Yoshiaki Hirako

IgG from Patients with Bullous Pemphigoid Depletes Cultured Keratinocytes of the 180-kDa Bullous Pemphigoid Antigen (Type XVII Collagen) and Weakens Cell Attachment

Hiroaki Iwata, Naoko Kamio, Yumi Aoyama et al. · Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2009 · 136 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Dermatology, Immunology +15

Demonstration of the Molecular Shape of BP180, a 180-kDa Bullous Pemphigoid Antigen and Its Potential for Trimer Formation

Yoshiaki Hirako, Jiro Usukura, Yuji Nishizawa et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1996 · 130 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Immunology +14

Plectin deficiency leads to both muscular dystrophy and pyloric atresia in epidermolysis bullosa simplex

Ken Natsuga, Wataru Nishie, Satoru Shinkuma et al. · Human Mutation · 2010 · 60 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +17

Plectin expression patterns determine two distinct subtypes of epidermolysis bullosa simplex

Ken Natsuga, Wataru Nishie, Masashi Akiyama et al. · Human Mutation · 2010 · 54 citations

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Pathology +13

Characterization of mammalian synemin, an intermediate filament protein present in all four classes of muscle cells and some neuroglial cells: co-localization and interaction with type III intermediate filament proteins and keratins

Yoshiaki Hirako, Hisashi Yamakawa, Yuki Tsujimura et al. · Cell and Tissue Research · 2003 · 48 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Neurobiology +13