Kenji Sobue

12.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
145 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

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Kenji Sobue is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenji Sobue has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Cell Biology and 45 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Kenji Sobue's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (27 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (26 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (13 papers). Kenji Sobue is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (27 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (26 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (13 papers). Kenji Sobue collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Russia and United States. Kenji Sobue's co-authors include Shiro Kakiuchi, Ken’ichiro Hayashi, Keiko Kanda, Wataru Nishida, Taira Mayanagi, Naoki Takeda, Yasuhide Furuta, Jiro Fujimoto, S. Kanazawa and Shintaro Nomura and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Kenji Sobue

144 papers receiving 7.6k citations

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Reduced cell motility and enhanced focal adhesion contact formation in cells from FAK-deficient mice

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Calmodulin: a highly conserved and ubiquitous Ca<sup>2+</sup> sensor 2024 ·Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B ·Kenji Sobue	0
2	Association between vascular endothelial dysfunction and stroke incidence in the general Japanese population: Results from the tohoku medical megabank community-based cohort study 2023 ·International Journal of Cardiology Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention ·(unknown), Takahito Nasu, Mamoru Satoh, Yuka Kotozaki, Kozo Tanno, Koichi Asahi, Hideki Ohmomo, Atsushi Shimizu, Shinichi Omama, Yoshihiro Morino, Kenji Sobue, Makoto Sasaki	6
3	Association between Plasma Xanthine Oxidoreductase Activity and the Renal Function in a General Japanese Population: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study 2022 ·Kidney & Blood Pressure Research ·Satoru Taguchi, Takahito Nasu, Mamoru Satoh, Yuka Kotozaki, Kozo Tanno, Fumitaka Tanaka, Koichi Asahi, Hideki Ohmomo, (unknown), (unknown), Yoshihiro Morino, Atsushi Shimizu, Kenji Sobue, Makoto Sasaki	5
4	Association between total type I collagen N-terminal propeptide and coronary artery disease risk score in the general Japanese population 2022 ·IJC Heart & Vasculature ·(unknown), Takahito Nasu, Mamoru Satoh, Yuka Kotozaki, Kozo Tanno, Koichi Asahi, Hideki Ohmomo, (unknown), Satoru Taguchi, Yoshihiro Morino, Atsushi Shimizu, Kenji Sobue, Makoto Sasaki	2
5	NLRP3 Inflammasome Inhibitor OLT1177 Suppresses Onset of Inflammation in Mice with Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colitis 2021 ·Digestive Diseases and Sciences ·(unknown), Taira Mayanagi, Yosuke Toya, Tamotsu Sugai, Takayuki Matsumoto, Kenji Sobue	20
6	Machine learning for effectively avoiding overfitting is a crucial strategy for the genetic prediction of polygenic psychiatric phenotypes 2020 ·Translational Psychiatry ·Yuta Takahashi, Masao Ueki, Gen Tamiya, Soichi Ogishima, Kengo Kinoshita, Atsushi Hozawa, Naoko Minegishi, Fuji Nagami, Kentaro Fukumoto, Kotaro Otsuka, Kozo Tanno, Kiyomi Sakata, Atsushi Shimizu, Makoto Sasaki, Kenji Sobue, Shigeo Kure, Masayuki Yamamoto, Hiroaki Tomita	19
7	Social Stress-Induced Postsynaptic Hyporesponsiveness in Glutamatergic Synapses Is Mediated by PSD-Zip70-Rap2 Pathway and Relates to Anxiety-Like Behaviors 2020 ·Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience ·Taira Mayanagi, Kenji Sobue	4
8	Docosahexaenoic Acid Promotes Axon Outgrowth by Translational Regulation of Tau and Collapsin Response Mediator Protein 2 Expression 2016 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), Taira Mayanagi, (unknown), (unknown), Kotaro Otsuka, Akio Sakai, Kenji Sobue	23
9	PSD-Zip70 Deficiency Causes Prefrontal Hypofunction Associated with Glutamatergic Synapse Maturation Defects by Dysregulation of Rap2 Activity 2015 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Taira Mayanagi, Hiroki Yasuda, Kenji Sobue	12
10	Myocardin Functions as an Effective Inducer of Growth Arrest and Differentiation in Human Uterine Leiomyosarcoma Cells 2010 ·Cancer Research ·Yasunori Kimura, Tsuyoshi Morita, Ken’ichiro Hayashi, Tsuneharu Miki, Kenji Sobue	30
11	NMDA Receptor-Dependent Synaptic Translocation of Insulin Receptor Substrate p53 via Protein Kinase C Signaling 2005 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Kei Hori, Hiroki Yasuda, Daijiro Konno, Hisato Maruoka, Tadaharu Tsumoto, Kenji Sobue	36
12	Calcineurin-mediated pathway involved in the differentiated phenotype of smooth muscle cells 2003 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Yasuyuki Ohkawa, Ken’ichiro Hayashi, Kenji Sobue	28
13	MALS is a binding partner of IRSp53 at cell–cell contacts 2003 ·FEBS Letters ·Kei Hori, Daijiro Konno, Hisato Maruoka, Kenji Sobue	25
14	Phenotype‐dependent expression of cadherin 6B in vascular and visceral smooth muscle cells 2000 ·FEBS Letters ·(unknown), Ken’ichiro Hayashi, Kazuhiro Kimura, Wataru Nishida, S. Funahashi, (unknown), Miyuki Shimane, Yūji Matsuzawa, Kenji Sobue	5
15	Kupffer Cell-Mediated Down Regulation of Rat Hepatic CMOAT/MRP2 Gene Expression 1999 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Junichi Nakamura, Toshirou Nishida, Ken’ichiro Hayashi, Norifumi Kawada, Shigeyuki Ueshima, Yuichi Sugiyama, Toshinori Ito, Kenji Sobue, Hikaru Matsuda	50
16	Phenotype-Dependent Expression of α-Smooth Muscle Actin in Visceral Smooth Muscle Cells 1999 ·Experimental Cell Research ·(unknown), Kazuhiro Kimura, Ken’ichiro Hayashi, Takahiro Gotow, Yasuo Uchiyama, (unknown), S Tadokoro, Nozomu Kawashima, (unknown), Kenji Sobue	16
17	A homeodomain protein, Barx and serum response factor (SRF) regulate transcription of β-tropomyosin gene in the smooth muscle cells. 1998 ·Mako Nakamura, Wataru Nishida, Shunsuke Mori, Masanori Takahashi, Kenji Sobue	1
18	A Defect in Cell–to–cell Adhesion via Integrin–Fibronectin Interactions in a Highly Metastatic Tumor Cell Line 1997 ·Japanese Journal of Cancer Research ·Yoshiko Abe, Tateki Tsutsui, Jie Mu, Atsushi Kosugi, Hideo Yagita∥, Kenji Sobue, Ohtsura Niwa, Hiromi Fujiwara, Toshiyuki Hamaoka	11
19	Actin-based cytoskeleton in growth cone activity 1993 ·Neuroscience Research ·Kenji Sobue	33
20	Significances of Two Different Mr Caldesmons 1989 ·Advances in experimental medicine and biology ·Kenji Sobue, Yasushi Fujio	4

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