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Shoji Yamaoka is affiliated with Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and biomedical sciences, with a focus on infectious diseases, molecular biology, and public health.

The primary fields of study for Shoji Yamaoka include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broad categories, their work extends into several subfields such as:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Molecular Biology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Immunology
  • Molecular Medicine

The researcher's main topics cover:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • Viral Infections and Vectors

Shoji Yamaoka has contributed to various scientific publications. Notable papers include:

  • "Determining vector competence of Aedes aegypti from Ghana in transmitting dengue virus serotypes 1 and 2," 2021, published in Parasites & Vectors
  • "Intrinsic activation of β-catenin signaling by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated exon skipping contributes to immune evasion in hepatocellular carcinoma," 2021, published in Scientific Reports
  • "Emergence of oxacillinase-181 carbapenemase-producing diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in Ghana," 2021, published in Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • "Virulence Profiles of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Isolated from the Western Region of Ghana," 2020, published in Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Effect of low oxygen concentration on activation of inflammation by Helicobacter pylori," 2021, published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Frequent publication venues for Shoji Yamaoka include:

  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • American Journal of Veterinary Research
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Scientific Reports
  • Emerging Microbes & Infections

The scientist has collaborated multiple times with several coauthors, including:

  • Takaya Hayashi
  • Shiroh Iwanaga
  • Toshihiko Suzuki
  • Isaac Prah
  • Ryoichi Saito

Best Publications

  • Nod2, a Nod1/Apaf-1 Family Member That Is Restricted to Monocytes and Activates NF-κB *

    Yasunori Ogura;Naohiro Inohara;Adalberto Benito;Felicia F. Chen

  • Complementation Cloning of NEMO, a Component of the IκB Kinase Complex Essential for NF-κB Activation

    Shoji Yamaoka;Gilles Courtois;Christine Bessia;Simon T Whiteside

  • Involvement of linear polyubiquitylation of NEMO in NF-kappaB activation.

    Fuminori Tokunaga;Shin-ichi Sakata;Shin-ichi Sakata;Yasushi Saeki;Yoshinori Satomi

  • Role of the Toll-like Receptor 4/NF-κB Pathway in Saturated Fatty Acid-induced Inflammatory Changes in the Interaction Between Adipocytes and Macrophages

    Takayoshi Suganami;Kanami Tanimoto-Koyama;Junko Nishida;Michiko Itoh

  • Genomic rearrangement in NEMO impairs NF-kappaB activation and is a cause of incontinentia pigmenti. The International Incontinentia Pigmenti (IP) Consortium.

    Asmae Smahi;G. Courtois;P. Vabres;S. Yamaoka

  • Neutrophil extracellular traps mediate a host defense response to human immunodeficiency virus-1.

    Tatsuya Saitoh;Jun Komano;Yasunori Saitoh;Takuma Misawa

  • Regulation of NF-κB Signaling by Pin1-Dependent Prolyl Isomerization and Ubiquitin-Mediated Proteolysis of p65/RelA

    Akihide Ryo;Futoshi Suizu;Yasuhiro Yoshida;Kilian Perrem

  • Regulation of Toll/IL-1-receptor-mediated gene expression by the inducible nuclear protein IκBζ

    Masahiro Yamamoto;Soh Yamazaki;Satoshi Uematsu;Shintaro Sato

  • Bcl10 and MALT1, Independent Targets of Chromosomal Translocation in MALT Lymphoma, Cooperate in a Novel NF-κB Signaling Pathway

    Peter C. Lucas;Masakatsu Yonezumi;Naohiro Inohara;Linda M. McAllister-Lucas

  • Oncogenic transformation by the tax gene of human T-cell leukemia virus type I in vitro

    Atsushi Tanaka;Chiaki Takahashi;Shoji Yamaoka;Tetsuya Nosaka

  • Negative regulation of interferon-regulatory factor 3-dependent innate antiviral response by the prolyl isomerase Pin1

    Tatsuya Saitoh;Adrian Tun-Kyi;Akihide Ryo;Masahiro Yamamoto

  • A hypermorphic IκBα mutation is associated with autosomal dominant anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia and T cell immunodeficiency

    Gilles Courtois;Asma Smahi;Janine Reichenbach;Rainer Döffinger

  • TWEAK Induces NF-κB2 p100 Processing and Long Lasting NF-κB Activation

    Tatsuya Saitoh;Masafumi Nakayama;Hiroyasu Nakano;Hideo Yagita

  • Critical Roles of TRAF2 and TRAF5 in Tumor Necrosis Factor-induced NF-κB Activation and Protection from Cell Death

    Kurisu Tada;Tatsuma Okazaki;Sachiko Sakon;Tomonari Kobarai

  • Invasive Shigella flexneri activates NF-kappa B through a lipopolysaccharide-dependent innate intracellular response and leads to IL-8 expression in epithelial cells.

    Dana J. Philpott;Shoji Yamaoka;Alain Israël;Philippe J. Sansonetti

  • Key function for the Ubc13 E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme in immune receptor signaling.

    Masahiro Yamamoto;Toru Okamoto;Kiyoshi Takeda;Shintaro Sato

  • Activation of NF-κB by HTLV-I and implications for cell transformation

    Shao Cong Sun;Shoji Yamaoka

  • Constitutive activation of NF-kappa B is essential for transformation of rat fibroblasts by the human T-cell leukemia virus type I Tax protein.

    S. Yamaoka;H. Inoue;M. Sakurai;T. Sugiyama

  • Bimp1, a MAGUK Family Member Linking Protein Kinase C Activation to Bcl10-mediated NF-κB Induction

    Linda M. McAllister-Lucas;Naohiro Inohara;Peter C. Lucas;Jürgen Ruland

  • Identification of pancreatic cancer stem cells and selective toxicity of chemotherapeutic agents.

    Rama Adikrisna;Shinji Tanaka;Shunsuke Muramatsu;Arihiro Aihara

Frequent Co-Authors

Naoki Yamamoto
Naoki Yamamoto Kyoto University
Tatsuya Saitoh
Tatsuya Saitoh Osaka University
Nobuo Ohta
Nobuo Ohta Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Masayuki Imamura
Masayuki Imamura Kyoto University
Masakazu Hatanaka
Masakazu Hatanaka Kyoto University
Shizuo Akira
Shizuo Akira Osaka University
Yukihiro Shoyama
Yukihiro Shoyama Nagasaki International University
Alain Israël
Alain Israël Institut Pasteur
Takeshi Noda
Takeshi Noda Kyoto University
Masahiro Yamamoto
Masahiro Yamamoto Osaka University

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