Overview
Shizuo Akira is a innate immunity specialist with an H-index of 474 at Osaka University (Faculty). Has been published in Cell, Nature Immunology, Nature reviews. Immunology. Based in Japan.
Biography
Shizuo Akira is a professor at the Department of Host Defense, Osaka University, Japan. He has made ground-breaking discoveries in the field of immunology, most significantly in the area of innate host defense mechanisms.
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5 Publications
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NatureCellImmunityNat ImmunolCurr Opin Immunol
Key Publications
CGRP sensory neurons promote tissue healing via neutrophils and macrophages.
Pattern recognition receptors and inflammation.
Decoding Toll-like receptors: Recent insights and perspectives in innate immunity.
The role of pattern-recognition receptors in innate immunity: update on Toll-like receptors.
Innate immunity.
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