Hirohito Kita

Cellular senescence mediates fibrotic pulmonary disease

Marissa J. Schafer, Thomas A. White, Koji Iijima et al. · Nature Communications · 2017 · 1.5K citations · Full text

IL-33–Responsive Lineage−CD25+CD44hi Lymphoid Cells Mediate Innate Type 2 Immunity and Allergic Inflammation in the Lungs

Kathleen R. Bartemes, Koji Iijima, Takao Kobayashi et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 2011 · 532 citations · Full text

Inflammatory Lung Disease, Lung Inflammation, Innate Immune System +21

A novel IL-1 family cytokine, IL-33, potently activates human eosinophils

W. Brett Cherry, Juhan Yoon, Kathleen R. Bartemes et al. · Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2008 · 493 citations · Full text

Inflammation, Cytokine, Allergy +7

The Danger Signal, Extracellular ATP, Is a Sensor for an Airborne Allergen and Triggers IL-33 Release and Innate Th2-Type Responses

Hideaki Kouzaki, Koji Iijima, Takao Kobayashi et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 2011 · 481 citations · Full text

Asthma, Lung Inflammation, Innate Immune System +21

IL-33–activated dendritic cells induce an atypical TH2-type response

Matthew A. Rank, Takao Kobayashi, Hideaki Kozaki et al. · Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2009 · 394 citations · Full text

Inflammation, Il-33–activated Dendritic Cells, Immunology +7