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Takeo Shibata

Assistant Professor

Faculty Researcher

12 h-index 64 pubs 493 cited

  • Humans
  • Female
  • Adult
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
  • Middle Aged
  • Papillomavirus Infections
  • Uterine Cervical Dysplasia
  • Aged
  • Male
  • Animals
  • Papillomaviridae
  • Japan
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Prognosis
  • Papillomavirus Vaccines

Biography and Research Information

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Takeo Shibata's research focuses on cancer immunotherapy, reproductive immunology, and obstetrics and gynecology. His work investigates the role of T cells in the regression of cervical high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions following therapeutic vaccine administration. Shibata has also explored methods for DNA extraction from liquid-based cytology specimens to facilitate the study of cervical microbiota.

His publications include research on the effectiveness of prophylactic HPV vaccines against cervical abnormalities in Japan, a retrospective study on immunotherapy for cervical cancer using the cell wall skeleton of Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG-CWS), and a randomized clinical trial evaluating treatments for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Additionally, Shibata has contributed to studies examining associations between maternal postpartum depression and psychosocial factors, and the potential of amniotic fluid as a delivery route for substances during fetal development.

Shibata has received several awards, including the UAMS Student Research Day Poster Presentations (2nd place post-doctoral category) in 2020, the Kanazawa Medical University support group Tachibanakai Award in 2016, and the Kanazawa Medical University President's Award in 2016. He has a h-index of 12, with 64 publications and 485 total citations. Key collaborators at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences include Mayumi Nakagawa and Hannah Coleman.

Metrics

  • h-index: 12
  • Publications: 64
  • Citations: 493

Selected Publications

  • A Randomized Double-Blind Phase 2 Clinical Trial Treating Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia 2/3 with PepCan or <i>Candida</i> (2025)
    medRxiv 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Immune responses in a phase 2 clinical trial of peptide-based therapeutic human papillomavirus vaccine, PepCan, versus <i>Candida</i> adjuvant alone in treating cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2/3. (2024)
    Journal of Clinical Oncology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • A peptide-based human papillomavirus therapeutic vaccine, PepCan, or <i>Candida</i> adjuvant alone in treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2/3 (CIN2/3). (2023)
    Journal of Clinical Oncology 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Expansion of Human Papillomavirus-Specific T Cells in Periphery and Cervix in a Therapeutic Vaccine Recipient Whose Cervical High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion Regressed (2021)
    Frontiers in Immunology 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Evaluation of DNA extraction protocols from liquid-based cytology specimens for studying cervical microbiota (2021)
    PLoS ONE 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Expansion of Human Papillomavirus-Specific T Cells in Periphery and Cervix in a Therapeutic Vaccine Recipient Whose Cervical High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion Regressed (2020)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
  • Evaluation of DNA extraction protocols from liquid-based cytology specimens for studying cervical microbiota (2020)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The promise of combining cancer vaccine and checkpoint blockade for treating HPV-related cancer (2019)
    Cancer Treatment Reviews 57 citations DOI OpenAlex

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