Motoko Y. Kimura

9.7k citations

71 papers · 6.0k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 32

Immunology top 0.2%
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction 42
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology 38
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses 9
- IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways 7
- Immune Response and Inflammation 7
Oncology top 2%
- CAR-T cell therapy research 9
- Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions 7
Immunology and Allergy top 2%
Transplantation top 5%
Physiology top 5%
- Asthma and respiratory diseases 7

Co-authors: Toshinori Nakayama Alfred Singer Terry I. Guinter Lionel Feigenbaum Amala Alag Jung‐Hyun Park Batu Erman Masakatsu Yamashita
Cited by: Immunology Oncology Immunology and Allergy
Partner nations: Japan United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Motoko Y. Kimura

71 papers receiving 6.0k citations

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2010 Signaling by intrathymic cytokines, not T cell antigen receptors, specifies CD8 lineage choice and promotes the differentiation of cytotoxic-lineage T cells

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1	Exploring the Role of Platelets in Virus-Induced Inflammatory Demyelinating Disease and Myocarditis Ijaz Ahmad,Seiichi Omura,Fumitaka Sato,Ah-Mee Park,Sundar Khadka,Felicity N. E. Gavins,Hiroki Tanaka,Motoko Y. Kimura,Ikuo Tsunoda	2024	2
2	Pathogenic helper T cells as the novel therapeutic targets for immune-mediated intractable diseases Atsushi Onodera,Kota Kokubo,Mikiko Okano,Miki Onoue,Masahiro Kiuchi,Chiaki Iwamura,Tomohisa Iinuma,Motoko Y. Kimura,Nobuyuki Ebihara,Toyoyuki Hanazawa,Toshinori Nakayama,Kiyoshi Hirahara	2023	5
3	CD69 Imposes Tumor-Specific CD8+ T-cell Fate in Tumor-Draining Lymph Nodes Ryo Koyama‐Nasu,Motoko Y. Kimura,Masahiro Kiuchi,Ami Aoki,Yangsong Wang,Yukiyoshi Mita,Ichita Hasegawa,Yukihiro Endo,Atsushi Onodera,Kiyoshi Hirahara,Shinichiro Motohashi,Toshinori Nakayama	2023	13
4	Increased Myosin light chain 9 expression during Kawasaki disease vasculitis Hironobu Kobayashi,Motoko Y. Kimura,Ichita Hasegawa,Eisuke Suganuma,Yuzuru Ikehara,Kazuhiko Azuma,Toshihiro Ito,Ryota Ebata,Yosuke Kurashima,Yohei Kawasaki,Yuki Shiko,Naoki Saito,Hirotaro Iwase,Youngho Lee,Magali Noval Rivas,Moshe Arditi,Masahiko Zuka,Hiromichi Hamada,Toshinori Nakayama	2023	9
5	ACC1-mediated fatty acid biosynthesis intrinsically controls thymic iNKT cell development Toshio Kanno,Keisuke Miyako,Takeru Endo,Satoru Yokoyama,Hikari K. Asou,Kazuko Yamada,Osamu Ohara,Toshinori Nakayama,Motoko Y. Kimura,Yusuke Endo	2023	4
6	Clinical and Histological Effects of Partial Blood Flow Impairment in Vascularized Lymph Node Transfer Shinsuke Akita,Yuzuru Ikehara,Minami Arai,Hideki Tokumoto,Yoshihisa Yamaji,Kazuhiko Azuma,Yoshitaka Kubota,Hideaki Haneishi,Motoko Y. Kimura,Nobuyuki Mitsukawa	2022	1
7	Ezh2 controls development of natural killer T cells, which cause spontaneous asthma-like pathology Damon J. Tumes,Kiyoshi Hirahara,Magdalene Papadopoulos,Kenta Shinoda,Atsushi Onodera,Jin Kumagai,Kwok Ho Yip,Harshita Pant,Kota Kokubo,Masahiro Kiuchi,Ami Aoki,Kazushige Obata‐Ninomiya,Koji Tokoyoda,Yusuke Endo,Motoko Y. Kimura,Toshinori Nakayama	2019	24
8	Methylation of Gata3 Protein at Arg-261 Regulates Transactivation of the Il5 Gene in T Helper 2 Cells Hiroyuki Hosokawa,Miki Kato,Hiroyuki Tohyama,Yuuki Tamaki,Yusuke Endo,Motoko Y. Kimura,Damon J. Tumes,Shinichiro Motohashi,Masaki Matsumoto,Keiichi I. Nakayama,Tomoaki Tanaka,Toshinori Nakayama	2015	29
9	Foxp3 Transcription Factor Is Proapoptotic and Lethal to Developing Regulatory T Cells unless Counterbalanced by Cytokine Survival Signals Xuguang Tai,Batu Erman,Amala Alag,Jie Mu,Motoko Y. Kimura,Gil Katz,Terry I. Guinter,Tom M. McCaughtry,Ruth Etzensperger,Lionel Feigenbaum,Dinah S. Singer,Alfred Singer	2013	174
10	Polycomb Group Gene Product Ring1B Regulates Th2-Driven Airway Inflammation through the Inhibition of Bim-Mediated Apoptosis of Effector Th2 Cells in the Lung Akane Suzuki,Chiaki Iwamura,Kenta Shinoda,Damon J. Tumes,Motoko Y. Kimura,Hiroyuki Hosokawa,Yusuke Endo,Shu Horiuchi,Koji Tokoyoda,Haruhiko Koseki,Masakatsu Yamashita,Toshinori Nakayama	2010	17
11	Signaling by intrathymic cytokines, not T cell antigen receptors, specifies CD8 lineage choice and promotes the differentiation of cytotoxic-lineage T cellsbreakdown → Jung‐Hyun Park,Stanley Adoro,Terry I. Guinter,Batu Erman,Amala Alag,Marta Catálfamo,Motoko Y. Kimura,Yongzhi Cui,Philip J. Lucas,Ronald E. Gress,Masato Kubo,Lothar Hennighausen,Lionel Feigenbaum,Alfred Singer	2010	2928
12	Schnurri-2 Controls Memory Th1 and Th2 Cell Numbers In Vivo Motoko Y. Kimura,Chiaki Iwamura,Akane Suzuki,Takako Miki,Akihiro Hasegawa,Kimio Sugaya,Masakatsu Yamashita,Shunsuke Ishii,Toshinori Nakayama	2007	17
13	Impaired GATA3-Dependent Chromatin Remodeling and Th2 Cell Differentiation Leading to Attenuated Allergic Airway Inflammation in Aging Mice Akihiro Hasegawa,Takako Miki,Hiroyuki Hosokawa,Mohammad B. Hossain,Chiori Shimizu,Kahoko Hashimoto,Motoko Y. Kimura,Masakatsu Yamashita,Toshinori Nakayama	2006	19
14	Regulation of Th2 Cell Development by Polycomb Group Gene bmi-1 through the Stabilization of GATA3 Hiroyuki Hosokawa,Motoko Y. Kimura,Ryo Shinnakasu,Akane Suzuki,Takako Miki,Haruhiko Koseki,Maarten van Lohuizen,Masakatsu Yamashita,Toshinori Nakayama	2006	47
15	Ras-ERK MAPK Cascade Regulates GATA3 Stability and Th2 Differentiation through Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway Masakatsu Yamashita,Ryo Shinnakasu,Hikari K. Asou,Motoko Y. Kimura,Akihiro Hasegawa,Kahoko Hashimoto,Naoya Hatano,Masato Ogata,Toshinori Nakayama	2005	141
16	STAT6-Dependent Differentiation and Production of IL-5 and IL-13 in Murine NK2 Cells Takuo Katsumoto,Motoko Y. Kimura,Masakatsu Yamashita,Hiroyuki Hosokawa,Kahoko Hashimoto,Akihiro Hasegawa,Miyuki Omori,Takeshi Miyamoto,Masaru Taniguchi,Toshinori Nakayama	2004	35
17	src homology 2 domain–containing tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 controls the development of allergic airway inflammation Tohru Kamata,Masakatsu Yamashita,Motoko Y. Kimura,Kaoru Murata,Masamichi Inami,Chiori Shimizu,Kimio Sugaya,Chrong‐Reen Wang,Masaru Taniguchi,Toshinori Nakayama	2003	86
18	Mesenchymal expression of Foxl1, a winged helix transcriptional factor, regulates generation and maintenance of gut-associated lymphoid organs Katsuyuki Fukuda,Hisahiro Yoshida,Tôru Satô,Takaaki Furumoto,Yoko Mizutani-Koseki,Yasuo Suzuki,Yasushi Saitō,Toshitada Takemori,Motoko Y. Kimura,Hiroshi Sato,Masaru Taniguchi,Shin‐Ichi Nishikawa,Toshinori Nakayama,Haruhiko Koseki	2003	18
19	The Generation of Mature, Single-Positive Thymocytes In Vivo Is Dysregulated by CD69 Blockade or Overexpression Toshinori Nakayama,Deborah J. Kasprowicz,Masakatsu Yamashita,Lisa Schubert,Geoffery Gillard,Motoko Y. Kimura,Arnaud M. Didierlaurent,Haruhiko Koseki,Steven F. Ziegler	2002	87
20	T Cell Receptor–Induced Calcineurin Activation Regulates T Helper Type 2 Cell Development by Modifying the Interleukin 4 Receptor Signaling Complex Masakatsu Yamashita,Makoto Katsumata,Makio Iwashima,Motoko Y. Kimura,Chiori Shimizu,Tohru Kamata,Tahiro Shin,Nobuo Seki,Seiichi Suzuki,Masaru Taniguchi,Toshinori Nakayama	2000	94

About Motoko Y. Kimura

Motoko Y. Kimura is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Immunology and Allergy, having authored 71 papers that have together received 6.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (42 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (38 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (9 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (9 papers), Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (7 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (7 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (7 papers) and Asthma and respiratory diseases (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (4.7k citations), Oncology (1.1k citations) and Immunology and Allergy (234 citations). Motoko Y. Kimura has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Toshinori Nakayama, Alfred Singer, Terry I. Guinter, Lionel Feigenbaum, Amala Alag, Jung‐Hyun Park, Batu Erman, Masakatsu Yamashita, Stanley Adoro and Masato Kubo.

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