Kenji Iwakabe

The Natural Killer T (NKT) Cell Ligand α-Galactosylceramide Demonstrates Its Immunopotentiating Effect by Inducing Interleukin (IL)-12 Production by Dendritic Cells and IL-12 Receptor Expression on NKT Cells

Hidemitsu Kitamura, Kenji Iwakabe, Takashi Yahata et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1999 · 618 citations · Full text

α-Galactosylceramide Induces Early B-Cell Activation through IL-4 Production by NKT Cells

Hidemitsu Kitamura, Akio Ohta, Masashi Sekimoto et al. · Cellular Immunology · 2000 · 141 citations

Inflammation, α-Galactosylceramide Induces, Cytokine +12

The restraint stress drives a shift in Th1/Th2 balance toward Th2-dominant immunity in mice

Kenji Iwakabe, Masako Shimada, Akio Ohta et al. · Immunology Letters · 1998 · 132 citations

Inflammation, Autoimmune Disease, Th2-dominant Immunity +10

Critical role of the Th1/Tc1 circuit for the generation of tumor‐specific CTL during tumor eradication <i>in vivo</i> by Th1‐cell therapy

Kenji Chamoto, Akemi Kosaka, Takemasa Tsuji et al. · Cancer Science · 2003 · 61 citations · Full text

Functional skewing of bone marrow-derived dendritic cells by Th1- or Th2-inducing cytokines

Marimo Sato, Kenji Iwakabe, Shuichi Kimura et al. · Immunology Letters · 1999 · 56 citations

Inflammation, Cytokine, Th2-inducing Cytokines +9