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Yoshihide Kanaoka is affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersections of neuroscience and medicine, with specific attention to related subfields such as physiology, nutrition and dietetics, endocrine and autonomic systems, dermatology, and immunology and allergy.

The topics covered in their work include:

  • Adenosine and purinergic signaling
  • Biochemical analysis and sensing techniques
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Dermatology and skin diseases
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Allergic rhinitis and sensitization
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms

Kanaoka has contributed to multiple papers spanning a range of topics related to immunology, neuroinflammation, and biochemical signaling. Recent publications include:

  • "Airway brush cells generate cysteinyl leukotrienes through the ATP sensor P2Y2," 2020, published in Science Immunology
  • "The CysLT 2 R receptor mediates leukotriene C 4 -driven acute and chronic itch," 2021, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Prostaglandin D2-Mediated Microglia/Astrocyte Interaction Enhances Astrogliosis and Demyelination in twitcher," 2021, published by UNC Libraries

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers including Saltanat Ualiyeva, Lora G. Bankova, Nils Hallen, Carola Ledderose, and Ichiro Matsumoto, indicating multi-disciplinary partnerships in their research community.

Kanaoka's publications have appeared predominantly in venues such as:

  • Science Immunology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Cdc25A is a novel phosphatase functioning early in the cell cycle

    S Jinno;K Suto;A Nagata;M Igarashi

  • Cysteinyl leukotrienes and their receptors: cellular distribution and function in immune and inflammatory responses.

    Yoshihide Kanaoka;Joshua A. Boyce

  • Pronounced eosinophilic lung inflammation and Th2 cytokine release in human lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase transgenic mice.

    Yasushi Fujitani;Yoshihide Kanaoka;Kosuke Aritake;Nobuko Uodome

  • Cloning and crystal structure of hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase.

    Yoshihide Kanaoka;Hideo Ago;Eiji Inagaki;Toyomichi Nanayama

  • Dectin-2 Recognition of House Dust Mite Triggers Cysteinyl Leukotriene Generation by Dendritic Cells

    Nora A. Barrett;Akiko Maekawa;Opu M. Rahman;K. Frank Austen

  • Lack of tactile pain (allodynia) in lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase-deficient mice

    Naomi Eguchi;Toshiaki Minami;Naoki Shirafuji;Yoshihide Kanaoka

  • Neutrophil-derived leukotriene B4 is required for inflammatory arthritis

    Mei Chen;Bing K. Lam;Yoshihide Kanaoka;Peter A. Nigrovic

  • Leukotriene E4–induced pulmonary inflammation is mediated by the P2Y12 receptor

    Sailaja Paruchuri;Hiroyuki Tashimo;Hiroyuki Tashimo;Chunli Feng;Akiko Maekawa;Akiko Maekawa

  • 5-Lipoxygenase Metabolite 4-HDHA Is a Mediator of the Antiangiogenic Effect of ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

    Przemyslaw Sapieha;Andreas Stahl;Jing Chen;Molly R. Seaward

  • Dectin-2 mediates Th2 immunity through the generation of cysteinyl leukotrienes

    Nora A. Barrett;Opu M. Rahman;James M. Fernandez;Matthew W. Parsons

  • Identification of GPR99 Protein as a Potential Third Cysteinyl Leukotriene Receptor with a Preference for Leukotriene E4 Ligand

    Yoshihide Kanaoka;Akiko Maekawa;K.Frank Austen

  • Hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase.

    Yoshihide Kanaoka;Yoshihiro Urade

  • Targeted gene disruption reveals the role of the cysteinyl leukotriene 2 receptor in increased vascular permeability and in bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice

    Thomas C. Beller;Akiko Maekawa;Daniel S. Friend;Daniel S. Friend;K. Frank Austen

  • Attenuated zymosan-induced peritoneal vascular permeability and IgE-dependent passive cutaneous anaphylaxis in mice lacking leukotriene C4 synthase.

    Yoshihide Kanaoka;Akiko Maekawa;John F. Penrose;K. Frank Austen

  • Role of Group V Phospholipase A2 in Zymosan-induced Eicosanoid Generation and Vascular Permeability Revealed by Targeted Gene Disruption

    Yoshiyuki Satake;Yoshiyuki Satake;Bruno L. Diaz;Bruno L. Diaz;Barbara Balestrieri;Barbara Balestrieri;Bing K. Lam;Bing K. Lam

  • Prostaglandin D2-Mediated Microglia/Astrocyte Interaction Enhances Astrogliosis and Demyelination in twitcher

    Ikuko Mohri;Masako Taniike;Hidetoshi Taniguchi;Takahisa Kanekiyo

  • Cysteinyl leukotriene 1 receptor controls the severity of chronic pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis.

    Thomas C. Beller;Daniel S. Friend;Akiko Maekawa;Bing K. Lam

  • Functional recognition of a distinct receptor preferential for leukotriene E4 in mice lacking the cysteinyl leukotriene 1 and 2 receptors

    Akiko Maekawa;Yoshihide Kanaoka;Wei Xing;K. Frank Austen

  • CysLT2 receptors interact with CysLT1 receptors and down-modulate cysteinyl leukotriene dependent mitogenic responses of mast cells.

    Yongfeng Jiang;Yongfeng Jiang;Laura A. Borrelli;Yoshihide Kanaoka;Yoshihide Kanaoka;Brian J. Bacskai

  • Neutrophil-derived leukotriene B 4 is required for infl ammatory arthritis

    Mei Chen;Bing K. Lam;Yoshihide Kanaoka;Peter A. Nigrovic

Frequent Co-Authors

K. Frank Austen
K. Frank Austen Brigham and Women's Hospital
Joshua A. Boyce
Joshua A. Boyce Brigham and Women's Hospital
Yoshihiro Urade
Yoshihiro Urade University of Tsukuba
Osamu Hayaishi
Osamu Hayaishi Osaka Bioscience Institute
Tanya M. Laidlaw
Tanya M. Laidlaw Brigham and Women's Hospital
Daniel S. Friend
Daniel S. Friend Brigham and Women's Hospital
Hiroshi Nojima
Hiroshi Nojima Osaka University
Jonathan P. Arm
Jonathan P. Arm Novartis (Switzerland)
Winfried Haase
Winfried Haase Max Planck Society
Darrel W. Stafford
Darrel W. Stafford University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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