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Toshio Heike

Toshio Heike

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
17189
World Ranking
10630
National Ranking
723

Overview

Toshio Heike is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has made significant contributions to the field of medicine, focusing primarily on hematology and related subfields such as oncology, immunology, genetics, and pathology and forensic medicine. Their research output includes a substantial number of publications that span these scientific disciplines.

Their notable recent papers include:

  • Oral Iptacopan Monotherapy in Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria, 2024, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Treatment-free remission after first-line dasatinib discontinuation in patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (first-line DADI trial): a single-arm, multicentre, phase 2 trial, 2020, The Lancet Haematology
  • Tracing the evolutionary history of blood cells to the unicellular ancestor of animals, 2022, Blood
  • EZH2 inhibitors restore epigenetically silenced CD58 expression in B-cell lymphomas, 2020, Molecular Immunology
  • Oncolytic Virus Therapy with HSV-1 for Hematological Malignancies, 2020, Molecular Therapy

Heike collaborates frequently with a number of researchers in their field. The most frequent co-authors include:

  • Akifumi Takaori-Kondo
  • Yasuyuki Arai
  • Junya Kanda
  • Kouhei Yamashita
  • Momoko Nishikori

Their work has been published extensively in several key scientific venues known for hematology and related research, including:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
  • Blood
  • International Journal of Hematology
  • British Journal of Haematology

Main research fields for Heike cover a broad spectrum of medicine, with a strong focus on hematology. Subfields represented in their publications include:

  • Hematology
  • Oncology
  • Immunology
  • Genetics
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Their scientific investigation often centers on specific topics such as:

  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Complement system in diseases

Best Publications

  • Functional Delineation and Differentiation Dynamics of Human CD4+ T Cells Expressing the FoxP3 Transcription Factor

    Makoto Miyara;Yumiko Yoshioka;Akihiko Kitoh;Tomoko Shima

  • NOD/SCID/gamma(c)(null) mouse: an excellent recipient mouse model for engraftment of human cells.

    Mamoru Ito;Hidefumi Hiramatsu;Kimio Kobayashi;Kazutomo Suzue

  • Generation of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Neonatal Mouse Testis

    Mito Kanatsu-Shinohara;Kimiko Inoue;Jiyoung Lee;Momoko Yoshimoto

  • Early-onset sarcoidosis and CARD15 mutations with constitutive nuclear factor-κB activation: common genetic etiology with Blau syndrome

    Nobuo Kanazawa;Ikuo Okafuji;Naotomo Kambe;Ryuta Nishikomori

  • Complete reconstitution of human lymphocytes from cord blood CD34+ cells using the NOD/SCID/γcnull mice model

    Hidefumi Hiramatsu;Ryuta Nishikomori;Ryuta Nishikomori;Toshio Heike;Toshio Heike;Mamoru Ito;Mamoru Ito

  • High Incidence of NLRP3 Somatic Mosaicism in Patients With Chronic Infantile Neurologic, Cutaneous, Articular Syndrome: Results of an International Multicenter Collaborative Study

    Naoko Tanaka;Kazushi Izawa;Megumu K. Saito;Mio Sakuma

  • Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate, a potent inhibitor of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) activation, prevents apoptosis in human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells and thymocytes

    Rikimaru Bessho;Kousaku Matsubara;Masaru Kubota;Katsuji Kuwakado

  • Aicardi-Goutières syndrome is caused by IFIH1 mutations.

    Hirotsugu Oda;Kenji Nakagawa;Junya Abe;Tomonari Awaya

  • The effects of cardioactive drugs on cardiomyocytes derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells.

    Noritaka Yokoo;Shiro Baba;Shinji Kaichi;Akira Niwa

  • Derivation of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells from Pluripotent Stem Cells through a Neural Crest Lineage using Small Molecule Compounds with Defined Media

    Makoto Fukuta;Yoshinori Nakai;Kosuke Kirino;Masato Nakagawa

  • Direct Hematological Toxicity and Illegitimate Chromosomal Recombination Caused by the Systemic Activation of CreERT2

    Atsuko Yoshioka Higashi;Tomokatsu Ikawa;Masamichi Muramatsu;Aris N. Economides

  • Acetylation of GATA-4 is involved in the differentiation of embryonic stem cells into cardiac myocytes.

    Teruhisa Kawamura;Koh Ono;Tatsuya Morimoto;Hiromichi Wada

  • Generation of skeletal muscle stem/progenitor cells from murine induced pluripotent stem cells

    Yuta Mizuno;Hsi Chang;Katsutsugu Umeda;Akira Niwa

  • Robust and Highly-Efficient Differentiation of Functional Monocytic Cells from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells under Serum- and Feeder Cell-Free Conditions

    Masakatsu D. Yanagimachi;Masakatsu D. Yanagimachi;Akira Niwa;Takayuki Tanaka;Fumiko Honda-Ozaki

  • Role of the NOD2 genotype in the clinical phenotype of Blau syndrome and early-onset sarcoidosis.

    Ikuo Okafuji;Ryuta Nishikomori;Nobuo Kanazawa;Naotomo Kambe

  • Ex vivo expansion of hematopoietic stem cells by cytokines

    Toshio Heike;Tatsutoshi Nakahata

  • Disease-associated CIAS1 mutations induce monocyte death, revealing low-level mosaicism in mutation-negative cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome patients

    Megumu Saito;Ryuta Nishikomori;Naotomo Kambe;Naotomo Kambe;Akihiro Fujisawa

  • A Novel Serum-Free Monolayer Culture for Orderly Hematopoietic Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Cells via Mesodermal Progenitors

    Akira Niwa;Toshio Heike;Katsutsugu Umeda;Katsutsugu Umeda;Koichi Oshima

  • Disease-associated mutations in CIAS1 induce cathepsin B-dependent rapid cell death of human THP-1 monocytic cells.

    Akihiro Fujisawa;Naotomo Kambe;Megumu Saito;Ryuta Nishikomori

  • Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Differentiate Into Functional Schwann Cells That Sustain Peripheral Nerve Regeneration

    Dai Matsuse;Masaaki Kitada;Misaki Kohama;Kouki Nishikawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Tatsutoshi Nakahata
Tatsutoshi Nakahata Kyoto University
Souichi Adachi
Souichi Adachi Shiga Prefectural General Hospital
Osamu Ohara
Osamu Ohara Chiba University
Takeshi Morimoto
Takeshi Morimoto Kindai University
Shinya Yamanaka
Shinya Yamanaka Kyoto University
Hirofumi Suemori
Hirofumi Suemori Kyoto University
Yoshiki Miyachi
Yoshiki Miyachi Kyoto University
Norio Nakatsuji
Norio Nakatsuji Kyoto University
Akira Watanabe
Akira Watanabe Kyoto University
Seishi Ogawa
Seishi Ogawa Kyoto University

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