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Masafumi Takiguchi

Masafumi Takiguchi

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
60
Citations
12403
World Ranking
3142
National Ranking
121

Masafumi Takiguchi publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 274 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Masafumi Takiguchi D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Masafumi Takiguchi is affiliated with Kumamoto University in Japan and specializes in research primarily within the field of Immunology and Microbiology. Their work spans 56 publications in this main field, with subfields including Immunology, Virology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology.

Their research topics focus on:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Takiguchi has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • Long-term memory CD8+ T cells specific for SARS-CoV-2 in individuals who received the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Existence of Replication-Competent Minor Variants with Different Coreceptor Usage in Plasma from HIV-1-Infected Individuals (2020, Journal of Virology)
  • Novel Nested Peptide Epitopes Recognized by CD4+ T Cells Induced by HIV-1 Conserved-Region Vaccines (2020, Vaccines)
  • Specificity of CD8+ T-Cell Responses Following Vaccination with Conserved Regions of HIV-1 in Nairobi, Kenya (2020, Vaccines)
  • STING Ligand-Mediated Priming of Functional CD8+ T Cells Specific for HIV-1-Protective Epitopes from Naive T Cells (2021, Journal of Virology)

The scientist frequently publishes in key venues such as:

  • Journal of Virology (10 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (3 publications)
  • Nature Communications (2 publications)
  • Vaccines (2 publications)
  • AIDS (2 publications)

Collaborations have been significant in their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Takayuki Chikata (20 co-authored works)
  • Nozomi Kuse (18 co-authored works)
  • Shinichi Oka (15 co-authored works)
  • Hiroyuki Gatanaga (15 co-authored works)
  • Yu Zhang (12 co-authored works)

Best Publications

  • HIV-specific cytotoxic T-cells in HIV-exposed but uninfected Gambian women

    Sarah Rowland-Jones;Julian Sutton;Koya Ariyoshi;Tao Dong

  • Molecular analysis of the association of HLA-B53 and resistance to severe malaria.

    A V Hill;J Elvin;A C Willis;M Aidoo

  • Adaptation of HIV-1 to human leukocyte antigen class I

    Y. Kawashima;K. Pfafferott;J. Frater;P. Matthews

  • Induction of inflammatory arthropathy resembling rheumatoid arthritis in mice transgenic for HTLV-I.

    Yoichiro Iwakura;Mariko Tosu;Emi Yoshida;Masafumi Takiguchi

  • Differentiation of Human CD8+ T Cells from a Memory to Memory/Effector Phenotype

    Hiroko Tomiyama;Tomoko Matsuda;Masafumi Takiguchi

  • Excessive function of peripheral blood neutrophils from patients with Behçet's disease and from HLA-B51 transgenic mice

    Mitsuhiro Takeno;Ai Kariyone;Naomi Yamashita;Masafumi Takiguchi

  • Three memory subsets of human CD8+ T cells differently expressing three cytolytic effector molecules

    Hiroshi Takata;Masafumi Takiguchi

  • Cutting edge: Phenotypic characterization and differentiation of human CD8+ T cells producing IL-17.

    Takaaki Kondo;Hiroshi Takata;Fumichika Matsuki;Masafumi Takiguchi

  • Phenotypic classification of human CD4+ T cell subsets and their differentiation.

    Ryo Okada;Takaaki Kondo;Fumichika Matsuki;Hiroshi Takata

  • Identification of conserved antigenic components for a cytotoxic T lymphocyte-inducing vaccine against malaria

    M Aidoo;A Lalvani;C.E.M Allsopp;M Plebanski

  • Structural and functional analysis of monomorphic determinants recognized by monoclonal antibodies reacting with the HLA class I alpha 3 domain.

    Manabu Tanabe;Masayuki Sekimata;Soldano Ferrone;Masafumi Takiguchi

  • Impaired Processing and Presentation of Cytotoxic-T-Lymphocyte (CTL) Epitopes Are Major Escape Mechanisms from CTL Immune Pressure in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection

    Yoshiyuki Yokomaku;Hideka Miura;Hiroko Tomiyama;Ai Kawana-Tachikawa

  • A Molecular Basis for the Control of Preimmune Escape Variants by HIV-Specific CD8(+) T Cells.

    Kristin Ingrid Ladell;Masao Hashimoto;Maria Candela Iglesias;Pascal G. Wilmann

  • Escape from highly effective public CD8+ T-cell clonotypes by HIV

    Maria Candela Iglesias;Jorge R. Almeida;Jorge R. Almeida;Solène Fastenackels;David J. Van Bockel

  • Cytotoxic T cell responses to human telomerase reverse transcriptase in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

    Eishiro Mizukoshi;Yasunari Nakamoto;Yohei Marukawa;Kuniaki Arai

  • Functional Expression of the Chemokine Receptor CCR5 on Virus Epitope-Specific Memory and Effector CD8+ T Cells

    Katsuhiko Fukada;Yuji Sobao;Hiroko Tomiyama;Shinichi Oka

  • Identification and characterization of multiple HLA-A24-restricted HIV-1 CTL epitopes: strong epitopes are derived from V regions of HIV-1.

    Yuki Ikeda-Moore;Hiroko Tomiyama;Kiyoshi Miwa;Shinichi Oka

  • Novel Conserved-region T-cell Mosaic Vaccine With High Global HIV-1 Coverage Is Recognized by Protective Responses in Untreated Infection

    Beatrice Ondondo;Hayato Murakoshi;Genevieve Clutton;Genevieve Clutton;Sultan Abdul-Jawad

  • A newly identified MAGE-3-derived epitope recognized by HLA-A24- restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes

    Masatake Oiso;Masao Eura;Fumihiro Katsura;Masafumi Takiguchi

  • Dengue virus-specific, HLA-B35-restricted, human CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) clones. Recognition of NS3 amino acids 500 to 508 by CTL clones of two different serotype specificities.

    Peter G. Livingston;Ichiro Kurane;Li Chen Dai;Yuji Okamoto

  • Phenotypic classification of human CD8+ T cells reflecting their function: inverse correlation between quantitative expression of CD27 and cytotoxic effector function.

    Hiroko Tomiyama;Hiroshi Takata;Tomoko Matsuda;Masafumi Takiguchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Shinichi Oka
Shinichi Oka Kumamoto University
Hiroyuki Gatanaga
Hiroyuki Gatanaga Kumamoto University
Katsushi Tokunaga
Katsushi Tokunaga University of Tokyo
Tomáš Hanke
Tomáš Hanke University of Oxford
Aikichi Iwamoto
Aikichi Iwamoto Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Andrew J. McMichael
Andrew J. McMichael University of Oxford
Bruce D. Walker
Bruce D. Walker Harvard University
Hiromitsu Nakauchi
Hiromitsu Nakauchi Stanford University
Takeo Juji
Takeo Juji Texas Medical Center
Shinichi Oka
Shinichi Oka Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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