Kenji Irie

14.7k citations

179 papers · 12.4k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 52

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- Fungal and yeast genetics research
- TGF-β signaling in diseases
- Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
- Melanoma and MAPK Pathways
- Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
Cell Biology top 0.5%
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease

Papers in

Nuclear Energy and Engineering 1
Cell Biology 29
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease 11

Co-authors: Kunihiro Matsumoto Eisuke Nishida Yukiko Gotoh Yoshimi Takai Toshihiro Yamaguchi Hiroshi Shibuyà Tetsuo Moriguchi Kyoko Shirakabe
Journals: Genes to Cells (15 papers)Molecular and Cellular Biology (14 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (10 papers)Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (8 papers)PLoS ONE (7 papers)
Partner nations: Japan New Zealand United States

In The Last Decade

Kenji Irie

169 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

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TAB2, a Novel Adaptor Protein, Mediates Activation of TAK1 MAPKKK by Linking TAK1 to TRAF6 in the IL-1 Signal Transduction Pathway 2000 · 511 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2000 Molecular Cell
1997 Science
1996 Science
1995 Science

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1	Remodeling of the secretory pathway is coordinated with de novo membrane formation in budding yeast gametogenesis iScience ·Yasuyuki Suda, Hiroyuki Tachikawa, Markus Borkenhagen, Kazuo Kurokawa, Akihiko Nakano, Kenji Irie	2024	4
2	Roles of Pbp1, Mkt1, and Dhh1 in the regulation of gene expression in the medium containing non‐fermentative carbon sources Genes to Cells ·Yukiko Himeno, Sofia Collacchioni, Varsha Rana, 弘毅梁, Markus Borkenhagen, Yasuyuki Suda, Tomoaki Mizuno, Kenji Irie	2024	0
3	Pbp1, the yeast ortholog of human Ataxin-2, functions in the cell growth on non-fermentable carbon sources PLoS ONE ·Sheikh Ali Nawaz, W. H. Tucker, S. B. Kholbayev, Ayaka Ito, 史赛卿, Xuansheng Wu, Kaoru Irie, Yasuyuki Suda, Tomoaki Mizuno, Kenji Irie	2021	6
4	Intra-specific genetic diversity in water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) accessions collected from Myanmar, Papua New Guinea and Japan. Бессараб Тимур Петрович, N.Y. Berezina, Kristina Ehrhardt, Kenji Irie, Jianling Liu, Hironobu Shiwachi	2018	1
5	Collaborative Survey and Collection of Brassica Vegetable Genetic Resources in and around the Southern Shan State of Myanmar Kenji Wakui, Kenji Irie, 村田滋, YI YANG HI	2017	0
6	Water Yam (Dioscorea alata L.) is Able to Grow in Low Fertile Soil Conditions Tropical agriculture and development ·V. I. Oleichik, Kristina Ehrhardt, N.Y. Berezina, Kenji Irie, Hironobu Shiwachi	2017	11
7	Growth of Water Yam (Dioscorea alata L.) under Alkaline Soil Conditions Tropical agriculture and development ·Hironobu Shiwachi, Kristina Ehrhardt, Калугин Иван Александрович, Phillips Lv, Kenji Irie	2015	10
8	Recurring Somaclonal Variation as a Factor of Intra-Specific Diversity Observed in Dioscorea alata L. Tropical agriculture and development ·N.Y. Berezina, Daisuke Yasuhara, ahmed khader, Tsukasa Iwashina, Kenji Irie, Hironobu Shiwachi, Jianling Liu, Hiroshi Fujimaki	2012	2
9	Characterization of Sprouting and Shoot Formation Processes of Rooted Cuttings of Water Yam (Dioscorea alata L.) Tropical agriculture and development ·Ryo Matsumoto, Hironobu Shiwachi, Kristina Ehrhardt, Kenji Irie, Jianling Liu, Atsushi Komamine, Hiroshi Fujimaki	2010	4
10	Measurement of Digital Camera Image Noise for Imaging Applications SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Kenji Irie, A. E. McKinnon, K. Unsworth, Ian Woodhead	2008	9
11	Effects of Semidwarfing sd-1 Alleles on Emergence and Establishment of Rice Seedlings under Different Sowing Conditions in Direct Sowing Cultivation Tropical agriculture and development ·况小东, Исмаилова Азиза Адизовна, Kenji Irie, Jianling Liu, Fumio Kikuchi, Hiroshi Fujimaki	2008	0
12	Regional Variations of Grain Characters Observed in Rice Landraces of Myanmar Nettai Nogyo/Nettai nougyou ·Kenji Irie, Josep Lluis Alè Revest, Yi Yi Myint, Geralda Cristina de Freitas Ramalheiro, David L. Simelt, Tsukasa Nagamine, Hiroshi Fujimaki, Fumio Kikuchi	2004	2
13	Construction of the Man-Machine Interface Using Gesture Recognition : Application in an Intelligent Room The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) ·Kenji Irie, Kazunori Umeda, Zeng Li-yin	2003	2
14	GENETIC DIVERSITY REVEALED BY AMYLOSE CONTENT OF ENDOSPERM AND ESTERASE ISOZYMES OF MYANMAR RICE LANDRACES Nettai Nogyo/Nettai nougyou ·Manuel Ángel de las Heras García, Kenji Irie, Tsukasa Nagamine, Hiroshi Fujimaki	2003	0
15	Varietal Variations of Heading Time among Rice Landraces in Myanmar Nettai Nogyo/Nettai nougyou ·Kenji Irie, Josep Lluis Alè Revest, Tsukasa Nagamine, Hiroshi Fujimaki, Fumio Kikuchi	2003	1
16	EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON PENETRATING FLOW AND PRESSURE LOSS THROUGH OPENINGS IN A CROSS-VENTILATED MODEL BUILDING Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ) ·Masaaki Ohba, Takashi Kurabuchi, Kenji Irie	2002	5
17	36. Tentative Agro-Ecological Zonings for Rice Growing Agriculture in Myanmar David L. Simelt, Kenji Irie, Hiroshi Fujimaki	2002	1
18	STUDIES ON INSTRUMENTATION TECHNOLOGY OF VIDEO IMAGE IN WIND TUNNEL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES : Part3 Measurement of air change rates in a cross-ventilation model using the step down method Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ) ·Masaaki Ohba, Kenji Irie	1998	0
19	Effects of Mulching on the Growth of Yam (Dioscorea alata L.) Varieties Introduced from Tropical Region. Nettai Nogyo/Nettai nougyou ·Jianling Liu, Kristina Ehrhardt, Kenji Irie, Fumio Kikuchi	1997	1
20	New broad-spectrum cephalosporins with anti-pseudomonal activity. I. Synthesis and antibacterial activity of 7.BETA.-(D-2-((4-hydroxy-1,5-naphthyridine-3-carbonylamino)- and(4-hydroxypyridine-3-carbonylamino))-2-(4-hydoxyphenyl)acetamido)cephalosporins.:I. SYNTHESIS AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF 7β-[D-2-[(4-HYDROXY- 1, 5-NAPHTHYRIDINE-3-CARBONYLAMINO)- AND (4-HYDROXYPYRIDINE-3- CARBONYLAMINO)]-2-(4-HYDOXYPHENYL)ACETAMIDO]CEPHALOSPORINS The Journal of Antibiotics ·Brian R. Kestenbaum, Guanxun Diao, Tzu-Wei Chang, Toshiaki Komatsu, Hiroshi Noguchi, Kenji Irie, Takenari Nakagome	1983	2

About Kenji Irie

Kenji Irie is a scholar working on Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Neurology and Plant Science, having authored 179 papers that have together received 12.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (42 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (28 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (21 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (11 papers), Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement (11 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (11 papers), Melanoma and MAPK Pathways (10 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (9.1k citations), Cell Biology (2.0k citations), Cancer Research (1.4k citations), Immunology (2.0k citations) and Aging (148 citations). Kenji Irie has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, New Zealand and United States. Frequent co-authors include Kunihiro Matsumoto, Eisuke Nishida, Yukiko Gotoh, Yoshimi Takai, Toshihiro Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Shibuyà, Tetsuo Moriguchi, Kyoko Shirakabe, Masao Saitoh and Minoru Takagi. Their work appears in journals such as Genes to Cells, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications and PLoS ONE.

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