Yoshihiro Komohara

13.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
288 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Yoshihiro Komohara is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoshihiro Komohara has authored 288 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 141 papers in Immunology, 98 papers in Oncology and 65 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yoshihiro Komohara's work include Immune cells in cancer (96 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (55 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (53 papers). Yoshihiro Komohara is often cited by papers focused on Immune cells in cancer (96 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (55 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (53 papers). Yoshihiro Komohara collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Yoshihiro Komohara's co-authors include Motohiro Takeya, Koji Ohnishi, Yukio Fujiwara, Masahisa Jinushi, Hasita Horlad, J. Kuratsu, Hideo Baba, Hidetaka Katabuchi, Yoichi Saito and Kiyomi Takaishi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yoshihiro Komohara

269 papers receiving 9.9k 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.

Possible involvement of the M2 anti‐inflammatory macrophage phenotype in growth of human gliomas

2008 625 citations Yoshihiro Komohara, Koji Ohnishi et al. profile →
Tumor-associated macrophages: Potential therapeutic targets for anti-cancer therapy

2015 508 citations Yoshihiro Komohara, Yukio Fujiwara et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yoshihiro Komohara Japan	52	5.0k	3.5k	3.0k	1.4k	1.2k	288	10.0k
Antonello Sica Italy	18	6.2k 1.2×	2.5k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	844 0.6×	916 0.8×	71	10.3k
Peter J. Nelson Germany	67	4.6k 0.9×	3.9k 1.1×	4.8k 1.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	252	13.8k
Alisa E. Koch United States	65	4.7k 0.9×	3.8k 1.1×	4.9k 1.6×	983 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	182	14.1k
Federica Marchesi Italy	39	5.2k 1.0×	4.3k 1.2×	3.1k 1.0×	997 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	79	11.7k
Eiichi Morii Japan	53	2.9k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	4.3k 1.4×	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	431	10.4k
John Stagg Canada	47	4.4k 0.9×	5.0k 1.4×	3.3k 1.1×	770 0.6×	883 0.7×	110	11.1k
Jonathan D. Powell United States	63	9.5k 1.9×	3.8k 1.1×	5.6k 1.9×	973 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	173	17.1k
Gerhard Müller‐Newen Germany	45	3.9k 0.8×	4.6k 1.3×	3.8k 1.3×	519 0.4×	554 0.5×	125	10.2k
Daniel C. Link United States	62	5.4k 1.1×	3.1k 0.9×	4.2k 1.4×	742 0.5×	742 0.6×	209	13.3k
Maria Rosaria Galdiero Italy	39	3.5k 0.7×	2.1k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	948 0.7×	740 0.6×	77	7.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yoshihiro Komohara

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NAKANISHI, Yoshitaka, Yukio Fujiwara, Yuta Nakashima, et al.. (2025). Effect of gamma-irradiated vitamin E-stabilized UHMWPE and surface texturing of Co-Cr-Mo alloy on polyethylene wear and inflammatory cytokine production under varied tribological conditions. Wear. 570. 205885–205885.

Maekawa, Kazunari, Yunosuke Matsuura, Toshihiro Gi, et al.. (2025). Inflammatory stimuli and hypoxia on atherosclerotic plaque thrombogenicity: Linking macrophage tissue factor and glycolysis. PLoS ONE. 20(3). e0316474–e0316474. 1 indexed citations

Takashio, Seiji, Teiji Kato, Hiroki Irie, et al.. (2023). Prevalence of Cardiac Amyloidosis in Patients Undergoing Carpal Tunnel Release With Amyloid Deposition. Circulation Journal. 87(8). 1047–1055. 7 indexed citations

Silsirivanit, Atit, Chih‐Hsiang Chang, Kanlayanee Sawanyawisuth, et al.. (2023). Establishment and characterization of a novel cancer stem‐like cell of cholangiocarcinoma. Cancer Science. 114(8). 3230–3246. 6 indexed citations

Komohara, Yoshihiro, Daisuke Kurotaki, Hirotake Tsukamoto, et al.. (2023). Involvement of protumor macrophages in breast cancer progression and characterization of macrophage phenotypes. Cancer Science. 114(6). 2220–2229. 35 indexed citations

Yano, Hiromu, Yukio Fujiwara, Hasita Horlad, et al.. (2022). Blocking cholesterol efflux mechanism is a potential target for antilymphoma therapy. Cancer Science. 113(6). 2129–2143. 13 indexed citations

Iwahashi, Naoyuki, Yoshihiro Komohara, Yukio Fujiwara, et al.. (2022). Cytoplasmic p53 aggregates accumulated in p53-mutated cancer correlate with poor prognosis. PNAS Nexus. 1(3). pgac128–pgac128. 12 indexed citations

Sato, Ryo, Takashi Semba, Yusuke Tomita, et al.. (2021). TGFβ Signaling Activated by Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Determines the Histological Signature of Lung Adenocarcinoma. Cancer Research. 81(18). 4751–4765. 42 indexed citations

Arima, Kota, Yoshihiro Komohara, Tomoyuki Uchihara, et al.. (2021). A Case of Mesenteric Desmoid Tumor Causing Bowel Obstruction After Laparoscopic Surgery. Anticancer Research. 42(1). 381–384. 2 indexed citations

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Fujiwara, Yukio, et al.. (2021). The extract ofIlex kudingchainhibits atherosclerosis in apoE-deficient mice by suppressing cholesterol accumulation in macrophages. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 85(10). 2177–2184. 5 indexed citations

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Yamashita, Kohei, Masaaki Iwatsuki, Kazuto Harada, et al.. (2019). Prognostic impacts of the combined positive score and the tumor proportion score for programmed death ligand-1 expression by double immunohistochemical staining in patients with advanced gastric cancer. Gastric Cancer. 23(1). 95–104. 96 indexed citations

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Shiraishi, Daisuke, Yukio Fujiwara, Hasita Horlad, et al.. (2018). CD163 Is Required for Protumoral Activation of Macrophages in Human and Murine Sarcoma. Cancer Research. 78(12). 3255–3266. 78 indexed citations

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Takamatsu, Koutaro, Shunya Nakane, Shigeaki Suzuki, et al.. (2018). Immune checkpoint inhibitors in the onset of myasthenia gravis with hyperCKemia. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 5(11). 1421–1427. 29 indexed citations

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Arima, Kota, Hirohisa Okabe, Daisuke Hashimoto, et al.. (2015). The Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Predicts Malignant Potential in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 19(12). 2171–2177. 36 indexed citations

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Ohnishi, Koji, Yoshihiro Komohara, Yoichi Saito, et al.. (2013). CD169‐positive macrophages in regional lymph nodes are associated with a favorable prognosis in patients with colorectal carcinoma. Cancer Science. 104(9). 1237–1244. 96 indexed citations

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Kawaguchi, Atsushi, Yasuo Iwadate, Yoshihiro Komohara, et al.. (2012). Gene Expression Signature–Based Prognostic Risk Score in Patients with Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 18(20). 5672–5681. 36 indexed citations

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Fujita, Mitsugu, Gary Kohanbash, Wendy Fellows-Mayle, et al.. (2011). COX-2 Blockade Suppresses Gliomagenesis by Inhibiting Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells. Cancer Research. 71(7). 2664–2674. 315 indexed citations

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Komohara, Yoshihiro, Xiao Lei, Naomi Sakashita, et al.. (2009). Delayed growth of EL4 lymphoma in SR‐A‐deficient mice is due to upregulation of nitric oxide and interferon‐γ production by tumor‐associated macrophages. Cancer Science. 100(11). 2160–2166. 31 indexed citations

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Komohara, Yoshihiro, Mamoru Harada, Yoshimi Arima, et al.. (2007). Identification of Target Antigens in Specific Immunotherapy for Renal Cell Carcinoma. The Journal of Urology. 177(3). 1157–1162. 10 indexed citations

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Komohara, Yoshihiro, Mamoru Harada, Yoshimi Arima, et al.. (2006). Anti-cancer vaccine candidates in specific immunotherapy for bladder carcinoma. International Journal of Oncology. 29(6). 1555–60. 13 indexed citations

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