Yasushi Kawaguchi

14.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
313 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Yasushi Kawaguchi is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yasushi Kawaguchi has authored 313 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 178 papers in Epidemiology, 106 papers in Immunology and 102 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yasushi Kawaguchi's work include Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (155 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (85 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (58 papers). Yasushi Kawaguchi is often cited by papers focused on Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (155 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (85 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (58 papers). Yasushi Kawaguchi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Yasushi Kawaguchi's co-authors include Akihisa Kato, Jun Arii, Bernard Roizman, Yukihiro Nishiyama, Tetsutaro Sata, Michiko Tanaka, Kentaro Kato, Yukinobu Tohya, Takayuki Miyazawa and Naoto Koyanagi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yasushi Kawaguchi

311 papers receiving 10.8k citations

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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.

Susceptibility to human type 1 diabetes at IDDM2 is determined by tandem repeat variation at the insulin gene minisatellite locus

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yasushi Kawaguchi Japan	55	5.4k	3.1k	3.1k	2.8k	1.4k	313	10.9k
Theodore S. Jardetzky United States	61	5.3k 1.0×	1.8k 0.6×	6.8k 2.2×	3.7k 1.4×	1.6k 1.1×	156	15.1k
François–Loïc Cosset France	73	7.8k 1.4×	5.6k 1.8×	2.2k 0.7×	6.8k 2.5×	1.6k 1.1×	285	18.5k
Frits Koning Netherlands	64	4.6k 0.8×	1.6k 0.5×	7.0k 2.3×	2.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	310	16.4k
Robert E. Lanford United States	56	5.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.3×	1.6k 0.5×	4.1k 1.5×	814 0.6×	170	11.8k
Saul J. Silverstein United States	47	4.6k 0.9×	3.6k 1.2×	1.9k 0.6×	5.9k 2.1×	1.4k 1.0×	124	11.2k
J. Lindsay Whitton United States	62	2.9k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	5.4k 1.8×	3.5k 1.2×	754 0.5×	160	11.1k
Alfredo Nicosia Italy	48	3.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	1.4k 0.5×	3.0k 1.1×	630 0.4×	141	8.4k
Jeffrey I. Cohen United States	71	8.2k 1.5×	1.6k 0.5×	5.2k 1.7×	2.9k 1.0×	6.3k 4.4×	313	18.8k
Judith M. White United States	69	4.9k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	7.7k 2.8×	1.2k 0.9×	162	17.0k
Raymond M. Welsh United States	79	4.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.4×	11.7k 3.8×	2.1k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	234	15.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yasushi Kawaguchi

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Koyanagi, Naoto, Kowit Hengphasatporn, Akihisa Kato, et al.. (2025). Regulatory mimicry of cyclin-dependent kinases by a conserved herpesvirus protein kinase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(16). e2500264122–e2500264122. 2 indexed citations

Maruzuru, Yuhei, et al.. (2024). Impact of the interaction between herpes simplex virus 1 ICP22 and FACT on viral gene expression and pathogenesis. Journal of Virology. 98(8). e0073724–e0073724. 1 indexed citations

Maruzuru, Yuhei, Shuji Iwata, Naoto Koyanagi, et al.. (2023). Dual impacts of a glycan shield on the envelope glycoprotein B of HSV-1: evasion from human antibodies in vivo and neurovirulence. mBio. 14(4). e0099223–e0099223. 7 indexed citations

Kanekiyo, Kenji, Y. Muto, Masahiro Iguchi, et al.. (2023). Brain‐specific glycosylation of protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type Z (PTPRZ) marks a demyelination‐associated astrocyte subtype. Journal of Neurochemistry. 166(3). 547–559. 3 indexed citations

Kishi, Takayuki, Takako Miyamae, Manabu Kawamoto, et al.. (2020). The evaluation of gene polymorphisms associated with autoinflammatory syndrome in patients with palindromic rheumatism complicated by intermittent hydrarthrosis. Clinical Rheumatology. 39(3). 841–845. 3 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Mizuki, Takeshi Ichinohe, Aya Watanabe, et al.. (2020). The Antimalarial Compound Atovaquone Inhibits Zika and Dengue Virus Infection by Blocking E Protein-Mediated Membrane Fusion. Viruses. 12(12). 1475–1475. 11 indexed citations

Sato, Ryota, Akihisa Kato, Takahiko Chimura, et al.. (2018). Combating herpesvirus encephalitis by potentiating a TLR3–mTORC2 axis. Nature Immunology. 19(10). 1071–1082. 58 indexed citations

Kato, Akihisa, Keiko Shindo, Yuhei Maruzuru, & Yasushi Kawaguchi. (2013). Phosphorylation of a Herpes Simplex Virus 1 dUTPase by a Viral Protein Kinase, Us3, Dictates Viral Pathogenicity in the Central Nervous System but Not at the Periphery. Journal of Virology. 88(5). 2775–2785. 26 indexed citations

Sage, Valerie Le, et al.. (2013). The Herpes Simplex Virus 2 UL21 Protein Is Essential for Virus Propagation. Journal of Virology. 87(10). 5904–5915. 46 indexed citations

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Koyanagi, Naoto, Takahiko Imai, Jun Arii, Akihisa Kato, & Yasushi Kawaguchi. (2013). Role of herpes simplex virus 1 Us3 in viral neuroinvasiveness. Microbiology and Immunology. 58(1). 31–37. 12 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Michiko, et al.. (2012). Herpes Simplex Virus 1 VP22 Regulates Translocation of Multiple Viral and Cellular Proteins and Promotes Neurovirulence. Journal of Virology. 86(9). 5264–5277. 43 indexed citations

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Kato, Akihisa, Zhuoming Liu, Takahiko Imai, et al.. (2011). Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Protein Kinase Us3 and Major Tegument Protein UL47 Reciprocally Regulate Their Subcellular Localization in Infected Cells. Journal of Virology. 85(18). 9599–9613. 39 indexed citations

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Imai, Takahiko, et al.. (2011). Role of the Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Us3 Kinase Phosphorylation Site and Endocytosis Motifs in the Intracellular Transport and Neurovirulence of Envelope Glycoprotein B. Journal of Virology. 85(10). 5003–5015. 30 indexed citations

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Kato, Akihisa, Jun Arii, Ikuo Shiratori, et al.. (2008). Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Protein Kinase Us3 Phosphorylates Viral Envelope Glycoprotein B and Regulates Its Expression on the Cell Surface. Journal of Virology. 83(1). 250–261. 70 indexed citations

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Satoh, Takeshi, Jun Arii, Tadahiro Suenaga, et al.. (2008). PILRα Is a Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Entry Coreceptor That Associates with Glycoprotein B. Cell. 132(6). 935–944. 245 indexed citations

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Kawaguchi, Yasushi. (2001). Herpes simplex virus 1 alpha regulatory protein ICP0 functionally interacts with cellular transcription factor BMAL1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(4). 1877–1882. 66 indexed citations

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Davies, June, James Copeman, Heather J. Cordell, et al.. (1995). LINKAGE MAPPING OF TYPE-1 DIABETES. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 57. 1–1. 72 indexed citations

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Ueda, Hironori, Hiroshi Ikegami, Eiji Yamato, et al.. (1995). The NSY mouse: a new animal model of spontaneous NIDDM with moderate obesity. Diabetologia. 38(5). 503–508. 91 indexed citations

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Miyazawa, Takayuki, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Mariko Kohmoto, et al.. (1992). Production of feline immunodeficiency virus in feline and non-feline non-lymphoid cell lines by transfection of an infectious molecular clone. Journal of General Virology. 73(6). 1543–1546. 27 indexed citations

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Furuya, Tetsuya, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Takayuki Miyazawa, et al.. (1990). Existence of feline immunodeficiency virus infection in Japanese cat population since 1968.. The Japanese Journal of Veterinary Science. 52(4). 891–893. 24 indexed citations

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