Junichi Hitomi

6.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
17 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Junichi Hitomi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Junichi Hitomi has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Junichi Hitomi's work include Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (7 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (6 papers) and Cell death mechanisms and regulation (5 papers). Junichi Hitomi is often cited by papers focused on Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (7 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (6 papers) and Cell death mechanisms and regulation (5 papers). Junichi Hitomi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Junichi Hitomi's co-authors include Alexei Degterev, Junying Yuan, Taiichi Katayama, Masaya Tohyama, Kazunori Imaizumi, Takashi Kudo, Scott A. Gerber, Dana E. Christofferson, Takayuki Manabe and Gregory D. Cuny and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Junichi Hitomi

17 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Identification of RIP1 kinase as a specific cellular target of necrostatins

2008 1.6k citations Alexei Degterev, Junichi Hitomi et al. Nature Chemical Biology profile →
Identification of a Molecular Signaling Network that Regulates a Cellular Necrotic Cell Death Pathway

2008 784 citations Junichi Hitomi, Dana E. Christofferson et al. Cell profile →
Involvement of caspase-4 in endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced apoptosis and Aβ-induced cell death

2004 710 citations Junichi Hitomi, Taiichi Katayama et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Junichi Hitomi Japan	15	3.1k	1.4k	1.1k	1.1k	595	17	4.6k
Clark Distelhorst United States	43	3.8k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	835 0.8×	759 0.7×	294 0.5×	82	5.3k
Sanjeev Gupta Ireland	29	2.7k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	472 0.4×	428 0.7×	62	4.5k
Katiuscia Bianchi United Kingdom	17	2.7k 0.9×	871 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	586 0.5×	564 0.9×	27	4.1k
Yoav D. Shaul Israel	23	3.2k 1.0×	925 0.7×	554 0.5×	642 0.6×	420 0.7×	40	4.6k
Angelika S. Rambold Germany	18	2.9k 0.9×	717 0.5×	1.5k 1.4×	933 0.9×	747 1.3×	26	4.8k
Kei Tobiume Japan	22	3.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	684 0.6×	689 0.6×	296 0.5×	45	4.6k
Thore Hettmann United States	14	2.0k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	724 0.7×	488 0.5×	287 0.5×	22	3.5k
Guadalupe Sabio Spain	31	2.5k 0.8×	556 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	736 0.7×	927 1.6×	71	4.6k
Shani Bialik Israel	28	3.0k 1.0×	859 0.6×	2.1k 1.9×	443 0.4×	301 0.5×	46	4.7k
Michael S. Kilberg United States	31	2.9k 0.9×	2.0k 1.5×	778 0.7×	343 0.3×	695 1.2×	46	4.8k

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17 of 17 papers shown

Shinohara, Mitsuru, et al.. (2023). APOEgenotypes modify the obesity paradox in dementia. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 94(9). 670–680. 11 indexed citations

Christofferson, Dana E., Ying Li, Junichi Hitomi, et al.. (2012). A novel role for RIP1 kinase in mediating TNFα production. Cell Death and Disease. 3(6). e320–e320. 168 indexed citations

Hitomi, Junichi, Dana E. Christofferson, Aylwin Ng, et al.. (2008). Identification of a Molecular Signaling Network that Regulates a Cellular Necrotic Cell Death Pathway. Cell. 135(7). 1311–1323. 784 indexed citations breakdown →

Degterev, Alexei, Junichi Hitomi, Irene L. Ch’en, et al.. (2008). Identification of RIP1 kinase as a specific cellular target of necrostatins. Nature Chemical Biology. 4(5). 313–321. 1603 indexed citations breakdown →

Matsuzaki, Shinsuke, Keisuke Kawamoto, Yoshihisa Koyama, et al.. (2007). Presenilin-1 mutation activates the signaling pathway of caspase-4 in endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced apoptosis. Neurochemistry International. 52(4-5). 683–687. 44 indexed citations

Yamagishi, Satoru, Yoshihisa Koyama, Taiichi Katayama, et al.. (2007). An In Vitro Model for Lewy Body-Like Hyaline Inclusion/Astrocytic Hyaline Inclusion: Induction by ER Stress with an ALS-Linked SOD1 Mutation. PLoS ONE. 2(10). e1030–e1030. 31 indexed citations

Katayama, Taiichi, Kazunori Imaizumi, Takayuki Manabe, et al.. (2004). Induction of neuronal death by ER stress in Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy. 28(1-2). 67–78. 238 indexed citations

Hitomi, Junichi, Taiichi Katayama, Manabu Taniguchi, et al.. (2004). Apoptosis induced by endoplasmic reticulum stress depends on activation of caspase-3 via caspase-12. Neuroscience Letters. 357(2). 127–130. 221 indexed citations

Katayama, Taiichi, Kazunori Imaizumi, Takunari Yoneda, et al.. (2004). Role of ARF4L in Recycling Between Endosomes and the Plasma Membrane. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 24(1). 137–147. 9 indexed citations

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Yoneda, Takunari, Takayuki Manabe, Satoru Yamagishi, et al.. (2004). JAB1 participates in unfolded protein responses by association and dissociation with IRE1. Neurochemistry International. 45(5). 765–772. 67 indexed citations

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Hitomi, Junichi, Taiichi Katayama, Yutaka Eguchi, et al.. (2004). Involvement of caspase-4 in endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced apoptosis and Aβ-induced cell death. The Journal of Cell Biology. 165(3). 347–356. 710 indexed citations breakdown →

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Manabe, Takayuki, Taiichi Katayama, Naoyuki Sato, et al.. (2003). Induced HMGA1a expression causes aberrant splicing of Presenilin-2 pre-mRNA in sporadic Alzheimer's disease. Cell Death and Differentiation. 10(6). 698–708. 62 indexed citations

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Sato, Naoya, Kazunori Imaizumi, Takayuki Manabe, et al.. (2001). Increased Production of β-Amyloid and Vulnerability to Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress by an Aberrant Spliced Form of Presenilin 2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(3). 2108–2114. 101 indexed citations

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Morihara, Takashi, Taiichi Katayama, Naoya Sato, et al.. (2000). Absence of endoproteolysis but no effects on amyloid β production by alternative splicing forms of presenilin-1, which lack exon 8 and replace D257A. Molecular Brain Research. 85(1-2). 85–90. 15 indexed citations

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Miyoshi, Ko, Taiichi Katayama, Kazunori Imaizumi, et al.. (2000). Characterization of mouse Ire1α: cloning, mRNA localization in the brain and functional analysis in a neural cell line. Molecular Brain Research. 85(1-2). 68–76. 23 indexed citations

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Gomi, Fumi, Kazunori Imaizumi, Takunari Yoneda, et al.. (2000). Molecular Cloning of a Novel Membrane Glycoprotein, Pal, Specifically Expressed in Photoreceptor Cells of the Retina and Containing Leucine-Rich Repeat. Journal of Neuroscience. 20(9). 3206–3213. 22 indexed citations

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Katayama, Taiichi, Kazunori Imaizumi, Naoya Sato, et al.. (1999). Presenilin-1 mutations downregulate the signalling pathway of the unfolded-protein response. Nature Cell Biology. 1(8). 479–485. 449 indexed citations

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