Kenichi Koike

ASC, which is composed of a PYD and a CARD, is up-regulated by inflammation and apoptosis in human neutrophils

Masaaki Shiohara, S. Taniguchi, Junya Masumoto et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2002 · 88 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Immunology +12

A killing defect of natural killer cells as an underlying immunologic abnormality in childhood systemic lupus erythematosus.

Akihiko Yabuhara, Feng Yang, Takayuki Nakazawa et al. · PubMed · 1996 · 84 citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Pediatrics +17

Anakinra improves sensory deafness in a Japanese patient with Muckle‐Wells syndrome, possibly by inhibiting the cryopyrin inflammasome

Takashi Yamazaki, Junya Masumoto, Kazunaga Agematsu et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism · 2008 · 64 citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Pathobiology +15

Frequency of Immediate–Type Food Allergy in Children in Japan

Yoji Iíkura, Y Imai, Takanori Imai et al. · International Archives of Allergy and Immunology · 1999 · 55 citations

Life Sciences, Child Health, Pediatrics +6

A missense mutation (Tyr88 to Cys) in the platelet membrane glycoprotein Ibbeta gene affects GPIb/IX complex expression--Bernard-Soulier syndrome in the homozygous form and giant platelets in the heterozygous form.

Yumi Kurokawa, Fumihiro Ishida, Takehiko Kamijo et al. · PubMed · 2001 · 31 citations

Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +17