Mitsuomi Hirashima

15.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
163 papers, 12.2k citations indexed

About

Mitsuomi Hirashima is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mitsuomi Hirashima has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 12.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Immunology, 59 papers in Molecular Biology and 25 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Mitsuomi Hirashima's work include Galectins and Cancer Biology (130 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (36 papers) and Signaling Pathways in Disease (33 papers). Mitsuomi Hirashima is often cited by papers focused on Galectins and Cancer Biology (130 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (36 papers) and Signaling Pathways in Disease (33 papers). Mitsuomi Hirashima collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Mitsuomi Hirashima's co-authors include Nozomu Nishi, Toshiro Niki, Takanori Nakamura, Akira Yamauchi, Masako Seki, Ana C. Anderson, Vijay K. Kuchroo, Tomohiro Arikawa, Yumiko Kashio and Souichi Oomizu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Mitsuomi Hirashima

161 papers receiving 12.1k 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.

Oligosaccharide specificity of galectins: a search by frontal affinity chromatography

2002 784 citations Jun Hirabayashi, Nozomu Nishi et al. profile →
Tumor-infiltrating DCs suppress nucleic acid–mediated innate immune responses through interactions between the receptor TIM-3 and the alarmin HMGB1

2012 669 citations Mitsuomi Hirashima et al. profile →
Promotion of Tissue Inflammation by the Immune Receptor Tim-3 Expressed on Innate Immune Cells

2007 580 citations Ana C. Anderson, David E. Anderson et al. Science profile →
Coexpression of Tim-3 and PD-1 identifies a CD8+ T-cell exhaustion phenotype in mice with disseminated acute myelogenous leukemia

2011 532 citations Mitsuomi Hirashima, Ana C. Anderson et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mitsuomi Hirashima Japan	54	10.4k	5.0k	3.2k	723	644	163	12.2k
Ana C. Anderson United States	50	12.2k 1.2×	3.3k 0.7×	7.8k 2.4×	615 0.9×	1.2k 1.8×	96	15.6k
Hisaya Akiba Japan	53	8.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.4×	3.4k 1.1×	723 1.0×	444 0.7×	126	10.8k
Lori Fitz United States	29	6.4k 0.6×	1.9k 0.4×	4.2k 1.3×	465 0.6×	453 0.7×	45	9.9k
Edward Greenfield United States	33	5.6k 0.5×	1.5k 0.3×	2.6k 0.8×	334 0.5×	387 0.6×	116	7.7k
Toshihiro Miyamoto Japan	49	6.0k 0.6×	4.2k 0.8×	3.2k 1.0×	573 0.8×	973 1.5×	359	13.7k
Thomas Winkler Germany	55	4.6k 0.4×	3.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	402 0.6×	279 0.4×	210	10.0k
Otto Majdic Austria	59	6.8k 0.7×	2.5k 0.5×	1.9k 0.6×	301 0.4×	503 0.8×	192	10.5k
Kris Thielemans Belgium	64	9.3k 0.9×	4.8k 1.0×	4.1k 1.3×	256 0.4×	284 0.4×	209	12.4k
Pierre Busson France	43	1.9k 0.2×	2.4k 0.5×	3.7k 1.2×	356 0.5×	1.1k 1.8×	124	6.4k
Zhe‐Xiong Lian China	53	2.9k 0.3×	1.4k 0.3×	907 0.3×	1.4k 2.0×	245 0.4×	158	7.7k

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Teshigawara, Sanae, Sumie Hiramatsu, Takayuki Katsuyama, et al.. (2018). Role of Lgals9 Deficiency in Attenuating Nephritis and Arthritis in BALB/c Mice in a Pristane‐Induced Lupus Model. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 70(7). 1089–1101. 26 indexed citations

Hirashima, Mitsuomi, Toshiro Niki, & Tsutomu Masaki. (2018). Galectin-9 Changes Its Function to Maintain Homeostasis. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 30(172). SE109–SE118. 2 indexed citations

Lhuillier, Claire, Clément Barjon, Toshiro Niki, et al.. (2015). Impact of Exogenous Galectin-9 on Human T Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(27). 16797–16811. 50 indexed citations

Tandon, Ravi, Glen M. Chew, Persephone Borrow, et al.. (2014). Galectin-9 Is Rapidly Released During Acute HIV-1 Infection and Remains Sustained at High Levels Despite Viral Suppression Even in Elite Controllers. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 30(7). 654–664. 64 indexed citations

Oomizu, Souichi, Tomohiro Arikawa, Toshiro Niki, et al.. (2012). Cell Surface Galectin-9 Expressing Th Cells Regulate Th17 and Foxp3+ Treg Development by Galectin-9 Secretion. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e48574–e48574. 108 indexed citations

Kojima, Keisuke, Tomohiro Arikawa, Naoki Saita, et al.. (2011). Galectin-9 Attenuates Acute Lung Injury by Expanding CD14– Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell–like Macrophages. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 184(3). 328–339. 36 indexed citations

Kadowaki, Takeshi, Tomohiro Arikawa, Souichi Oomizu, et al.. (2011). Galectin-9 signaling prolongs survival in murine lung-cancer by inducing macrophages to differentiate into plasmacytoid dendritic cell-like macrophages. Clinical Immunology. 142(3). 296–307. 37 indexed citations

Mengshol, John A., Lucy Golden‐Mason, Tomohiro Arikawa, et al.. (2010). Correction: A Crucial Role for Kupffer Cell-Derived Galectin-9 in Regulation of T Cell Immunity in Hepatitis C Infection. PLoS ONE. 5(3). 24 indexed citations

Sehrawat, Sharvan, Amol Suryawanshi, Mitsuomi Hirashima, & Barry T. Rouse. (2009). Role of Tim-3/Galectin-9 Inhibitory Interaction in Viral-Induced Immunopathology: Shifting the Balance toward Regulators. The Journal of Immunology. 182(5). 3191–3201. 97 indexed citations

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Anderson, Ana C., David E. Anderson, Lisa Bregoli, et al.. (2007). Promotion of Tissue Inflammation by the Immune Receptor Tim-3 Expressed on Innate Immune Cells. Science. 318(5853). 1141–1143. 580 indexed citations breakdown →

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Katoh, Shigeki, Naoki Ishii, Atsuya Nobumoto, et al.. (2007). Galectin-9 Inhibits CD44–Hyaluronan Interaction and Suppresses a Murine Model of Allergic Asthma. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 176(1). 27–35. 140 indexed citations

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Nishi, Nozomu, Hiroko Abe, Yumiko Kashio, et al.. (2007). Carbohydrate-recognition domains of galectin-9 are involved in intermolecular interaction with galectin-9 itself and other members of the galectin family. Glycobiology. 17(4). 423–432. 37 indexed citations

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Seki, Masako, Ken-mei Sakata, Souichi Oomizu, et al.. (2007). Beneficial effect of galectin 9 on rheumatoid arthritis by induction of apoptosis of synovial fibroblasts. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 56(12). 3968–3976. 95 indexed citations

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Nakagawa, Ryusuke, Takuo Inui, Kazuhiro Motoki, et al.. (2004). Essential Role of Bystander Cytotoxic CD122+CD8+ T Cells for the Antitumor Immunity Induced in the Liver of Mice by α-Galactosylceramide. The Journal of Immunology. 172(11). 6550–6557. 34 indexed citations

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Kashio, Yumiko, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Masako Seki, et al.. (2003). Galectin-9 Induces Apoptosis Through the Calcium-Calpain-Caspase-1 Pathway. The Journal of Immunology. 170(7). 3631–3636. 257 indexed citations

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Matsumoto, Ryoji, Mitsuomi Hirashima, Hirohito Kita, & Gerald J. Gleich. (2002). Biological Activities of Ecalectin: A Novel Eosinophil-Activating Factor. The Journal of Immunology. 168(4). 1961–1967. 60 indexed citations

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Asakura, Hirofumi, Yumiko Kashio, Kazuhiro Nakamura, et al.. (2002). Selective Eosinophil Adhesion to Fibroblast Via IFN-γ-Induced Galectin-9. The Journal of Immunology. 169(10). 5912–5918. 126 indexed citations

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Matsushita, Nobuko, Nozomu Nishi, Masako Seki, et al.. (2000). Requirement of Divalent Galactoside-binding Activity of Ecalectin/Galectin-9 for Eosinophil Chemoattraction. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(12). 8355–8360. 128 indexed citations

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Sano, Hideki, Daniel K. Hsu, Lan Yu, et al.. (2000). Human Galectin-3 Is a Novel Chemoattractant for Monocytes and Macrophages. The Journal of Immunology. 165(4). 2156–2164. 423 indexed citations

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Hirashima, Mitsuomi, et al.. (1992). Establishment of a human T-cell line constitutively producing several eosinophil chemotactic lymphokines and their functional heterogeneity on eosinophils.. PubMed. 11(6). 331–8. 17 indexed citations

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