Aki Furusawa

Also affiliated with Center for Cancer Research

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Driven by 51 papers. Top paper: “Near-infrared photoimmunotherapy of cancer: a new approach that kills cancer cells and enhances anti-cancer host immunity”.

Near-infrared photoimmunotherapy of cancer: a new approach that kills cancer cells and enhances anti-cancer host immunity

International Immunology(2020)10.1093/intimm/dxaa037

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4.6DataRank · unranked

140 citations

Aki Furusawa, Adrian Rosenberg, Peter L. Choyke, Hisataka Kobayashi

Fluorescence Imaging of Tumor-Accumulating Antibody-IR700 Conjugates Prior to Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT) Using a Commercially Available Camera Designed for Indocyanine Green

Molecular Pharmaceutics(2021)10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c01107

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24 citations

Daiki Fujimura, Aki Furusawa, Ryuhei Okada, Hiroaki Wakiyama, Takuya Kato +3 more

Diagnostic imaging in near‐infrared photoimmunotherapy using a commercially available camera for indocyanine green

Cancer Science(2021)10.1111/cas.14809

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21 citations

Daiki Fujimura, Aki Furusawa, Ryuhei Okada, Hiroaki Wakiyama, Takuya Kato +3 more

Tissue factor targeted near-infrared photoimmunotherapy: a versatile therapeutic approach for malignancies

Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy(2025)10.1007/s00262-024-03903-2

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6 citations

Hiroshi Fukushima, Aki Furusawa, Takuya Kato, Shuhei Okuyama, Makoto Kano +6 more

Simultaneous Multicolor Imaging of Lymph Node Chains Using Hydroporphyrin-Doped Near-Infrared-Emitting Polymer Dots

Nanomedicine(2023)10.2217/nnm-2023-0044

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3 citations

Connor Riahin, Aki Furusawa, Hiroshi Fukushima, Hiroaki Wakiyama, Shuhei Okuyama +6 more

Real-Time Fluorescence Imaging Using Indocyanine Green to Assess Therapeutic Effects of Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy in Tumor Model Mice

Molecular Imaging(2020)10.1177/1536012120934965

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6 citations

Daiki Fujimura, Ryuhei Okada, Aki Furusawa, Fuyuki Inagaki, Hiroaki Wakiyama +4 more

Wound healing after excision of subcutaneous tumors treated with near‐infrared photoimmunotherapy

Cancer Medicine(2020)10.1002/cam4.3247

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5 citations

Fuyuki Inagaki, Takuya Kato, Ryuhei Okada, Hiroaki Wakiyama, Aki Furusawa +3 more

Local Depletion of Immune Checkpoint Ligand CTLA4 Expressing Cells in Tumor Beds Enhances Antitumor Host Immunity

Advanced Therapeutics(2021)10.1002/adtp.202000269

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46 citations

Takuya Kato, Aki Furusawa, Fuyuki Inagaki, Hiroaki Wakiyama, Peter L. Choyke +2 more

Near-infrared photoimmunotherapy targeting human-EGFR in a mouse tumor model simulating current and future clinical trials

EBioMedicine(2021)10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103345

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45 citations

Aki Furusawa, Daniel W. Vermeer, Fuyuki Inagaki, Hiroaki Wakiyama, Takuya Kato +6 more

Rapid Depletion of Intratumoral Regulatory T Cells Induces Synchronized CD8 T- and NK-cell Activation and IFNγ-Dependent Tumor Vessel Regression

Cancer Research(2021)10.1158/0008-5472.can-20-2673

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37 citations

Colleen P. Olkowski, Kelly Lane, Olga Vasalatiy, Biying Xu, Ryuhei Okada +5 more

Near infrared photoimmunotherapy of cancer; possible clinical applications

Nanophotonics(2021)10.1515/nanoph-2021-0119

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35 citations

Takuya Kato, Aki Furusawa, Peter L. Choyke, Hisataka Kobayashi, Hiroaki Wakiyama

Simultaneously Combined Cancer Cell- and CTLA4-Targeted NIR-PIT Causes a Synergistic Treatment Effect in Syngeneic Mouse Models

Molecular Cancer Therapeutics(2021)10.1158/1535-7163.mct-21-0470

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34 citations

Ryuhei Okada, Aki Furusawa, Fuyuki Inagaki, Hiroaki Wakiyama, Hideyuki Furumoto +5 more

Electron Donors Rather Than Reactive Oxygen Species Needed for Therapeutic Photochemical Reaction of Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy

ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science(2021)10.1021/acsptsci.1c00184

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31 citations

Ryuhei Okada, Yuto Goto, Aki Furusawa, Fuyuki Inagaki, Hiroaki Wakiyama +9 more

Endoscopic near‐infrared photoimmunotherapy in an orthotopic head and neck cancer model

Cancer Science(2021)10.1111/cas.15013

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25 citations

Aki Furusawa, Fuyuki Inagaki, Hiroaki Wakiyama, Takuya Kato, Shuhei Okuyama +5 more

Treg-Dominant Tumor Microenvironment Is Responsible for Hyperprogressive Disease after PD-1 Blockade Therapy

Cancer Immunology Research(2022)10.1158/2326-6066.cir-22-0041

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53 citations

Takuya Kato, Aki Furusawa, Ryuhei Okada, Fuyuki Inagaki, Hideyuki Furumoto +5 more

Cyanine Phototruncation Enables Spatiotemporal Cell Labeling

Journal of the American Chemical Society(2022)10.1021/jacs.2c02962

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48 citations

Siddharth S. Matikonda, Syed Muhammad Usama, Aki Furusawa, Takuya Kato, Lenka Štacková +4 more

Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy Targeting Podoplanin-Expressing Cancer Cells and Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts

Molecular Cancer Therapeutics(2022)10.1158/1535-7163.mct-22-0313

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31 citations

Aki Furusawa, Ryuhei Okada, Fuyuki Inagaki, Hiroaki Wakiyama, Hideyuki Furumoto +5 more

CD29 targeted near-infrared photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT) in the treatment of a pigmented melanoma model

OncoImmunology(2022)10.1080/2162402x.2021.2019922

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30 citations

Ryuhei Okada, Fuyuki Inagaki, Hiroaki Wakiyama, Takuya Kato, Hideyuki Furumoto +5 more

Intercellular adhesion molecule‐1‐targeted near‐infrared photoimmunotherapy of triple‐negative breast cancer

Cancer Science(2022)10.1111/cas.15466

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24 citations

Takuya Kato, Aki Furusawa, Ryuhei Okada, Hiroaki Wakiyama, Hideyuki Furumoto +5 more

Selective depletion of polymorphonuclear myeloid derived suppressor cells in tumor beds with near infrared photoimmunotherapy enhances host immune response

OncoImmunology(2022)10.1080/2162402x.2022.2152248

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24 citations

Hiroshi Fukushima, Aki Furusawa, Ryuhei Okada, Hiroaki Wakiyama, Hideyuki Furumoto +5 more

Selection of antibody and light exposure regimens alters therapeutic effects of EGFR-targeted near-infrared photoimmunotherapy

Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy(2022)10.1007/s00262-021-03124-x

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22 citations

Takuya Kato, Aki Furusawa, Fuyuki Inagaki, Hiroaki Wakiyama, Daiki Fujimura +6 more

Near-infrared photoimmunotherapy induced tumor cell death enhances tumor dendritic cell migration

Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy(2022)10.1007/s00262-022-03216-2

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18 citations

Mayuko Hashimoto, Hina Matsushita, Shion Masuyama, Rina Yoshida, Ryuhei Okada +10 more

Opening up new VISTAs: V-domain immunoglobulin suppressor of T cell activation (VISTA) targeted near-infrared photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT) for enhancing host immunity against cancers

Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy(2022)10.1007/s00262-022-03205-5

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14 citations

Aki Furusawa, Ryuhei Okada, Fuyuki Inagaki, Takuya Kato, Hideyuki Furumoto +5 more

Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT) in Urologic Cancers

Cancers(2022)10.3390/cancers14122996

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20 citations

Barış Türkbey, Peter A. Pinto, Aki Furusawa, Peter L. Choyke, Hisataka Kobayashi +1 more

Disialoganglioside GD2-Targeted Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT) in Tumors of Neuroectodermal Origin

Pharmaceutics(2022)10.3390/pharmaceutics14102037

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11 citations

Takuya Kato, Aki Furusawa, Ryuhei Okada, Hiroaki Wakiyama, Hideyuki Furumoto +4 more

NIR-PIT: Will it become a standard cancer treatment?

Frontiers in Oncology(2022)10.3389/fonc.2022.1008162

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9 citations

Peter L. Choyke, Hisataka Kobayashi, Aki Furusawa

Comparison of the Effectiveness of IgG Antibody versus F(ab′)2 Antibody Fragment in CTLA4-Targeted Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy

Molecular Pharmaceutics(2022)10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00242

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8 citations

Ryuhei Okada, Aki Furusawa, Hiroaki Wakiyama, Hideyuki Furumoto, Hiroshi Fukushima +4 more

Endoscopic Applications of Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT) in Cancers of the Digestive and Respiratory Tracts

Biomedicines(2022)10.3390/biomedicines10040846

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9 citations

Takuya Kato, Hiroaki Wakiyama, Aki Furusawa, Peter L. Choyke, Hisataka Kobayashi +1 more

Cyanine Phototruncation Enables Cell Labeling with Spatiotemporal Control

ChemRxiv(2022)10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-dq8ql

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Siddharth S. Matikonda, Syed Muhammad Usama, Aki Furusawa, Takuya Kato, Lenka Štacková +4 more

Review of RM-1929 Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy Clinical Efficacy for Unresectable and/or Recurrent Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Cancers(2023)10.3390/cancers15215117

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41 citations

Aki Furusawa, Peter L. Choyke, Hisataka Kobayashi, Nanami L. Miyazaki

Intratumoral IL15 Improves Efficacy of Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy

Molecular Cancer Therapeutics(2023)10.1158/1535-7163.mct-23-0210

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18 citations

Aki Furusawa, Takuya Kato, Hiroaki Wakiyama, Seiichiro Takao, Shuhei Okuyama +3 more

Near‐infrared photoimmunotherapy in the models of hepatocellular carcinomas using cetuximab‐IR700

Cancer Science(2023)10.1111/cas.15965

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16 citations

Hiroshi Fukushima, Anna King, Takuya Kato, Aki Furusawa, Shuhei Okuyama +5 more

Near-infrared photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT) of bone metastases

Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy(2023)10.1016/j.biopha.2023.114390

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14 citations

Hiroaki Wakiyama, Aki Furusawa, Ryuhei Okada, Takuya Kato, Daiki Fujimura +6 more

Data from Treg-Dominant Tumor Microenvironment Is Responsible for Hyperprogressive Disease after PD-1 Blockade Therapy

(2023)10.1158/2326-6066.c.6551037

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Takuya Kato, Aki Furusawa, Ryuhei Okada, Fuyuki Inagaki, Hideyuki Furumoto +5 more

Near-infrared photoimmunotherapy targeting Nectin-4 in a preclinical model of bladder cancer

Cancer Letters(2024)10.1016/j.canlet.2023.216606

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30 citations

Seiichiro Takao, Aki Furusawa, Vladimir Valera Romero, Sandeep Gurram, Takuya Kato +5 more

Antitumor host immunity enhanced by near‐infrared photoimmunotherapy

Cancer Science(2024)10.1111/cas.16427

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9 citations

Aki Furusawa, Ryuhei Okada, Yasuhisa Fujii, Peter L. Choyke, Hisataka Kobayashi +1 more

Near‐infrared photoimmunotherapy targeting PD‐L1: Improved efficacy by preconditioning the tumor microenvironment

Cancer Science(2024)10.1111/cas.16195

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12 citations

Makoto Kano, Aki Furusawa, Takuya Kato, Ryuhei Okada, Hiroshi Fukushima +5 more

Near-infrared duocarmycin photorelease from a Treg-targeted antibody-drug conjugate improves efficacy of PD-1 blockade in syngeneic murine tumor models

OncoImmunology(2024)10.1080/2162402x.2024.2370544

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7 citations

Aki Furusawa, Seiichiro Takao, Ebaston Thankarajan, Michael Luciano, Syed Muhammad Usama +9 more

Phototruncation cell tracking with near-infrared photoimmunotherapy using heptamethine cyanine dye to visualise migratory dynamics of immune cells

EBioMedicine(2024)10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105050

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7 citations

Aki Furusawa, Seiichiro Takao, Siddharth S. Matikonda, Makoto Kano, Shuhei Okuyama +5 more

Carbonic anhydrase‐9‐targeted near‐infrared photoimmunotherapy as a theranostic modality for clear cell renal cell carcinoma

International Journal of Cancer(2025)10.1002/ijc.35364

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4 citations

Seiichiro Takao, Aki Furusawa, Motofumi Suzuki, Youfeng Yang, C. Ricketts +9 more

Preserved host immunity with intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1)-targeted near-infrared photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT) in the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer and other malignancies

Cancer Letters(2025)10.1016/j.canlet.2025.217906

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3 citations

Hideyuki Furumoto, Aki Furusawa, Makoto Kano, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Motofumi Suzuki +4 more

Interleukin 15 (IL15)-based near-infrared photoimmunotherapy

Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy(2025)10.1007/s00262-025-04151-8

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2 citations

Aki Furusawa, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Makoto Kano, Miyu Kano, Seiichiro Takao +4 more

EpCAM-targeted near-infrared photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT) for the treatment of breast cancer

Annals of Medicine(2025)10.1080/07853890.2025.2540599

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3 citations

Seiichiro Takao, Motofumi Suzuki, Makoto Kano, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Miyu Kano +3 more

Urinary IR700 Ligand as an Early Biomarker of Therapeutic Efficacy of Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy

ACS Omega(2025)10.1021/acsomega.4c09850

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1 citations

Daiki Fujimura, Aki Furusawa, Hiroshi Fukushima, Ryuhei Okada, Tairo Ogura +4 more

Effects of Maackia amurensis seed lectin (MASL) on OSCC cell morphology, PDPN expression, growth, and motility in a phase 1 clinical trial

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology(2025)10.1007/s00432-025-06265-z

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1 citations

Cayla J. Holdcraft, Tyler J Helmig, Eamonn J. Brace, David Suster, Alan J. Shienbaum +13 more

Combined CD25-targeted near infrared photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT) and intratumor IL-15 enhance the effectiveness of anti-PD-1 immunotherapy

Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy(2025)10.1007/s00262-025-04186-x

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Aki Furusawa, Hiroshi Fukushima, Seiichiro Takao, Shuhei Okuyama, Hiroshi Yamamoto +6 more

Impact of Vitamin C on Immune Response and Edema Following Near‐Infrared Photoimmunotherapy (NIR‐PIT)

Cancer Science(2025)10.1111/cas.70070

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2 citations

Aki Furusawa, Hiroshi Fukushima, Seiichiro Takao, Motofumi Suzuki, Makoto Kano +6 more

Combined CD44- and CD25-Targeted Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy Selectively Kills Cancer and Regulatory T Cells in Syngeneic Mouse Cancer Models

Cancer Immunology Research(2020)10.1158/2326-6066.cir-19-0517

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81 citations

Aki Furusawa, Ryuhei Okada, Fuyuki Inagaki, Daiki Fujimura, Hiroaki Wakiyama +5 more

Conjugation Ratio, Light Dose, and pH Affect the Stability of Panitumumab–IR700 for Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy

ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters(2020)10.1021/acsmedchemlett.0c00262

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20 citations

Fuyuki Inagaki, Ryuhei Okada, Adrian Rosenberg, Aki Furusawa, Peter L. Choyke +2 more

Increased Immunogenicity of a Minimally Immunogenic Tumor after Cancer-Targeting Near Infrared Photoimmunotherapy

Cancers(2020)10.3390/cancers12123747

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39 citations

Aki Furusawa, Ryuhei Okada, Fuyuki Inagaki, Takuya Kato, Yasuhiro Maruoka +3 more

Interleukin-15 after Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT) Enhances T Cell Response against Syngeneic Mouse Tumors

Cancers(2020)10.3390/cancers12092575

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36 citations

Aki Furusawa, Ryuhei Okada, Fuyuki Inagaki, Hiroaki Wakiyama, Takuya Kato +4 more