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Masato Tanaka

Researcher at Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences

Publications -  139
Citations -  17877

Masato Tanaka is an academic researcher from Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Apoptosis & Fas ligand. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 127 publications receiving 16465 citations. Previous affiliations of Masato Tanaka include National Institutes of Health & Osaka University.

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Generalized lymphoproliferative disease in mice, caused by a point mutation in the fas ligand

TL;DR: The results indicate that lpr and gld are mutations in Fas and Fasl, respectively, and suggest important roles of the Fas system in development of T cells as well as cytotoxic T lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity.
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Identification of a factor that links apoptotic cells to phagocytes

TL;DR: Results indicate that milk fat globule-EGF-factor 8 secreted from activated macrophages binds to apoptotic cells, and brings them to phagocytes for engulfment.
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Autoimmune disease and impaired uptake of apoptotic cells in MFG-E8-deficient mice.

TL;DR: It is reported that tingible body macrophages in the germinal centers of the spleen and lymph nodes strongly express MFG-E8, a protein that binds to apoptotic cells by recognizing phosphatidylserine and that enhances the engulfment of apoptosis cells by macrophage.