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Tetsuji Kobata 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 Tetsuji Kobata sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 116 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tetsuji Kobata 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 Tetsuji Kobata sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 48 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Tetsuji Kobata is affiliated with Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, with six publications in this field. Within this broad area, their work concentrates on immunology as a subfield.

The main topics that Kobata addresses in their research include:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Their recent papers include two notable studies. The first, published in 2020 in Immunology Letters, is titled "IL-21 and IL-5 coordinately induce surface IgA+ cells." The second paper, published in 2021 in the Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, is titled "Fine-tuning of antigen-specific immune responses by regulatory T cells activated via antigen recognition-independent and humoral factor-dependent mechanisms."

Kobata frequently collaborates with several coauthors who have contributed to multiple publications together, including Masaaki Hashiguchi, Yuji Kashiwakura, Yumiko Kanno, and Hidefumi Kojima.

They have published in the venues Immunology Letters and Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, each contributing to one published work in these journals.

Best Publications

  • Carbohydrate mimicry between human ganglioside GM1 and Campylobacter jejuni lipooligosaccharide causes Guillain-Barre syndrome.

    Nobuhiro Yuki;Keiichiro Susuki;Michiaki Koga;Yukihiro Nishimoto

  • B cell subpopulations separated by CD27 and crucial collaboration of CD27+ B cells and helper T cells in immunoglobulin production

    Kazunaga Agematsu;Haruo Nagumo;Fen Chun Yang;Takayuki Nakazawa

  • 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

  • Generation of Plasma Cells From Peripheral Blood Memory B Cells: Synergistic Effect of Interleukin-10 and CD27/CD70 Interaction

    Kazunaga Agematsu;Haruo Nagumo;Haruo Nagumo;Haruo Nagumo;Yumiko Oguchi;Yumiko Oguchi;Yumiko Oguchi;Takayuki Nakazawa;Takayuki Nakazawa;Takayuki Nakazawa

  • CD27-CD70 interactions regulate B-cell activation by T cells.

    Tetsuji Kobata;Serge Jacquot;Stacy Kozlowski;Kazunaga Agematsu

  • Abnormal B lymphocyte development and autoimmunity in hypoxia-inducible factor 1α-deficient chimeric mice

    Hidefumi Kojima;Hua Gu;Saeko Nomura;Charles C. Caldwell

  • Targeted disruption of Traf5 gene causes defects in CD40- and CD27-mediated lymphocyte activation

    Hiroyasu Nakano;Sachiko Sakon;Haruhiko Koseki;Toshitada Takemori

  • CD154/CD40 and CD70/CD27 interactions have different and sequential functions in T cell-dependent B cell responses: enhancement of plasma cell differentiation by CD27 signaling.

    S Jacquot;T Kobata;S Iwata;C Morimoto

  • Graft-versus-leukemia effect and graft-versus-host disease can be differentiated by cytotoxic mechanisms in a murine model of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

    Nobuhiro Tsukada;Tetsuji Kobata;Tetsuji Kobata;Yoshifusa Aizawa;Yoshifusa Aizawa;Hideo Yagita;Hideo Yagita

  • BAFF/BLyS can potentiate B-cell selection with the B-cell coreceptor complex

    Hidenori Hase;Yumiko Kanno;Masaru Kojima;Kaoru Hasegawa

  • CD27-mediated activation of murine NK cells.

    Kazuyoshi Takeda;Hideo Oshima;Hideo Oshima;Yoshihiro Hayakawa;Hisaya Akiba

  • Therapeutic effect of the anti-Fas antibody on arthritis in HTLV-1 tax transgenic mice.

    K Fujisawa;H Asahara;K Okamoto;H Aono

  • Characterization of murine CD70 by molecular cloning and mAb

    Hideo Oshima;Hiroyasu Nakano;Chiyoko Nohara;Tetsuji Kobata

  • Impaired CD4 and CD8 effector function and decreased memory T cell populations in ICOS-deficient patients.

    Naomi Takahashi;Kenji Matsumoto;Hirohisa Saito;Toshihiro Nanki

  • CD27 is a signal-transducing molecule involved in CD45RA+ naive T cell costimulation.

    Tetsuji Kobata;Kazunaga Agematsu;Junichi Kameoka;Stuart F. Schlossman

  • Blockade of CD134 (OX40)-CD134L interaction ameliorates lethal acute graft-versus-host disease in a murine model of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

    Nobuhiro Tsukada;Hisaya Akiba;Tetsuji Kobata;Yoshifusa Aizawa

  • Direct evidence of high DNA binding activity of transcription factor AP-1 in rheumatoid arthritis synovium

    Hiroshi Asahara;Koushi Fujisawa;Tetsuji Kobata;Tomoko Hasunuma

  • Accumulation of soluble Fas in inflamed joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

    Tomoko Hasunuma;Nobuhiko Kayagaki;Hiroshi Asahara;Satoru Motokawa

  • Induction of apoptosis in the rheumatoid synovium by Fas ligand gene transfer.

    K Okamoto;H Asahara;T Kobayashi;H Matsuno

  • TACI regulates IgA production by APRIL in collaboration with HSPG.

    Daisuke Sakurai;Hidenori Hase;Yumiko Kanno;Hidefumi Kojima

Frequent Co-Authors

Ko Okumura
Ko Okumura Juntendo University
Kusuki Nishioka
Kusuki Nishioka St. Marianna University School of Medicine
Hideo Yagita
Hideo Yagita Juntendo University
Tomohiro Kato
Tomohiro Kato St. Marianna University School of Medicine
Chikao Morimoto
Chikao Morimoto Juntendo University
Takayuki Sumida
Takayuki Sumida University of Tsukuba
Stuart F. Schlossman
Stuart F. Schlossman Harvard University
Hiroshi Asahara
Hiroshi Asahara Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Miyuki Azuma
Miyuki Azuma Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Hisaya Akiba
Hisaya Akiba Juntendo University

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