Taro Kawai

83.1k citations
177 papers · 67.0k indexed · 31 hit papers · h-index 83
Topics
Immune Response and Inflammation (95 papers)interferon and immune responses (84 papers)NF-κB Signaling Pathways (30 papers)
Partner nations
JapanUnited StatesIsrael

In The Last Decade

Taro Kawai

175 papers receiving 66.0k citations

Hit Papers

The role of pattern-recognition receptors in inna...1998202620072016201020002006201119992.0k4.0k6.0k

Peers

Taro Kawai
Comparison fields: 5 of 181
  • Immunology 46.7k
  • Molecular Biology 20.2k
  • Epidemiology 12.5k
  • Cancer Research 8.7k
  • Infectious Diseases 7.0k
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Fields of papers citing papers by Taro Kawai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Taro Kawai

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

All Works

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Atg9a controls dsDNA-driven dynamic translocation of STING and the innate immune responsebreakdown →
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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 Signalingbreakdown →
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Lipopolysaccharide Stimulates the MyD88-Independent Pathway and Results in Activation of IFN-Regulatory Factor 3 and the Expression of a Subset of Lipopolysaccharide-Inducible Genesbreakdown →
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About Taro Kawai

Taro Kawai is a scholar working on Immunology, Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, having authored 177 papers that have together received 67.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Immune Response and Inflammation (95 papers), interferon and immune responses (84 papers) and NF-κB Signaling Pathways (30 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (46.7k citations), Microbiology (4.0k citations) and Cancer Research (8.7k citations). Taro Kawai has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and Israel. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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