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Susumu Kusunoki

Susumu Kusunoki

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Immunology

D-Index
65
Citations
15908
World Ranking
2836
National Ranking
117

Overview

Susumu Kusunoki is affiliated with Kindai University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and neuroscience, with a significant body of work in neurology. The scientist's contributions extend across several subfields, including neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, pathology and forensic medicine, and infectious diseases.

The main topics covered in their research are diverse and include peripheral neuropathies and disorders, hereditary neurological disorders, long-term effects of COVID-19, nerve injury and regeneration, multiple sclerosis research studies, autoimmune neurological disorders and treatments, and the relationship between neurological diseases and metabolism.

Kusunoki has published numerous papers in various scientific venues, with several frequent publication outlets. These include:

  • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • Scientific Reports
  • Neurology
  • Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Kusunoki include:

  • "European Academy of Neurology/Peripheral Nerve Society Guideline on diagnosis and treatment of Guillain-Barré syndrome" (2023), published in European Journal of Neurology
  • "An International Perspective on Preceding Infections in Guillain-Barré Syndrome" (2022), published in Neurology
  • "Guillain-Barré syndrome after SARS-CoV-2 infection in an international prospective cohort study" (2021), published in Brain
  • "Predicting Outcome in Guillain-Barré Syndrome" (2021), published in Neurology
  • "European Academy of Neurology/Peripheral Nerve Society Guideline on diagnosis and treatment of Guillain-Barré syndrome" (2023), published in Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

The scientist has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including:

  • Motoi Kuwahara
  • Thomas Harbo
  • Satoshi Kuwabara
  • Makito Hirano
  • Makoto Samukawa

Best Publications

  • Serum anti‐GQ1b IgG antibody is associated with ophthalmoplegia in Miller Fisher syndrome and Guillain‐Barré syndrome: Clinical and immunohistochemical studies

    A. Chiba;S. Kusunoki;H. Obata;R. Machinami

  • Serum IgG antibody to ganglioside GQ1b is a possible marker of Miller Fisher syndrome.

    Atsuro Chiba;Susumu Kusunoki;Teruo Shimizu;Ichiro Kanazawa

  • Efficacy of the anti–IL-6 receptor antibody tocilizumab in neuromyelitis optica A pilot study

    Manabu Araki;Takako Matsuoka;Katsuichi Miyamoto;Susumu Kusunoki

  • N-acetylgalactosaminyl GD1a is a target molecule for serum antibody in Guillain-Barré syndrome

    Susumu Kusunoki;Atsuro Chiba;Kazuo Kon;Susumu Ando

  • Characterization of IgG4 anti-neurofascin 155 antibody-positive polyneuropathy

    Hidenori Ogata;Ryo Yamasaki;Akio Hiwatashi;Nobuyuki Oka

  • Primitive neural stem cells from the mammalian epiblast differentiate to definitive neural stem cells under the control of Notch signaling

    Seiji Hitoshi;Raewyn M. Seaberg;Cheryl Koscik;Tania Alexson

  • Ganglioside complexes as new target antigens in Guillain-Barré syndrome.

    Ken-ichi Kaida;Daiji Morita;Mami Kanzaki;Keiko Kamakura

  • Anti-neurofascin antibody in patients with combined central and peripheral demyelination

    Nobutoshi Kawamura;Ryo Yamasaki;Tomomi Yonekawa;Takuya Matsushita

  • Experimental sensory neuropathy induced by sensitization with ganglioside GD1b.

    Susumu Kusunoki;Jun Shimizu;Atsuro Chiba;Yoshikazu Ugawa

  • Anti-GQ1b IgG antibody is associated with ataxia as well as ophthalmoplegia.

    Susumu Kusunoki;Atsuro Chiba;Ichiro Kanazawa

  • Anti-Gal-C antibodies in GBS subsequent to mycoplasma infection: Evidence of molecular mimicry

    Susumu Kusunoki;Meiko Shiina;Ichiro Kanazawa

  • Overexpressed GM1 suppresses nerve growth factor (NGF) signals by modulating the intracellular localization of NGF receptors and membrane fluidity in PC12 cells

    Masashi Nishio;Satoshi Fukumoto;Satoshi Fukumoto;Keiko Furukawa;Akiko Ichimura

  • Localization of GM1 and GD1b antigens in the human peripheral nervous system.

    Susumu Kusunoki;Atsuro Chiba;Tadashi Tai;Ichiro Kanazawa

  • Clinical Features of Acute Flaccid Myelitis Temporally Associated With an Enterovirus D68 Outbreak: Results of a Nationwide Survey of Acute Flaccid Paralysis in Japan, August-December 2015.

    Pin Fee Chong;Ryutaro Kira;Harushi Mori;Akihisa Okumura

  • Anti-ganglioside complex antibodies associated with severe disability in GBS.

    K. Kaida;D. Morita;M. Kanzaki;K. Kamakura

  • Acute conduction block in vitro following exposure to antiganglioside sera.

    Keisuke Arasaki PhD;Keisuke Arasaki PhD;Susumu Kusunoki PhD;Norio Kudo PhD;Ichiro Kanazawa PhD

  • Anti-ganglioside complex antibodies in Miller Fisher syndrome

    Ken-ichi Kaida;Mami Kanzaki;Daiji Morita;Keiko Kamakura

  • High resolution proton NMR studies of gangliosides. Structure of two types of GD3 lactones and their reactivity with monoclonal antibody R24

    S Ando;R K Yu;J N Scarsdale;S Kusunoki

  • Guillain-Barré syndrome with antibody to a ganglioside, N-acetylgalactosaminyl GD1a.

    K Kaida;S Kusunoki;K Kamakura;K Motoyoshi

  • Antibodies to gangliosides and ganglioside complexes in Guillain-Barré syndrome and Fisher syndrome: mini-review.

    Kenichi Kaida;Susumu Kusunoki

  • GM1b is a new member of antigen for serum antibody in Guillain-Barre syndrome

    S. Kusunoki;M. Iwamori;A. Chiba;S. Hitoshi

Frequent Co-Authors

Ichiro Kanazawa
Ichiro Kanazawa University of Tokyo
Jun-ichi Kira
Jun-ichi Kira Kyushu University
Satoshi Kuwabara
Satoshi Kuwabara Chiba University
Gen Sobue
Gen Sobue Aichi Medical University
Kazuo Motoyoshi
Kazuo Motoyoshi National Defense Medical College
Shoji Tsuji
Shoji Tsuji University of Tokyo
Robert K. Yu
Robert K. Yu Augusta University
Hideki Mochizuki
Hideki Mochizuki Osaka University
Hugh J. Willison
Hugh J. Willison University of Glasgow
Sonoko Misawa
Sonoko Misawa Chiba University

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