Kohei Uchimura

3.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
24 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Kohei Uchimura is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nephrology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Kohei Uchimura has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Nephrology and 8 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Kohei Uchimura's work include Renal cell carcinoma treatment (5 papers), Renal and related cancers (5 papers) and Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (5 papers). Kohei Uchimura is often cited by papers focused on Renal cell carcinoma treatment (5 papers), Renal and related cancers (5 papers) and Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (5 papers). Kohei Uchimura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and South Korea. Kohei Uchimura's co-authors include Benjamin D. Humphreys, Hao Wu, Yuhei Kirita, Parker C. Wilson, Erinn L. Donnelly, Samantha A. Morris, Paul A. Welling, Nicolas Ledru, Sushrut S. Waikar and Helmut G. Rennke and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kohei Uchimura

24 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Comparative Analysis and Refinement of Human PSC-Derived ... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2020 2019 2018 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Comparative Analysis and Refinement of Human PSC-Derived Kidney Organoid Differentiation with Single-Cell Transcriptomics
    2018 405 citations Hao Wu, Kohei Uchimura et al. Cell stem cell profile →
  2. Cell profiling of mouse acute kidney injury reveals conserved cellular responses to injury
    2020 354 citations Yuhei Kirita, Hao Wu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. The single-cell transcriptomic landscape of early human diabetic nephropathy
    2019 343 citations Parker C. Wilson, Hao Wu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. Single-Cell Transcriptomics of a Human Kidney Allograft Biopsy Specimen Defines a Diverse Inflammatory Response
    2018 275 citations Hao Wu, Erinn L. Donnelly et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kohei Uchimura Japan 13 1.1k 543 382 249 191 24 1.8k
Shizheng Huang United States 16 1.4k 1.3× 593 1.1× 325 0.9× 206 0.8× 388 2.0× 21 2.2k
Leslie S. Gewin United States 24 798 0.7× 725 1.3× 219 0.6× 192 0.8× 174 0.9× 44 1.7k
Torsten Kirsch Germany 25 759 0.7× 450 0.8× 214 0.6× 234 0.9× 267 1.4× 41 1.9k
Junhui Zhen China 23 807 0.7× 575 1.1× 172 0.5× 189 0.8× 288 1.5× 54 2.0k
Sandrine Placier France 23 549 0.5× 492 0.9× 288 0.8× 222 0.9× 166 0.9× 53 1.8k
Jenny Nyström Sweden 21 565 0.5× 950 1.7× 246 0.6× 175 0.7× 253 1.3× 60 1.8k
Anna Żuk United States 16 665 0.6× 499 0.9× 162 0.4× 299 1.2× 201 1.1× 31 1.7k
Tetsuro Kusaba Japan 18 624 0.6× 536 1.0× 200 0.5× 224 0.9× 96 0.5× 66 1.4k
Eliezer J. Holtzman Israel 25 1.2k 1.0× 437 0.8× 395 1.0× 305 1.2× 72 0.4× 69 2.1k
Pablo Cannata‐Ortiz Spain 20 770 0.7× 379 0.7× 362 0.9× 148 0.6× 294 1.5× 29 1.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Uchimura, Kohei, et al.. (2023). Membrane protease prostasin promotes insulin secretion by regulating the epidermal growth factor receptor pathway. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 9086–9086. 3 indexed citations
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Uchimura, Kohei. (2023). Single-cell RNA sequencing and kidney organoid differentiation. Clinical and Experimental Nephrology. 27(7). 585–592. 2 indexed citations
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Mizumoto, Teruhiko, Yutaka Kakizoe, Kohei Uchimura, et al.. (2021). A serine protease inhibitor camostat mesilate prevents podocyte apoptosis and attenuates podocyte injury in metabolic syndrome model rats. Journal of Pharmacological Sciences. 146(4). 192–199. 5 indexed citations
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Takizawa, Soichi, et al.. (2021). Liver-Specific Overexpression of Prostasin Attenuates High-Fat Diet-Induced Metabolic Dysregulation in Mice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(15). 8314–8314. 5 indexed citations
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Kirita, Yuhei, Hao Wu, Kohei Uchimura, Parker C. Wilson, & Benjamin D. Humphreys. (2020). Cell profiling of mouse acute kidney injury reveals conserved cellular responses to injury. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(27). 15874–15883. 354 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nam, Sun Ah, Eunjeong Seo, Jin Won Kim, et al.. (2020). Correction to: Graft immaturity and safety concerns in transplanted human kidney organoids. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 52(1). 180–180. 1 indexed citations
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Uchimura, Kohei, Hao Wu, Yasuhiro Yoshimura, & Benjamin D. Humphreys. (2020). Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Kidney Organoids with Improved Collecting Duct Maturation and Injury Modeling. Cell Reports. 33(11). 108514–108514. 84 indexed citations
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Wilson, Parker C., Hao Wu, Yuhei Kirita, et al.. (2019). The single-cell transcriptomic landscape of early human diabetic nephropathy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(39). 19619–19625. 343 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nam, Sun Ah, Eunjeong Seo, Jin Won Kim, et al.. (2019). Graft immaturity and safety concerns in transplanted human kidney organoids. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 51(11). 1–13. 67 indexed citations
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Kadowaki, Daisuke, Shigeyuki Miyamura, Kenichiro Kitamura, et al.. (2018). Benzbromarone Attenuates Oxidative Stress in Angiotensin II‐ and Salt‐Induced Hypertensive Model Rats. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2018(1). 7635274–7635274. 21 indexed citations
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Wu, Hao, Kohei Uchimura, Erinn L. Donnelly, et al.. (2018). Comparative Analysis and Refinement of Human PSC-Derived Kidney Organoid Differentiation with Single-Cell Transcriptomics. Cell stem cell. 23(6). 869–881.e8. 405 indexed citations breakdown →
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Narita, Yuki, Miki Ueda, Kohei Uchimura, et al.. (2016). Combination therapy with renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor telmisartan and serine protease inhibitor camostat mesilate provides further renoprotection in a rat chronic kidney disease model. Journal of Pharmacological Sciences. 130(2). 110–116. 12 indexed citations
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Kakizoe, Yutaka, Kohei Uchimura, Jun Morinaga, et al.. (2016). A serine protease inhibitor attenuates aldosterone-induced kidney injuries via the suppression of plasmin activity. Journal of Pharmacological Sciences. 132(2). 145–153. 8 indexed citations
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Uchimura, Kohei & Kenichiro Kitamura. (2015). [Prostasin (PRSS8) as a new pathological factor].. PubMed. 73(3). 523–33. 1 indexed citations
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Ueda, Miki, Kohei Uchimura, Yuki Narita, et al.. (2015). The Serine Protease Inhibitor Camostat Mesilate Attenuates the Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease through its Antioxidant Effects. ˜The œNephron journals/Nephron journals. 129(3). 223–232. 13 indexed citations
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Uchimura, Kohei, Teruhiko Mizumoto, Yutaka Kakizoe, et al.. (2014). The serine protease prostasin regulates hepatic insulin sensitivity by modulating TLR4 signalling. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3428–3428. 46 indexed citations
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Morinaga, Jun, Yutaka Kakizoe, Taku Miyoshi, et al.. (2013). The antifibrotic effect of a serine protease inhibitor in the kidney. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 305(2). F173–F181. 16 indexed citations
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Kakizoe, Yutaka, Naoki Wakida, Kohei Uchimura, et al.. (2010). Regulation of Adrenal Aldosterone Production by Serine Protease Prostasin. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2010. 1–9. 4 indexed citations

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