Kazuhiko Imakawa

Kyushu Tokai University — Japan

Immunology and Microbiology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Reproductive System and Pregnancy(114), Reproductive Physiology in Livestock(99), Reproductive Biology and Fertility(27), T-cell and Retrovirus Studies(27), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock(26)

Publications247 total

105 TLR2 activation in Japanese Black nonsexed and Y-sorted sperm improves crossbred embryo development in vitro
Reproduction Fertility and Development·2026Open Access
Toll-like receptor 2 activation of early divided bovine embryo promotes its viability and development competence in vitro
Scientific Reports·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Circulating Cell‐Free DNA of Bovine Leukemia Virus: A Promising Biomarker for Enzootic Bovine Leukosis
Microbiology and Immunology·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Biological Aging and Uterine Fibrosis in Cattle: Reproductive Trade-Offs from Enhanced Productivity
Cells·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transitions Leading to Conceptus Adhesion in Ruminants: Early Pregnancy Events in Cattle
International Journal of Molecular Sciences·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Platelet secretions exert anti-inflammatory effects in vitro on neutrophils and uterine epithelia in cattle: a possible role in amplifying the uterine immune network toward pregnancy
Frontiers in Immunology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
132 Activation of Toll-like receptor 2 in early bovine embryos promotes their developmental competence <i>in vitro</i>
Reproduction Fertility and Development·2024
A rapid and simple clonality assay for bovine leukemia virus-infected cells by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis
Microbiology Spectrum·2024Open Access
Ovine conceptuses express phospholipase inhibitory genes on days 14-15 of pregnancy, interacting with IFNT pathways
Reproduction·2024Open Access
Buccal Swab Samples from Japanese Brown Cattle Fed with Limonite Reveal Altered Rumen Microbiome
Animals·2024Open Access
Editorial: Developmental biology and endocrine research for a successful pregnancy
Frontiers in Endocrinology·2024Open Access
Progressive Exaptation of Endogenous Retroviruses in Placental Evolution in Cattle
Biomolecules·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Progressive Exaptation of Endogenous Retroviruses in Placental Evolution in Cattle
Preprints.org·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Low proviral load in the Kumamoto strain of Japanese Brown cattle infected with the bovine leukemia virus
BMC Veterinary Research·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
063 A potential role of bovine platelets in transfer of interferon tau signaling to neutrophils and endometrial epithelia; involvement in the immune cascade toward embryo receptivity
Animal - science proceedings·2023
Expression of NFIL3 and CEBPA regulated by IFNT induced-PGE2 in bovine endometrial stromal cells during the pre-implantation period
Frontiers in Endocrinology·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Global analyses and potential effects of extracellular vesicles on the establishment of conceptus implantation during the peri-implantation period
Journal of Reproduction and Development·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Genetic Diversity of &lt;i&gt;BoLA-DRB3&lt;/i&gt; in Japanese Brown Cattle
Journal of Veterinary Epidemiology·2022Open Access
Clone Dynamics and Its Application for the Diagnosis of Enzootic Bovine Leukosis
Journal of Virology·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
The vaginal and uterine blood flow changes during the ovsynch program and its impact on the pregnancy rates in Holstein dairy cows
BMC Veterinary Research·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

M. L. Day(9), J. E. Kinder(9), D. D. Zalesky(8), R. Michael Roberts(7), Kentaro Nagaoka(7), R. J. Kittok(6), Kazuya Kusama(6), R. K. Christenson(6), Masayuki Shimada(6), Thomas Hansen(5), M. Garcia-Winder(5), Rulan Bai(5), Senkiti Sakai(5), Toshihiro Sakurai(5), Akio Miyamoto(5), Keigo Nakamura(4), Kyu‐Tae Chang(4), Atsushi Ideta(4), Anup Kumar Talukder(4), Hanako Bai(4)