Ken Takai

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Ken Takai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Takai has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Ken Takai's work include Cancer Cells and Metastasis (4 papers), T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (3 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (3 papers). Ken Takai is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Cells and Metastasis (4 papers), T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (3 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (3 papers). Ken Takai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Taiwan. Ken Takai's co-authors include Zena Werb, Valerie M. Weaver, Pengfei Lu, Kai Kessenbrock, Devon A. Lawson, Sanjeev Balakrishnan, Andrei Goga, Alicia Y. Zhou, Chih‐Yang Wang and Karin D. Prummel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Ken Takai

17 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

Extracellular Matrix Degradation and Remodeling in Development and Disease

2011 1.7k citations Pengfei Lu, Ken Takai et al. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology profile →
Single-cell analysis reveals a stem-cell program in human metastatic breast cancer cells

2015 690 citations Devon A. Lawson, Nirav R. Bhakta et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ken Takai Japan	9	1.2k	894	671	536	491	17	3.0k
Katherine N. Weilbaecher United States	46	2.5k 2.1×	3.2k 3.6×	817 1.2×	1.3k 2.5×	589 1.2×	124	6.1k
Natarajan Muthusamy United States	40	2.3k 1.9×	1.3k 1.4×	511 0.8×	2.0k 3.7×	205 0.4×	177	5.3k
Olaf Heidenreich United Kingdom	36	3.0k 2.5×	613 0.7×	491 0.7×	609 1.1×	146 0.3×	136	4.1k
Gordon Parry United States	22	1.6k 1.4×	790 0.9×	337 0.5×	581 1.1×	635 1.3×	49	3.5k
Thomas D. Mueller Germany	38	2.9k 2.5×	687 0.8×	229 0.3×	400 0.7×	386 0.8×	102	4.9k
Kayla J. Bayless United States	42	2.9k 2.5×	554 0.6×	957 1.4×	917 1.7×	1.3k 2.6×	100	5.7k
Shingo Fujii Japan	49	2.7k 2.3×	2.2k 2.5×	755 1.1×	2.1k 4.0×	276 0.6×	164	8.1k
Shigetaka Asano Japan	41	2.3k 1.9×	1.5k 1.6×	326 0.5×	1.5k 2.8×	402 0.8×	207	5.8k
Judith Aggeler United States	19	1.1k 0.9×	609 0.7×	450 0.7×	189 0.4×	583 1.2×	25	2.5k
Hidetoshi Mori United States	23	1.4k 1.2×	1.7k 1.8×	1.3k 1.9×	332 0.6×	823 1.7×	52	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ken Takai

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17 of 17 papers shown

Nagai, Shigenori E., Yasuhito Kobayashi, Ken Takai, et al.. (2021). Deregulation of protein phosphatase 2A inhibitor SET is associated with malignant progression in breast cancer. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 14238–14238. 4 indexed citations

Takai, Ken, Allison P. Drain, Devon A. Lawson, et al.. (2018). Discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1) ablation promotes tissue fibrosis and hypoxia to induce aggressive basal-like breast cancers. Genes & Development. 32(3-4). 244–257. 56 indexed citations

Okada, Akira, et al.. (2016). Evaluation of Bacillus oleronius as a Biological Indicator for Terminal Sterilization of Large-Volume Parenterals. PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology. 70(1). 30–38. 6 indexed citations

Kurozumi, Sasagu, Kenichi Inoue, Masafumi Kurosumi, et al.. (2016). Values of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), CD8+ TILs, and PDL-1 for predicting pathological complete response and prognosis in HER2-positive breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy with trastuzumab.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 34(15_suppl). 589–589. 1 indexed citations

Takai, Ken, Annie Le, Valerie M. Weaver, & Zena Werb. (2016). Targeting the cancer-associated fibroblasts as a treatment in triple-negative breast cancer. Oncotarget. 7(50). 82889–82901. 163 indexed citations

Lawson, Devon A., Nirav R. Bhakta, Kai Kessenbrock, et al.. (2015). Single-cell analysis reveals a stem-cell program in human metastatic breast cancer cells. Nature. 526(7571). 131–135. 690 indexed citations breakdown →

Tanaka, Azusa, Jun‐ichirou Yasunaga, Ken Takai, & Masao Matsuoka. (2014). Molecular mechanisms of apoptosis suppression by HTLV-1 bZIP factor in HTLV-1 infected cells. Retrovirology. 11(S1). 1 indexed citations

Tanaka, Azusa, Jun‐ichirou Yasunaga, Ken Takai, & Masao Matsuoka. (2013). HTLV-1 bZIP Factor Suppresses Apoptosis by Attenuating the Function of FoxO3a and Altering Its Localization. Cancer Research. 74(1). 188–200. 60 indexed citations

Satou, Yorifumi, Jun‐ichirou Yasunaga, Tiejun Zhao, et al.. (2011). HTLV-1 bZIP Factor Induces T-Cell Lymphoma and Systemic Inflammation In Vivo. PLoS Pathogens. 7(2). e1001274–e1001274. 238 indexed citations

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Lu, Pengfei, Ken Takai, Valerie M. Weaver, & Zena Werb. (2011). Extracellular Matrix Degradation and Remodeling in Development and Disease. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 3(12). a005058–a005058. 1679 indexed citations breakdown →

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Takai, Ken. (2008). Methanogenesis at 122°C renews the upper temperature limit for life and the stable carbon isotopic fractionation of microbial methanogenesis. GeCAS. 72(12). 1 indexed citations

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Takai, Ken, Shuichi Sakamoto, Tatsunori Sakai, et al.. (2008). A Potential Link between Alternative Splicing of theNBS1Gene and DNA Damage/Environmental Stress. Radiation Research. 170(1). 33–40. 5 indexed citations

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Sako, Yoshihiko, et al.. (2006). Biochemical relationship of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylases (PEPCs) from thermophilic archaea. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 153(1). 159–165. 6 indexed citations

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Takai, Ken, Takuro Nunoura, Yoshihiko Sako, & Aritsune Uchida. (1998). Acquired Thermotolerance and Temperature-Induced Protein Accumulation in the Extremely Thermophilic Bacterium Rhodothermus obamensis. Journal of Bacteriology. 180(10). 2770–2774. 10 indexed citations

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Takai, Ken, Yoshihiko Sako, Aya Uchida, & Y. Ishida. (1997). Extremely Thermostable Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase from an Extreme Thermophile, Rhodothermus obamensis. The Journal of Biochemistry. 122(1). 32–40. 11 indexed citations

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Takai, Ken, Yoshihiko Sako, & Aritsune Uchida. (1997). Extrinsic thermostabilization factors and thermodenaturation mechanisms for phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) from an extremely thermophilic bacterium Rhodothermus obamensis. Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering. 84(4). 291–299. 2 indexed citations

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Sako, Yoshihiko, Ken Takai, Aritsune Uchida, & Yūzaburō Ishida. (1996). Purification and characterization of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Methanothermus sociabilis. FEBS Letters. 392(2). 148–152. 18 indexed citations

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