Akihiro Kimura

8.0k citations

57 papers · 6.5k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 32

Impact in

Immunology top 0.5%
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Immune Response and Inflammation
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Immune cells in cancer
- Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
Biological Psychiatry top 1%
- Tryptophan and brain disorders

Papers in

Immunology 30
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction 12
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology 11
- Immune Response and Inflammation 9
- Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis 7
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses 5
Biological Psychiatry 2

Co-authors: Tadamitsu Kishimoto Tetsuji Naka Yoshiaki Fujii‐Kuriyama Keiko Nohara Ichino Chinen Taisuke Nakahama Rimpei Morita Kazuya Masuda
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (7 papers)International Immunology (7 papers)The Journal of Experimental Medicine (3 papers)The Journal of Immunology (3 papers)Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (3 papers)
Partner nations: Japan United Kingdom Vietnam

In The Last Decade

Akihiro Kimura

56 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

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IL‐6: Regulator of Treg/Th17 balance 2010 · 1.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2010 European Journal of Immunology
2010 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2002 Immunity

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All Works

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1	MDM2 inhibitors induce apoptosis by suppressing MDM2 and enhancing p53, Bax, Puma and Noxa expression levels in imatinib‑resistant chronic myeloid leukemia cells Biomedical Reports ·Akihiro Kimura, Masanobu Tsubaki, 姜海宁, Michèle Houle, Zebin Deng, Noriaki Nagai, Tetsushi Yamamoto, Shozo Nishida	2025	0
2	Antioxidative enzyme NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) modulates the differentiation of Th17 cells by regulating ROS levels PLoS ONE ·Eriko Aoi, Akihiro Kimura, Takeshi Tsubata, Satoru Takahashi, Harumi Suzuki	2022	17
3	Inhibition of yes-associated protein suppresses migration, invasion, and metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer in vitro and in vivo Clinical and Experimental Medicine ·Tomoya Takeda, Masanobu Tsubaki, Rosa Inés Iñiguez Flores, Takuya Matsuda, Velena Peter Ntulo, Akihiro Kimura, Nao Shimizu, Shozo Nishida	2021	2
4	The aryl hydrocarbon receptor/microRNA-212/132 axis in T cells regulates IL-10 production to maintain intestinal homeostasis International Immunology ·Ichino Chinen, Taisuke Nakahama, Akihiro Kimura, Nam‐Trung Nguyen, Hiroshi Takemori, A Kumagai, Hisako Kayama, Kiyoshi Takeda, Soyoung Lee, Hamza Hanieh, Barry Ripley, David Millrine, Praveen Kumar Dubey, Kishan Kumar Nyati, Yoshiaki Fujii‐Kuriyama, Kamal Chowdhury, Tadamitsu Kishimoto	2015	73
5	Aryl hydrocarbon receptor plays protective roles in ConA-induced hepatic injury by both suppressing IFN-γ expression and inducing IL-22 International Immunology ·Hiromi Abe, Akihiro Kimura, FUSong, Tomohiro Fukaya, Ryota Sakaguchi, Rimpei Morita, Takashi Sekiya, Takashi Shichita, Kazuaki Chayama, Yoshiaki Fujii‐Kuriyama, Akihiko Yoshimura	2013	26
6	Nr4a receptors are essential for thymic regulatory T cell development and immune homeostasis Nature Immunology ·Takashi Sekiya, Ikko Kashiwagi, JP Gauthier, Tomohiro Fukaya, Rimpei Morita, Akihiro Kimura, Hiroshi Ichinose, Daniel Metzger, Pierre Chambon, Akihiko Yoshimura	2013	236
7	CDK inhibitors suppress Th17 and promote iTreg differentiation, and ameliorate experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in mice Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Hideyuki Yoshida, Hitoshi Kotani, Taisuke Kondo, Otaboyeva Mazmuna Rakhimovna, Xuetao Wei, FUSong, Akihiro Kimura, Mayako Asakawa, Minako Ito, Shigenori Nagai, Akihiko Yoshimura	2013	17
8	Effects of stimulus spatial frequency, size, and luminance contrast on orientation tuning of neurons in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of cat Neuroscience Research ·Tomoyuki Naito, Masahiro Okamoto, Osamu Sadakane, Satoshi Shimegi, Hironobu Osaki, Shinichiro Hara, Akihiro Kimura, Ayako Ishikawa, 尾崎峰, Hiromichi Sato	2013	10
9	Forced expression of stabilized c-Fos in dendritic cells reduces cytokine production and immune responses in vivo Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Ryoko Yoshida, Mayu Suzuki, Ryota Sakaguchi, Eiichi Hasegawa, Akihiro Kimura, Takashi Shichita, Takashi Sekiya, Hiroshi Shiraishi, Kouji Shimoda, Akihiko Yoshimura	2012	11
10	Smad2 and Smad3 are redundantly essential for the suppression of iNOS synthesis in macrophages by regulating IRF3 and STAT1 pathways International Immunology ·Yuki Sugiyama, 袁文侠, Akihiro Kimura, Ichiro Takada, Ikko Kashiwagi, Y Wakabayashi, Rimpei Morita, Masatoshi Nomura, Akihiko Yoshimura	2012	43
11	Aryl hydrocarbon receptor negatively regulates LPS-induced IL-6 production through suppression of histamine production in macrophages International Immunology ·Kazuya Masuda, Akihiro Kimura, Hamza Hanieh, Nam‐Trung Nguyen, Taisuke Nakahama, Ichino Chinen, Wei-ping Qu, Tomotaka Murotani, Atsushi Yamatodani, Tadamitsu Kishimoto	2011	79
12	Histone 3 Lysine 9 (H3K9) Methyltransferase Recruitment to the Interleukin-2 (IL-2) Promoter Is a Mechanism of Suppression of IL-2 Transcription by the Transforming Growth Factor-β-Smad Pathway Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Yu Wakabayashi, Taiga Tamiya, Ichiro Takada, Tomohiro Fukaya, Yuki Sugiyama, Naoko Inoue, Akihiro Kimura, Rimpei Morita, Ikko Kashiwagi, Tomohito Takimoto, Masatoshi Nomura, Akihiko Yoshimura	2011	39
13	11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase-1 Is a Novel Regulator of Skin Homeostasis and a Candidate Target for Promoting Tissue Repair PLoS ONE ·Mika Terao, Hiroyuki Murota, Akihiro Kimura, 俊裕瀧北, Akiko Ishikawa, Ken Igawa, Eiji Miyoshi, Ichiro Katayama	2011	62
14	IL‐6: Regulator of Treg/Th17 balance European Journal of Immunology ·Akihiro Kimura, Tadamitsu Kishimoto Hit paper breakdown →	2010	1274
15	Th17 cells in inflammation International Immunopharmacology ·Akihiro Kimura, Tadamitsu Kishimoto	2010	70
16	Aryl hydrocarbon receptor regulates Stat1 activation and participates in the development of Th17 cells Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Akihiro Kimura, Tetsuji Naka, Keiko Nohara, Yoshiaki Fujii‐Kuriyama, Tadamitsu Kishimoto	2008	429
17	Interleukin‐6 blockade suppresses autoimmune arthritis in mice by the inhibition of inflammatory Th17 responses Arthritis & Rheumatism ·Minoru Fujimoto, Satoshi Serada, Masahiko Mihara, Yasushi Uchiyama, Hiroto Yoshida, Nobuo Koike, Yoshiyuki Ohsugi, Teppei Nishikawa, Barry Ripley, Akihiro Kimura, Tadamitsu Kishimoto, Tetsuji Naka	2008	189
18	Recognition of Native and/or Thermally Induced Denatured Forms of the Major Food Allergen, Ovomucoid, by Human IgE and Mouse Monoclonal IgG Antibodies Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry ·Junko Hirose, Naofumi Kitabatake, Akihiro Kimura, Hiroshi Narita	2004	39
19	SOCS-1 suppresses TNF- -induced apoptosis through the regulation of Jak activation International Immunology ·Akihiro Kimura	2004	43
20	SOCS-1 Participates in Negative Regulation of LPS Responses Immunity ·Reiko Nakagawa, Tetsuji Naka, Hiroko Tsutsui, Minoru Fujimoto, Akihiro Kimura, Tatsuo Abe, Ekihiro Seki, Shintaro Sato, Osamu Takeuchi, Kiyoshi Takeda, Shizuo Akira, Koichi Yamanishi, Ichirou Kawase, Kenji Nakanishi, Tadamitsu Kishimoto Hit paper breakdown →	2002	552

About Akihiro Kimura

Akihiro Kimura is a scholar working on Immunology, Biological Psychiatry, Oncology, Pharmacology and Immunology and Allergy, having authored 57 papers that have together received 6.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (12 papers), Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (12 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (11 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (9 papers), Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis (7 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (5 papers), NF-κB Signaling Pathways (5 papers) and Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (3.6k citations), Biological Psychiatry (419 citations), Behavioral Neuroscience (166 citations), Oncology (1.3k citations) and Neurology (378 citations). Akihiro Kimura has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and Vietnam. Frequent co-authors include Tadamitsu Kishimoto, Tetsuji Naka, Yoshiaki Fujii‐Kuriyama, Keiko Nohara, Ichino Chinen, Taisuke Nakahama, Rimpei Morita, Kazuya Masuda, Takashi Sekiya and Akihiko Yoshimura. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, International Immunology, The Journal of Experimental Medicine, The Journal of Immunology and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

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