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Biography

1981-1985: Clinical resident, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
1985-1987: Clinical resident, Tsukubai University Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan
1987-1989: Clinical resident, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokuto Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
1989 to 1993: Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
1993 to1996: Post-Doc Fellow, DNAX Research Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Palo Alto, CA, USA
1996 to 1998: Lecturer, Department of Parasitology and Immunology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan
1998 to 2003: Associate Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Tsukuba,Tsukuba, Japan
2001 to 2004: Team Director, RIKEN Center for Allergy and Immunology, Yokohama, Japan
2003 to present: Professor and Chairman, Department of Immunology, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
2019 to present: Director, R&D center for Innovative Drug Discovery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Activities

Employment (1)

University of Tsukuba: Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JP

1996-08-16 to present | Professor (Faculty of Medicine)
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University of Tsukuba

Education and qualifications (1)

Hokkaido University: Sapporo, Hokkaidô, JP

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Akira Shibuya

Works (13)

Inhibitory immunoreceptors CD300a and CD300lf cooperate to regulate mast cell activation

The Journal of Immunology
2025-03-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Hanbin Lee; Chigusa Nakahashi-Oda; Wenxin Lyu; Mamoru Tanaka; Akiyoshi Rai; Yoichi Muramoto; Yaqiu Wang; Seiya Mizuno; Kazuko Shibuya; Akira Shibuya
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Clec12b Alleviates Mite‐Induced Dermatitis by Regulating P2RX7‐Mediated Mast Cell Activation in Mice

Allergy
2025-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Ayana Iijima; Kenshiro Matsuda; Sho Yamasaki; Kazuko Shibuya; Akira Shibuya
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Concanavalin‐A‐Induced Acute Liver Injury in Mice

Current Protocols
2024-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Tsukasa Nabekura; Soichi Matsuo; Akira Shibuya
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Type 1 innate lymphoid cell–immature neutrophil axis suppresses acute tissue inflammation

2024-07-02 | Preprint
Contributors: Akira Shibuya; Kenshiro Matsuda; Ayana Iijima
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THEMIS2 Impairs Antitumor Activity of NK Cells by Suppressing Activating NK Receptor Signaling

The Journal of Immunology
2024-06-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Elfira Amalia Deborah; Tsukasa Nabekura; Kazuko Shibuya; Akira Shibuya
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Themis2 regulates natural killer cell memory function and formation

Nature Communications
2023-11-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Tsukasa Nabekura; Elfira Amalia Deborah; Saeko Tahara; Yuya Arai; Paul E. Love; Koichiro Kako; Akiyoshi Fukamizu; Masafumi Muratani; Akira Shibuya
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DNAM-1 Immunoreceptor Protects Mice from Concanavalin A–Induced Acute Liver Injury by Reducing Neutrophil Infiltration

The Journal of Immunology
2023-09-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Soichi Matsuo; Tsukasa Nabekura; Kenshiro Matsuda; Kazuko Shibuya; Akira Shibuya
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CD96 Blockade Ameliorates Imiquimod-Induced Psoriasis-like Dermatitis via Suppression of IL-17A Production by Dermal γδ T Cells

The Journal of Immunology
2022-12-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Kyoko Oh-oka; Fumie Abe; Akira Shibuya; Kazuko Shibuya
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G307S DNAM-1 mutation exacerbates autoimmune encephalomyelitis via enhancing CD4+ T cell activation

2022-06-10 | Preprint
Contributors: Rikito Murata; Shota Kinoshita; Kenshiro Matsuda; Atsushi Kawaguchi; Akira Shibuya; Kazuko Shibuya
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CD300a blockade enhances efferocytosis by infiltrating myeloid cells and ameliorates neuronal deficit after ischemic stroke

Science Immunology
2021-10-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Chigusa Nakahashi-Oda; Satoshi Fujiyama; Yuta Nakazawa; Kazumasa Kanemaru; Yaqiu Wang; Wenxin Lyu; Takashi Shichita; Jiro Kitaura; Fumie Abe; Akira Shibuya
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Tumor-derived extracellular vesicles regulate tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells via the inhibitory immunoreceptor CD300a

2020-11-10 | Preprint
Contributors: Yuta Nakazawa; Kazumasa Kanemaru; Chigusa Nakahashi-Oda; Akira Shibuya
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Tumor-derived soluble CD155 inhibits DNAM-1–mediated antitumor activity of natural killer cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine
2020-03-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Genki Okumura; Akiko Iguchi-Manaka; Rikito Murata; Yumi Yamashita-Kanemaru; Akira Shibuya; Kazuko Shibuya
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A long-chain fatty acid elongase Elovl6 regulates mechanical damage–induced keratinocyte death and skin inflammation

2018-02-13 | Preprint
Contributors: Yoshiyuki Nakamura; Takashi Matsuzaka; Satoko Tahara-Hanaoka; Kazuko Shibuya; Hitoshi Shimano; Chigusa Nakahashi-Oda; Akira Shibuya
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Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Cell reports. (1)
Review activity for Immunity. (1)