Kenta Iijima

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 665 citations indexed

About

Kenta Iijima is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenta Iijima has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 665 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Kenta Iijima's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (14 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (5 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers). Kenta Iijima is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (14 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (5 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers). Kenta Iijima collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and South Korea. Kenta Iijima's co-authors include Hiroshi Tauchi, Yukihito Ishizaka, Junya Kobayashi, Shinya Matsuura, Shuichi Sakamoto, Shigeyuki Kano, Mari Shimura, Noriyuki Akutsu, Kenshi Komatsu and Yutaka Kondo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kenta Iijima

30 papers receiving 659 citations

Hit Papers

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Fusobacterium infection facilitates the development of endometriosis through the phenotypic transition of endometrial fibroblasts

2023 97 citations Ayako Muraoka, Miho Suzuki et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →

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Kenta Iijima

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Wenjing Yang United States

François Bachand Canada

Jayamanna Wickramasinghe United States

Sang‐Mo Kang South Korea

Yong Zhu China

Jennifer Guerrero‐Santoro United States

Toshitaro Nakagawa Japan

Thejaswini Venkatesh India

B Fagg Switzerland

Yunping Lu China

Wenjing Yang United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenta Iijima

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20 of 20 papers shown

Suzuki, Miho, Kenta Iijima, Keiko Shinjo, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive identification of proteins interacting with long non-coding RNA TUG1 in R-loop regulation. The Journal of Biochemistry. 178(4). 251–265.

Yang, Peng, Miho Suzuki, Keiko Shinjo, et al.. (2024). Long noncoding RNATUG1 promotes cisplatin resistance in ovarian cancer via upregulation of DNA polymerase eta. Cancer Science. 115(6). 1910–1923. 6 indexed citations

Suzuki, Miho, Kenta Iijima, Koichi Ogami, et al.. (2023). TUG1-mediated R-loop resolution at microsatellite loci as a prerequisite for cancer cell proliferation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4521–4521. 17 indexed citations

Muraoka, Ayako, Miho Suzuki, Tomonari Hamaguchi, et al.. (2023). Fusobacterium infection facilitates the development of endometriosis through the phenotypic transition of endometrial fibroblasts. Science Translational Medicine. 15(700). eadd1531–eadd1531. 97 indexed citations breakdown →

Iijima, Kenta, et al.. (2023). Ceftriaxone-Induced Neutropenia Successfully Treated With Alternative β-Lactam Antibiotics: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Cureus. 15(5). e39176–e39176.

Niida, Hiroyuki, Akira Motegi, Satoshi Sakai, et al.. (2022). Chromatin-remodeling factor BAZ1A/ACF1 targets UV damage sites in an MLL1-dependent manner to facilitate nucleotide excision repair. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1869(11). 119332–119332. 6 indexed citations

Kobayashi, Yukari, et al.. (2021). Modification of improved-genome editing via oviductal nucleic acids delivery (i-GONAD)-mediated knock-in in rats. BMC Biotechnology. 21(1). 63–63. 6 indexed citations

Iijima, Kenta, et al.. (2020). Development of a protein-based system for transient epigenetic repression of immune checkpoint molecule and enhancement of antitumour activity of natural killer cells. British Journal of Cancer. 122(6). 823–834. 6 indexed citations

Matsunaga, Akihiro, Masako Oka, Kenta Iijima, et al.. (2019). Short Communication: A Quantitative System for Monitoring Blood-Circulating Viral Protein R of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Detected a Possible Link with Pathogenic Indices. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 35(7). 660–663. 9 indexed citations

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Koyama, Takayoshi, M. Hasegawa, Akira Ishiguro, et al.. (2018). Identification of a cell-penetrating peptide applicable to a protein-based transcription activator-like effector expression system for cell engineering. Biomaterials. 173. 11–21. 10 indexed citations

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Shioda, Yoko, Kenta Iijima, Chiaki Takahashi, et al.. (2016). BRAF V600 mutations in Langerhans cell histiocytosis with a simple and unique assay. Diagnostic Pathology. 11(1). 39–39. 10 indexed citations

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Ebara, Shunsuke, Yuki Sakamoto, Kenta Iijima, et al.. (2014). Mutations in the FHA-domain of ectopically expressed NBS1 lead to radiosensitization and to no increase in somatic mutation rates via a partial suppression of homologous recombination. Journal of Radiation Research. 55(4). 690–698. 2 indexed citations

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Hama, Takashi, Koichi Nakanishi, Yuko Shima, et al.. (2012). Renal biopsy criterion in children with asymptomatic constant isolated proteinuria. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 27(8). 3186–3190. 12 indexed citations

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Shimura, Mari, Yusuke Toyoda, Kenta Iijima, et al.. (2011). Epigenetic displacement of HP1 from heterochromatin by HIV-1 Vpr causes premature sister chromatid separation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 194(5). 721–735. 33 indexed citations

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Iijima, Kenta, Akihiro Doi, Takayoshi Koyama, et al.. (2011). Identification of SNF2h, a Chromatin-Remodeling Factor, as a Novel Binding Protein of Vpr of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1. Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. 6(2). 177–187. 4 indexed citations

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Takagi, M., Koh‐ichi Sakata, Masanori Someya, et al.. (2010). Gimeracil sensitizes cells to radiation via inhibition of homologous recombination. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 96(2). 259–266. 27 indexed citations

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Iijima, Kenta, Junya Kobayashi, Shuichi Sakamoto, et al.. (2008). NBS1 regulates a novel apoptotic pathway through Bax activation. DNA repair. 7(10). 1705–1716. 25 indexed citations

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Iijima, Kenta, et al.. (2008). Dancing on Damaged Chromatin: Functions of ATM and the RAD50/MRE11/NBS1 Complex in Cellular Responses to DNA Damage. Journal of Radiation Research. 49(5). 451–464. 57 indexed citations

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Sakamoto, Shuichi, Kenta Iijima, Daisuke Mochizuki, et al.. (2007). Homologous recombination repair is regulated by domains at the N- and C-terminus of NBS1 and is dissociated with ATM functions. Oncogene. 26(41). 6002–6009. 55 indexed citations

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Akutsu, Noriyuki, et al.. (2006). Characterization of the plant homolog of Nijmegen breakage syndrome 1: Involvement in DNA repair and recombination. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 353(2). 394–398. 33 indexed citations

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