Masayuki Amagai

Department of Dermatology, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan

Masayuki Amagai

Academic positions:
- Professor and Chair of the Department of Dermatology, Keio University School of Medicine

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Dr Amagai researches the pathophysiological mechanisms of autoimmune skin diseases, pemphigus. His group have developed an active disease mouse model for pemphigus by a unique approach using adoptive transfer of splenocytes from autoantigen-knockout mice. They are currently investigating peripheral tolerance against pemphigus antigen, desmoglein 3 (Dsg3), at level of B cells as well as T cells. Their goal is to develop antigen- or disease-specific therapeutic strategies for tissue-specific autoimmune diseases.

Any other information:
- Section editor, Journal of Investigative Dermatology (2002-)
- Editorial Board, Experimental Dermatology (2003-)
- Section editor, Journal of Autoimmune diseases (2004)
- The Journal of Clinical Investigation (Consulating Editor, 2007-)
- The Journal of Dermatological Science (Editorial Board, 2001- 2005; section editor 2006- )
- The Journal of American Academy of Dermatology (Editorial Board, 1998-)
- British Journal of Dermatology (Editorial Advisory Board, 2001-)
- Der Huatarzt (Editorial Board, 2007- )

Awards and Honors
- 2000 The JSID Award from Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology
- 2002 Alfred Marchionini Award at World Congress of Dermatology, Paris
- 2003 William Montagna Lectureship Award for "Pemphigus: A simple logic behind a complex disease"
- 2005 CE.R.I.E.S Research Award for research on the Peripheral Tolerance Mechanism in Skin
- 2006 JSPS Prize from Japan Society for the Promothion of Science
- 2006 JSI Award from Japanese Society for Immunology

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Dermatology > Acquired & Inherited Bullous Disorders (since 16 November 2005)

Masayuki Amagai is a Section Head for Acquired & Inherited Bullous Disorders, part of the DERMATOLOGY Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

Links

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