Kazuhiro Kitada

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Kazuhiro Kitada is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kazuhiro Kitada has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Kazuhiro Kitada's work include Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (10 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (7 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (7 papers). Kazuhiro Kitada is often cited by papers focused on Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (10 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (7 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (7 papers). Kazuhiro Kitada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Kazuhiro Kitada's co-authors include Yoichi Nakamura, Tadao Serikawa, Tadao Serikawa, Reiko Shinkura, Takashi Kuramoto, Norihide Yokoi, Misao Suzuki, Fumihiko Matsuda, Tasuku Honjo and Kei Tashiro and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Kazuhiro Kitada

62 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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Alymphoplasia is caused by a point mutation in the mouse gene encoding Nf-κb-inducing kinase

1999 379 citations Reiko Shinkura, Kazuhiro Kitada et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kazuhiro Kitada Japan	21	688	595	431	412	410	62	2.1k
Shinya Satoh Japan	27	1.2k 1.8×	749 1.3×	212 0.5×	178 0.4×	297 0.7×	96	2.5k
Paul T. Massa United States	27	824 1.2×	225 0.4×	175 0.4×	188 0.5×	1.2k 3.0×	63	2.4k
Christiane Dinsart Germany	29	1.2k 1.8×	243 0.4×	448 1.0×	1.1k 2.7×	504 1.2×	57	2.6k
Koichi Igarashi Japan	26	1.9k 2.8×	408 0.7×	116 0.3×	234 0.6×	216 0.5×	48	2.9k
José Trevejo United States	18	735 1.1×	294 0.5×	157 0.4×	228 0.6×	247 0.6×	23	1.6k
Didier Monté France	31	2.2k 3.2×	397 0.7×	196 0.5×	511 1.2×	937 2.3×	71	3.9k
David X. Liu United States	24	1.3k 1.9×	293 0.5×	150 0.3×	171 0.4×	149 0.4×	53	2.0k
Christelle Borel Switzerland	27	1.6k 2.3×	329 0.6×	174 0.4×	858 2.1×	353 0.9×	50	2.8k
Noriyuki Nishimura Japan	25	1.3k 1.9×	193 0.3×	113 0.3×	210 0.5×	256 0.6×	98	2.4k
Osvaldo Rey United States	29	1.6k 2.3×	199 0.3×	234 0.5×	109 0.3×	250 0.6×	57	2.4k

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Kuramoto, Takashi, Birger Voigt, Satoshi Nakanishi, et al.. (2017). Identification of Candidate Genes for Generalized Tonic–Clonic Seizures in Noda Epileptic Rat. Behavior Genetics. 47(6). 609–619. 10 indexed citations

Kuramoto, Takashi, Mitsuru Kuwamura, Takeshi Izawa, et al.. (2011). A Mutation in the Gene Encoding Mitochondrial Mg2+ Channel MRS2 Results in Demyelination in the Rat. PLoS Genetics. 7(1). e1001262–e1001262. 40 indexed citations

Kitada, Kazuhiro. (2009). Generating mutant rats using the Sleeping Beauty transposon system. Methods. 49(3). 236–242. 16 indexed citations

Baslow, Morris H., Kazuhiro Kitada, Raymond F. Suckow, Basalingappa L. Hungund, & Tadao Serikawa. (2002). The Effects of Lithium Chloride and Other Substances on Levels of Brain N-Acetyl-L-Aspartic Acid in Canavan Disease-Like Rats. Neurochemical Research. 27(5). 403–406. 19 indexed citations

Seki, Takahiro, Hiroaki Matsubayashi, Taku Amano, et al.. (2002). Adenoviral gene transfer of aspartoacylase into the tremor rat, a genetic model of epilepsy, as a trial of gene therapy for inherited epileptic disorder. Neuroscience Letters. 328(3). 249–252. 20 indexed citations

Yokoi, Norihide, Kajuro Komeda, Heyao Wang, et al.. (2002). Cblb is a major susceptibility gene for rat type 1 diabetes mellitus. Nature Genetics. 31(4). 391–394. 140 indexed citations

Voigt, Birger, Kazuhiro Kitada, Ingrid Klöting, & Tadao Serikawa. (2000). Genetic comparison between laboratory rats and Japanese and German wild rats. Mammalian Genome. 11(9). 789–790. 4 indexed citations

Akimitsu, Tomohide, Kaoru Kurisu, Ryosuke Hanaya, et al.. (2000). Epileptic seizures induced by N-acetyl-l-aspartate in rats: in vivo and in vitro studies. Brain Research. 861(1). 143–150. 43 indexed citations

Yokoi, Norihide, Seiko Shimizu, Kotaro Ishibashi, et al.. (2000). Genetic mapping of the rat mutation creeping and evaluation of its positional candidate gene reelin. Mammalian Genome. 11(2). 111–114. 6 indexed citations

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Mashimo, Tomoji, Toru Nabika, Kazuhiro Kitada, et al.. (2000). Mapping of Four Simple Sequence Repeat(SSR) Markers on Rat Chromosome 4.. Hypertension Research. 23(1). 47–50. 5 indexed citations

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Shinkura, Reiko, Kazuhiro Kitada, Fumihiko Matsuda, et al.. (1999). Alymphoplasia is caused by a point mutation in the mouse gene encoding Nf-κb-inducing kinase. Nature Genetics. 22(1). 74–77. 379 indexed citations breakdown →

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Serikawa, T., Takashi Kuramoto, Norihide Yokoi, et al.. (1999). Rat genetic map and a rat/mouse/human comparative gene map. Transplantation Proceedings. 31(3). 1537–1540. 1 indexed citations

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Satoh, H., T. Iizuka, Ryuji Koike, et al.. (1999). Assignment<footref rid="foot01"><sup>1</sup></footref> of the <i>Madcam1</i> gene to rat chromosome 7q11.2→q12 by fluorescence in situ hybridization, somatic cell hybrids and linkage analysis. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 86(3-4). 223–224. 1 indexed citations

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Kuramoto, Takashi, et al.. (1998). Correlation between genetic and cytogenetic maps of the rat. Mammalian Genome. 9(4). 287–293. 34 indexed citations

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Fujita, Masayuki, Rei Takahashi, Kazuhiro Kitada, et al.. (1997). Alternative splicing of the erythropoietin receptor gene correlates with erythroid differentiation in rat hematopoietic and leukemic cells. Cancer Letters. 112(1). 47–55. 9 indexed citations

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Nabika, Toru, Kazuhiro Kitada, Tadao Serikawa, et al.. (1997). Comparative mapping of novel simple sequence repeat markers in a hypertension-related region on rat chromosome 1. Mammalian Genome. 8(3). 215–217. 17 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Toshiki, Hitoshi Satoh, Kazuhiro Kitada, et al.. (1997). Analysis of Expression of Lymphocyte Homing-Related Adhesion Molecules in ALY Mice Deficient in Lymph Nodes and Peyer's Patches. Cellular Immunology. 180(1). 62–69. 11 indexed citations

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Yokoi, Norihide, Kazuhiro Kitada, Takashi Kuramoto, et al.. (1996). Mapping of 20 polymorphic DNA markers in the rat by somatic hybrid and linkage analysis. Mammalian Genome. 7(1). 71–73. 10 indexed citations

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Oka, Shinichi, et al.. (1993). Direct monitoring as well as sensitive diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia by the polymerase chain reaction on sputum samples. Molecular and Cellular Probes. 7(6). 419–424. 14 indexed citations

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Wada, M., Kazuhiro Kitada, Michiko Saito, K Egawa, & Yoshikazu Nakamura. (1993). cDNA Sequence Diversity and Genomic Clusters of Major Surface Glycoprotein Genes of Pneumocystis carinii. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 168(4). 979–985. 65 indexed citations

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