Jun Kunisawa

11.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
200 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Jun Kunisawa is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jun Kunisawa has authored 200 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Immunology, 88 papers in Molecular Biology and 27 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Jun Kunisawa's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (49 papers), Gut microbiota and health (46 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (43 papers). Jun Kunisawa is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (49 papers), Gut microbiota and health (46 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (43 papers). Jun Kunisawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Croatia. Jun Kunisawa's co-authors include Hiroshi Kiyono, Hiroshi Kiyono, Koji Hosomi, Nilabh Shastri, Kento Sawane, Takahiro Nagatake, Yosuke Kurashima, Ken Yoshii, Tomonori Nochi and Izumi Ishikawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Jun Kunisawa

189 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Metabolism of Dietary and Microbial Vitamin B Family in the Regulation of Host Immunity

2019 376 citations Koji Hosomi, Jun Kunisawa et al. Frontiers in Nutrition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jun Kunisawa Japan	47	3.0k	2.6k	780	762	731	200	6.9k
Jürgen Harder Germany	48	3.9k 1.3×	3.9k 1.5×	672 0.9×	506 0.7×	867 1.2×	125	10.1k
Cheol‐Heui Yun South Korea	45	3.4k 1.1×	2.0k 0.7×	447 0.6×	777 1.0×	751 1.0×	292	8.3k
Keiji Iwatsuki Japan	51	2.5k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	877 1.1×	791 1.0×	844 1.2×	357	9.2k
Blaise Corthésy Switzerland	47	3.3k 1.1×	3.2k 1.2×	495 0.6×	1.5k 1.9×	899 1.2×	124	8.4k
Jun Yan United States	64	7.0k 2.4×	5.3k 2.0×	589 0.8×	937 1.2×	641 0.9×	207	14.5k
Amanda E. Ramer‐Tait United States	38	2.7k 0.9×	905 0.3×	731 0.9×	567 0.7×	655 0.9×	105	4.8k
Lúcia Helena Faccioli Brazil	45	2.1k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	707 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	1.1k 1.6×	277	7.2k
Ana Maria Caetano Faria Brazil	40	1.9k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	925 1.2×	446 0.6×	780 1.1×	182	6.1k
Peter H. Nibbering Netherlands	54	2.7k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	406 0.5×	724 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	175	8.1k
Jens‐Michael Schröder Germany	51	3.7k 1.2×	5.7k 2.2×	1.3k 1.7×	409 0.5×	999 1.4×	134	12.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Jun Kunisawa

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jun Kunisawa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jun Kunisawa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jun Kunisawa based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Jun Kunisawa. Jun Kunisawa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Iwamoto, Yukihide, Akiyo Sekimoto, Takashi Toyama, et al.. (2025). Lactoferrin attenuates renal fibrosis and uremic sarcopenia in a mouse model of adenine-induced chronic kidney disease. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 146. 110039–110039.

Saito, Yutaro, Azusa Saika, Jumpei Morimoto, et al.. (2025). Expedited access to polyunsaturated fatty acids and biofunctional analogues by full solid-phase synthesis. Nature Chemistry. 17(9). 1391–1400.

Saika, Azusa, et al.. (2024). RNA-Based Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Membrane Vesicles Derived from Lactiplantibacillus plantarum. Foods. 13(6). 967–967. 15 indexed citations

Hosomi, Koji, Jonguk Park, Haruka Murakami, et al.. (2024). High barley intake in non-obese individuals is associated with high natto consumption and abundance of butyrate-producing bacteria in the gut: a cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Nutrition. 11. 1434150–1434150. 3 indexed citations

Shimoyama, Atsushi, et al.. (2024). Chemical Synthesis of Acetobacter pasteurianus Lipid A with a Unique Tetrasaccharide Backbone and Evaluation of Its Immunological Functions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(24). 2 indexed citations

Nagao, Munemasa, Satoshi Ogawa, Takahisa Maruno, et al.. (2024). Reduction of butyrate-producing bacteria in the gut microbiome of Japanese patients with pancreatic cancer. Pancreatology. 24(7). 1031–1039. 4 indexed citations

Ito, T., Yuri Kato, Akiyuki Nishimura, et al.. (2024). Diabetic Mice Spleen Vulnerability Contributes to Decreased Persistence of Antibody Production after SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(19). 10379–10379. 1 indexed citations

Mayneris‐Perxachs, Jordi, Judit Cabana‐Domínguez, Noèlia Fernàndez‐Castillo, et al.. (2024). Gut microbiota signatures of vulnerability to food addiction in mice and humans. Gut. 73(11). 1799–1815. 12 indexed citations

Tada, Rui, et al.. (2023). Intranasal administration of sodium nitroprusside augments antigen-specific mucosal and systemic antibody production in mice. International Immunopharmacology. 119. 110262–110262. 3 indexed citations

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Kawai, Atsushi, Chikako Ono, Hiroki Tanaka, et al.. (2023). Intranasal immunization with an RBD-hemagglutinin fusion protein harnesses preexisting immunity to enhance antigen-specific responses. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(23). 6 indexed citations

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Nanri, Hinako, Takashi Nakagata, Harumi Ohno, et al.. (2023). Association of skeletal muscle function, quantity, and quality with gut microbiota in Japanese adults: A cross‐sectional study. Geriatrics and gerontology international. 24(1). 53–60. 4 indexed citations

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Hatamoto, Yoichi, Takashi Nakagata, Hinako Nanri, et al.. (2023). Effects of energy loads on energy and nutrient absorption rates and gut microbiome in humans: A randomized crossover trial. Obesity. 32(2). 262–272. 4 indexed citations

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Park, Jonguk, Hiroshi Ueno, Naoki Ozato, et al.. (2023). Ramen Consumption and Gut Microbiota Diversity in Japanese Women: Cross-Sectional Data from the NEXIS Cohort Study. Microorganisms. 11(8). 1892–1892. 4 indexed citations

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Hosomi, Koji, Jonguk Park, Haruka Murakami, et al.. (2023). Characteristic Gut Bacteria in High Barley Consuming Japanese Individuals without Hypertension. Microorganisms. 11(5). 1246–1246. 10 indexed citations

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Park, Jonguk, Koji Hosomi, Hitoshi Kawashima, et al.. (2022). Dietary Vitamin B1 Intake Influences Gut Microbial Community and the Consequent Production of Short-Chain Fatty Acids. Nutrients. 14(10). 2078–2078. 37 indexed citations

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Miki, Yoshimi, Yoshitaka Taketomi, Kei Yamamoto, et al.. (2022). Group IIA secreted phospholipase A2 controls skin carcinogenesis and psoriasis by shaping the gut microbiota. JCI Insight. 7(2). 29 indexed citations

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Hosomi, Koji, Jonguk Park, Haruka Sakaue, et al.. (2021). Effects of Malted Rice Amazake on Constipation Symptoms and Gut Microbiota in Children and Adults with Severe Motor and Intellectual Disabilities: A Pilot Study. Nutrients. 13(12). 4466–4466. 8 indexed citations

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Park, Jonguk, Rie Tomizawa, Hitoshi Kawashima, et al.. (2021). Relationship between Nutrient Intake and Human Gut Microbiota in Monozygotic Twins. Medicina. 57(3). 275–275. 11 indexed citations

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Nagatake, Takahiro, Koji Hosomi, Tetsuya Honda, et al.. (2020). 母体ω3ドコサペンタエン酸は,マウスにおけるTRAIL発現形質細胞様樹状細胞を介して乳児アレルギー性皮膚炎を阻害する【JST・京大機械翻訳】. Allergy. 75(8). 1935–1951. 1 indexed citations

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Jang, Myoung Ho, Mi–Na Kweon, Masafumi Yamamoto, et al.. (2004). Intestinal villous M cells: An antigen entry site in the mucosal epithelium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(16). 6110–6115. 361 indexed citations

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