Ken Kawamoto

9.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Ken Kawamoto is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Kawamoto has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Surgery and 6 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ken Kawamoto's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (16 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (10 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (5 papers). Ken Kawamoto is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (16 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (10 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (5 papers). Ken Kawamoto collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Ken Kawamoto's co-authors include Jesse Poland, Robert J. Elshire, Jeffrey C. Glaubitz, Sharon E. Mitchell, Edward S. Buckler, Qi Sun, Rajvir Dahiya, Hiroshi Hirata, Nobuyuki Kikuno and Yuichiro Tanaka and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Ken Kawamoto

40 papers receiving 6.5k 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 Robust, Simple Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS) Approach for High Diversity Species

2011 4.6k citations Robert J. Elshire, Jeffrey C. Glaubitz et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ken Kawamoto Japan	25	3.0k	2.9k	2.6k	582	457	42	6.6k
Xiuqing Zhang China	35	1.8k 0.6×	1.0k 0.3×	3.2k 1.2×	593 1.0×	210 0.5×	123	5.5k
Adam Pavlı́c̀ek United States	28	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	3.3k 1.3×	298 0.5×	294 0.6×	53	5.0k
Zhao Lai United States	31	1.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	397 0.7×	1.0k 2.2×	109	4.6k
Yun‐Fai Chris Lau United States	42	1.3k 0.4×	3.0k 1.0×	4.7k 1.8×	341 0.6×	139 0.3×	135	7.5k
Alex Chenchik United States	19	1.4k 0.4×	949 0.3×	3.4k 1.3×	357 0.6×	173 0.4×	36	5.3k
Garth Brown United States	19	757 0.3×	1.7k 0.6×	2.7k 1.0×	481 0.8×	183 0.4×	24	4.4k
ALBERT LEVAN Sweden	27	3.1k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	2.6k 1.0×	582 1.0×	1.0k 2.3×	149	5.7k
Gitte Petersen Denmark	35	1.7k 0.6×	919 0.3×	2.4k 0.9×	163 0.3×	1.5k 3.3×	120	4.5k
Ravi K. Patel United States	18	1.5k 0.5×	562 0.2×	2.2k 0.9×	359 0.6×	298 0.7×	30	4.1k
Keith J. Edwards United Kingdom	53	11.5k 3.8×	4.1k 1.4×	5.6k 2.1×	201 0.3×	859 1.9×	133	14.7k

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Elshire, Robert J., Jeffrey C. Glaubitz, Qi Sun, et al.. (2011). A Robust, Simple Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS) Approach for High Diversity Species. PLoS ONE. 6(5). e19379–e19379. 4595 indexed citations breakdown →

Kawakami, Kazumori, Hiroshi Hirata, Soichiro Yamamura, et al.. (2009). Functional Significance of Wnt Inhibitory Factor-1 Gene in Kidney Cancer. Cancer Research. 69(22). 8603–8610. 62 indexed citations

Hirata, Hiroshi, Yuji Hinoda, Koichi Nakajima, et al.. (2009). Wnt Antagonist Gene DKK2 Is Epigenetically Silenced and Inhibits Renal Cancer Progression through Apoptotic and Cell Cycle Pathways. Clinical Cancer Research. 15(18). 5678–5687. 79 indexed citations

Kawakami, Toshifumi, Shinji Urakami, Hiroshi Hirata, et al.. (2009). Superoxide dismutase analog (Tempol: 4-hydroxy-2, 2, 6, 6-tetramethylpiperidine 1-oxyl) treatment restores erectile function in diabetes-induced impotence. International Journal of Impotence Research. 21(6). 348–355. 15 indexed citations

Hirata, Hiroshi, Ken Kawamoto, Nobuyuki Kikuno, et al.. (2009). Restoring Erectile Function by Antioxidant Therapy in Diabetic Rats. The Journal of Urology. 182(5). 2518–2525. 27 indexed citations

Enokida, Hideki, Yasushi Okuno, Ryo Kunimoto, et al.. (2009). Identification of novel microRNA targets based on microRNA signatures in bladder cancer. International Journal of Cancer. 125(2). 345–352. 349 indexed citations

Kikuno, Nobuyuki, Ken Kawamoto, Hiroshi Hirata, et al.. (2009). Nerve growth factor combined with vascular endothelial growth factor enhances regeneration of bladder acellular matrix graft in spinal cord injury‐induced neurogenic rat bladder. British Journal of Urology. 103(10). 1424–1428. 49 indexed citations

Hirata, Hiroshi, Yuji Hinoda, Naoko Okayama, et al.. (2008). COMT polymorphisms affecting protein expression are risk factors for endometrial cancer. Molecular Carcinogenesis. 47(10). 768–774. 25 indexed citations

Enokida, Hideki, Kazumori Kawakami, Kazuki Toki, et al.. (2008). CpG Hypermethylation of the UCHL1 Gene Promoter is Associated With Pathogenesis and Poor Prognosis in Renal Cell Carcinoma. The Journal of Urology. 180(1). 343–351. 46 indexed citations

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Hirata, Hiroshi, Yuji Hinoda, Naoko Okayama, et al.. (2008). CYP1A1, SULT1A1, and SULT1E1 polymorphisms are risk factors for endometrial cancer susceptibility. Cancer. 112(9). 1964–1973. 73 indexed citations

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Kawamoto, Ken, Hiroshi Hirata, Nobuyuki Kikuno, et al.. (2008). DNA methylation and histone modifications cause silencing of Wnt antagonist gene in human renal cell carcinoma cell lines. International Journal of Cancer. 123(3). 535–542. 50 indexed citations

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Hirata, Hiroshi, Yuji Hinoda, Ken Kawamoto, et al.. (2008). Mismatch Repair Gene MSH3 Polymorphism is Associated With the Risk of Sporadic Prostate Cancer. The Journal of Urology. 179(5). 2020–2024. 29 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Yuichiro, Hiroshi Hirata, Zhong Chen, et al.. (2007). Polymorphisms of Catechol-O-Methyltransferase in Men with Renal Cell Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 16(1). 92–97. 19 indexed citations

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Urakami, Shinji, Hiroaki Shiina, Hideki Enokida, et al.. (2007). Functional improvement in spinal cord injury-induced neurogenic bladder by bladder augmentation using bladder acellular matrix graft in the rat. World Journal of Urology. 25(2). 207–213. 29 indexed citations

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Urakami, Shinji, Hiroaki Shiina, Hideki Enokida, et al.. (2007). 211: Wnt-antagonist Family Genes as Biomarkers for Diagnosis, Staging and Prognosis of Renal Cell Carcinoma using Tumor and Serum DNA. The Journal of Urology. 177(4S). 71–71. 5 indexed citations

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Hirata, Hiroshi, Yuji Hinoda, Yuichiro Tanaka, et al.. (2006). Polymorphisms of DNA repair genes are risk factors for prostate cancer. European Journal of Cancer. 43(2). 231–237. 61 indexed citations

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Hirata, Hiroshi, Yuji Hinoda, Hideyasu Matsuyama, et al.. (2006). Polymorphisms of DNA repair genes are associated with renal cell carcinoma. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 342(4). 1058–1062. 60 indexed citations

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Kawamoto, Ken, Hideki Enokida, Takenari Gotanda, et al.. (2005). p16INK4a and p14ARF methylation as a potential biomarker for human bladder cancer. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 339(3). 790–796. 74 indexed citations

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Goto, Toshihiro, et al.. (2002). Long‐term results of percutaneous balloon dilation for ureterointestinal anastomotic strictures. International Journal of Urology. 9(5). 241–246. 9 indexed citations

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Goto, Toshihiro, Ken Kawamoto, I. Tanaka, et al.. (1998). ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT OF REFRACTORY FILARIAL CHYLURIA: A PRELIMINARY REPORT. The Journal of Urology. 159(5). 1615–1618. 15 indexed citations

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