Tadatsugu Taniguchi

is a Japanese immunologist known for his pioneer research on Interferons and Interferon regulatory factors.

Contribution Taniguchi's work is mostly focused on immunity and oncogenesis, in particular on the mechanisms of signal transduction and gene expression. While working at the Cancer Institute in Tokyo, he conducted breakthrough research on sequencing the cDNA, and identified two cytokine genes, interferon-beta and interleukin-2. These advances helped characterize various cytokines and discover a new family of transcription factors, interferon regulatory factors, which play essential roles in the immune system and cancer. Honorary citizen, Aridagawa, Wakayama (since 2010) Order of Culture (2023)

Editorial activities He is an editor of the journals Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, eLife and Immunity.