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Update: 2023/4/6

 

2023

  1. Sugiyama D, Hinohara K, Nishikawa H: Significance of regulatory T cells in cancer immunology and immunotherapy. Exp Dermatol. 2023 Mar;32(3):256-263. doi: 10.1111/exd.14721. Epub 2022 Dec 12.
  2. Kato S, Maeda Y, Sugiyama D, Watanabe K, Nishikawa H, Hinohara K: The cancer epigenome: non-cell autonomous player in tumor immunity. Cancer Sci. 2023 Mar;114(3):730-740. doi: 10.1111/cas.15681. Epub 2022 Dec 18.
  3. Hiramatsu H, Nosaka K, Kusumoto S, Nakano N, Choi I, Yoshimitsu M, Imaizumi Y, Hidaka M, Sasaki H, Makiyama J, Ohtsuka E, Jo T, Ogata M, Ito A, Yonekura K, Tatetsu H, Kato T, Kawakita T, Suehiro Y, Ishitsuka K, Iida S, Matsutani T, Nishikawa H, Utsunomiya A, Ueda R, Ishida T: Landscape of immunoglobulin heavy chain gammagene class switch recombination in patients with adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma. Haematologica. 2023 Apr 1;108(4):1173-1178. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2022.281435.

2022

  1. Kumagai S, Koyama S, Itahashi K, Tanegashima T, Lin YT, Togashi Y, Kamada T, Irie T, Okumura G, Kono H, Ito D, Fujii R, Watanabe S, Sai A, Fukuoka S, Sugiyama E, Watanabe G, Owari T, Nishinakamura H, Sugiyama D, Maeda Y, Kawazoe A, Yukami H, Chida K, Ohara Y, Yoshida T, Shinno Y, Takeyasu Y, Shirasawa M, Nakama K, Aokage K, Suzuki J, Ishii G, Kuwata T, Sakamoto N, Kawazu M, Ueno T, Mori T, Yamazaki N, Tsuboi M, Yatabe Y, Kinoshita T, Doi T, Shitara K, Mano H, Nishikawa H. Lactic acid promotes PD-1 expression in regulatory T cells in highly glycolytic tumor microenvironments. Cancer Cell. 2022 Feb 14;40(2):201-218.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2022.01.001. Epub 2022 Jan 28. 
  2. Nagasaki J, Inozume T, Sax N, Ariyasu R, Ishikawa M, Yamashita K, Kawazu M, Ueno T, Irie T, Tanji E, Morinaga T, Honobe A, Ohnuma T, Yoshino M, Iwata T, Kawase K, Sasaki K, Hanazawa T, Kochin V, Kawamura T, Matsue H, Hino M, Mano H, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa H, Togashi Y. PD-1 blockade therapy promotes infiltration of tumor-attacking exhausted T cell clonotypes. Cell Rep. 2022 Feb 1;38(5):110331. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110331. 
  3. Bando H, Tsukada Y, Inamori K, Togashi Y, Koyama S, Kotani D, Fukuoka S, Yuki S, Komatsu Y, Homma S, Taketomi A, Uemura M, Kato T, Fukui M, Wakabayashi M, Nakamura N, Kojima M, Kawachi H, Kirsch R, Yoshida T, Suzuki Y, Sato A, Nishikawa H, Ito M, Yoshino T. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy plus Nivolumab before Surgery in Patients with Microsatellite Stable and Microsatellite Instability-High Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2022 Mar 15;28(6):1136-1146.doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-21-3213.
  4. Miyai Y, Sugiyama D, Hase T, Asai N, Taki T, Nishida K, Fukui T, Chen-Yoshikawa TF, Kobayashi H, Mii S, Shiraki Y, Hasegawa Y, Nishikawa H, Ando Y, Takahashi M, Enomoto A. Meflin-positive cancer-associated fibroblasts enhance tumor response to immune checkpoint blockade. Life Sci Alliance. 2022 Mar 2;5(6):e202101230. doi: 10.26508/lsa.202101230. Print 2022 Jun.
  5. Aokage K, Tsuboi M, Zenke Y, Horinouchi H, Nakamura N, Ishikura S, Nishikawa H, Kumagai S, Koyama S, Kanato K, Kataoka T, Wakabayashi M, Fukutani M, Fukuda H, Ohe Y, Watanabe SI; Lung Cancer Surgical Study Group of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group. Study protocol for JCOG1807C (DEEP OCEAN): a interventional prospective trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of durvalumab before and after operation or durvalumab as maintenance therapy after chemoradiotherapy against superior sulcus non-small cell lung cancer. Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2022 Apr 6;52(4):383-387. doi: 10.1093/jjco/hyab208.
  6. Goda N, Sasada S, Shigematsu H, Masumoto N, Arihiro K, Nishikawa H, Sakaguchi S, Okada M, Kadoya T. The ratio of CD8+ lymphocytes to tumor-infiltrating suppressive FOXP3+ effector regulatory T cells is associated with treatment response in invasive breast cancer. Discov Oncol. 13(1):27 2022. 2022 Apr 19;13(1):27.doi: 10.1007/s12672-022-00482-5.
  7. Hasegawa H, Shitara K, Takiguchi S, Takiguchi N, Ito S, Kochi M, Horinouchi H, Kinoshita T, Yoshikawa T, Muro K,Nishikawa H, Suna H, Kodera Y. A multicenter, open-label, single-arm phase I trial of neoadjuvant nivolumab monotherapy for resectable gastric cancer. Gastric Cancer. 2022 May;25(3):619-628. doi: 10.1007/s10120-022-01286-w. Epub 2022 Mar 7.
  8. Itahashi K, Irie T, Nishikawa H: Regulatory T-cell development in the tumor microenvironment. Eur J Immunol. 2022 Aug;52(8):1216-1227. doi: 10.1002/eji.202149358. Epub 2022 Jul 25.
  9. Yukami H, Kawazoe A, Lin YT, Koyama S, Fukuoka S, Hara H, Takahashi N, Kojima T, Asayama M, Yoshii T, Bando H, Kotani D, Nakamura Y, Kuboki Y, Mishima S, Wakabayashi M, Kuwata T, Goto M, Higuchi K, Yoshino T, Doi T, Nishikawa H, Shitara K: Updated efficacy outcomes of anti-PD-1 antibodies plus multikinase inhibitors for advanced gastric cancer patients with or without liver metastases in clinical trials. Clin Cancer Res. 2022 Aug 15;28(16):3480-3488.doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-22-0630.
  10. Kelkka T, Tyster M, Lundgren S, Feng X, Kerr C, Hosokawa K, Huuhtanen J, Keränen M, Patel B, Kawakami T, Maeda Y, Nieminen O, Kasanen T, Aronen P, Yadav B, Rajala H, Nakazawa H, Jaatinen T, Hellström-Lindberg E, Ogawa S, Ishida F, Nishikawa H, Nakao S, Maciejewski J, Young NS, Mustjoki S: Anti-COX-2 autoantibody is a novel biomarker of immune aplastic anemia. 2022 Sep;36(9):2317-2327. doi: 10.1038/s41375-022-01654-6. Epub 2022 Aug 5.
  11. Nagaharu K, Kojima Y, Hirose H, Minoura K, Hinohara K, Minami H, Kageyama Y, Sugimoto Y, Masuya M, Nii S, Seki M, Suzuki Y, Tawara I, Shimamura T, Katayama N, Nishikawa H, Ohishi K: A bifurcation concept for B-lymphoid/plasmacytoid dendritic cells with largely fluctuating transcriptome dynamics. Cell Rep. 2022 Aug 30;40(9):111260. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111260.
  12. Kobayashi T, Kumagai S, Doi R, Afonina E, Koyama S, Nishikawa H: Isolation of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes from preserved human tumor tissue specimens for downstream characterization. STAR Protoc. 2022 Sep 16;3(3):101557. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101557. Epub 2022 Jul 18.
  13. Itahashi K, Irie T, Yuda J, Kumagai S, Tanegashima T, Lin Y-Z, Watanabe S, Goto Y, Suzuki J, Aokage K, Tsuboi M, Minami Y, Ishii G, Ohe Y, Ise W, Kurosaki T, Suzuki Y, Koyama S, Nishikawa H: BATF epigenetically and transcriptionally controls the activation program of regulatory T cells in human tumors. Sci Immunol. 2022 Oct 14;7(76):eabk0957. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abk0957. Epub 2022 Oct 7.
  14. Tanaka N, Mori S, Kiyotani K, Ota Y, Gotoh O, Kusumoto S, Nakano N, Suehiro Y, Ito A, Choi I, Ohtsuka E, Hidaka M, Nosaka K, Yoshimitsu M, Imaizumi Y, Iida S, Utsunomiya A, Noda T, Nishikawa H, Ueda R, Ishida T: Genomic determinants impacting the clinical outcome of mogamulizumab treatment for adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. Haematologica. 2022 Oct 1;107(10):2418-2431. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2021.280352
  15. Aoki C, Imai K, Mizutani T, Sugiyama D, Miki R, Koya Y, Kobayashi T, Ushida T, Iitani Y, Nakamura N, Owaki T, Nishikawa H, Toyokuni S, Kajiyama H, Kotani T: Molecular hydrogen has a positive impact on pregnancy maintenance through enhancement of mitochondrial function and immunomodulatory effects on T cells. Life Sci. 2022 Nov 1;38時12分0955. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2022.120955. Epub 2022 Sep 15.

2021

  1. Muramatsu T, Noguchi T, Sugiyama D, Kanada Y, Fujimaki K, Ito S, Gotoh M, Nishikawa H. Newly emerged immunogenic neoantigens in established tumors enable hosts to regain immunosurveillance in a T cell-dependent manner. Int Immunol. 2021 Jan 1;33(1):39-48. doi: 10.1093/intimm/dxaa049.
  2. Arakawa A, Ichikawa H, Kubo T, Motoi N, Kumamoto T, Nakajima M, Yonemori K, Noguchi E, Sunami K, Shiraishi K, Kakishima H, Yoshida H, Hishiki T, Kawakubo N, Kuroda T, Kiyokawa T, Yamada K, Yanaihara N, Takahashi K, Okamoto A, Hirabayashi S, Hasegawa D, Manabe A, Ono K, Matsuoka M, Arai Y, Togashi Y, Shibata T, Nishikawa H, Aoki K, Yamamoto N, Kohno T, Ogawa C: Vaginal Transmission of Cancer from Mothers with Cervical Cancer to Infants. N Engl J Med. 2021 Jan 7;384(1):42-50. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2030391.
  3. Kashima Y, Togashi Y, Fukuoka S, Kamada T, Irie T, Suzuki A, Nakamura Y, Shitara K, Minamide T, Yoshida T, Taoka N, Kawase T, Wada T, Inaki K, Chihara M, Ebisuno Y, Tsukamoto S, Fujii R, Ohashi A, Suzuki Y, Tsuchihara K, Nishikawa H, Doi T: Potentiality of multiple modalities for single-cell analyses to evaluate the tumor microenvironment in clinical specimens. Sci Rep. 2021 Jan 11;11(1):341. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79385-w.
  4. Seo W, Jerin C, Nishikawa H: Transcriptional regulatory network for the establishment of CD8 + T cell exhaustion. Exp Mol Med. 2021 Feb;53(2):202-209. doi: 10.1038/s12276-021-00568-0. Epub 2021 Feb 24.
  5. Watanabe S, Goto Y, Yasuda H, Kohno T, Motoi N, Ohe Y, Nishikawa H, Kobayashi SS, Kuwano K, Togashi Y.: HSP90 inhibition overcomes EGFR amplification-induced resistance to third-generation EGFR-TKIs. Thorac Cancer. 2021 Mar;12(5):631-642. doi: 10.1111月17日59-7714.13839. Epub 2021 Jan 20.
  6. Kumagai　S, Koyama S, Nishikawa H: Antitumour immunity regulated by aberrant ERBB family signalling. Nat Rev Cancer. 2021 Mar;21(3):181-197. doi: 10.1038/s41568-020-00322-0. Epub 2021 Jan 18.
  7. Chen S, Kiguchi T, Nagata Y, Tamai Y, Ikeda T, Kajiya R, Ono T, Sugiyama D, Nishikawa H, Akatsuka Y: A simple method to distinguish residual elotuzumab from monoclonal paraprotein in immunofixation assays for multiple myeloma patients. Int J Hematol. 2021 Apr;113(4):473-479. doi: 10.1007/s12185-021-03088-9. Epub 2021 Jan 28.
  8. Nozaki K, Fujioka Y, Sugiyama D, Ishikawa J, Iida M, Shibata M, Kosugi S, Nishikawa H, Shibayama H: Flow cytometry analysis of peripheral Tregs in patients with multiple myeloma under lenalidomide maintenance. Int J Hematol. 2021 May;113(5):772-774. doi: 10.1007/s12185-021-03093-y. Epub 2021 Feb 8.
  9. Kobayashi T, Iwama S, Sugiyama D, Yasuda Y, Okuji T, Ito M, Ito S, Sugiyama M, Onoue T, Takagi H, Hagiwara D, Ito Y, Suga H, Banno R, Nishikawa H, Arima H: Anti-pituitary antibodies and susceptible human leukocyte antigen alleles as predictive biomarkers for pituitary dysfunction induced by immune checkpoint inhibitors. J Immunother Cancer. 2021 May;9(5):e002493. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2021-002493.
  10. Inamori K, Togashi Y, Fukuoka S, Akagi K, Ogasawara K, Irie T, Motooka D, Kobayashi Y, Sugiyama D, Kojima M, Shiiya N, Nakamura S, Maruyama S, Suzuki Y, Ito M, Nishikawa H: Importance of lymph node immune responses in MSI-H/dMMR colorectal cancer. JCI Insight. 2021 May 10;6(9):e137365. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.137365.
  11. Yasuda Y, Iwama S, Sugiyama D, Okuji T, Kobayashi T, Ito M, Okada N, Enomoto A, Ito S, Yan Y, Sugiyama M, Onoue T, Tsunekawa T, Ito Y, Takagi H, Hagiwara D, Goto M, Suga H, Banno R, Takahashi M, Nishikawa H, Arima H: CD4+ T cells are essential for the development of destructive thyroiditis induced by anti-PD-1 antibody in thyroglobulin-immunized mice. Sci Transl Med. 2021 May 12;13(593):eabb7495. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abb7495.
  12. Kelkka T, Savola P, Bhattacharya D, Huuhtanen J, Lönnberg T, Kankainen M, Paalanen K, Tyster M, Lepistö M, Ellonen P, Smolander J, Eldfors S, Yadav B, Khan S, Koivuniemi R, Sjöwall C, Elo LL, Lähdesmäki H, Maeda Y, Nishikawa H, Leirisalo-Repo M, Sokka-Isler T, Mustjoki S. Corrigendum: Adult-Onset Anti-Citrullinated Peptide Antibody-Negative Destructive Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Characterized by a Disease-Specific CD8+ T Lymphocyte Signature. Front Immunol. 2021 May 31;12:710831. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.710831. eCollection 2021.
  13. Nishikawa H, Koyama S: Mechanisms of regulatory T cell infiltration in tumors: implications for innovative immune precision therapies. J Immunother Cancer. 2021 Jul;9(7):e002591. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2021-002591.
  14. Satoh K, Kobayashi Y, Fujimaki K, Hayashi S, Ishida S, Sugiyama D, Sato T, Kyungtaek L, Miyamoto M, Kozuma S, Kadokura M, Wakita K, Hata M, Hirahara K, Amano M, Watanabe I, Okamoto A, Tuettenberg A, Jonuleit H, Tanemura A, Maruyama S, Agatsuma T, Wada T, Nishikawa H: Novel anti-GARP antibody DS-1055a augments antitumor immunity by depleting highly suppressive GARP+ regulatory T cells. Int Immunol. 2021 Jul 23;33(8):435-446. doi: 10.1093/intimm/dxab027
  15. Isoyama S, Mori S, Sugiyama D, Kojima Y, Tada Y, Shitara K, Hinohara K, Dan S, Nishikawa H: Cancer immunotherapy with PI3K and PD-1 dual-blockade via optimal modulation of T cell activation signal. J Immunother Cancer. 2021 Aug;9(8):e002279. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2020-002279.
  16. Minoura K, Abe K, Nam H, Nishikawa H, Shimamura T: A mixture-of-experts deep generative model for integrated analysis of single-cell multiomics data. Cell Rep Methods. 2021 Sep 15;1(5):100071.doi: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2021.100071. eCollection 2021 Sep 27.
  17. Kawazu M, Ueno T, Saeki K, Sax N, Togashi Y, Kaneseki T, Chida K, Kishigami F, Sato K, Kojima S, Otsuka M, Kawazoe A, Nishinakamura H, Maeda Y, Yamamoto Y, Yamashita K, Inoue S, Tanegashima T, Matsubara D, Tane K, Tanaka Y, Iinuma H, Hashiguchi Y, Hazama S, Khor SS, Tokunaga K, Tsuboi M, Niki T, Eto M, Shitara K, Torigoe T, Ishihara S, Aburatani H, Haeno H, Nishikawa H, Mano H: HLA Class I analysis provides insight into the genetic and epigenetic background of immune evasion in colorectal cancer with high microsatellite instability. Gastroenterology. 2021 Oct 21;S0016-5085(21)03644-1. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2021.10.010. Online ahead of print.
  18. Watanabe K, Nishikawa H: Engineering strategies for broad application of TCR-T and CAR-T cell therapies. Int Immunol. 2021 Oct 29;33(11):551-562. doi: 10.1093/intimm/dxab052.
  19. Kawashima S, Inozume T, Kawazu M, Ueno T, Nagasaki J, Tanji E, Honobe A, Ohnuma T, Kawamura T, Umeda Y, Nakamura Y, Kawasaki T, Kiniwa Y, Yamasaki O, Fukushima S, Ikehara Y, Mano H, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa H, Matsue H, Togashi Y: TIGIT/CD155 axis mediates resistance to immunotherapy in patients with melanoma with the inflamed tumor microenvironment. J Immunother Cancer. 2021 Nov;9(11):e003134. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2021-003134.
  20. Takeuchi Y, Tanegashima T, Sato　E, Irie T, Sai A, Itahashi K, Kumagai S, Tada Y, Togashi Y, Koyama S, Akbay E.A, Karasaki T, Kataoka K, Funaki S, Shintani Y, Nagatomo I, Kida H, Ishii G, Miyoshi T, Aokage K,  Kakimi K, Ogawa S, Okumura M, Eto M, Kumanogoh A, Tsuboi M, Nishikawa H: Highly immunogenic cancer cells require activation of the WNT pathway for immunological escape. Sci Immunol. 2021 Nov 12;6(65):eabc6424. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abc6424. Epub 2021 Nov 12.
  21. Kitahara M, Shigeno Y, Shime M, Matsumoto Y, Nakamura S, Motooka D, Fukuoka S,Nishikawa H, Benno Y: Vescimonas nov., Vescimonas coprocolasp. nov., Vescimonas fastidiosa sp. nov., Pusillimonasgen. nov. and Pusillimonas faecalis sp. nov. isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2021 Nov;71(11). doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005066.
  22. Fujioka Y, Sugiyama D, Matsumura I, Minami Y, Miura M, Atsuta Y, Ohtake S, Kiyoi H, Miyazaki Y, Nishikawa H, Takahashi N: Regulatory T Cell as a Biomarker of Treatment-Free Remission in Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Cancers. 2021 Nov 24;13(23):5904. doi: 10.3390/cancers13235904.
  23. Maeda Y, Wada H, Sugiyama D, Saito T, Irie T, Itahashi K, Minoura K, Suzuki S, Kojima T, Kakimi K, Nakajima J, Funakoshi T, Iida S, Oka M, Shimamura T, Doi T, Doki Y, Nakayama E, Ueda R, Nishikawa H: Depletion of central memory CD8 + T cells might impede the antitumor therapeutic effect of Mogamulizumab. Nat Commun. 2021 Dec 14;12(1):7280. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27574-0.
  24. Kawazoe A, Itahashi K, Yamamoto N, Kotani D, Kuboki Y, Taniguchi H, Harano K, Naito Y, Suzuki M, Fukutani M, Higuchi T, Ikeno T, Wakabayashi M, Sato A, Koyama S, Nishikawa H, Shitara K: TAS-116 (Pimitespib), an Oral HSP90 Inhibitor, in Combination with Nivolumab in Patients with Colorectal Cancer and Other Solid Tumors: An Open-Label, Dose-Finding, and Expansion Phase Ib Trial (EPOC1704). Clin Cancer Res. 2021 Dec 15;27(24):6709-6715. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-21-1929. Epub 2021 Sep 30.
  25. Saito T, Kurose K, Kojima T, Funakoshi T, Sato E, Nishikawa H, Nakajima J, Seto Y, Kakimi K, Iida S, Doki Y, Oka M, Ueda R, Wada H. Phase Ib study on the humanized anti-CCR4 antibody, KW-0761, in advanced solid tumors. Nagoya J Med Sci. 2021 Nov;83(4):827-840. doi: 10.18999/nagjms.83.4.827.

2020

  1. Sugiyama E, Togashi Y, Takeuchi Y, Shinya S, Tada Y, Kataoka K, Tane K, Sato E, Ishii G, Goto K, Shintani Y, Okumura M, Tsuboi M, Nishikawa H. Blockade of EGFR improves responsiveness to PD-1 blockade in EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer. Sci Immunol. 2020 Jan 31;5(43). pii: eaav3937. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aav3937.
  2. Tanaka A, Nishikawa H, Noguchi S, Sugiyama D, Morikawa H, Takeuchi Y, Ha D, Shigeta N, Kitawaki T, Maeda Y, Saito T, Shinohara Y, Kameoka Y, Iwaisako K, Monma F, Ohishi K, Karbach J, Jäger E, Sawada K, Katayama N, Takahashi N, Sakaguchi S. Tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib augments tumor immunity by depleting effector regulatory T cells. J Exp Med. 2020 Feb 3;217(2). pii: e20191009. doi: 10.1084/jem.20191009.
  3. Sasaki A, Nakamura Y, Togashi Y, Kuno H, Hojo H, Kageyama S, Nakamura N, Takashima K, Kadota T, Yoda Y, Mishima S, Sawada K, Kotani D, Kawazoe A, Kuboki Y, Taniguchi H, Kojima T, Doi T, Yoshino T, Yano T, Kobayashi T, Akimoto T, Nishikawa H, Shitara K. Enhanced tumor response to radiotherapy after PD-1 blockade in metastatic gastric cancer. Gastric Cancer. 2020 Mar 16; 23(5):893-903. doi: 10.1007/s10120-020-01058-4.
  4. Umemoto K, Togashi Y, Arai Y, Nakamura H, Takahashi S, Tanegashima T, Kato M, Nishikawa T, Sugiyama D, Kojima M, Gotohda N, Kuwata T, Ikeda M, Shibata T, Nishikawa H. The potential application of PD-1 blockade therapy for early-stage biliary tract cancer. Int Immunol. 2020 Apr 12;32(4):273-281. doi: 10.1093/intimm/dxz080.
  5. Bando H, Kotani D, Tsushima T, Hara H, Kadowaki S, Kato K, Chin K, Yamaguchi K, Kageyama S, Hojo H, Nakamura M, Tachibana H, Wakabayashi M, Fukutani M, Togashi Y, Fuse N, Nishikawa H, Kojima T. TENERGY: multicenter phase II study of Atezolizumab monotherapy following definitive Chemoradiotherapy with 5-FU plus Cisplatin in patients with unresectable locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. BMC Cancer. 2020 Apr 20;20(1):336. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-06716-5.
  6. Murate K, Maeda K, Nakamura M, Sugiyama D, Wada H, Yamamura T, Sawada T, Mizutani Y, Ishikawa T, Furukawa K, Ohno E, Honda T, Kawashima H, Miyahara R, Ishigami M,Nishikawa H, Fujishiro M.: Endoscopic Activity and Serum TNF-α Level at Baseline Are Associated With Clinical Response to Ustekinumab in Crohn's Disease Patients. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2020 Oct 23;26(11):1669-1681. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izaa086.
  7. Fukuoka S, Hara H, Takahashi N, Kojima T, Kawazoe A, Asayama M, Yoshii T, Kotani D, Tamura H, Mikamoto Y, Hirano N, Wakabayashi M, Nomura S, Sato A, Kuwata T, Togashi Y, Nishikawa H, Shitara K. Regorafenib Plus Nivolumab in Patients With Advanced Gastric or Colorectal Cancer: An Open-Label, Dose-Escalation, and Dose-Expansion Phase Ib Trial (REGONIVO, EPOC1603). J Clin Oncol. 2020 Jun 20;38(18):2053-2061. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.03296.
  8. Kumagai S, Togashi Y, Sakai C, Kawazoe A, Kawazu M, Ueno T, Sato E, Kuwata T, Kinoshita T, Yamamoto M, Nomura S, Tsukamoto T, Mano H, Shitara K, Nishikawa H. An Oncogenic Alteration Creates a Microenvironment that Promotes Tumor Progression by Conferring a Metabolic Advantage to Regulatory T Cells. Immunity. 2020 Jul 14;53(1):187-203.e8. doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2020.06.016.
  9. Kawazoe A, Kuboki Y, Shinozaki E, Hara H, Nishina T, Komatsu Y, Yuki S, Wakabayashi M, Nomura S, Sato A, Kuwata T, Kawazu M, Mano H, Togashi Y, Nishikawa H, Yoshino T. Multicenter phase I/II Trial of napabucasin and pembrolizumab in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (EPOC1503/SCOOP Trial). Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Nov 15;26(22):5887-5894. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-1803. Epub 2020 Jul 21.
  10. Kumagai S, Togashi Y, Kamada T, Sugiyama E, Nishinakamura H, Takeuchi Y, Vitaly K, Itahashi K, Maeda Y, Matsui S, Shibahara T, Yamashita Y, Irie T, Tsuge A, Fukuoka S, Kawazoe A, Udagawa H, Kirita K, Aokage K, Ishii G, Kuwata T, Nakama K, Kawazu M, Ueno T, Yamazaki N, Goto K, Tsuboi M, Mano H, Doi T, Shitara K, Nishikawa H. The PD-1 expression balance between effector and regulatory T cells predicts the clinical efficacy of PD-1 blockade therapies. Nat Immunol. 2020 Nov;21(11):1346-1358. doi: 10.1038/s41590-020-0769-3. Epub 2020 Aug 31.
  11. Nagasaki J, Togashi Y, Sugawara T, Itami M, Yamauchi N, Yuda J, Sugano M, Ohara Y, Minami Y, Nakamae H, Hino M, Takeuchi M, Nishikawa H. The critical role of CD4+ T cells in PD-1 blockade against MHC-II-expressing tumors such as classic Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood Adv. 2020 Sep 8;4(17):4069-4082. doi:10.1182/bloodadvances.2020002098.
  12. Abe K, Minoura K, Maeda Y, Nishikawa H, Shimamura T. Model-based clustering for flow and mass cytometry data with clinical information. BMC Bioinformatics. 2020 Sep 17;21(Suppl 13):393. doi: 10.1186/s12859-020-03671-7.

2019

  1. Ha D, Tanaka A, Kibayashi T, Tanemura A, Sugiyama D, Wing JB, Lim EL, Teng KWW, Adeegbe D, Newell EW, Katayama I, Nishikawa H, Sakaguchi S.: Differential control of human Treg and effector T cells in tumor immunity by Fc-engineered anti-CTLA-4 antibody. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Jan 8;116(2):609-618. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1812186116. Epub 2018 Dec 26.
  2. Inozume T, Yaguchi T, Ariyasu R, Togashi Y, Ohnuma T, Honobe A, Nishikawa H, Kawakami Y, Kawamura T. Analysis of the Tumor Reactivity of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in a Metastatic Melanoma Lesion that Lost Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Expression after Anti-PD-1 Therapy. J Invest Dermatol. 2019 Jul;139(7):1490-1496. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.01.007. Epub 2019 Jan 23.
  3. Togashi Y, Shitara K, Nishikawa H. Regulatory T cells in cancer immunosuppression - implications for anticancer therapy. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2019 Jun;16(6):356-371. doi: 10.1038/s41571-019-0175-7. Review.
  4. Datta M, Coussens LM, Nishikawa H, Hodi FS, Jain RK. Reprogramming the Tumor Microenvironment to Improve Immunotherapy: Emerging Strategies and Combination Therapies. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2019 Jan;39:165-174. doi: 10.1200/EDBK_237987. Epub 2019 May 17.
  5. Kochin V, Nishikawa H. ＜Editors' Choice＞ Meddling with meddlers: curbing regulatory T cells and augmenting antitumor immunity. Nagoya J Med Sci. 2019 Feb;81(1):1-18. doi: 10.18999/nagjms.81.1.1. Review.
  6. Tanegashima T, Togashi Y, Azuma K, Kawahara A, Ideguchi K, Sugiyama D, Kinoshita F, Akiba J, Kashiwagi E, Takeuchi A, Irie T, Tatsugami K, Hoshino T, Eto M, Nishikawa H. Immune Suppression by PD-L2 against Spontaneous and Treatment-Related Antitumor Immunity. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Aug 1;25(15):4808-4819. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-3991. Epub 2019 May 10.
  7. Kamada T, Togashi Y, Tay C, Ha D, Sasaki A, Nakamura Y, Sato E, Fukuoka S, Tada Y, Tanaka A, Morikawa H, Kawazoe A, Kinoshita T, Shitara K, Sakaguchi, Nishikawa H.:  PD-1+ regulatory T cells amplified by PD-1 blockade promote hyperprogression of cancer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 May 14;116(20):9999-10008. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1822001116. Epub 2019 Apr 26.
  8. Ohue Y, Nishikawa H. Regulatory T (Treg) cells in cancer: Can Treg cells be a new therapeutic target? Cancer Sci. 2019 Jul;110(7):2080-2089. doi: 10.1111/cas.14069. Epub 2019 Jun 18. Review.
  9. Doi T, Muro K, Ishii H, Kato T, Tsushima T, Takenoyama M, Oizumi S, Gemmoto K, Suna H, Enokitani K, Kawakami T, Nishikawa H, Yamamoto N. A Phase I Study of the Anti-CC Chemokine Receptor 4 Antibody, Mogamulizumab, in Combination with Nivolumab in Patients with Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Nov 15;25(22):6614-6622. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-1090. Epub 2019 Aug 27.
  10. Tokunaga A, Sugiyama D, Maeda Y, Warner AB, Panageas KS, Ito S, Togashi Y, Sakai C, Wolchok JD, Nishikawa H. Selective inhibition of low-affinity memory CD8+ T cells by corticosteroids. J Exp Med. 2019 Dec 2;216(12):2701-2713. doi: 10.1084/jem.20190738. Epub 2019 Sep 19.
  11. Minoura K, Abe K, Maeda Y, Nishikawa H, Shimamura T. Model-based cell clustering and population tracking for time-series flow cytometry data. BMC Bioinformatics. 2019 Dec 27;20(Suppl 23):633. doi: 10.1186/s12859-019-3294-3.

2018

  1. Shitara K, and Nishikawa H.: Regulatory T cells: a potential target in cancer immunotherapy. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2018 Apr;1417(1):104-115.
  2. Takeuchi Y, Tanemura A, Tada Y, Katayama I, Kumanogoh A, and Nishikawa H.: Clinical response to PD-1 blockade correlates with a sub-fraction of peripheral central memory CD4+ T cells in patients with malignant melanoma. Int Immunol. 2018 Feb 3;30(1):13-22.
  3. Shitaoka K, Hamana H, Kishi H, Hayakawa Y, Kobayashi E, Sukegawa K, Piao X, Lyu F, Nagata T, Sugiyama D, Nishikawa H, Tanemura A, Katayama I, Murahashi M, Takamatsu Y, Tani K, Ozawa T, and Muraguchi A.: Identification of Tumoricidal TCRs from Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes by Single-Cell Analysis. Cancer Immunol Res. 2018 Apr;6(4):378-388.
  4. Ueda T, Aokage K, Nishikawa H, Neri S, Nakamura H, Sugano M, Tane K, Miyoshi T, Kojima M, Fujii S, Kuwata T, Ochiai A, Kusumoto M, Suzuki K, Tsuboi M, and Ishii G.: Immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment of usual interstitial pneumonia-associated squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2018 May;144(5):835-844.
  5. Kawazoe A, Shitara K, Kuboki Y, Bando H, Kojima T, Yoshino T, Ohtsu A, Ochiai A, Togashi Y, Nishikawa H, Doi T, and Kuwata T.: Clinicopathological features of 22C3 PD-L1 expression with mismatch repair, Epstein-Barr virus status, and cancer genome alterations in metastatic gastric cancer.  Gastric Cancer. 2019 Jan;22(1):69-76. doi: 10.1007/s10120-018-0843-9. Epub 2018 Jun 1.
  6. Tada Y, Togashi Y, Kotani D, Kuwata T, Sato E, Kawazoe A, Doi T, Wada H, Nishikawa H, Shitara K.: Targeting VEGFR2 with Ramucirumab strongly impacts effector/activated regulatory T cells and CD8+ T cells in the tumor microenvironment. J. Immunother Cancer. 2018 Oct 11;6(1):106.doi:10.1186/s40425-018-0403-1
  7. Takahashi N, Nishiwaki K, Nakaseko C, Aotsuka N, Sano K, Ohwada C, Kuroki J, Kimura H, Tokuhira M, Mitani K, Fujikawa K, Iwase O, Ohishi K, Kimura F, Fukuda T, Tanosaki S, Takahashi S, Kameoka Y, Nishikawa H, Wakita H ; STAT study group. Haematologica. 2018 Nov;103(11):1835-1842. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2018.194894. Epub 2018 Jul 5.
  8. Ueda T, Aokage K, Mimaki S, Tane K, Miyoshi T, Sugano M, Kojima M, Fujii S, Kuwata T, Ochiai A, Kusumoto M, Suzuki K, Tsuchihara K, Nishikawa H, Goto K, Tsuboi M, Ishii G. : Characterization of the tumor immune-microenvironment of lung adenocarcinoma associated with usual interstitial pneumonia. Lung Cancer. 2018 Dec;126:162-169. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2018.11.006. Epub 2018 Nov 6.

2017

  1. Nagase H, Takeoka T, Urakawa S, Morimoto-Okazawa A, Kawashima A, Iwahori K, Takiguchi S, Nishikawa H, Sato E, Sakaguchi S, Mori M, Doki Y, Wada H. ICOS+ Foxp3+ TILs in gastric cancer are prognostic markers and effector regulatory T cells associated with Helicobacter pylori. Int J Cancer. 2017 Feb 1;140(3):686-695

  2. Hamano Y, Kida H, Ihara S, Murakami A, Yanagawa M, Ueda K, Honda O, Tripathi LP, Arai T, Hirose M, Hamasaki T, Yano Y, Kimura T, Kato Y, Takamatsu H, Otsuka T, Minami T, Hirata H, Inoue K, Nagatomo I, Takeda Y, Mori M, Nishikawa H, Mizuguchi K, Kijima T, Kitaichi M, Tomiyama N, Inoue Y, Kumanogoh A. Classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias using anti-myxovirus resistance-protein 1 autoantibody. Sci Rep. 2017 Feb 23;7時43分201.

  3. Takeoka T, Nagase H, Kurose K, Ohue Y, Yamasaki M, Takiguchi S, Sato E, Isobe M, Kanazawa T, Matsumoto M, Iwahori K, Kawashima A, Morimoto-Okazawa A, Nishikawa H, Oka M, Pan L, Venhaus R, Nakayama E, Mori M, Doki Y and Wada H.; NY-ESO-1 Protein Cancer Vaccine With Poly-ICLC and OK-432: Rapid and Strong Induction of NY-ESO-1-specific Immune Responses by Poly-ICLC. J Immunother. 2017 Mar 23. doi: 10.1097/CJI.0000000000000162.

  4. Enokida T, Nishikawa H.: Regulatory T cells, as a target in anticancer immunotherapy. Immunotherapy. 2017 Jun;9(8):623-627. doi: 10.2217/imt-2017-0057. 

  5. Doki N, Suyama M, Sasajima S, Ota J, Igarashi A, Mimura I, Morita H, Fujioka Y, Sugiyama D, Nishikawa H, Shimazu Y, Suda W, Takeshita K, Atarashi K, Hattori M, Sato E, Watakabe-Inamoto K, Yoshioka K, Najima Y, Kobayashi T, Kakihana K, Takahashi N, Sakamaki H, Honda K, Ohashi K.: Clinical impact of pre-transplant gut microbial diversity on outcomes of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Ann Hematol. 2017 Sep;96(9):1517-1523. doi: 10.1007/s00277-017-3069-8. Epub 2017 Jul 21.

  6. Togashi Y, Nishikawa H.: Regulatory T Cells: Molecular and Cellular Basis for Immunoregulation. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2017 Sep 7. doi: 10.1007/82_2017_58.

  7.  Enokida T, Nishikawa H.: Regulatory T cells, as a target in anticancer immunotherapy. Immunotherapy. 9(8):623-627 2017.

  8. Nishiwaki S, Sugiura I, Miyata Y, Saito S, Sawa M, Nishida T, Miyamura K, Kuwatsuka Y, Kohno A, Yuge M, Kasai M, Iida H, Kurahashi S, Osaki M, Goto T, Terakura S, Murata M, Nishikawa H and Kiyoi H.: Efficacy and safety of autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A study protocol for a multicenter exploratory prospective study (Auto-Ph17 study). Medicine. Dec;96(52):e9568 2017.

  9. Togashi Y, Nishikawa H.: Suppression from beyond the grave. Nat Immunol. 18(12):1285-1286 2017.

  10. Takeuchi Y, Tanemura A, Tada Y, Katayama I, Kumanogoh A, Nishikawa H.: Clinical response to PD-1 blockade correlates with a sub-fraction of peripheral central memory CD4+ T cells in patients with malignant melanoma. Int Immunol. 2017 Dec 23. 

2016

  1. Shimazu Y, Hishizawa M, Hamaguchi M, Nagai Y, Sugino N, Fujii S, Kawahara M, Kadowaki N, Nishikawa H, Sakaguchi S, Takaori-Kondo A. Hypomethylation of the Treg-Specific Demethylated Region in FOXP3 Is a Hallmark of the Regulatory T-cell Subtype in Adult T-cell Leukemia; Cancer Immunol Res. 2016 Feb;4(2):136-45.

  2.  Hayakawa Y, Kawada M, Nishikawa H, Ochiya T, Saya H, Seimiya H, Yao R, Hayashi M, Kai C, Matsuda A, Naoe T, Ohtsu A, Okazaki T, Saji H, Sata M, Sugimura H, Sugiyama Y, Toi M, Irimura T. Report on the use of non-clinical studies in the regulatory evaluation of oncology drugs.; Cancer Sci. 2016 Feb;107(2):189-202.

  3.  Saito T, Nishikawa H, Wada H, Nagano Y, Sugiyama D, Atarashi K, Maeda Y, Hamaguchi M, Ohkura N, Sato E, Nagase H, Nishimura J, Yamamoto H, Takiguchi S, Tanoue T, Suda W, Morita H, Hattori M, Honda K, Mori M, Doki Y, Sakaguchi S. Two FOXP3(+)CD4(+) T cell subpopulations distinctly control the prognosis of colorectal cancers. Nat Med. 2016 Jun;22(6):679-84.

  4.  Takeuchi Y, Nishikawa H. Roles of regulatory T cells in cancer immunity. Int Immunol. 2016 Aug;28(8):401-9.

  5.  Ureshino H, Shindo T, Nishikawa H, Watanabe N, Watanabe E, Satoh N, Kitaura K, Kitamura H, Doi K, Nagase K, Kimura H, Samukawa M, Kusunoki S, Miyahara M, Shin-I T, Suzuki R, Sakaguchi S, Kimura S. Effector Regulatory T Cells Reflect the Equilibrium between Antitumor Immunity and Autoimmunity in Adult T-cell Leukemia. Cancer Immunol Res. 2016 Aug;4(8):644-9

  6. Kakihana K, Fujioka Y, Suda W, Najima Y, Kuwata G, Sasajima S, Mimura I, Morita H, Sugiyama D, Nishikawa H, Hattori M, Hino Y, Ikegawa S, Yamamoto K, Toya T, Doki N, Koizumi K, Honda K, Ohashi K. Fecal microbiota transplantation for patients with steroid-resistant acute graft-versus-host disease of the gut. Blood. 2016 Oct 20;128(16):2083-2088

  7. Hayakawa Y, Kawada M, Nishikawa H, Ochiya T, Saya H, Seimiya H, Yao R, Hayashi M, Kai C, Matsuda A, Naoe T, Ohtsu A, Okazaki T, Saji H, Sata M, Sugimura H, Sugiyama Y, Toi M, Irimura T.: Report on the use of non-clinical studies in the regulatory evaluation of oncology drugs. Cancer Sci. 107(2):189-202 2016. doi: 10.1111/cas.12857.

  8. Saito T, Nishikawa H, Wada H, Nagano Y, Sugiyama D, Atarashi K, Maeda Y , Hamaguchi M, Ohkura N, Sato E, Nagase H, Nishimura J, Yamamoto H, Takiguchi S, Tanoue T, Suda W, Morita H, Hattori M, Honda K, Mori M, Doki Y and Sakaguchi S.: Two FOXP3+CD4+ T-cell subpopulations distinctly control the prognosis of colorectal cancers. Nat Med. 22(6):679-684 2016 doi: 10.1038/nm.4086.

  9. Fujioka Y, Nishikawa H.: Basics of cancer immunotherapy. Rinsho Ketsueki. 2016;57(11):2346-2354

  10. Haseda F, Imagawa A, Nishikawa H, Mitsui S, Tsutsumi C, Fujisawa R, Sano H, Murase-Mishiba Y, Terasaki J, Sakaguchi S, Hanafusa T. Antibody to CMRF35-Like Molecule 2, CD300e A Novel Biomarker Detected in Patients with Fulminant Type 1 Diabetes. PLoS One. 2016 Aug 11;11(8):e0160576

  11. Okubo K, Wada H, Tanaka A, Eguchi H, Hamaguchi M, Tomokuni A, Tomimaru Y, Asaoka T, Hama N, Kawamoto K, Kobayashi S, Marubashi S, Nagano H, Sakaguchi N, Nishikawa H, Doki Y, Mori M, Sakaguchi S. Identification of Novel and Noninvasive Biomarkers of Acute Cellular Rejection After Liver Transplantation by Protein Microarray. Transplant Direct. 2016 Nov 18;2(12):e118.

2015

  1. Nishikawa H. Overview: New Modality for Cancer Treatment. Oncology. Nov;8 9 Suppl 1時33分-35 2015.
  2. Kurose K, Ohue Y, Wada H, Iida S, Takashi Ishida T, Kojima T Doi T, Suzuki S, Isobe M, Funakoshi T, Kakimi K, Nishikawa H, Udono H, Oka M, Ueda R, Nakayama E.; Phase Ia study of FoxP3+CD4 Treg depletion by infusion of a humanized anti-CCR4 antibody, KW-0761, in cancer patients. Clin Cancer Res. 21(19):4327-4336 2015.
  3. Adeegbe DO, Nishikawa H.; Regulatory T cells in cancer; can they be controlled? Immunotherapy. 7(8):843-846 2015 (Corresponding Author). 4. Miyara M, Chader D, Sage E, Sugiyama D, Nishikawa H, Bouvry D, Claër L, Hingorani R, Balderas R, Rohrer J, Warner N, Chapelier A, Valeyre D, Kannagi R, Sakaguchi S, Amoura Z, Gorochov G.; Sialyl Lewis x (CD15s) identifies highly differentiated and most suppressive FOXP3high regulatory T cells in humans. Proc. Natl. Acad Sci USA. 112(23):7225-7230 2015.
  4. Miyara M, Chader D, Sage E, Sugiyama D, Nishikawa H, Bouvry D, Claër L, Hingorani R, Balderas R, Rohrer J, Warner N, Chapelier A, Valeyre D, Kannagi R,Sakaguchi S, Amoura Z, Gorochov G.; Sialyl Lewis x (CD15s) identifies highly differentiated and most suppressive FOXP3highregulatory T cells in humans. Proc. Natl. Acad Sci USA. 112(23):7225-7230 2015.
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