Kenji Kohno

17.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
195 papers, 13.3k citations indexed

About

Kenji Kohno is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenji Kohno has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 13.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Molecular Biology, 76 papers in Cell Biology and 31 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Kenji Kohno's work include Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (71 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (26 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (22 papers). Kenji Kohno is often cited by papers focused on Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (71 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (26 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (22 papers). Kenji Kohno collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Kenji Kohno's co-authors include Yukio Kimata, Takao Iwawaki, Joseph Sambrook, Akio Tsuru, Ryoko Akai, Karl Normington, Yuki Ishiwata‐Kimata, Michiko Saito, Kazutoshi Mori and Daisuke Oikawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Kenji Kohno

190 papers receiving 13.0k 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.

Conversion of adult pancreatic α-cells to β-cells after extreme β-cell loss

2010 866 citations Kenji Kohno et al. profile →
Targeted Ablation of Osteocytes Induces Osteoporosis with Defective Mechanotransduction

2007 625 citations Kenji Kohno et al. profile →
The Essential Functions of Adipo-osteogenic Progenitors as the Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cell Niche

2010 609 citations Kenji Kohno et al. profile →
Podocyte Depletion Causes Glomerulosclerosis

2005 586 citations Bryan L. Wharram, Meera Goyal et al. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology profile →
Function of IRE1 alpha in the placenta is essential for placental development and embryonic viability

2009 286 citations Takao Iwawaki, Kenji Kohno et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenji Kohno Japan	56	7.2k	5.4k	2.3k	2.1k	1.6k	195	13.3k
Jürgen Roth Switzerland	62	6.9k 1.0×	2.7k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	200	11.3k
Kazuhiro Nagata Japan	64	7.8k 1.1×	6.4k 1.2×	2.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	187	13.5k
Thomas L. Saunders United States	57	7.8k 1.1×	3.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	2.7k 1.6×	160	15.3k
Kurt Von Figura Germany	83	13.2k 1.8×	8.6k 1.6×	3.9k 1.7×	1.3k 0.6×	2.1k 1.3×	349	23.8k
Enrique Rodríguez-Boulan United States	70	10.1k 1.4×	6.8k 1.3×	835 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	161	14.9k
Thomas Reinheckel Germany	58	7.1k 1.0×	2.3k 0.4×	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	2.4k 1.5×	187	14.2k
J. Paul Luzio United Kingdom	63	7.4k 1.0×	5.5k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	964 0.5×	1.8k 1.1×	199	13.9k
Daniel Louvard France	84	11.9k 1.7×	7.6k 1.4×	672 0.3×	1.9k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	223	20.7k
Mikio Furuse Japan	72	16.9k 2.3×	4.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	1.8k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	160	31.0k
Junji Takeda Japan	61	5.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.3×	1.6k 0.7×	618 0.3×	3.8k 2.3×	171	11.7k

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Yanagitani, Kota, et al.. (2023). Signal sequence-triage is activated by translocon obstruction sensed by an ER stress sensor IRE1α. Cell Structure and Function. 48(2). 211–221.

Saito, Michiko, Hiroshi Kadokura, Jun‐ichi Miyazaki, et al.. (2018). IRE1–XBP1 pathway regulates oxidative proinsulin folding in pancreatic β cells. The Journal of Cell Biology. 217(4). 1287–1301. 97 indexed citations

Hirai, Shinichiro, Tomoko Komatsu, Sanae ICHIKAWA, et al.. (2015). 2-Phenyl-APB-144-Induced Retinal Pigment Epithelium Degeneration and Its Underlying Mechanisms. Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 31(9). 570–584. 2 indexed citations

Tsuru, Akio, Naoko Fujimoto, Michiko Saito, et al.. (2013). Negative feedback by IRE1β optimizes mucin production in goblet cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(8). 2864–2869. 133 indexed citations

Matsui, Takaaki, et al.. (2013). 3′–UTR‐dependent regulation of mRNA turnover is critical for differential distribution patterns of cyclic gene mRNAs. FEBS Journal. 281(1). 146–156. 15 indexed citations

Yanagitani, Kota, Yukio Kimata, Hiroshi Kadokura, & Kenji Kohno. (2011). Translational Pausing Ensures Membrane Targeting and Cytoplasmic Splicing of XBP1u mRNA. Science. 331(6017). 586–589. 235 indexed citations

Matsui, Takaaki, Mākoto Ishibashi, Kota Tamada, et al.. (2011). The period of the somite segmentation clock is sensitive to Notch activity. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 22(18). 3541–3549. 32 indexed citations

Ishiwata‐Kimata, Yuki, et al.. (2011). Membrane aberrancy and unfolded proteins activate the endoplasmic reticulum stress sensor Ire1 in different ways. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 22(18). 3520–3532. 212 indexed citations

Hayashi, Shinichi, Masato Nakajima, Yuki Tsukada, et al.. (2009). Sprouty4, an FGF Inhibitor, Displays Cyclic Gene Expression under the Control of the Notch Segmentation Clock in the Mouse PSM. PLoS ONE. 4(5). e5603–e5603. 28 indexed citations

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Takeuchi, Masato, Yukio Kimata, & Kenji Kohno. (2008). Saccharomyces cerevisiaeRot1 Is an Essential Molecular Chaperone in the Endoplasmic Reticulum. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 19(8). 3514–3525. 14 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Hiroaki, Kohsuke Kanekura, Tim P. Levine, et al.. (2008). ALS‐linked P56S‐VAPB, an aggregated loss‐of‐function mutant of VAPB, predisposes motor neurons to ER stress‐related death by inducing aggregation of co‐expressed wild‐type VAPB. Journal of Neurochemistry. 108(4). 973–985. 113 indexed citations

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Yoshiuchi, Kazutomi, Hideaki Kaneto, Taka‐aki Matsuoka, et al.. (2007). Direct monitoring of in vivo ER stress during the development of insulin resistance with ER stress-activated indicator transgenic mice. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 366(2). 545–550. 37 indexed citations

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Takeuchi, Masato, Yukio Kimata, Aiko Hirata, Masahiro Oka, & Kenji Kohno. (2006). Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rot1p Is an ER-Localized Membrane Protein That May Function with BiP/Kar2p in Protein Folding. The Journal of Biochemistry. 139(3). 597–605. 19 indexed citations

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Wharram, Bryan L., Meera Goyal, Jocelyn Wiggins, et al.. (2005). Podocyte Depletion Causes Glomerulosclerosis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 16(10). 2941–2952. 586 indexed citations breakdown →

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Iwasaki, Yoshinobu, et al.. (2004). Fluoroscopy-guided barium marking for localizing small pulmonary lesions before video-assisted thoracic surgery. Respiratory Medicine. 99(3). 285–289. 28 indexed citations

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Kimata, Yukio, et al.. (2002). Identification of a Novel Non-structural Maintenance of Chromosomes (SMC) Component of the SMC5-SMC6 Complex Involved in DNA Repair. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(24). 21585–21591. 89 indexed citations

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Hayashi, Aki, et al.. (1998). Meiotic behaviours of chromosomes and microtubules in budding yeast: relocalization of centromeres and telomeres during meiotic prophase. Genes to Cells. 3(9). 587–601. 67 indexed citations

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Tsukahara, Yasuhisa, Kenji Kohno, Hiroshi Inoue, & Yuya Yamashita. (1985). Surface modification of polymer solids by graft copolymers.. NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI. 1070–1078. 6 indexed citations

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Kohno, Kenji. (1984). . Nippon Saikingaku Zasshi. 39(2). 85–102. 1 indexed citations

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Tezuka, Hiroshi, Keisuke Nakata, A Kurata, et al.. (1982). DOUBLE PYLORUS COMPLICATED WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS : REPORT OF A CASE. Acta gastro-enterologica belgica. 24(12). 1960–1965. 1 indexed citations

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