Shinichiro Sawa

6.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
32 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Shinichiro Sawa is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shinichiro Sawa has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Immunology, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Shinichiro Sawa's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (11 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (8 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (6 papers). Shinichiro Sawa is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (11 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (8 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (6 papers). Shinichiro Sawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, France and Germany. Shinichiro Sawa's co-authors include Gérard Eberl, Matthias Lochner, James P. Di Santo, Naoko Satoh‐Takayama, Hiroshi Takayanagi, Tomoki Nakashima, Noriko Komatsu, Kazuo Okamoto, Marie Cherrier and Christian A. J. Vosshenrich and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Shinichiro Sawa

32 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Microbial Flora Drives Interleukin 22 Production in Intestinal NKp46+ Cells that Provide Innate Mucosal Immune Defense

2008 892 citations Naoko Satoh‐Takayama, Christian A. J. Vosshenrich et al. Immunity profile →
Pathogenic conversion of Foxp3+ T cells into TH17 cells in autoimmune arthritis

2013 884 citations Noriko Komatsu, Kazuo Okamoto et al. Nature Medicine profile →
RORγt+ innate lymphoid cells regulate intestinal homeostasis by integrating negative signals from the symbiotic microbiota

2011 470 citations Shinichiro Sawa, Matthias Lochner et al. Nature Immunology profile →
Osteoimmunology: The Conceptual Framework Unifying the Immune and Skeletal Systems

2017 411 citations Kazuo Okamoto, Tomoki Nakashima et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shinichiro Sawa Japan	22	3.7k	1.4k	1.3k	697	422	32	5.2k
Alma J. Nauta Netherlands	26	2.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	424 0.6×	342 0.8×	35	5.4k
Alexandre J. Potocnik Germany	27	2.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	450 0.4×	553 0.8×	288 0.7×	39	4.7k
Natasha K. Crellin Canada	17	4.7k 1.3×	652 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	755 1.1×	242 0.6×	20	6.1k
Jordi Ochando United States	37	4.2k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	590 0.5×	884 1.3×	127 0.3×	71	5.8k
Jinzhong Qin China	25	3.9k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	377 0.5×	305 0.7×	43	5.7k
Kiyoshi Hirahara Japan	39	3.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	553 0.4×	940 1.3×	335 0.8×	88	5.6k
Kevin M. Vannella United States	20	1.8k 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	832 0.7×	377 0.5×	272 0.6×	30	5.1k
Jean‐François Gauchat Canada	39	3.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	446 0.4×	833 1.2×	421 1.0×	95	5.4k
I. J. D. Lindley Austria	37	2.8k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	866 1.2×	229 0.5×	84	5.4k
James D. Gorham United States	29	1.9k 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	536 0.4×	923 1.3×	232 0.5×	60	5.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shinichiro Sawa

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Yoshida, S, Kenta Nakano, Xiaojun Li, et al.. (2025). Fibroblast-derived CSF1 maintains colonization of gut mucosal macrophage to resist bacterial infection. Mucosal Immunology. 18(5). 1113–1123. 2 indexed citations

Komatsu, Noriko, Nam Cong‐Nhat Huynh, Shinichiro Sawa, et al.. (2021). Plasma cells promote osteoclastogenesis and periarticular bone loss in autoimmune arthritis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 131(6). 39 indexed citations

Wada, Iori, Shintaro Nakao, Muneo Yamaguchi, et al.. (2021). Retinal VEGF-A Overexpression Is Not Sufficient to Induce Lymphangiogenesis Regardless of VEGF-C Upregulation and Lyve1⁺ Macrophage Infiltration. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 62(13). 17–17. 10 indexed citations

Nitta, Takeshi, Sachiko Nitta, Ryunosuke Muro, et al.. (2020). Fibroblasts as a source of self-antigens for central immune tolerance. Nature Immunology. 21(10). 1172–1180. 61 indexed citations

Sakata, Daiji, Takehito Uruno, Miho Ushijima, et al.. (2019). S100A4 Protein Is Essential for the Development of Mature Microfold Cells in Peyer’s Patches. Cell Reports. 29(9). 2823–2834.e7. 21 indexed citations

Sawa, Shinichiro, et al.. (2017). Artificial Cultivation System for Gastrodia spp. and Identification of Associated Mycorrhizal Fungi. International Journal of Biology. 9(4). 27–27. 6 indexed citations

Onder, Lucas, Urs Mörbe, Natalia Pikor, et al.. (2017). Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Control Initiation of Lymph Node Organogenesis. Immunity. 47(1). 80–92.e4. 103 indexed citations

Nagashima, Kazuki, Shinichiro Sawa, Takeshi Nitta, et al.. (2017). Targeted deletion of RANKL in M cell inducer cells by the Col6a1-Cre driver. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 493(1). 437–443. 12 indexed citations

Negishi‐Koga, Takako, Noriko Komatsu, Kazuo Okamoto, et al.. (2015). Immune complexes regulate bone metabolism through FcRγ signalling. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6637–6637. 111 indexed citations

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Danks, Lynett, Noriko Komatsu, Matteo M. Guerrini, et al.. (2015). RANKL expressed on synovial fibroblasts is primarily responsible for bone erosions during joint inflammation. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 75(6). 1187–1195. 180 indexed citations

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Komatsu, Noriko, Kazuo Okamoto, Shinichiro Sawa, et al.. (2013). Pathogenic conversion of Foxp3+ T cells into TH17 cells in autoimmune arthritis. Nature Medicine. 20(1). 62–68. 884 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cherrier, Marie, Shinichiro Sawa, & Gérard Eberl. (2012). Notch, Id2, and RORγt sequentially orchestrate the fetal development of lymphoid tissue inducer cells. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 209(4). 729–740. 188 indexed citations

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Satoh‐Takayama, Naoko, Sarah Lesjean‐Pottier, Shinichiro Sawa, et al.. (2011). Lymphotoxin‐β receptor‐independent development of intestinal IL‐22‐producing NKp46⁺ innate lymphoid cells. European Journal of Immunology. 41(3). 780–786. 28 indexed citations

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Sawa, Shinichiro, Matthias Lochner, Naoko Satoh‐Takayama, et al.. (2011). RORγt+ innate lymphoid cells regulate intestinal homeostasis by integrating negative signals from the symbiotic microbiota. Nature Immunology. 12(4). 320–326. 470 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ohnmacht, Caspar, Rute Marques, Laura L. Presley, et al.. (2011). Intestinal microbiota, evolution of the immune system and the bad reputation of pro-inflammatory immunity. Cellular Microbiology. 13(5). 653–659. 51 indexed citations

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Sawa, Shinichiro, Marie Cherrier, Matthias Lochner, et al.. (2010). Lineage Relationship Analysis of RORγt ⁺ Innate Lymphoid Cells. Science. 330(6004). 665–669. 419 indexed citations

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Lochner, Matthias, Caspar Ohnmacht, Laura L. Presley, et al.. (2010). Microbiota-induced tertiary lymphoid tissues aggravate inflammatory disease in the absence of RORγt and LTi cells. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 208(1). 125–134. 198 indexed citations

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Eberl, Gérard & Shinichiro Sawa. (2009). Opening the crypt: current facts and hypotheses on the function of cryptopatches. Trends in Immunology. 31(2). 50–55. 19 indexed citations

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Satoh‐Takayama, Naoko, Christian A. J. Vosshenrich, Sarah Lesjean‐Pottier, et al.. (2008). Microbial Flora Drives Interleukin 22 Production in Intestinal NKp46+ Cells that Provide Innate Mucosal Immune Defense. Immunity. 29(6). 958–970. 892 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tanaka, Ryouichi, Yoshihiro Koshino-Kimura, Shinichiro Sawa, et al.. (2001). Overexpression of chlorophyllide a oxygenase (CAO) enlarges the antenna size of photosystem II in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal. 26(4). 365–373. 99 indexed citations

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