Akemi Wakisaka

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Akemi Wakisaka is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Akemi Wakisaka has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Immunology, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 23 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Akemi Wakisaka's work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (21 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (21 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (18 papers). Akemi Wakisaka is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (21 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (21 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (18 papers). Akemi Wakisaka collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Akemi Wakisaka's co-authors include Masashi Aizawa, Hisao Matsuda, Shigeo Ohno, M Ohguchi, Shinichi Hirose, Paul I. Terasaki, Katsuaki Itakura, Takashi Yoshiki, Miki Aizawa and Sen‐itiroh Hakomori and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nucleic Acids Research and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Akemi Wakisaka

94 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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Close Association of HLA-Bw51 With Behcet's Disease

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Tetsuji Kobata Japan

Kazumasa Ogasawara Japan

Jeanette Dilley United States

K Itoh Japan

Danièle Brouty‐Boyé France

C Schlüter Germany

Karen S. Hathcock United States

Masatoshi Tateno Japan

Dolores Jaraquemada Spain

Hermann Eibel Germany

Tetsuji Kobata Japan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akemi Wakisaka

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Sasaki, Hidenao, T. Fukazawa, T. Yanagihara, et al.. (2009). Clinical features and natural history of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 93(1). 64–71. 19 indexed citations

Ikeda, Hitoshi, Utano Tomaru, Isao Yamashita, et al.. (2000). Human T‐lymphocyte virus type I (HTLV‐I)‐induced myeloneuropathy in rats: Oligodendrocytes undergo apoptosis in the presence of HTLV‐I. Apmis. 108(6). 459–466. 8 indexed citations

Takeda, Yoshio, et al.. (1999). Viral Safety of Plasma-derived Blood Products. III. Effects of Virus Inactivation by Pasteurization in Human Serum Albumin Concentrates (Sekijyuji Albumin and Sekijyuji Albumin 25).. Journal of the Japan Society of Blood Transfusion. 45(3). 362–365. 1 indexed citations

Yabe, Ichiro, Hidenao Sasaki, Tohru Matsuura, et al.. (1998). SCA6 mutation analysis in a large cohort of the Japanese patients with late-onset pure cerebellar ataxia. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 156(1). 89–95. 55 indexed citations

Ikeda, Hitoshi, Masayuki Sato, Hiroshi Harada, et al.. (1998). Tissue-Specific High-Level Expression of Human Endogenous Retrovirus-R in the Human Adrenal Cortex. Pathobiology. 66(5). 209–215. 18 indexed citations

Takiyama, Yoshihisa, Haruo Shimazaki, Mitsuya Morita, et al.. (1998). Maternal anticipation in Machado-Joseph disease (MJD): some maternal factors independent of the number of CAG repeat units may play a role in genetic anticipation in a Japanese MJD family. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 155(2). 141–145. 6 indexed citations

Sasaki, Hidenao, Akemi Wakisaka, Kazuhiro Sanpei, et al.. (1998). Phenotype variation correlates with CAG repeat length in SCA2 - A study of 28 Japanese patients. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 159(2). 202–208. 27 indexed citations

Matsuura, Tohru, Hidenao Sasaki, Akemi Wakisaka, et al.. (1997). Autosomal dominant spastic paraplegia linked to chromosome 2p: clinical and genetic studies of a large Japanese pedigree. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 151(1). 65–70. 19 indexed citations

Sasaki, Hidenao, T. Fukazawa, Akemi Wakisaka, et al.. (1996). Central phenotype and related varieties of spinocerebellar ataxia 2 (SCA2): a clinical and genetic study with a pedigree in the Japanese. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 144(1-2). 176–181. 18 indexed citations

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Tomaru, Utano, et al.. (1996). Human T Lymphocyte Virus Type I-Induced Myeloneuropathy in Rats: Implication of Local Activation of the pX and Tumor Necrosis Factor- Genes in Pathogenesis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 174(2). 318–323. 26 indexed citations

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Endo, Kotaro, Hidenao Sasaki, Akemi Wakisaka, et al.. (1996). Strong linkage disequilibrium and haplotype analysis in Japanese pedigrees with Machado-Joseph disease. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 67(5). 437–444. 14 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Hidenao, Akemi Wakisaka, Toshiyuki Fukazawa, et al.. (1995). CAG repeat expansion of Machado-Joseph disease in the Japanese: analysis of the repeat instability for parental transmission, and correlation with disease phenotype. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 133(1-2). 128–133. 21 indexed citations

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Seto, K, M. Abe, Osamu Itakura, et al.. (1995). A rat model of HTLV-I infection: development of chronic progressive myeloneuropathy in seropositive WKAH rats and related apoptosis. Acta Neuropathologica. 89(6). 483–490. 21 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Hidenao, Akemi Wakisaka, Akio Takada, et al.. (1994). Genetic heterogeneity of dominantly inherited olivopontocerebellar atrophy (OPCA) in the Japanese: Linkage study of two pedigrees and evidence for the disease locus on chromosome 12q (SCA2). The Japanese Journal of Human Genetics. 39(3). 305–313. 17 indexed citations

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Ishiguro, Nobuhisa, Midori Abe, K Seto, et al.. (1992). A rat model of human T lymphocyte virus type I (HTLV-I) infection. 1. Humoral antibody response, provirus integration, and HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis-like myelopathy in seronegative HTLV-I carrier rats.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 176(4). 981–989. 103 indexed citations

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Yamaguchi, Akihiro, et al.. (1992). A Simple Method for Gender Verification Based on PCR Detection of Y-Chromosomal DNA and Its Application at the Winter Universiade 1991 in Sapporo City, Japan. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 13(4). 304–307. 2 indexed citations

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Kusunoki, Yoichiro, Seishi Kyoizumi, Akemi Wakisaka, et al.. (1992). Development of a flow-cytometric HLA-A locus mutation assay for human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Mutation Research/Environmental Mutagenesis and Related Subjects. 272(1). 17–29. 28 indexed citations

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Moriuchi, Junko, Yukinobu Ichikawa, Masatoshi Takaya, et al.. (1991). Association of the complement allele c4aq0 with primary Sjögren's syndrome in japanese patients. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 34(2). 224–227. 7 indexed citations

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Kojima, Hiroshi, Yuichiro Fukasawa, Naoshi Ishikawa, et al.. (1988). Detection of a novel HLA-DQ specificity. Immunogenetics. 27(2). 145–147. 8 indexed citations

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Tagawa, Yoh‐ichi, Saiko Sugiura, Hidetaka Yakura, Akemi Wakisaka, & Mamoru Aizawa. (1976). [The association between major histocompatibility antigens (HLA) and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome (author's transl)].. PubMed. 80(8). 486–90. 7 indexed citations

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