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    Molecular Imaging of PD-1 Unveils Unknown Characteristics of PD-1 Itself by Visualizing “PD-1 Microclusters”

    Programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) is one of the most famous coinhibitory receptors that are expressed on effector T cells to regulate their function. The PD-1 ligands, PD-L1 and PD-L2, are expressed by various ce...

    Wataru Nishi, Ei Wakamatsu in Basic Immunology and Its Clinical Applicat… (2024)

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    Evaluation of therapeutic PD-1 antibodies by an advanced single-molecule imaging system detecting human PD-1 microclusters

    With recent advances in immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), immunotherapy has become the standard treatment for various malignant tumors. Their indications and dosages have been determined empirically, taking...

    Wataru Nishi, Ei Wakamatsu, Hiroaki Machiyama, Ryohei Matsushima in Nature Communications (2023)

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    Simultaneous surgical resection of cardiac myxoma and atypical thymic carcinoid: a case report

    Cardiac myxoma is the most common type of primary cardiac tumor, and thymic carcinoid is a rare neuroendocrine tumor. No previous reports have described surgical management of concomitant occurrence of these n...

    Ryohei Matsushima, Kosuke Fu**o, Eri Matsubara in Journal of Medical Case Reports (2021)