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Taku Okazaki

The University of Tokyo
Verified email at iqb.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Cited by 33631

PD-1 and PD-1 ligands: from discovery to clinical application

T Okazaki, T Honjo - International immunology, 2007 - academic.oup.com
… Engagement of PD-1 with clone 129 inhibited the proliferation and cytokine production of T
cells upon stimulation with anti-CD3 antibody and we changed its name from clone 129 to PD…

A rheostat for immune responses: the unique properties of PD-1 and their advantages for clinical application

T Okazaki, S Chikuma, Y Iwai, S Fagarasan… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
… PD-1 is expressed on CD4 − CD8 − double-negative αβ and γδ T cells in thymus and on
activated T cells, B cells, natural killer cells, natural killer T cells and myeloid cells in the …

The PD-1–PD-L pathway in immunological tolerance

T Okazaki, T Honjo - Trends in immunology, 2006 - cell.com
… to switch off autoreactive T cells and induce peripheral tolerance, whereas those on parenchymal
cells prevent tissue destruction by suppressing effector T cells to maintain tolerance. In …

Engagement of the PD-1 immunoinhibitory receptor by a novel B7 family member leads to negative regulation of lymphocyte activation

…, LJ Fitz, N Malenkovich, T Okazaki… - The Journal of …, 2000 - rupress.org
… Ig on the proliferation of murine T cells derived from wild-type and PD-1–deficient mice 21.
We first examined the proliferation of purified splenic T cells from wild-type and PD-1 −/ − …

Involvement of PD-L1 on tumor cells in the escape from host immune system and tumor immunotherapy by PD-L1 blockade

…, Y Tanaka, T Okazaki, T Honjo… - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
… PD-1 is a receptor of the Ig superfamily that negatively regulates T cell antigen receptor …
less susceptible to the specific T cell antigen receptor-mediated lysis by cytotoxic T cells in vitro, …

Autoimmune dilated cardiomyopathy in PD-1 receptor-deficient mice

H Nishimura, T Okazaki, Y Tanaka, K Nakatani, M Hara… - Science, 2001 - science.org
Dilated cardiomyopathy is a severe pathology of the heart with poorly understood etiology.
Disruption of the gene encoding the negative immunoregulatory receptor PD-1 in BALB/c …

The Jmjd3-Irf4 axis regulates M2 macrophage polarization and host responses against helminth infection

…, T Miyake, K Matsushita, T Okazaki, T Saitoh… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
… −/− splenic T cells differentiated into either type 1 or type 2 helper T cells (T H 1 and T H 2) …
Thus, we investigated the activation of T cells in the pulmonary lymph nodes 9 d after N. …

PD-1 immunoreceptor inhibits B cell receptor-mediated signaling by recruiting src homology 2-domain-containing tyrosine phosphatase 2 to phosphotyrosine

T Okazaki, A Maeda, H Nishimura… - Proceedings of the …, 2001 - National Acad Sciences
PD-1 is an immunoreceptor that belongs to the immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily and contains
two tyrosine residues in the cytoplasmic region. Studies on PD-1-deficient mice have …

PD-L2 is a second ligand for PD-1 and inhibits T cell activation

…, N Malenkovich, H Nishimura, T Okazaki, T Honjo… - Nature …, 2001 - nature.com
Programmed death 1 (PD-1)–deficient mice develop a variety of autoimmune-like diseases,
which suggests that this immunoinhibitory receptor plays an important role in tolerance. We …

Tumor cell expression of programmed cell death‐1 ligand 1 is a prognostic factor for malignant melanoma

…, M Nakamura, T Honjo, T Okazaki… - … Journal of the …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
… PD‐1 expression on T cells was analyzed in blood samples from 10 patients who had … T
cells had significantly higher PD‐1 expression levels in the peripheral blood. Tumor‐infiltrating T