Ken‐ichi Kasai

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
187 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Ken‐ichi Kasai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken‐ichi Kasai has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Molecular Biology, 68 papers in Immunology and 27 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ken‐ichi Kasai's work include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (61 papers), Galectins and Cancer Biology (60 papers) and Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins (27 papers). Ken‐ichi Kasai is often cited by papers focused on Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (61 papers), Galectins and Cancer Biology (60 papers) and Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins (27 papers). Ken‐ichi Kasai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Ken‐ichi Kasai's co-authors include Jun Hirabayashi, Yoichiro Arata, Kiyohito Shimura, Shin‐ichi Ishii, Yuko Oda, Tomomi Hashidate, Nozomu Nishi, Takanori Nakamura, Tadasu Urashima and Masamitsu Futai and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Biotechnology and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Ken‐ichi Kasai

181 papers receiving 6.7k 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.

Oligosaccharide specificity of galectins: a search by frontal affinity chromatography

2002 784 citations Jun Hirabayashi, Yoichiro Arata et al. profile →
Lectin affinity capture, isotope-coded tagging and mass spectrometry to identify N-linked glycoproteins

2003 539 citations Jun Hirabayashi, Ken‐ichi Kasai et al. profile →

Peers

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Roland Brock Netherlands

G. Ya. Wiederschain United States

Lara K. Mahal United States

Jun Hirabayashi Japan

Jean‐Paul Behr France

Rudolf Volkmer Germany

Torben E. Petersen Denmark

E.A. Stura France

Kouhei Tsumoto Japan

Rolf Axén Sweden

Roland Brock Netherlands

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704 ×1.0

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488 ×0.7

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Countries citing papers authored by Ken‐ichi Kasai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ken‐ichi Kasai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ken‐ichi Kasai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ken‐ichi Kasai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ken‐ichi Kasai based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ken‐ichi Kasai. Ken‐ichi Kasai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Kawasaki, Tatsuya, Ken‐ichi Kasai, Yoshimi Sato, et al.. (2022). Jugular Venous Pressure Response to Inspiration for Risk Assessment of Heart Failure. The American Journal of Cardiology. 170. 71–75. 2 indexed citations

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Kasai, Ken‐ichi. (2020). The Keyhole of Galectin is Made Loose, and the Inserted Key Easily Comes Out. 23. 1 indexed citations

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Kasai, Ken‐ichi. (2020). Frontal Affinity Chromatography: A Highly Suitable Retardation Phenomenon-Based Research Tool for Analyzing Weak Interactions Between Biomolecules. Methods in molecular biology. 2132. 29–37. 1 indexed citations

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Kasai, Ken‐ichi. (2018). Galectins: Quadruple-faced Proteins. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 30(172). SE221–SE223. 17 indexed citations

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Kasai, Ken‐ichi. (2018). Galectins: Quadruple-faced Proteins. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 30(172). SJ83–SJ85. 1 indexed citations

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Kasai, Ken‐ichi. (2006). Let's Explore Glycoland!. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 18(100). 93–102. 2 indexed citations

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Yu, Lu‐Gang, Qicheng Zhao, Oleg V. Gerasimenko, et al.. (2006). Galectin-3 Interaction with Thomsen-Friedenreich Disaccharide on Cancer-associated MUC1 Causes Increased Cancer Cell Endothelial Adhesion. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(1). 773–781. 248 indexed citations

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Hirabayashi, Jun, Yoichiro Arata, & Ken‐ichi Kasai. (2003). Frontal Affinity Chromatography as a Tool for Elucidation of Sugar Recognition Properties of Lectins. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 362. 353–368. 83 indexed citations

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Hirabayashi, Jun, et al.. (2001). Galectins from the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and Glycome Project.. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 13(73). 533–549. 16 indexed citations

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Kasai, Ken‐ichi. (2001). EGAMI GOROKU (Egami's Sayings). 5. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 13(72). 435–443.

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Arata, Yoichiro, Jun Hirabayashi, & Ken‐ichi Kasai. (2001). Sugar Binding Properties of the Two Lectin Domains of the Tandem Repeat-type Galectin LEC-1 (N32) of Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(5). 3068–3077. 69 indexed citations

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Hirabayashi, Jun & Ken‐ichi Kasai. (2000). Glycomics, Coming of Age!. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 12(63). 1–5. 27 indexed citations

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Kasai, Ken‐ichi. (1999). Renaissance of Frontal Affinity Chromatography as an Analytical Tool for Protein-Carbohydrate Interaction.. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 11(59). 133–134. 1 indexed citations

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Shimura, Kiyohito & Ken‐ichi Kasai. (1998). Determination of Affinity Constants of Lectins to Neutral Sugars by Capillary Affinophoresis.. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 10(55). 393–403. 2 indexed citations

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Hirabayashi, Jun, Yoichiro Arata, & Ken‐ichi Kasai. (1997). Galectins from the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and the Genome Project.. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 9(45). 113–122. 12 indexed citations

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Arata, Yoichiro, Jun Hirabayashi, & Ken‐ichi Kasai. (1997). Structure of the 32-kDa Galectin Gene of the NematodeCaenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(42). 26669–26677. 23 indexed citations

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Kasai, Ken‐ichi. (1992). Trypsin and affinity chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A. 597(1-2). 3–18. 29 indexed citations

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Kakita, Hirotaka, Koji Nakamura, Yoshio Kato, et al.. (1991). High-performance affinity chromatography of a chick lectin on an adsorbent based on hydrophilic polymer gel. Journal of Chromatography A. 543(2). 315–326. 7 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Koji, Tsutomu Hashimoto, Yoshio Kato, Kiyohito Shimura, & Ken‐ichi Kasai. (1990). Tresyl-ativated support for high-performance affinity chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A. 510. 101–113. 21 indexed citations

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KAWAI, Sueo, et al.. (1981). . Journal of the Society of Materials Science Japan. 30(329). 173–179. 2 indexed citations

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