Keiji Kuba

14.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Keiji Kuba is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Keiji Kuba has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 13 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Keiji Kuba's work include Apelin-related biomedical research (12 papers), Renin-Angiotensin System Studies (9 papers) and Cardiovascular, Neuropeptides, and Oxidative Stress Research (8 papers). Keiji Kuba is often cited by papers focused on Apelin-related biomedical research (12 papers), Renin-Angiotensin System Studies (9 papers) and Cardiovascular, Neuropeptides, and Oxidative Stress Research (8 papers). Keiji Kuba collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Austria and Canada. Keiji Kuba's co-authors include Josef Penninger, Yumiko Imai, Akiyoshi Fukamizu, Takayo Ohto‐Nakanishi, Chengyu Jiang, Shuan Rao, Arthur S. Slutsky, Stefan Uhlig, Xiaozhong Peng and Chi-chung Hui and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Keiji Kuba

56 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 protects from severe acute lung failure

2005 1.8k citations Yumiko Imai, Keiji Kuba et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keiji Kuba Japan	29	2.3k	1.3k	845	744	676	59	5.2k
Renu Sarao Canada	17	1.8k 0.8×	2.0k 1.6×	642 0.8×	1.4k 1.9×	349 0.5×	20	5.8k
Inge Hamming Netherlands	14	3.5k 1.5×	721 0.6×	1.7k 2.1×	726 1.0×	357 0.5×	21	5.4k
Aldo Bonaventura Italy	36	790 0.3×	1.4k 1.1×	592 0.7×	1.0k 1.4×	725 1.1×	131	4.7k
G. Navis Netherlands	18	3.3k 1.5×	662 0.5×	1.7k 2.0×	755 1.0×	412 0.6×	35	5.7k
Xiong Wang China	29	3.5k 1.6×	1.3k 1.0×	1.9k 2.3×	347 0.5×	492 0.7×	140	6.5k
James W. Scholey Canada	46	822 0.4×	2.1k 1.7×	287 0.3×	3.0k 4.0×	792 1.2×	135	8.3k
Marko Poglitsch Austria	28	711 0.3×	1.0k 0.8×	253 0.3×	1.2k 1.6×	428 0.6×	93	3.8k
He Huang China	31	2.6k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.9×	2.3k 3.1×	479 0.7×	163	6.1k
Li Lin China	36	1.0k 0.4×	1.7k 1.3×	589 0.7×	192 0.3×	254 0.4×	113	5.0k
Kevin Godbout United States	6	1.1k 0.5×	809 0.6×	331 0.4×	1.9k 2.5×	381 0.6×	7	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Keiji Kuba

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keiji Kuba

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Yamada, Toshiki, Megumi Tatematsu, Shunsuke Takasuga, et al.. (2023). TIGIT mediates activation-induced cell death of ILC2s during chronic airway allergy. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 220(7). 10 indexed citations

An, Jianbo, Satoru Motoyama, Yushi Nagaki, et al.. (2023). Squamous cell carcinoma‐derived G‐CSF promotes tumor growth and metastasis in mice through neutrophil recruitment and tumor cell proliferation, associated with poor prognosis of the patients. Genes to Cells. 28(8). 573–584. 3 indexed citations

Kim, Kwang Su, Shoya Iwanami, Yasuhisa Fujita, et al.. (2021). Incomplete antiviral treatment may induce longer durations of viral shedding during SARS-CoV-2 infection. Life Science Alliance. 4(10). e202101049–e202101049. 15 indexed citations

Kuba, Keiji, et al.. (2020). Virus database annotations assist in tracing information on patients infected with emerging pathogens. Informatics in Medicine Unlocked. 21. 100442–100442. 3 indexed citations

Ogawa, Mamoru, Tomoaki Ishihara, Yosuke Isobe, et al.. (2020). Eosinophils promote corneal wound healing via the 12/15‐lipoxygenase pathway. The FASEB Journal. 34(9). 12492–12501. 21 indexed citations

Kuba, Keiji, Teruki Sato, Yumiko Imai, & Tomokazu Yamaguchi. (2018). Apelin and Elabela/Toddler; double ligands for APJ/Apelin receptor in heart development, physiology, and pathology. Peptides. 111. 62–70. 72 indexed citations

Rodríguez‐Gil, Alfonso, Jochen Wilhelm, Chen-Yuan Charlie Yang, et al.. (2017). The CCR4-NOT complex contributes to repression of Major Histocompatibility Complex class II transcription. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 3547–3547. 23 indexed citations

Kimura, Hirotaka, Satoshi Eguchi, Junko Sasaki, et al.. (2017). Vps34 regulates myofibril proteostasis to prevent hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. JCI Insight. 2(1). e89462–e89462. 19 indexed citations

Koizumi, Yukio, Kenichiro Nagai, Keiji Hasumi, Keiji Kuba, & Toshihiro Sugiyama. (2016). Structure–activity relationship of cyclic pentapeptide malformins as fibrinolysis enhancers. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 26(21). 5267–5271. 10 indexed citations

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Yang, Chengyuan, Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, Sören Boller, et al.. (2016). Interaction of CCR4–NOT with EBF1 regulates gene-specific transcription and mRNA stability in B lymphopoiesis. Genes & Development. 30(20). 2310–2324. 24 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Ken‐ichiro, Fumiya Tamura, Masahiro Kawahara, et al.. (2016). Evaluation of Lecithinized Superoxide Dismutase for the Prevention of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Animal Models. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 56(2). 179–190. 28 indexed citations

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Ichikawa, Akihiko, Keiji Kuba, Masayuki Morita, et al.. (2012). CXCL10-CXCR3 Enhances the Development of Neutrophil-mediated Fulminant Lung Injury of Viral and Nonviral Origin. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 187(1). 65–77. 219 indexed citations

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Haubner, Bernhard J., G. Gregory Neely, Jakob Voelkl, et al.. (2010). PI3Kγ Protects from Myocardial Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury through a Kinase-Independent Pathway. PLoS ONE. 5(2). e9350–e9350. 35 indexed citations

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An, Jianbo, Toshiaki Nakajima, Keiji Kuba, & Akinori Kimura. (2010). Losartan inhibits LPS-induced inflammatory signaling through a PPARγ-dependent mechanism in human THP-1 macrophages. Hypertension Research. 33(8). 831–835. 46 indexed citations

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Isobe, Kazuya, Keiji Kuba, Yasuhiro Maejima, et al.. (2009). Inhibition of Endostatin/Collagen XVIII Deteriorates Left Ventricular Remodeling and Heart Failure in Rat Myocardial Infarction Model. Circulation Journal. 74(1). 109–119. 57 indexed citations

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Kuba, Keiji, Takahiro Nakamura, Takahiro Nakamura, et al.. (2009). Systemic NK4 gene therapy inhibits tumor growth and metastasis of melanoma and lung carcinoma in syngeneic mouse tumor models. Cancer Science. 100(7). 1351–1358. 21 indexed citations

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Singer, Dustin, Simone M. R. Camargo, Katja Huggel, et al.. (2009). Orphan Transporter SLC6A18 Is Renal Neutral Amino Acid Transporter B0AT3. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(30). 19953–19960. 52 indexed citations

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Imai, Yumiko, Keiji Kuba, & Josef Penninger. (2006). The renin–angiotensin system in acute respiratory distress syndrome. Drug Discovery Today Disease Mechanisms. 3(2). 225–229. 29 indexed citations

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Morishita, Ryuichi, Hironori Nakagami, Keiji Kuba, et al.. (2003). HGF/NK4 inhibited VEGF-induced angiogenesis in in vitro cultured endothelial cells and in vivo rabbit model. Diabetologia. 46(1). 115–123. 32 indexed citations

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Maehara, Naoki, Kunio Matsumoto, Keiji Kuba, et al.. (2001). NK4, a four-kringle antagonist of HGF, inhibits spreading and invasion of human pancreatic cancer cells. British Journal of Cancer. 84(6). 864–873. 67 indexed citations

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