Kenzo Ohtsuka

3.7k citations

66 papers · 3.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 31

Molecular Biology top 2%
Cell Biology top 2%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry top 1%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 5%
Immunology top 10%

Co-authors: F. Ulrich Hartl Judith Frydman Elmar Nimmesgern Tatsuo Suzuki Yasufumi Minami Jörg Höhfeld Mami Hata Gen Sobue
Topics: Heat shock proteins research (56 papers)thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses (28 papers)Protein Structure and Dynamics (14 papers)
Cited by: Aging Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Cell Biology
Journals: Nature Journal of Biological Chemistry Blood
Partner nations: Japan United States Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Kenzo Ohtsuka

63 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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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.

Folding of nascent polypeptide chains in a high molecular mass assembly with molecular chaperones

1994 565 citations Judith Frydman, Elmar Nimmesgern et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Paeoniflorin eliminates a mutant AR via NF-YA-dependent proteolysis in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy 2014 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Genki Tohnai,Hiroaki Adachi,Masahisa Katsuno,Hideki Doi,(unknown),Naohide Kondo,Yu Miyazaki,Madoka Iida,Hideaki Nakatsuji,Qiang Qiang,Ying Ding,Hirohisa Watanabe,Masahiko Yamamoto,Kenzo Ohtsuka,Gen Sobue	30
2	Silencing Heat Shock Transcription Factor 1 Using Small Interfering RNA Enhances Mild Hyperthermia and Hyperthermia Sensitivity in Human Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells 2011 ·Yoshiaki Tabuchi,Yukihiro Furusawa,Shigehito Wada,Kenzo Ohtsuka,Takashi Kondo	9
3	Molecular Chaperone Inducers Facilitate the Functional Restoration of Temperature-sensitive Mutant p53 Protein 2010 ·Daisuke Kawashima,(unknown),Rika Takeuchi,Hideki Matsumoto,Kenzo Ohtsuka	2
4	Gene networks involved in apoptosis induced by hyperthermia in human lymphoma U937 cells 2009 ·Cell Biology International ·Yukihiro Furusawa,Yoshiaki Tabuchi,Ichiro Takasaki,Shigehito Wada,Kenzo Ohtsuka,Takashi Kondo	19
5	Reinvestigation of the effect of carbenoxolone on the induction of heat shock proteins 2009 ·Cell Stress and Chaperones ·Daisuke Kawashima,(unknown),(unknown),Rika Takeuchi,Kenzo Ohtsuka	15
6	Identification of genes responsive to paeoniflorin, a heat shock protein-inducing compound, in human leukemia U937 cells 2007 ·International Journal of Hyperthermia ·Thucydides L. Salunga,Yoshiaki Tabuchi,Ichiro Takasaki,Loreto B. Feril,Qing‐Li Zhao,Kenzo Ohtsuka,Koichi Tsuneyama,Takashi Kondo	19
7	Overexpression of heat shock protein 70 restores the structural stability and functional defects of temperature-sensitive mutant of large T antigen at nonpermissive temperature 2006 ·Cell Stress and Chaperones ·Yoshiaki Tabuchi,(unknown),Ichiro Takasaki,Takeshi Doi,Hideki Sakai,Noriaki Takeguchi,Takashi Kondo,Kenzo Ohtsuka	4
8	Reinvestigation of the Requirement of Cytosolic ATP for Mitochondrial Protein Import 2004 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown),Takashi Takahashi,Masatoshi Esaki,(unknown),Kenzo Ohtsuka,Masato Nakai,Toshiya Endo	17
9	Expression of Heat Shock Protein (Hsp) 70 and Hsp 40 in Colorectal Cancer 2003 ·Medical Oncology ·(unknown),Hajime Isomoto,Mikio Oka,(unknown),Hiroshi Soda,Saburo Shikuwa,Fuminao Takeshima,Katsuhisa Omagari,Yohei Mizuta,Kunihiko Murase,(unknown),Kenzo Ohtsuka,Shigeru Kohno	37
10	Hsp70 and Hsp40 improve neurite outgrowth and suppress intracytoplasmic aggregate formation in cultured neuronal cells expressing mutant SOD1 2002 ·Brain Research ·Hideyuki Takeuchi,Yasushi Kobayashi,Tsuyoshi Yoshihara,Jun‐ichi Niwa,Manabu Doyu,Kenzo Ohtsuka,Gen Sobue	85
11	Co-expression of human chaperone Hsp70 and Hsdj or Hsp40 co-factor increases solubility of overexpressed target proteins in insect cells 2000 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression ·Naoaki Yokoyama,(unknown),Kenzo Ohtsuka,Yukihiro Nishiyama,Ken Fujii,Masatoshi Fujita,Kiyotaka Kuzushima,Tohru Kiyono,Tatsuya Tsurumi	47
12	Modulation of the Chaperone Activities of Hsc70/Hsp40 by Hsp105α and Hsp105β 2000 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Nobuyuki Yamagishi,(unknown),(unknown),Kenzo Ohtsuka,Takumi Hatayama	47
13	Identification of Mrj, a DnaJ/Hsp40 Family Protein, as a Keratin 8/18 Filament Regulatory Protein 2000 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Ichiro Izawa,Miwako Nishizawa,Kazuhiro Ohtakara,Kenzo Ohtsuka,Hiroyasu Inada,Masaki Inagaki	76
14	Chaperones Hsp70 and Hsp40 Suppress Aggregate Formation and Apoptosis in Cultured Neuronal Cells Expressing Truncated Androgen Receptor Protein with Expanded Polyglutamine Tract 2000 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Yasushi Kobayashi,Akito Kume,Mei Li,Manabu Doyu,Mami Hata,Kenzo Ohtsuka,Gen Sobue	260
15	Cloning and Expression of Murine Hsp40 Gene: Differences in Initiation Sites Between Heat-Induced and Constitutive Transcripts 2000 ·DNA sequence ·Mami Hata,Kenzo Ohtsuka	3
16	Characterization of HSE sequences in human Hsp40 gene: structural and promoter analysis 1998 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression ·Mami Hata,Kenzo Ohtsuka	25
17	Genomic Cloning of a Human Heat Shock Protein 40 (Hsp40) Gene (HSPF1) and Its Chromosomal Localization to 19p13.2 1996 ·Genomics ·Mami Hata,(unknown),Masao Seto,Kenzo Ohtsuka	21
18	Cotranslocation and Colocalization of hsp40 (DnaJ) with hsp70 (DnaK) in Mammalian Cells. 1995 ·Cell Structure and Function ·(unknown),Hirotomo Hattori,(unknown),Yasushi Hayashi,Iwai Tohnai,Minoru Ueda,Kimiko Nishizawa,Kenzo Ohtsuka	25
19	Interaction between hsp70 and hsp40, eukaryotic homologues of DnaK and DnaJ, in human cells expressing mutant‐type p53 1995 ·FEBS Letters ·(unknown),(unknown),Hirotomo Hattori,Yasushi Hayashi,Iwai Tohnai,Minoru Ueda,Nobuo Tsuchida,Kenzo Ohtsuka	56
20	Folding of nascent polypeptide chains in a high molecular mass assembly with molecular chaperonesbreakdown → 1994 ·Nature ·Judith Frydman,Elmar Nimmesgern,Kenzo Ohtsuka,F. Ulrich Hartl	565

About Kenzo Ohtsuka

Kenzo Ohtsuka is a scholar working on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Aging and Cell Biology, having authored 66 papers that have together received 3.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Heat shock proteins research (56 papers), thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses (28 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (141 citations), Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (435 citations) and Cell Biology (659 citations). Kenzo Ohtsuka has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include F. Ulrich Hartl, Judith Frydman, Elmar Nimmesgern, Tatsuo Suzuki, Yasufumi Minami, Jörg Höhfeld, Mami Hata, Gen Sobue, Yasushi Kobayashi and Manabu Doyu. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Blood.

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