Kohei Kometani

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Kohei Kometani is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kohei Kometani has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Immunology, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Kohei Kometani's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (22 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (21 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (12 papers). Kohei Kometani is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (22 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (21 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (12 papers). Kohei Kometani collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Kohei Kometani's co-authors include Tomohiro Kurosaki, Wataru Ise, Nagahiro Minato, Takaharu Okada, Ryo Shinnakasu, Saya Moriyama, Takeshi Inoue, Masakazu Hattori, Yoshimasa Takahashi and Yuichi Aiba and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kohei Kometani

41 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Memory B cells

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kohei Kometani Japan	28	2.2k	987	586	275	235	41	3.4k
Yves Lepelletier France	33	2.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.7×	698 1.2×	219 0.8×	385 1.6×	68	4.2k
Roger Sciammas United States	26	2.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	452 0.8×	332 1.2×	196 0.8×	50	3.6k
Sophie M. Lehar United States	18	2.7k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	644 1.1×	247 0.9×	222 0.9×	22	3.9k
Youn Soo Choi United States	23	2.5k 1.1×	510 0.5×	428 0.7×	237 0.9×	253 1.1×	44	3.2k
Cynthia R. Willis United States	14	2.3k 1.1×	734 0.7×	733 1.3×	317 1.2×	219 0.9×	16	3.3k
Theresa T. Lu United States	29	2.3k 1.1×	1000 1.0×	696 1.2×	194 0.7×	191 0.8×	70	3.7k
Hervé Luche France	27	3.3k 1.5×	1.2k 1.2×	571 1.0×	225 0.8×	110 0.5×	46	4.6k
Benedict Seddon United Kingdom	32	3.6k 1.6×	678 0.7×	724 1.2×	177 0.6×	217 0.9×	75	4.4k
Derek B. Sant’Angelo United States	32	2.9k 1.3×	551 0.6×	591 1.0×	372 1.4×	101 0.4×	74	3.6k
Karine Chemin Sweden	27	2.2k 1.0×	583 0.6×	560 1.0×	281 1.0×	150 0.6×	46	2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kohei Kometani

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Kabata, Mio, Joon-Seong Lee, Yuko Sogabe, et al.. (2025). The balance between IFN-γ and ERK/MAPK signaling activities ensures lifelong maintenance of intestinal stem cells. Cell Reports. 44(3). 115286–115286. 2 indexed citations

Fujii, Kentaro, Kohei Kometani, Noah S. Butler, et al.. (2022). Progressive differentiation toward the long-lived plasma cell compartment in the bone marrow. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 220(2). 35 indexed citations

Grant, Francis M., Jie Yang, James Clarke, et al.. (2020). BACH2 drives quiescence and maintenance of resting Treg cells to promote homeostasis and cancer immunosuppression. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 217(9). 46 indexed citations

Ito, Takeshi, Kohei Kometani, Nagahiro Minato, & Yoko Hamazaki. (2020). Bone Marrow Endothelial Cells Take Up Blood-Borne Immune Complexes via Fcγ Receptor IIb2 in an Erythropoietin-Dependent Manner. The Journal of Immunology. 205(8). 2008–2015. 4 indexed citations

Ramamoorthy, Senthilkumar, Kohei Kometani, Josip S. Herman, et al.. (2020). EBF1 and Pax5 safeguard leukemic transformation by limiting IL-7 signaling, Myc expression, and folate metabolism. Genes & Development. 34(21-22). 1503–1519. 22 indexed citations

Hashimoto, Akiko, Yusuke Kawashima, Machie Sakuma, et al.. (2019). Inhibition of T cell activation and function by the adaptor protein CIN85. Science Signaling. 12(567). 15 indexed citations

Herndler‐Brandstetter, Dietmar, Harumichi Ishigame, Ryo Shinnakasu, et al.. (2018). KLRG1+ Effector CD8+ T Cells Lose KLRG1, Differentiate into All Memory T Cell Lineages, and Convey Enhanced Protective Immunity. Immunity. 48(4). 716–729.e8. 278 indexed citations

Raju, Saravanan, Kohei Kometani, Tomohiro Kurosaki, Andréy S. Shaw, & Takeshi Egawa. (2018). The adaptor molecule CD2AP in CD4 T cells modulates differentiation of follicular helper T cells during chronic LCMV infection. PLoS Pathogens. 14(5). e1007053–e1007053. 17 indexed citations

Ebina‐Shibuya, Risa, Mitsuyo Matsumoto, Makoto Kuwahara, et al.. (2017). Inflammatory responses induce an identity crisis of alveolar macrophages, leading to pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(44). 18098–18112. 15 indexed citations

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Shinnakasu, Ryo, Takeshi Inoue, Kohei Kometani, et al.. (2016). Regulated selection of germinal-center cells into the memory B cell compartment. Nature Immunology. 17(7). 861–869. 281 indexed citations

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Yamasaki, Satoru, et al.. (2016). In vivo dendritic cell targeting cellular vaccine induces CD4+ Tfh cell-dependent antibody against influenza virus. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 35173–35173. 14 indexed citations

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Kuwahara, Makoto, Wataru Ise, Junpei Suzuki, et al.. (2016). Bach2–Batf interactions control Th2-type immune response by regulating the IL-4 amplification loop. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12596–12596. 68 indexed citations

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Ikawa, Tomokatsu, Kyoko Masuda, Takaho A. Endo, et al.. (2016). Conversion of T cells to B cells by inactivation of polycomb-mediated epigenetic suppression of the B-lineage program. Genes & Development. 30(22). 2475–2485. 27 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Yoshiteru, Soichi Sano, Masaki Nakahara, et al.. (2013). Defective immune responses in mice lacking LUBAC‐mediated linear ubiquitination in B cells. The EMBO Journal. 32(18). 2463–2476. 97 indexed citations

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Ohtsuka, Toshiyuki, Hiromi Shimojo, Naoki Watanabe, et al.. (2011). Gene Expression Profiling of Neural Stem Cells and Identification of Regulators of Neural Differentiation During Cortical Development. Stem Cells. 29(11). 1817–1828. 45 indexed citations

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Aiba, Yuichi, Kohei Kometani, Saya Moriyama, et al.. (2010). Preferential localization of IgG memory B cells adjacent to contracted germinal centers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(27). 12192–12197. 98 indexed citations

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Minato, Nagahiro, Kohei Kometani, & Masakazu Hattori. (2007). Regulation of Immune Responses and Hematopoiesis by the Rap1 Signal. Advances in immunology. 93. 229–264. 30 indexed citations

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Tsuruyama, Tatsuaki, Richard H. Kaszynski, Kohei Kometani, et al.. (2007). Bone marrow pre-B expansion by SL/Kh-Bomb1 locus: Not sufficient for lymphomagenesis. Leukemia Research. 32(2). 309–314. 6 indexed citations

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Wu, Shengxi, Sandra Goebbels, Kouichi Nakamura, et al.. (2005). Pyramidal neurons of upper cortical layers generated by NEX-positive progenitor cells in the subventricular zone. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(47). 17172–17177. 154 indexed citations

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Kometani, Kohei, Daisuke Ishida, Masakazu Hattori, & Nagahiro Minato. (2004). Rap1 and SPA-1 in hematologic malignancy. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 10(8). 401–408. 36 indexed citations

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