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Sunao Sugita is affiliated with Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong emphasis on molecular biology and ophthalmology. Their work spans across several subfields including epidemiology, neurology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's research covers key topics in retinal development and disorders, ocular diseases including Behçet's syndrome, and retinal diseases and treatments. Other significant areas of study include cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, retinal and optic conditions, as well as ocular infections and treatments.

Sunao Sugita has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues where their work appears include the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of Clinical Medicine, Stem Cell Reports, Scientific Reports, and Ophthalmology.

Notable recent publications by Sunao Sugita include:

  • HLA-Matched Allogeneic iPS Cells-Derived RPE Transplantation for Macular Degeneration (2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine)
  • Immunological aspects of RPE cell transplantation (2021, Progress in Retinal and Eye Research)

Other relevant publications where Sunao Sugita is involved as co-author or closely linked with collaborators include:

  • Safety and stable survival of stem-cell-derived retinal organoid for 2 years in patients with retinitis pigmentosa (2023, Cell Stem Cell)
  • Strategies of pluripotent stem cell-based therapy for retinal degeneration: update and challenges (2022, Trends in Molecular Medicine)
  • Trends of Stem Cell Therapies in Age-Related Macular Degeneration (2021, Journal of Clinical Medicine)

Frequent co-authors with whom Sunao Sugita has collaborated include Masayo Takahashi, Yasuo Kurimoto, Michiko Mandai, Yasuhiko Hirami, and Tadao Maeda.

Best Publications

  • Autologous Induced Stem-Cell–Derived Retinal Cells for Macular Degeneration

    Michiko Mandai;Akira Watanabe;Yasuo Kurimoto;Yasuhiko Hirami

  • Characterization of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cell Sheets Aiming for Clinical Application

    Hiroyuki Kamao;Michiko Mandai;Satoshi Okamoto;Noriko Sakai

  • Genome-wide association studies identify IL23R - IL12RB2 and IL10 as Behçet's disease susceptibility loci

    Nobuhisa Mizuki;Akira Meguro;Masao Ota;Shigeaki Ohno

  • Efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of multiple administration of infliximab in Behçet's disease with refractory uveoretinitis.

    Shigeaki Ohno;Satoshi Nakamura;Sadao Hori;Machiko Shimakawa

  • Use of multiplex PCR and real-time PCR to detect human herpes virus genome in ocular fluids of patients with uveitis

    Sunao Sugita;Norio Shimizu;Ken Watanabe;Miki Mizukami

  • Ocular infiltrating CD4+ T cells from patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease recognize human melanocyte antigens.

    Sunao Sugita;Hiroshi Takase;Chikako Taguchi;Yasuhisa Imai

  • Clinical features and management of cytomegalovirus corneal endotheliitis: analysis of 106 cases from the Japan corneal endotheliitis study.

    Noriko Koizumi;Noriko Koizumi;Tsutomu Inatomi;Takashi Suzuki;Atsushi Shiraishi

  • Cytokine profile in aqueous humor and sera of patients with infectious or noninfectious uveitis

    Hiroshi Takase;Yuri Futagami;Tomoko Yoshida;Koju Kamoi

  • Use of a Comprehensive Polymerase Chain Reaction System for Diagnosis of Ocular Infectious Diseases

    Sunao Sugita;Manabu Ogawa;Norio Shimizu;Tomohiro Morio

  • Stemming retinal regeneration with pluripotent stem cells.

    Zi-Bing Jin;Mei-Ling Gao;Wen-Li Deng;Kun-Chao Wu

  • Successful Transplantation of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells from MHC Homozygote iPSCs in MHC-Matched Models.

    Sunao Sugita;Yuko Iwasaki;Kenichi Makabe;Hiroyuki Kamao

  • Immunological homeostasis of the eye

    Manabu Mochizuki;Sunao Sugita;Koju Kamoi

  • Comparison of infliximab versus ciclosporin during the initial 6-month treatment period in Behçet disease.

    Yukiko Yamada;Sunao Sugita;Hiroyuki Tanaka;Koju Kamoi

  • Retinal Pigment Epithelium-Derived CTLA-2α Induces TGFβ-Producing T Regulatory Cells

    Sunao Sugita;Shintaro Horie;Orie Nakamura;Yuri Futagami

  • Inhibition of Th17 differentiation by anti-TNF-alpha therapy in uveitis patients with Behçet’s disease

    Sunao Sugita;Yuko Kawazoe;Ayano Imai;Yukiko Yamada

  • Iris Pigment Epithelium Expressing CD86 (B7-2) Directly Suppresses T Cell Activation In Vitro via Binding to Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte–associated Antigen 4

    Sunao Sugita;J. Wayne Streilein

  • Immune Privilege and Eye-Derived T-Regulatory Cells

    Hiroshi Keino;Shintaro Horie;Sunao Sugita

  • Evaluation of the Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Infliximab Treatment for Uveitis in Behçet's Disease: A Multicenter Study

    Masaru Takeuchi;Takeshi Kezuka;Sunao Sugita;Hiroshi Keino

  • HLA-Matched Allogeneic iPS Cells-Derived RPE Transplantation for Macular Degeneration.

    Sunao Sugita;Michiko Mandai;Yasuhiko Hirami;Seiji Takagi

  • Lack of T Cell Response to iPSC-Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells from HLA Homozygous Donors

    Sunao Sugita;Yuko Iwasaki;Kenichi Makabe;Takafumi Kimura

Frequent Co-Authors

Manabu Mochizuki
Manabu Mochizuki Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Masayo Takahashi
Masayo Takahashi Kyoto University
Shigeru Kinoshita
Shigeru Kinoshita Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Tomohiro Morio
Tomohiro Morio Institute of Science Tokyo
Hiroyuki Aburatani
Hiroyuki Aburatani University of Tokyo
Jun Nishihira
Jun Nishihira Hokkaido University
Shigenobu Yonemura
Shigenobu Yonemura University of Tokushima
Toshiki Watanabe
Toshiki Watanabe University of Tokyo
Seishi Ogawa
Seishi Ogawa Kyoto University
Nobuhisa Mizuki
Nobuhisa Mizuki Yokohama City University

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