Kaoru Otsu

535 total citations
22 papers, 462 citations indexed

About

Kaoru Otsu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaoru Otsu has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 462 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Kaoru Otsu's work include Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (6 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (5 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (5 papers). Kaoru Otsu is often cited by papers focused on Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (6 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (5 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (5 papers). Kaoru Otsu collaborates with scholars based in Japan and Canada. Kaoru Otsu's co-authors include Kiichi Ishikawa, Takejiro Kuzumaki, Yoshinobu Nakanishi, Kikukatsu Ito, Paul Gomez, Yoshihiro Ohba, Yoshitaka Ikeda, Kazuaki Sato, S Suzuki and Junichi Fujii and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Biochemical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Kaoru Otsu

22 papers receiving 454 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kaoru Otsu Japan 14 256 185 51 49 42 22 462
Priyam Banerjee United States 14 358 1.4× 113 0.6× 34 0.7× 83 1.7× 31 0.7× 35 616
Tapan K. Maity United States 13 462 1.8× 98 0.5× 37 0.7× 107 2.2× 25 0.6× 30 688
Jianxin Yu China 12 181 0.7× 82 0.4× 24 0.5× 49 1.0× 76 1.8× 19 372
Håkan Borg Sweden 6 297 1.2× 151 0.8× 60 1.2× 88 1.8× 23 0.5× 7 683
Seon-Joo Yoon United States 10 344 1.3× 113 0.6× 36 0.7× 46 0.9× 48 1.1× 16 634
D Bienz Switzerland 7 242 0.9× 75 0.4× 80 1.6× 26 0.5× 18 0.4× 8 564
Moriaki Hayashi Japan 15 395 1.5× 88 0.5× 20 0.4× 101 2.1× 40 1.0× 30 761
D J Klos United States 15 368 1.4× 39 0.2× 22 0.4× 30 0.6× 19 0.5× 19 562
Shijie Fan China 12 299 1.2× 41 0.2× 28 0.5× 42 0.9× 20 0.5× 31 518
Judith Leibovici Israel 15 318 1.2× 33 0.2× 46 0.9× 31 0.6× 35 0.8× 83 698

Countries citing papers authored by Kaoru Otsu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kaoru Otsu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kaoru Otsu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kaoru Otsu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kaoru Otsu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kaoru Otsu. Kaoru Otsu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Otsu, Kaoru, Futoshi Okada, Kazuaki Sato, et al.. (2005). Specific inactivation of cysteine protease-type cathepsin by singlet oxygen generated from naphthalene endoperoxides. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 331(1). 215–223. 45 indexed citations
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Otsu, Kaoru, Yoshitaka Ikeda, & Junichi Fujii. (2004). Accumulation of manganese superoxide dismutase under metal-depleted conditions: proposed role for zinc ions in cellular redox balance. Biochemical Journal. 377(1). 241–248. 24 indexed citations
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Otsu, Kaoru, Kikukatsu Ito, Takejiro Kuzumaki, & Yoshihito Iuchi. (2001). Differential Regulation of Liver-Specific and Ubiquitously-Expressed Genes in Primary Rat Hepatocytes by the Extracellular Matrix. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry. 11(1). 33–40. 14 indexed citations
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Gomez, Paul, Dong Luo, Kuninori Hirosaki, et al.. (2001). Identification of rab7 as a Melanosome-Associated Protein Involved in the Intracellular Transport of Tyrosinase-Related Protein 1. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 117(1). 81–90. 30 indexed citations
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Iuchi, Yoshihito, et al.. (2000). Characterization of the Responsive Elements to Hormones in the Rat Aldolase B Gene. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 377(1). 58–64. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Xia, Kaoru Otsu, Hidekazu Saito, Masahiko Hiroi, & Kiichi Ishikawa. (2000). Sandwich Configuration of Type I Collagen Suppresses Progesterone Production in Primary Cultured Porcine Granulosa Cells by Reducing Gene Expression of Cytochrome P450 Cholesterol Side-Chain Cleavage Enzyme. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 376(1). 117–123. 12 indexed citations
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Otsu, Kaoru, et al.. (1998). Synergistic Induction by Collagen and Fibronectin of Liver-Specific Genes in Rat Primary Cultured Hepatocytes. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 358(1). 58–62. 5 indexed citations
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Ito, Junitsu, Takejiro Kuzumaki, Kaoru Otsu, Yoshihito Iuchi, & Kiichi Ishikawa. (1998). Hormonal Regulation of Aldolase B Gene Expression in Rat Primary Cultured Hepatocytes. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 350(2). 291–297. 16 indexed citations
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Huang, Yong, Haruhide Shinzawa, Hitoshi Togashi, et al.. (1995). Interleukin-6 down-regulates expressions of the aldolase B and albumin genes through a pathway involving the activation of tyrosine kinase. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 320(2). 203–209. 34 indexed citations
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Gomez, Paul, Kikukatsu Ito, Yong Huang, et al.. (1994). Dietary and Hormonal Regulation of Aldolase B Gene Transcription in Rat Liver. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 314(2). 307–314. 13 indexed citations
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Ito, Kikukatsu, et al.. (1994). A novel growth-inducible gene that encodes a protein with a conserved cold-shock domain. Nucleic Acids Research. 22(11). 2036–2041. 53 indexed citations
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Otsu, Kaoru, et al.. (1992). Concurrent changes in sinusoidal expression of laminin and affinity of hepatocytes to laminin during rat liver regeneration. Experimental Cell Research. 198(1). 59–68. 22 indexed citations
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Otsu, Kaoru, et al.. (1992). Alteration of rat liver proteoglycans during regeneration. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 294(2). 544–549. 9 indexed citations
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Otsu, Kaoru, et al.. (1986). Glycosaminoglycan sulfotransferases in human and animal sera.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 261(10). 4460–4469. 27 indexed citations
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Otsu, Kaoru, et al.. (1985). A distinct terminal structure in newly synthesized chondroitin sulphate chains. Biochemical Journal. 227(1). 37–48. 42 indexed citations
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Otsu, Kaoru, et al.. (1984). A sulfotransferase-sulfatase system in avian oviduct which catalyzes a conversion of UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine 4-sulfate to the 6-sulfate isomer.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 259(10). 6403–6410. 9 indexed citations
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Nakanishi, Yasuo, Kaoru Otsu, & Sakaru Suzuki. (1983). Enzymatic transfer of galactosyl phosphate from UDP‐galactose to UDP‐N‐acetylglucosamine. FEBS Letters. 151(1). 15–18. 2 indexed citations
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Nakanishi, Yoshinobu, et al.. (1981). A terminal 6-sulfotransferase catalyzing a synthesis of N-acetylgalactosamine 4,6-bissulfate residue at the nonreducing terminal position of chondroitin sulfate.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 256(11). 5443–5449. 36 indexed citations

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