Hiroshi Kitagawa

17.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
386 papers, 13.7k citations indexed

About

Hiroshi Kitagawa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroshi Kitagawa has authored 386 papers receiving a total of 13.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 202 papers in Molecular Biology, 140 papers in Cell Biology and 49 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Hiroshi Kitagawa's work include Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (133 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (124 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (40 papers). Hiroshi Kitagawa is often cited by papers focused on Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (133 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (124 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (40 papers). Hiroshi Kitagawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Hiroshi Kitagawa's co-authors include Kazuyuki Sugahara, Tadahisa Mikami, James C. Paulson, Toru Uyama, Tomomi Izumikawa, Jun‐ichi Tamura, Satomi Nadanaka, Shinji Miyata, Kazuya Nomura and Souhei Mizuguchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Hiroshi Kitagawa

374 papers receiving 13.4k 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.

Control of PD-L1 Expression by Oncogenic Activation of the AKT–mTOR Pathway in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

2015 643 citations Kristin J. Lastwika, Willie Wilson et al. Cancer Research profile →
Recent advances in the structural biology of chondroitin sulfate and dermatan sulfate

2003 571 citations Kazuyuki Sugahara, Tadahisa Mikami et al. Current Opinion in Structural Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hiroshi Kitagawa Japan	62	7.8k	6.1k	1.8k	1.5k	1.5k	386	13.7k
Kazuyuki Sugahara Japan	76	10.6k 1.4×	10.9k 1.8×	3.1k 1.7×	2.0k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	309	16.7k
Philip D. Stahl United States	78	12.6k 1.6×	6.0k 1.0×	905 0.5×	948 0.6×	4.8k 3.2×	226	20.1k
Kurt Von Figura Germany	83	13.2k 1.7×	8.6k 1.4×	3.2k 1.8×	1.7k 1.1×	2.1k 1.3×	349	23.8k
Dick Hoekstra Netherlands	64	11.9k 1.5×	2.1k 0.3×	1.0k 0.6×	1.9k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	257	16.5k
Joel A. Swanson United States	64	7.0k 0.9×	3.9k 0.6×	371 0.2×	951 0.6×	3.2k 2.1×	137	14.6k
Jürgen Roth Switzerland	62	6.9k 0.9×	2.7k 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	911 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	200	11.3k
Robert K. Yu United States	62	12.3k 1.6×	2.8k 0.5×	2.3k 1.3×	730 0.5×	2.7k 1.7×	391	17.0k
Minoru Fukuda Japan	81	13.8k 1.8×	3.3k 0.5×	3.8k 2.1×	1.2k 0.8×	6.7k 4.4×	547	22.1k
Helena B. Nader Brazil	53	4.2k 0.5×	3.4k 0.6×	690 0.4×	1.6k 1.0×	650 0.4×	389	10.0k
Hudson H. Freeze United States	62	12.1k 1.5×	3.3k 0.5×	3.4k 1.9×	1.7k 1.1×	4.1k 2.7×	332	16.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hiroshi Kitagawa

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Manabe, Tatsuya, et al.. (2023). Risk Factors for Postoperative Paralytic Ileus in Advanced-age Patients after Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery: A Retrospective Study of 124 Consecutive Patients. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(1). 30–37. 5 indexed citations

Mikami, Tadahisa & Hiroshi Kitagawa. (2023). Chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycans function as extra/pericellular ligands for cell surface receptors. The Journal of Biochemistry. 173(5). 329–332. 8 indexed citations

Suzuki, Takeshi, Yoshitaka Sato, Yusuke Okuno, et al.. (2022). Genome-wide CRISPR screen for HSV-1 host factors reveals PAPSS1 contributes to heparan sulfate synthesis. Communications Biology. 5(1). 694–694. 7 indexed citations

Sakamoto, Kazuma, Tomoya Ozaki, Masayoshi Morozumi, et al.. (2019). Glycan sulfation patterns define autophagy flux at axon tip via PTPRσ-cortactin axis. Nature Chemical Biology. 15(7). 699–709. 72 indexed citations

Yamada, Jun, Satomi Nadanaka, Hiroshi Kitagawa, Kosei Takeuchi, & Shozo Jinno. (2018). Increased Synthesis of Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan Promotes Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Response to Enriched Environment. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(39). 8496–8513. 31 indexed citations

Lastwika, Kristin J., Willie Wilson, Qing Kay Li, et al.. (2015). Control of PD-L1 Expression by Oncogenic Activation of the AKT–mTOR Pathway in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. Cancer Research. 76(2). 227–238. 643 indexed citations breakdown →

Quinn, Brendan, Matthew C. Dallos, Hiroshi Kitagawa, et al.. (2013). Inhibition of Lung Tumorigenesis by Metformin Is Associated with Decreased Plasma IGF-I and Diminished Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signaling. Cancer Prevention Research. 6(8). 801–810. 68 indexed citations

Nadanaka, Satomi, et al.. (2008). Chondroitin 4-O-Sulfotransferase-1 Modulates Wnt-3a Signaling through Control of E Disaccharide Expression of Chondroitin Sulfate. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(40). 27333–27343. 80 indexed citations

Mikami, Katsunaka, Masaru Suzuki, Hiroshi Kitagawa, et al.. (2007). Efficacy of Corticosteroids in the Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Requiring Hospitalization. Lung. 185(5). 249–255. 107 indexed citations

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Izumikawa, Tomomi, et al.. (2005). Heparan Sulfate Polymerization in Drosophila. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(4). 1929–1934. 20 indexed citations

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Uyama, Toru, Hiroshi Kitagawa, & Kazuyuki Sugahara. (2003). [Proteoglycan core glycosyltransferases].. PubMed. 48(8 Suppl). 1019–26. 1 indexed citations

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Sugahara, Kazuyuki, Tadahisa Mikami, Toru Uyama, et al.. (2003). Recent advances in the structural biology of chondroitin sulfate and dermatan sulfate. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 13(5). 612–620. 571 indexed citations breakdown →

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Uyama, Toru, Hiroshi Kitagawa, Jun‐ichi Tamura, & Kazuyuki Sugahara. (2002). Molecular Cloning and Expression of Human ChondroitinN-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(11). 8841–8846. 103 indexed citations

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Kim, Byung‐Taek, Hiroshi Kitagawa, Jun‐ichi Tamura, et al.. (2001). Human tumor suppressor EXT gene family members EXTL1 and EXTL3 encode α1,4- N -acetylglucosaminyltransferases that likely are involved in heparan sulfate/ heparin biosynthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(13). 7176–7181. 130 indexed citations

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Kitagawa, Hiroshi, et al.. (2001). rib-2, a Caenorhabditis elegans Homolog of the Human Tumor Suppressor EXT Genes Encodes a Novel α1,4-N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferase Involved in the Biosynthetic Initiation and Elongation of Heparan Sulfate. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(7). 4834–4838. 47 indexed citations

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Senay, Claire, Thomas Lind, Yuko Tone, et al.. (2000). The EXT1/EXT2 tumor suppressors: catalytic activities and role in heparan sulfate biosynthesis. EMBO Reports. 1(3). 282–286. 128 indexed citations

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Kitagawa, Hiroshi, et al.. (2000). [Biosynthesis of heparan sulfate and the tumor suppressor EXT gene family].. PubMed. 45(4). 579–86. 3 indexed citations

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Yamada, Shuhei, Irma van Die, Dirk H. van den Eijnden, et al.. (1999). Demonstration of glycosaminoglycans in Caenorhabditis elegans. FEBS Letters. 459(3). 327–331. 89 indexed citations

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Kitagawa, Hiroshi, Akiko Kinoshita, & Kazuyuki Sugahara. (1995). Microanalysis of Glycosaminoglycan-Derived Disaccharides Labeled with the Fluorophore 2-Aminoacridone by Capillary Electrophoresis and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography. Analytical Biochemistry. 232(1). 114–121. 92 indexed citations

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Fukumori, Ryuji, et al.. (1979). Induction of NADH-dependent aldehyde reductase by successive administration of barbiturates in rat brain.. PubMed. 23(2). 297–311. 2 indexed citations

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