Narushi Iizuka

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Narushi Iizuka is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Narushi Iizuka has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Narushi Iizuka's work include Viral Infections and Immunology Research (10 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (6 papers). Narushi Iizuka is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Immunology Research (10 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (6 papers). Narushi Iizuka collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and India. Narushi Iizuka's co-authors include Akio Nomoto, Michinori Kohara, Kyoko Tsukiyama–Kohara, Peter Sarnow, Alex Franzusoff, Takashi Toda, Shusuke Kuge, Akira Okitsu, Tsutomu Takegami and H. Horie and has published in prestigious journals such as The EMBO Journal, Journal of Molecular Biology and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Narushi Iizuka

21 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Internal ribosome entry site within hepatitis C virus RNA

1992 777 citations Kyoko Tsukiyama–Kohara, Narushi Iizuka et al. Journal of Virology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Narushi Iizuka Japan	15	1.2k	1.1k	498	399	385	21	2.3k
Kenneth S. S. Chang United States	19	679 0.6×	284 0.3×	136 0.3×	287 0.7×	301 0.8×	54	1.6k
Shuang Wu Japan	22	270 0.2×	84 0.1×	728 1.5×	763 1.9×	258 0.7×	123	1.5k
Juan José Berlanga Spain	25	1.4k 1.1×	187 0.2×	24 0.0×	223 0.6×	165 0.4×	40	2.1k
Jamie L. Fornek United States	12	563 0.5×	146 0.1×	95 0.2×	1.0k 2.5×	574 1.5×	13	2.4k
Yinghong Ma United States	20	694 0.6×	95 0.1×	544 1.1×	533 1.3×	134 0.3×	25	1.5k
Budi Utama United States	22	529 0.4×	236 0.2×	27 0.1×	233 0.6×	351 0.9×	32	1.4k
Arjan S. de Jong Netherlands	20	472 0.4×	394 0.4×	16 0.0×	240 0.6×	268 0.7×	27	1.3k
Anastasia Makris United States	20	446 0.4×	100 0.1×	1.1k 2.1×	1.2k 2.9×	172 0.4×	41	3.6k
Claire F. Evans United States	23	397 0.3×	71 0.1×	107 0.2×	387 1.0×	364 0.9×	46	1.8k
Hideaki Tsuzuki Japan	19	337 0.3×	472 0.4×	29 0.1×	250 0.6×	592 1.5×	40	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Narushi Iizuka

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Taniguchi, K., Takemasa Takii, Saburo Yamamoto, et al.. (2013). Reactivation of immune responses against Mycobacterium tuberculosis by boosting with the CpG oligomer in aged mice primarily vaccinated with Mycobacterium bovis BCG. Immunity & Ageing. 10(1). 25–25. 4 indexed citations

Stein, Phyllis K., Yutaka Yoshida, Mari Hotta Suzuki, et al.. (2012). Multi-scale heart rate dynamics detected by phase-rectified signal averaging predicts mortality after acute myocardial infarction. EP Europace. 15(3). 437–443. 12 indexed citations

Suzuki, Mari Hotta, Hiroshi Takahashi, Toru Aoyama, et al.. (2012). Nonlinear Measures of Heart Rate Variability and Mortality Risk in Hemodialysis Patients. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 7(9). 1454–1460. 60 indexed citations

Ohte, Nobuyuki, Hitomi Narita, Akihiko Iida, et al.. (2012). Cardiac β-adrenergic receptor density and myocardial systolic function in the remote noninfarcted region after prior myocardial infarction with left ventricular remodelling. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 39(8). 1246–1253. 13 indexed citations

Lu, Shaohong, Takashi Suzuki, Narushi Iizuka, et al.. (2007). Trypanosoma bruceivacuolar protein sorting 41 (VPS41) is required for intracellular iron utilization and maintenance of normal cellular morphology. Parasitology. 134(11). 1639–1647. 15 indexed citations

Toyoda, Haruka, Masahiko Satoh, Narushi Iizuka, et al.. (2000). HeLa Cell Transformants Overproducing Mouse Metallothionein Show in vivo Resistance to cis‐Platinum in Nude Mice. Japanese Journal of Cancer Research. 91(1). 91–98. 12 indexed citations

Kuge, Shusuke, Takashi Toda, Narushi Iizuka, & Akio Nomoto. (1998). Crm1 (XpoI) dependent nuclear export of the budding yeast transcription factor yAP‐1 is sensitive to oxidative stress. Genes to Cells. 3(8). 521–532. 139 indexed citations

Iizuka, Narushi & Peter Sarnow. (1997). Translation-Competent Extracts fromSaccharomyces cerevisiae:Effects of L-A RNA, 5′ Cap, and 3′ Poly(A) Tail on Translational Efficiency of mRNAs. Methods. 11(4). 353–360. 41 indexed citations

Ye, Xin, et al.. (1997). Ultrabithorax and Antennapedia 5′ Untranslated Regions Promote Developmentally Regulated Internal Translation Initiation. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 17(3). 1714–1721. 80 indexed citations

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Iizuka, Narushi, et al.. (1995). Cap-Independent Translation and Internal Initiation of Translation in Eukaryotic Cellular mRNA Molecules. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 203. 155–177. 41 indexed citations

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Konno, N, Hironi Makita, Kenji Yuri, Narushi Iizuka, & Keitarou Kawasaki. (1994). Association between dietary iodine intake and prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism in the coastal regions of Japan.. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 78(2). 393–397. 139 indexed citations

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Iizuka, Narushi, et al.. (1994). Cap-Dependent and Cap-Independent Translation by Internal Initiation of mRNAs in Cell Extracts Prepared from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 14(11). 7322–7330. 100 indexed citations

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Iizuka, Narushi, et al.. (1994). Cap-dependent and cap-independent translation by internal initiation of mRNAs in cell extracts prepared from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 14(11). 7322–7330. 246 indexed citations

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Konno, N, et al.. (1994). [Screening for thyroid dysfunction in adults residing in Hokkaido Japan: in relation to urinary iodide concentration and thyroid autoantibodies].. PubMed. 69(3). 614–26. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Anqiang, et al.. (1992). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of coxsackievirus B1. Journal of Molecular Biology. 223(4). 1171–1175. 3 indexed citations

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Tsukiyama–Kohara, Kyoko, Narushi Iizuka, Michinori Kohara, & Akio Nomoto. (1992). Internal ribosome entry site within hepatitis C virus RNA. Journal of Virology. 66(3). 1476–1483. 777 indexed citations breakdown →

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Iizuka, Narushi, Hiromichi Yonekawa, & Akio Nomoto. (1991). Nucleotide sequences important for translation initiation of enterovirus RNA. Journal of Virology. 65(9). 4867–4873. 46 indexed citations

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Koike, Satoshi, H. Horie, I Ise, et al.. (1990). The poliovirus receptor protein is produced both as membrane-bound and secreted forms.. The EMBO Journal. 9(10). 3217–3224. 282 indexed citations

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Nomoto, Akio, Narushi Iizuka, Michinori Kohara, & Mineo Arita. (1988). Strategy for construction of live picornavirus vaccines. Vaccine. 6(2). 134–137. 17 indexed citations

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Iizuka, Narushi, et al.. (1987). Complete nucleotide sequence of the genome of coxsackievirus B1. Virology. 156(1). 64–73. 141 indexed citations

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