Kazuki Kurimoto

9.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Kazuki Kurimoto is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kazuki Kurimoto has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kazuki Kurimoto's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (29 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (17 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (17 papers). Kazuki Kurimoto is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (29 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (17 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (17 papers). Kazuki Kurimoto collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Kazuki Kurimoto's co-authors include Mitinori Saitou, Hiroshi Ohta, Katsuhiko Hayashi, Yukihiro Yabuta, Shinya Aramaki, Yasuhide Ohinata, Masashi Yamaji, Yoshiyuki Seki, Mayo Shigeta and Kaori Yamanaka and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Kazuki Kurimoto

49 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Reconstitution of the Mouse Germ Cell Specification Pathway in Culture by Pluripotent Stem Cells

2011 996 citations Katsuhiko Hayashi, Hiroshi Ohta et al. profile →
Offspring from Oocytes Derived from in Vitro Primordial Germ Cell–like Cells in Mice

2012 535 citations Katsuhiko Hayashi, Sugako Ogushi et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kazuki Kurimoto Japan	28	5.4k	1.5k	1.3k	636	349	50	6.1k
Yukihiro Yabuta Japan	33	4.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	461 0.7×	303 0.9×	58	5.0k
Yayoi Toyooka Japan	14	3.5k 0.6×	973 0.6×	838 0.6×	437 0.7×	334 1.0×	23	4.1k
Maurizio Zuccotti Italy	28	2.8k 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	2.1k 1.6×	569 0.9×	153 0.4×	95	4.0k
Toshiaki Noce Japan	29	3.7k 0.7×	2.0k 1.3×	985 0.8×	903 1.4×	247 0.7×	60	4.9k
Ian Wilmut United Kingdom	35	3.6k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	1.8k 1.4×	443 0.7×	493 1.4×	88	4.8k
Shosei Yoshida Japan	37	3.7k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	2.2k 1.6×	2.5k 4.0×	487 1.4×	63	6.5k
Anne Goriely United Kingdom	29	2.3k 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	569 0.4×	732 1.2×	290 0.8×	48	3.3k
Masami Kanai‐Azuma Japan	33	2.7k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	396 0.3×	486 0.8×	484 1.4×	82	3.7k
Keith E. Latham United States	43	4.8k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	2.8k 2.1×	680 1.1×	143 0.4×	139	6.1k
Bernhard Payer United States	24	3.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	488 0.4×	188 0.3×	147 0.4×	38	3.9k

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Ikeda, Hiroki, et al.. (2024). Protocol for high-quality single-cell RNA-seq from tissue sections with DRaqL. STAR Protocols. 5(2). 103050–103050. 1 indexed citations

Yeung, Wan Kin Au, Azusa Inoue, Kazuki Kurimoto, et al.. (2024). DPPA3 facilitates genome-wide DNA demethylation in mouse primordial germ cells. BMC Genomics. 25(1). 344–344. 3 indexed citations

Ikeda, Hiroki, et al.. (2023). High-quality single-cell transcriptomics from ovarian histological sections during folliculogenesis. Life Science Alliance. 6(11). e202301929–e202301929. 6 indexed citations

Neguembor, Maria Victoria, Elliot A. Hershberg, Ruslan I. Sadreyev, et al.. (2023). Cohesin controls X chromosome structure remodeling and X-reactivation during mouse iPSC-reprogramming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(4). e2213810120–e2213810120. 6 indexed citations

Kobayashi, Toshihiro, Azusa Inoue, Ana Monteagudo, et al.. (2023). Conservation and divergence of canonical and non-canonical imprinting in murids. Genome biology. 24(1). 48–48. 12 indexed citations

Oikawa, Mami, Hisato Kobayashi, Makoto Sanbo, et al.. (2022). Functional primordial germ cell–like cells from pluripotent stem cells in rats. Science. 376(6589). 176–179. 38 indexed citations

Nagaoka, So I, Mitinori Saitou, & Kazuki Kurimoto. (2021). Reconstituting oogenesis in vitro: Recent progress and future prospects. Current Opinion in Endocrine and Metabolic Research. 18. 145–151. 3 indexed citations

Nagaoka, So I, Fumio Nakaki, Hidetaka Miyauchi, et al.. (2020). ZGLP1 is a determinant for the oogenic fate in mice. Science. 367(6482). 78 indexed citations

Kurimoto, Kazuki & Mitinori Saitou. (2019). Germ cell reprogramming. Current topics in developmental biology. 135. 91–125. 40 indexed citations

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Kurimoto, Kazuki & Mitinori Saitou. (2018). Epigenome regulation during germ cell specification and development from pluripotent stem cells. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 52. 57–64. 19 indexed citations

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Ohta, Hiroshi, Kazuki Kurimoto, Ikuhiro Okamoto, et al.. (2017). In vitro expansion of mouse primordial germ cell‐like cells recapitulates an epigenetic blank slate. The EMBO Journal. 36(13). 1888–1907. 85 indexed citations

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Mitani, Tadahiro, Yukihiro Yabuta, Hiroshi Ohta, et al.. (2017). Principles for the regulation of multiple developmental pathways by a versatile transcriptional factor, BLIMP1. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(21). 12152–12169. 9 indexed citations

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Ishikura, Yukiko, Yukihiro Yabuta, Hiroshi Ohta, et al.. (2016). In Vitro Derivation and Propagation of Spermatogonial Stem Cell Activity from Mouse Pluripotent Stem Cells. Cell Reports. 17(10). 2789–2804. 123 indexed citations

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Yamashiro, Chika, Takayuki Hirota, Kazuki Kurimoto, et al.. (2016). Persistent Requirement and Alteration of the Key Targets of PRDM1 During Primordial Germ Cell Development in Mice1. Biology of Reproduction. 94(1). 7–7. 16 indexed citations

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Kurimoto, Kazuki, Yukihiro Yabuta, Katsuhiko Hayashi, et al.. (2015). Quantitative Dynamics of Chromatin Remodeling during Germ Cell Specification from Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Cell stem cell. 16(5). 517–532. 143 indexed citations

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Yamaji, Masashi, Jun Ueda, Katsuhiko Hayashi, et al.. (2013). PRDM14 Ensures Naive Pluripotency through Dual Regulation of Signaling and Epigenetic Pathways in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Cell stem cell. 12(3). 368–382. 240 indexed citations

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Hayashi, Katsuhiko, Sugako Ogushi, Kazuki Kurimoto, et al.. (2012). Offspring from Oocytes Derived from in Vitro Primordial Germ Cell–like Cells in Mice. Science. 338(6109). 971–975. 535 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yamaguchi, Shinpei, Kazuki Kurimoto, Yukihiro Yabuta, et al.. (2009). Conditional knockdown of Nanog induces apoptotic cell death in mouse migrating primordial germ cells. Journal of Cell Science. 122(23). 6 indexed citations

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Kurimoto, Kazuki, Yukihiro Yabuta, Yasuhide Ohinata, et al.. (2008). Complex genome-wide transcription dynamics orchestrated by Blimp1 for the specification of the germ cell lineage in mice. Genes & Development. 22(12). 1617–1635. 267 indexed citations

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Yabuta, Yukihiro, Kazuki Kurimoto, Yasuhide Ohinata, Yoshiyuki Seki, & Mitinori Saitou. (2006). Gene Expression Dynamics During Germline Specification in Mice Identified by Quantitative Single-Cell Gene Expression Profiling1. Biology of Reproduction. 75(5). 705–716. 210 indexed citations

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