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Setsuya Aiba

Setsuya Aiba

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
18081
World Ranking
9038
National Ranking
607

Setsuya Aiba 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 Setsuya Aiba sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 590 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Setsuya Aiba 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 Setsuya Aiba sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Setsuya Aiba is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and has an extensive publication record spanning multiple fields within biomedical sciences. The primary areas of their research include Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with notable subfields in Dermatology, Immunology, Oncology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Rheumatology.

Their research topics cover a broad range of subjects such as Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, CAR-T cell therapy research, and Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management.

Noteworthy recent papers by Setsuya Aiba include the following:

  • Significance of Immunosuppressive Cells as a Target for Immunotherapies in Melanoma and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers, 2020, Biomolecules
  • Staphylococcus aureus skin colonization promotes SLE-like autoimmune inflammation via neutrophil activation and the IL-23/IL-17 axis, 2022, Science Immunology
  • Metabolic and pathologic profiles of human LSS deficiency recapitulated in mice, 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • Treatment of Advanced Melanoma: Past, Present and Future, 2020, Life
  • 2020 guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of prurigo, 2021, The Journal of Dermatology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Setsuya Aiba include:

  • Taku Fujimura
  • Kenshi Yamasaki
  • Yumi Kambayashi
  • Ryo Amagai
  • H. Terui

Their publications are commonly found in these venues:

  • The Journal of Dermatology
  • Dermatologic Therapy
  • Journal of Cutaneous Immunology and Allergy
  • Case Reports in Oncology
  • Archives of Toxicology

Best Publications

  • Distinct Sets of Genetic Alterations in Melanoma

    John A. Curtin;Jane Fridlyand;Toshiro Kageshita;Hetal N. Patel

  • Synergistic effect of Nod1 and Nod2 agonists with Toll-like receptor agonists on human dendritic cells to generate interleukin-12 and T helper type 1 cells

    Hiroyuki Tada;Setsuya Aiba;Ken Ichiro Shibata;Toshiaki Ohteki

  • Dendritic cells differently respond to haptens and irritants by their production of cytokines and expression of co-stimulatory molecules.

    Setsuya Aiba;Atsushi Terunuma;Hideaki Manome;Hachiro Tagami

  • Phenotypic and functional characteristics of in vivo-activated Langerhans cells.

    S Aiba;S I Katz

  • A randomized double-blind trial of intravenous immunoglobulin for pemphigus

    Masayuki Amagai;Shigaku Ikeda;Hiroshi Shimizu;Hajime Iizuka

  • Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is a unique fibrohistiocytic tumour expressing CD34

    Setsuya Aiba;Nobuko Tabata;Hirotada Ishii;Haruo Ootani

  • The aryl hydrocarbon receptor AhR links atopic dermatitis and air pollution via induction of the neurotrophic factor artemin

    Takanori Hidaka;Eisaku Ogawa;Eri H Kobayashi;Takafumi Suzuki

  • p38 Mitogen-activated protein kinase and extracellular signal-regulated kinases play distinct roles in the activation of dendritic cells by two representative haptens, NiCl2 and 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene.

    Setsuya Aiba;Hideaki Manome;Satoshi Nakagawa;Zia U.A. Mollah

  • Notch signaling: its role in epidermal homeostasis and in the pathogenesis of skin diseases.

    Ryuhei Okuyama;Hachiro Tagami;Setsuya Aiba

  • Human Adipose Tissue Possesses a Unique Population of Pluripotent Stem Cells with Nontumorigenic and Low Telomerase Activities: Potential Implications in Regenerative Medicine

    Fumitaka Ogura;Shohei Wakao;Yasumasa Kuroda;Kenichiro Tsuchiyama

  • Alarmin Function of Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptide LL37 through IL-36γ Induction in Human Epidermal Keratinocytes

    Na Li;Kenshi Yamasaki;Rumiko Saito;Sawako Fukushi-Takahashi

  • IL-28 elicits antitumor responses against murine fibrosarcoma.

    Muneo Numasaki;Masatoshi Tagawa;Fumi Iwata;Takashi Suzuki

  • Enhanced Apoptosis by Disruption of the STAT3-IκB-ζ Signaling Pathway in Epithelial Cells Induces Sjögren’s Syndrome-like Autoimmune Disease

    Atsushi Okuma;Katsuaki Hoshino;Tomoyuki Ohba;Sawako Fukushi

  • QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF SPLICED XBP1 mRNA AS AN INDICATOR OF ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS

    Morihiko Hirota;Masato Kitagaki;Hiroshi Itagaki;Setsuya Aiba

  • Targeting Apoptotic Tumor Cells to FcγR Provides Efficient and Versatile Vaccination Against Tumors by Dendritic Cells

    Kenichi Akiyama;Shin Ebihara;Ayumi Yada;Kimio Matsumura

  • Redox imbalance induced by contact sensitizers triggers the maturation of dendritic cells.

    Masato Mizuashi;Tomoyuki Ohtani;Satoshi Nakagawa;Setsuya Aiba

  • Inverse correlation between CD34 expression and proline-4-hydroxyase immunoreactivity on spindle cells noted in hypertrophic scars and keloids

    Setsuya Aiba;Hachiro Tagami

  • Interleukin-1β and Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Mediate Langerhans Cell Maturation Differently

    Hiroaki Ozawa;Satoshi Nakagawa;Hachiro Tagami;Setsuya Aiba

  • Crosstalk between regulatory T cells (Tregs) and myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) during melanoma growth

    Taku Fujimura;Yumi Kambayashi;Setsuya Aiba

  • Interferon-γ and interleukin-10 inhibit antigen presentation by Langerhans cells for T helper type 1 cells by suppressing their CD80 (B7-1) expression

    Hiroaki Ozawa;Setsuya Aiba;Satoshi Nakagawa;Hachiro Tagami

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenshi Yamasaki
Kenshi Yamasaki Tohoku University
Hironobu Sasano
Hironobu Sasano Tohoku University
Shigenao Maruyama
Shigenao Maruyama Tohoku University
Masutaka Furue
Masutaka Furue Kyushu University
Yoshihiro Ohmiya
Yoshihiro Ohmiya National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Hideo Yagita
Hideo Yagita Juntendo University
Mari Dezawa
Mari Dezawa Tohoku University
Yoko Aoki
Yoko Aoki Tohoku University
Shigeo Kure
Shigeo Kure Tohoku University
Kouetsu Ogasawara
Kouetsu Ogasawara Tohoku University

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