Kazuma Sakamoto

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Kazuma Sakamoto is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Kazuma Sakamoto has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cell Biology, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Kazuma Sakamoto's work include Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (19 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (15 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (5 papers). Kazuma Sakamoto is often cited by papers focused on Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (19 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (15 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (5 papers). Kazuma Sakamoto collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Kazuma Sakamoto's co-authors include Kenji Kadomatsu, Shiro Imagama, Naoki Ishiguro, Tomohiro Ohgomori, Ken‐ichi Hirano, Kenji Uchimura, Akio Suzumura, Kazuyoshi Kobayashi, Hideyuki Takeuchi and Akihiro Hirakawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Kazuma Sakamoto

43 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Minocycline selectively inhibits M1 polarization of micro... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Minocycline selectively inhibits M1 polarization of microglia
    2013 594 citations Shiro Imagama, Tomohiro Ohgomori et al. Cell Death and Disease profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kazuma Sakamoto Japan 20 662 491 428 366 353 43 1.9k
Daniela Virgintino Italy 30 862 1.3× 746 1.5× 400 0.9× 316 0.9× 204 0.6× 94 2.3k
Dongming Sun United States 22 764 1.2× 311 0.6× 530 1.2× 638 1.7× 170 0.5× 42 2.2k
Mariella Errede Italy 27 861 1.3× 633 1.3× 273 0.6× 256 0.7× 160 0.5× 75 2.1k
Bradley T. Lang United States 18 734 1.1× 528 1.1× 908 2.1× 222 0.6× 207 0.6× 20 2.2k
Robert W. Mays United States 25 1.2k 1.8× 341 0.7× 316 0.7× 241 0.7× 738 2.1× 40 2.5k
Kouko Tatsumi Japan 22 674 1.0× 379 0.8× 348 0.8× 267 0.7× 135 0.4× 60 1.9k
Maria Adele Rueger Germany 23 1.0k 1.5× 760 1.5× 527 1.2× 118 0.3× 219 0.6× 67 2.4k
Samuel Sam Wah Tay Singapore 22 746 1.1× 456 0.9× 411 1.0× 108 0.3× 398 1.1× 66 2.1k
Michael B. Keough Canada 18 639 1.0× 507 1.0× 526 1.2× 292 0.8× 101 0.3× 30 2.2k
Giorgia Dina Italy 21 1.1k 1.6× 513 1.0× 1.2k 2.7× 401 1.1× 459 1.3× 32 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kazuma Sakamoto

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kazuma Sakamoto

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kazuma Sakamoto. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kazuma Sakamoto 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 Kazuma Sakamoto. Kazuma Sakamoto is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Ozaki, Tomoya, Toshiharu Sugie, Yuji Suzuki, et al.. (2024). Systemic administrations of protamine heal subacute spinal cord injury in mice.. Neuroscience Research. 212. 11–19. 1 indexed citations
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Vân, Trần Thị Thanh, et al.. (2023). Effect of edible coating incorporating sodium carboxymethyl cellulose/cellulose nanofibers and self-produced mandarin oil on strawberries. Food Packaging and Shelf Life. 40. 101197–101197. 13 indexed citations
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Ouchida, Jun, Tomoya Ozaki, Naoki Segi, et al.. (2023). Glypican-2 defines age-dependent axonal response to chondroitin sulfate. Experimental Neurology. 366. 114444–114444. 5 indexed citations
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Sakamoto, Kazuma, Tomoya Ozaki, Yuji Suzuki, & Kenji Kadomatsu. (2021). Type IIa RPTPs and Glycans: Roles in Axon Regeneration and Synaptogenesis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(11). 5524–5524. 13 indexed citations
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Sakamoto, Kazuma, Tomoya Ozaki, & Kenji Kadomatsu. (2021). Axonal Regeneration by Glycosaminoglycan. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 702179–702179. 11 indexed citations
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Ito, Sadayuki, Tomoya Ozaki, Masayoshi Morozumi, et al.. (2021). Enoxaparin promotes functional recovery after spinal cord injury by antagonizing PTPRσ. Experimental Neurology. 340. 113679–113679. 11 indexed citations
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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
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Soh, Zu, Kazuma Sakamoto, Michiyo Suzuki, Yuichi Iino, & Toshio Tsuji. (2018). A computational model of internal representations of chemical gradients in environments for chemotaxis of Caenorhabditis elegans. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 17190–17190. 9 indexed citations
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Sakamoto, Kazuma, Zu Soh, Michiyo Suzuki, Yuichi Kurita, & Toshio Tsuji. (2015). A neural network model of Caenorhabditis elegans and simulation of chemotaxis-related information processing in the neural network. 668–673. 5 indexed citations
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Matsui, Hiroki, Tomohiro Ohgomori, Katsuichi Miyamoto, et al.. (2013). Keratan sulfate expression in microglia is diminished in the spinal cord in experimental autoimmune neuritis. Cell Death and Disease. 4(12). e946–e946. 21 indexed citations
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Kishida, Satoshi, Ping Mu, Shin Miyakawa, et al.. (2012). Midkine Promotes Neuroblastoma through Notch2 Signaling. Cancer Research. 73(4). 1318–1327. 50 indexed citations
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Sakamoto, Kazuma & Kenji Kadomatsu. (2012). Midkine in the pathology of cancer, neural disease, and inflammation. Pathology International. 62(7). 445–455. 44 indexed citations
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Sakamoto, Kazuma & Kenji Kadomatsu. (2011). Keratan Sulfate in Neuronal Network Reconstruction. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 23(133). 212–220. 7 indexed citations
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Sakamoto, Kazuma, Guojun Bu, Sen Chen, et al.. (2011). Premature Ligand-Receptor Interaction during Biosynthesis Limits the Production of Growth Factor Midkine and Its Receptor LDL Receptor-related Protein 1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(10). 8405–8413. 16 indexed citations
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Imagama, Shiro, Kazuma Sakamoto, Ryoji Tauchi, et al.. (2011). Keratan Sulfate Restricts Neural Plasticity after Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(47). 17091–17102. 75 indexed citations
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Kato, Noritoshi, Tomoki Kosugi, Waichi Sato, et al.. (2011). Basigin/CD147 Promotes Renal Fibrosis after Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction. American Journal Of Pathology. 178(2). 572–579. 52 indexed citations
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Kishida, Satoshi, et al.. (2010). DRR1 is expressed in the developing nervous system and downregulated during neuroblastoma carcinogenesis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 394(3). 829–835. 24 indexed citations
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Kato, Noritoshi, Yukio Yuzawa, Tomoki Kosugi, et al.. (2009). The E-Selectin Ligand Basigin/CD147 Is Responsible for Neutrophil Recruitment in Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 20(7). 1565–1576. 82 indexed citations

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