Kazuto Nakamura

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
145 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Kazuto Nakamura is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kazuto Nakamura has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Surgery and 31 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kazuto Nakamura's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (15 papers), Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments (12 papers) and Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones (12 papers). Kazuto Nakamura is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (15 papers), Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments (12 papers) and Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones (12 papers). Kazuto Nakamura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Kazuto Nakamura's co-authors include Kenneth Walsh, José J. Fuster, Takashi Minegishi, Mario Ascoli, Yoshito Ibuki, Kaoru Miyamoto, Masao Igarashi, Masataka Sata, Xuebo Liu and Yoshihisa Hasegawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Kazuto Nakamura

135 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Adipokines: A link between obesity and cardiovascular disease

2013 428 citations Kazuto Nakamura, José J. Fuster et al. Journal of Cardiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kazuto Nakamura Japan	36	1.8k	1.1k	885	728	697	145	4.8k
Saskia C.A. de Jager Netherlands	35	1.5k 0.8×	778 0.7×	667 0.8×	193 0.3×	487 0.7×	129	4.0k
Nam Keun Kim South Korea	36	2.6k 1.4×	249 0.2×	435 0.5×	531 0.7×	480 0.7×	305	5.6k
Robert S. Bar United States	37	2.2k 1.2×	492 0.5×	986 1.1×	272 0.4×	480 0.7×	94	5.0k
Jeffrey R. Bender United States	45	2.4k 1.3×	598 0.6×	623 0.7×	209 0.3×	308 0.4×	90	6.7k
Mario Serio Italy	48	2.8k 1.5×	236 0.2×	1.2k 1.3×	492 0.7×	614 0.9×	151	8.2k
Yoshiki Seino Japan	39	1.9k 1.0×	239 0.2×	773 0.9×	267 0.4×	418 0.6×	238	6.0k
Tripathi B. Rajavashisth United States	25	1.4k 0.7×	473 0.4×	654 0.7×	115 0.2×	675 1.0×	38	4.5k
J. Zapf Switzerland	41	3.3k 1.8×	661 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	161 0.2×	350 0.5×	103	7.5k
Sohei Kitazawa Japan	47	3.5k 1.9×	322 0.3×	1.1k 1.2×	265 0.4×	977 1.4×	261	7.0k
Masataka Kudo Japan	40	1.8k 1.0×	220 0.2×	1.1k 1.2×	1.0k 1.4×	292 0.4×	128	4.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kazuto Nakamura

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Watanabe, Yosuke, Kei Irie, Hiroshi Yokomichi, et al.. (2025). Decreased Homeostasis Model Assessment of β-Cell Function in Patients Without Diabetes Can Predict Future Events in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease. Circulation Journal. 89(3). 347–353. 1 indexed citations

Nishio, Shin, Kazuhiro Takehara, Shinya Sato, et al.. (2024). Re-administration of platinum-based chemotherapy for recurrent endometrial cancer: an ancillary analysis of the SGSG-012/GOTIC-004/Intergroup study. International Journal of Clinical Oncology. 29(10). 1594–1601.

Hirayama, Takahiro & Kazuto Nakamura. (2024). A Case of Open Zone Ⅰ Extensor Tendon Rupture Reconstructed by External Oblique Muscle Aponeurosis with Perifascial Areolar Tissue. 5(4). 147–152.

Nakamura, Kazuto, et al.. (2024). Usefulness of endomyocardial biopsy using three-dimensional delivery system for the diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis with complete atrioventricular block after transcatheter aortic valve implantation. European Heart Journal. 45(21). 1957–1957. 3 indexed citations

Kuroki, Kenji, Kazuto Nakamura, Yosuke Watanabe, et al.. (2024). Novel technique and assessment of available 3-dimensional delivery sheath for endomyocardial biopsy during cardiac device implantation. Heart Rhythm. 22(4). 998–1007. 1 indexed citations

Nakamura, Kazuto, Akira Yabuno, Toyomi Satoh, et al.. (2023). Efficacy and final safety analysis of pre- and co-administration of nivolumab (Nivo) with concurrent chemoradiation (CCRT) followed by Nivo maintenance therapy in patients (pts) with locally advanced cervical carcinoma (LACvCa): Results from the phase I trial, GOTIC-018.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 41(16_suppl). 5519–5519. 2 indexed citations

Nakamura, Kazuto, et al.. (2023). Utility of vaginal vault cytology in the local recurrence of cervical cancer. BMC Women s Health. 23(1). 186–186.

Uematsu, Manabu, et al.. (2023). Impact of left bundle branch area pacing-optimized cardiac resynchronized therapy for transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. 25(5). e156–e156. 3 indexed citations

Watanabe, Yosuke, Takamitsu Nakamura, Manabu Uematsu, et al.. (2021). Glutaredoxin-1 levels in plasma can predict future events in patients with cardiovascular diseases. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 176. 241–245. 3 indexed citations

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Uematsu, Manabu, Kazuto Nakamura, Takamitsu Nakamura, et al.. (2020). Persistent Myocardial Production of Follistatin-like 1 Is Associated With Left Ventricular Adverse Remodeling in Patients With Myocardial Infarction. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 26(8). 733–738. 7 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Kazuto, et al.. (2020). Nadir CA-125 serum levels during neoadjuvant chemotherapy and no residual tumor at interval debulking surgery predict prognosis in advanced stage ovarian cancer. World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 18(1). 200–200. 7 indexed citations

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Matsuoka, Satoshi, Manabu Uematsu, Takamitsu Nakamura, et al.. (2016). High levels of stromal cell-derived factor-1α predict secondary cardiac events in stable patients with a history of myocardial infarction. Journal of Cardiology. 69(1). 320–325. 11 indexed citations

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Kikuchi, Ryosuke, Kazuto Nakamura, Susan MacLauchlan, et al.. (2014). An antiangiogenic isoform of VEGF-A contributes to impaired vascularization in peripheral artery disease. Nature Medicine. 20(12). 1464–1471. 150 indexed citations

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Shimazaki, Masashi, Kazuto Nakamura, Isao Kii, et al.. (2008). Periostin is essential for cardiac healingafter acute myocardial infarction. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 205(2). 295–303. 388 indexed citations

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Minegishi, Takashi, et al.. (2008). Regulation of human luteinizing hormone receptor in the ovary. Reproductive Medicine and Biology. 7(1). 11–16. 6 indexed citations

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Itokawa, Fumihide, Takao Itoi, Kazuto Nakamura, et al.. (2003). A case of acute pancreatitis caused by exfoliated cancer cells derived from gallbladder carcinomas. 17(2). 135–142. 1 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Kazuto, Xuebo Liu, & Mario Ascoli. (2000). Seven Non-contiguous Intracellular Residues of the Lutropin/Choriogonadotropin Receptor Dictate the Rate of Agonist-induced Internalization and Its Sensitivity to Non-visual Arrestins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(1). 241–247. 44 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Kazuto, et al.. (1998). Mutation of Individual Serine Residues in the C-terminal Tail of the Lutropin/Choriogonadotropin Receptor Reveal Distinct Structural Requirements for Agonist-induced Uncoupling and Agonist-induced Internalization. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(29). 18316–18324. 50 indexed citations

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Minegishi, Takashi, Y. Hasegawa, H. Shinozaki, et al.. (1993). Developmental changes of testicular activin and FSH receptor mRNA and plasma FSH and inhibin levels in the rat. Life Sciences. 53(16). 1299–1307. 11 indexed citations

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Duffield, Wendell A. & Kazuto Nakamura. (1973). A photogeologic method for determining the direction of horizontal dilation from patterns of en echelon fracturing. Journal research U. S. geological survey. 1(3). 283–287. 5 indexed citations

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