Takashi Imai

Employment

• Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS) National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) Chief (Laboratory Head)
  2025 - Present
• National Institute of Infectious Diseases Chief (Laboratory Head)
  2022 - 2025
• Saitama Medical University Assistant Professor
  2021 - 2022
• Leiden University Medical Center Post Doc
  2016 - 2018
• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Post Doc
  2015 - 2016
• Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine Assistant Professor
  2010 - 2021
• RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology Post Doc
  2008 - 2010

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (49)

• Quantification and visualization of malaria-infected erythroblasts by imaging flow cytometry
  Acta Tropica 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2025.107843
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• Visual Detection of Malaria Parasite-Parasitized Erythroblasts in Peripheral Blood via Immunization-Based Model
  Vaccines 2025 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines13090988
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• Regulation of antigen presentation and interleukin 10 production in murine dendritic cells via the oxidative stimulation of cell membrane using a polycation-porphyrin-conjugate-immobilized cell culture dish
  Acta Biomaterialia 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2025.01.004
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• Ultrasensitive malaria detection system for Anopheles mosquito field surveillance using droplet digital PCR
  Parasitology International 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2024.102891
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• Histone H3.3 variant plays a critical role on zygote-to-oocyst development in malaria parasites
  Yuki S. Tateishi, Tamasa Araki, Satoru Kawai +9 more
  Parasitology International 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2024.102856
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• Infection of tumor cells with Salmonella typhimurium mimics immunogenic cell death and elicits tumor-specific immune responses
  PNAS Nexus 2023 DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad484
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• Live Vaccination with Blood-Stage Plasmodium yoelii 17XNL Prevents the Development of Experimental Cerebral Malaria
  Vaccines 2022 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10050762
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• Development of Next-Generation Vaccines
  Vaccines 2022 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10020274
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• Alterations in circulating extracellular vesicles underlie social stress-induced behaviors in mice.
  FEBS open bio 2021 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.13204
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• Single Amino Acid Deletion at N-Terminus of the Target Antigen in DNA Vaccine Induces Altered CD8+ T Cell Responses against Tumor Antigen
  Vaccines 2021 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9060540
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• Long-term acrylamide exposure exacerbates brain and lung pathology in a mouse malaria model
  Food and Chemical Toxicology 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2021.112132
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• Generation of a Genetically Modified Chimeric Plasmodium falciparum Parasite Expressing Plasmodium vivax Circumsporozoite Protein for Malaria Vaccine Development
  Yukiko Miyazaki, Catherin Marin-Mogollon, Takashi Imai

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  • António M. Mendes
  • Rianne van der Laak
  • Angelika Sturm
  • Fiona J. A. Geurten
  • Shinya Miyazaki
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  Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 2020 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.591046
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• Blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier: another site disrupted during experimental cerebral malaria caused by Plasmodium berghei ANKA.
  International journal for parasitology 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.07.007
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• Potential and Limitations of Cross-Protective Vaccine against Malaria by Blood-Stage Naturally Attenuated Parasite
  Vaccines 2020 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines8030375
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• Generation of Novel Plasmodium falciparum NF135 and NF54 Lines Expressing Fluorescent Reporter Proteins Under the Control of Strong and Constitutive Promoters
  Shinya Miyazaki, Annie Yang, Fiona J. A. Geurten

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  • Catherin Marin-Mogollon
  • Yukiko Miyazaki
  • Takashi Imai
  • Surendra Kumar Kolli
  • Jai Ramesar
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  Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 2020 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00270
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• CD8+ regulatory T cells are critical in prevention of autoimmune-mediated diabetes.
  Nature communications 2020 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15857-x
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• Chemotaxis Assay for Marsupenaeus japonicas Hemocytes and Application for the Development of an Oral Immunostimulant Against White Spot Syndrome Virus.
  Frontiers in cell and developmental biology 2020 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00046
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• IL-33 is essential to prevent high fat diet-induced obesity in mice infected with an intestinal helminth.
  Parasite immunology 2020 DOI: 10.1111/pim.12700
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• Suppression of systemic lupus erythematosus in NZBWF1 mice infected with Hymenolepis microstoma.
  Parasitology international 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2020.102057
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• Fluctuations of Spleen Cytokine and Blood Lactate, Importance of Cellular Immunity in Host Defense Against Blood Stage Malaria Plasmodium yoelii
  Frontiers in Immunology 2019 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02207
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