Takeji Nishikawa

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Best Publications

• Dermoscopy of pigmented skin lesions: results of a consensus meeting via the Internet

  Giuseppe Argenziano;H.Peter Soyer;Sergio Chimenti;Renato Talamini

  1528
  Citations

• Autoantibodies to a 140-kd polypeptide, CADM-140, in Japanese patients with clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis

  Shinji Sato;Michito Hirakata;Masataka Kuwana;Akira Suwa

  920
  Citations

• Characterization of autoantibodies in pemphigus using antigen-specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays with baculovirus-expressed recombinant desmogleins.

  Ken Ishii;Masayuki Amagai;Russell P. Hall;Takashi Hashimoto

  528
  Citations

• The clinical phenotype of pemphigus is defined by the anti-desmoglein autoantibody profile

  Masayuki Amagai;Kazuyuki Tsunoda;Detlef Zillikens;Tetsuo Nagai

  526
  Citations

• Usefulness of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using recombinant desmogleins 1 and 3 for serodiagnosis of pemphigus

  M Amagai;A Komai;T Hashimoto;Y Shirakata

  440
  Citations

• Epitope spreading : Lessons from autoimmune skin diseases

  Lawrence S. Chan;Carol J. Vanderlugt;Takashi Hashimoto;Takeji Nishikawa

  439
  Citations

• Absorption of pathogenic autoantibodies by the extracellular domain of pemphigus vulgaris antigen (Dsg3) produced by baculovirus.

  Masayuki Amagai;Takashi Hashimoto;Nobuyoshi Shimizu;Takeji Nishikawa

  408
  Citations

• Detection of pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus antigens by immunoblot analysis using different antigen sources.

  Takashi Hashimoto;Marilia M Ogawa;Akira Konohana;Takeji Nishikawa

  368
  Citations

• Antibodies against desmoglein 3 (pemphigus vulgaris antigen) are present in sera from patients with paraneoplastic pemphigus and cause acantholysis in vivo in neonatal mice.

  Masayuki Amagai;Takeji Nishikawa;Hossein C. Nousari;Grant J. Anhalt

  359
  Citations

• Induction of Pemphigus Phenotype by a Mouse Monoclonal Antibody Against the Amino-Terminal Adhesive Interface of Desmoglein 3

  Kazuyuki Tsunoda;Takayuki Ota;Miyo Aoki;Taketo Yamada

  356
  Citations

• Use of autoantigen-knockout mice in developing an active autoimmune disease model for pemphigus

  Masayuki Amagai;Kazuyuki Tsunoda;Harumi Suzuki;Koji Nishifuji

  333
  Citations

• BP180 ELISA using bacterial recombinant NC16a protein as a diagnostic and monitoring tool for bullous pemphigoid.

  Masakazu Kobayashi;Masayuki Amagai;Keiko Kuroda-Kinoshita;Takashi Hashimoto

  303
  Citations

• Antigen-specific immunoadsorption of pathogenic autoantibodies in pemphigus foliaceus.

  Masayuki Amagai;Masayuki Amagai;Takashi Hashimoto;Kathleen J. Green;Nobuyoshi Shimizu

  303
  Citations

• A randomized double-blind trial of intravenous immunoglobulin for pemphigus

  Masayuki Amagai;Shigaku Ikeda;Hiroshi Shimizu;Hajime Iizuka

  297
  Citations

• Pemphigus Vulgaris Antigen (Desmoglein 3) Is Localized in the Lower Epidermis, the Site of Blister Formation in Patients

  Masayuki Amagai;Masayuki Amagai;Peter J. Koch;Takeji Nishikawa;John R. Stanley

  296
  Citations

• Human desmocollin 1 (Dsc1) is an autoantigen for the subcorneal pustular dermatosis type of IgA pemphigus.

  Takashi Hashimoto;Chie Kiyokawa;Osamu Mori;Minoru Miyasato

  249
  Citations

• Characterization of paraneoplastic pemphigus autoantigens by immunoblot analysis.

  Takashi Hashimoto;Masayuki Amagai;Kyoko Watanabe;Tadeusz P Chorzelski

  239
  Citations

• Human autoantibodies against the 230-kD bullous pemphigoid antigen (BPAG1) bind only to the intracellular domain of the hemidesmosome, whereas those against the 180-kD bullous pemphigoid antigen (BPAG2) bind along the plasma membrane of the hemidesmosome in normal human and swine skin.

  Akira Ishiko;Hiroshi Shimizu;Arata Kikuchi;Tamotsu Ebihara

  228
  Citations

• Dominant Autoimmune Epitopes Recognized by Pemphigus Antibodies Map to the N-Terminal Adhesive Region of Desmogleins

  Maiko Sekiguchi;Yuko Futei;Yoshiko Fujii;Toshiro Iwasaki

  227
  Citations

• Lack of Mucosal Involvement in Pemphigus Foliaceus May be Due to Low Expression of Desmoglein 1

  Yuji Shirakata;Masayuki Amagai;Yasushi Hanakawa;Takeji Nishikawa

  224
  Citations