Kikuji Itoh

16.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
126 papers, 12.3k citations indexed

About

Kikuji Itoh is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Kikuji Itoh has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 12.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Food Science and 33 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Kikuji Itoh's work include Gut microbiota and health (41 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (28 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (20 papers). Kikuji Itoh is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (41 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (28 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (20 papers). Kikuji Itoh collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and Slovakia. Kikuji Itoh's co-authors include Yoshinori Umesaki, Akemi Imaoka, Kenya Honda, Ivaylo I. Ivanov, Tatsuichiro Shima, Takeshi Tanoue, Koji Atarashi, Kiyoshi Takeda, Dan R. Littman and Yoshika Momose and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Kikuji Itoh

123 papers receiving 12.0k 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.

Induction of Intestinal Th17 Cells by Segmented Filamentous Bacteria

2009 3.4k citations Ivaylo I. Ivanov, Koji Atarashi et al. profile →
Induction of Colonic Regulatory T Cells by Indigenous Clostridium Species

2010 2.9k citations Koji Atarashi, Takeshi Tanoue et al. Science profile →
Bifidobacteria can protect from enteropathogenic infection through production of acetate

2011 1.8k citations Hidehiro Toh, Koji Hase et al. profile →
Comparative Metagenomics Revealed Commonly Enriched Gene Sets in Human Gut Microbiomes

2007 627 citations Ken Kurokawa, Tomomi Kuwahara et al. profile →

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Daniel A. Peterson United States

Bruce A. Vallance Canada

Yoshinori Umesaki Japan

June L. Round United States

Akemi Imaoka Japan

Nobuhiko Kamada United States

Georgina L. Hold United Kingdom

Jerry M. Wells Netherlands

Andrew L. Goodman United States

Benoît Chassaing United States

Daniel A. Peterson United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kikuji Itoh

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

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Itoh, Kikuji, Yoshika Momose, Kazumi Kasakura, et al.. (2021). Post-translational suppression of the high affinity IgE receptor expression on mast cells by an intestinal bacterium. Immunobiology. 226(2). 152056–152056. 6 indexed citations

Cai, Jiayi, Jian Li, Kai Ma, et al.. (2018). Concentration-dependent dual effects of silibinin on kanamycin-induced cells death in Staphylococcus aureus. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 102. 782–791. 20 indexed citations

Horai, Reiko, et al.. (2017). Gut microbiota as a source of signals that trigger spontaneous ocular autoimmunity. 6–15. 1 indexed citations

Kasakura, Kazumi, Kyoko Takahashi, Akira Hosono, et al.. (2014). C/EBPα controls mast cell function. FEBS Letters. 588(24). 4645–4653. 15 indexed citations

Yanagibashi, Tsutomu, Akira Hosono, Masato Tsuda, et al.. (2012). IgA production in the large intestine is modulated by a different mechanism than in the small intestine: Bacteroides acidifaciens promotes IgA production in the large intestine by inducing germinal center formation and increasing the number of IgA+ B cells. Immunobiology. 218(4). 645–651. 132 indexed citations

Atarashi, Koji, Takeshi Tanoue, Tatsuichiro Shima, et al.. (2010). Induction of Colonic Regulatory T Cells by Indigenous Clostridium Species. Science. 331(6015). 337–341. 2855 indexed citations breakdown →

Tamura, Motoi, et al.. (2009). High Fiber Diet Supplemented with Rice Bran Hemicellulose May Reduce Daidzein Absorption in Mice. Food Science and Technology Research. 15(2). 141–146. 8 indexed citations

Toh, Hidehiro, Kenshiro Oshima, Atsushi Toyoda, et al.. (2009). Complete Genome Sequence of the Wild-Type Commensal Escherichia coli Strain SE15, Belonging to Phylogenetic Group B2. Journal of Bacteriology. 192(4). 1165–1166. 45 indexed citations

Hase, Koji, Daisuke Takahashi, Masashi Ebisawa, et al.. (2008). Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase Deficiency Causes Organ-Specific Autoimmune Disease. PLoS ONE. 3(8). e3033–e3033. 50 indexed citations

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Tsuda, Masato, Akira Hosono, Tsutomu Yanagibashi, et al.. (2007). Prior stimulation of antigen-presenting cells with Lactobacillus regulates excessive antigen-specific cytokine responses in vitro when compared with Bacteroides. Cytotechnology. 55(2-3). 89–101. 17 indexed citations

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Hase, Koji, Takaya Murakami, Hiroyuki Takatsu, et al.. (2006). The Membrane-Bound Chemokine CXCL16 Expressed on Follicle-Associated Epithelium and M Cells Mediates Lympho-Epithelial Interaction in GALT. The Journal of Immunology. 176(1). 43–51. 72 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Toshihiko, Kyung‐Jong Won, Kazuhide Horiguchi, et al.. (2004). Muscularis inflammation and the loss of interstitial cells of Cajal in the endothelin ETB receptor null rat. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 287(3). G638–G646. 56 indexed citations

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Kurazono, Takayuki, et al.. (2003). Comparison of Three Methods for Epidemiological Typing of Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli. Current Microbiology. 47(5). 364–71. 15 indexed citations

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Tamura, Motoi, Kazuhiro Hirayama, Kikuji Itoh, Hiramitsu Suzuki, & Kazuki Shinohara. (2002). Effects of Rice Starch-Isoflavone Diet or Potato Starch-Isoflavone Diet on Plasma Isoflavone, Plasma Lipids, Cecal Enzyme Activity, and Composition of Fecal Microflora in Adult Mice.. Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology. 48(3). 225–229. 8 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Hodaka, et al.. (2002). Regional Variations in the Distributions of Small Intestinal Intraepithelial Lymphocytes in Germ-Free and Specific Pathogen-Free Mice. Experimental and Molecular Pathology. 72(3). 230–235. 36 indexed citations

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Birumachi, Jun‐ichi, et al.. (2001). Diesel exhaust-induced airway hyperresponsiveness in c-Ha-ras transgenic mice. Toxicology. 163(2-3). 145–152. 1 indexed citations

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Itoh, Kikuji, et al.. (1999). Detection of Multidrug Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Canine and Feline Postsurgical Wounds. Journal of the Japan Veterinary Medical Association. 52(9). 579–582. 1 indexed citations

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Tamura, Motoi, Kazuhiro Hirayama, & Kikuji Itoh. (1999). Effects of Guar Gum and Cellulose on Cecal Enzyme Activity and Cecal Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Young and Aged Mice. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 43(1). 60–65. 11 indexed citations

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Kai, Akemi, et al.. (1998). Prevalence of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli harbored in the intestine of cattle in Japan. Veterinary Microbiology. 61(1-2). 137–143. 40 indexed citations

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Kai, Akemi, et al.. (1996). Isolation of Verocytotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli from Rectum and Cecum of Healthy Cattle. Journal of the Japan Veterinary Medical Association. 49(1). 46–51. 2 indexed citations

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