Taro Kawai

247 total papers · 82.7k total citations
177 papers, 66.7k citations indexed

About

Taro Kawai is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Taro Kawai has authored 177 papers receiving a total of 66.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Immunology, 59 papers in Molecular Biology and 32 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Taro Kawai's work include Immune Response and Inflammation (95 papers), interferon and immune responses (84 papers) and NF-κB Signaling Pathways (30 papers). Taro Kawai is often cited by papers focused on Immune Response and Inflammation (95 papers), interferon and immune responses (84 papers) and NF-κB Signaling Pathways (30 papers). Taro Kawai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Israel. Taro Kawai's co-authors include Shizuo Akira, Osamu Takeuchi, Kiyoshi Takeda, Shintaro Sato, Himanshu Kumar, Hideki Sanjo, Katsuaki Hoshino, Takumi Kawasaki, Tomohiko Ogawa and Ken J. Ishii and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Taro Kawai

175 papers receiving 65.7k 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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The role of pattern-recognition receptors in innate immunity: update on Toll-like receptors
    2010 7.0k citations Taro Kawai, Shizuo Akira Nature Immunology profile →
  2. A Toll-like receptor recognizes bacterial DNA
    2000 5.2k citations Hiroaki Hemmi, Osamu Takeuchi et al. Nature profile →
  3. Differential roles of MDA5 and RIG-I helicases in the recognition of RNA viruses
    2006 3.0k citations Hiroki Kato, Osamu Takeuchi et al. Nature profile →
  4. Cutting Edge: Toll-Like Receptor 4 (TLR4)-Deficient Mice Are Hyporesponsive to Lipopolysaccharide: Evidence for TLR4 as the Lps Gene Product
    1999 2.8k citations Katsuaki Hoshino, Osamu Takeuchi et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →
  5. Toll-like Receptors and Their Crosstalk with Other Innate Receptors in Infection and Immunity
    2011 2.8k citations Taro Kawai, Shizuo Akira Immunity profile →
  6. Differential Roles of TLR2 and TLR4 in Recognition of Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Bacterial Cell Wall Components
    1999 2.8k citations Osamu Takeuchi, Katsuaki Hoshino et al. Immunity profile →
  7. Toll-Like Receptor Signaling Pathways
    2014 2.4k citations Takumi Kawasaki, Taro Kawai Frontiers in Immunology profile →
  8. IPS-1, an adaptor triggering RIG-I- and Mda5-mediated type I interferon induction
    2005 2.1k citations Taro Kawai, Ken Takahashi et al. Nature Immunology profile →
  9. Signaling to NF-κB by Toll-like receptors
    2007 1.9k citations Taro Kawai, Shizuo Akira Trends in Molecular Medicine profile →
  10. Unresponsiveness of MyD88-Deficient Mice to Endotoxin
    1999 1.7k citations Taro Kawai, Osamu Adachi et al. Immunity profile →
  11. Targeted Disruption of the MyD88 Gene Results in Loss of IL-1- and IL-18-Mediated Function
    1998 1.7k citations Osamu Adachi, Taro Kawai et al. Immunity profile →
  12. Loss of the autophagy protein Atg16L1 enhances endotoxin-induced IL-1β production
    2008 1.7k citations Tatsuya Saitoh, Naonobu Fujita et al. Nature profile →
  13. Pathogen Recognition by the Innate Immune System
    2011 1.7k citations Himanshu Kumar, Taro Kawai et al. International Reviews of Immunology profile →
  14. TLR signaling
    2006 1.5k citations Taro Kawai, Shizuo Akira Cell Death and Differentiation profile →
  15. Innate immune recognition of viral infection
    2006 1.5k citations Taro Kawai, Shizuo Akira Nature Immunology profile →
  16. The roles of TLRs, RLRs and NLRs in pathogen recognition
    2009 1.2k citations Taro Kawai, Akira Shibuya International Immunology profile →
  17. TLR signaling
    2007 1.2k citations Taro Kawai, Shizuo Akira Seminars in Immunology profile →
  18. Discrimination of bacterial lipoproteins by Toll-like receptor 6
    2001 998 citations Osamu Takeuchi, Taro Kawai et al. International Immunology profile →
  19. Toll-like receptors and innate immunity
    2009 939 citations Himanshu Kumar, Taro Kawai et al. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications profile →
  20. Lipopolysaccharide Stimulates the MyD88-Independent Pathway and Results in Activation of IFN-Regulatory Factor 3 and the Expression of a Subset of Lipopolysaccharide-Inducible Genes
    2001 888 citations Taro Kawai, Osamu Takeuchi et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →
  21. Interferon-α induction through Toll-like receptors involves a direct interaction of IRF7 with MyD88 and TRAF6
    2004 835 citations Taro Kawai, Shintaro Sato et al. Nature Immunology profile →
  22. Essential function for the kinase TAK1 in innate and adaptive immune responses
    2005 804 citations Shintaro Sato, Hideki Sanjo et al. Nature Immunology profile →
  23. Toll‐like Receptor and RIG‐1‐like Receptor Signaling
    2008 782 citations Taro Kawai, Shizuo Akira Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences profile →
  24. Atg9a controls dsDNA-driven dynamic translocation of STING and the innate immune response
    2009 674 citations Tatsuya Saitoh, Naonobu Fujita et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  25. Cutting Edge: Endotoxin Tolerance in Mouse Peritoneal Macrophages Correlates with Down-Regulation of Surface Toll-Like Receptor 4 Expression
    2000 644 citations Fumiko Nomura, Sachiko Akashi et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →
  26. A Toll-like receptor–independent antiviral response induced by double-stranded B-form DNA
    2005 640 citations Ken J. Ishii, Cevayir Coban et al. Nature Immunology profile →
  27. Toll/IL-1 Receptor Domain-Containing Adaptor Inducing IFN-β (TRIF) Associates with TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6 and TANK-Binding Kinase 1, and Activates Two Distinct Transcription Factors, NF-κB and IFN-Regulatory Factor-3, in the Toll-Like Receptor Signaling
    2003 566 citations Shintaro Sato, Masanaka Sugiyama et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →
  28. Limb and Skin Abnormalities in Mice Lacking IKKα
    1999 528 citations Kiyoshi Takeda, Osamu Takeuchi et al. Science profile →
  29. TANK-binding kinase-1 delineates innate and adaptive immune responses to DNA vaccines
    2008 511 citations Ken J. Ishii, Tatsukata Kawagoe et al. Nature profile →
  30. Completion of the entire hepatitis C virus life cycle in genetically humanized mice
    2013 171 citations Marcus Dorner, Joshua A. Horwitz et al. Nature profile →
  31. Decoding Toll-like receptors: Recent insights and perspectives in innate immunity
    2024 163 citations Taro Kawai, Daisuke Ori et al. Immunity profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Taro Kawai 46.6k 20.1k 12.5k 8.7k 6.9k 177 66.7k
Osamu Takeuchi 55.8k 1.2× 24.0k 1.2× 15.3k 1.2× 10.0k 1.1× 8.7k 1.3× 351 81.3k
Ruslan Medzhitov 61.2k 1.3× 27.8k 1.4× 13.4k 1.1× 8.9k 1.0× 7.3k 1.1× 225 96.8k
Bruce Beutler 38.1k 0.8× 17.2k 0.9× 10.9k 0.9× 6.0k 0.7× 3.8k 0.6× 405 64.4k
Katherine A. Fitzgerald 39.5k 0.8× 37.5k 1.9× 12.3k 1.0× 6.8k 0.8× 6.6k 1.0× 333 69.0k
Douglas T. Golenbock 30.6k 0.7× 15.2k 0.8× 10.7k 0.9× 4.5k 0.5× 4.8k 0.7× 288 50.9k
Kiyoshi Takeda 57.1k 1.2× 27.8k 1.4× 14.7k 1.2× 10.5k 1.2× 8.4k 1.2× 463 92.6k
Siamon Gordon 41.1k 0.9× 22.0k 1.1× 10.6k 0.9× 3.6k 0.4× 7.7k 1.1× 455 77.9k
Luke O'neill 32.3k 0.7× 23.5k 1.2× 8.3k 0.7× 11.1k 1.3× 3.4k 0.5× 391 60.9k
Eicke Latz 31.4k 0.7× 32.1k 1.6× 8.9k 0.7× 3.7k 0.4× 4.3k 0.6× 283 60.8k
Jürg Tschopp 43.2k 0.9× 51.8k 2.6× 11.8k 0.9× 8.0k 0.9× 4.1k 0.6× 283 87.1k

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