2022 - Research.com Best Scientist Award
2022 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Immunology in Japan Leader Award
2011 - Canada Gairdner International Award
2010 - Keio Medical Science Prize, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2004 - Robert Koch Prize
His scientific interests lie mostly in Cell biology, Immunology, Innate immune system, Signal transduction and Receptor. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Acquired immune system and Toll-like receptor, Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88. His research on Innate immune system concerns the broader Immune system.
His Immune system study which covers Microbiology that intersects with TLR5 and Secretion. His work in Signal transduction tackles topics such as Transcription factor which are related to areas like Cancer research. As part of one scientific family, Shizuo Akira deals mainly with the area of Virology, narrowing it down to issues related to the RNA, and often Molecular biology.
Shizuo Akira mainly focuses on Cell biology, Immunology, Innate immune system, Immune system and Signal transduction. The study incorporates disciplines such as Receptor, Molecular biology and Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88 in addition to Cell biology. His study involves Toll-like receptor, Cytokine, Inflammation, Proinflammatory cytokine and TLR2, a branch of Immunology.
His studies in Innate immune system integrate themes in fields like Acquired immune system and Immunity. Within one scientific family, Shizuo Akira focuses on topics pertaining to Virology under Immune system, and may sometimes address concerns connected to RNA. Shizuo Akira interconnects Kinase and TRIF in the investigation of issues within Signal transduction.
His primary areas of study are Cell biology, Immunology, Immune system, Innate immune system and Inflammation. Shizuo Akira combines subjects such as Autophagy, Receptor and Cytokine with his study of Cell biology. While the research belongs to areas of Immunology, Shizuo Akira spends his time largely on the problem of Virology, intersecting his research to questions surrounding RNA.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Adjuvant, Antigen, Flagellin and Microbiology. His work deals with themes such as Acquired immune system, Molecular biology, Translation and Immunity, which intersect with Innate immune system. He interconnects TLR9, Cancer research and Endocrinology in the investigation of issues within Inflammation.
Shizuo Akira mainly investigates Cell biology, Immunology, Immune system, Autophagy and Innate immune system. His Cell biology research incorporates themes from Receptor, Inflammasome and Biochemistry. His study looks at the relationship between Immunology and fields such as Haematopoiesis, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.
His Immune system study incorporates themes from Cancer research, Virology, RNA, Microbiology and Interleukin 12. T cell is closely connected to Molecular biology in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Innate immune system. His Signal transduction research includes themes of Gene expression and Cellular differentiation.
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Pathogen Recognition and Innate Immunity
Shizuo Akira;Satoshi Uematsu;Osamu Takeuchi.
Cell (2006)
Toll-like receptor signalling
Shizuo Akira;Kiyoshi Takeda.
Nature Reviews Immunology (2004)
Toll-like receptors.
Kiyoshi Takeda;Tsuneyasu Kaisho;Shizuo Akira.
Annual Review of Immunology (2003)
The role of pattern-recognition receptors in innate immunity: update on Toll-like receptors
Taro Kawai;Shizuo Akira.
Nature Immunology (2010)
A Toll-like receptor recognizes bacterial DNA.
Hiroaki Hemmi;Osamu Takeuchi;Taro Kawai;Tsuneyasu Kaisho.
Nature (2000)
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy
Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham.
Autophagy (2012)
Erratum A Toll-like receptor recognizes bacterial DNA
Hiroaki Hemmi;Osamu Takeuchi;Taro Kawai;Tsuneyasu Kaisho.
Nature (2001)
Pattern Recognition Receptors and Inflammation
Osamu Takeuchi;Shizuo Akira.
Cell (2010)
Toll-like receptors: critical proteins linking innate and acquired immunity.
Shizuo Akira;Kiyoshi Takeda;Tsuneyasu Kaisho.
Nature Immunology (2001)
Cutting edge: Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-deficient mice are hyporesponsive to lipopolysaccharide: evidence for TLR4 as the Lps gene product.
Katsuaki Hoshino;Osamu Takeuchi;Taro Kawai;Hideki Sanjo.
Journal of Immunology (1999)
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