Kumi Kawai

2.2k total citations
36 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Kumi Kawai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kumi Kawai has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Surgery and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kumi Kawai's work include Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (7 papers), Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies (7 papers) and Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (6 papers). Kumi Kawai is often cited by papers focused on Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (7 papers), Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies (7 papers) and Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (6 papers). Kumi Kawai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Brazil. Kumi Kawai's co-authors include Masahide Takahashi, Hideki Murakami, Naoya Asai, Yoshiki Murakumo, Kei Kurokawa, Masatoshi Ichihara, Toshihide Iwashita, Atsushi Enomoto, Yohei Shimono and Mayumi Jijiwa and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Gastroenterology and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Kumi Kawai

35 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kumi Kawai Japan 22 1.0k 350 240 234 218 36 1.8k
Ann M. Pace United States 6 977 0.9× 269 0.8× 161 0.7× 458 2.0× 174 0.8× 6 1.8k
Bertrand Vernay United Kingdom 14 884 0.8× 198 0.6× 136 0.6× 160 0.7× 200 0.9× 19 1.5k
Pieter Faber United States 15 1.0k 1.0× 227 0.6× 100 0.4× 176 0.8× 190 0.9× 22 1.6k
Udayan Guha United States 24 1.0k 1.0× 679 1.9× 234 1.0× 118 0.5× 106 0.5× 51 2.1k
Peter C. Gray United States 31 2.5k 2.4× 477 1.4× 234 1.0× 135 0.6× 208 1.0× 54 3.4k
Atsushi Otani Japan 40 2.2k 2.1× 228 0.7× 163 0.7× 102 0.4× 160 0.7× 87 4.7k
Marc Valentine United States 19 932 0.9× 211 0.6× 122 0.5× 188 0.8× 156 0.7× 31 1.7k
Henning B. Boldt Denmark 23 833 0.8× 264 0.8× 145 0.6× 744 3.2× 231 1.1× 44 2.2k
Michelina Iacovino United States 28 2.4k 2.3× 228 0.7× 382 1.6× 174 0.7× 398 1.8× 57 3.1k
Giuseppe R. Diaferia Italy 19 650 0.6× 160 0.5× 397 1.7× 121 0.5× 207 0.9× 37 1.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kumi Kawai

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kawai, Kumi & Masahide Takahashi. (2020). Intracellular RET signaling pathways activated by GDNF. Cell and Tissue Research. 382(1). 113–123. 45 indexed citations
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Yamashita, Yoriko, Toshimichi Yamamoto, Koji Takahashi, et al.. (2013). Ovarian mucinous tumors arising from mature cystic teratomas—a molecular genetic approach for understanding the cellular origin. Human Pathology. 45(4). 717–724. 32 indexed citations
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Horiuchi, Makoto, Kouji Wakayama, Aki Itoh, et al.. (2012). Interferon regulatory factor 8/interferon consensus sequence binding protein is a critical transcription factor for the physiological phenotype of microglia. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 9(1). 227–227. 56 indexed citations
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Jijiwa, Mayumi, Masato Asai, Kumi Kawai, et al.. (2010). Loss of Sprouty2 partially rescues renal hypoplasia and stomach hypoganglionosis but not intestinal aganglionosis in Ret Y1062F mutant mice. Developmental Biology. 349(2). 160–168. 11 indexed citations
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Kawai, Kumi, Takayuki Itoh, Aki Itoh, et al.. (2009). Maintenance of the relative proportion of oligodendrocytes to axons even in the absence of BAX and BAK. European Journal of Neuroscience. 30(11). 2030–2041. 16 indexed citations
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Asai, Naoya, Mayumi Jijiwa, Atsushi Enomoto, et al.. (2006). RET receptor signaling: Dysfunction in thyroid cancer and Hirschsprung's disease. Pathology International. 56(4). 164–172. 59 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jingmin, Mizuo HASHIMOTO, Kumi Kawai, et al.. (2005). CD109 expression in squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix. Pathology International. 55(4). 165–169. 50 indexed citations
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Enomoto, Atsushi, Hideki Murakami, Naoya Asai, et al.. (2005). Akt/PKB Regulates Actin Organization and Cell Motility via Girdin/APE. Developmental Cell. 9(3). 389–402. 363 indexed citations
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Matsushita, Tadashi, Hideo Hayashi, Shinji Kunishima, et al.. (2004). Targeted disruption of mouse ortholog of the human MYH9 responsible for macrothrombocytopenia with different organ involvement: hematological, nephrological, and otological studies of heterozygous KO mice. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 325(4). 1163–1171. 46 indexed citations
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Fukuda, Naoyuki, Masatoshi Ichihara, Kumi Kawai, et al.. (2003). Identification of a Novel Glial Cell Line-derived Neurotrophic Factor-inducible Gene Required for Renal Branching Morphogenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(50). 50386–50392. 18 indexed citations
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Murakumo, Yoshiki, Tsuneo Imai, Kumi Kawai, et al.. (2003). Cys611Ser mutation in RET proto-oncogene in a kindred with medullary thyroid carcinoma and Hirschsprung's disease. European Journal of Human Genetics. 11(5). 364–368. 16 indexed citations
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Tezel, Gaye Güler, Yohei Shimono, Yoshiki Murakumo, et al.. (2002). Role for O-Glycosylation of RFP in the Interaction with Enhancer of Polycomb. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 290(1). 409–414. 12 indexed citations
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Kurokawa, Kei, Toshihide Iwashita, Hideki Murakami, et al.. (2001). Identification of SNT/FRS2 docking site on RET receptor tyrosine kinase and its role for signal transduction. Oncogene. 20(16). 1929–1938. 89 indexed citations
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Iwashita, Toshihide, Kei Kurokawa, Shanlou Qiao, et al.. (2001). Functional Analysis of RET With Hirschsprung Mutations Affecting Its Kinase Domain. Gastroenterology. 121(1). 24–33. 56 indexed citations
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Hayashi, Yasuhito, Toshihide Iwashita, Yutaka Kato, et al.. (2001). Activation of BMK1 via Tyrosine 1062 in RET by GDNF and MEN2A Mutation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 281(3). 682–689. 43 indexed citations
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Iwashita, Toshihide, Hideki Murakami, Kei Kurokawa, et al.. (2000). A Two-Hit Model for Development of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2B by RET Mutations. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 268(3). 804–808. 53 indexed citations
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Kato, Masashi, et al.. (1999). Differential Regulation of MMP‐9 and TIMP‐2 Expression in Malignant Melanoma Developed in Metallothionein/RET Transgenic Mice. Japanese Journal of Cancer Research. 90(1). 86–92. 8 indexed citations
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Iwashita, Toshihide, Masashi Kato, Hideki Murakami, et al.. (1999). Biological and biochemical properties of Ret with kinase domain mutations identified in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B and familial medullary thyroid carcinoma. Oncogene. 18(26). 3919–3922. 104 indexed citations
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Murakami, Hideki, Toshihide Iwashita, Naoya Asai, et al.. (1999). Enhanced Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Activity and High Phosphorylation State of Its Downstream Signalling Molecules Mediated by Ret with the MEN 2B Mutation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 262(1). 68–75. 85 indexed citations

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