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Jun-ichiro Inoue

Jun-ichiro Inoue

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
85
Citations
34374
World Ranking
3090
National Ranking
195

Overview

Jun-ichiro Inoue is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research activity spans multiple disciplines within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 56 publications, and Medicine with 54 publications. The scientist's work further focuses on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Cancer Research, and Oncology.

The main research topics associated with Jun-ichiro Inoue comprise:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • NF-κB Signaling Pathways
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism

Selected recent papers authored by or involving Jun-ichiro Inoue include:

  • The Anticoagulant Nafamostat Potently Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 S Protein-Mediated Fusion in a Cell Fusion Assay System and Viral Infection In Vitro in a Cell-Type-Dependent Manner, 2020, Viruses
  • Mint3 depletion restricts tumor malignancy of pancreatic cancer cells by decreasing SKP2 expression via HIF-1, 2020, Oncogene
  • TNF receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6) plays crucial roles in multiple biological systems through polyubiquitination-mediated NF-κB activation, 2021, Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B
  • Metalloproteinase-Dependent and TMPRSS2-Independent Cell Surface Entry Pathway of SARS-CoV-2 Requires the Furin Cleavage Site and the S2 Domain of Spike Protein, 2022, mBio
  • SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike H655Y mutation is responsible for enhancement of the endosomal entry pathway and reduction of cell surface entry pathways, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Jun-ichiro Inoue frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Viruses
  • Biomolecules & Therapeutics
  • Communications Biology
  • Research Square (Research Square)

The scientist collaborates extensively with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Mizuki Yamamoto
  • Jin Gohda
  • Yasushi Kawaguchi
  • Kentaro Semba
  • Motoharu Seiki

Best Publications

  • Induction and activation of the transcription factor NFATc1 (NFAT2) integrate RANKL signaling in terminal differentiation of osteoclasts.

    Hiroshi Takayanagi;Sunhwa Kim;Takako Koga;Takako Koga;Hiroshi Nishina

  • TAK1 is a ubiquitin-dependent kinase of MKK and IKK

    Chen Wang;Li Deng;Mei Hong;Giridhar R. Akkaraju

  • Lipopolysaccharide stimulates the MyD88-independent pathway and results in activation of IFN-regulatory factor 3 and the expression of a subset of lipopolysaccharide-inducible genes.

    Taro Kawai;Osamu Takeuchi;Takashi Fujita;Jun-ichiro Inoue

  • The kinase TAK1 can activate the NIK-IκB as well as the MAP kinase cascade in the IL-1 signalling pathway

    Jun Ninomiya-Tsuji;Kazuya Kishimoto;Atsushi Hiyama;Jun-ichiro Inoue

  • Interferon-|[alpha]| induction through Toll-like receptors involves a direct interaction of IRF7 with MyD88 and TRAF6

    Taro Kawai;Shintaro Sato;Ken J. Ishii;Cevayir Coban

  • Severe osteopetrosis, defective interleukin-1 signalling and lymph node organogenesis in TRAF6-deficient mice.

    Asuka Naito;Sakura Azuma;Sakae Tanaka;Tsuyoshi Miyazaki

  • Induction of interleukin 2 receptor gene expression by p40x encoded by human T-cell leukemia virus type 1.

    J Inoue;M Seiki;T Taniguchi;S Tsuru

  • Identification of TRAF6, a Novel Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-associated Factor Protein That Mediates Signaling from an Amino-terminal Domain of the CD40 Cytoplasmic Region

    Takaomi Ishida;Sei-ichi Mizushima;Sakura Azuma;Norihiko Kobayashi

  • The tumor necrosis factor family receptors RANK and CD40 cooperatively establish the thymic medullary microenvironment and self-tolerance.

    Taishin Akiyama;Yusuke Shimo;Hiromi Yanai;Junwen Qin

  • Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-Associated Factor (TRAF) Family: Adapter Proteins That Mediate Cytokine Signaling

    Jun ichiro Inoue;Takaomi Ishida;Nobuo Tsukamoto;Norihiko Kobayashi

  • Segregation of TRAF6‐mediated signaling pathways clarifies its role in osteoclastogenesis

    Norihiko Kobayashi;Yuho Kadono;Yuho Kadono;Asuka Naito;Kunihiro Matsumoto

  • Critical roles of c-Jun signaling in regulation of NFAT family and RANKL-regulated osteoclast differentiation

    Fumiyo Ikeda;Riko Nishimura;Takuma Matsubara;Sakae Tanaka

  • TRAF5, a novel tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor family protein, mediates CD40 signaling

    Takaomi Ishida;Tadashi Tojo;Tsutomu Aoki;Norihiko Kobayashi

  • Evidence for aberrant activation of the interleukin-2 autocrine loop by HTLV-1-encoded p40x and T3/Ti complex triggering.

    Mitsuo Maruyama;Hiroshi Shibuya;Hisashi Harada;Masanori Hatakeyama

  • The Cytokine RANKL Produced by Positively Selected Thymocytes Fosters Medullary Thymic Epithelial Cells that Express Autoimmune Regulator

    Yu Hikosaka;Takeshi Nitta;Izumi Ohigashi;Kouta Yano

  • IKK-i, a novel lipopolysaccharide-inducible kinase that is related to IκB kinases

    Takahiro Shimada;Taro Kawai;Kiyoshi Takeda;Makoto Matsumoto

  • Cutting Edge: TNFR-Associated Factor (TRAF) 6 Is Essential for MyD88-Dependent Pathway but Not Toll/IL-1 Receptor Domain-Containing Adaptor-Inducing IFN-β (TRIF)-Dependent Pathway in TLR Signaling

    Jin Gohda;Takayuki Matsumura;Jun-ichiro Inoue

  • Identification of Nafamostat as a Potent Inhibitor of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus S Protein-Mediated Membrane Fusion Using the Split-Protein-Based Cell-Cell Fusion Assay

    Mizuki Yamamoto;Shutoku Matsuyama;Xiao Li;Makoto Takeda

  • TNF receptor family member BCMA (B cell maturation) associates with TNF receptor-associated factor (TRAF) 1, TRAF2, and TRAF3 and activates NF-kappa B, elk-1, c-Jun N-terminal kinase, and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase.

    Anastassia Hatzoglou;Jérôme Roussel;Marie-Françoise Bourgeade;Edith Rogier

  • IκBγ, a 70 kd protein identical to the C-terminal half of p110 NF-κB: A new member of the IκB family

    Jun-ichiro Inoue;Lawrence D. Kerr;Akira Kakizuka;Inder M. Verma

Frequent Co-Authors

Tadashi Yamamoto
Tadashi Yamamoto Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Motoharu Seiki
Motoharu Seiki University of Tokyo
Yasushi Kawaguchi
Yasushi Kawaguchi University of Tokyo
Mitsuaki Yoshida
Mitsuaki Yoshida University of Tokyo
Shizuo Akira
Shizuo Akira Osaka University
Kazuo Umezawa
Kazuo Umezawa Aichi Medical University
Hiroshi Takayanagi
Hiroshi Takayanagi University of Tokyo
Hiroyasu Nakano
Hiroyasu Nakano Toho University
Mitsuru Matsumoto
Mitsuru Matsumoto University of Tokushima
Nobuaki Yoshida
Nobuaki Yoshida University of Tokyo

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