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Yoshikazu Yuki

Yoshikazu Yuki

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Immunology

D-Index
44
Citations
7975
World Ranking
4773
National Ranking
183

Overview

Yoshikazu Yuki is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan, focusing on research in medicine and biotechnology. Their work spans multiple subfields including infectious diseases, epidemiology, molecular biology, immunology, and biotechnology. The scientist's main fields of study encompass medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

Their research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Pneumonia and respiratory infections
  • Transgenic plants and applications
  • Bacterial infections and vaccines
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Viral infections and immunology research

Yuki has published extensively, with recent papers highlighting diverse areas within immunology and infectious diseases. Key publications include:

  • "A review of criteria strictness in 'Toxicity Grading Scale for Healthy Adult and Adolescent Volunteers Enrolled in Preventive Vaccine Clinical Trials,'" 2023, Vaccine
  • "Metagenome Data on Intestinal Phage-Bacteria Associations Aids the Development of Phage Therapy against Pathobionts," 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • "Pancreatic glycoprotein 2 is a first line of defense for mucosal protection in intestinal inflammation," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Oral MucoRice-CTB vaccine for safety and microbiota-dependent immunogenicity in humans: a phase 1 randomised trial," 2021, The Lancet Microbe
  • "A nanogel-based trivalent PspA nasal vaccine protects macaques from intratracheal challenge with pneumococci," 2021, Vaccine

The scientist frequently publishes in prominent venues, with multiple publications appearing in Vaccine. Other venues include Frontiers in Plant Science, Cell Host & Microbe, Trends in Molecular Medicine, and Nature Communications.

Yuki collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Hiroshi Kiyono
  • Rika Nakahashi-Ouchida
  • Kohtaro Fujihashi
  • Shiho Kurokawa
  • Shintaro Sato

Yuki's research contributes to understanding and developing vaccines, treatments, and immunological insights in the context of infectious diseases and molecular biology. Their multidisciplinary approach bridges clinical and molecular perspectives within healthcare and biotechnology domains.

Best Publications

  • Nanogel antigenic protein-delivery system for adjuvant-free intranasal vaccines

    Tomonori Nochi;Yoshikazu Yuki;Haruko Takahashi;Shin Ichi Sawada

  • Intestinal villous M cells: An antigen entry site in the mucosal epithelium

    Myoung Ho Jang;Mi Na Kweon;Mi Na Kweon;Mi Na Kweon;Koichi Iwatani;Masafumi Yamamoto;Masafumi Yamamoto;Masafumi Yamamoto

  • Cutting Edge: The Mucosal Adjuvant Cholera Toxin Redirects Vaccine Proteins into Olfactory Tissues

    Frederik W. van Ginkel;Raymond J. Jackson;Yoshikazu Yuki;Jerry R. McGhee

  • Rice-based mucosal vaccine as a global strategy for cold-chain- and needle-free vaccination

    Tomonori Nochi;Hidenori Takagi;Yoshikazu Yuki;Lijun Yang

  • A rice-based edible vaccine expressing multiple T cell epitopes induces oral tolerance for inhibition of Th2-mediated IgE responses

    Hidenori Takagi;Takachika Hiroi;Lijun Yang;Yoshifumi Tada

  • New generation of mucosal adjuvants for the induction of protective immunity.

    Yoshikazu Yuki;Hiroshi Kiyono

  • Indigenous opportunistic bacteria inhabit mammalian gut-associated lymphoid tissues and share a mucosal antibody-mediated symbiosis

    Takashi Obata;Yoshiyuki Goto;Jun Kunisawa;Shintaro Sato

  • A novel M cell-specific carbohydrate-targeted mucosal vaccine effectively induces antigen-specific immune responses.

    Tomonori Nochi;Yoshikazu Yuki;Akiko Matsumura;Mio Mejima

  • Comprehensive Gene Expression Profiling of Peyer’s Patch M Cells, Villous M-Like Cells, and Intestinal Epithelial Cells

    Kazutaka Terahara;Masato Yoshida;Osamu Igarashi;Tomonori Nochi

  • Novel vaccine development strategies for inducing mucosal immunity

    Fujkuyama Y;Tokuhara D;Kataoka K;Gilbert Rs

  • Nanogel-Based PspA Intranasal Vaccine Prevents Invasive Disease and Nasal Colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Il Gyu Kong;Il Gyu Kong;Ayuko Sato;Yoshikazu Yuki;Tomonori Nochi

  • Plant-based vaccines for animals and humans: recent advances in technology and clinical trials.

    Natsumi Takeyama;Hiroshi Kiyono;Yoshikazu Yuki

  • Antigen-sampling cells in the salmonid intestinal epithelium.

    Bjørn Fuglem;Emilio Jirillo;Inge Bjerkås;Hiroshi Kiyono

  • Secretory IgA-mediated protection against V. cholerae and heat-labile enterotoxin-producing enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli by rice-based vaccine

    Daisuke Tokuhara;Yoshikazu Yuki;Tomonori Nochi;Toshio Kodama

  • Challenges in mucosal vaccines for the control of infectious diseases

    Tatsuhiko Azegami;Yoshikazu Yuki;Hiroshi Kiyono

  • Mucosal vaccines: novel advances in technology and delivery.

    Yoshikazu Yuki;Hiroshi Kiyono

  • Nanogel-based pneumococcal surface protein A nasal vaccine induces microRNA-associated Th17 cell responses with neutralizing antibodies against Streptococcus pneumoniae in macaques

    Y Fukuyama;Y Yuki;Y Katakai;N Harada

  • Transcription factor Spi-B–dependent and –independent pathways for the development of Peyer’s patch M cells

    S Sato;S Kaneto;N Shibata;Y Takahashi

  • Rice-based oral antibody fragment prophylaxis and therapy against rotavirus infection

    Daisuke Tokuhara;Beatriz Álvarez;Mio Mejima;Tomoko Hiroiwa

  • A rice-based oral cholera vaccine induces macaque-specific systemic neutralizing antibodies but does not influence pre-existing intestinal immunity.

    Tomonori Nochi;Yoshikazu Yuki;Yuko Katakai;Hiroaki Shibata

  • A review of criteria strictness in "Toxicity Grading Scale for Healthy Adult and Adolescent Volunteers Enrolled in Preventive Vaccine Clinical Trials".

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Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroshi Kiyono
Hiroshi Kiyono University of Tokyo
Tomonori Nochi
Tomonori Nochi Tohoku University
Kohtaro Fujihashi
Kohtaro Fujihashi University of Alabama at Birmingham
Kazunari Akiyoshi
Kazunari Akiyoshi Kyoto University
Shintaro Sato
Shintaro Sato Osaka University
Shunji Kozaki
Shunji Kozaki Osaka Metropolitan University
Jun Kunisawa
Jun Kunisawa National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
Hideo Tsukada
Hideo Tsukada Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan)
Satoshi Uematsu
Satoshi Uematsu Osaka Metropolitan University
Mi-Na Kweon
Mi-Na Kweon University of Ulsan

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