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Yoshimichi Okayama

Yoshimichi Okayama

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Immunology

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51
Citations
9883
World Ranking
4144
National Ranking
159

Overview

Yoshimichi Okayama is affiliated with Nihon University in Japan. Their research primarily addresses topics in medicine, with a significant focus on immunology and microbiology. Within these domains, they explore subfields such as immunology, rheumatology, immunology and allergy, physiology, and genetics.

Their scientific work covers various specialized topics including:

  • Mast cells and histamine
  • Urticaria and related conditions
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Food allergy and anaphylaxis research
  • Coagulation, bradykinin, polyphosphates, and angioedema
  • Allergic rhinitis and sensitization

Yoshimichi Okayama has published extensively, contributing to prominent journals with a focus on allergic and immunological research. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Allergology International
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Allergy
  • Asia Pacific Allergy
  • Modern Rheumatology

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Yoshimichi Okayama are:

  • Roles of omalizumab in various allergic diseases, 2020, Allergology International
  • Activation of inflammation and resolution pathways of lipid mediators in synovial fluid from patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis compared with severe osteoarthritis, 2020, Asia Pacific Allergy
  • Orally desensitized mast cells form a regulatory network with Treg cells for the control of food allergy, 2020, Mucosal Immunology
  • miR103a-3p in extracellular vesicles from FcεRI-aggregated human mast cells enhances IL-5 production by group 2 innate lymphoid cells, 2021, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Neuro-allergology: Mast cell-nerve cross-talk, 2022, Allergology International

The scientist frequently collaborates with a group of recurring coauthors. These include:

  • Shota Toyoshima
  • Koremasa Hayama
  • Tadashi Terui
  • Yusuke Kurosawa
  • Yasuhiro Gon

Best Publications

  • Interleukin 4 is localized to and released by human mast cells

    P Bradding;I H Feather;P H Howarth;R Mueller

  • Development, migration, and survival of mast cells.

    Yoshimichi Okayama;Toshiaki Kawakami

  • IL-33 can promote survival, adhesion and cytokine production in human mast cells.

    Motoyasu Iikura;Hajime Suto;Hajime Suto;Naoki Kajiwara;Keisuke Oboki

  • Expression of Mas-related gene X2 on mast cells is upregulated in the skin of patients with severe chronic urticaria

    Daisuke Fujisawa;Jun Ichi Kashiwakura;Hirohito Kita;Yusuke Kikukawa

  • Heterogeneity of human mast cells based on cytokine content.

    P Bradding;Y Okayama;P H Howarth;M K Church

  • IL-33 induces IL-13 production by mouse mast cells independently of IgE-FcεRI signals

    Lien H. Ho;Tatsukuni Ohno;Keisuke Oboki;Naoki Kajiwara

  • Oxidative Stress in Allergic and Inflammatory Skin Diseases

    Yoshimichi Okayama

  • Expression of a functional high-affinity IgG receptor, Fc gamma RI, on human mast cells: Up-regulation by IFN-gamma.

    Yoshimichi Okayama;Arnold S. Kirshenbaum;Dean D. Metcalfe

  • T Cell Proliferation by Direct Cross-Talk between OX40 Ligand on Human Mast Cells and OX40 on Human T Cells: Comparison of Gene Expression Profiles between Human Tonsillar and Lung-Cultured Mast Cells

    Jun-ichi Kashiwakura;Hidenori Yokoi;Hirohisa Saito;Yoshimichi Okayama

  • Functional SNPs in the distal promoter of the ST2 gene are associated with atopic dermatitis

    Makiko Shimizu;Akira Matsuda;Ken Yanagisawa;Tomomitsu Hirota

  • IgE-dependent expression of mRNA for IL-4 and IL-5 in human lung mast cells.

    Y Okayama;C Petit-Frére;O Kassel;A Semper

  • NF-κB and TNF-α: A Positive Autocrine Loop in Human Lung Mast Cells?

    William R. Coward;Yoshimichi Okayama;Hironori Sagara;Susan J. Wilson

  • FcεRI-mediated amphiregulin production by human mast cells increases mucin gene expression in epithelial cells

    Shigeru Okumura;Hironori Sagara;Takeshi Fukuda;Hirohisa Saito

  • Tissue remodeling induced by hypersecreted epidermal growth factor and amphiregulin in the airway after an acute asthma attack

    Yukinori Enomoto;Kanami Orihara;Tetsuya Takamasu;Akio Matsuda

  • Biomarkers of the involvement of mast cells, basophils and eosinophils in asthma and allergic diseases

    Dean D. Metcalfe;Ruby Pawankar;Steven J. Ackerman;Cem Akin

  • Identification of specific gene expression profiles in human mast cells mediated by Toll-like receptor 4 and FcepsilonRI.

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  • Activation of human mast cells through the platelet-activating factor receptor

    Naoki Kajiwara;Tomomi Sasaki;Peter Bradding;Glenn Cruse

  • Inhibition profiles of sodium cromoglycate and nedocromil sodium on mediator release from mast cells of human skin, lung, tonsil, adenoid and intestine

    Y. Okayama;R. C. Benyon;P. H. Rees;M. A. Lowman

  • A comparison of mediators released or generated by IFN-gamma-treated human mast cells following aggregation of Fc gamma RI or Fc epsilon RI.

    Yoshimichi Okayama;David D. Hagaman;Dean D. Metcalfe

  • Mast cell maturation is driven via a group III phospholipase A2-prostaglandin D2–DP1 receptor paracrine axis

    Yoshitaka Taketomi;Yoshitaka Taketomi;Noriko Ueno;Takumi Kojima;Hiroyasu Sato;Hiroyasu Sato

  • FcεRI-mediated thymic stromal lymphopoietin production by interleukin-4-primed human mast cells

    Y. Okayama;S. Okumura;H. Sagara;K. Yuki

Frequent Co-Authors

Hirohisa Saito
Hirohisa Saito Juntendo University
Chisei Ra
Chisei Ra Nihon University
Martin K. Church
Martin K. Church Southampton General Hospital
Akira Matsuda
Akira Matsuda Juntendo University
Kenji Matsumoto
Kenji Matsumoto Izumi Municipal Hospital
Hirokazu Kimura
Hirokazu Kimura RMIT University
Dean D. Metcalfe
Dean D. Metcalfe National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Chisei Ra
Chisei Ra Juntendo University
Masatomo Mori
Masatomo Mori Gunma University
Makoto Murakami
Makoto Murakami University of Tokyo

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