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Jun-ichi Kira

Jun-ichi Kira

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Neuroscience

D-Index
83
Citations
24616
World Ranking
1447
National Ranking
28

Overview

Jun-ichi Kira is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan, specializing in medical and neuroscience research with a particular emphasis on neurological disorders.

Their research spans several main fields of study, including:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Kira's work also involves multiple subfields, notably:

  • Neurology
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology

They focus on key topics in neurological research, such as:

  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Hereditary Neurological Disorders
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Kira has contributed multiple publications to prominent journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Neurology
  • Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
  • Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation

Selected recent papers authored by Kira or appearing in their collaborative network include:

  • "Worldwide Incidence and Prevalence of Neuromyelitis Optica," 2020, Neurology
  • "Clinicopathologic Features of Oculopharyngodistal Myopathy With LRP12 CGG Repeat Expansions Compared With Other Oculopharyngodistal Myopathy Subtypes," 2021, JAMA Neurology
  • "Insulin deficiency promotes formation of toxic amyloid-β42 conformer co-aggregating with hyper-phosphorylated tau oligomer in an Alzheimer's disease model," 2020, Neurobiology of Disease
  • "Oligodendroglial connexin 47 regulates neuroinflammation upon autoimmune demyelination in a novel mouse model of multiple sclerosis," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Early postnatal allergic airway inflammation induces dystrophic microglia leading to excitatory postsynaptic surplus and autism-like behavior," 2021, Brain Behavior and Immunity

Kira's collaborative work involves frequent coauthors such as:

  • Ryo Yamasaki
  • Noriko Isobe
  • Takuya Matsushita
  • Katsuhisa Masaki
  • Mitsuru Watanabe

This network supports Kira's multidisciplinary approach, integrating clinical neurology, immunology, and molecular neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • Multiple sclerosis in the Japanese population

    Jun Ichi Kira

  • Intrathecal activation of the IL-17/IL-8 axis in opticospinal multiple sclerosis.

    Takaaki Ishizu;Manabu Osoegawa;Feng Jun Mei;Hitoshi Kikuchi

  • Western versus asian types of multiple sclerosis: Immunogenetically and clinically distinct disorders

    Jun Ichi Kira;Takayuki Kanai;Yasuharu Nishimura;Kenji Yamasaki

  • Heterogeneity of aquaporin-4 autoimmunity and spinal cord lesions in multiple sclerosis in Japanese

    Takeshi Matsuoka;Takuya Matsushita;Yuji Kawano;Manabu Osoegawa

  • Intracellular Aβ42 activates p53 promoter: a pathway to neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease

    Yasumasa Ohyagi;Hideaki Asahara;De Hua Chui;Yuko Tsuruta

  • Spontaneous proliferation of peripheral blood lymphocytes increased in patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy.

    Y. Itoyama;S. Minato;Jun-Ichi Kira;I. Goto

  • Demyelinating and axonal features of Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease with mutations of myelin‐related proteins (PMP22, MPZ and Cx32): a clinicopathological study of 205 Japanese patients

    Naoki Hattori;Masahiko Yamamoto;Tsuyoshi Yoshihara;Haruki Koike

  • Characteristic cerebrospinal fluid cytokine/chemokine profiles in neuromyelitis optica, relapsing remitting or primary progressive multiple sclerosis.

    Takuya Matsushita;Takahisa Tateishi;Noriko Isobe;Tomomi Yonekawa

  • Worldwide Incidence and Prevalence of Neuromyelitis Optica: A Systematic Review

    Viktoria Papp;Melinda Magyari;Orhan Aktas;Thomas Berger

  • HLA-DPB1*0501-associated opticospinal multiple sclerosis: clinical, neuroimaging and immunogenetic studies.

    Kenji Yamasaki;Izumi Horiuchi;Motozumi Minohara;Yuji Kawano

  • Paranodal dissection in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy with anti-neurofascin-155 and anti-contactin-1 antibodies

    Haruki Koike;Masato Kadoya;Ken Ichi Kaida;Shohei Ikeda

  • Characterization of IgG4 anti-neurofascin 155 antibody-positive polyneuropathy

    Hidenori Ogata;Ryo Yamasaki;Akio Hiwatashi;Nobuyuki Oka

  • Anti-neurofascin antibody in patients with combined central and peripheral demyelination

    Nobutoshi Kawamura;Ryo Yamasaki;Tomomi Yonekawa;Takuya Matsushita

  • Increased HTLV-I proviral DNA in HTLV-I-associated myelopathy: a quantitative polymerase chain reaction study.

    Jun‐ichi ‐i Kira;Yoshio Koyanagi;Takeshi Yamada;Yasuto Itoyama

  • Histopathologic Analysis of Retrieved Thrombi Associated With Successful Reperfusion After Acute Stroke Thrombectomy.

    Tetsuya Hashimoto;Mikito Hayakawa;Naoko Funatsu;Hiroshi Yamagami

  • A nationwide survey of hypertrophic pachymeningitis in Japan

    Tomomi Yonekawa;Hiroyuki Murai;Satoshi Utsuki;Takuya Matsushita

  • Apomorphine treatment in Alzheimer mice promoting amyloid-β degradation.

    Eri Himeno;Yasumasa Ohyagi;Linqing Ma;Norimichi Nakamura

  • Serum GFAP and neurofilament light as biomarkers of disease activity and disability in NMOSD

    Mitsuru Watanabe;Yuri Nakamura;Zuzanna Michalak;Noriko Isobe

  • Characteristics of myasthenia gravis according to onset-age: Japanese nationwide survey.

    Hiroyuki Murai;Natsumi Yamashita;Makoto Watanabe;Yoshiko Nomura

  • Proteomic analysis of human brain identifies α-enolase as a novel autoantigen in Hashimoto's encephalopathy

    Hirofumi Ochi;Izumi Horiuchi;Norie Araki;Tosifusa Toda

  • Association of the HLA‐DPB1*0501 allele with anti‐aquaporin‐4 antibody positivity in Japanese patients with idiopathic central nervous system demyelinating disorders

    T. Matsushita;T. Matsuoka;N. Isobe;Y. Kawano

Frequent Co-Authors

Shozo Tobimatsu
Shozo Tobimatsu Kyushu University
Gen Sobue
Gen Sobue Aichi Medical University
Naoki Yamamoto
Naoki Yamamoto Kyoto University
Shoji Tsuji
Shoji Tsuji University of Tokyo
Yasuyuki Fukumaki
Yasuyuki Fukumaki Kyushu University
Hidehiro Mizusawa
Hidehiro Mizusawa Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Sadatoshi Tsuji
Sadatoshi Tsuji International University of Health and Welfare

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