Tomohiro Kurosaki

37.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
316 papers, 28.3k citations indexed

About

Tomohiro Kurosaki is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomohiro Kurosaki has authored 316 papers receiving a total of 28.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 214 papers in Immunology, 107 papers in Molecular Biology and 38 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Tomohiro Kurosaki's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (157 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (106 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (38 papers). Tomohiro Kurosaki is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (157 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (106 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (38 papers). Tomohiro Kurosaki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Tomohiro Kurosaki's co-authors include Minoru Takata, Yoshihiro Baba, Jeffrey V. Ravetch, Akito Maeda, Kohei Kometani, Masaki Hikida, Wataru Ise, Takaharu Okada, Mari Kurosaki and Hirohei Yamamura and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Tomohiro Kurosaki

311 papers receiving 28.0k citations

Hit Papers

LTRPC7 is a Mg·ATP-regulated divalent cation channel requ... 1994 2026 2004 2015 2001 2001 2003 1994 2003 250 500 750
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. LTRPC7 is a Mg·ATP-regulated divalent cation channel required for cell viability
    2001 785 citations Tomohiro Kurosaki et al. profile →
  2. PD-1 immunoreceptor inhibits B cell receptor-mediated signaling by recruiting src homology 2-domain-containing tyrosine phosphatase 2 to phosphotyrosine
    2001 676 citations Tomohiro Kurosaki et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Regulation of Vertebrate Cellular Mg2+ Homeostasis by TRPM7
    2003 613 citations Tomohiro Kurosaki et al. profile →
  4. Tyrosine kinases Lyn and Syk regulate B cell receptor-coupled Ca2+ mobilization through distinct pathways.
    1994 587 citations Tomohiro Kurosaki et al. profile →
  5. Cytochrome c binds to inositol (1,4,5) trisphosphate receptors, amplifying calcium-dependent apoptosis
    2003 530 citations Darren Boehning, Randen L. Patterson et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
  6. Memory B cells
    2015 471 citations Tomohiro Kurosaki, Kohei Kometani et al. profile →
  7. Interleukin-10-Producing Plasmablasts Exert Regulatory Function in Autoimmune Inflammation
    2014 419 citations Tomohiro Kurosaki, Yoshihiro Baba et al. profile →
  8. Regulatory T Cells Control Antigen-Specific Expansion of Tfh Cell Number and Humoral Immune Responses via the Coreceptor CTLA-4
    2014 299 citations Wataru Ise, Tomohiro Kurosaki et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tomohiro Kurosaki Japan 96 15.6k 10.6k 3.7k 2.9k 2.8k 316 28.3k
Christopher C. Goodnow Australia 87 20.0k 1.3× 9.0k 0.9× 2.9k 0.8× 509 0.2× 3.4k 1.2× 280 29.9k
J. Fernando Bazán United States 58 10.5k 0.7× 8.1k 0.8× 4.8k 1.3× 342 0.1× 795 0.3× 95 22.1k
Morley D. Hollenberg Canada 78 3.3k 0.2× 6.9k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 665 0.2× 598 0.2× 425 20.8k
Peter J. Parker United Kingdom 95 3.5k 0.2× 25.3k 2.4× 3.9k 1.1× 419 0.1× 1.2k 0.4× 406 33.7k
Fabio Malavasi Italy 70 6.1k 0.4× 4.5k 0.4× 3.5k 1.0× 1.5k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 357 16.7k
Marek Michalak Canada 75 5.2k 0.3× 11.0k 1.0× 1.2k 0.3× 536 0.2× 609 0.2× 297 20.2k
Avi Ashkenazi United States 80 9.3k 0.6× 23.8k 2.2× 6.0k 1.6× 283 0.1× 1.2k 0.4× 200 33.2k
Gerald R. Crabtree United States 76 7.7k 0.5× 18.1k 1.7× 4.2k 1.1× 489 0.2× 741 0.3× 128 26.1k
Gideon Rechavi Israel 80 2.8k 0.2× 18.6k 1.8× 3.7k 1.0× 421 0.1× 571 0.2× 405 27.0k
George Kollias Greece 89 10.9k 0.7× 12.1k 1.1× 5.6k 1.5× 98 0.0× 1.1k 0.4× 306 30.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Tomohiro Kurosaki

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Tomohiro Kurosaki's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Tomohiro Kurosaki with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Tomohiro Kurosaki more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Tomohiro Kurosaki

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Tomohiro Kurosaki. 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 Tomohiro Kurosaki. The network helps show where Tomohiro Kurosaki may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tomohiro Kurosaki

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Fujii, Kentaro, Kohei Kometani, Noah S. Butler, et al.. (2022). Progressive differentiation toward the long-lived plasma cell compartment in the bone marrow. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 220(2). 35 indexed citations
2.
Inoue, Takeshi, Ryo Shinnakasu, Hiromi Yamamoto, et al.. (2022). Antibody feedback contributes to facilitating the development of Omicron-reactive memory B cells in SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccinees. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 220(2). 18 indexed citations
3.
Tanaka, Shinya, Wataru Ise, Yoshihiro Baba, & Tomohiro Kurosaki. (2021). Silencing and activating anergic B cells*. Immunological Reviews. 307(1). 43–52. 8 indexed citations
4.
Grant, Francis M., Jie Yang, James Clarke, et al.. (2020). BACH2 drives quiescence and maintenance of resting Treg cells to promote homeostasis and cancer immunosuppression. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 217(9). 46 indexed citations
5.
Inoue, Takeshi, Ryo Shinnakasu, Wataru Ise, et al.. (2020). Exit from germinal center to become quiescent memory B cells depends on metabolic reprograming and provision of a survival signal. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 218(1). 61 indexed citations
6.
Hashimoto, Akiko, Yusuke Kawashima, Machie Sakuma, et al.. (2019). Inhibition of T cell activation and function by the adaptor protein CIN85. Science Signaling. 12(567). 15 indexed citations
7.
Adachi, Yu, Keisuke Tonouchi, Arnone Nithichanon, et al.. (2019). Exposure of an occluded hemagglutinin epitope drives selection of a class of cross-protective influenza antibodies. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3883–3883. 28 indexed citations
8.
Inoue, Takeshi, Imogen Moran, Ryo Shinnakasu, Tri Giang Phan, & Tomohiro Kurosaki. (2018). Generation of memory B cells and their reactivation. Immunological Reviews. 283(1). 138–149. 121 indexed citations
9.
Mendoza, Pilar, Núria Martínez, Diana Reyes-Garau, et al.. (2018). R-Ras2 is required for germinal center formation to aid B cells during energetically demanding processes. Science Signaling. 11(532). 26 indexed citations
10.
Inoue, Takeshi, et al.. (2017). The transcription factor Foxo1 controls germinal center B cell proliferation in response to T cell help. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 214(4). 1181–1198. 86 indexed citations
11.
Shinnakasu, Ryo, Takeshi Inoue, Kohei Kometani, et al.. (2016). Regulated selection of germinal-center cells into the memory B cell compartment. Nature Immunology. 17(7). 861–869. 281 indexed citations
12.
Kurosaki, Tomohiro & Jürgen Wienands. (2015). B Cell Receptor Signaling. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 11 indexed citations
13.
Inoue, Takeshi, Masahiro Morita, Atsushi Hijikata, et al.. (2015). CNOT3 contributes to early B cell development by controlling Igh rearrangement and p53 mRNA stability. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 212(9). 1465–1479. 43 indexed citations
14.
Shanmughapriya, Santhanam, Sudarsan Rajan, Nicholas E. Hoffman, et al.. (2015). Ca 2+ signals regulate mitochondrial metabolism by stimulating CREB-mediated expression of the mitochondrial Ca 2+ uniporter gene MCU. Science Signaling. 8(366). ra23–ra23. 93 indexed citations
15.
Adachi, Yu, Taishi Onodera, Yuki Yamada, et al.. (2015). Distinct germinal center selection at local sites shapes memory B cell response to viral escape. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 212(10). 1709–1723. 126 indexed citations
16.
Aiba, Yuichi, Kohei Kometani, Saya Moriyama, et al.. (2010). Preferential localization of IgG memory B cells adjacent to contracted germinal centers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(27). 12192–12197. 98 indexed citations
17.
Aiba, Yuichi, et al.. (2007). Regulation of B-cell development by BCAP and CD19 through their binding to phosphoinositide 3-kinase. Blood. 111(3). 1497–1503. 110 indexed citations
18.
Baba, Yoshihiro, Kenji Hayashi, Yoko Fujii, et al.. (2006). Coupling of STIM1 to store-operated Ca 2+ entry through its constitutive and inducible movement in the endoplasmic reticulum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(45). 16704–16709. 261 indexed citations
19.
Boehning, Darren, et al.. (2003). Cytochrome c binds to inositol (1,4,5) trisphosphate receptors, amplifying calcium-dependent apoptosis. Nature Cell Biology. 5(12). 1051–1061. 530 indexed citations breakdown →
20.
Cox, Dianne, et al.. (1996). Syk Tyrosine Kinase Is Required for Immunoreceptor Tyrosine Activation Motif-dependent Actin Assembly. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(28). 16597–16602. 87 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Christopher C. Goodnow Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by J. Fernando Bazán Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Morley D. Hollenberg Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Peter J. Parker Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Fabio Malavasi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Marek Michalak Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Avi Ashkenazi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gerald R. Crabtree Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gideon Rechavi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by George Kollias
Rankless by CCL
2026