Akemi Baba

914 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 737 citations indexed

About

Akemi Baba is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Sensory Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Akemi Baba has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 737 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Immunology, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Sensory Systems. Recurrent topics in Akemi Baba's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers), Ion Channels and Receptors (4 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (3 papers). Akemi Baba is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers), Ion Channels and Receptors (4 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (3 papers). Akemi Baba collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Australia and Iran. Akemi Baba's co-authors include Yoshihiro Baba, Tomohiro Kurosaki, Masanori Matsumoto, Yoko Fujii, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, Masaki Hikida, Shimon Sakaguchi, Stephen L. Nutt, Hiroyoshi Nishikawa and Axel Kallies and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and Immunity.

In The Last Decade

Akemi Baba

10 papers receiving 731 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Interleukin-10-Producing Plasmablasts Exert Regulatory Function in Autoimmune Inflammation

2014 419 citations Masanori Matsumoto, Akemi Baba et al. Immunity profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akemi Baba Japan	6	490	124	101	82	74	10	737
Taras Lyubchenko United States	13	289 0.6×	137 1.1×	27 0.3×	77 0.9×	33 0.4×	33	596
Dean Franckaert Belgium	11	392 0.8×	107 0.9×	28 0.3×	63 0.8×	40 0.5×	14	540
Shlomit Kfir‐Erenfeld Israel	12	186 0.4×	235 1.9×	24 0.2×	127 1.5×	28 0.4×	21	577
Hongen Yin United States	17	242 0.5×	211 1.7×	60 0.6×	98 1.2×	23 0.3×	26	818
Doina Diaconu United States	12	616 1.3×	135 1.1×	20 0.2×	118 1.4×	77 1.0×	15	846
Isabel Castro Chile	16	213 0.4×	343 2.8×	37 0.4×	59 0.7×	23 0.3×	32	822
Erin Nevius United States	7	252 0.5×	201 1.6×	23 0.2×	127 1.5×	7 0.1×	10	551
Matthew Donne United States	7	83 0.2×	438 3.5×	80 0.8×	64 0.8×	17 0.2×	9	793
Uk Yeol Moon South Korea	13	141 0.3×	220 1.8×	17 0.2×	193 2.4×	102 1.4×	21	663

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akemi Baba

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Iwasaki, Takeshi, Akemi Baba, Akihito Harada, et al.. (2025). Critical roles of chronic BCR signaling in the differentiation of anergic B cells into age-associated B cells in aging and autoimmunity. Science Advances. 11(16). eadt8199–eadt8199. 3 indexed citations

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Saito, Yuichi, Akihito Harada, Miho Ushijima, et al.. (2024). Plasma cell differentiation is regulated by the expression of histone variant H3.3. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5004–5004. 3 indexed citations

3.

Hatano, Shinya, et al.. (2024). Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibition limits endotoxic shock by suppressing IL-6 production by marginal zone B cells in mice. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1388947–1388947. 3 indexed citations

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Inoue, Takeshi, Akemi Baba, Masashi Yanagisawa, et al.. (2023). STIM-mediated calcium influx regulates maintenance and selection of germinal center B cells. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 221(1). 5 indexed citations

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Yasuda, Tomoharu, et al.. (2021). Generation and characterization of CD19-iCre mice as a tool for efficient and specific conditional gene targeting in B cells. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 5524–5524. 10 indexed citations

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Baba, Akemi, et al.. (2021). ER membrane protein complex 1 interacts with STIM1 and regulates store-operated Ca2+ entry. The Journal of Biochemistry. 170(4). 483–488. 4 indexed citations

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Matsumoto, Masanori, Akemi Baba, Takafumi Yokota, et al.. (2014). Interleukin-10-Producing Plasmablasts Exert Regulatory Function in Autoimmune Inflammation. Immunity. 41(6). 1040–1051. 419 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fujii, Yoko, Masayuki Shiota, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, et al.. (2012). Surf4 modulates STIM1-dependent calcium entry. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 422(4). 615–620. 32 indexed citations

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Matsumoto, Masanori, Yoko Fujii, Akemi Baba, et al.. (2011). The Calcium Sensors STIM1 and STIM2 Control B Cell Regulatory Function through Interleukin-10 Production. Immunity. 34(5). 703–714. 219 indexed citations

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Rafati, Sima, Akemi Baba, Masoomeh Bakhshayesh, & Manijeh Vafa Homann. (2000). Vaccination of BALB/c mice withLeishmania majoramastigote-specific cysteine proteinase. Clinical & Experimental Immunology. 120(1). 134–138. 39 indexed citations

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