Faculty Information - Shigeki Kato

Current specialization

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（Last updated : 2026-02-02 15:46:45）

Shigeki Kato
Department Kawasaki Medical School Kawasaki Medical School, Department of General Medicine,

Position Associate Professor with Special Assignment

■ Current specialization

Connective tissue disease and allergy, Respiratory medicine, Immunology

■ Journal Articles

1.	2025	Role of interleukin 5-induced eosinophils in interleukin 33-triggered airway inflammation in mice.
2.	2024/07	Analysis of the relationship between comorbid obstructive sleep apnea and clinical outcomes in patients with asthma in Japan.
3.	2023/04	Real‐world efficacy of anti‐IL‐5 treatment in patients with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
4.	2022/07	CD44 ligands enhance allergen-specific sublingual immunotherapy in a murine model of chronic asthma
5.	2022/06/11	CD44 is critical for the enhancing effect of hyaluronan in allergen-specific sublingual immunotherapy in a murine model of chronic asthma
6.	2022/01/07	Critical Involvement of CD44 in T Helper Type 2 Cell-Mediated Eosinophilic Airway Inflammation in a Mouse Model of Acute Asthma
7.	2020/09	Elevated levels of periostin and TGF-B1 in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with idiopathic eosinophilic pneumonia.
8.	2020	Clinical Analysis of Pulmonary Mycobacterium kansasii Disease.
9.	2019/11/14	Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease requiring differentiation from recurrence of lung cancer during the follow-up period for lung cancer
10.	2019/04	Pulmonary Mycobacterium kansasii disease with solitary nodule.
11.	2018/12	Biomarkers for differentiation of patients with asthma and chronic obstractive pulmonary disease
12.	2018/09	A recurrent case of eosinophilic pneumonia with high IL-25 levels.
13.	2018/02	Contribution of neuraminidase 3 to the differentiation of induced regulatory T cells
14.	2017/12	Possible Role of IL-25 in Eosinophilic Lung Inflammation in Patients with Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia.
15.	2017/07	Beneficial effects of Galectin-9 on allergen-specific sublingual immumotherapy in a Dermatophagoides farina-induced mouse model of chronic asthma.
16.	2017/06	Hyper-reactive cloned mice generated by direct nuclear transfer of antigen-specific CD4+ T cells.
17.	2017/04	Clinical analysis of military tuberculosis patients in our tertiary hospital.
18.	2016/11	Clinical analysis of pulmonary nontuberculous Mycobacterial disease complicated by lung cancer during the follow-up periods
19.	2016/10	Pulmonary M. scrofulaceum disease showing false-positive response of anti-GPL core IgA antibody.
20.	2016/06	Development of two types of mite-allergen induced murine models of chronic ashtma with different sevrity.
21.	2016/04	Critical role of CD44 in antigen-induced Th2- but not Th17-mediated murine airway inflammation.
22.	2015/08	Increased Galectin-9 Concentration and Number of CD4+Foxp3high+Cells in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid of Patients with Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia.
23.	2014/06	Clinical application of T-SPOT.TB as a diagnosti method for tuberculosis infection
24.	2014/04	Increased levels of plasma galectin-9 in patients with influenza virus infection.
25.	2013/12	Preventive effect of galectin-9 on double-stranded RNA-induced airway hyperresponsiveness in an exacerbation model of mite antigen-induced asthma in mice.
26.	2013/09	Step-down of budesonide/formoterol in early stages of asthma treatment leads to insufficient anti-inflammatory effect.
27.	2013/08	Critical role of interleukin-5 in the development of a mite antigen-induced chronic bronchial asthma model.
28.	2013/06	Clinical analysis of patients with pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease complicated by pneumothorax.
29.	2013/06	Mucoid impaction of the bronchi caused by Mycobacterium avium
30.	2013/05	Clinical analysis of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease diagnosed as coincidental pulmonary infection due to Mycobacterium species
31.	2013/04	A possible role of galectin-9 in the pulmonary fibrosis of patients with interstitial pneumonia.
32.	2013/04	Serological assay by use of glycopeptidolipid core antigen Mycobacterium avium complex
33.	2013	Establishment of an asthma model by sensitization with mite antigen alone in C57BL/6J mice
34.	2012/08	Relationship between clinical efficacy for pulmonary MAC and drug-sensitivity test for isolated MAC in a recent 6-year period.
35.	2012/06	Cyclization-carbonylation-cyclization coupling reactions of N-propargyl-anilines and o-alkynylphenols with palladium(II)-bisoxazoline catalysts.
36.	2012/05	Possible regulatory role of galectin-9 on Ascaris suum-induced eosinophilic lung inflammation in mice.
37.	2011/11	CD44 is critical for airway accumulation of antigen-specific Th2, but not Th1, cells induced by antigen challenge in mice.
38.	2011/05	Stability of sealed-bag samples for off-line measurement of fractional exhaled nitric oxide.
39.	2010/10	Involvement of galectin-9 in lung eosinophilia in patients with eosinophilic pneumonia
40.	2010/08	A crucial role of sialidase Neu1 in hyaluronan receptor function of CD44 in T helper type 2-mediated airway inflammation of murine acute asthmatic model.
41.	2010/04	Synthesis of β-methoxyacrylate natural products based on box-Pd(II)-catalyzed intermolecular methoxycarbonylation of alkynoles.
42.	2010/02	Galectin-9 expands immunosuppressive macrophages to ameliorate T-cell-mediated lung inflammation.
43.	2009	Core2 1-6-N-Glucosaminyltransferase-1 is crucial for the formation of atherosclerotic lesions in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice.
44.	2009	Galectin-9 expands unique macrophages exhibiting plasmacytoid dendritic cell-like phenotypes that activate NK cells in tumor-bearing mice.
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■ Presentations

1.	2013/06/23	Possible regulatory role of galectin-9 on Ascaris summ-induced eosinophilic lung inflammation in mice. （Speech，General）
2.	2024/12/03	Hyaluronic acid enhances the effect of allergen-specific sublingual immunotherapy in a mouse model of mite-induced chronic asthma （Poster notice，General）
3.	2020/06	Hyaluronan enhances the effect of allergen-specific sublingual immunotherapy in a dermatophagoides farina-induced mouse model of chronic asthma. （Speech，General）
4.	2019/06/03	Elevated Levels of Periostin, IL-13, and TGF-b₁ in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with idiopathic eosinophilic pneumonia （Poster notice，General）
5.	2017/12/12	Possible role of IL-25 in eosinophilic lung inflammation in patients with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia （Poster notice，General）
6.	2017/09/10	Possible role of IL-25 in eosinophilic lung inflammation in patients with eosinophilic pneumonia. （Speech，General）
7.	2016/09/03	Clinical analysis of glycopeptidolipid core antigen IgA antibodies for cases in which it is difficult to obtain a definite diagnosis of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease. （Poster notice，General）
8.	2016/09/03	Clinical evaluation of several biomarkers including IFN- for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection. （Poster notice，General）
9.	2016/06/11	A possible role of galectin-9 in the lung inflammation and fibrosis of patients with intersititial pneumonia （Speech，General）
10.	2016/06/11	Galectin-9 enhances the effecf of allergen-specific sublingual immunotherapy in a Dermatophagoides farinae-induced mouse model of chronic asthma. （Speech，General）
11.	2015/09/26	Clinical evaluation of diagnostic potential of several biomarkers for immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis infection including IGRAs (QFT and T-SPOT.TB) （Poster notice，General）
12.	2015/09/26	Clinical evaluation of glycopeptidolipid core antigen IgA antibodies for serodiagnosis of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease. （Poster notice，General）
13.	2015/09/26	Induction of galectin-9 production by viral infection in the lung. （Speech，General）
14.	2014/09/06	Clinical evaluation of MIGRAs (IP-10 and MIG) including two IGRAs (QFT and T-SPOT) for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection. （Poster notice，General）
15.	2014/06/07	Preventive effect of galectin-9 on double-stranded RNA-stranded RNA-induced airway hyperresponsiveness in an exacerbation model of mite antigen-induced murine asthma （Poster notice，General）
16.	2013/09/07	Clinical analysisof patients with pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease complicated with pneumothorax （Poster notice，General）
17.	2013/09/07	Clinical evaluation of glycopeptidolipid core antigen IgA antibodies for serodiagnosis of mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease. （Poster notice，General）
18.	2012/06/16	CD44 is critical for airway accumulation of Th2 cells induced by antigen challenge in mice. （Poster notice，General）
19.	2011/06/11	Involvement of galectin-9 in lung eosinophilia in patients with eosinophilic pneumonia （Poster notice，General）
20.	2011/04/22	非結核性抗酸菌症の診断に対する2つのinterferon-gamma release assay(IGRA)の臨床評価（Poster notice，General）
21.	2010/06/06	A crucial role of sialidase Neu1 in hyaluronan receptor function of CD44 in Th2-mediated airway inflammation of murine acute asthmatic model. （Speech，General）
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