Shusei FUJIOKA, M.D., Ph.D.

2011 - 2017 Kyoto University, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (M.D.)

2017 - 2019 Kitano Hospital, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute, Osaka, Japan (Residency program)

2019 - 2023 Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Ph.D.)

2023 - 2024 Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Assistant professor)

2024 - Present Nagoya University, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan (Designated assistant professor)

2020 Fujiwara Memorial Foundation Research Grant for young investigators

2023 Kyoto University Research Grant for young investigators

Mayu Fujioka, Shusei Fujioka (co-first), Hiroyuki Yoshitomi, Junzo Hamanishi, Haruka Suzuki, Masayo Ukita, Yasuhide Takeuchi, Sachiko Minamiguchi, Hiroaki Ito, Masaki Mandai, Hideki Ueno. Oligoclonal expansion of IgG+ B cells along with Tfh cell response is associated with a better outcome in endometrial cancer. International Immunology. 2026;38(1):56–67. https://doi.org/10.1093/intimm/dxaf049

Shusei Fujioka (corresponding), Mayu Fujioka, Yusuke Imoto, Yasuyo Harada, Hiroyuki Yoshitomi, Masato Kubo, Yasuaki Hiraoka, Hideki Ueno. Single-cell multiomic analysis revealed the differentiation, localization, and heterogeneity of IL10+ Foxp3– follicular T cells in humans. International Immunology. 2025;37(8):475–91. https://doi.org/10.1093/intimm/dxaf014

Shusei Fujioka, Hideki Ueno. T follicular helper cells and production of high affinity IgE antibody. The Allergy in Practice. 2020;40(12):967-972. (in Japanese)

Shusei Fujioka, Takamasa Kitajima, Ryo Itotani. Myositis in a patient with advanced lung cancer treated with osimertinib. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2018;13(8):e137–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2018.03.014

Shusei Fujioka. Single-cell multiomics revealed the whole life of human CD4+ T cells. Hiroshima University. 2024 Mar 5. Hiroshima, Japan. (oral, in Japanese, invited)

Shusei Fujioka. Single-cell multiomics revealed a post-Tfh phase of CD4+ T cells in human lymphoid organs. ASHBi retreat. 2024 Jan 26-27. Shiga, Japan (oral & poster)

Shusei Fujioka. Single-cell multiomics revealed the whole life of human CD4+ T cells. Qbio11th, Japanese society for quantitative biology. 2024 Jan 6-7. Tokyo, Japan. (poster, in Japanese)

Shusei Fujioka. Single-cell multiomics revealed the whole life of human CD4+ T cells. NGS multiomics seminar. 2023 Nov 24. Tokyo, Japan. (oral, in Japanese, invited)

Shusei Fujioka. Human T follicular helper lymphocytes differentiate into a regulatory subset upon strong TCR stimulation. The 32nd Kyoto T Cell Conference. 2023 Jun 16-17. Kyoto, Japan. (oral and poster, in Japanese)

Shusei Fujioka. Human CD4+ T cell differentiation — How is the immune response shut down? 32nd ASHBi colloquium. 2023 Jan 31. Kyoto, Japan. (oral)

Shusei Fujioka, Mayu Fujioka, Yusuke Imoto, Toshiaki Yachimura, Hiroyuki Yoshitomi, Yasuaki Hiraoka, Hideki Ueno. Human T follicular helper lymphocytes differentiate into a regulatory subset upon strong TCR stimulation. The 21st Takeda Science Foundation Symposium on Bioscience. 2023 Jan 27-28. Osaka, Japan. (poster)

Shusei Fujioka, Mayu Fujioka, Yusuke Imoto, Toshiaki Yachimura, Hiroyuki Yoshitomi, Yasuaki Hiraoka, Hideki Ueno. Human GC-Tfh cells differentiate into IL-10+ follicular T cells with regulatory functions. The 51st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Immunology. 2022 Dec 7-9. Kumamoto, Japan. (oral and poster)

Shusei Fujioka. Deciphering human CD4+ T cell differentiation by topological data analysis. ASHBi retreat. 2022 Jan 29. online (oral)

Shusei Fujioka, Yusuke Imoto, Mayu Fujioka, Hiroyuki Yoshitomi, Yasuaki Hiraoka, Hideki Ueno. Deciphering human CD4+ T cell differentiation by topological data analysis. The 50th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Immunology. 2021 Dec 8-10. online. (poster)

Shusei Fujioka, Satoshi Marumo, Naomi Matsuzaki, Reina Hara, Masahiro Shirata, Yuko Katayama, Ryo Itotani, Takafumi Nishimura, Yoshiaki Yuba, Motonari Fukui. An autopsy case of thymic squamous cell carcinoma with high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma transformation. The 217th Kinki-Meeting of Japanese Society of Internal Medicine. 2017 Sep 16. Osaka, Japan. (oral, in Japanese)

2024 Best Presentation Award, ASHBi Retreat 2024

2022 Ursula and Fritz Melchers Travel Award, The 51st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Immunology

2019 Best Case Report Award in 2018, Kitano Hospital

Road bike

Marathon

EIKEN Grade 1 (CEFR C1)