Hiromi Imamura

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Hiromi Imamura is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiromi Imamura has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Physiology and 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Hiromi Imamura's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (33 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (32 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (7 papers). Hiromi Imamura is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (33 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (32 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (7 papers). Hiromi Imamura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Hiromi Imamura's co-authors include Hiroyuki Noji, Takeharu Nagai, Ken Yokoyama, Ryota Iino, Kenta Saito, Masasuke Yoshida, Yasuyuki Kato‐Yamada, Akira Kakizuka, Masahiro Nakano and Takayoshi Wakagi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Hiromi Imamura

87 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Visualization of ATP levels inside single living cells with fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based genetically encoded indicators

2009 820 citations Hiromi Imamura, Kenta Saito et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hiromi Imamura Japan	39	3.2k	467	364	344	337	89	4.7k
Kevin L. Schey United States	44	4.5k 1.4×	299 0.6×	448 1.2×	517 1.5×	218 0.6×	225	6.5k
Martin Jakab Austria	23	3.2k 1.0×	474 1.0×	572 1.6×	467 1.4×	99 0.3×	66	4.5k
Jenny J. Yang United States	40	2.6k 0.8×	470 1.0×	276 0.8×	300 0.9×	671 2.0×	134	4.6k
Osamu Inanami Japan	34	1.9k 0.6×	373 0.8×	283 0.8×	612 1.8×	239 0.7×	182	4.2k
Christian Lange Germany	40	4.5k 1.4×	730 1.6×	513 1.4×	229 0.7×	433 1.3×	79	5.9k
Jacques Haiech France	41	3.9k 1.2×	690 1.5×	728 2.0×	396 1.2×	676 2.0×	178	5.9k
Ronald M. Lynch United States	33	2.0k 0.6×	469 1.0×	346 1.0×	435 1.3×	157 0.5×	88	3.6k
Manfred Auer United Kingdom	34	3.3k 1.0×	245 0.5×	346 1.0×	212 0.6×	321 1.0×	119	5.3k
Meng C. Wang United States	35	2.6k 0.8×	349 0.7×	278 0.8×	854 2.5×	277 0.8×	104	5.2k
Ana J. García‐Sáez Germany	41	4.7k 1.5×	217 0.5×	581 1.6×	427 1.2×	147 0.4×	124	6.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hiromi Imamura

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Nishimura, Akiyuki, Tomohiro Tanaka, Tomoaki Ida, et al.. (2024). Non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma-irradiated cysteine protects cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury by preserving supersulfides. Redox Biology. 79. 103445–103445. 2 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Shigenori, Shinya Yamamoto, Masahiro Takahashi, et al.. (2024). Visualization of intracellular ATP dynamics in different nephron segments under pathophysiological conditions using the kidney slice culture system. Kidney International. 106(3). 470–481. 4 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Shinya, Masamichi Yamamoto, Jin Nakamura, et al.. (2020). Spatiotemporal ATP Dynamics during AKI Predict Renal Prognosis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 31(12). 2855–2869. 37 indexed citations

Yoshida, Tomoki, et al.. (2019). PPARα-Mediated Positive-Feedback Loop Contributes to Cold Exposure Memory. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 4538–4538. 4 indexed citations

Kong, Xiangduo, Yumay Chen, Hiromi Imamura, et al.. (2019). NAD+ consumption by PARP1 in response to DNA damage triggers metabolic shift critical for damaged cell survival. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 30(20). 2584–2597. 138 indexed citations

Ito, Hiroaki, Takeshi Sugawara, Soya Shinkai, et al.. (2019). Spindle pole body movement is affected by glucose and ammonium chloride in fission yeast. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 511(4). 820–825. 6 indexed citations

Matsubara, Masaki, Hiromi Imamura, Mayumi Inoue, et al.. (2018). Analysis of mitochondrial function in human induced pluripotent stem cells from patients with mitochondrial diabetes due to the A3243G mutation. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 949–949. 10 indexed citations

Maeshima, Kazuhiro, Tomoki Matsuda, Yutaka Shindo, et al.. (2018). A Transient Rise in Free Mg2+ Ions Released from ATP-Mg Hydrolysis Contributes to Mitotic Chromosome Condensation. Current Biology. 28(3). 444–451.e6. 118 indexed citations

Imamura, Hiromi, et al.. (2018). A Trace Amount of Galactose, a Major Component of Milk Sugar, Allows Maturation of Glycoproteins during Sugar Starvation. iScience. 10. 211–221. 9 indexed citations

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Ozawa, S., Hiromi Imamura, Kiyoshi Mori, et al.. (2015). Glycolysis, but not Mitochondria, responsible for intracellular ATP distribution in cortical area of podocytes. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 18575–18575. 64 indexed citations

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James, Andrew D., Ayşe Latif, Carolina Uggenti, et al.. (2015). The Plasma Membrane Calcium Pump in Pancreatic Cancer Cells Exhibiting the Warburg Effect Relies on Glycolytic ATP. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(41). 24760–24771. 35 indexed citations

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Distelmaier, Felix, Federica Valsecchi, Dania C. Liemburg-Apers, et al.. (2014). Mitochondrial dysfunction in primary human fibroblasts triggers an adaptive cell survival program that requires AMPK-α. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1852(3). 529–540. 38 indexed citations

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Kiyonaka, Shigeki, Taketoshi Kajimoto, Reiko Sakaguchi, et al.. (2013). Genetically encoded fluorescent thermosensors visualize subcellular thermoregulation in living cells. Nature Methods. 10(12). 1232–1238. 211 indexed citations

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Ando, Tomomi, Hiromi Imamura, Ryosuke Suzuki, et al.. (2012). Visualization and Measurement of ATP Levels in Living Cells Replicating Hepatitis C Virus Genome RNA. PLoS Pathogens. 8(3). e1002561–e1002561. 83 indexed citations

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Imamura, Hiromi, Masahiro Nakano, & Hiroyuki Noji. (2010). Simultaneous ratiometric imaging of ATP and Ca2+ concentrations inside single living cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1797. 126–126.

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Imamura, Hiromi, Kenta Saito, Ryota Iino, et al.. (2009). Visualization of ATP levels inside single living cells with fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based genetically encoded indicators. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(37). 15651–15656. 820 indexed citations breakdown →

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Imamura, Hiromi, Masahiro Nakano, Hiroyuki Noji, et al.. (2003). Evidence for rotation of V ₁ -ATPase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(5). 2312–2315. 157 indexed citations

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Nakajima, Masahiro, Hiromi Imamura, Hirofumi Shoun, & Takayoshi Wakagi. (2003). Unique metal dependency of cytosolic α-mannosidase from Thermotoga maritima, a hyperthermophilic bacterium. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 415(1). 87–93. 23 indexed citations

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Imamura, Hiromi, et al.. (1999). High level expression of Thermococcus litoralis 4‐α‐glucanotransferase in a soluble form in Escherichia coli with a novel expression system involving minor arginine tRNAs and GroELS. FEBS Letters. 457(3). 393–396. 26 indexed citations

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Wakagi, Takayoshi, Tairo Oshima, Hiromi Imamura, & Hiroshi Matsuzawa. (1998). Cloning of the Gene for Inorganic Pyrophosphatase from a Thermoacidophilic Archaeon,Sulfolobussp. Strain 7, and Overproduction of the Enzyme by Coexpression of tRNA for Arginine Rare Codon. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 62(12). 2408–2414. 22 indexed citations

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