Shigekazu Nagata

Shigekazu Nagata
長田 重一
Nagata in 2020
Born1949
NationalityJapanese
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
Known forInterferon
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
Fas ligand
Fas receptor
Apoptosis
AwardsRobert Koch Prize (1995)
Imperial Prize (2000)
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
Immunology
InstitutionsKyoto University
Osaka University
Osaka Bioscience Institute
University of Tokyo
University of Zurich
Doctoral advisorYoshito Kaziro

Shigekazu Nagata (長田 重一, Nagata Shigekazu, born 1949) is a Japanese biochemist, best known for research on apoptosis, the process of programmed cell death occurring in multi-cellular organisms.[1]

  1. ^ Cyranoski, D. (2001). "Shigekazu Nagata". Nature Medicine. 7 (7): 759. doi:10.1038/89860. PMID 11433328. S2CID 2256786.