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Yasushi Kawaguchi

Yasushi Kawaguchi

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Immunology

D-Index
79
Citations
18146
World Ranking
1712
National Ranking
62

Overview

Yasushi Kawaguchi is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has a research focus centered around medicine, with particular expertise in pathology and forensic medicine, dermatology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, immunology, and rheumatology. Their publication record includes extensive work in these areas, contributing significantly to the understanding of systemic sclerosis, inflammatory myopathies, interstitial lung diseases, and systemic lupus erythematosus among other medical topics.

The scientist's main fields of study span medicine with 67 publications, with subfields notably including 18 works in pathology and forensic medicine, 10 in dermatology, 10 in pulmonary and respiratory medicine, 8 in immunology, and 7 in rheumatology.

Kawaguchi's research covers a variety of key topics such as:

  • Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
  • Dermatologic Treatments and Research
  • Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Mast cells and histamine
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Skin Diseases and Diabetes

Among recent published papers are the following titles:

  • Meta-analysis of 208370 East Asians identifies 113 susceptibility loci for systemic lupus erythematosus (2020), published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Risk Prediction Modeling Based on a Combination of Initial Serum Biomarker Levels in Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (2020), published in Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • 2020 guide for the diagnosis and treatment of interstitial lung disease associated with connective tissue disease (2021), published in Respiratory Investigation
  • Biological insights into systemic lupus erythematosus through an immune cell-specific transcriptome-wide association study (2022), published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Treatment-related damage in elderly-onset ANCA-associated vasculitis: safety outcome analysis of two nationwide prospective cohort studies (2020), published in Arthritis Research & Therapy

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kawaguchi include:

  • Masayoshi Harigai (13 joint publications)
  • Masataka Kuwana (8 joint publications)
  • Tomoaki Higuchi (8 joint publications)
  • Kae Takagi (7 joint publications)
  • Yasuhiro Katsumata (6 joint publications)

Their work has been published regularly in venues such as:

  • International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases (4 publications)
  • Modern Rheumatology (4 publications)
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (3 publications)
  • Lara D. Veeken (2 publications)
  • Modern Rheumatology Case Reports (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Long Noncoding RNA NEAT1-Dependent SFPQ Relocation from Promoter Region to Paraspeckle Mediates IL8 Expression upon Immune Stimuli

    Katsutoshi Imamura;Naoto Imamachi;Gen Akizuki;Michiko Kumakura

  • Construction of an Excisable Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Containing a Full-Length Infectious Clone of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1: Viruses Reconstituted from the Clone Exhibit Wild-Type Properties In Vitro and In Vivo

    Michiko Tanaka;Hiroyuki Kagawa;Yuji Yamanashi;Tetsutaro Sata

  • Identification of Nafamostat as a Potent Inhibitor of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus S Protein-Mediated Membrane Fusion Using the Split-Protein-Based Cell-Cell Fusion Assay

    Mizuki Yamamoto;Shutoku Matsuyama;Xiao Li;Makoto Takeda

  • PILRα Is a Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Entry Coreceptor That Associates with Glycoprotein B

    Takeshi Satoh;Jun Arii;Tadahiro Suenaga;Jing Wang

  • Sex-specific association of X-linked Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) with male systemic lupus erythematosus

    Nan Shen;Qiong Fu;Qiong Fu;Yun Deng;Yun Deng;Xiaoxia Qian

  • Herpes simplex virus 1 alpha regulatory protein ICP0 interacts with and stabilizes the cell cycle regulator cyclin D3.

    Y Kawaguchi;C Van Sant;B Roizman

  • Non-muscle myosin IIA is a functional entry receptor for herpes simplex virus-1

    Jun Arii;Hideo Goto;Tadahiro Suenaga;Masaaki Oyama

  • The Anticoagulant Nafamostat Potently Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 S Protein-Mediated Fusion in a Cell Fusion Assay System and Viral Infection In Vitro in a Cell-Type-Dependent Manner.

    Mizuki Yamamoto;Maki Kiso;Yuko Sakai-Tagawa;Kiyoko Iwatsuki-Horimoto

  • Interaction of herpes simplex virus 1 alpha regulatory protein ICP0 with elongation factor 1delta: ICP0 affects translational machinery.

    Y Kawaguchi;R Bruni;B Roizman

  • Increased ferritin predicts development and severity of acute interstitial lung disease as a complication of dermatomyositis

    Takahisa Gono;Yasushi Kawaguchi;Masako Hara;Ikuko Masuda

  • Simultaneous Tracking of Capsid, Tegument, and Envelope Protein Localization in Living Cells Infected with Triply Fluorescent Herpes Simplex Virus 1

    Ken Sugimoto;Masashi Uema;Hiroshi Sagara;Michiko Tanaka

  • Increased CD40 Expression on Muscle Cells of Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis: Role of CD40-CD40 Ligand Interaction in IL-6, IL-8, IL-15, and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Production

    Tomoko Sugiura;Yasushi Kawaguchi;Masayoshi Harigai;Kae Takagi

  • Interleukin-18 as a novel diagnostic marker and indicator of disease severity in adult-onset Still's disease

    Yasushi Kawaguchi;Hisae Terajima;Masayoshi Harigai;Masako Hara

  • Myelin-associated glycoprotein mediates membrane fusion and entry of neurotropic herpesviruses

    Tadahiro Suenaga;Takeshi Satoh;Pranee Somboonthum;Yasushi Kawaguchi

  • Pulmonary hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus: evaluation of clinical characteristics and response to immunosuppressive treatment.

    Eiichi Tanaka;Masayoshi Harigai;Michi Tanaka;Yasushi Kawaguchi

  • Two Susceptibility Loci to Takayasu Arteritis Reveal a Synergistic Role of the IL12B and HLA-B Regions in a Japanese Population

    Chikashi Terao;Hajime Yoshifuji;Akinori Kimura;Takayoshi Matsumura

  • Conserved Protein Kinases Encoded by Herpesviruses and Cellular Protein Kinase cdc2 Target the Same Phosphorylation Site in Eukaryotic Elongation Factor 1δ

    Yasushi Kawaguchi;Kentaro Kato;Michiko Tanaka;Mikiko Kanamori

  • Single-photon detector in the microwave range

    O. Astafiev;S. Komiyama;T. Kutsuwa;V. Antonov

  • Herpes Simplex Virus 1 VP22 Inhibits AIM2-Dependent Inflammasome Activation to Enable Efficient Viral Replication

    Yuhei Maruzuru;Yuhei Maruzuru;Takeshi Ichinohe;Ryota Sato;Kensuke Miyake

  • Angiotensin II in the lesional skin of systemic sclerosis patients contributes to tissue fibrosis via angiotensin II type 1 receptors.

    Yasushi Kawaguchi;Kae Takagi;Masako Hara;Chikako Fukasawa

  • Initial predictors of poor survival in myositis-associated interstitial lung disease: a multicentre cohort of 497 patients

    Shinji Sato;Kenichi Masui;Naoshi Nishina;Yasushi Kawaguchi

  • TRAF6 Establishes Innate Immune Responses by Activating NF-κB and IRF7 upon Sensing Cytosolic Viral RNA and DNA

    Hiroyasu Konno;Takuya Yamamoto;Takuya Yamamoto;Kohsuke Yamazaki;Jin Gohda

Frequent Co-Authors

Takeshi Mikami
Takeshi Mikami University of Tokyo
Hisashi Yamanaka
Hisashi Yamanaka International University of Health and Welfare
Masako Hara
Masako Hara National Defense Medical College
Naoyuki Kamatani
Naoyuki Kamatani StaGen (Japan)
Masataka Kuwana
Masataka Kuwana Nippon Medical School
Yukihiro Nishiyama
Yukihiro Nishiyama Nagoya University
Keizo Tomonaga
Keizo Tomonaga Kyoto University
Kazuhiko Takehara
Kazuhiko Takehara Kanazawa University
Shinichi Sato
Shinichi Sato University of Tokyo
Manabu Fujimoto
Manabu Fujimoto Osaka University

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