Kenji Funami

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Kenji Funami is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology and Hepatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenji Funami has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Immunology, 14 papers in Epidemiology and 10 papers in Hepatology. Recurrent topics in Kenji Funami's work include Immune Response and Inflammation (32 papers), interferon and immune responses (16 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (10 papers). Kenji Funami is often cited by papers focused on Immune Response and Inflammation (32 papers), interferon and immune responses (16 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (10 papers). Kenji Funami collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Kenji Funami's co-authors include Tsukasa Seya, Misako Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Oshiumi, Takashi Akazawa, Masashi Shingai, Yoshiyuki Seto, Akitsugu Yamamoto, Masako Tanabe, Megumi Tatematsu and Miwa Sasai and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Kenji Funami

46 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

TICAM-1, an adaptor molecule that participates in Toll-like receptor 3–mediated interferon-β induction

2003 992 citations Hiroyuki Oshiumi, Misako Matsumoto et al. profile →
Subcellular Localization of Toll-Like Receptor 3 in Human Dendritic Cells

2003 576 citations Misako Matsumoto, Kenji Funami et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenji Funami Japan	27	2.7k	891	823	556	386	46	3.6k
Sean E. Doyle United States	18	2.4k 0.9×	721 0.8×	760 0.9×	491 0.9×	264 0.7×	20	3.5k
Franziska Ampenberger Switzerland	13	3.6k 1.4×	1.4k 1.6×	876 1.1×	433 0.8×	101 0.3×	14	4.9k
Melanie R. Mark United States	13	2.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	478 0.6×	442 0.8×	301 0.8×	14	4.0k
Masanaka Sugiyama Japan	9	2.9k 1.1×	773 0.9×	577 0.7×	677 1.2×	89 0.2×	19	3.6k
Yasuo Horie Japan	28	1.2k 0.5×	1.7k 1.9×	861 1.0×	476 0.9×	227 0.6×	65	3.8k
Suzanne Mudd United States	12	3.3k 1.2×	925 1.0×	849 1.0×	446 0.8×	67 0.2×	12	4.5k
Sosathya Sovath United States	16	3.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	884 1.1×	497 0.9×	60 0.2×	17	4.7k
Margaret Karow United States	27	2.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.8×	1.2k 1.5×	267 0.5×	113 0.3×	35	5.7k
Vanessa Redecke United States	22	3.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	707 0.9×	530 1.0×	59 0.2×	29	4.5k
Nathalie Grandvaux Canada	36	3.8k 1.4×	1.5k 1.7×	1.2k 1.5×	785 1.4×	274 0.7×	80	5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Kenji Funami

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenji Funami

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kenji Funami. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kenji Funami 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 Kenji Funami. Kenji Funami is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tatematsu, Megumi, Kenji Funami, Tsukasa Seya, & Misako Matsumoto. (2018). Extracellular RNA Sensing by Pattern Recognition Receptors. Journal of Innate Immunity. 10(5-6). 398–406. 70 indexed citations

Takeda, Yohei, Masahiro Azuma, Kenji Funami, et al.. (2018). Type I Interferon-Independent Dendritic Cell Priming and Antitumor T Cell Activation Induced by a Mycoplasma fermentans Lipopeptide. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 496–496. 14 indexed citations

Shime, Hiroaki, Hiromi Takaki, Ken Takashima, et al.. (2017). The TLR3/TICAM-1 signal constitutively controls spontaneous polyposis through suppression of c-Myc in Apc Min/+ mice. Journal of Biomedical Science. 24(1). 79–79. 4 indexed citations

Shime, Hiroaki, Kenji Funami, Hiromi Takaki, et al.. (2017). The Anti-Oxidant Ergothioneine Augments the Immunomodulatory Function of TLR Agonists by Direct Action on Macrophages. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0169360–e0169360. 22 indexed citations

Kasamatsu, Jun, Masahiro Azuma, Kenji Funami, et al.. (2016). Double-stranded RNA analog and type I interferon regulate expression of Trem paired receptors in murine myeloid cells. BMC Immunology. 17(1). 9–9. 10 indexed citations

Tatematsu, Megumi, Ryuji Yoshida, Yuka Morioka, et al.. (2016). Raftlin Controls Lipopolysaccharide-Induced TLR4 Internalization and TICAM-1 Signaling in a Cell Type–Specific Manner. The Journal of Immunology. 196(9). 3865–3876. 45 indexed citations

Nishitsuji, Hironori, Kenji Funami, Yuko Shimizu, et al.. (2013). Hepatitis C Virus Infection Induces Inflammatory Cytokines and Chemokines Mediated by the Cross Talk between Hepatocytes and Stellate Cells. Journal of Virology. 87(14). 8169–8178. 67 indexed citations

Oshiumi, Hiroyuki, Kenji Funami, Hussein Hassan Aly, Misako Matsumoto, & Tsukasa Seya. (2013). Multi-Step Regulation of Interferon Induction by Hepatitis C Virus. Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis. 61(2). 127–138. 10 indexed citations

Toscano, Florent, Yann Estornes, François Virard, et al.. (2012). Cleaved/Associated TLR3 Represents the Primary Form of the Signaling Receptor. The Journal of Immunology. 190(2). 764–773. 55 indexed citations

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Arimoto, Kei‐ichiro, Kenji Funami, Yasushi Saeki, et al.. (2010). Polyubiquitin conjugation to NEMO by triparite motif protein 23 (TRIM23) is critical in antiviral defense. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(36). 15856–15861. 141 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Ayako, et al.. (2008). The Clathrin-Mediated Endocytic Pathway Participates in dsRNA-Induced IFN-β Production. The Journal of Immunology. 181(8). 5522–5529. 74 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Minoru, Kenji Funami, Atsumasa Komori, et al.. (2008). Increased expression of Toll-like receptor 3 in intrahepatic biliary epithelial cells at sites of ductular reaction in diseased livers. Hepatology International. 2(2). 222–230. 29 indexed citations

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Funami, Kenji, Miwa Sasai, Yusuke Ohba, et al.. (2007). Spatiotemporal Mobilization of Toll/IL-1 Receptor Domain-Containing Adaptor Molecule-1 in Response to dsRNA. The Journal of Immunology. 179(10). 6867–6872. 78 indexed citations

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Higuchi, Megumi, Aya Matsuo, Masashi Shingai, et al.. (2007). Combinational recognition of bacterial lipoproteins and peptidoglycan by chicken Toll-like receptor 2 subfamily. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 32(2). 147–155. 87 indexed citations

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Sasai, Miwa, Masashi Shingai, Kenji Funami, et al.. (2006). NAK-Associated Protein 1 Participates in Both the TLR3 and the Cytoplasmic Pathways in Type I IFN Induction. The Journal of Immunology. 177(12). 8676–8683. 114 indexed citations

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Funami, Kenji, et al.. (2005). Surface-Expressed TLR6 Participates in the Recognition of Diacylated Lipopeptide and Peptidoglycan in Human Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 174(3). 1566–1573. 98 indexed citations

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Matsumoto, Misako, Kenji Funami, Masako Tanabe, et al.. (2003). Subcellular Localization of Toll-Like Receptor 3 in Human Dendritic Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 171(9). 4934–4934. 23 indexed citations

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Matsumoto, Misako, Kenji Funami, Masako Tanabe, et al.. (2003). Subcellular Localization of Toll-Like Receptor 3 in Human Dendritic Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 171(6). 3154–3162. 576 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hazeki, Kaoru, Kenji Funami, Misako Matsumoto, et al.. (2003). Toll‐like receptor‐mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of paxillin via MyD88‐dependent and ‐independent pathways. European Journal of Immunology. 33(3). 740–747. 52 indexed citations

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Fukui, Aya, Yusuke Murakami, Kenji Funami, et al.. (2002). Mapping of the Sites Responsible for Factor I-Cofactor Activity for Cleavage of C3b and C4b on Human C4b-Binding Protein (C4bp) by Deletion Mutagenesis. The Journal of Biochemistry. 132(5). 719–728. 21 indexed citations

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