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Hisaya Akiba

Hisaya Akiba

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
67
Citations
17670
World Ranking
2658
National Ranking
104

Hisaya Akiba publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hisaya Akiba sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 174 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Hisaya Akiba D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hisaya Akiba sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hisaya Akiba is affiliated with Juntendo University in Japan, contributing to various research areas primarily within medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work extensively covers immunology and microbiology, with subfields including immunology, molecular biology, physiology, oncology, and immunology and allergy.

The scientist's research topics focus on asthma and respiratory diseases, galectins and cancer biology, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, inflammasome and immune disorders, immune cell function and interaction, phagocytosis and immune regulation, and allergic rhinitis and sensitization.

Akiba has authored multiple papers in notable journals, including:

  • Gasdermin D-mediated release of IL-33 from senescent hepatic stellate cells promotes obesity-associated hepatocellular carcinoma, 2022, Science Immunology
  • Tim4 recognizes carbon nanotubes and mediates phagocytosis leading to granuloma formation, 2021, Cell Reports
  • ImmunoPET Imaging of TIM-3 in Murine Melanoma Models, 2020, Advanced Therapeutics
  • Pretreatment circulating MAIT cells, neutrophils, and periostin predicted the real-world response after 1-year mepolizumab treatment in asthmatics, 2023, Allergology International
  • Pretreatment Frequency of Circulating Th17 Cells and FeNO Levels Predicted the Real-World Response after 1 Year of Benralizumab Treatment in Patients with Severe Asthma, 2023, Biomolecules

Frequent publication venues where Akiba has contributed include Respirology, Allergology International, Biomolecules, Science Immunology, and Cell Reports.

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Akiba's research activity, with frequent co-authors including Norihiro Harada, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Sonoko Harada, Hitoshi Sasano, and Yuuki Sandhu, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Expression of Programmed Death 1 Ligands by Murine T Cells and APC

    Tomohide Yamazaki;Hisaya Akiba;Hideyuki Iwai;Hironori Matsuda

  • The programmed death-1 (PD-1) pathway regulates autoimmune diabetes in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice.

    Mohammed Javeed I. Ansari;Alan D. Salama;Alan D. Salama;Tanuja Chitnis;Tanuja Chitnis;R. Neal Smith

  • Tumor-infiltrating DCs suppress nucleic acid–mediated innate immune responses through interactions between the receptor TIM-3 and the alarmin HMGB1

    Shigeki Chiba;Muhammad Baghdadi;Hisaya Akiba;Hironori Yoshiyama

  • Critical role of the programmed death-1 (PD-1) pathway in regulation of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Alan D. Salama;Tanuja Chitnis;Tanuja Chitnis;Jaime Imitola;Jaime Imitola;Mohammed Javeed I. Ansari

  • Anti-TIM3 Antibody Promotes T Cell IFN-γ–Mediated Antitumor Immunity and Suppresses Established Tumors

    Shin Foong Ngiow;Bianca von Scheidt;Hisaya Akiba;Hideo Yagita

  • Tim-3 mediates phagocytosis of apoptotic cells and cross-presentation.

    Masafumi Nakayama;Hisaya Akiba;Kazuyoshi Takeda;Yuko Kojima

  • Regulatory B cells are identified by expression of TIM-1 and can be induced through TIM-1 ligation to promote tolerance in mice

    Qing Ding;Melissa Yeung;Geoffrey Camirand;Qiang Zeng

  • Expression and function of TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand on murine activated NK cells.

    Nobuhiko Kayagaki;Noriko Yamaguchi;Masafumi Nakayama;Kazuyoshi Takeda

  • The Role of ICOS in the CXCR5+ Follicular B Helper T Cell Maintenance In Vivo

    Hisaya Akiba;Kazuyoshi Takeda;Yuko Kojima;Yoshihiko Usui

  • Expression and function of 4-1BB and 4-1BB ligand on murine dendritic cells

    Toshiro Futagawa;Hisaya Akiba;Tomohiro Kodama;Kazuyoshi Takeda

  • Eradication of established tumors in mice by a combination antibody-based therapy.

    Tomoyasu Uno;Kazuyoshi Takeda;Kazuyoshi Takeda;Yuko Kojima;Hirohisa Yoshizawa

  • Critical Contribution of Ox40 Ligand to T Helper Cell Type 2 Differentiation in Experimental Leishmaniasis

    Hisaya Akiba;Yasushi Miyahira;Machiko Atsuta;Kazuyoshi Takeda

  • CD27, a Member of the Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Activates NF-κB and Stress-activated Protein Kinase/c-Jun N-terminal Kinase via TRAF2, TRAF5, and NF-κB-inducing Kinase *

    Hisaya Akiba;Hiroyasu Nakano;Shigeyuki Nishinaka;Masahisa Shindo

  • Involvement of TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand in Human CD4+ T Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity

    Nobuhiko Kayagaki;Noriko Yamaguchi;Masafumi Nakayama;Akemi Kawasaki

  • TRAIL identifies immature natural killer cells in newborn mice and adult mouse liver.

    Kazuyoshi Takeda;Erika Cretney;Erika Cretney;Erika Cretney;Yoshihiro Hayakawa;Yoshihiro Hayakawa;Yoshihiro Hayakawa;Tsuyoshi Ota;Tsuyoshi Ota;Tsuyoshi Ota

  • RANKL Is Necessary and Sufficient to Initiate Development of Antigen-Sampling M Cells in the Intestinal Epithelium

    Kathryn A. Knoop;Nachiket Kumar;Betsy R. Butler;Senthilkumar K. Sakthivel

  • Induction of tumor-specific T cell immunity by anti-DR5 antibody therapy

    Kazuyoshi Takeda;Noriko Yamaguchi;Hisaya Akiba;Yuko Kojima

  • OX40 (CD134) Controls Memory T Helper 2 Cells that Drive Lung Inflammation

    Shahram Salek-Ardakani;Jianxun Song;Beth S. Halteman;Amha Gebre-Hiwot Jember

  • Blockade of B7-H1 Suppresses the Development of Chronic Intestinal Inflammation

    Takanori Kanai;Teruji Totsuka;Koji Uraushihara;Shin Makita

  • CD28-Independent Costimulation of T Cells by OX40 Ligand and CD70 on Activated B Cells

    Hisaya Akiba;Hideo Oshima;Kazuyoshi Takeda;Machiko Atsuta

Frequent Co-Authors

Hideo Yagita
Hideo Yagita Juntendo University
Ko Okumura
Ko Okumura Juntendo University
Miyuki Azuma
Miyuki Azuma Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Kazuyoshi Takeda
Kazuyoshi Takeda Juntendo University
Nader Najafian
Nader Najafian Brigham and Women's Hospital
Mohamed H. Sayegh
Mohamed H. Sayegh American University of Beirut
Alan D. Salama
Alan D. Salama University College London
Tetsuji Kobata
Tetsuji Kobata Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Mark J. Smyth
Mark J. Smyth QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Samia J. Khoury
Samia J. Khoury American University of Beirut

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