Pia P. Yachi

1.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
15 papers, 956 citations indexed

About

Pia P. Yachi is a scholar working on Immunology, Genetics and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pia P. Yachi has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 956 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Immunology, 3 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Pia P. Yachi's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (12 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (12 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (7 papers). Pia P. Yachi is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (12 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (12 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (7 papers). Pia P. Yachi collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Pia P. Yachi's co-authors include Nicole Chen, Wendy L. Havran, Nicholas R. J. Gascoigne, Elaine Fuchs, Richard Boismenu, Julie Jameson, Jeanette Ampudia, Tomasz Żal, Carina Lotz and Ajay Nirula and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Pia P. Yachi

15 papers receiving 947 citations

Hit Papers

A Role for Skin γδ T Cells in Wound Repair 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2023 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. A Role for Skin γδ T Cells in Wound Repair
    2002 520 citations Julie Jameson, Nicole Chen et al. Science profile →
  2. A Phase 2 Trial of Peresolimab for Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis
    2023 74 citations Jay Tuttle, Edit Drescher et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pia P. Yachi United States 10 701 155 155 104 96 15 956
Linda Milkova Germany 9 533 0.8× 109 0.7× 118 0.8× 49 0.5× 34 0.4× 10 810
Jianguo Du United States 11 330 0.5× 251 1.6× 329 2.1× 114 1.1× 32 0.3× 19 777
Gregory D. Rak United States 10 653 0.9× 129 0.8× 129 0.8× 29 0.3× 117 1.2× 12 953
Erich Bünemann Germany 6 593 0.8× 115 0.7× 218 1.4× 38 0.4× 242 2.5× 7 972
Wendy A. Boivin Canada 11 232 0.3× 230 1.5× 60 0.4× 54 0.5× 57 0.6× 20 663
Robert Kubitza Germany 8 471 0.7× 136 0.9× 239 1.5× 23 0.2× 161 1.7× 9 758
Yilin Wang United Kingdom 6 619 0.9× 203 1.3× 38 0.2× 34 0.3× 48 0.5× 10 832
Earl W. Bere United States 9 349 0.5× 69 0.4× 91 0.6× 50 0.5× 21 0.2× 11 529
Cary Isaacs United States 11 299 0.4× 257 1.7× 97 0.6× 171 1.6× 34 0.4× 13 783
Kina Smith United States 10 359 0.5× 184 1.2× 217 1.4× 77 0.7× 22 0.2× 13 626

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pia P. Yachi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Pia P. Yachi. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Pia P. Yachi. The network helps show where Pia P. Yachi may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pia P. Yachi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pia P. Yachi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pia P. Yachi 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 Pia P. Yachi. Pia P. Yachi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Yachi, Pia P., et al.. (2025). Rheumatoid arthritis associated cytokines and therapeutics modulate immune checkpoint receptor expression on T cells. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1534462–1534462. 1 indexed citations
2.
Feng, Yiqing, et al.. (2024). PD-1 antibody interactions with Fc gamma receptors enable PD-1 agonism to inhibit T cell activation – therapeutic implications for autoimmunity. Journal of Autoimmunity. 149. 103339–103339. 3 indexed citations
3.
Tuttle, Jay, Edit Drescher, Jesus Abraham Simón Campos, et al.. (2023). POS0307 A PHASE 2 TRIAL OF PERESOLIMAB FOR ADULTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 82. 397–397. 1 indexed citations
4.
Tuttle, Jay, Edit Drescher, Jesus Abraham Simón Campos, et al.. (2023). A Phase 2 Trial of Peresolimab for Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis. New England Journal of Medicine. 388(20). 1853–1862. 74 indexed citations breakdown →
5.
Rybakin, Vasily, Jean‐Pierre Clamme, Jeanette Ampudia, Pia P. Yachi, & Nicholas R. J. Gascoigne. (2011). CD8αα and ‐αβ isotypes are equally recruited to the immunological synapse through their ability to bind to MHC class I. EMBO Reports. 12(12). 1251–1256. 13 indexed citations
6.
Fu, Guo, Jianfang Hu, Vasily Rybakin, et al.. (2011). Protein Kinase C η Is Required for T Cell Activation and Homeostatic Proliferation. Science Signaling. 4(202). ra84–ra84. 46 indexed citations
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Gascoigne, Nicholas R. J., Tomasz Żal, Pia P. Yachi, & John A. H. Hoerter. (2009). Co-Receptors and Recognition of Self at the Immunological Synapse. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 340. 171–189. 16 indexed citations
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Gascoigne, Nicholas R. J., Jeanette Ampudia, Guo Fu, et al.. (2009). Visualizing Intermolecular Interactions in T Cells. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 334. 31–46. 5 indexed citations
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Naeher, Dieter, Mark A. Daniëls, Pia P. Yachi, et al.. (2008). The T Cell Receptor’s α-Chain Connecting Peptide Motif Promotes Close Approximation of the CD8 Coreceptor Allowing Efficient Signal Initiation. The Journal of Immunology. 180(12). 8211–8221. 22 indexed citations
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Yachi, Pia P., Carina Lotz, Jeanette Ampudia, & Nicholas R. J. Gascoigne. (2007). T cell activation enhancement by endogenous pMHC acts for both weak and strong agonists but varies with differentiation state. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 204(11). 2747–2757. 38 indexed citations
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Yachi, Pia P., Jeanette Ampudia, Tomasz Żal, & Nicholas R. J. Gascoigne. (2006). Altered Peptide Ligands Induce Delayed CD8-T Cell Receptor Interaction—a Role for CD8 in Distinguishing Antigen Quality. Immunity. 25(2). 203–211. 87 indexed citations
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Zambricki, Elizabeth A., Tomasz Żal, Pia P. Yachi, et al.. (2006). In Vivo Anergized T Cells Form Altered Immunological Synapses In Vitro. American Journal of Transplantation. 6(11). 2572–2579. 15 indexed citations
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Yachi, Pia P., Jeanette Ampudia, Nicholas R. J. Gascoigne, & Tomasz Żal. (2005). Nonstimulatory peptides contribute to antigen-induced CD8–T cell receptor interaction at the immunological synapse. Nature Immunology. 6(8). 785–792. 108 indexed citations
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Jameson, Julie, Nicole Chen, Pia P. Yachi, et al.. (2002). A Role for Skin γδ T Cells in Wound Repair. Science. 296(5568). 747–749. 520 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gascoigne, Nicholas R. J., S. Munir Alam, Shane Marine, et al.. (2000). T Cell Receptor Binding Kinetics and Special Role of Vα in T Cell Development and Activation. Immunologic Research. 21(2-3). 225–232. 7 indexed citations

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