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, +10

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

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

Hidemitsu Kitamura, Akio Ohta, Masashi Sekimoto, +10

Cellular Immunology

Inflammationα-Galactosylceramide InducesCytokineImmune Cell DevelopmentImmune Regulation +10

Systemic Administration of IL-23 Induces Potent Antitumor Immunity Primarily Mediated through Th1-Type Response in Association with the Endogenously Expressed IL-12

Teruo Kaiga, Marimo Sato, Hide Kaneda, +3

The Journal of Immunology

T-regulatory CellImmunologyImmune RegulationImmunologic MechanismCd4 T Cell Responses +18

Milk fat globule epidermal growth factor–8 blockade triggers tumor destruction through coordinated cell-autonomous and immune-mediated mechanisms

Masahisa Jinushi, Marimo Sato, Akira Kanamoto, +5

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

ImmunologyImmune RegulationImmunoeditingImmunotherapeuticsImmune-mediated Mechanisms +18

Indispensable Role for TNF-α and IFN-γ at the Effector Phase of Liver Injury Mediated by Th1 Cells Specific to Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen

Akio Ohta, Masashi Sekimoto, Marimo Sato, +5

The Journal of Immunology

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

Marimo Sato, Kenji Iwakabe, Shuichi Kimura, +1

Immunology Letters

InflammationCytokineTh2-inducing CytokinesAutoimmune DiseaseImmunology +7

Emerging concepts in biomarker discovery; The US-Japan workshop on immunological molecular markers in oncology

Hideaki Tahara, Marimo Sato, Magdalena Thurin, +53

Journal of Translational Medicine

Potentiation of antitumor effect of NKT cell ligand, α-galactosylceramide by combination with IL-12 on lung metastasis of malignant melanoma cells1

Minoru Nakui, Akio Ohta, Masashi Sekimoto, +9

Clinical & Experimental Metastasis

Generation of mature dendritic cells fully capable of T helper type 1 polarization using OK‐432 combined with prostaglandin E₂

Marimo Sato, Takuya Takayama, Hiroaki Tanaka, +4

Cancer Science

A novel tumor‐vaccine cell therapy using bone marrow‐derived dendritic cell type 1 and antigen‐specific Th1 cells

Marimo Sato, Kenji Chamoto, Takashi Nishimura

International Immunology