Yoshifumi Sonobe

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Yoshifumi Sonobe is a scholar working on Neurology, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoshifumi Sonobe has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Neurology, 22 papers in Immunology and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yoshifumi Sonobe's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (24 papers), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (6 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (6 papers). Yoshifumi Sonobe is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (24 papers), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (6 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (6 papers). Yoshifumi Sonobe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Slovakia. Yoshifumi Sonobe's co-authors include Tetsuya Mizuno, Akio Suzumura, Hideyuki Takeuchi, Jun Kawanokuchi, Shijie Jin, Bijay Parajuli, Yukiko Doi, Mariko Noda, Hiroshi Horiuchi and Reiko Kuno and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yoshifumi Sonobe

44 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Induces Neurotoxicity via Glutamate Release from Hemichannels of Activated Microglia in an Autocrine Manner

2006 619 citations Hideyuki Takeuchi, Shijie Jin et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yoshifumi Sonobe Japan	30	1.3k	1.1k	1.1k	643	520	44	3.4k
Eugene D. Ponomarev Hong Kong	31	1.4k 1.1×	1.6k 1.4×	1.6k 1.5×	541 0.8×	636 1.2×	53	4.8k
Alain R. Simard Canada	23	2.0k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	906 0.9×	912 1.4×	507 1.0×	35	3.6k
Jun Kawanokuchi Japan	34	2.0k 1.5×	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	791 1.2×	837 1.6×	51	4.4k
Tim Magnus Germany	27	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	623 1.0×	772 1.5×	41	3.8k
Barry W. McColl United Kingdom	34	2.5k 1.9×	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	494 0.8×	456 0.9×	61	4.1k
Luc Vallières Canada	29	1.4k 1.0×	817 0.7×	987 0.9×	433 0.7×	419 0.8×	45	3.1k
Paul D. Drew United States	37	1.0k 0.8×	1.8k 1.6×	1.3k 1.2×	433 0.7×	415 0.8×	72	4.0k
Roman Sankowski Germany	20	2.5k 1.9×	1.1k 0.9×	1.6k 1.5×	646 1.0×	365 0.7×	44	3.9k
Alon Monsonego Israel	30	1.6k 1.2×	825 0.7×	840 0.8×	1.4k 2.2×	374 0.7×	74	3.4k
Mithilesh Kumar Jha South Korea	29	880 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	554 0.5×	616 1.0×	576 1.1×	54	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Yoshifumi Sonobe

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yoshifumi Sonobe

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yoshifumi Sonobe. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yoshifumi Sonobe 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 Yoshifumi Sonobe. Yoshifumi Sonobe 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

Sonobe, Yoshifumi, Soojin Lee, Gopinath Krishnan, et al.. (2023). Translation of dipeptide repeat proteins in C9ORF72 ALS/FTD through unique and redundant AUG initiation codons. eLife. 12. 6 indexed citations

Sonobe, Yoshifumi, Gopinath Krishnan, Ghanashyam D. Ghadge, et al.. (2021). A C. elegans model of C9orf72-associated ALS/FTD uncovers a conserved role for eIF2D in RAN translation. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6025–6025. 36 indexed citations

Masaki, Katsuhisa, Yoshifumi Sonobe, Ghanashyam D. Ghadge, Peter Pytel, & Raymond P. Roos. (2019). TDP-43 proteinopathy in Theiler’s murine encephalomyelitis virus infection. PLoS Pathogens. 15(2). e1007574–e1007574. 23 indexed citations

Takeuchi, Hideyuki, Yoshifumi Sonobe, Shijie Jin, et al.. (2014). Sirtuin 1 attenuates oxidative stress via upregulation of superoxide dismutase 2 and catalase in astrocytes. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 269(1-2). 38–43. 83 indexed citations

Wang, Yue, Shijie Jin, Yoshifumi Sonobe, et al.. (2014). Interleukin-1β Induces Blood–Brain Barrier Disruption by Downregulating Sonic Hedgehog in Astrocytes. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e110024–e110024. 240 indexed citations

Parajuli, Bijay, Yoshifumi Sonobe, Hiroshi Horiuchi, et al.. (2013). Oligomeric amyloid β induces IL-1β processing via production of ROS: implication in Alzheimer’s disease. Cell Death and Disease. 4(12). e975–e975. 194 indexed citations

Kawanokuchi, Jun, Hideyuki Takeuchi, Yoshifumi Sonobe, Tetsuya Mizuno, & Akio Suzumura. (2013). Interleukin‐27 promotes inflammatory and neuroprotective responses in microglia. Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology. 4(1). 36–45. 7 indexed citations

Parajuli, Bijay, Yoshifumi Sonobe, Jun Kawanokuchi, et al.. (2012). Immunoglobulin G1 immune complex upregulates interferon-γ-induced nitric oxide production via ERK1/2 activation in murine microglia. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 244(1-2). 57–62. 4 indexed citations

Doi, Yukiko, Shijie Jin, Yoshifumi Sonobe, et al.. (2012). TGF-β induced by interleukin-34-stimulated microglia regulates microglial proliferation and attenuates oligomeric amyloid β neurotoxicity. Neuroscience Letters. 529(1). 86–91. 37 indexed citations

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Parajuli, Bijay, Yoshifumi Sonobe, Jun Kawanokuchi, et al.. (2012). GM-CSF increases LPS-induced production of proinflammatory mediators via upregulation of TLR4 and CD14 in murine microglia. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 9(1). 268–268. 129 indexed citations

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Noda, Mariko, Yukiko Doi, Bijay Parajuli, et al.. (2012). The neuroprotective effects of milk fat globule-EGF factor 8 against oligomeric amyloid β toxicity. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 9(1). 148–148. 36 indexed citations

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Mizuno, Tetsuya, Yukiko Doi, Hiroyuki Mizoguchi, et al.. (2011). Interleukin-34 Selectively Enhances the Neuroprotective Effects of Microglia to Attenuate Oligomeric Amyloid-β Neurotoxicity. American Journal Of Pathology. 179(4). 2016–2027. 123 indexed citations

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Takeuchi, Hideyuki, Hiroyuki Mizoguchi, Yukiko Doi, et al.. (2011). Blockade of Gap Junction Hemichannel Suppresses Disease Progression in Mouse Models of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Alzheimer's Disease. PLoS ONE. 6(6). e21108–e21108. 121 indexed citations

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Liang, Jianfeng, Hideyuki Takeuchi, Shijie Jin, et al.. (2010). Glutamate induces neurotrophic factor production from microglia via protein kinase C pathway. Brain Research. 1322. 8–23. 47 indexed citations

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Noda, Mariko, Yukiko Doi, Jianfeng Liang, et al.. (2010). Fractalkine Attenuates Excito-neurotoxicity via Microglial Clearance of Damaged Neurons and Antioxidant Enzyme Heme Oxygenase-1 Expression. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(3). 2308–2319. 123 indexed citations

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Sonobe, Yoshifumi, Shijie Jin, Guiqin Zhang, et al.. (2008). Microglia express a functional receptor for interleukin-23. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 370(1). 129–133. 22 indexed citations

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Jin, Shijie, Jun Kawanokuchi, Tetsuya Mizuno, et al.. (2007). Interferon-β is neuroprotective against the toxicity induced by activated microglia. Brain Research. 1179. 140–146. 47 indexed citations

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Takeuchi, Hideyuki, Shijie Jin, Jinyan Wang, et al.. (2006). Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Induces Neurotoxicity via Glutamate Release from Hemichannels of Activated Microglia in an Autocrine Manner. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(30). 21362–21368. 619 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sonobe, Yoshifumi, et al.. (2004). Histamine: Its novel role as an endogenous regulator of Con A ? dependent T cell proliferation. Inflammation Research. 53(7). 324–8. 11 indexed citations

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Nakano, Kiwao, et al.. (2004). Regulation of Con A ? dependent cytokine production from CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes by autosecretion of histamine. Inflammation Research. 53(3). 87–92. 21 indexed citations

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