Kenji Sekikawa

6.4k citations

103 papers · 5.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 34

Biological Psychiatry top 1%
Immunology top 1%
- Immune Response and Inflammation 9
- T-cell and Retrovirus Studies 5
Behavioral Neuroscience top 2%
Immunology and Allergy top 2%
Dermatology top 2%
Genetics
- Virus-based gene therapy research 10
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals 8
Molecular Biology
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 7
Epidemiology
- Trypanosoma species research and implications 7
Infectious Diseases
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology 6
Agronomy and Crop Science
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology 6

Co-authors: Yoichiro Iwakura Yoh‐ichi Tagawa Mitsuru Seishima Masahide Asano Aya Nambu Ikuo Homma Yutaka Komiyama Katsuko Sudo
Cited by: Biological Psychiatry Immunology Behavioral Neuroscience
Partner nations: Japan Kenya United States

In The Last Decade

Kenji Sekikawa

103 papers receiving 5.3k citations

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2002 Antigen-Specific T Cell Sensitization Is Impaired in IL-17-Deficient Mice, Causing Suppression of Allergic Cellular and Humoral Responses

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1	Expression and Purification of Recombinant Mouse Interleukin-4 and -6 from Transgenic Rice Seeds Yoshihiro Fujiwara,Lijun Yang,Fumio Takaiwa,Kenji Sekikawa	2016	6
2	Extraction and purification of human interleukin-10 from transgenic rice seeds Yoshihiro Fujiwara,Yasuhiko Aiki,Lijun Yang,Fumio Takaiwa,Akemi Kosaka,Noriko M. Tsuji,Kentaro Shiraki,Kenji Sekikawa	2010	34
3	Protective effects of antimicrobial peptides derived from the beetle Allomyrina dichotoma defensin on endotoxic shock in mice Yukari Koyama,Maki Motobu,Kenji Hikosaka,Manabu Yamada,Kikuyasu Nakamura,Hisako Saido‐Sakanaka,Ai Asaoka,Minoru Yamakawa,Kenji Sekikawa,Hiroshi Kitani,Kameo SHIMURA,Yutaka Nakai,Yoshikazu Hirota	2005	21
4	Distinct contribution of IL-6, TNF-α, IL-1, and IL-10 to T cell–mediated spontaneous autoimmune arthritis in mice Hiroshi Hata,Noriko Sakaguchi,Hiroyuki Yoshitomi,Yoichiroh Iwakura,Kenji Sekikawa,Yoshiaki Azuma,Chieko Kanai,Eiko Moriizumi,Takashi Nomura,Takashi Nakamura,Shimon Sakaguchi	2004	228
5	Susceptibility of TNF-α-deficient mice to Trypanosoma congolense is not due to a defective antibody response Jan Naessens,Hiroshi Kitani,Eiichi Momotani,Kenji Sekikawa,Joseph Nthale,Fuad A. Iraqi	2004	24
6	The secretion of acute phase proteins and inflammatory cytokines during Trypanosoma congolense infection is not affected by the absence of the TNF-α gene Hiroshi Kitani,Yukio Yagi,Jan Naessens,Kenji Sekikawa,Fuad A. Iraqi	2004	12
7	Genetic Determinants of Sable and Umbrous Coat Color Phenotypes in Mice Jun-ichi SUTO,Kenji Sekikawa	2003	4
8	Tnfa and Il‐10 deficiencies have contrasting effects on lung tumor susceptibility: Gender‐dependent modulation of IL‐10 haploinsufficiency Heike Bernert,Kenji Sekikawa,Richard A. Radcliffe,Fuad A. Iraqi,Ming You,Alvin M. Malkinson	2003	32
9	Role of IFN- γ and Tumor Necrosis Factor- α in Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Infection Masato Minami,Masakazu Kita,Xiao-Qun Yan,Toshiro Yamamoto,Tohko Iida,Kenji Sekikawa,Yoichiro Iwakura,Jirô Imanishi	2002	62
10	Genetic analysis of inferior nurturing ability in RR mice Jun-ichi SUTO,Hisashi Yamanaka,Kenji Sekikawa	2002	8
11	Involvement of tumor necrosis factor α, rather than interleukin‐1α/β or nitric oxides in the heme oxygenase‐1 gene expression by lipopolysaccharide in the mouse liver Takiko Oguro,Yuko Takahashi,Takashi Ashino,Atsushi Takaki,Seiji Shioda,Reiko Horai,Masahide Asano,Kenji Sekikawa,Yoichiro Iwakura,Takemi Yoshida	2002	33
12	Roles of gamma interferon and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in shiga toxin lethality Sanae Sasaki,Katsuhiko Omoe,Yoh‐ichi Tagawa,Yoichiro Iwakura,Kenji Sekikawa,Kunihiro Shinagawa,Akio Nakane	2002	3
13	Antigen-Specific T Cell Sensitization Is Impaired in IL-17-Deficient Mice, Causing Suppression of Allergic Cellular and Humoral Responsesbreakdown → Susumu Nakae,Yutaka Komiyama,Aya Nambu,Katsuko Sudo,Michiko Iwase,Ikuo Homma,Kenji Sekikawa,Masahide Asano,Yoichiro Iwakura	2002	905
14	The Roles of Nramp1 and Tnfa Genes in Nitric Oxide Production and Their Effect on the Growth of Salmonella typhimurium in Macrophages from Nramp1 Congenic and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α ^-/- Mice Gene P. Ables,Daisuke Takamatsu,Hiroko Noma,Samir A. El‐Shazly,Hee Kyung Jin,Takahide Taniguchi,Kenji Sekikawa,Tomomasa Watanabe	2001	27
15	Overexpression of the Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein N-Terminal Domain in Transgenic Mice Inhibits T Cell Proliferative Responses Via TCR Signaling Without Affecting Cytoskeletal Rearrangements Mitsuru Sato,Noriko M. Tsuji,Hideo Gotoh,Keizo Yamashita,Kouichi Hashimoto,Noriko Tadotsu,Harumichi Yamanaka,Kenji Sekikawa,Yasuhiro Hashimoto	2001	20
16	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,Toshiaki Koda,Shin‐Ichiro Nishimura,Yoichiro Iwakura,Kenji Sekikawa,Takashi Nishimura	2000	59
17	Lipopolysaccharide-induced HIV-1 expression in transgenic mice is mediated by tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-1, but not by interferon-γ nor interleukin-6 Jun Tanaka,Hidenori Ozaki,Jiro Yasuda,Reiko Horai,Yoh‐ichi Tagawa,Masahide Asano,Shinobu Saijo,Mitsunobu Imai,Kenji Sekikawa,Manfred Köpf,Yoichiro Iwakura	2000	14
18	Roles of endogenous cytokines in liver apoptosis of mice in lethalListeria monocytogenesinfection Tomisato Miura,Shinsuke Nishikawa,Sanae Sasaki,Kyogo Yamada,Suguru Hasegawa,Daisuke Mizuki,Mayuko Mizuki,Ichiro Hatayama,Kenji Sekikawa,Yoh‐ichi Tagawa,Yoichiro Iwakura,Akio Nakane	2000	13
19	Resistance to trypanosomosis: of markers, genes and mechanisms A.J. Teale,Morris Agaba,Steven J. Clapcott,A. Gelhaus,Chris Haley,Olivier Hanotte,R. Horstmann,F. Iraqi,Stephen J. Kemp,Ph.R. Nilsson,M. Schwerin,Kenji Sekikawa,M. Soller,Yukihiro Sugimoto,James E. Womack	1999	3
20	Quantitative trait loci that regulate plasma lipid concentration in hereditary obese KK and KK-Ay mice Jun-ichi SUTO,Saori Matsuura,Harumichi Yamanaka,Kenji Sekikawa	1999	42

About Kenji Sekikawa

Kenji Sekikawa is a scholar working on Immunology, Biological Psychiatry and Immunology and Allergy, having authored 103 papers that have together received 5.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Virus-based gene therapy research (10 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (9 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (8 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (7 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (6 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (6 papers) and T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biological Psychiatry (289 citations), Immunology (2.2k citations) and Behavioral Neuroscience (192 citations). Kenji Sekikawa has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, Kenya and United States. Frequent co-authors include Yoichiro Iwakura, Yoh‐ichi Tagawa, Mitsuru Seishima, Masahide Asano, Aya Nambu, Ikuo Homma, Yutaka Komiyama, Katsuko Sudo, Michiko Iwase and Susumu Nakae.

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