Kohji Mori

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Kohji Mori is a scholar working on Neurology, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kohji Mori has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Neurology, 15 papers in Genetics and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kohji Mori's work include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (20 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (14 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (7 papers). Kohji Mori is often cited by papers focused on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (20 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (14 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (7 papers). Kohji Mori collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Germany and Canada. Kohji Mori's co-authors include Thomas Arzberger, Dieter Edbauer, Christian Haass, Hans A. Kretzschmar, Elisabeth Kremmer, Christine Van Broeckhoven, Stephanie May, Kristin Rentzsch, Marc Cruts and Bettina Schmid and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kohji Mori

42 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

The C9orf72 GGGGCC Repeat Is Translated into Aggregating ... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2013 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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. The C9orf72 GGGGCC Repeat Is Translated into Aggregating Dipeptide-Repeat Proteins in FTLD/ALS
    2013 928 citations Kohji Mori, Thomas Arzberger et al. profile →
  2. Bidirectional transcripts of the expanded C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat are translated into aggregating dipeptide repeat proteins
    2013 362 citations Kohji Mori, Thomas Arzberger et al. Acta Neuropathologica profile →

Peers

Kohji Mori
Gernot Kleinberger Germany
Tracey C. Dickson Australia
Rupert Egensperger Germany
Stéphanie Millecamps France
John Q. Trojanowski United States
László Siklós Hungary
Sabina Tahirović Germany
Emma L. Scotter New Zealand
Jasper J. Anink Netherlands
Iver A. Langmoen Norway
Gernot Kleinberger Germany
Kohji Mori
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Countries citing papers authored by Kohji Mori

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kohji Mori

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kohji Mori

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kohji Mori. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kohji Mori based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kohji Mori. Kohji Mori is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Beck, Goichi, Kazue Shigenobu, Airi Tarutani, et al.. (2025). Motor involvement in frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TAR DNA‐binding protein of 43 kDa type C. Neuropathology. 45(4). e13026–e13026. 2 indexed citations
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Imamura, Keiko, Ayako Nagahashi, Kayoko Tsukita, et al.. (2025). iPSC screening identifies CACNA2D2 as a potential therapeutic target for FTLD-Tau. European Journal of Cell Biology. 104(2). 151484–151484.
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Mori, Kohji, et al.. (2023). Repeat-associated non-AUG translation in neuromuscular diseases: mechanisms and therapeutic insights. The Journal of Biochemistry. 173(4). 273–281. 3 indexed citations
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Mori, Kohji, Kazue Shigenobu, Goichi Beck, et al.. (2023). A heterozygous splicing variant IVS9-7A > T in intron 9 of the MAPT gene in a patient with right-temporal variant frontotemporal dementia with atypical 4 repeat tauopathy. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 11(1). 130–130.
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Matsunaga, Hidenori, Akio Fukumori, Kohji Mori, et al.. (2023). Ribavirin Treatment for Severe Schizophrenia with Anti-Borna Disease Virus 1 Antibodies 30 Years after Onset. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2023. 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Mori, Kohji, et al.. (2023). Aspects of degradation and translation of the expanded C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat RNA. Journal of Neurochemistry. 166(2). 156–171. 5 indexed citations
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Kanemoto, Hideki, Takashi Suehiro, Shunsuke Sato, et al.. (2023). Characteristics of very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis classified with the biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease: a retrospective cross-sectional study. International Psychogeriatrics. 36(1). 64–77. 6 indexed citations
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Mori, Kohji, Tomoko Yamashita, Shinji Tagami, et al.. (2021). The porphyrin TMPyP4 inhibits elongation during the noncanonical translation of the FTLD/ALS-associated GGGGCC repeat in the C9orf72 gene. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 297(4). 101120–101120. 14 indexed citations
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Mori, Kohji, et al.. (2020). The RNA exosome complex degrades expanded hexanucleotide repeat RNA in C9orf72 FTLD / ALS. The EMBO Journal. 39(19). e102700–e102700. 17 indexed citations
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Nihei, Yoshihiro, Kohji Mori, Georg Werner, et al.. (2019). Poly-glycine–alanine exacerbates C9orf72 repeat expansion-mediated DNA damage via sequestration of phosphorylated ATM and loss of nuclear hnRNPA3. Acta Neuropathologica. 139(1). 99–118. 49 indexed citations
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Davidson, Yvonne S., Andrew Robinson, Yoshihiro Nihei, et al.. (2017). Heterogeneous ribonuclear protein A3 (hnRNP A3) is present in dipeptide repeat protein containing inclusions in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration and Motor Neurone disease associated with expansions in C9orf72 gene. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 5(1). 31–31. 25 indexed citations
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Mackenzie, Ian R., Thomas Arzberger, Elisabeth Kremmer, et al.. (2013). Dipeptide repeat protein pathology in C9ORF72 mutation cases: clinico-pathological correlations. Acta Neuropathologica. 126(6). 859–879. 247 indexed citations
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Mori, Kohji, Sven Lammich, Ian R. Mackenzie, et al.. (2013). hnRNP A3 binds to GGGGCC repeats and is a constituent of p62-positive/TDP43-negative inclusions in the hippocampus of patients with C9orf72 mutations. Acta Neuropathologica. 125(3). 413–423. 262 indexed citations
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Mori, Kohji, Thomas Arzberger, Friedrich A. Grässer, et al.. (2013). Bidirectional transcripts of the expanded C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat are translated into aggregating dipeptide repeat proteins. Acta Neuropathologica. 126(6). 881–893. 362 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kimura, Ryo, et al.. (2011). Treatment of delirium with ramelteon: initial experience in three patients. General Hospital Psychiatry. 33(4). 407–409. 23 indexed citations
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Kuwabara, Yasuhide, Akiko Yokoyama, Lihua Yang, et al.. (2003). Two populations of microglial cells isolated from rat primary mixed glial cultures. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 73(1). 22–30. 20 indexed citations

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