Kenji Irie

15.0k citations

184 papers · 12.7k · 4 hit papers · h-index 53

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- Fungal and yeast genetics research
- TGF-β signaling in diseases
- Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
- Melanoma and MAPK Pathways
- Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
Cell Biology top 0.5%
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease

Papers in

Molecular Biology 114
- Fungal and yeast genetics research 43
- Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer 26
- RNA Research and Splicing 21
- Melanoma and MAPK Pathways 10
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 10
Plant Science 31
- Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement 11

Co-authors: Kunihiro Matsumoto (34 shared papers)Eisuke Nishida (9 shared papers)Yukiko Gotoh (8 shared papers)Yoshimi Takai (34 shared papers)Toshihiro Yamaguchi (8 shared papers)Hiroshi Shibuyà (6 shared papers)Tetsuo Moriguchi (4 shared papers)Kyoko Shirakabe (4 shared papers)
Journals: Genes to Cells (15 papers)Molecular and Cellular Biology (14 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (10 papers)Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (8 papers)PLoS ONE (7 papers)
Partner nations: Japan United States New Zealand

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Kenji Irie

175 papers receiving 12.4k citations

Kenji Irie's Hit Papers

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TAB2, a Novel Adaptor Protein, Mediates Activation of TAK1 MAPKKK by Linking TAK1 to TRAF6 in the IL-1 Signal Transduction Pathway 2000 · 512 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2000 Molecular Cell
1997 Science
1996 Science
1995 Science

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1	Induction of Apoptosis by ASK1, a Mammalian MAPKKK That Activates SAPK/JNK and p38 Signaling Pathways Science ·Hidenori Ichijo, Eisuke Nishida, Kenji Irie, Peter ten Dijke, Masao Saitoh, Tetsuo Moriguchi, Minoru Takagi, Kunihiro Matsumoto, Kohei Miyazono, Yukiko Gotoh Hit paper breakdown →	1997	2028
2	Identification of a Member of the MAPKKK Family as a Potential Mediator of TGF-β Signal Transduction Science ·Toshihiro Yamaguchi, Kyoko Shirakabe, Hiroshi Shibuyà, Kenji Irie, Isao Oishi, Naoto Ueno, Tadatsugu Taniguchi, Eisuke Nishida, Kunihiro Matsumoto Hit paper breakdown →	1995	1167
3	TAB2, a Novel Adaptor Protein, Mediates Activation of TAK1 MAPKKK by Linking TAK1 to TRAF6 in the IL-1 Signal Transduction Pathway Molecular Cell ·Giichi Takaesu, Satoshi Kishida, Atsushi Hiyama, Toshihiro Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Shibuyà, Kenji Irie, Jun Ninomiya‐Tsuji, Kunihiro Matsumoto Hit paper breakdown →	2000	512
4	TAB1: An Activator of the TAK1 MAPKKK in TGF-β Signal Transduction Science ·Hiroshi Shibuyà, Toshihiro Yamaguchi, Kyoko Shirakabe, Akane Tonegawa, Yukiko Gotoh, Naoto Ueno, Kenji Irie, Eisuke Nishida, Kunihiro Matsumoto Hit paper breakdown →	1996	507
5	A Novel Kinase Cascade Mediated by Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Kinase 6 and MKK3 Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Tetsuo Moriguchi, Noriyo Kuroyanagi, Toshihiro Yamaguchi, Yukiko Gotoh, Kenji Irie, T Kano, Kyoko Shirakabe, Yoshinao Muro, Hiroshi Shibuyà, Kunihiro Matsumoto, Eisuke Nishida, Masatoshi Hagiwara	1996	402
6	A gene encoding a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase is induced simultaneously with genes for a mitogen-activated protein kinase and an S6 ribosomal protein kinase by touch, cold, and water stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·T. Mizoguchi, Kenji Irie, Takashi Hirayama, Naoki Hayashida, Kazuko Yamaguchi‐Shinozaki, Ken Matsumoto, Kazuo Shinozaki	1996	385
7	A yeast mitogen-activated protein kinase homolog (Mpk1p) mediates signalling by protein kinase C. Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Kyung S. Lee, Kenji Irie, Yukiko Gotoh, Yasuyuki Watanabe, Hitoshi Araki, Eisuke Nishida, Kunihiro Matsumoto, David E. Levin	1993	329
8	The oncoprotein Evi-1 represses TGF-β signalling by inhibiting Smad3 Nature ·Mineo Kurokawa, Kinuko Mitani, Kenji Irie, Tomohiro Matsuyama, Tokiharu Takahashi, Shigeru Chiba, Yoshio Yazaki, Kunihiro Matsumoto, Hisamaru Hirai	1998	319
9	Nectins and nectin‐like molecules: Roles in cell adhesion, migration, and polarization Cancer Science ·Yoshimi Takai, Kenji Irie, Kazuya Shimizu, Toshiaki Sakisaka, Wataru Ikeda	2003	294
10	TAK1 Mediates the Ceramide Signaling to Stress-activated Protein Kinase/c-Jun N-terminal Kinase Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Kyoko Shirakabe, Toshihiro Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Shibuyà, Kenji Irie, Satoshi Matsuda, Tetsuo Moriguchi, Yukiko Gotoh, Kunihiro Matsumoto, Eisuke Nishida	1997	290
11	MKK1 and MKK2 , Which Encode Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase-Kinase Homologs, Function in the Pathway Mediated by Protein Kinase C Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Kenji Irie, Masanori Takase, Kyung S. Lee, David E. Levin, Hiroyuki Araki, Kunihiro Matsumoto, Yasuji Oshima	1993	272
12	Stimulatory Effects of Yeast and Mammalian 14-3-3 Proteins on the Raf Protein Kinase Science ·Kenji Irie, Yukiko Gotoh, Beverly M. Yashar, Beverly Errede, Eisuke Nishida, Kunihiro Matsumoto	1994	260
13	Nectin Couples Cell-Cell Adhesion and the Actin Scaffold at Heterotypic Testicular Junctions Current Biology ·Kumi O. Kuroda, Hiroyuki Nakanishi, Hiroshi Ohta, Hiromitsu Tanaka, Hidetake Kurihara, Steffen Mueller, Kenji Irie, Wataru Ikeda, Tatsuo Sakai, Eckard Wimmer, Yoshitake Nishimune, Yoshimi Takai	2002	222
14	Expansion of the Cell Plate in Plant Cytokinesis Requires a Kinesin-like Protein/MAPKKK Complex Cell ·Ryuichi Nishihama, Takashi Soyano, Masaki Ishikawa, Satoshi Araki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Tetsuhiro Asada, Kenji Irie, Mayumi Ito, Mizuya Terada, Hiroharu Banno, Yoshiko Yamazaki, Yasunori Machida	2002	185
15	Yeast RLM1 Encodes a Serum Response Factor-Like Protein That May Function Downstream of the Mpk1 (Slt2) Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Yasuyuki Watanabe, Kenji Irie, Kunihiro Matsumoto	1995	173
16	Characterization of a Serum Response Factor-Like Protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Rlm1, Which Has Transcriptional Activity Regulated by the Mpk1 (Slt2) Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Yasuyuki Watanabe, Giichi Takaesu, Masatoshi Hagiwara, Kenji Irie, Kunihiro Matsumoto	1997	162
17	New human gene encoding a positive modulator of HIV Tat-mediated transactivation Nature ·Hiroshi Shibuyà, Kenji Irie, Jun Ninomiya‐Tsuji, Mark Goebl, Tadatsugu Taniguchi, Kunihiro Matsumoto	1992	149
18	Purification and Identification of a Major Activator for p38 from Osmotically Shocked Cells Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Tetsuo Moriguchi, Fumiko Toyoshima, Yukiko Gotoh, Akihiro Iwamatsu, Kenji Irie, Eiji Mori, Noriyo Kuroyanagi, Masatoshi Hagiwara, Kunihiro Matsumoto, Eisuke Nishida	1996	149
19	p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Can Be Involved in Transforming Growth Factor β Superfamily Signal Transduction in Drosophila Wing Morphogenesis Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Takashi Adachi‐Yamada, Makoto Nakamura, Kenji Irie, Yoshinori Tomoyasu, Yorikata Sano, Eiji Mori, Satoshi Goto, Naoto Ueno, Yasuyoshi Nishida, Kunihiro Matsumoto	1999	146
20	Isolation of ATMEKK1 (a MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase)-Interacting Proteins and Analysis of a MAP Kinase Cascade inArabidopsis Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·K. Ichimura, Tsuyoshi Mizoguchi, Kenji Irie, Peter C. Morris, Jérôme Giraudat, Kunihiro Matsumoto, Kazuo Shinozaki	1998	136

About Kenji Irie

Kenji Irie is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Cell Biology, Immunology and Food Science, having authored 184 papers that have together received 12.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (43 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (26 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (21 papers), Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement (11 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (11 papers), Melanoma and MAPK Pathways (10 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers) and Barrier Structure and Function Studies (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (8.9k citations), Cell Biology (1.9k citations), Cancer Research (1.4k citations), Immunology (1.9k citations) and Aging (145 citations). Kenji Irie has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and New Zealand. Frequent co-authors include Kunihiro Matsumoto, Eisuke Nishida, Yukiko Gotoh, Yoshimi Takai, Toshihiro Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Shibuyà, Tetsuo Moriguchi, Kyoko Shirakabe, Peter ten Dijke and Minoru Takagi. Their work appears in journals such as Genes to Cells, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications and PLoS ONE.

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