Kenji Kasuno

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Kenji Kasuno is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nephrology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenji Kasuno has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Nephrology and 8 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Kenji Kasuno's work include Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (11 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (5 papers) and Sulfur Compounds in Biology (5 papers). Kenji Kasuno is often cited by papers focused on Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (11 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (5 papers) and Sulfur Compounds in Biology (5 papers). Kenji Kasuno collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and South Korea. Kenji Kasuno's co-authors include Tohru Yamamori, Ilwola Mattagajasingh, Kaikobad Irani, Asma Naqvi, Jeremy DeRicco, Timothy A. Hoffman, Cuk‐Seong Kim, Saet-Byel Jung, Hideki Kimura and Naoki Takahashi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Kenji Kasuno

43 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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SIRT1 promotes endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation by activating endothelial nitric oxide synthase

2007 721 citations Ilwola Mattagajasingh, Cuk‐Seong Kim et al. profile →

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Peili Bu China

Ae Sin Lee South Korea

Daisuke Kukidome Japan

Guangyao Song China

Kazuhiro Sonoda Japan

Haibing Chen China

Alexander Akhmedov Switzerland

Masaharu Urakaze Japan

Francisco J. Sánchez-Gómez Spain

Sokrates Stein Switzerland

Peili Bu China

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Nishikawa, Sho, Kenji Kasuno, Mamiko Kobayashi, et al.. (2025). Prolonged depletion of renal tubular thioredoxin following severe acute kidney injury is associated with transition to chronic kidney disease via G2/M cell cycle arrest. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 754. 151425–151425. 1 indexed citations

Kimura, Hideki, Kazuko Kamiyama, Mamiko Kobayashi, et al.. (2024). Dichloroacetate reduces cisplatin-induced apoptosis by inhibiting the JNK/14-3-3/Bax/caspase-9 pathway and suppressing caspase-8 activation via cFLIP in murine tubular cells. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 24307–24307. 3 indexed citations

Takahashi, Naoki, Sho Nishikawa, Mamiko Kobayashi, et al.. (2023). Feasibility of Renal Blood Flow Measurement Using 64Cu-ATSM PET/MRI: A Quantitative PET and MRI Study. Diagnostics. 13(10). 1685–1685. 3 indexed citations

Takahashi, Naoki, Seiji Yokoi, Hideki Kimura, et al.. (2023). Renoprotective effects of extracellular fibroblast specific protein 1 via nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor-mediated antioxidant activity. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 22540–22540. 1 indexed citations

Kimura, Hideki, Kazuko Kamiyama, Mamiko Kobayashi, et al.. (2022). Fenofibrate reduces cisplatin-induced apoptosis by inhibiting the p53/Puma/Caspase-9 pathway and the MAPK/Caspase-8 pathway rather than by promoting autophagy in murine renal proximal tubular cells. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports. 30. 101237–101237. 8 indexed citations

Kasuno, Kenji, Junji Yodoi, & Masayuki Iwano. (2021). Urinary Thioredoxin as a Biomarker of Renal Redox Dysregulation and a Companion Diagnostic to Identify Responders to Redox-Modulating Therapeutics. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 36(13-15). 1051–1065. 4 indexed citations

Kimura, Hideki, Seiji Yokoi, Kazuko Kamiyama, et al.. (2021). PPAR-δ activation reduces cisplatin-induced apoptosis via inhibiting p53/Bax/caspase-3 pathway without modulating autophagy in murine renal proximal tubular cells. Clinical and Experimental Nephrology. 25(6). 598–607. 7 indexed citations

Kasuno, Kenji, Seiji Yokoi, Sho Nishikawa, et al.. (2020). Preemptive HLA Antibody Screening Prior to Episodic Transplant Renal Biopsy Enables Early Diagnosis and Therapeutic Response in Asymptomatic Chronically Active Antibody-Related Rejection: A Case Report. Transplantation Proceedings. 52(9). 2750–2753. 1 indexed citations

Morikawa, Yukie, Naoki Takahashi, Kazuko Kamiyama, et al.. (2018). Elevated Levels of Urinary Extracellular Vesicle Fibroblast-Specific Protein 1 in Patients with Active Crescentic Glomerulonephritis. The Nephron journals/Nephron journals. 141(3). 177–187. 14 indexed citations

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Kimura, Hideki, Daisuke Mikami, Kazuko Kamiyama, et al.. (2014). Telmisartan, a possible PPAR-δ agonist, reduces TNF-α-stimulated VEGF-C production by inhibiting the p38MAPK/HSP27 pathway in human proximal renal tubular cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 454(2). 320–327. 13 indexed citations

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Yamamori, Tohru, Jeremy DeRicco, Asma Naqvi, et al.. (2009). SIRT1 deacetylates APE1 and regulates cellular base excision repair. Nucleic Acids Research. 38(3). 832–845. 149 indexed citations

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Li, Xuan, Hideki Kimura, Kiichi Hirota, et al.. (2005). Synergistic effect of hypoxia and TNF-α on production of PAI-1 in human proximal renal tubular cells. Kidney International. 68(2). 569–583. 46 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Misa, Hidenori Arai, Ning Liu, et al.. (2005). Role of coagulation factor Xa and protease-activated receptor 2 in human mesangial cell proliferation. Kidney International. 67(6). 2123–2134. 41 indexed citations

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Khanday, Firdous A., Tohru Yamamori, Ilwola Mattagajasingh, et al.. (2005). Rac1 Leads to Phosphorylation-dependent Increase in Stability of the p66shc Adaptor Protein: Role in Rac1-induced Oxidative Stress. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 17(1). 122–129. 86 indexed citations

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Kasuno, Kenji, et al.. (2004). Pulmonary angiomyolipoma recurring 26 years after nephrectomy for angiomyolipoma: benign clinical course. Clinical Nephrology. 62(12). 469–472. 5 indexed citations

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Kasuno, Kenji, Hajime Nakamura, Takahiko Ono, Eri Muso, & Junji Yodoi. (2003). Protective roles of thioredoxin, a redox-regulating protein, in renal ischemia/reperfusion injury. Kidney International. 64(4). 1273–1282. 68 indexed citations

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Kasuno, Kenji, Takahiko Ono, Akira Matsumori, et al.. (2003). Hepatitis C virus-associated tubulointerstitial injury. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 41(4). 767–775. 51 indexed citations

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Ono, Takahiko, Ning Liu, Kenji Kasuno, et al.. (2001). Coagulation process proceeds on cultured human mesangial cells via expression of factor V. Kidney International. 60(3). 1009–1017. 19 indexed citations

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Seta, Koichi, Takahiro Hayashi, Akira Sugawara, et al.. (1998). Atrial natriuretic peptide as a preload depressor in acute renal failure secondary to congestive heart failure. Renal Failure. 20(5). 717–723. 9 indexed citations

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Kasuno, Kenji, Tadashi Kamata, Takeshi Kawamura, et al.. (1997). IgA nephropathy associated with polycythaemia vera: accelerated course. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 12(1). 212–215. 12 indexed citations

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