Kei Saotome

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Kei Saotome is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Sensory Systems and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Kei Saotome has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Sensory Systems and 4 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Kei Saotome's work include Ion channel regulation and function (8 papers), Ion Channels and Receptors (6 papers) and Connexins and lens biology (3 papers). Kei Saotome is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (8 papers), Ion Channels and Receptors (6 papers) and Connexins and lens biology (3 papers). Kei Saotome collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Kei Saotome's co-authors include Appu K. Singh, Alexander I. Sobolevsky, Andrew B. Ward, Ardem Patapoutian, Swetha E. Murthy, Tess Whitwam, Jennifer M. Kefauver, Maria V. Yelshanskaya, Luke L. McGoldrick and Mark S.P. Sansom and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kei Saotome

20 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Structure of the mechanically activated ion channel Piezo1

2017 427 citations Kei Saotome, Swetha E. Murthy et al. Nature profile →

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Kei Saotome

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Paul R. Rohde Australia

Vereninov Aa Russia

Cristina Paulino Netherlands

Mathias Dreger Germany

Ole Scharff Denmark

Franck Vandermoere France

M L Villereal United States

Birthe Foder Denmark

Clotilde Randriamampita France

Beáta Törőcsik Hungary

Paul R. Rohde Australia

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118 ×0.3

109 ×0.6

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kei Saotome

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ramlall, Trudy F., Jennifer L. Jones, Luke L. McGoldrick, et al.. (2025). Structural characterization of two γδ TCR/CD3 complexes. Nature Communications. 16(1). 318–318. 7 indexed citations

Goebel, Erich J., Senem Aykul, Warren W. Hom, et al.. (2025). CryoEM structure of ALK2:BMP6 reveals distinct mechanism that allow ALK2 to interact with both BMP and activin ligands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(35). e2502788122–e2502788122. 1 indexed citations

Saotome, Kei, Luke L. McGoldrick, Trudy F. Ramlall, et al.. (2024). Structural insights into CXCR4 modulation and oligomerization. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(2). 315–325. 17 indexed citations

Saotome, Kei, Drew Dudgeon, Michael J. Moore, et al.. (2023). Structural Analysis of Cancer-relevant TCR-CD3 and Peptide-MHC Complexes by CryoEM. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 29(Supplement_1). 892–892. 3 indexed citations

Saotome, Kei, Drew Dudgeon, Michael J. Moore, et al.. (2023). Structural analysis of cancer-relevant TCR-CD3 and peptide-MHC complexes by cryoEM. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2401–2401. 22 indexed citations

Zhou, Yi, Panayiotis E. Stevis, Jing Cao, et al.. (2023). Structural insights into the assembly of gp130 family cytokine signaling complexes. Science Advances. 9(11). eade4395–eade4395. 33 indexed citations

Jojoa-Cruz, Sebastian, Kei Saotome, Wen-Hsin Lee, et al.. (2022). Structural insights into the Venus flytrap mechanosensitive ion channel Flycatcher1. Nature Communications. 13(1). 850–850. 22 indexed citations

Saotome, Kei, Bochuan Teng, Wen-Hsin Lee, et al.. (2019). Structures of the otopetrin proton channels Otop1 and Otop3. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 26(6). 518–525. 55 indexed citations

Singh, Appu K., Kei Saotome, Luke L. McGoldrick, & Alexander I. Sobolevsky. (2018). Structural bases of TRP channel TRPV6 allosteric modulation by 2-APB. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2465–2465. 87 indexed citations

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Kefauver, Jennifer M., Kei Saotome, Adrienne E. Dubin, et al.. (2018). Structure of the human volume regulated anion channel. eLife. 7. 101 indexed citations

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Jojoa-Cruz, Sebastian, Kei Saotome, Swetha E. Murthy, et al.. (2018). Cryo-EM structure of the mechanically activated ion channel OSCA1.2. eLife. 7. 118 indexed citations

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Singh, Appu K., Luke L. McGoldrick, Kei Saotome, & Alexander I. Sobolevsky. (2018). X-ray crystallography of TRP channels. Channels. 12(1). 137–152. 4 indexed citations

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McGoldrick, Luke L., Appu K. Singh, Kei Saotome, et al.. (2017). Opening of the human epithelial calcium channel TRPV6. Nature. 553(7687). 233–237. 157 indexed citations

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Saotome, Kei, Swetha E. Murthy, Jennifer M. Kefauver, et al.. (2017). Structure of the mechanically activated ion channel Piezo1. Nature. 554(7693). 481–486. 427 indexed citations breakdown →

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Singh, Appu K., Kei Saotome, & Alexander I. Sobolevsky. (2017). Swapping of transmembrane domains in the epithelial calcium channel TRPV6. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 10669–10669. 49 indexed citations

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Saotome, Kei, Appu K. Singh, Maria V. Yelshanskaya, & Alexander I. Sobolevsky. (2016). Crystal structure of the epithelial calcium channel TRPV6. Nature. 534(7608). 506–511. 177 indexed citations

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Yelshanskaya, Maria V., Kei Saotome, Appu K. Singh, & Alexander I. Sobolevsky. (2016). Probing Intersubunit Interfaces in AMPA-subtype Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 19082–19082. 14 indexed citations

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Upshur, Mary Alice, Kei Saotome, Indra D. Sahu, et al.. (2015). Cholesterol-Dependent Conformational Exchange of the C-Terminal Domain of the Influenza A M2 Protein. Biochemistry. 54(49). 7157–7167. 36 indexed citations

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Saotome, Kei, Krisna C. Duong‐Ly, & Kathleen P. Howard. (2015). Influenza A M2 protein conformation depends on choice of model membrane. Biopolymers. 104(4). 405–411. 19 indexed citations

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Itoh, Katsuhiko, H. Häse, Hidefumi Kojima, et al.. (2003). Central role of mitochondria and p53 in Fas-mediated apoptosis of rheumatoid synovial fibroblasts. Lara D. Veeken. 43(3). 277–285. 38 indexed citations

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