Kenji Omori

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Kenji Omori is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenji Omori has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Genetics and 21 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kenji Omori's work include Phosphodiesterase function and regulation (40 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (20 papers) and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (18 papers). Kenji Omori is often cited by papers focused on Phosphodiesterase function and regulation (40 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (20 papers) and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (18 papers). Kenji Omori collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Kenji Omori's co-authors include Jun Kotera, Kotomi Fujishige, Keizo Yuasa, Hiroyuki Akatsuka, Takashi Sasaki, Noriyuki Yanaka, Hideo Michibata, Eri Kawai, Katsuzumi Okumura and Shin‐ichiro Takebayashi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation Research and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Kenji Omori

90 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Overview of PDEs and Their Regulation

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenji Omori Japan	37	3.3k	1.1k	635	464	451	93	4.2k
Gary P. O’Neill Canada	38	2.0k 0.6×	2.6k 2.5×	224 0.4×	546 1.2×	986 2.2×	80	6.1k
Finn Olav Levy Norway	36	2.5k 0.7×	219 0.2×	794 1.3×	213 0.5×	382 0.8×	131	4.1k
Xiaodong Cheng United States	37	3.4k 1.0×	426 0.4×	234 0.4×	133 0.3×	485 1.1×	102	5.0k
Katsuzumi Okumura Japan	38	3.5k 1.1×	300 0.3×	338 0.5×	124 0.3×	234 0.5×	160	5.6k
J.M. Young United Kingdom	34	2.5k 0.8×	422 0.4×	147 0.2×	338 0.7×	551 1.2×	127	5.0k
Cláudio M. Costa-Neto Brazil	33	1.2k 0.4×	408 0.4×	525 0.8×	292 0.6×	169 0.4×	95	2.9k
Hiroshi Takeuchi Japan	34	1.6k 0.5×	223 0.2×	207 0.3×	185 0.4×	441 1.0×	186	3.8k
Stephen J. Taylor United Kingdom	35	3.9k 1.2×	114 0.1×	177 0.3×	376 0.8×	460 1.0×	115	5.7k
Tingting Li China	40	3.6k 1.1×	197 0.2×	251 0.4×	171 0.4×	517 1.1×	249	6.3k
Gordon T. Bolger Canada	27	1.5k 0.5×	178 0.2×	336 0.5×	272 0.6×	304 0.7×	96	2.9k

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Ishikawa, Kiyoshi, Kei Yoshida, Kei Kanie, Kenji Omori, & Ryuji Kato. (2018). Morphology-Based Analysis of Myoblasts for Prediction of Myotube Formation. SLAS DISCOVERY. 24(1). 47–56. 15 indexed citations

Sakamoto, Toshiaki, Yuichi Koga, Masataka Hikota, et al.. (2015). 8-(3-Chloro-4-methoxybenzyl)-8H-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-one derivatives as potent and selective phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 25(7). 1431–1435. 12 indexed citations

Sakamoto, Toshiaki, Yuichi Koga, Masataka Hikota, et al.. (2014). The discovery of avanafil for the treatment of erectile dysfunction: A novel pyrimidine-5-carboxamide derivative as a potent and highly selective phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 24(23). 5460–5465. 25 indexed citations

Staveren, Wilma C.G. van, Harry W.M. Steinbusch, M. Markerink–van Ittersum, et al.. (2003). mRNA expression patterns of the cGMP‐hydrolyzing phosphodiesterases types 2, 5, and 9 during development of the rat brain. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 467(4). 566–580. 128 indexed citations

Ukita, Tatsuzo, Yoshinori Nakamura, Akira Kubo, et al.. (2003). 1,7- and 2,7-naphthyridine derivatives as potent and highly specific PDE5 inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 13(14). 2341–2345. 28 indexed citations

Akatsuka, Hiroyuki, Eri Kawai, Naoki Sakurai, & Kenji Omori. (2003). The Serratia marcescens bioH gene encodes an esterase. Gene. 302(1-2). 185–192. 14 indexed citations

Yanaka, Noriyuki, et al.. (2003). cGMP-Phosphodiesterase Activity Is Up-regulated in Response to Pressure Overload of Rat Ventricles. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 67(5). 973–979. 33 indexed citations

Kwon, Hyun‐Ju, Mitsuru Haruki, Masaaki Morikawa, Kenji Omori, & Shigenori Kanaya. (2002). Role of repetitive nine-residue sequence motifs in secretion, enzymatic activity, and protein conformation of a family I.3 lipase. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 93(2). 157–164. 22 indexed citations

Fujishige, Kotomi, Jun Kotera, Keizo Yuasa, & Kenji Omori. (2000). The human phosphodiesterase PDE10A gene. European Journal of Biochemistry. 267(19). 5943–5951. 40 indexed citations

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Wakimoto, Koji, Makoto Kuro‐o, Noriyuki Yanaka, et al.. (2000). Isolation and Characterization of Na⁺/Ca²⁺Exchanger Gene and Splicing Isoforrns in Mice. DNA sequence. 11(1-2). 75–81. 2 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Takashi, Jun Kotera, Keizo Yuasa, & Kenji Omori. (2000). Identification of Human PDE7B, a cAMP-Specific Phosphodiesterase. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 271(3). 575–583. 74 indexed citations

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Fujishige, Kotomi, Jun Kotera, Noriyuki Yanaka, Hiroyuki Akatsuka, & Kenji Omori. (1999). Alteration of cGMP metabolism during chondrogenic differentiation of chondroprogenitor-like EC cells, ATDC5. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1452(3). 219–227. 16 indexed citations

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Kotera, Jun, Kotomi Fujishige, Keizo Yuasa, & Kenji Omori. (1999). Characterization and Phosphorylation of PDE10A2, a Novel Alternative Splice Variant of Human Phosphodiesterase That Hydrolyzes cAMP and cGMP. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 261(3). 551–557. 57 indexed citations

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Kawai, Eri, et al.. (1999). The ABC-exporter genes involved in the lipase secretion are clustered with the genes for lipase, alkaline protease, and serine protease homologues in Pseudomonas fluorescens no. 33. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1446(3). 377–382. 41 indexed citations

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Fujishige, Kotomi, Jun Kotera, & Kenji Omori. (1999). Striatum‐ and testis‐specific phosphodiesterase PDE10A. European Journal of Biochemistry. 266(3). 1118–1127. 155 indexed citations

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Kawai, Eri, et al.. (1998). Serratia marcescens S‐layer protein is secreted extracellularly via an ATP‐binding cassette exporter, the Lip system. Molecular Microbiology. 27(5). 941–952. 66 indexed citations

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Akatsuka, Hiroyuki, Eri Kawai, Kenji Omori, Saburo Komatsubara, & Takeji Shibatani. (1996). Overproduction of the extracellular lipase is closely related to that of metalloprotease in Serratia marcescens. Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering. 81(2). 115–120. 13 indexed citations

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Omori, Kenji, Laurent Vergnes, Mario M. Zakin, & Alberto Ochoa. (1995). The apolipoprotein AICIII-AIV gene cluster: sequence of the ApoCIII-ApoAIV intergenic region. Gene. 159(2). 231–234. 10 indexed citations

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Omori, Kenji, Hiroyuki Akatsuka, & Saburo Komatsubara. (1994). Versatile Escherichia coli Expression Vectors for Production of Truncated Proteins. Plasmid. 31(3). 297–299. 6 indexed citations

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Omori, Kenji, et al.. (1987). Effect of K-252a, a new microbial metabolite, on the secretory responses in isolated rat mast cells and neutrophils. The Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. 43. 202–202. 3 indexed citations

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