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Kouetsu Ogasawara

Kouetsu Ogasawara

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
15069
World Ranking
17445
National Ranking
1261

Kouetsu Ogasawara publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kouetsu Ogasawara sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 99 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Kouetsu Ogasawara D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kouetsu Ogasawara sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kouetsu Ogasawara is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several specialized subfields including Immunology, Biomedical Engineering, Oncology, Materials Chemistry, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of areas such as Bone Tissue Engineering Materials, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis, Frailty in Older Adults, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, interferon and immune responses, and Dental materials and restorations.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kouetsu Ogasawara include:

  • Koyu Ito
  • Ryusuke Koizumi
  • Takayuki Narushima
  • Kyosuke Ueda
  • Hiroyasu Kanetaka

Publications from Kouetsu Ogasawara appear regularly in several academic venues. The most common publication sources include:

  • Geriatrics and gerontology international/Geriatrics & gerontology international
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • JCI Insight
  • MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS

Some notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Kouetsu Ogasawara include:

  • Toward the development of a vibrant, super-aged society: The future of medicine and society in Japan (2021), published in Geriatrics and gerontology international/Geriatrics & gerontology international
  • Point mutation bias in SARS-CoV-2 variants results in increased ability to stimulate inflammatory responses (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • Importance of lymph node immune responses in MSI-H/dMMR colorectal cancer (2021), published in JCI Insight
  • Organogenesis of Ileal Peyer's Patches Is Initiated Prenatally and Accelerated Postnatally With Comprehensive Proliferation of B Cells in Pigs (2020), published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • Formation of carbon-added anatase-rich TiO2 layers on titanium and their antibacterial properties in visible light (2020), published in Dental Materials

Best Publications

  • IRF family of transcription factors as regulators of host defense

    Tadatsugu Taniguchi;Kouetsu Ogasawara;and Akinori Takaoka;Nobuyuki Tanaka

  • Distinct and Essential Roles of Transcription Factors IRF-3 and IRF-7 in Response to Viruses for IFN-α/β Gene Induction

    Mitsuharu Sato;Hirofumi Suemori;Naoki Hata;Masataka Asagiri

  • T-cell-mediated regulation of osteoclastogenesis by signalling cross-talk between RANKL and IFN-gamma.

    Hiroshi Takayanagi;Kouetsu Ogasawara;Shigeaki Hida;Tomoki Chiba

  • Requirement for IRF-1 in the microenvironment supporting development of natural killer cells

    Kouetsu Ogasawara;Shigeaki Hida;Nazli Azimi;Yutaka Tagaya

  • Multistage regulation of Th1-type immune responses by the transcription factor IRF-1.

    Shinsuke Taki;Takeo Sato;Kouetsu Ogasawara;Taeko Fukuda

  • NK cells in innate immunity.

    Jessica A Hamerman;Kouetsu Ogasawara;Lewis L Lanier

  • NKG2D blockade prevents autoimmune diabetes in NOD mice.

    Kouetsu Ogasawara;Jessica A Hamerman;Lauren R Ehrlich;Helene Bour-Jordan

  • Antiviral response by natural killer cells through TRAIL gene induction by IFN–α/β

    Kojiro Sato;Shigeaki Hida;Hiroshi Takayanagi;Taeko Yokochi

  • Impairment of NK Cell Function by NKG2D Modulation in NOD Mice

    Kouetsu Ogasawara;Jessica A Hamerman;Honor Hsin;Shunsuke Chikuma

  • NKG2D-mediated Natural Killer Cell Protection Against Cytomegalovirus Is Impaired by Viral gp40 Modulation of Retinoic Acid Early Inducible 1 Gene Molecules

    Melissa B Lodoen;Kouetsu Ogasawara;Jessica A. Hamerman;Hisashi Arase

  • A novel motor, KIF13A, transports mannose-6-phosphate receptor to plasma membrane through direct interaction with AP-1 complex.

    Terunaga Nakagawa;Mitsutoshi Setou;Dae Hyun Seog;Kouetsu Ogasawara

  • CD8 (+) T cell-mediated skin disease in mice lacking IRF-2, the transcriptional attenuator of interferon-α/β signaling

    Shigeaki Hida;Kouetsu Ogasawara;Kojiro Sato;Masaaki Abe

  • 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

  • Cytotoxic NK1.1 Ag+ alpha beta T cells with intermediate TCR induced in the liver of mice by IL-12.

    W Hashimoto;K Takeda;R Anzai;K Ogasawara

  • Cutting Edge: Toll-Like Receptor Signaling in Macrophages Induces Ligands for the NKG2D Receptor

    Jessica A. Hamerman;Kouetsu Ogasawara;Lewis L. Lanier

  • NKG2D triggers cytotoxicity in mouse NK cells lacking DAP12 or Syk family kinases.

    Simona Zompi;Jessica A Hamerman;Kouetsu Ogasawara;Edina Schweighoffer

  • Effect of Silica Particle Size on Macrophage Inflammatory Responses

    Toshimasa Kusaka;Masafumi Nakayama;Kyohei Nakamura;Mai Ishimiya

  • Function of NKG2D in natural killer cell-mediated rejection of mouse bone marrow grafts.

    Kouetsu Ogasawara;Jonathan Benjamin;Rayna Takaki;Joseph H Phillips

  • Impairment of NK cell function by NKG2D modulation in NOD mice - eScholarship

    Kouetsu Ogasawara;Jessica A Hamerman;Honor Hsin;Shunsuke Chikuma

  • NKG2D BLOCKADE PREVENTS AUTOIMMUNE DIABETES IN NOD MICE

    Kouetsu Ogasawara;A Hamerman Jessica;R Ehrlich Lauren;Bour-Jordan Helene

Frequent Co-Authors

Lewis L. Lanier
Lewis L. Lanier University of California, San Francisco
Tadatsugu Taniguchi
Tadatsugu Taniguchi University of Tokyo
Kazuyoshi Takeda
Kazuyoshi Takeda Juntendo University
Mark J. Smyth
Mark J. Smyth QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Ko Okumura
Ko Okumura Juntendo University
Ryuji Suzuki
Ryuji Suzuki National Institutes of Health
Hideo Yagita
Hideo Yagita Juntendo University
Yoshihiro Hayakawa
Yoshihiro Hayakawa Aichi Institute of Technology
Katsuo Kumagai
Katsuo Kumagai Tohoku University
Setsuya Aiba
Setsuya Aiba Tohoku University

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