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Takashi Akazawa

Takashi Akazawa

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
7038
World Ranking
16391
National Ranking
1176

Overview

Takashi Akazawa is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields, predominantly in Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Immunology and Microbiology. Within these fields, Akazawa's work focuses on subfields such as Oncology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Genetics.

The research topics covered by Akazawa include:

  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
  • Metastasis and carcinoma case studies

Akazawa has contributed to several publications in various scientific journals. Recent papers include:

  • "Atezolizumab with bevacizumab, paclitaxel and carboplatin was effective for patients with SMARCA4-deficient thoracic sarcoma," 2021, published in Immunotherapy
  • "Potent adjuvant effect elicited for tumor immunotherapy by a liposome conjugated pH-sensitive polymer and dendritic cell-targeting Toll-like-receptor ligand," 2022, in Vaccine
  • "Symmetry and fluctuation of cell movements in neural crest-derived facial mesenchyme," 2021, in Development
  • "Establishment of organoids using residual samples from saline flushes during endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration in patients with pancreatic cancer," 2022, in Endoscopy International Open
  • "The importance of FDG-PET/CT parameters for the assessment of the immune status in advanced HNSCC," 2020, in Auris Nasus Larynx

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Akazawa include:

  • Yu Mizote
  • Hideaki Tahara
  • Tomoya Ekawa
  • Harumi Nakamura
  • Keiichiro Honma

Akazawa has published in various scientific venues with frequent appearances in:

  • Immunotherapy
  • Vaccine
  • Development
  • Endoscopy International Open
  • Cancer Medicine

Best Publications

  • A Novel Sucrose Synthase Pathway for Sucrose Degradation in Cultured Sycamore Cells

    Steven C. Huber;Takashi Akazawa

  • Enzymic mechanisms of starch breakdown in germinating rice seeds: 7. Amylase formation in the epithelium

    Kazuo Okamoto;Takashi Akazawa

  • Effect of anoxia on starch breakdown in rice and wheat seeds

    Pierdomenico Perata;J Pozueta-Romero;T Akazawa;J Yamaguchi

  • Xylose-containing common structural unit in N-linked oligosaccharides of laccase from sycamore cells

    Noriko Takahashi;Taeko Hotta;Hideko Ishihara;Masami Mori

  • Sucrose Synthase Catalyzes the de novo Production of ADPglucose Linked to Starch Biosynthesis in Heterotrophic Tissues of Plants

    Edurne Baroja-Fernández;Francisco José Muñoz;Takayo Saikusa;Milagros Rodríguez-López

  • Enzymic Mechanism of Starch Breakdown in Germinating Rice Seeds II. Scutellum as the Site of Sucrose Synthesis.

    Takeo Nomura;Yasuhiro Kono;T. Akazawa

  • Direct transport of ADPglucose by an adenylate translocator is linked to starch biosynthesis in amyloplasts.

    Javier Pozueta-Romero;Marco Frehner;Alejandro M. Viale;Takashi Akazawa

  • Effect of anoxia on the induction of α-amylase in cereal seeds

    P. Perata;N. Geshi;J. Yamaguchi;T. Akazawa

  • Biosynthesis and excretion of hydrolases in germinating cereal seeds.

    Kazuo Okamoto;Hidemi Kitano;Takashi Akazawa

  • Isolation of Intact Chloroplasts and Other Cell Organelles from Spinach Leaf Protoplasts

    Mikio Nishimura;Douglas Graham;Takashi Akazawa

  • DNA methylation as a mechanism of transcriptional regulation in nonphotosynthetic plastids in plant cells.

    Jarunya Ngernprasirtsiri;Hirokazu Kobayashi;Takashi Akazawa

  • Effects of the gibberellin biosynthetic inhibitor uniconazol on mutants of Arabidopsis.

    Eiji Nambara;Takashi Akazawa;Peter McCourt

  • Structure and function of chloroplast proteins. V. Homotropic effect of bicarbonate in RuDP carboxylase reaction and the mechanism of activation by magnesium ions.

    T. Sugiyama;N. Nakayama;T. Akazawa

  • Isolation and Characterization of Metabolically Competent Mitochondria from Spinach Leaf Protoplasts

    Mikio Nishimura;Roland Douce;Takashi Akazawa

  • Transcriptional regulation and DNA methylation in plastids during transitional conversion of chloroplasts to chromoplasts.

    H. Kobayashi;J. Ngernprasirtsiri;T. Akazawa

  • DNA methylation and the differential expression of C4 photosynthesis genes in mesophyll and bundle sheath cells of greening maize leaves.

    Jarunya Ngernprasirtsiri;Raymond Chollet;Hirokazu Kobayashi;Tatsuo Sugiyama

  • Expressed genes for plant-type ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase in the photosynthetic bacterium Chromatium vinosum, which possesses two complete sets of the genes.

    A M Viale;H Kobayashi;T Akazawa

  • Isolation of ipomeamarone and two coumarin derivatives from sweet potato roots injured by the weevil, Cylas formicarius elegantulus.

    T. Akazawa;I. Uritani;Hiroshi Kubota

  • Developmental and Hormonal Regulation of Rice [alpha]-Amylase(RAmy1A)-gusA Fusion Genes in Transgenic Rice Seeds.

    Kimiko Itoh;Junji Yamaguchi;Ning Huang;Raymond L. Rodriguez

  • Adenosine diphosphate sugar pyrophosphatase prevents glycogen biosynthesis in Escherichia coli

    Beatriz Moreno-Bruna;Edurne Baroja-Fernández;Francisco José Muñoz;Ainara Bastarrica-Berasategui

Frequent Co-Authors

Mikio Nishimura
Mikio Nishimura National Institute for Basic Biology
Tetsuko Takabe
Tetsuko Takabe Meijo University
Tatsuo Sugiyama
Tatsuo Sugiyama Nagoya University
David Macherel
David Macherel University of Angers
Pierdomenico Perata
Pierdomenico Perata Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Noriko Takahashi
Noriko Takahashi Nagoya City University
Hitoshi Mori
Hitoshi Mori Nagoya University
Shigetoh Miyachi
Shigetoh Miyachi University of Tokyo
Yoji Arata
Yoji Arata University of Tokyo
Hidemi Kitano
Hidemi Kitano Nagoya University

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