Kazuma Sekiba

852 total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 598 citations indexed

About

Kazuma Sekiba is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Kazuma Sekiba has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 598 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Kazuma Sekiba's work include Hepatitis B Virus Studies (13 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (5 papers). Kazuma Sekiba is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis B Virus Studies (13 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (5 papers). Kazuma Sekiba collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Netherlands. Kazuma Sekiba's co-authors include Kazuhiko Koike, Motoyuki Otsuka, Takahiro Seimiya, Eri Tanaka, Mari Yamagami, Takahiro Kishikawa, Rei Ishibashi, Tatsunori Suzuki, Motoko Ohno and Kei Miyakawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kazuma Sekiba

36 papers receiving 592 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.

A widely distributed gene cluster compensates for uricase loss in hominids

2023 75 citations Yuanyuan Liu, John B. Jarman et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kazuma Sekiba Japan	14	307	217	139	123	121	38	598
Ian Gaël Rodrigue‐Gervais Canada	11	571 1.9×	199 0.9×	86 0.6×	137 1.1×	104 0.9×	13	880
Shengzheng Luo China	12	229 0.7×	132 0.6×	130 0.9×	70 0.6×	114 0.9×	25	474
Wanhua Ren China	15	169 0.6×	150 0.7×	120 0.9×	104 0.8×	144 1.2×	43	579
Yan Tang China	14	167 0.5×	96 0.4×	75 0.5×	63 0.5×	219 1.8×	25	642
U Dierssen Germany	8	120 0.4×	163 0.8×	60 0.4×	104 0.8×	119 1.0×	8	750
José María Vera-Cruz Mexico	10	124 0.4×	282 1.3×	47 0.3×	250 2.0×	45 0.4×	13	563
Chuanwu Zhu China	14	158 0.5×	282 1.3×	82 0.6×	193 1.6×	110 0.9×	69	643
Yuhu Song China	16	273 0.9×	157 0.7×	53 0.4×	137 1.1×	106 0.9×	49	651
Yongsheng Yu China	15	237 0.8×	216 1.0×	44 0.3×	100 0.8×	54 0.4×	36	502
Paul David Germany	11	101 0.3×	183 0.8×	33 0.2×	177 1.4×	70 0.6×	23	440

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kazuma Sekiba

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sekiba, Kazuma, Chikako Shibata, Takahiro Seimiya, et al.. (2025). CRISPR-mediated proximity labeling unveils ABHD14B as a host factor to regulate HBV cccDNA transcriptional activity. Hepatology Communications. 9(8).

Kishikawa, Takahiro, Takahiro Seimiya, Tatsunori Suzuki, et al.. (2024). Satellite double-stranded RNA induces mesenchymal transition in pancreatic cancer by regulating alternative splicing. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(3). 105742–105742. 2 indexed citations

Seimiya, Takahiro, Tatsunori Suzuki, Takahiro Kishikawa, et al.. (2023). Combination of serum human satellite RNA and miR-21-5p levels as a biomarker for pancreatic cancer. iScience. 26(2). 106021–106021. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Yuanyuan, John B. Jarman, Yen Low, et al.. (2023). A widely distributed gene cluster compensates for uricase loss in hominids. Cell. 186(16). 3400–3413.e20. 75 indexed citations breakdown →

Otsuka, Motoyuki, Kazuma Sekiba, Takahiro Seimiya, et al.. (2022). Hepatitis B virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma with Smc5/6 complex deficiency is susceptible to PARP inhibitors. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 607. 89–95. 5 indexed citations

Sekiba, Kazuma, Motoyuki Otsuka, Eri Tanaka, et al.. (2021). HBx-induced degradation of Smc5/6 complex impairs homologous recombination-mediated repair of damaged DNA. Journal of Hepatology. 76(1). 53–62. 60 indexed citations

Suzuki, Tatsunori, Takahiro Kishikawa, Tatsuyuki Sato, et al.. (2021). Mutant KRAS drives metabolic reprogramming and autophagic flux in premalignant pancreatic cells. Cancer Gene Therapy. 29(5). 505–518. 19 indexed citations

Otsuka, Motoyuki, et al.. (2021). Humanized virus-suppressing factor inhibits hepatitis B virus infection by targeting viral cell entry. Heliyon. 7(7). e07586–e07586. 8 indexed citations

Sekiba, Kazuma, et al.. (2020). The fatty-acid amide hydrolase inhibitor URB597 inhibits MICA/B shedding. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 15556–15556. 7 indexed citations

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Seimiya, Takahiro, Motoyuki Otsuka, Eri Tanaka, et al.. (2020). Aberrant expression of a novel circular RNA in pancreatic cancer. Journal of Human Genetics. 66(2). 181–191. 22 indexed citations

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Sekiba, Kazuma, Motoyuki Otsuka, & Kazuhiko Koike. (2019). Identifying Inhibitors of the HBx-DDB1 Interaction Using a Split Luciferase Assay System. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 3 indexed citations

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Kishikawa, Takahiro, Motoyuki Otsuka, Tatsunori Suzuki, et al.. (2018). Satellite RNA Increases DNA Damage and Accelerates Tumor Formation in Mouse Models of Pancreatic Cancer. Molecular Cancer Research. 16(8). 1255–1262. 11 indexed citations

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Seimiya, Takahiro, Motoyuki Otsuka, Tatsunori Suzuki, et al.. (2018). Circular RNA and exosomes in pancreatic cancer progression. Translational Cancer Research. 1(1). 2 indexed citations

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Sekiba, Kazuma, Motoyuki Otsuka, Motoko Ohno, et al.. (2018). DHX9 regulates production of hepatitis B virus-derived circular RNA and viral protein levels. Oncotarget. 9(30). 20953–20964. 34 indexed citations

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Sekiba, Kazuma, Motoyuki Otsuka, Motoko Ohno, et al.. (2018). Hepatitis B virus pathogenesis: Fresh insights into hepatitis B virus RNA. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 24(21). 2261–2268. 15 indexed citations

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Sekiba, Kazuma, Motoyuki Otsuka, Motoko Ohno, et al.. (2018). Inhibition of HBV Transcription From cccDNA With Nitazoxanide by Targeting the HBx–DDB1 Interaction. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 7(2). 297–312. 88 indexed citations

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Seimiya, Takahiro, Motoyuki Otsuka, Eri Tanaka, et al.. (2018). Inflammation and de-differentiation in pancreatic carcinogenesis. World Journal of Clinical Cases. 6(15). 882–891. 3 indexed citations

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Yamagami, Mari, Motoyuki Otsuka, Takahiro Kishikawa, et al.. (2018). ISGF3 with reduced phosphorylation is associated with constitutive expression of interferon-induced genes in aging cells. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 11–11. 13 indexed citations

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Sekiba, Kazuma, Motoyuki Otsuka, Motoko Ohno, et al.. (2018). Pevonedistat, a Neuronal Precursor Cell‐Expressed Developmentally Down‐Regulated Protein 8–Activating Enzyme Inhibitor, Is a Potent Inhibitor of Hepatitis B Virus. Hepatology. 69(5). 1903–1915. 49 indexed citations

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Sekiba, Kazuma, Mari Yamagami, Motoyuki Otsuka, et al.. (2017). Transcriptional activation of the MICA gene with an engineered CRISPR-Cas9 system. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 486(2). 521–525. 17 indexed citations

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