2026 Shigeo Koyasu: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	87	1191	1080	45	41	303	41696

Overview

Shigeo Koyasu is affiliated with Keio University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a total of 26 publications in Medicine and 23 in Immunology and Microbiology. Their work spans several subfields, including Immunology, Surgery, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Oncology.

The research topics covered by Koyasu include:

IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
Immune Cell Function and Interaction
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases
Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
Gut microbiota and health
Diet and metabolism studies

Koyasu has published in a variety of scientific journals, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

Nature
Cell Reports
The Journal of Immunology
Frontiers in Immunology
International Immunology

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Koyasu include:

"Gut microbial carbohydrate metabolism contributes to insulin resistance" (2023, Nature)
"An antibacterial coated polymer prevents biofilm formation and implant-associated infection" (2021, Scientific Reports)
"Tumor-Derived Lactic Acid Contributes to the Paucity of Intratumoral ILC2s" (2020, Cell Reports)
"Activation of ILC2s through constitutive IFNγ signaling reduction leads to spontaneous pulmonary fibrosis" (2023, Nature Communications)
"Arf1 and Arf6 Synergistically Maintain Survival of T Cells during Activation" (2020, The Journal of Immunology)

Koyasu has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

Osamu Ohara
Marek Wagner
Tetsuya Kubota
Hiroshi Ohno
Kazuyo Moro

Best Publications

Cloning of adiponectin receptors that mediate antidiabetic metabolic effects

Toshimasa Yamauchi;Junji Kamon;Yusuke Ito;Atsushi Tsuchida

4304
Citations
Innate lymphoid cells--a proposal for uniform nomenclature.

Hergen Spits;David Artis;Marco Colonna;Andreas Diefenbach

2739
Citations
Innate production of T H 2 cytokines by adipose tissue-associated c-Kit + Sca-1 + lymphoid cells

Kazuyo Moro;Taketo Yamada;Masanobu Tanabe;Tsutomu Takeuchi

2211
Citations
A promoter-level mammalian expression atlas

Alistair R.R. Forrest;Hideya Kawaji;Michael Rehli;J. Kenneth Baillie

2045
Citations
Innate Lymphoid Cells: 10 Years On.

Eric Vivier;David Artis;Marco Colonna;Andreas Diefenbach

2037
Citations
Mechanisms of action of cyclosporine.

Satoshi Matsuda;Shigeo Koyasu

1020
Citations
ROS-dependent activation of the TRAF6-ASK1-p38 pathway is selectively required for TLR4-mediated innate immunity.

Atsushi Matsuzawa;Kaoru Saegusa;Takuya Noguchi;Chiharu Sadamitsu

775
Citations
PI3K and negative regulation of TLR signaling.

Taro Fukao;Shigeo Koyasu

754
Citations
T Cell-Specific Loss of Pten Leads to Defects in Central and Peripheral Tolerance

Akira Suzuki;Manae Tsukio Yamaguchi;Toshiaki Ohteki;Takehiko Sasaki

735
Citations
IFN-γ production by antigen-presenting cells: mechanisms emerge

David M Frucht;Taro Fukao;Christian Bogdan;Heike Schindler

691
Citations
PI3K-mediated negative feedback regulation of IL-12 production in DCs

Taro Fukao;Masanobu Tanabe;Yasuo Terauchi;Takayuki Ota

665
Citations
The role of PI3K in immune cells

Shigeo Koyasu

624
Citations
Xid-Like Immunodeficiency in Mice with Disruption of the p85α Subunit of Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase

Harumi Suzuki;Yasuo Terauchi;Mari Fujiwara;Shinichi Aizawa

596
Citations
Development, Differentiation, and Diversity of Innate Lymphoid Cells

Andreas Diefenbach;Marco Colonna;Shigeo Koyasu

594
Citations
The transcriptional regulators IRF4, BATF and IL-33 orchestrate development and maintenance of adipose tissue-resident regulatory T cells

Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar;Kazuyo Moro;Annie Xin;Yang Liao

575
Citations
Interleukin 12-dependent interferon gamma production by CD8alpha+ lymphoid dendritic cells.

Toshiaki Ohteki;Taro Fukao;Kazutomo Suzue;Chikako Maki

516
Citations
Restoration of T cell development in RAG-2-deficient mice by functional TCR transgenes

Yoichi Shinkai;Shigeo Koyasu;Kei Ichi Nakayama;Kenneth M. Murphy

506
Citations
Interferon and IL-27 antagonize the function of group 2 innate lymphoid cells and type 2 innate immune responses.

Kazuyo Moro;Hiroki Kabata;Masanobu Tanabe;Satoshi Koga

491
Citations
Cofilin is a component of intranuclear and cytoplasmic actin rods induced in cultured cells.

Eisuke Nishida;Kazuko Iida;Naoto Yonezawa;Shigeo Koyasu

385
Citations
Helicobacter pylori CagA Phosphorylation-Independent Function in Epithelial Proliferation and Inflammation

Masato Suzuki;Hitomi Mimuro;Kotaro Kiga;Makoto Fukumatsu

381
Citations
Mammalian target of rapamycin and glycogen synthase kinase 3 differentially regulate lipopolysaccharide-induced interleukin-12 production in dendritic cells

Masashi Ohtani;Shigenori Nagai;Shuhei Kondo;Shinta Mizuno

365
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ellis L. Reinherz Harvard University

Masayuki Amagai Keio University

Ichiro Yahara Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science

Takashi Kadowaki Toranomon Hospital

Takeji Nishikawa Keio University

Eisuke Nishida RIKEN

Toshiaki Ohteki Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Yasuo Terauchi Yokohama City University

Hiroshi Kawamoto Kyoto University

Juha Kere Karolinska Institute

External Links

Personal website of Shigeo Koyasu

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