Kyoko Komai

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Kyoko Komai is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kyoko Komai has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Immunology, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Kyoko Komai's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (5 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (4 papers). Kyoko Komai is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (5 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (4 papers). Kyoko Komai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Kyoko Komai's co-authors include Akihiko Yoshimura, Minako Ito, Takashi Shichita, Yoshiko Noguchi, Shunsuke Chikuma, Mana Iizuka-Koga, Ryota Sakai, Rimpei Morita, Takashi Nakayama and Kazuhiko Matsuo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kyoko Komai

16 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Brain regulatory T cells suppress astrogliosis and potentiate neurological recovery

2018 529 citations Minako Ito, Kyoko Komai et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kyoko Komai Japan	13	597	456	416	186	117	16	1.4k
Yi Bao United States	22	394 0.7×	560 1.2×	235 0.6×	165 0.9×	152 1.3×	43	1.5k
J. Steven Alexander United States	23	335 0.6×	502 1.1×	243 0.6×	134 0.7×	130 1.1×	36	1.4k
Ari Rouhiainen Finland	17	753 1.3×	598 1.3×	180 0.4×	243 1.3×	119 1.0×	22	1.8k
Peter Lundbäck Sweden	13	636 1.1×	702 1.5×	152 0.4×	162 0.9×	114 1.0×	21	1.6k
Nadine Douziech Canada	18	612 1.0×	296 0.6×	170 0.4×	194 1.0×	88 0.8×	24	1.2k
Ann Jagger United States	12	825 1.4×	328 0.7×	186 0.4×	207 1.1×	179 1.5×	12	1.8k
Konstantina Lyroni Greece	8	517 0.9×	455 1.0×	106 0.3×	189 1.0×	80 0.7×	9	1.2k
Brian A. Nadeau United States	12	673 1.1×	327 0.7×	158 0.4×	312 1.7×	79 0.7×	18	1.4k
Eline Dejonckheere Belgium	9	369 0.6×	334 0.7×	138 0.3×	289 1.6×	78 0.7×	11	1.2k
Hilary Seifert United States	17	319 0.5×	211 0.5×	436 1.0×	173 0.9×	51 0.4×	29	929

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kyoko Komai

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16 of 16 papers shown

Iizuka-Koga, Mana, Minako Ito, Noriko Yumoto, et al.. (2024). Reconstruction of Sjögren's syndrome-like sialadenitis by a defined disease specific gut-reactive single TCR and an autoantibody. Clinical Immunology. 264. 110258–110258. 1 indexed citations

Kawasaki, Nicholas K., Tomohiro Suhara, Kyoko Komai, et al.. (2023). The role of ferroptosis in cell-to-cell propagation of cell death initiated from focal injury in cardiomyocytes. Life Sciences. 332. 122113–122113. 9 indexed citations

Komai, Kyoko, Nicholas K. Kawasaki, Jason K. Higa, & Takashi Matsui. (2022). The Role of Ferroptosis in Adverse Left Ventricular Remodeling Following Acute Myocardial Infarction. Cells. 11(9). 1399–1399. 32 indexed citations

Komai, Kyoko, Minako Ito, Seitaro Nomura, et al.. (2021). Single-Cell Analysis Revealed the Role of CD8+ Effector T Cells in Preventing Cardioprotective Macrophage Differentiation in the Early Phase of Heart Failure. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 763647–763647. 23 indexed citations

Sakai, Ryota, Minako Ito, Kyoko Komai, et al.. (2020). Kidney GATA3+ regulatory T cells play roles in the convalescence stage after antibody-mediated renal injury. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 18(5). 1249–1261. 31 indexed citations

Ito, Minako, Kyoko Komai, Toshihiro Nakamura, Tanakorn Srirat, & Akihiko Yoshimura. (2019). Tissue regulatory T cells and neural repair. International Immunology. 31(6). 361–369. 42 indexed citations

Sakai, Ryota, Kyoko Komai, Mana Iizuka-Koga, Akihiko Yoshimura, & Minako Ito. (2019). Regulatory T Cells: Pathophysiological Roles and Clinical Applications. The Keio Journal of Medicine. 69(1). 1–15. 16 indexed citations

Ito, Minako, Kyoko Komai, Setsuko Mise‐Omata, et al.. (2018). Brain regulatory T cells suppress astrogliosis and potentiate neurological recovery. Nature. 565(7738). 246–250. 529 indexed citations breakdown →

Shichita, Takashi, Minako Ito, Rimpei Morita, et al.. (2017). MAFB prevents excess inflammation after ischemic stroke by accelerating clearance of damage signals through MSR1. Nature Medicine. 23(6). 723–732. 187 indexed citations

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Komai, Kyoko, Takashi Shichita, Minako Ito, et al.. (2017). Role of scavenger receptors as damage-associated molecular pattern receptors in Toll-like receptor activation. International Immunology. 29(2). 59–70. 52 indexed citations

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Kashiwagi, Ikko, Rimpei Morita, Kyoko Komai, et al.. (2015). Smad2 and Smad3 Inversely Regulate TGF-β Autoinduction in Clostridium butyricum-Activated Dendritic Cells. Immunity. 43(1). 65–79. 150 indexed citations

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Komai, Kyoko, Yuki Niwa, Yukiko Sasazawa, & Siro Simizu. (2014). 150 Pirin downregulates E-cadherin gene expression and contributes to EMT. European Journal of Cancer. 50. 51–51. 1 indexed citations

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Chinen, Takatoshi, Kyoko Komai, Go Muto, et al.. (2011). Prostaglandin E2 and SOCS1 have a role in intestinal immune tolerance. Nature Communications. 2(1). 190–190. 100 indexed citations

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Nakaya, Mako, Masayuki Hashimoto, Ryusuke Nakagawa, et al.. (2009). SOCS3 in T and NKT Cells Negatively Regulates Cytokine Production and Ameliorates ConA-Induced Hepatitis. The Journal of Immunology. 183(11). 7047–7053. 37 indexed citations

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Mori, Hiroyuki, Ken Inoki, Kohsuke Masutani, et al.. (2009). The mTOR pathway is highly activated in diabetic nephropathy and rapamycin has a strong therapeutic potential. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 384(4). 471–475. 146 indexed citations

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Ichiyama, Kenji, Masayuki Hashimoto, Takashi Sekiya, et al.. (2009). Gfi1 negatively regulates Th17 differentiation by inhibiting ROR t activity. International Immunology. 21(7). 881–889. 40 indexed citations

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