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Overview

Yoshiro Yamashita is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. Their primary research spans fields of Medicine and Materials Science, with a focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Surgery.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology

Yamashita has published frequently in several scientific venues. The most common publication outlets include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • BMC Infectious Diseases

Their recent papers cover a range of topics related to immunology, infectious disease, and cellular stress, including:

  • Cigarette smoke induces endoplasmic reticulum stress and suppresses efferocytosis through the activation of RhoA (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Impact of plasma 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, a serotonin metabolite, on clinical outcome in septic shock, and its effect on vascular permeability (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Antigen-specific cytokine profiles for pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease stage diagnosis (2023, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • Evaluation of cytokine profiles related to Mycobacterium tuberculosis latent antigens using a whole-blood assay in the Philippines (2024, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • Pneumatocele formation in a fatal adult pneumonia patient coinfected with Streptococcus pyogenes emm-type 3 and influenza A: a case report (2020, BMC Infectious Diseases)

Throughout their career, Yamashita has collaborated frequently with a set of coauthors, indicating ongoing research networks and partnerships. These frequent coauthors include:

  • Takeshi Tanaka
  • Masahiro Takaki
  • Konosuke Morimoto
  • Ikkoh Yasuda
  • Haruka Kobayashi

Best Publications

  • New Narrow-Bandgap Polymer Composed of Benzobis(1,2,5-thiadiazole) and Thiophenes

    Michinori Karikomi;Chitoshi Kitamura;Shoji Tanaka;Yoshiro Yamashita

  • n-type organic field-effect transistors with very high electron mobility based on thiazole oligomers with trifluoromethylphenyl groups.

    Shinji Ando;Ryo Murakami;Jun-ichi Nishida;Hirokazu Tada

  • High performance n-type organic field-effect transistors based on π-electronic systems with trifluoromethylphenyl groups

    Shinji Ando;Jun-Ichi Nishida;Hirokazu Tada;Youji Inoue

  • Organic semiconductors for organic field-effect transistors

    Yoshiro Yamashita

  • Phosphorescent iridium complexes based on 2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine ligands: tuning of emission color toward the blue region and application to polymer light-emitting devices.

    Shin-ya Takizawa;Jun-ichi Nishida;Toshimitsu Tsuzuki;Shizuo Tokito

  • High-Performance Organic Field-Effect Transistors Based on π-Extended Tetrathiafulvalene Derivatives

    Naraso;† Jun-ichi Nishida;Shinji Ando;Jun Yamaguchi

  • p‐Quinodimethane Analogues of Tetrathiafulvalene

    Yoshiro Yamashita;Yasuo Kobayashi;Tsutomu Miyashi

  • Novel p- and n-Type Organic Semiconductors with an Anthracene Unit

    Shinji Ando;Jun-Ichi Nishida;Eiichi Fujiwara;Hirokazu Tada

  • High performance n- and p-type field-effect transistors based on tetrathiafulvalene derivatives.

    Naraso;Jun-ichi Nishida;Daisuke Kumaki;Shizuo Tokito

  • Large enhancement in neurite outgrowth on a cell membrane-mimicking conducting polymer

    Bo Zhu;Shyh-Chyang Luo;Haichao Zhao;Hsing-An Lin

  • Strongly red-fluorescent novel donor–π-bridge–acceptor–π-bridge–donor (D–π–A–π–D) type 2,1,3-benzothiadiazoles with enhanced two-photon absorption cross-sections

    Shin-ichiro Kato;Taisuke Matsumoto;Tsutomu Ishi-i;Thies Thiemann

  • Preparation, Characterization, and Electroluminescence Characteristics of α-Diimine-type Platinum(II) Complexes with Perfluorinated Phenyl Groups as Ligands

    Jun-ichi Nishida;Akihiro Maruyama;Takeshi Iwata;Yoshiro Yamashita

  • Clathrate formation and molecular recognition by novel chalcogen-cyano interactions in tetracyanoquinodimethanes fused with thiadiazole and selenadiazole rings

    Takanori Suzuki;Hiroshi Fujii;Yoshiro Yamashita;Chizuko Kabuto

  • Synthesis, physical properties, and field-effect transistors of novel thiophene/thiazolothiazole co-oligomers

    Shinji Ando;Jun-ichi Nishida;Youji Inoue;Shizuo Tokito

  • Comparison of reductive accumulation of Re and Os in seawater–sediment systems

    Yoshiro Yamashita;Yoshio Takahashi;Hiromitsu Haba;Shuichi Enomoto

  • Charge-transfer salts of M(mnt) 2 (M=Ni, Pd, Pt, Au) with BDNT: ferromagnetic interactions in conductive (BDNT) 2 –[Ni(mnt) 2 ]

    M. Uruichi;K. Yakushi;Y. Yamashita;J. Qin

  • Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Properties of 6,12‐Diaryl‐Substituted Indeno[1,2‐b]fluorenes

    Jun-ichi Nishida;Shingo Tsukaguchi;Yoshiro Yamashita

  • Crystal Structures and Triboluminescence Based on Trifluoromethyl and Pentafluorosulfanyl Substituted Asymmetric N-Phenyl Imide Compounds

    Hikaru Nakayama;Jun-ichi Nishida;Noriyuki Takada;Hiroyasu Sato

  • High-performance and light-emitting n-type organic field-effect transistors based on dithienylbenzothiadiazole and related heterocycles

    Takahiro Kono;Daisuke Kumaki;Jun Ichi Nishida;Tomo Sakanoue

  • High Performance n-Type Field-Effect Transistors Based on Indenofluorenedione and Diindenopyrazinedione Derivatives

    Tomohiro Nakagawa;Daisuke Kumaki;Jun-ichi Nishida;Shizuo Tokito

  • Single-component organic conductors based on neutral radicals containing the pyrazino-TCNQ skeleton

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Frequent Co-Authors

Shizuo Tokito
Shizuo Tokito Yamagata University
Shoji Tanaka
Shoji Tanaka Sophia University
Hirokazu Tada
Hirokazu Tada Osaka University
Chizuko Kabuto
Chizuko Kabuto Tohoku University
Bo Zhu
Bo Zhu Shanghai University
Takanori Fukushima
Takanori Fukushima Tokyo Institute of Technology
Kuo-Wei Huang
Kuo-Wei Huang King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Hiroo Inokuchi
Hiroo Inokuchi University of Tokyo
Shinji Ando
Shinji Ando Tokyo Institute of Technology
Hiroshi Ishiwara
Hiroshi Ishiwara Tokyo Institute of Technology

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