Plasmodium falciparum glutamate rich protein (GLURP) expressed in both the preerythrocytic and erythrocytic stages of the vertebrate life cycle

    Martin B. Borre;Morten Dziegiel;Birthe Høgh;Eskild Petersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Hisashi Fujioka
Hisashi Fujioka Case Western Reserve University
Louis H. Miller
Louis H. Miller National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Russell J. Howard
Russell J. Howard Immutep (Germany)
Carter T. Atkinson
Carter T. Atkinson United States Geological Survey
Sornchai Looareesuwan
Sornchai Looareesuwan Mahidol University
Shigehiko Uni
Shigehiko Uni University of Malaya
Motomi Torii
Motomi Torii Ehime University
Ruth S. Nussenzweig
Ruth S. Nussenzweig New York University
Nirbhay Kumar
Nirbhay Kumar George Washington University
William E. Collins
William E. Collins Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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