Akiko Iwasaki

75.0k total citations · 26 hit papers
264 papers, 36.8k citations indexed

About

Akiko Iwasaki is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Akiko Iwasaki has authored 264 papers receiving a total of 36.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Immunology, 62 papers in Epidemiology and 53 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Akiko Iwasaki's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (65 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (55 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (54 papers). Akiko Iwasaki is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (65 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (55 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (54 papers). Akiko Iwasaki collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Akiko Iwasaki's co-authors include Ruslan Medzhitov, Brian L. Kelsall, Ayuko Sato, Jennifer M. Lund, Heung Kyu Lee, Iris K. Pang, Takeshi Ichinohe, Padmini S. Pillai, Norifumi Iijima and Melissa Linehan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Akiko Iwasaki

250 papers receiving 36.2k citations

Hit Papers

Toll-like receptor contro... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2004 2010 2004 2015 2015 1000 2.0k 3.0k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Toll-like receptor control of the adaptive immune responses
    2004 3.3k citations Akiko Iwasaki, Ruslan Medzhitov profile →
  2. Regulation of Adaptive Immunity by the Innate Immune System
    2010 1.6k citations Akiko Iwasaki, Ruslan Medzhitov Science profile →
  3. Recognition of single-stranded RNA viruses by Toll-like receptor 7
    2004 1.4k citations Ayuko Sato, Akiko Iwasaki et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. Control of adaptive immunity by the innate immune system
    2015 1.4k citations Akiko Iwasaki, Ruslan Medzhitov profile →
  5. Mitochondrial DNA stress primes the antiviral innate immune response
    2015 1.4k citations Michal Caspi Tal, Sabine M. Lang et al. Nature profile →
  6. Microbiota regulates immune defense against respiratory tract influenza A virus infection
    2011 1.1k citations Iris K. Pang, Akiko Iwasaki et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  7. Toll-like Receptor 9–mediated Recognition of Herpes Simplex Virus-2 by Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells
    2003 969 citations Ayuko Sato, Ruslan Medzhitov et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
  8. Innate immunity to influenza virus infection
    2014 810 citations Akiko Iwasaki, Padmini S. Pillai profile →
  9. Seasonality of Respiratory Viral Infections
    2020 763 citations Akiko Iwasaki et al. profile →
  10. Autophagy-Dependent Viral Recognition by Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells
    2007 685 citations Heung Kyu Lee, Akiko Iwasaki et al. Science profile →
  11. Apoptotic Caspases Prevent the Induction of Type I Interferons by Mitochondrial DNA
    2014 646 citations Brian Yordy, Gerald S. Shadel et al. profile →
  12. Type I and Type III Interferons – Induction, Signaling, Evasion, and Application to Combat COVID-19
    2020 585 citations Akiko Iwasaki et al. profile →
  13. Inflammasome recognition of influenza virus is essential for adaptive immune responses
    2009 566 citations Heung Kyu Lee, Richard A. Flavell et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
  14. Freshly Isolated Peyer's Patch, but Not Spleen, Dendritic Cells Produce Interleukin 10 and Induce the Differentiation of T Helper Type 2 Cells
    1999 524 citations Akiko Iwasaki et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
  15. Influenza virus activates inflammasomes via its intracellular M2 ion channel
    2010 519 citations Iris K. Pang, Akiko Iwasaki et al. profile →
  16. A vaccine strategy that protects against genital herpes by establishing local memory T cells
    2012 482 citations Akiko Iwasaki et al. Nature profile →
  17. The immunology and immunopathology of COVID-19
    2022 449 citations Akiko Iwasaki et al. Science profile →
  18. Interferons and Proinflammatory Cytokines in Pregnancy and Fetal Development
    2018 370 citations Laura J. Yockey, Akiko Iwasaki profile →
  19. VEGF-C-driven lymphatic drainage enables immunosurveillance of brain tumours
    2020 357 citations Eric Song, Tianyang Mao et al. Nature profile →
  20. Unexplained post-acute infection syndromes
    2022 331 citations Akiko Iwasaki et al. profile →
  21. Vaginal Exposure to Zika Virus during Pregnancy Leads to Fetal Brain Infection
    2016 292 citations Laura J. Yockey, Tasfia Rakib et al. profile →
  22. The first 12 months of COVID-19: a timeline of immunological insights
    2021 255 citations Akiko Iwasaki et al. profile →
  23. The neurobiology of long COVID
    2022 229 citations Akiko Iwasaki et al. profile →
  24. Unadjuvanted intranasal spike vaccine elicits protective mucosal immunity against sarbecoviruses
    2022 209 citations Tianyang Mao, Benjamin Israelow et al. Science profile →
  25. Long COVID science, research and policy
    2024 150 citations Akiko Iwasaki et al. profile →
  26. Polymer nanoparticles deliver mRNA to the lung for mucosal vaccination
    2023 107 citations Tianyang Mao, Benjamin Israelow et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Akiko Iwasaki United States 91 20.5k 10.0k 8.8k 7.4k 2.6k 264 36.8k
John D. Lambris United States 109 27.3k 1.3× 9.8k 1.0× 5.5k 0.6× 3.9k 0.5× 2.6k 1.0× 570 47.8k
J.W.M. van der Meer Netherlands 97 17.0k 0.8× 7.1k 0.7× 9.1k 1.0× 8.4k 1.1× 1.9k 0.8× 566 38.9k
Douglas T. Golenbock United States 112 30.7k 1.5× 15.2k 1.5× 10.7k 1.2× 4.8k 0.6× 2.7k 1.0× 288 51.0k
Mario Roederer United States 97 20.3k 1.0× 9.8k 1.0× 7.3k 0.8× 6.3k 0.9× 5.5k 2.1× 347 36.9k
Hans‐Dieter Volk Germany 104 16.8k 0.8× 9.8k 1.0× 9.5k 1.1× 2.2k 0.3× 4.9k 1.9× 808 42.5k
Mario Clerici Italy 83 11.1k 0.5× 6.2k 0.6× 6.2k 0.7× 6.8k 0.9× 2.1k 0.8× 676 30.0k
Leo A. B. Joosten Netherlands 116 27.5k 1.3× 17.0k 1.7× 8.5k 1.0× 8.2k 1.1× 4.8k 1.9× 701 52.3k
Volker Brinkmann Germany 91 23.2k 1.1× 19.4k 1.9× 5.2k 0.6× 3.8k 0.5× 3.4k 1.3× 250 45.3k
Jay K. Kolls United States 101 21.6k 1.1× 8.5k 0.9× 8.5k 1.0× 5.8k 0.8× 4.6k 1.8× 477 40.9k
Richard L. Gallo United States 126 15.5k 0.8× 14.8k 1.5× 7.2k 0.8× 4.2k 0.6× 3.3k 1.3× 547 56.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akiko Iwasaki

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bayarri‐Olmos, Rafael, Minh Pham, Amelia Evoli, et al.. (2025). IgA autoantibodies demonstrate a novel mechanism of MuSK myasthenia gravis pathology. Brain.
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Silva, Julio & Akiko Iwasaki. (2024). Sex differences in postacute infection syndromes. Science Translational Medicine. 16(773). eado2102–eado2102. 6 indexed citations
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McGeary, Meaghan K., William Damsky, Sabine M. Lang, et al.. (2024). Setdb1 Loss Induces Type I Interferons and Immune Clearance of Melanoma. Cancer Immunology Research. 13(2). 245–257. 4 indexed citations
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Lim, Vivian, Sandra Zehentmeier, Alexei V. Tumanov, et al.. (2023). Mature B cells and mesenchymal stem cells control emergency myelopoiesis. Life Science Alliance. 6(4). e202301924–e202301924. 3 indexed citations
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Chow, Ryan D., Stefania Bellone, Tobias M.P. Hartwich, et al.. (2022). Distinct Mechanisms of Mismatch-Repair Deficiency Delineate Two Modes of Response to Anti–PD-1 Immunotherapy in Endometrial Carcinoma. Cancer Discovery. 13(2). 312–331. 40 indexed citations
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Vora, Setu M., Pietro Fontana, Tianyang Mao, et al.. (2022). Targeting stem-loop 1 of the SARS-CoV-2 5′ UTR to suppress viral translation and Nsp1 evasion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(9). 70 indexed citations
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Tokuyama, Maria, Bronwyn M. Gunn, Arvind Venkataraman, et al.. (2021). Antibodies against human endogenous retrovirus K102 envelope activate neutrophils in systemic lupus erythematosus. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 218(7). 37 indexed citations
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Israelow, Benjamin, Eric Song, Tianyang Mao, et al.. (2020). Mouse model of SARS-CoV-2 reveals inflammatory role of type I interferon signaling. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 217(12). 270 indexed citations
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Song, Eric, Tianyang Mao, Huiping Dong, et al.. (2020). VEGF-C-driven lymphatic drainage enables immunosurveillance of brain tumours. Nature. 577(7792). 689–694. 357 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tokuyama, Maria, et al.. (2019). Human APOBEC3G Prevents Emergence of Infectious Endogenous Retrovirus in Mice. Journal of Virology. 93(20). 14 indexed citations
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Kudo, Eriko, Eric Song, Laura J. Yockey, et al.. (2019). Low ambient humidity impairs barrier function and innate resistance against influenza infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(22). 10905–10910. 228 indexed citations
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Taura, Manabu, Eric Song, Ya‐Chi Ho, & Akiko Iwasaki. (2019). Apobec3A maintains HIV-1 latency through recruitment of epigenetic silencing machinery to the long terminal repeat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(6). 2282–2289. 39 indexed citations
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Linehan, Melissa, Thayne H. Dickey, Emanuela Molinari, et al.. (2018). A minimal RNA ligand for potent RIG-I activation in living mice. Science Advances. 4(2). e1701854–e1701854. 80 indexed citations
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Uraki, Ryuta, Jesse Hwang, Kellie A. Jurado, et al.. (2017). Zika virus causes testicular atrophy. Science Advances. 3(2). e1602899–e1602899. 100 indexed citations
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Pillai, Padmini S., Ryan D. Molony, Kimberly Martinod, et al.. (2016). Mx1 reveals innate pathways to antiviral resistance and lethal influenza disease. Science. 352(6284). 463–466. 186 indexed citations
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Foxman, Ellen F., James A. Storer, Megan E. Fitzgerald, et al.. (2015). Temperature-dependent innate defense against the common cold virus limits viral replication at warm temperature in mouse airway cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(3). 827–832. 185 indexed citations
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Iijima, Norifumi & Akiko Iwasaki. (2014). A local macrophage chemokine network sustains protective tissue-resident memory CD4 T cells. Science. 346(6205). 93–98. 327 indexed citations
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Sasai, Miwa, Melissa Linehan, & Akiko Iwasaki. (2010). Bifurcation of Toll-Like Receptor 9 Signaling by Adaptor Protein 3. Science. 329(5998). 1530–1534. 286 indexed citations
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Tal, Michal Caspi, Miwa Sasai, Heung Kyu Lee, et al.. (2009). Absence of autophagy results in reactive oxygen species-dependent amplification of RLR signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(8). 2770–2775. 483 indexed citations
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Soderberg, Kelly A., Geoffrey W. Payne, Ayuko Sato, et al.. (2005). Innate control of adaptive immunity via remodeling of lymph node feed arteriole. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(45). 16315–16320. 114 indexed citations

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