Koji Kono

14.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
310 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Koji Kono is a scholar working on Oncology, Immunology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Koji Kono has authored 310 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 168 papers in Oncology, 115 papers in Immunology and 81 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Koji Kono's work include Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (69 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (56 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (44 papers). Koji Kono is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (69 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (56 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (44 papers). Koji Kono collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Singapore and Sweden. Koji Kono's co-authors include Hideki Fujii, Hidemitsu Sugai, Akihiro Takahashi, Kousaku Mimura, Kosaku Mimura, Hideki Fujii, Rolf Kiessling, Yoshihiko Kawaguchi, Fumiko Ichihara and Yoshirô Matsumoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Koji Kono

283 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

DNA double-strand break repair pathway regulates PD-L1 expression in cancer cells

2017 533 citations Takahiro Oike, Yuya Yoshimoto et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Koji Kono	5.6k	4.8k	2.8k	2.1k	1.6k	310	10.4k
Silke Gillessen	3.3k 0.6×	2.5k 0.5×	2.7k 1.0×	4.5k 2.1×	1.4k 0.8×	250	9.9k
Weijing Sun	4.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.4×	2.2k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	199	7.9k
Paul‐Henri Cugnenc	6.1k 1.1×	4.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	2.0k 1.2×	63	9.6k
Doo Hyun Chung	4.5k 0.8×	2.1k 0.4×	2.5k 0.9×	5.0k 2.4×	862 0.5×	235	9.4k
Sybren L. Meijer	2.7k 0.5×	1.8k 0.4×	1.6k 0.6×	2.6k 1.2×	3.6k 2.2×	231	8.0k
Helen Gogas	6.5k 1.2×	2.2k 0.5×	3.8k 1.4×	1.1k 0.5×	427 0.3×	330	9.2k
Kenji Kawada	4.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.3×	2.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	238	7.7k
Jason Chesney	4.1k 0.7×	4.1k 0.9×	4.4k 1.6×	1.2k 0.6×	849 0.5×	191	11.7k
David S. Schrump	2.8k 0.5×	1.9k 0.4×	4.0k 1.5×	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	194	8.8k
James H. Finke	4.1k 0.7×	5.3k 1.1×	2.7k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	450 0.3×	184	8.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Koji Kono

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Nakajima, Shotaro, Motonobu Saito, Katsuharu Saito, et al.. (2024). The impact of CLDN18.2 expression on effector cells mediating antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity in gastric cancer. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 17916–17916. 3 indexed citations

Kikuchi, Tomohiro, et al.. (2024). Cardiac tamponade caused by a ruptured coronary aneurysm treated with open-chest hemostasis after esophageal cancer surgery: a case report. Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 2024(8). rjae555–rjae555. 1 indexed citations

Nagashima, Kengo, Satoru Matsuda, Yasunori Sato, et al.. (2024). Recurrence-free survival as a surrogate endpoint for overall survival after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery for oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. British journal of surgery. 111(2). 2 indexed citations

Okayama, Hirokazu, Shotaro Nakajima, Katsuharu Saito, et al.. (2024). TIM-3 Expression on Dendritic Cells in Colorectal Cancer. Cancers. 16(10). 1888–1888. 4 indexed citations

Nakajima, Shotaro, Motonobu Saito, Katsuharu Saito, et al.. (2023). Down-regulation of stimulator of interferon genes (STING) expression and CD8+ T-cell infiltration depending on HER2 heterogeneity in HER2-positive gastric cancer. Gastric Cancer. 26(6). 878–890. 15 indexed citations

Sato, Takahiro, Motonobu Saito, Shotaro Nakajima, et al.. (2023). ARID1A deficiency is targetable by AKT inhibitors in HER2-negative gastric cancer. Gastric Cancer. 26(3). 379–392. 3 indexed citations

Mimura, Kosaku, Shotaro Nakajima, Tomohiro Kikuchi, et al.. (2023). A Potential Biomarker of Dynamic Change in Peripheral CD45RA−CD27+CD127+ Central Memory T Cells for Anti-PD-1 Therapy in Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Cancers. 15(14). 3641–3641. 4 indexed citations

Ishii, Shiro, Yasuhide Kofunato, Hiroshi Nakano, et al.. (2022). Two cases of pancreaticoduodenal aneurysm with median arcuate ligament syndrome treated with coil embolization and median arcuate ligament incision. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17(10). 3663–3668. 3 indexed citations

Matsumoto, Takuro, Hirokazu Okayama, Shotaro Nakajima, et al.. (2021). SH2D4A downregulation due to loss of chromosome 8p is associated with poor prognosis and low T cell infiltration in colorectal cancer. British Journal of Cancer. 126(6). 917–926. 5 indexed citations

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Min, Aung Kyi Thar, Kosaku Mimura, Shotaro Nakajima, et al.. (2020). Therapeutic potential of anti-VEGF receptor 2 therapy targeting for M2-tumor-associated macrophages in colorectal cancer. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 70(2). 289–298. 43 indexed citations

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Nakayama, Yuko, Kosaku Mimura, Ley‐Fang Kua, et al.. (2020). Immune suppression caused by PD-L2 expression on tumor cells in gastric cancer. Gastric Cancer. 23(6). 961–973. 33 indexed citations

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Okayama, Hirokazu, Katsuharu Saito, Shotaro Nakajima, et al.. (2020). A TGFβ-Dependent Stromal Subset Underlies Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Efficacy in DNA Mismatch Repair–Deficient/Microsatellite Instability-High Colorectal Cancer. Molecular Cancer Research. 18(9). 1402–1413. 27 indexed citations

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Ashizawa, Mai, Hirokazu Okayama, Teruhide Ishigame, et al.. (2019). miRNA-148a-3p Regulates Immunosuppression in DNA Mismatch Repair–Deficient Colorectal Cancer by Targeting PD-L1. Molecular Cancer Research. 17(6). 1403–1413. 92 indexed citations

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Noda, Masaru, Hirokazu Okayama, Kazunoshin Tachibana, et al.. (2018). Glycosyltransferase Gene Expression Identifies a Poor Prognostic Colorectal Cancer Subtype Associated with Mismatch Repair Deficiency and Incomplete Glycan Synthesis. Clinical Cancer Research. 24(18). 4468–4481. 40 indexed citations

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Lau, Wen Min, Eileen Teng, Kie Kyon Huang, et al.. (2017). Acquired Resistance to FGFR Inhibitor in Diffuse-Type Gastric Cancer through an AKT-Independent PKC-Mediated Phosphorylation of GSK3β. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 17(1). 232–242. 43 indexed citations

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Mimura, Kousaku, Jun Liang Teh, Hirokazu Okayama, et al.. (2017). PD‐L1 expression is mainly regulated by interferon gamma associated with JAK‐STAT pathway in gastric cancer. Cancer Science. 109(1). 43–53. 259 indexed citations

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Kono, Koji. (2014). Current status of cancer immunotherapy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(1). 8–13. 17 indexed citations

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Kudo, Ko, Chihaya Imai, Takahiro Kamiya, et al.. (2013). T Lymphocytes Expressing a CD16 Signaling Receptor Exert Antibody-Dependent Cancer Cell Killing. Cancer Research. 74(1). 93–103. 159 indexed citations

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Chang, Yu-Hsiang, John G. Connolly, Noriko Shimasaki, et al.. (2013). A Chimeric Receptor with NKG2D Specificity Enhances Natural Killer Cell Activation and Killing of Tumor Cells. Cancer Research. 73(6). 1777–1786. 272 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Yoshiyuki, Kousaku Mimura, Yuya Yoshimoto, et al.. (2012). Immunogenic Tumor Cell Death Induced by Chemoradiotherapy in Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Cancer Research. 72(16). 3967–3976. 185 indexed citations

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