Misako Itoh

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
9 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Misako Itoh is a scholar working on Immunology, Surgery and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Misako Itoh has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Immunology, 1 paper in Surgery and 1 paper in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Misako Itoh's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (6 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (3 papers). Misako Itoh is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (6 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (3 papers). Misako Itoh collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. Misako Itoh's co-authors include Noriko Sakaguchi, Yuhshi Kuniyasu, Jun Shimizu, Shimon Sakaguchi, Takeshi Takahashi, Shimon Sakaguchi, Takeshi Takahashi, Masaaki Toda, Fujio Otsuka and Sayuri Yamazaki and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Immunology, Immunological Reviews and International Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Misako Itoh

8 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Immunologic tolerance maintained by CD25⁺ CD4⁺ regulatory T cells: their common role in controlling autoimmunity, tumor immunity, and transplantation tolerance

2001 1.2k citations Shimon Sakaguchi, Noriko Sakaguchi et al. Immunological Reviews profile →
Thymus and Autoimmunity: Production of CD25+CD4+ Naturally Anergic and Suppressive T Cells as a Key Function of the Thymus in Maintaining Immunologic Self-Tolerance

1999 994 citations Misako Itoh, Takeshi Takahashi et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Misako Itoh Japan	8	2.6k	407	258	182	148	9	2.9k
Yuhshi Kuniyasu Japan	7	3.4k 1.3×	570 1.4×	322 1.2×	219 1.2×	171 1.2×	8	3.8k
David M. Soper United States	6	2.2k 0.9×	418 1.0×	202 0.8×	137 0.8×	152 1.0×	8	2.5k
Michael R. Lee United States	6	2.2k 0.9×	494 1.2×	320 1.2×	126 0.7×	153 1.0×	8	2.6k
Tom Cox United States	6	2.3k 0.9×	349 0.9×	262 1.0×	184 1.0×	79 0.5×	7	2.5k
Nancy Craighead United States	16	1.4k 0.6×	549 1.3×	205 0.8×	283 1.6×	96 0.6×	22	1.9k
Shirley Zhu United States	7	2.3k 0.9×	479 1.2×	325 1.3×	478 2.6×	192 1.3×	8	3.0k
Sarah Q. Crome Canada	15	1.7k 0.7×	357 0.9×	246 1.0×	161 0.9×	73 0.5×	28	2.0k
Amala Alag United States	12	3.0k 1.2×	688 1.7×	238 0.9×	402 2.2×	177 1.2×	13	3.6k
Marius J. Giphart Netherlands	23	1.3k 0.5×	186 0.5×	250 1.0×	231 1.3×	123 0.8×	45	1.8k
David Peritt United States	19	1.5k 0.6×	325 0.8×	201 0.8×	251 1.4×	279 1.9×	34	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Misako Itoh

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Misako Itoh. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Misako Itoh based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Misako Itoh. Misako Itoh is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Sakaguchi, Shimon, Noriko Sakaguchi, Masanao Asano, Misako Itoh, & Masaaki Toda. (2011). Pillars article: immunologic self-tolerance maintained by activated T cells expressing IL-2 receptor α-chains (CD25). Breakdown of a single mechanism of self-tolerance causes various autoimmune diseases. J. Immunol. 1995.. PubMed. 186(7). 3808–21. 107 indexed citations

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Sakaguchi, Shimon, Noriko Sakaguchi, Jun Shimizu, et al.. (2001). Immunologic tolerance maintained by CD25⁺ CD4⁺ regulatory T cells: their common role in controlling autoimmunity, tumor immunity, and transplantation tolerance. Immunological Reviews. 182(1). 18–32. 1230 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sakaguchi, Shimon, Takeshi Takahashi, Sayuri Yamazaki, et al.. (2001). Immunologic self tolerance maintained by T-cell-mediated control of self-reactive T cells: implications for autoimmunity and tumor immunity. Microbes and Infection. 3(11). 911–918. 48 indexed citations

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Kumanogoh, Atsushi, Xiaosong Wang, Chie Watanabe, et al.. (2001). Increased T Cell Autoreactivity in the Absence of CD40-CD40 Ligand Interactions: A Role of CD40 in Regulatory T Cell Development. The Journal of Immunology. 166(1). 353–360. 153 indexed citations

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Kuniyasu, Yuhshi, et al.. (2000). Naturally anergic and suppressive CD25+CD4+ T cells as a functionally and phenotypically distinct immunoregulatory T cell subpopulation. International Immunology. 12(8). 1145–1155. 237 indexed citations

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Itoh, Misako, Takeshi Takahashi, Noriko Sakaguchi, et al.. (1999). Thymus and Autoimmunity: Production of CD25+CD4+ Naturally Anergic and Suppressive T Cells as a Key Function of the Thymus in Maintaining Immunologic Self-Tolerance. The Journal of Immunology. 162(9). 5317–5326. 994 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sakaguchi, Shimon, Masaaki Toda, Masanao Asano, et al.. (1996). T Cell-Mediated Maintenance of Natural Self-Tolerance: its Breakdown as a Possible Cause of Various Autoimmune Diseases. Journal of Autoimmunity. 9(2). 211–220. 132 indexed citations

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Itoh, Misako, et al.. (1995). Hidradenoma Papilliferum. A Case Report and Immunohistochemical Study.. The Nishinihon Journal of Dermatology. 57(2). 251–254.

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Itoh, Misako, et al.. (1994). Skin metastasis of prostatic carcinoma.Report of a case and statistical observation of skin metastasis of visceral cancer at Univ. of Tsukuba.. Skin Cancer. 9(2). 212–216. 7 indexed citations

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