Kenji Moriyama

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Kenji Moriyama is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenji Moriyama has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 13 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Kenji Moriyama's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (11 papers), Thyroid Disorders and Treatments (11 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (10 papers). Kenji Moriyama is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (11 papers), Thyroid Disorders and Treatments (11 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (10 papers). Kenji Moriyama collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Kenji Moriyama's co-authors include Ichiro Yahara, Kazuwa Nakao, Naotetsu Kanamoto, Takashi Akamizu, Yuji Hataya, Kazuko Iida, Akira Shimatsu, Tetsuya Tagami, Misa Saijo and Eisuke Nishida and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Kenji Moriyama

85 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Thyroid Hormone Action Is Disrupted by Bisphenol A as an Antagonist

2002 652 citations Kenji Moriyama, Tetsuya Tagami et al. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenji Moriyama Japan	31	1.7k	1.0k	607	604	509	89	4.4k
Phillip W. Dickson Australia	32	1.7k 1.0×	505 0.5×	273 0.4×	238 0.4×	484 1.0×	77	3.7k
Bernat Soria Spain	48	3.8k 2.2×	511 0.5×	1.7k 2.8×	647 1.1×	776 1.5×	187	7.8k
Gennady Ermak United States	30	2.0k 1.2×	978 0.9×	209 0.3×	104 0.2×	634 1.2×	41	3.9k
Deborah J. Burks Spain	36	3.9k 2.3×	459 0.4×	1.8k 3.0×	373 0.6×	1.8k 3.6×	82	8.0k
Mark A. Birch‐Machin United Kingdom	45	3.7k 2.1×	1.4k 1.3×	160 0.3×	139 0.2×	1.2k 2.4×	107	7.2k
Martti Parvinen Finland	48	4.2k 2.4×	399 0.4×	564 0.9×	273 0.5×	225 0.4×	117	8.8k
Zvi Naor Israel	50	2.7k 1.6×	347 0.3×	1.6k 2.6×	163 0.3×	409 0.8×	169	7.1k
Joan J. Guinovart Spain	47	3.2k 1.8×	615 0.6×	1.1k 1.8×	106 0.2×	1.5k 3.0×	181	7.2k
R D Palmiter United States	29	2.1k 1.2×	206 0.2×	723 1.2×	762 1.3×	701 1.4×	47	5.7k
Willi Hunziker Switzerland	37	3.1k 1.8×	520 0.5×	482 0.8×	124 0.2×	442 0.9×	74	6.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenji Moriyama

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Hayashi, Misa, et al.. (2025). Growth hormone regulates deiodinase type 2 and 3 expression via GATA. Growth Hormone & IGF Research. 82. 101659–101659.

Tagami, Tetsuya, et al.. (2024). Growth hormone directly stimulates GATA2 expression. Growth Hormone & IGF Research. 74. 101572–101572. 2 indexed citations

Hayashi, Misa, Kana Murakami, Akiko Kuwahara, et al.. (2019). Insulin-like growth factor-1 directly mediates expression of mitochondrial uncoupling protein 3 via forkhead box O4. Growth Hormone & IGF Research. 46-47. 24–35. 5 indexed citations

Moriyama, Kenji, Naoko Yoshizawa-Sugata, & Hisao Masai. (2018). Oligomer formation and G-quadruplex binding by purified murine Rif1 protein, a key organizer of higher-order chromatin architecture. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(10). 3607–3624. 34 indexed citations

Hayashi, Misa, et al.. (2017). Effects of growth hormone on uncoupling protein 1 in white adipose tissues in obese mice. Growth Hormone & IGF Research. 37. 31–39. 9 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Hiroyuki, Joohyun Ryu, Naomi Oi, et al.. (2017). TRAF1 Is Critical for DMBA/Solar UVR-Induced Skin Carcinogenesis. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 137(6). 1322–1332. 15 indexed citations

Fan, Yue, Yuki Fukuda, Misa Hayashi, et al.. (2016). Vitamin D3/VDR resists diet-induced obesity by modulating UCP3 expression in muscles. Journal of Biomedical Science. 23(1). 56–56. 34 indexed citations

Tagami, Tetsuya, et al.. (2016). Growth hormone regulates the expression of UCP2 in myocytes. Growth Hormone & IGF Research. 29. 57–62. 11 indexed citations

Tagami, Tetsuya, Takeshi Usui, Akira Shimatsu, et al.. (2011). Aberrant Expression of Thyroid Hormone Receptor β Isoform May Cause Inappropriate Secretion of TSH in a TSH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 96(6). E948–E952. 14 indexed citations

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Tagami, Tetsuya, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Kenji Moriyama, et al.. (2009). The retinoid X receptor binding to the thyroid hormone receptor: relationship with cofactor binding and transcriptional activity. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 42(5). 415–428. 11 indexed citations

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Arai, Hiroshi, Nozomi Kobayashi, Hiroaki Masuzaki, et al.. (2008). A Case of Cortisol Producing Adrenal Adenoma without Phenotype of Cushing's Syndrome due to Impaired 11.BETA.-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase 1 Activity. Endocrine Journal. 55(4). 709–715. 13 indexed citations

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Moriyama, Kenji, et al.. (2005). Diamine oxidase, a plasma biomarker in rats to GI tract toxicity of oral fluorouracil anti-cancer drugs. Toxicology. 217(2-3). 233–239. 26 indexed citations

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Hatta, Toshihisa, Akihiro Matsumoto, Kenji Moriyama, & Hiroki Otani. (2003). Opposite effects of the maternal immune system activated by interleukin‐1β vs. PSK and OK432 on 5‐azacytidine‐induced birth defects. Congenital Anomalies. 43(1). 46–56. 2 indexed citations

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Usui, Takeshi, Yuji Ikeda, Tetsuya Tagami, et al.. (2002). The phytochemical lindleyin, isolated from Rhei rhizoma, mediates hormonal effects through estrogen receptors. Journal of Endocrinology. 175(2). 289–296. 25 indexed citations

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Akamizu, Takashi, S Ozaki, Hitomi Hiratani, et al.. (2002). Drug-induced neutropenia associated with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA): possible involvement of complement in granulocyte cytotoxicity. Clinical & Experimental Immunology. 127(1). 92–98. 43 indexed citations

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Matsumoto, Akihiro, Toshihisa Hatta, Kenji Moriyama, & Hiroki Otani. (2002). Sequential observations of exencephaly and subsequent morphological changes by mouse exo utero development system: analysis of the mechanism of transformation from exencephaly to anencephaly. Anatomy and Embryology. 205(1). 7–18. 15 indexed citations

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Hataya, Yuji, Takashi Akamizu, Kazuhiko Takaya, et al.. (2001). A Low Dose of Ghrelin Stimulates Growth Hormone (GH) Release Synergistically with GH-Releasing Hormone in Humans. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 86(9). 4552–4552. 225 indexed citations

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Aizawa, Hiroyuki, Shuji Wakatsuki, Ai Ishii, et al.. (2001). Phosphorylation of cofilin by LIM-kinase is necessary for semaphorin 3A-induced growth cone collapse. Nature Neuroscience. 4(4). 367–373. 282 indexed citations

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Hatanaka, Hideki, Kenji Ogura, Kenji Moriyama, et al.. (1996). Tertiary Structure of Destrin and Structural Similarity between Two Actin-Regulating Protein Families. Cell. 85(7). 1047–1055. 114 indexed citations

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Moriyama, Kenji, Eisuke Nishida, Naoto Yonezawa, et al.. (1990). Destrin, a mammalian actin-depolymerizing protein, is closely related to cofilin. Cloning and expression of porcine brain destrin cDNA.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 265(10). 5768–5773. 92 indexed citations

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