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Yasuo Morishima is affiliated with Aichi Medical University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and immunology. Their research primarily focuses on hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and immune cell function, covering related areas such as T-cell and B-cell immunology, genetics, oncology, and pathology.

The main topics of Morishima's work include:

  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Mesenchymal stem cell research
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

Morishima has published papers in several prominent journals. Some recent notable publications are:

  • Role of HLA-DP Expression in Graft-Versus-Host Disease After Unrelated Donor Transplantation, 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • HLA-B Leader and Survivorship after HLA-Mismatched Unrelated Donor Transplantation, 2020, Blood
  • Capturing Differential Allele-Level Expression and Genotypes of All Classical HLA Loci and Haplotypes by a New Capture RNA-Seq Method, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Cryopreservation of Unrelated Hematopoietic Stem Cells from a Blood and Marrow Donor Bank During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Nationwide Survey by the Japan Marrow Donor Program, 2021, Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
  • Compatibility at amino acid position 98 of MICB reduces the incidence of graft-versus-host disease in conjunction with the CMV status, 2020, Bone Marrow Transplantation

The frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
  • Blood
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Cancers

Morishima often collaborates with several coauthors, reflecting an active engagement in multidisciplinary research efforts. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Satoko Morishima
  • Takahiro Fukuda
  • Makoto Onizuka
  • Yoshiko Atsuta
  • Naoyuki Uchida

Their work spans medicine and immunology and microbiology, further refining subfields such as hematology, genetics, oncology, and pathology and forensic medicine. Across these subfields, Morishima's publications provide insights into the interaction between immune cells and transplantation outcomes, as well as advancements in genetic profiling methods related to immune system function.

Best Publications

  • Effect of matching of class I HLA alleles on clinical outcome after transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells from an unrelated donor

    Takehiko Sasazuki;Takeo Juji;Yasuo Morishima;Naoko Kinukawa

  • Age-Related EBV-Associated B-Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorders Constitute a Distinct Clinicopathologic Group: A Study of 96 Patients

    Takashi Oyama;Kazuhito Yamamoto;Naoko Asano;Aya Oshiro

  • A novel gene, MALT1 at 18q21, is involved in t(11;18) (q21;q21) found in low-grade B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue.

    Tomoaki Akagi;Mutsuhito Motegi;Akiko Tamura;Ritsuro Suzuki

  • Unification of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation registries in Japan and establishment of the TRUMP System.

    Yoshiko Atsuta;Ritsuro Suzuki;Ayami Yoshimi;Hisashi Gondo

  • De novo CD5+ diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a clinicopathologic study of 109 patients

    Motoko Yamaguchi;Masao Seto;Masataka Okamoto;Ryo Ichinohasama

  • Effect of T-cell-epitope matching at HLA-DPB1 in recipients of unrelated-donor haemopoietic-cell transplantation: a retrospective study

    Katharina Fleischhauer;Bronwen E. Shaw;Bronwen E. Shaw;Theodore Gooley;Mari Malkki

  • TNFAIP3/A20 functions as a novel tumor suppressor gene in several subtypes of non-Hodgkin lymphomas

    Keiichiro Honma;Shinobu Tsuzuki;Masao Nakagawa;Hiroyuki Tagawa

  • High-risk HLA allele mismatch combinations responsible for severe acute graft-versus-host disease and implication for its molecular mechanism.

    Takakazu Kawase;Yasuo Morishima;Keitaro Matsuo;Koichi Kashiwase

  • Transplantation of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells for adult T-cell leukemia: a nationwide retrospective study

    Masakatsu Hishizawa;Junya Kanda;Atae Utsunomiya;Shuichi Taniguchi

  • Disease-specific analyses of unrelated cord blood transplantation compared with unrelated bone marrow transplantation in adult patients with acute leukemia

    Yoshiko Atsuta;Ritsuro Suzuki;Tokiko Nagamura-Inoue;Shuichi Taniguchi

  • Significance of cyclin D1 overexpression for the diagnosis of mantle cell lymphoma: a clinicopathologic comparison of cyclin D1-positive MCL and cyclin D1-negative MCL-like B-cell lymphoma

    Yasushi Yatabe;Ritsuro Suzuki;Kensei Tobinai;Yoshihiro Matsuno

  • Prognostic significance of CD56 expression for ALK-positive and ALK-negative anaplastic large-cell lymphoma of T/null cell phenotype

    Ritsuro Suzuki;Yoshitoyo Kagami;Kengo Takeuchi;Masahiro Kami

  • CD7+ and CD56+ myeloid/natural killer cell precursor acute leukemia: a distinct hematolymphoid disease entity.

    Ritsuro Suzuki;Kazuhito Yamamoto;Masao Seto;Yoshitoyo Kagami

  • Genome‐wide array‐based comparative genomic hybridization of natural killer cell lymphoma/leukemia: Different genomic alteration patterns of aggressive NK‐cell leukemia and extranodal Nk/T‐cell lymphoma, nasal type

    Yasuhiro Nakashima;Hiroyuki Tagawa;Ritsuro Suzuki;Sivasundaram Karnan

  • A Genetic Variant in the IL-17 Promoter Is Functionally Associated with Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease after Unrelated Bone Marrow Transplantation

    J. Luis Espinoza;Akiyoshi Takami;Katsuya Nakata;Makoto Onizuka

  • KIR Ligands and Prediction of Relapse after Unrelated Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancy

    Katharine C. Hsu;Ted Gooley;Mari Malkki;Clara Pinto-Agnello

  • Anaplastic large cell lymphoma : a distinct molecular pathologic entity : a reappraisal with special reference to p80(NPM/ALK) expression

    Shigeo Nakamura;Mami Shiota;Atsuko Nakagawa;Yasushi Yatabe

  • Identification of a Polymorphic Gene, BCL2A1, Encoding Two Novel Hematopoietic Lineage-specific Minor Histocompatibility Antigens

    Yoshiki Akatsuka;Tetsuya Nishida;Eisei Kondo;Mikinori Miyazaki

  • Outcome of 154 patients with severe aplastic anemia who received transplants from unrelated donors: the Japan Marrow Donor Program.

    Seiji Kojima;Takaharu Matsuyama;Shunichi Kato;Hisato Kigasawa

  • Cytomegalovirus Reactivation after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Relapse in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia Who Survived to Day 100 after Transplantation: The Japan Society for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Transplantation-related Complication Working Group.

    Katsuto Takenaka;Tetsuya Nishida;Yuki Asano-Mori;Kumi Oshima

  • Age-related Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)–associated B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders: comparison with EBV-positive classic Hodgkin lymphoma in elderly patients

    Naoko Asano;Naoko Asano;Kazuhito Yamamoto;Jun Ichi Tamaru;Takashi Oyama

  • Comparison of one-dimensional IEF patterns for serologically detectable HLA-A and B allotypes

    Soo Young Yang;Yasuo Morishima;Nancy H. Collins;Thomas Alton

Frequent Co-Authors

Masao Seto
Masao Seto Kurume University
Shigeo Nakamura
Shigeo Nakamura Nagoya University
Ritsuro Suzuki
Ritsuro Suzuki Shimane University
Keitaro Matsuo
Keitaro Matsuo Nagoya University
Nobuyuki Hamajima
Nobuyuki Hamajima Nagoya University
Toshitada Takahashi
Toshitada Takahashi Nagoya University
Yasushi Yatabe
Yasushi Yatabe Nagoya University
Kazuo Tajima
Kazuo Tajima Kagoshima University

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