Yuki Kinjo

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
73 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Yuki Kinjo is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuki Kinjo has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Immunology, 34 papers in Epidemiology and 23 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Yuki Kinjo's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (35 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (24 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (17 papers). Yuki Kinjo is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (35 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (24 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (17 papers). Yuki Kinjo collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Yuki Kinjo's co-authors include Mitchell Kronenberg, Emmanuel Tupin, Chi‐Huey Wong, Douglass Wu, Moriya Tsuji, Kazuyoshi Kawakami, Atsushi Saitô, Michael A. Poles, David D. Ho and Guo‐wen Xing and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Yuki Kinjo

72 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Recognition of bacterial glycosphingolipids by natural killer T cells

2005 742 citations Yuki Kinjo, Chi‐Huey Wong et al. profile →
Natural killer T cells recognize diacylglycerol antigens from pathogenic bacteria

2006 496 citations Yuki Kinjo, Emmanuel Tupin et al. profile →

Peers

Yuki Kinjo

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Takao Horiuchi Japan

Jochen Mattner Germany

Hans D. Brightbill United States

Jeroen den Dunnen Netherlands

Richard S. Kornbluth United States

Risini D. Weeratna Canada

Amariliz Rivera United States

Heather R. Conti United States

Jaana Pirhonen Finland

Yanjia J. Zhang United States

Takao Horiuchi Japan

Yuki Kinjo

2.5k ×0.8

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730 ×0.7

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255 ×0.4

709 ×1.3

325 ×0.7

ONCOL

Citations per year, relative to Yuki Kinjo Yuki Kinjo (= 1×) peers Takao Horiuchi

Countries citing papers authored by Yuki Kinjo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yuki Kinjo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuki Kinjo

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chang, Bin, Yoshinari Tanabe, Koji Kuronuma, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the role of preceding seasonal influenza in the development of bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia in older adults before the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 143. 107024–107024.

Abe, Masahiro, et al.. (2024). Basic Research on <i>Candida</i> Species. Medical Mycology Journal. 65(3). 67–74. 1 indexed citations

Abe, Masahiro, Yuki Kinjo, Minoru Shinozaki, et al.. (2021). α-galactosylceramide-stimulated invariant natural killer T-cells play a protective role in murine vulvovaginal candidiasis by Candida albicans. PLoS ONE. 16(11). e0259306–e0259306. 3 indexed citations

Aonuma, Hiroka, Manabu Oté, Tatsuya Sakurai, et al.. (2020). Intensive diagnostic management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in academic settings in Japan: challenge and future. Inflammation and Regeneration. 40(1). 38–38. 3 indexed citations

Ueno, Keigo, Makoto Urai, Kumi Izawa, et al.. (2018). Mouse LIMR3/CD300f is a negative regulator of the antimicrobial activity of neutrophils. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 17406–17406. 9 indexed citations

Kinjo, Yuki, Shogo Takatsuka, Naoki Kitano, et al.. (2018). Functions of CD1d-Restricted Invariant Natural Killer T Cells in Antimicrobial Immunity and Potential Applications for Infection Control. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 1266–1266. 20 indexed citations

Miyasaka, Tomomitsu, Tetsuji Aoyagi, Kazunori Oishi, et al.. (2012). A possible relationship of natural killer T cells with humoral immune response to 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in clinical settings. Vaccine. 30(22). 3304–3310. 7 indexed citations

Ueno, Keigo, Yasuhiko Matsumoto, Jun Uno, et al.. (2011). Intestinal Resident Yeast Candida glabrata Requires Cyb2p-Mediated Lactate Assimilation to Adapt in Mouse Intestine. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e24759–e24759. 88 indexed citations

Kronenberg, Mitchell & Yuki Kinjo. (2009). Innate-like recognition of microbes by invariant natural killer T cells. Current Opinion in Immunology. 21(4). 391–396. 54 indexed citations

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Tupin, Emmanuel, Mohammed Rafii‐El‐Idrissi Benhnia, Yuki Kinjo, et al.. (2008). NKT cells prevent chronic joint inflammation after infection with Borrelia burgdorferi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(50). 19863–19868. 79 indexed citations

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Tupin, Emmanuel, Yuki Kinjo, & Mitchell Kronenberg. (2007). The unique role of natural killer T cells in the response to microorganisms. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 5(6). 405–417. 365 indexed citations

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Kinjo, Takeshi, Masashi Nakamatsu, Chikara Nakasone, et al.. (2006). NKT cells play a limited role in the neutrophilic inflammatory responses and host defense to pulmonary infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbes and Infection. 8(12-13). 2679–2685. 18 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Kiwamu, Kazuya Miyagi, Yoshinobu Koguchi, et al.. (2006). Limited contribution of Toll-like receptor 2 and 4 to the host response to a fungal infectious pathogen,Cryptococcus neoformans. FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology. 47(1). 148–154. 69 indexed citations

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Uezu, Kaori, Kazuyoshi Kawakami, Kazuya Miyagi, et al.. (2004). Accumulation of γδ T Cells in the Lungs and Their Regulatory Roles in Th1 Response and Host Defense against Pulmonary Infection with Cryptococcus neoformans. The Journal of Immunology. 172(12). 7629–7634. 77 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Natsuo, Kazuyoshi Kawakami, Yuki Kinjo, et al.. (2004). Essential role for the p40 subunit of interleukin-12 in neutrophil-mediated early host defense against pulmonary infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae: involvement of interferon-γ. Microbes and Infection. 6(14). 1241–1249. 52 indexed citations

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Kawakami, Kazuyoshi, Yuki Kinjo, Kaori Uezu, et al.. (2004). Interferon-γ production and host protective response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mice lacking both IL-12p40 and IL-18. Microbes and Infection. 6(4). 339–349. 31 indexed citations

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Kinjo, Yuki, Kazuyoshi Kawakami, Kaori Uezu, et al.. (2002). Contribution of IL-18 to Th1 Response and Host Defense Against Infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis : A Comparative Study with IL-12p40. The Journal of Immunology. 169(1). 323–329. 71 indexed citations

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Kawakami, Kazuyoshi, Yuki Kinjo, Kaori Uezu, et al.. (2001). Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1-Dependent Increase of Vα14 NKT Cells in Lungs and Their Roles in Th1 Response and Host Defense in Cryptococcal Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 167(11). 6525–6532. 128 indexed citations

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Kawakami, Kazuyoshi, Yoshinobu Koguchi, Mahboob Qureshi, et al.. (2000). IL-18 Contributes to Host Resistance Against Infection with Cryptococcus neoformans in Mice with Defective IL-12 Synthesis Through Induction of IFN-γ Production by NK Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 165(2). 941–947. 111 indexed citations

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Kawakami, Kazuyoshi, Yoshinobu Koguchi, Mahboob Qureshi, et al.. (2000). Reduced host resistance and Th1 response toCryptococcus neoformansin interleukin-18 deficient mice. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 186(1). 121–126. 36 indexed citations

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