Moon-Il Kang

5.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
11 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Moon-Il Kang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Moon-Il Kang has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Plant Science and 2 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Moon-Il Kang's work include Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (8 papers), Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms (6 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (3 papers). Moon-Il Kang is often cited by papers focused on Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (8 papers), Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms (6 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (3 papers). Moon-Il Kang collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and South Korea. Moon-Il Kang's co-authors include Masayuki Yamamoto, Akira Kobayashi, Makiko Ohtsuji, Yukari Zenke, Kazuhiko Igarashi, Tomoki Chiba, Nobunao Wakabayashi, Kit I. Tong, Kôji Uchida and Takahiro Shibata and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Cell.

In The Last Decade

Moon-Il Kang

11 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Oxidative Stress Sensor Keap1 Functions as an Adaptor for... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2004 2005 2006 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Oxidative Stress Sensor Keap1 Functions as an Adaptor for Cul3-Based E3 Ligase To Regulate Proteasomal Degradation of Nrf2
    2004 1.8k citations Akira Kobayashi, Moon-Il Kang et al. Molecular and Cellular Biology profile →
  2. Protection against electrophile and oxidant stress by induction of the phase 2 response: Fate of cysteines of the Keap1 sensor modified by inducers
    2004 823 citations Nobunao Wakabayashi, Albena T. Dinkova‐Kostova et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Oxidative and Electrophilic Stresses Activate Nrf2 through Inhibition of Ubiquitination Activity of Keap1
    2005 779 citations Akira Kobayashi, Moon-Il Kang et al. Molecular and Cellular Biology profile →
  4. Structural Basis for Defects of Keap1 Activity Provoked by Its Point Mutations in Lung Cancer
    2006 594 citations Balasundaram Padmanabhan, Kit I. Tong et al. Molecular Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Moon-Il Kang Japan 11 4.2k 426 372 340 338 11 5.0k
Paul Nioi United States 17 3.1k 0.7× 295 0.7× 275 0.7× 264 0.8× 275 0.8× 33 4.3k
Ichiro Hatayama Japan 22 4.2k 1.0× 338 0.8× 318 0.9× 340 1.0× 329 1.0× 61 5.3k
Liam Baird Japan 20 3.0k 0.7× 336 0.8× 236 0.6× 228 0.7× 329 1.0× 27 3.9k
Young‐Nam Cha South Korea 38 2.5k 0.6× 280 0.7× 304 0.8× 293 0.9× 534 1.6× 100 4.6k
Truyen Nguyen United States 17 5.2k 1.2× 505 1.2× 667 1.8× 548 1.6× 429 1.3× 19 6.9k
Nicole Villeneuve France 25 3.0k 0.7× 327 0.8× 178 0.5× 229 0.7× 262 0.8× 50 4.4k
Xiuwen Tang China 32 2.8k 0.7× 234 0.5× 315 0.8× 230 0.7× 405 1.2× 70 4.2k
Suryakant Niture United States 23 2.6k 0.6× 164 0.4× 456 1.2× 346 1.0× 332 1.0× 49 4.2k
Kimihiko Satoh Japan 31 5.5k 1.3× 404 0.9× 420 1.1× 444 1.3× 469 1.4× 105 7.3k
Makiko Ohtsuji Japan 5 2.9k 0.7× 249 0.6× 219 0.6× 209 0.6× 206 0.6× 5 3.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Moon-Il Kang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Moon-Il Kang

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

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Someya, Shota, Shugo Tohyama, Sho Tanosaki, et al.. (2021). Tryptophan metabolism regulates proliferative capacity of human pluripotent stem cells. iScience. 24(2). 102090–102090. 24 indexed citations
2.
Takahashi, Masaki, Moon-Il Kang, Hiroyuki Sasaki, et al.. (2018). Effects of Meal Timing on Postprandial Glucose Metabolism and Blood Metabolites in Healthy Adults. Nutrients. 10(11). 1763–1763. 59 indexed citations
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Dong, Suwei, Moon-Il Kang, Nancy H. Colburn, et al.. (2011). Microwave-Based Reaction Screening: Tandem Retro-Diels–Alder/Diels–Alder Cycloadditions ofo-Quinol Dimers. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 76(21). 8944–8954. 25 indexed citations
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Padmanabhan, Balasundaram, Kit I. Tong, Tsutomu Ohta, et al.. (2006). Structural Basis for Defects of Keap1 Activity Provoked by Its Point Mutations in Lung Cancer. Molecular Cell. 21(5). 689–700. 594 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hosoya, Tomonori, Atsushi Maruyama, Moon-Il Kang, et al.. (2005). Differential Responses of the Nrf2-Keap1 System to Laminar and Oscillatory Shear Stresses in Endothelial Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(29). 27244–27250. 196 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Akira, Moon-Il Kang, Kit I. Tong, et al.. (2005). Oxidative and Electrophilic Stresses Activate Nrf2 through Inhibition of Ubiquitination Activity of Keap1. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 26(1). 221–229. 779 indexed citations breakdown →
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Padmanabhan, Balasundaram, Kit I. Tong, Yoshihiro Nakamura, et al.. (2004). Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the Kelch-like motif region of mouse Keap1. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 61(1). 153–155. 15 indexed citations
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Wakabayashi, Nobunao, Albena T. Dinkova‐Kostova, W. David Holtzclaw, et al.. (2004). Protection against electrophile and oxidant stress by induction of the phase 2 response: Fate of cysteines of the Keap1 sensor modified by inducers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(7). 2040–2045. 823 indexed citations breakdown →
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Katoh, Yasutake, Katsuyuki Iida, Moon-Il Kang, et al.. (2004). Evolutionary conserved N-terminal domain of Nrf2 is essential for the Keap1-mediated degradation of the protein by proteasome. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 433(2). 342–350. 183 indexed citations
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Kang, Moon-Il, et al.. (2004). Scaffolding of Keap1 to the actin cytoskeleton controls the function of Nrf2 as key regulator of cytoprotective phase 2 genes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(7). 2046–2051. 440 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Akira, Moon-Il Kang, Makiko Ohtsuji, et al.. (2004). Oxidative Stress Sensor Keap1 Functions as an Adaptor for Cul3-Based E3 Ligase To Regulate Proteasomal Degradation of Nrf2. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 24(16). 7130–7139. 1817 indexed citations breakdown →

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