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Yukinari Kato

Yukinari Kato

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
14845
World Ranking
10724
National Ranking
730

Overview

Yukinari Kato is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and has a significant body of research in medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and microbiology. Their work spans multiple specialized fields, including oncology, immunology, molecular biology, radiology, nuclear medicine, imaging, and cell biology.

The main topics covered in Yukinari Kato's research include monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, immunotherapy and immune responses, HER2/EGFR pathways in cancer, lymphatic system and diseases, chemokine receptors and signaling, and T-cell and B-cell immunology.

Recent notable publications by Yukinari Kato include:

  • BACH1 Promotes Pancreatic Cancer Metastasis by Repressing Epithelial Genes and Enhancing Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition, 2020, Cancer Research
  • PD-L1 immunohistochemistry for canine cancers and clinical benefit of anti-PD-L1 antibody in dogs with pulmonary metastatic oral malignant melanoma, 2021, npj Precision Oncology
  • Current Targeted Therapy for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Roles of Podoplanin in Malignant Progression of Tumor, 2022, Cells
  • Efficacy of cancer-specific anti-podoplanin CAR-T cells and oncolytic herpes virus G47Δ combination therapy against glioblastoma, 2022, Molecular Therapy - Oncolytics

Yukinari Kato's research is frequently published in the following venues:

  • Monoclonal Antibodies in Immunodiagnosis and Immunotherapy
  • Preprints.org
  • Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several researchers including Mika K. Kaneko, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Tomohiro Tanaka, Teizo Asano, and Tomokazu Ohishi, indicating a well-networked presence in their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • Involvement of the snake toxin receptor CLEC-2, in podoplanin-mediated platelet activation, by cancer cells.

    Katsue Suzuki-Inoue;Yukinari Kato;Osamu Inoue;Mika Kato Kaneko

  • Molecular analysis of the pathophysiological binding of the platelet aggregation‐inducing factor podoplanin to the C‐type lectin‐like receptor CLEC‐2

    Yukinari Kato;Mika Kato Kaneko;Akiko Kunita;Hiromi Ito

  • Molecular Identification of Aggrus/T1α as a Platelet Aggregation-inducing Factor Expressed in Colorectal Tumors

    Yukinari Kato;Naoya Fujita;Akiko Kunita;Shigeo Sato

  • Increased expression of podoplanin in malignant astrocytic tumors as a novel molecular marker of malignant progression

    Kazuhiko Mishima;Yukinari Kato;Mika Kato Kaneko;Ryo Nishikawa

  • Inhibition of tumor cell-induced platelet aggregation using a novel anti-podoplanin antibody reacting with its platelet-aggregation-stimulating domain

    Yukinari Kato;Mika Kato Kaneko;Atsushi Kuno;Noboru Uchiyama

  • Enhanced Expression of Aggrus (T1alpha/Podoplanin), a Platelet-Aggregation-Inducing Factor in Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma

    Yukinari Kato;Mika Kaneko;Mika Kaneko;Makoto Sata;Naoya Fujita

  • The Platelet Aggregation-Inducing Factor Aggrus/Podoplanin Promotes Pulmonary Metastasis

    Akiko Kunita;Takeshi G. Kashima;Yasuyuki Morishita;Masashi Fukayama

  • The role of MMP-1 in breast cancer growth and metastasis to the brain in a xenograft model

    Hui Liu;Yukinari Kato;Stephanie A Erzinger;Galina M Kiriakova

  • PA tag: A versatile protein tagging system using a super high affinity antibody against a dodecapeptide derived from human podoplanin

    Yuki Fujii;Mika Kaneko;Makiko Neyazaki;Terukazu Nogi

  • Establishment of the anti-Klotho monoclonal antibodies and detection of Klotho protein in kidneys.

    Yukinari Kato;Emi Arakawa;Satoko Kinoshita;Akio Shirai

  • A Cancer-specific Monoclonal Antibody Recognizes the Aberrantly Glycosylated Podoplanin

    Yukinari Kato;Mika Kato Kaneko

  • Aggrus: a diagnostic marker that distinguishes seminoma from embryonal carcinoma in testicular germ cell tumors.

    Yukinari Kato;Isoji Sasagawa;Mika Kaneko;Motoki Osawa

  • A canine chimeric monoclonal antibody targeting PD-L1 and its clinical efficacy in canine oral malignant melanoma or undifferentiated sarcoma.

    Naoya Maekawa;Satoru Konnai;Satoshi Takagi;Yumiko Kagawa

  • Conservation of a platelet activating domain of Aggrus/podoplanin as a platelet aggregation-inducing factor.

    Mika Kato Kaneko;Yukinari Kato;Yukinari Kato;Takashi Kitano;Motoki Osawa;Motoki Osawa

  • Podoplanin expression in primary central nervous system germ cell tumors: a useful histological marker for the diagnosis of germinoma

    Kazuhiko Mishima;Yukinari Kato;Mika K. Kaneko;Youya Nakazawa

  • Structural basis for perception of diverse chemical substances by T1r taste receptors

    Nipawan Nuemket;Norihisa Yasui;Yuko Kusakabe;Yukiyo Nomura

  • Focused Differential Glycan Analysis with the Platform Antibody-assisted Lectin Profiling for Glycan-related Biomarker Verification

    Atsushi Kuno;Yukinari Kato;Atsushi Matsuda;Mika Kato Kaneko

  • Quantitative metabolome analysis profiles activation of glutaminolysis in glioma with IDH1 mutation

    Fumiharu Ohka;Maki Ito;Melissa Ranjit;Takeshi Senga

  • Deletion polymorphism of SIGLEC14 and its functional implications.

    Masahiro Yamanaka;Yukinari Kato;Takashi Angata;Hisashi Narimatsu

  • A monoclonal antibody IMab-1 specifically recognizes IDH1R132H, the most common glioma-derived mutation

    Yukinari Kato;Genglin Jin;Chien Tsun Kuan;Roger E. McLendon

Frequent Co-Authors

Mika K. Kaneko
Mika K. Kaneko Tohoku University
Kazuhiko Ohashi
Kazuhiko Ohashi Hokkaido University
Junichi Takagi
Junichi Takagi Osaka University
Naoya Fujita
Naoya Fujita Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research
Atsushi Natsume
Atsushi Natsume Nagoya University
Takashi Tsuruo
Takashi Tsuruo Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research
Hisashi Narimatsu
Hisashi Narimatsu National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Takashi Tsuruo
Takashi Tsuruo Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research
Masashi Fukayama
Masashi Fukayama University of Tokyo

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