Wayne M. Yokoyama

36.4k citations

268 papers · 27.7k indexed · 11 hit papers · h-index 88

Immunology top 0.01%
Oncology top 0.2%
Epidemiology top 0.5%
Molecular Biology top 2%
Hematology top 0.5%

Co-authors: Sung‐Jin Kim Anthony R. French Liping Yang Béatrice Plougastel-Douglas Dorothy K. Sojka Franz Karlhofer Anthony A. Scalzo Marco Colonna
Topics: Immune Cell Function and Interaction (200 papers)T-cell and B-cell Immunology (148 papers)Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (48 papers)
Cited by: Immunology Oncology Virology
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States Australia Japan

In The Last Decade

Wayne M. Yokoyama

265 papers receiving 27.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Innate or Adaptive Immunity? The Example of Natural Killer Cells

2011 2.0k citations Wayne M. Yokoyama et al. 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. 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. profile →
TLR9-Dependent Recognition of MCMV by IPC and DC Generates Coordinated Cytokine Responses that Activate Antiviral NK Cell Function

2004 568 citations Jeanette T. Pingel, Wayne M. Yokoyama et al. 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. profile →
Vital Involvement of a Natural Killer Cell Activation Receptor in Resistance to Viral Infection

2001 512 citations Jonathan W. Heusel, Hamish R.C. Smith et al. profile →
cDC1 prime and are licensed by CD4+ T cells to induce anti-tumour immunity

2020 356 citations Stephen T. Ferris, Wayne M. Yokoyama et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	NK cell expansion requires HuR and mediates control of solid tumors and long-term virus infection 2023 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Sytse J. Piersma,Sushant Bangru,(unknown),(unknown),Liping Yang,Chyi‐Song Hsieh,Béatrice Plougastel-Douglas,Auinash Kalsotra,Wayne M. Yokoyama	6
2	Disruption of thymic central tolerance by infection with murine roseolovirus induces autoimmune gastritis 2022 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Tarin M. Bigley,Liping Yang,Liang‐I Kang,José B. Sáenz,Francisco Victorino,Wayne M. Yokoyama	14
3	Highly expanded clones representing different lymphocyte lineages are present in individual patients with granulomatous uveitis 2020 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Michael Paley,Lynn M. Hassman,Ekaterina Esaulova,Grace Paley,(unknown),Luke E. Springer,(unknown),(unknown),Wayne M. Yokoyama	1
4	First-Onset Herpesviral Infection and Lung Injury in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation 2019 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Xiaofeng Zhou,David N. O’Dwyer,Meng Xia,Holly Miller,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Carol A. Wilke,Swapneel J. Patel,Wayne M. Yokoyama,Susan Murray,Gregory A. Yanik,Bethany B. Moore	28
5	A herpesvirus encoded Qa-1 mimic inhibits natural killer cell cytotoxicity through CD94/NKG2A receptor engagement 2018 ·eLife ·Xiaoli Wang,Sytse J. Piersma,Christopher A. Nelson,Ya-Nan Dai,(unknown),Eric Lazear,Liping Yang,Marjolein Sluijter,Thorbald van Hall,Ted H. Hansen,Wayne M. Yokoyama,Daved H. Fremont	7
6	Cutting Edge: Local Proliferation of Uterine Tissue-Resident NK Cells during Decidualization in Mice 2018 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Dorothy K. Sojka,Liping Yang,Béatrice Plougastel-Douglas,Darryl A. Higuchi,B. Anne Croy,Wayne M. Yokoyama	61
7	The pancreas anatomy conditions the origin and properties of resident macrophages 2015 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Boris Calderón,Javier A. Carrero,Stephen T. Ferris,Dorothy K. Sojka,Lindsay S. Moore,Slava Epelman,Kenneth M. Murphy,Wayne M. Yokoyama,Gwendalyn J. Randolph,Emil R. Unanue	222
8	Natural killer cell licensing in mice with inducible expression of MHC class I 2013 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Takashi Ebihara,A. Helena Jonsson,Wayne M. Yokoyama	31
9	Viral MHC class I inhibition evades CD8 ⁺ T-cell effector responses in vivo but not CD8 ⁺ T-cell priming 2012 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Maria D. Gainey,Joshua Rivenbark,Hyelim Cho,Liping Yang,Wayne M. Yokoyama	30
10	Strain-Specific Variation in Murine Natural Killer Gene Complex Contributes to Differences in Immunosurveillance for Urethane-Induced Lung Cancer 2012 ·Cancer Research ·Daniel Kreisel,Andrew E. Gelman,Ryuji Higashikubo,Xue Lin,Haris G. Vikis,J. Michael White,(unknown),Charuhas Deshpande,Beatriz M. Carreno,Ming You,Samantha Taffner,Wayne M. Yokoyama,Jack D. Bui,Robert D. Schreiber,Alexander S. Krupnick	22
11	MHC class I–deficient natural killer cells acquire a licensed phenotype after transfer into an MHC class I–sufficient environment 2010 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Julie M. Elliott,Joseph Wahle,Wayne M. Yokoyama	148
12	Cytokine-induced memory-like natural killer cellsbreakdown → 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Megan A. Cooper,Julie M. Elliott,Peter A. Keyel,Liping Yang,Javier A. Carrero,Wayne M. Yokoyama	618
13	Mechanisms Involved in Synergistic Anticancer Immunity of Anti-4-1BB and Anti-CD4 Therapy 2007 ·Cancer Research ·Beom K. Choi,Young H. Kim,Woojin Kang,(unknown),Kwang H. Kim,(unknown),Wayne M. Yokoyama,(unknown),Byoung S. Kwon	54
14	NKG2D function protects the host from tumor initiation 2005 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Mark J. Smyth,Jeremy B. Swann,Erika Cretney,Nadeen Zerafa,Wayne M. Yokoyama,Yoshihiro Hayakawa	261
15	NKG2D-independent suppression of T cell proliferation by H60 and MICA 2005 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown),Friedemann Gebhardt,Simona Porcellini,Matthias Schiemann,Christian Stemberger,Tobias Franz,Katharina M. Huster,Leon Carayannopoulos,Wayne M. Yokoyama,Marco Colonna,Antonio G. Siccardi,Stefan Bauer,Dirk H. Busch	34
16	Differential Requirements for Vav Proteins in DAP10- and ITAM-mediated NK Cell Cytotoxicity 2004 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Marina Cella,Keiko Fujikawa,Ilaria Tassi,Sun‐Jin Kim,Kevin Latinis,Shinzo Nishi,Wayne M. Yokoyama,Marco Colonna,Wojciech Swat	103
17	Role of Natural Killer Cells in Innate Protection against Lethal Ebola Virus Infection 2004 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Kelly L. Warfield,Jeremy G. Perkins,Dana L. Swenson,Emily M. Deal,Catharine M. Bosio,M. Javad Aman,Wayne M. Yokoyama,Howard A. Young,Sina Bavari	113
18	Murine cytomegalovirus m157 mutation and variation leads to immune evasion of natural killer cells 2003 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Valentina Voigt,Catherine A. Forbes,Joanne Tonkin,Mariapia A. Degli‐Esposti,Hamish R.C. Smith,Wayne M. Yokoyama,Anthony A. Scalzo	152
19	Osteopetrosis and thalamic hypomyelinosis with synaptic degeneration in DAP12-deficient mice 2003 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Tomonori Kaifu,Jin Nakahara,(unknown),Kenichi Mishima,Toshihiko Momiyama,Mitsuji Kaji,(unknown),Hisami Koito,(unknown),Akira Nakamura,Kiyoshi Kanazawa,Kyoko Tan‐Takeuchi,Katsunori Iwasaki,Wayne M. Yokoyama,Akira Kudō,Michihiro Fujiwara,Hiroaki Asou,Toshiyuki Takai	280
20	Recognition of a virus-encoded ligand by a natural killer cell activation receptorbreakdown → 2002 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Hamish R.C. Smith,Jonathan W. Heusel,(unknown),Sung‐Jin Kim,Brigitte G. Dorner,Olga V. Naidenko,Koho Iizuka,Hiroshi Furukawa,Diana L. Beckman,Jeanette T. Pingel,Anthony A. Scalzo,Daved H. Fremont,Wayne M. Yokoyama	615

About Wayne M. Yokoyama

Wayne M. Yokoyama is a scholar working on Immunology, Virology and Epidemiology, having authored 268 papers that have together received 27.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (200 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (148 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (48 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (23.3k citations), Oncology (5.0k citations) and Virology (752 citations). Wayne M. Yokoyama has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Japan. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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