Sujin Kang

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Sujin Kang is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Sujin Kang has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Immunology, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Sujin Kang's work include Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (12 papers), Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (7 papers) and Apelin-related biomedical research (5 papers). Sujin Kang is often cited by papers focused on Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (12 papers), Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (7 papers) and Apelin-related biomedical research (5 papers). Sujin Kang collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and South Korea. Sujin Kang's co-authors include Tadamitsu Kishimoto, Toshio Tanaka, Masashi Narazaki, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Hozaifa Metwally, Satoshi Nojima, Hyota Takamatsu, Toshihiko Toyofuku, Noriko Takegahara and Hiroshi Matsuura and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Sujin Kang

37 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Targeting Interleukin-6 Signaling in Clinic

2019 601 citations Sujin Kang, Toshio Tanaka et al. Immunity profile →
Interplay between interleukin-6 signaling and the vascular endothelium in cytokine storms

2021 203 citations Sujin Kang, Tadamitsu Kishimoto Experimental & Molecular Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sujin Kang Japan	24	1.2k	907	568	449	327	37	3.1k
Sophie Van Linthout Germany	45	1.9k 1.6×	795 0.9×	394 0.7×	195 0.4×	466 1.4×	137	6.2k
Daisuke Kamimura Japan	27	1.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.9×	991 1.7×	139 0.3×	180 0.6×	71	4.0k
Yuki Tanaka Japan	22	1.0k 0.9×	434 0.5×	336 0.6×	120 0.3×	318 1.0×	120	2.6k
Lili Feng United States	31	1.1k 1.0×	1.9k 2.1×	1.1k 1.9×	282 0.6×	149 0.5×	59	4.9k
Satoshi Fujii Japan	35	1.9k 1.6×	673 0.7×	444 0.8×	209 0.5×	403 1.2×	149	4.5k
Daniel Fishman Israel	21	1.7k 1.4×	980 1.1×	487 0.9×	298 0.7×	83 0.3×	36	3.9k
Jianguo Xu China	34	1.8k 1.5×	778 0.9×	456 0.8×	289 0.6×	220 0.7×	79	4.7k
Robert Hariri United States	25	1.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	366 0.6×	239 0.5×	112 0.3×	86	4.0k
Mario Galgani Italy	33	928 0.8×	1.5k 1.6×	425 0.7×	128 0.3×	95 0.3×	76	3.3k
Francesca Riuzzi Italy	29	2.5k 2.1×	741 0.8×	187 0.3×	178 0.4×	137 0.4×	45	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Sujin Kang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sujin Kang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sujin Kang

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Nakanishi, Yoshimitsu, et al.. (2024). Peripheral and central regulation of neuro–immune crosstalk. Inflammation and Regeneration. 44(1). 41–41. 6 indexed citations

Kang, Sujin, Shinya Onishi, Hitomi Inoue, et al.. (2024). Gp130–HIF1α axis–induced vascular damage is prevented by the short-term inhibition of IL-6 receptor signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(2). e2315898120–e2315898120. 6 indexed citations

Nakanishi, Yoshimitsu, Sujin Kang, & Atsushi Kumanogoh. (2022). Axon guidance molecules in immunometabolic diseases. Inflammation and Regeneration. 42(1). 5–5. 18 indexed citations

Nyati, Kishan Kumar, Shigeru Hashimoto, Shailendra Kumar Singh, et al.. (2021). The novel long noncoding RNA AU021063, induced by IL-6/Arid5a signaling, exacerbates breast cancer invasion and metastasis by stabilizing Trib3 and activating the Mek/Erk pathway. Cancer Letters. 520. 295–306. 23 indexed citations

Nakanishi, Yoshimitsu, Sujin Kang, & Atsushi Kumanogoh. (2021). Crosstalk between axon guidance signaling and bone remodeling. Bone. 157. 116305–116305. 9 indexed citations

Ebihara, Takeshi, Hisatake Matsumoto, Tsunehiro Matsubara, et al.. (2021). Adipocytokine Profile Reveals Resistin Forming a Prognostic-Related Cytokine Network in the Acute Phase of Sepsis. Shock. 56(5). 718–726. 17 indexed citations

Kang, Sujin & Tadamitsu Kishimoto. (2021). Interplay between interleukin-6 signaling and the vascular endothelium in cytokine storms. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 53(7). 1116–1123. 203 indexed citations breakdown →

Metwally, Hozaifa, Toshio Tanaka, Songling Li, et al.. (2020). Noncanonical STAT1 phosphorylation expands its transcriptional activity into promoting LPS-induced IL-6 and IL-12p40 production. Science Signaling. 13(624). 35 indexed citations

Kang, Sujin, Masashi Narazaki, Hozaifa Metwally, & Tadamitsu Kishimoto. (2020). Historical overview of the interleukin-6 family cytokine. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 217(5). 245 indexed citations

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Kang, Sujin, Toshio Tanaka, Hitomi Inoue, et al.. (2020). IL-6 trans-signaling induces plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 from vascular endothelial cells in cytokine release syndrome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(36). 22351–22356. 234 indexed citations

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Kang, Sujin & Atsushi Kumanogoh. (2020). The spectrum of macrophage activation by immunometabolism. International Immunology. 32(7). 467–473. 41 indexed citations

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Chalise, Jaya Prakash, Shigeru Hashimoto, Sujin Kang, et al.. (2019). Feedback regulation of Arid5a and Ppar-γ2 maintains adipose tissue homeostasis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(30). 15128–15133. 25 indexed citations

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Kang, Sujin, Toshio Tanaka, Masashi Narazaki, & Tadamitsu Kishimoto. (2019). Targeting Interleukin-6 Signaling in Clinic. Immunity. 50(4). 1007–1023. 601 indexed citations breakdown →

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Matsuura, Hiroshi, Hisatake Matsumoto, Akinori Osuka, et al.. (2018). Clinical Importance of a Cytokine Network in Major Burns. Shock. 51(2). 185–193. 26 indexed citations

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Kang, Sujin, Yoshimitsu Nakanishi, Yoshiyuki Kioi, et al.. (2018). Semaphorin 6D reverse signaling controls macrophage lipid metabolism and anti-inflammatory polarization. Nature Immunology. 19(6). 561–570. 94 indexed citations

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Negishi, Hideo, Junko Nishio, Wataru Suda, et al.. (2017). Gallbladder-derived surfactant protein D regulates gut commensal bacteria for maintaining intestinal homeostasis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(38). 10178–10183. 35 indexed citations

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Nojima, Satoshi, Toshihiko Toyofuku, Hiroyuki Kamao, et al.. (2013). A point mutation in Semaphorin 4A associates with defective endosomal sorting and causes retinal degeneration. Nature Communications. 4(1). 1406–1406. 17 indexed citations

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Kang, Sujin, Tatsusada Okuno, Noriko Takegahara, et al.. (2011). Intestinal Epithelial Cell-Derived Semaphorin 7A Negatively Regulates Development of Colitis via αvβ1 Integrin. The Journal of Immunology. 188(3). 1108–1116. 65 indexed citations

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Takegahara, Noriko, Sujin Kang, Satoshi Nojima, et al.. (2010). Integral roles of a guanine nucleotide exchange factor, FARP2, in osteoclast podosome rearrangements. The FASEB Journal. 24(12). 4782–4792. 34 indexed citations

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Okuno, Tatsusada, Yuji Nakatsuji, M. Moriya, et al.. (2009). Roles of Sema4D–Plexin-B1 Interactions in the Central Nervous System for Pathogenesis of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. The Journal of Immunology. 184(3). 1499–1506. 94 indexed citations

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