Awarded honorary doctor of the Aix-Marseille University (2021).
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Tasuku Honjo
Tasuku Honjo is a Japanese physician-scientist and immunologist. He won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and is best known for his identification of programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1). He is also known for his molecular identification of cytokines IL-4 and IL-5, as well as the discovery of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) that is essential for class switch recombinati…
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science · Japanese immunologist and Nobel laureate (born 1942) · immunologist · biochemist · university teacher · physician · also Tasuku Honjo, Honjo
Born 27 January 1942 · Q2395341
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2021· 1 entry
2020· 9 entries
India Today rated the claim “Japanese Nobel laureate Dr. Tasuku Honjo has said China manufactured coronavirus and he once worked at the Wuhan lab which later produced it.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Tasuku Honjo, a Japanese Nobel Prize-winning scientist, says he has been subjected to “false accusations and misinformation” over remarks that novel coronavirus was "manufactured in China"” Misleading.
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Reported claimRated Incorrect. Professor Honjo has denied saying this and there is no evidence that he ever did. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “Professor Dr Tasuku Honjo, caused a sensation today in the media by saying that the corona virus is not natural.” Incorrect. Professor Honjo has denied saying this and there is no evidence that he ever did..
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AP News rated the claim “Nobel prize winner Dr. Tasuku Honjo said that the coronavirus is not natural and is completely artificial.” False.
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VERA Files rated the claim “Nobel Prize winner and Japanese immunologist Tasuku Honjo said the virus behind COVID-19 is artificial and manufactured in a lab in Wuhan, China” Fake.
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2018· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2018).
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Shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with American immunologist James P
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Was awarded a Nobel Prize with James P
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2017· 2 entries
Awarded Warren Alpert Foundation Prize (2017).
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Became Deputy Director-General and Distinguished Professor of Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS)
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2016· 4 entries
Awarded Clarivate Citation Laureates (2016).
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Awarded Keio Medical Science Prize (2016).
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Awarded Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences (2016).
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Won the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences for "Discovery of the Mechanism Responsible for the Functional Diversification of Antibodies, Immunoregulatory Molecules and Clinical Applications of PD-1"
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2014· 2 entries
Awarded Tang Prize (2014).
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Awarded William B. Coley Award (2014).
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Culture (2013).
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded Robert Koch Prize (2012).
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2007· 1 entry
Published “Programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 and tumor-infiltrating CD8 <sup>+</sup> T lymphocytes are prognostic factors of human ovarian cancer” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — cited 1,225 times.
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2002· 1 entry
Published “Involvement of PD-L1 on tumor cells in the escape from host immune system and tumor immunotherapy by PD-L1 blockade” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — cited 2,728 times.
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2001· 3 entries
Published “PD-L2 is a second ligand for PD-1 and inhibits T cell activation” in Nature Immunology — cited 2,415 times.
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A member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2003, and as a member of the Japan Academy in 2005
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Published “Autoimmune Dilated Cardiomyopathy in PD-1 Receptor-Deficient Mice” in Science — cited 1,548 times.
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2000· 4 entries
Awarded Person of Cultural Merit (2000).
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Published “Class Switch Recombination and Hypermutation Require Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase (AID), a Potential RNA Editing Enzyme” in Cell — cited 2,902 times.
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Published “Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase (AID) Deficiency Causes the Autosomal Recessive Form of the Hyper-IgM Syndrome (HIGM2)” in Cell — cited 1,358 times.
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Published “Engagement of the Pd-1 Immunoinhibitory Receptor by a Novel B7 Family Member Leads to Negative Regulation of Lymphocyte Activation” in The Journal of Experimental Medicine — cited 4,415 times.
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1999· 1 entry
Published “Development of Lupus-like Autoimmune Diseases by Disruption of the PD-1 Gene Encoding an ITIM Motif-Carrying Immunoreceptor” in Immunity — cited 2,211 times.
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1996· 2 entries
Awarded Imperial Prize of Japan Academy (1996).
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Published “Expression of the PD-1 antigen on the surface of stimulated mouse T and B lymphocytes” in International Immunology — cited 1,301 times.
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1992· 2 entries
Published “Induced expression of PD‐1, a novel member of the immunoglobulin gene superfamily, upon programmed cell death.” in The EMBO Journal — cited 2,662 times.
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Honjo first identified PD-1 as an inducible gene on activated T-lymphocytes, and this discovery significantly contributed to the establishment of cancer immunotherapy principle by PD-1 blockade
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1986· 1 entry
And went on further to discover AID in 2000, demonstrating its importance in class switch recombination and somatic hypermutation
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded Asahi Prize (1981).
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1966· 1 entry
From the Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, where in 1975 he received his Ph
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1942· 1 entry
Born 1942-01-27.
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