Kiyoto Motojima

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Kiyoto Motojima is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kiyoto Motojima has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Physiology and 15 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Kiyoto Motojima's work include Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (43 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (17 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (15 papers). Kiyoto Motojima is often cited by papers focused on Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (43 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (17 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (15 papers). Kiyoto Motojima collaborates with scholars based in Japan, France and United States. Kiyoto Motojima's co-authors include Yuka Fukui, Makoto Araki, Jeffrey M. Peters, Frank J. Gonzalez, Patricia Passilly, Norbert Latruffe, Sataro Goto, Toshitake Hirai, Osamu Sato and Shuhei Matsushita and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Diabetes.

In The Last Decade

Kiyoto Motojima

81 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

The Mechanisms by Which Both Heterozygous Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ (PPARγ) Deficiency and PPARγ Agonist Improve Insulin Resistance

2001 550 citations Kiyoto Motojima et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kiyoto Motojima Japan	27	2.0k	1.0k	654	513	334	81	3.0k
Christopher J. Walkey Canada	17	2.5k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	931 1.4×	379 0.7×	565 1.7×	28	3.9k
Kimihiko Matsusue Japan	22	2.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	1.5k 2.3×	635 1.2×	614 1.8×	51	3.8k
Geoffrey F. Gibbons United Kingdom	35	1.5k 0.7×	754 0.7×	583 0.9×	627 1.2×	908 2.7×	75	3.0k
Ahmed Bettaieb United States	32	1.3k 0.7×	876 0.8×	659 1.0×	629 1.2×	449 1.3×	80	3.3k
Shanqin Xu United States	25	2.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.5×	1.1k 1.6×	400 0.8×	708 2.1×	38	4.6k
Stefan E.H. Alexson Sweden	31	2.1k 1.1×	602 0.6×	281 0.4×	449 0.9×	264 0.8×	62	3.0k
Cristina M. Rondinone United States	37	2.7k 1.3×	1.5k 1.5×	925 1.4×	504 1.0×	796 2.4×	74	4.8k
Sanja Levak‐Frank Austria	27	1.1k 0.5×	762 0.7×	294 0.4×	488 1.0×	734 2.2×	41	2.7k
Motohiro Sekiya Japan	27	1.2k 0.6×	532 0.5×	746 1.1×	391 0.8×	615 1.8×	58	2.5k
Hilde I. Nebb Norway	26	1.5k 0.7×	696 0.7×	430 0.7×	839 1.6×	951 2.8×	38	2.6k

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Araki, Makoto, Masatomo Maeda, & Kiyoto Motojima. (2011). Hydrophobic statins induce autophagy and cell death in human rhabdomyosarcoma cells by depleting geranylgeranyl diphosphate. European Journal of Pharmacology. 674(2-3). 95–103. 48 indexed citations

Ueki, Toshiyuki, Yoshihiro Tsuruo, Yuta Yamamoto, et al.. (2011). A new monoclonal antibody, 4F2, specific for the oligodendroglial cell lineage, recognizes ATP‐dependent RNA helicase Ddx54: Possible association with myelin basic protein. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 90(1). 48–59. 11 indexed citations

Ogawara, Hiroshi, et al.. (2008). Expression and Characterization of theStreptomyces coelicolorSerine/Threonine Protein Kinase PkaD. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 72(3). 778–785. 9 indexed citations

Motojima, Kiyoto, et al.. (2008). Up-Regulation of Drug-Metabolizing Enzyme Genes in Layered Co-Culture of a Human Liver Cell Line and Endothelial Cells. Tissue Engineering Part A. 14(11). 1861–1869. 21 indexed citations

Hirai, Toshitake, Yuka Fukui, & Kiyoto Motojima. (2007). PPAR.ALPHA. Agonists Positively and Negatively Regulate the Expression of Several Nutrient/Drug Transporters in Mouse Small Intestine. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 30(11). 2185–2190. 75 indexed citations

Motojima, Kiyoto, et al.. (2003). Fibrates and Statins Rapidly and Synergistically Induce Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase 4 mRNA in the Liver and Muscles of Mice. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 26(7). 954–958. 29 indexed citations

Fukui, Yuka, et al.. (2002). Analysis of tissue-specific and PPARα-dependent induction of FABP gene expression in the mouse liver by an in vivo DNA electroporation method. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 239(1-2). 165–172. 14 indexed citations

Latruffe, Norbert, Patricia Passilly, Brigitte Jannin, et al.. (2000). Relationship Between Signal Transduction and PPARα-Regulated Genes of Lipid Metabolism in Rat Hepatic-Derived Fao Cells. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics. 32(1-3). 213–220. 4 indexed citations

Passilly‐Degrace, Patricia, Brigitte Jannin, Daniel Boscoboinik, Kiyoto Motojima, & Norbert Latruffe. (2000). Ciprofibrate stimulates protein kinase C-dependent phosphorylation of an 85 kDa protein in rat Fao hepatic derived cells. Biochimie. 82(8). 749–753. 3 indexed citations

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Motojima, Kiyoto, Patricia Passilly, Jeffrey M. Peters, Frank J. Gonzalez, & Norbert Latruffe. (1998). Expression of Putative Fatty Acid Transporter Genes Are Regulated by Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor α and γ Activators in a Tissue- and Inducer-specific Manner. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(27). 16710–16714. 446 indexed citations

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Motojima, Kiyoto, Jeffrey M. Peters, & Frank J. Gonzalez. (1997). PPARα Mediates Peroxisome Proliferator-Induced Transcriptional Repression of Nonperoxisomal Gene Expression in Mouse. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 230(1). 155–158. 37 indexed citations

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Motojima, Kiyoto, et al.. (1994). Transient induction of fatty acid synthase in rat liver after removal of a peroxisome proliferator. FEBS Letters. 356(1). 122–124. 3 indexed citations

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Motojima, Kiyoto, et al.. (1992). cDNA cloning and sequence of rat ribonuclease inhibitor, and tissue distribution of the mRNA. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1129(3). 335–338. 10 indexed citations

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Motojima, Kiyoto & Sataro Goto. (1990). Dual promoters and tissue-specific expression of rat transthyretin gene. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 173(1). 323–330. 2 indexed citations

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Motojima, Kiyoto & Sataro Goto. (1989). Cloning of rabbit uricase cDNA reveals a conserved carboxy-terminal tripeptide in three species. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1008(1). 116–118. 14 indexed citations

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Motojima, Kiyoto & Sataro Goto. (1989). Brain‐specific expression of transthyretin mRNA as revealed by cDNA cloning from brain. FEBS Letters. 258(1). 103–105. 7 indexed citations

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Motojima, Kiyoto & Sataro Goto. (1988). A human genomic sequence highly homologous to the 3′-untranslated region of rat uricase mRNA. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 155(3). 1266–1270. 6 indexed citations

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Motojima, Kiyoto, Shigenori Kanaya, & Sataro Goto. (1988). Cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA for rat liver uricase.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 263(32). 16677–16681. 33 indexed citations

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Motojima, Kiyoto & Kenji Sakaguchi. (1982). Part of the Lysyl Residues in Wheat α-Amylase is Methylated as N-ε-Trimethyl Lysine. Plant and Cell Physiology. 23(4). 709–712. 8 indexed citations

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Amanuma, Hiroshi, Kiyoto Motojima, Akihito Yamaguchi, & Yasuhiro Anraku. (1977). Solubilization of a functionally active proline carrier from membranes of Escherichia coli with an organic solvent. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 74(2). 366–373. 25 indexed citations

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