Munehiro Kitada

8.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
121 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Munehiro Kitada is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Munehiro Kitada has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 30 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Munehiro Kitada's work include Diabetes Treatment and Management (24 papers), Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine (21 papers) and Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (18 papers). Munehiro Kitada is often cited by papers focused on Diabetes Treatment and Management (24 papers), Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine (21 papers) and Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (18 papers). Munehiro Kitada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Munehiro Kitada's co-authors include Daisuke Koya, Keizo Kanasaki, Yoshio Ogura, Itaru Monno, Shinji Kume, Swayam Prakash Srivastava, Takako Nagai, Sen Shi, Jinpeng Li and Noriko Imaizumi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Cancer Research and Diabetes.

In The Last Decade

Munehiro Kitada

118 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Autophagy in metabolic disease and ageing

2021 279 citations Munehiro Kitada, Daisuke Koya Nature Reviews Endocrinology profile →
Renal protective effects of empagliflozin via inhibition of EMT and aberrant glycolysis in proximal tubules

2020 186 citations Jinpeng Li, Haijie Liu et al. JCI Insight profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Munehiro Kitada Japan	46	2.4k	1.5k	1.3k	1.3k	1.1k	121	7.0k
Takashi Uzu Japan	42	1.6k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	153	6.7k
Shu Wakino Japan	41	2.6k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	769 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	171	6.3k
Atsunori Kashiwagi Japan	55	4.2k 1.8×	3.5k 2.4×	1.8k 1.4×	2.1k 1.6×	1.2k 1.1×	231	11.3k
Hiroshi Maegawa Japan	58	5.2k 2.2×	3.0k 2.1×	2.0k 1.5×	2.4k 1.8×	1.1k 1.0×	366	11.7k
Hunjoo Ha South Korea	49	2.8k 1.2×	956 0.7×	801 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	2.0k 1.8×	167	7.8k
Karin Jandeleit‐Dahm Australia	57	3.7k 1.6×	2.4k 1.6×	1.0k 0.8×	1.8k 1.4×	1.9k 1.7×	157	10.8k
Edilia Tapia Mexico	48	2.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	864 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	2.4k 2.2×	142	7.1k
Bingbing Jiang United States	29	2.6k 1.1×	701 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	161 0.1×	42	4.9k
Daisuke Koya Japan	75	6.6k 2.8×	4.1k 2.8×	3.4k 2.6×	3.6k 2.7×	4.1k 3.8×	292	18.9k
Frank C. Brosius United States	54	4.1k 1.7×	1.5k 1.0×	680 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	2.3k 2.1×	146	9.6k

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Kanasaki, Keizo, Makoto Katô, Yoshio Ogura, et al.. (2022). Adenosine/adenosine type 1 receptor signaling pathway did not play dominant roles on the influence of sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor in the kidney of bovine serum albumin‐overloaded streptozotocin‐induced diabetic mice. Journal of Diabetes Investigation. 13(6). 955–964. 1 indexed citations

Kitada, Munehiro & Daisuke Koya. (2021). Autophagy in metabolic disease and ageing. Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 17(11). 647–661. 279 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Jinpeng, Haijie Liu, Swayam Prakash Srivastava, et al.. (2020). Endothelial FGFR1 (Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1) Deficiency Contributes Differential Fibrogenic Effects in Kidney and Heart of Diabetic Mice. Hypertension. 76(6). 1935–1944. 51 indexed citations

Takagaki, Yuta, et al.. (2020). Endothelial autophagy deficiency induces IL6 - dependent endothelial mesenchymal transition and organ fibrosis. Autophagy. 16(10). 1905–1914. 99 indexed citations

Kanasaki, Keizo, Kyoko Nitta, Yuka Nakamura, et al.. (2020). CD‐1^db/db mice: A novel type 2 diabetic mouse model with progressive kidney fibrosis. Journal of Diabetes Investigation. 11(6). 1470–1481. 8 indexed citations

Yang, Fan, Asako Kumagai, Yuta Takagaki, et al.. (2020). Metformin Mitigates DPP-4 Inhibitor-Induced Breast Cancer Metastasis via Suppression of mTOR Signaling. Molecular Cancer Research. 19(1). 61–73. 30 indexed citations

Li, Jinpeng, Haijie Liu, Susumu Takagi, et al.. (2020). Renal protective effects of empagliflozin via inhibition of EMT and aberrant glycolysis in proximal tubules. JCI Insight. 5(6). 186 indexed citations breakdown →

Takagaki, Yuta, Sen Shi, Makoto Katoh, et al.. (2019). Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 plays a pathogenic role in BSA-induced kidney injury in diabetic mice. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 7519–7519. 25 indexed citations

Ogura, Yoshio, Munehiro Kitada, Itaru Monno, et al.. (2018). Renal mitochondrial oxidative stress is enhanced by the reduction of Sirt3 activity, in Zucker diabetic fatty rats. Redox Report. 23(1). 153–159. 47 indexed citations

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Kanasaki, Keizo, Shinichi TSUDA, Ai Watanabe, et al.. (2018). Severe electrolytes disorders with the interstitial kidney alterations in the patient with the history of total thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy: possible role of vitamin D deficiency. Clinical Case Reports. 6(6). 983–989. 1 indexed citations

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Takagi, Susumu, Jinpeng Li, Yuta Takagaki, et al.. (2018). Ipragliflozin improves mitochondrial abnormalities in renal tubules induced by a high‐fat diet. Journal of Diabetes Investigation. 9(5). 1025–1032. 98 indexed citations

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Srivastava, Swayam Prakash, Jinpeng Li, Munehiro Kitada, et al.. (2018). SIRT3 deficiency leads to induction of abnormal glycolysis in diabetic kidney with fibrosis. Cell Death and Disease. 9(10). 997–997. 132 indexed citations

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Kitada, Munehiro, Yoshio Ogura, Kyoko Nitta, et al.. (2018). Effect of switching to teneligliptin from other dipeptidyl peptidase‐4 inhibitors on glucose control and renoprotection in type 2 diabetes patients with diabetic kidney disease. Journal of Diabetes Investigation. 10(3). 706–713. 9 indexed citations

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Kanasaki, Megumi, Swayam Prakash Srivastava, Fan Yang, et al.. (2017). Deficiency in catechol-o-methyltransferase is linked to a disruption of glucose homeostasis in mice. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 7927–7927. 37 indexed citations

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Q, Hu, Jinpeng Li, Kyoko Nitta, et al.. (2017). FGFR1 is essential for N-acetyl-seryl-aspartyl-lysyl-proline regulation of mitochondrial dynamics by upregulating microRNA let-7b-5p. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 495(3). 2214–2220. 13 indexed citations

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Wada, Tsutomu, Yuto Nakamura, Yoko Ishii, et al.. (2013). Eplerenone ameliorates the phenotypes of metabolic syndrome with NASH in liver-specific SREBP-1c Tg mice fed high-fat and high-fructose diet. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 305(11). E1415–E1425. 65 indexed citations

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Kitada, Munehiro & Daisuke Koya. (2013). The Use of Calorie Restriction Mimetics to Study Aging. Methods in molecular biology. 1048. 95–107. 9 indexed citations

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Mima, Akira, Qian Li, Munehiro Kitada, et al.. (2012). Protective Effects of GLP-1 on Glomerular Endothelium and Its Inhibition by PKCβ Activation in Diabetes. Diabetes. 61(11). 2967–2979. 179 indexed citations

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Uchida, Takeshi, Masaharu KOMORI, Munehiro Kitada, & T. Kamataki. (1990). Isolation of cDNAs coding for three different forms of liver microsomal cytochrome P-450 from polychlorinated biphenyl-treated beagle dogs.. Molecular Pharmacology. 38(5). 644–651. 45 indexed citations

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Kitada, Munehiro, et al.. (1988). The proteins immunochemically related to P-450 HFLa, a major form of cytochrome P-450 in human fetal livers, are present in liver microsomes from various animal species.. PubMed. 62(1). 31–40. 1 indexed citations

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