Ryo Funayama

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Ryo Funayama is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryo Funayama has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Immunology and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ryo Funayama's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (12 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (6 papers). Ryo Funayama is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (12 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (6 papers). Ryo Funayama collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Singapore. Ryo Funayama's co-authors include Keiko Nakayama, Takeshi Nagashima, Masayuki Yamamoto, Eri Kobayashi, Takafumi Suzuki, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Makiko Hayashi, Hiroki Sekine, Hozumi Motohashi and Takashi Moriguchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ryo Funayama

71 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Nrf2 suppresses macrophage inflammatory response by blocking proinflammatory cytokine transcription

2016 1.4k citations Eri Kobayashi, Takafumi Suzuki et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryo Funayama Japan	29	2.5k	722	450	402	398	73	4.0k
Yoshitaka Taketomi Japan	34	1.8k 0.7×	779 1.1×	341 0.8×	515 1.3×	328 0.8×	79	3.4k
Weijun Luo United States	16	2.7k 1.1×	702 1.0×	755 1.7×	640 1.6×	338 0.8×	35	4.5k
Hui Zhao China	33	2.7k 1.1×	439 0.6×	388 0.9×	164 0.4×	580 1.5×	200	4.0k
Dinghong Min China	7	2.0k 0.8×	453 0.6×	340 0.8×	344 0.9×	248 0.6×	14	3.5k
Michael C. Velarde United States	30	1.4k 0.6×	827 1.1×	310 0.7×	989 2.5×	299 0.8×	56	3.4k
Jongsun Park South Korea	35	4.0k 1.6×	657 0.9×	632 1.4×	339 0.8×	269 0.7×	126	5.7k
Jun Lü China	40	3.4k 1.4×	451 0.6×	1.2k 2.6×	356 0.9×	524 1.3×	176	5.2k
Hideo Kaneko Japan	31	1.3k 0.5×	722 1.0×	349 0.8×	323 0.8×	346 0.9×	242	3.5k
Mahesh Karandikar United States	13	2.6k 1.1×	586 0.8×	424 0.9×	343 0.9×	281 0.7×	18	4.2k
Songqing Na United States	22	2.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.9×	698 1.6×	267 0.7×	353 0.9×	32	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Ryo Funayama

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryo Funayama

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

All Works

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Funayama, Ryo, Masaki Hosogane, Wei‐Chen Kao, et al.. (2025). Alternative Splicing of FBLN2 Generates a Prometastatic Extracellular Matrix in Gastrointestinal Cancers by Determining N‐Glycosylation of Fibulin 2. Genes to Cells. 30(3). e70027–e70027. 1 indexed citations

Karasawa, Hideaki, Tomoyuki Ono, Ryo Funayama, et al.. (2024). Calreticulin exposure induced by anticancer drugs is associated with the p53 signaling pathway in colorectal cancer cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 733. 150665–150665. 1 indexed citations

Nishiyama, Ayumi, Tetsuya Niihori, Naoki Suzuki, et al.. (2024). Updated Genetic Analysis of Japanese Familial ALS Patients Carrying SOD1 Variants Revealed Phenotypic Differences for Common Variants. Neurology Genetics. 10(6). e200196–e200196. 1 indexed citations

Ohira, Masahiro, Ryo Funayama, Masamitsu Maekawa, et al.. (2024). Downregulation of ABCC3 activates MAPK signaling through accumulation of deoxycholic acid in colorectal cancer cells. Cancer Science. 115(6). 1778–1790. 4 indexed citations

Izumi, Rumiko, Kensuke Ikeda, Tetsuya Niihori, et al.. (2023). Nuclear pore pathology underlying multisystem proteinopathy type 3‐related inclusion body myopathy. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 11(3). 577–592. 1 indexed citations

Funayama, Ryo, Shuichi Aoki, Aya Matsui, et al.. (2023). Collagen XVII regulates tumor growth in pancreatic cancer through interaction with the tumor microenvironment. Cancer Science. 114(11). 4286–4298. 8 indexed citations

Nakano, Tomohiro, Yoji Sasahara, Atsuo Kikuchi, et al.. (2022). Novel POLE mutations identified in patients with IMAGE-I syndrome cause aberrant subcellular localisation and protein degradation in the nucleus. Journal of Medical Genetics. 59(11). 1116–1122. 3 indexed citations

Yu, Zhiqian, Kazuko Ueno, Ryo Funayama, et al.. (2022). Sex-Specific Differences in the Transcriptome of the Human Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Schizophrenia. Molecular Neurobiology. 60(2). 1083–1098. 9 indexed citations

Niihori, Tetsuya, Michio Kobayashi, Naoki Suzuki, et al.. (2021). A novel deletion in the C-terminal region of HSPB8 in a family with rimmed vacuolar myopathy. Journal of Human Genetics. 66(10). 965–972. 7 indexed citations

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Satō, Masaki, Mitsuyo Matsumoto, Yuriko Saiki, et al.. (2020). BACH1 Promotes Pancreatic Cancer Metastasis by Repressing Epithelial Genes and Enhancing Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition. Cancer Research. 80(6). 1279–1292. 82 indexed citations

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Wada, Yoichi, Atsuo Kikuchi, Naoki Shimizu, et al.. (2020). Metabolic and pathologic profiles of human LSS deficiency recapitulated in mice. PLoS Genetics. 16(2). e1008628–e1008628. 25 indexed citations

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Ochiai, Kyoko, Amrutha Swaminathan, Hiroki Shima, et al.. (2020). Chromatin Protein PC4 Orchestrates B Cell Differentiation by Collaborating with IKAROS and IRF4. Cell Reports. 33(12). 108517–108517. 19 indexed citations

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Karasawa, Hideaki, Ryo Funayama, Matsuyuki Shirota, et al.. (2019). Cancer‐associated fibroblasts secrete Wnt2 to promote cancer progression in colorectal cancer. Cancer Medicine. 8(14). 6370–6382. 66 indexed citations

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Hidaka, Takanori, Eisaku Ogawa, Eri Kobayashi, et al.. (2016). The aryl hydrocarbon receptor AhR links atopic dermatitis and air pollution via induction of the neurotrophic factor artemin. Nature Immunology. 18(1). 64–73. 214 indexed citations

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Fujiwara, Tohru, Noriko Fukuhara, Ryo Funayama, et al.. (2014). Identification of acquired mutations by whole-genome sequencing in GATA-2 deficiency evolving into myelodysplasia and acute leukemia. Annals of Hematology. 93(9). 1515–1522. 13 indexed citations

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Izumi, Rumiko, Tetsuya Niihori, Naoki Suzuki, et al.. (2014). GNE myopathy associated with congenital thrombocytopenia: A report of two siblings. Neuromuscular Disorders. 24(12). 1068–1072. 44 indexed citations

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Ninomiya, Masashi, Yasuteru Kondo, Ryo Funayama, et al.. (2013). Distinct MicroRNAs Expression Profile in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Evaluation of miR 505-3p and miR197-3p as Novel Biomarkers. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e66086–e66086. 72 indexed citations

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Izumi, Rumiko, Tetsuya Niihori, Yoko Aoki, et al.. (2013). Exome sequencing identifies a novel TTN mutation in a family with hereditary myopathy with early respiratory failure. Journal of Human Genetics. 58(5). 259–266. 27 indexed citations

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Hirotsu, Yosuke, Fumiki Katsuoka, Ryo Funayama, et al.. (2012). Nrf2–MafG heterodimers contribute globally to antioxidant and metabolic networks. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(20). 10228–10239. 344 indexed citations

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Funayama, Ryo & Fuyuki Ishikawa. (2007). Cellular senescence and chromatin structure. Chromosoma. 116(5). 431–440. 118 indexed citations

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