Wayne M. Yokoyama

36.4k total citations · 11 hit papers
268 papers, 27.7k citations indexed

About

Wayne M. Yokoyama is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wayne M. Yokoyama has authored 268 papers receiving a total of 27.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 230 papers in Immunology, 59 papers in Epidemiology and 30 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Wayne M. Yokoyama's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (200 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (148 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (48 papers). Wayne M. Yokoyama is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (200 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (148 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (48 papers). Wayne M. Yokoyama collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Japan. Wayne M. Yokoyama's co-authors include Sung‐Jin Kim, Anthony R. French, Liping Yang, Béatrice Plougastel-Douglas, Dorothy K. Sojka, Franz Karlhofer, Anthony A. Scalzo, Marco Colonna, Koho Iizuka and William E. Seaman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wayne M. Yokoyama

265 papers receiving 27.3k 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.

Innate or Adaptive Immunity? The Example of Natural Killer Cells

2011 2.0k citations Wayne M. Yokoyama et al. Science profile →
Embryonic and Adult-Derived Resident Cardiac Macrophages Are Maintained through Distinct Mechanisms at Steady State and during Inflammation

2014 1.1k citations Slava Epelman, Dorothy K. Sojka et al. Immunity profile →
Licensing of natural killer cells by host major histocompatibility complex class I molecules

2005 990 citations Sung‐Jin Kim, Liping Yang et al. profile →
MHC class I alloantigen specificity of Ly-49+ IL-2-activated natural killer cells

1992 656 citations Wayne M. Yokoyama et al. profile →
Cytokine-induced memory-like natural killer cells

2009 618 citations Megan A. Cooper, Julie M. Elliott et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Recognition of a virus-encoded ligand by a natural killer cell activation receptor

2002 615 citations Hamish R.C. Smith, Jonathan W. Heusel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Tissue-Resident Macrophages in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Originate from Embryonic Hematopoiesis and Promote Tumor Progression

2017 585 citations Dorothy K. Sojka, Wayne M. Yokoyama et al. Immunity profile →
TLR9-Dependent Recognition of MCMV by IPC and DC Generates Coordinated Cytokine Responses that Activate Antiviral NK Cell Function

2004 568 citations Anthony R. French, Jeanette T. Pingel et al. Immunity profile →
Minimal Differentiation of Classical Monocytes as They Survey Steady-State Tissues and Transport Antigen to Lymph Nodes

2013 564 citations Dorothy K. Sojka, Wayne M. Yokoyama et al. Immunity profile →
Vital Involvement of a Natural Killer Cell Activation Receptor in Resistance to Viral Infection

2001 512 citations Michael G. Brown, Jonathan W. Heusel et al. Science profile →
cDC1 prime and are licensed by CD4+ T cells to induce anti-tumour immunity

2020 356 citations Stephen T. Ferris, Vivek Durai et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wayne M. Yokoyama United States	88	23.3k	5.0k	4.2k	3.4k	1.7k	268	27.7k
Hans‐Gustaf Ljunggren Sweden	76	19.3k 0.8×	5.0k 1.0×	2.8k 0.7×	2.9k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	297	23.8k
Reinhold Förster Germany	77	24.7k 1.1×	8.0k 1.6×	2.7k 0.6×	5.5k 1.6×	1.5k 0.9×	239	33.3k
Marina Cella United States	91	29.2k 1.2×	4.6k 0.9×	3.1k 0.7×	6.2k 1.8×	1.0k 0.6×	175	35.9k
Dale I. Godfrey Australia	87	24.3k 1.0×	6.5k 1.3×	2.5k 0.6×	4.0k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	267	28.7k
René A. W. van Lier Netherlands	85	16.4k 0.7×	4.2k 0.9×	4.4k 1.0×	3.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	350	22.7k
Mitchell Kronenberg United States	103	30.7k 1.3×	6.1k 1.2×	3.5k 0.8×	5.2k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	344	37.0k
Jonathan Sprent United States	89	24.8k 1.1×	4.8k 1.0×	2.4k 0.6×	4.1k 1.2×	2.2k 1.3×	291	29.9k
James McCluskey Australia	80	16.7k 0.7×	2.9k 0.6×	3.5k 0.8×	4.6k 1.3×	734 0.4×	347	23.0k
David H. Raulet United States	93	27.3k 1.2×	8.8k 1.8×	2.5k 0.6×	4.8k 1.4×	2.1k 1.2×	220	32.3k
Edgar G. Engleman United States	78	15.5k 0.7×	5.8k 1.2×	3.7k 0.9×	6.0k 1.7×	1.3k 0.8×	277	24.9k

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Ohara, Ray A., Derek J. Theisen, Sun Kyung Kim, et al.. (2025). Shared pathway of WDFY4-dependent cross-presentation of immune complexes by cDC1 and cDC2. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 222(4). 4 indexed citations

Zhou, Xiaofeng, David N. O’Dwyer, Meng Xia, et al.. (2019). First-Onset Herpesviral Infection and Lung Injury in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 200(1). 63–74. 28 indexed citations

Theisen, Derek J., Jesse T. Davidson, Carlos G. Briseño, et al.. (2018). WDFY4 is required for cross-presentation in response to viral and tumor antigens. Science. 362(6415). 694–699. 226 indexed citations

Calderón, Boris, Javier A. Carrero, Stephen T. Ferris, et al.. (2015). The pancreas anatomy conditions the origin and properties of resident macrophages. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 212(10). 1497–1512. 222 indexed citations

Parikh, Bijal A., Diana L. Beckman, Swapneel J. Patel, J. Michael White, & Wayne M. Yokoyama. (2015). Detailed Phenotypic and Molecular Analyses of Genetically Modified Mice Generated by CRISPR-Cas9-Mediated Editing. PLoS ONE. 10(1). e0116484–e0116484. 41 indexed citations

Ebihara, Takashi, A. Helena Jonsson, & Wayne M. Yokoyama. (2013). Natural killer cell licensing in mice with inducible expression of MHC class I. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(45). E4232–7. 31 indexed citations

Gainey, Maria D., Joshua Rivenbark, Hyelim Cho, Liping Yang, & Wayne M. Yokoyama. (2012). Viral MHC class I inhibition evades CD8 ⁺ T-cell effector responses in vivo but not CD8 ⁺ T-cell priming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(47). E3260–7. 30 indexed citations

Kreisel, Daniel, Andrew E. Gelman, Ryuji Higashikubo, et al.. (2012). Strain-Specific Variation in Murine Natural Killer Gene Complex Contributes to Differences in Immunosurveillance for Urethane-Induced Lung Cancer. Cancer Research. 72(17). 4311–4317. 22 indexed citations

Elliott, Julie M., Joseph Wahle, & Wayne M. Yokoyama. (2010). MHC class I–deficient natural killer cells acquire a licensed phenotype after transfer into an MHC class I–sufficient environment. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 207(10). 2073–2079. 148 indexed citations

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Cooper, Megan A., Julie M. Elliott, Peter A. Keyel, et al.. (2009). Cytokine-induced memory-like natural killer cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(6). 1915–1919. 618 indexed citations breakdown →

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Choi, Beom K., Young H. Kim, Woojin Kang, et al.. (2007). Mechanisms Involved in Synergistic Anticancer Immunity of Anti-4-1BB and Anti-CD4 Therapy. Cancer Research. 67(18). 8891–8899. 54 indexed citations

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Smyth, Mark J., Jeremy B. Swann, Erika Cretney, et al.. (2005). NKG2D function protects the host from tumor initiation. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 202(5). 583–588. 261 indexed citations

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Gebhardt, Friedemann, Simona Porcellini, Matthias Schiemann, et al.. (2005). NKG2D-independent suppression of T cell proliferation by H60 and MICA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(33). 11805–11810. 34 indexed citations

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Cella, Marina, Keiko Fujikawa, Ilaria Tassi, et al.. (2004). Differential Requirements for Vav Proteins in DAP10- and ITAM-mediated NK Cell Cytotoxicity. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 200(6). 817–823. 103 indexed citations

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Warfield, Kelly L., Jeremy G. Perkins, Dana L. Swenson, et al.. (2004). Role of Natural Killer Cells in Innate Protection against Lethal Ebola Virus Infection. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 200(2). 169–179. 113 indexed citations

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French, Anthony R., Jeanette T. Pingel, Markus Wagner, et al.. (2004). Escape of Mutant Double-Stranded DNA Virus from Innate Immune Control. Immunity. 20(6). 747–756. 96 indexed citations

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Voigt, Valentina, Catherine A. Forbes, Joanne Tonkin, et al.. (2003). Murine cytomegalovirus m157 mutation and variation leads to immune evasion of natural killer cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(23). 13483–13488. 152 indexed citations

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Smith, Hamish R.C., Jonathan W. Heusel, Sung‐Jin Kim, et al.. (2002). Recognition of a virus-encoded ligand by a natural killer cell activation receptor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(13). 8826–8831. 615 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brown, Michael G., Anthony A. Scalzo, Keiko Matsumoto, & Wayne M. Yokoyama. (1997). The natural killer gene complex: a genetic basis for understanding natural killer cell function and innate immunity. Immunological Reviews. 155(1). 53–65. 130 indexed citations

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Ashman, Robert F., John D. Kemp, Wayne M. Yokoyama, et al.. (1992). Genetic and immunologic analysis of a family containing five patients with common-variable immune deficiency or selective IgA deficiency. Journal of Clinical Immunology. 12(6). 406–414. 37 indexed citations

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