Koji Atarashi

32.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
40 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

Koji Atarashi is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Koji Atarashi has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Immunology, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Koji Atarashi's work include Gut microbiota and health (17 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (15 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (10 papers). Koji Atarashi is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (17 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (15 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (10 papers). Koji Atarashi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Koji Atarashi's co-authors include Kenya Honda, Takeshi Tanoue, Kiyoshi Takeda, Yoshinori Umesaki, Tatsuichiro Shima, Ivaylo I. Ivanov, Akemi Imaoka, Kikuji Itoh, Dan R. Littman and Dongguang Wei and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Koji Atarashi

39 papers receiving 12.3k citations

Hit Papers

Induction of Intestinal Th17 Cells by Segmented Filamento... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2009 2010 2013 2008 2015 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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.

  1. Induction of Intestinal Th17 Cells by Segmented Filamentous Bacteria
    2009 3.4k citations Ivaylo I. Ivanov, Koji Atarashi et al. profile →
  2. Induction of Colonic Regulatory T Cells by Indigenous Clostridium Species
    2010 2.9k citations Koji Atarashi, Takeshi Tanoue et al. Science profile →
  3. Obesity-induced gut microbial metabolite promotes liver cancer through senescence secretome
    2013 1.7k citations Koji Atarashi, Kenshiro Oshima et al. Nature profile →
  4. ATP drives lamina propria TH17 cell differentiation
    2008 867 citations Koji Atarashi, Tatsuichiro Shima et al. Nature profile →
  5. The microbiota regulates type 2 immunity through RORγt + T cells
    2015 650 citations Caspar Ohnmacht, Sascha Cording et al. Science profile →
  6. Maternal gut bacteria promote neurodevelopmental abnormalities in mouse offspring
    2017 508 citations Hyunju Kim, Yeong Shin Yim et al. Nature profile →
  7. Development and maintenance of intestinal regulatory T cells
    2016 433 citations Takeshi Tanoue, Koji Atarashi et al. profile →
  8. Microbiota imbalance induced by dietary sugar disrupts immune-mediated protection from metabolic syndrome
    2022 208 citations Takeshi Tanoue, Koji Atarashi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Koji Atarashi Japan 25 7.1k 4.2k 2.5k 1.8k 1.6k 40 12.4k
June L. Round United States 38 9.6k 1.4× 3.3k 0.8× 3.3k 1.3× 1.6k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 76 14.5k
Nobuhiko Kamada United States 56 8.5k 1.2× 4.1k 1.0× 2.8k 1.1× 1.8k 1.0× 1.8k 1.1× 132 15.6k
Matam Vijay–Kumar United States 51 6.0k 0.8× 2.7k 0.6× 1.4k 0.6× 2.4k 1.4× 1.5k 0.9× 152 11.6k
Christoph A. Thaiss United States 40 9.1k 1.3× 3.1k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 3.3k 1.9× 2.5k 1.5× 79 15.4k
Yingzi Cong United States 55 6.1k 0.9× 5.5k 1.3× 1.8k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 1.9k 1.1× 178 13.5k
Grace Chen United States 38 7.6k 1.1× 4.1k 1.0× 1.5k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 76 13.0k
Till Strowig Germany 51 8.5k 1.2× 5.4k 1.3× 1.6k 0.6× 1.7k 1.0× 2.9k 1.8× 134 15.2k
Simon R. Carding United Kingdom 62 5.0k 0.7× 6.0k 1.4× 1.6k 0.6× 1.4k 0.8× 2.4k 1.5× 197 14.0k
Andrew S. Neish United States 64 7.3k 1.0× 4.8k 1.1× 1.4k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 148 14.9k
Monia Michaud United States 21 7.1k 1.0× 1.9k 0.5× 1.9k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 1.0k 0.6× 27 10.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Koji Atarashi

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kanayama, Masashi, et al.. (2023). Myeloid-like B cells boost emergency myelopoiesis through IL-10 production during infection. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 220(4). 7 indexed citations
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Lin, Chia‐Wen, Jacob Ellegood, Kota Tamada, et al.. (2023). An old model with new insights: endogenous retroviruses drive the evolvement toward ASD susceptibility and hijack transcription machinery during development. Molecular Psychiatry. 28(5). 1932–1945. 7 indexed citations
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Nagano, Yuji, Satoru Morita, Takeshi Tanoue, et al.. (2023). Diet-mediated constitutive induction of novel IL-4+ ILC2 cells maintains intestinal homeostasis in mice. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 220(8). 14 indexed citations
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Johansen, Joachim, Koji Atarashi, Yasumichi Arai, et al.. (2023). Centenarians have a diverse gut virome with the potential to modulate metabolism and promote healthy lifespan. Nature Microbiology. 8(6). 1064–1078. 54 indexed citations
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Lin, Chia‐Wen, Hsu‐Wen Chao, Mikiko Konda, et al.. (2022). A common epigenetic mechanism across different cellular origins underlies systemic immune dysregulation in an idiopathic autism mouse model. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(8). 3343–3354. 13 indexed citations
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Morhardt, Tina L., Atsushi Hayashi, Takanori Ochi, et al.. (2019). IL-10 produced by macrophages regulates epithelial integrity in the small intestine. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 1223–1223. 86 indexed citations
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Namkoong, Ho, Makoto Ishii, Hideki Fujii, et al.. (2018). Clarithromycin expands CD11b+Gr-1+ cells via the STAT3/Bv8 axis to ameliorate lethal endotoxic shock and post-influenza bacterial pneumonia. PLoS Pathogens. 14(4). e1006955–e1006955. 34 indexed citations
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Kim, Hyunju, Yeong Shin Yim, Soyoung Ha, et al.. (2017). Maternal gut bacteria promote neurodevelopmental abnormalities in mouse offspring. Nature. 549(7673). 528–532. 508 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jones, Leigh Ann, Wen Qi Ho, Ying Sze, et al.. (2016). A subpopulation of high IL-21-producing CD4+ T cells in Peyer’s Patches is induced by the microbiota and regulates germinal centers. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 30784–30784. 23 indexed citations
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Ohnmacht, Caspar, Sascha Cording, James B. Wing, et al.. (2015). The microbiota regulates type 2 immunity through RORγt + T cells. Science. 349(6251). 989–993. 650 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nishio, Junko, Koji Atarashi, Takeshi Tanoue, et al.. (2015). Requirement of full TCR repertoire for regulatory T cells to maintain intestinal homeostasis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(41). 12770–12775. 47 indexed citations
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Narushima, Seiko, Yuki Sugiura, Kenshiro Oshima, et al.. (2014). Characterization of the 17 strains of regulatory T cell-inducing human-derived Clostridia. Gut Microbes. 5(3). 333–339. 152 indexed citations
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Onai, Nobuyuki, Taku Sato, Satoshi Yotsumoto, et al.. (2013). Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells Perform Hemophagocytosis to Fine-Tune Excessive Immune Responses. Immunity. 39(3). 584–598. 63 indexed citations
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Negishi, Hideo, Hideyuki Yanai, Akira Nakajima, et al.. (2012). Cross-interference of RLR and TLR signaling pathways modulates antibacterial T cell responses. Nature Immunology. 13(7). 659–666. 116 indexed citations
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Atarashi, Koji, Yoshinori Umesaki, & Kenya Honda. (2011). Microbiotal influence on T cell subset development. Seminars in Immunology. 23(2). 146–153. 61 indexed citations
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Atarashi, Koji, Takeshi Tanoue, Tatsuichiro Shima, et al.. (2010). Induction of Colonic Regulatory T Cells by Indigenous Clostridium Species. Science. 331(6015). 337–341. 2855 indexed citations breakdown →
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Okuyama, Megumi, Hisako Kayama, Koji Atarashi, et al.. (2010). A novel in vivo inducible dendritic cell ablation model in mice. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 397(3). 559–563. 10 indexed citations
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Atarashi, Koji, Takeshi Tanoue, & Kenya Honda. (2010). Induction of lamina propria Th17 cells by intestinal commensal bacteria. Vaccine. 28(50). 8036–8038. 27 indexed citations
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Morishita, Hideaki, Fumitake Saito, Hisako Kayama, et al.. (2009). Fra-1 negatively regulates lipopolysaccharide-mediated inflammatory responses. International Immunology. 21(4). 457–465. 16 indexed citations
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Koga, Ritsuko, Shinjiro Hamano, Hirotaka Kuwata, et al.. (2006). TLR-Dependent Induction of IFN-β Mediates Host Defense against Trypanosoma cruzi. The Journal of Immunology. 177(10). 7059–7066. 73 indexed citations

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