Norihiro Kato

12.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
122 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Norihiro Kato is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Norihiro Kato has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Genetics and 31 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Norihiro Kato's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (25 papers), Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (19 papers) and Renin-Angiotensin System Studies (16 papers). Norihiro Kato is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (25 papers), Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (19 papers) and Renin-Angiotensin System Studies (16 papers). Norihiro Kato collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Norihiro Kato's co-authors include Takao Sugiyama, Yukio Yamori, Yoshio Yazaki, Hiroki Kurihara, Toru Nabika, Hiroyuki Morita, Fumihiko Takeuchi, G.M. Lathrop, John I. Bell and Ken I. Welsh and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Norihiro Kato

117 papers receiving 4.6k citations

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Two stage genome–wide search in inflammatory bowel disease provides evidence for susceptibility loci on chromosomes 3, 7 and 12

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Yiu-Fai Chen United States

Nobuyuki Takasu Japan

Tao Yang China

Mark O. Goodarzi United States

Masayoshi Soma Japan

Hong Lü United States

Kristian F. Hanssen Norway

Adam Krętowski Poland

Tomohiro Katsuya Japan

Matsuhiko Hayashi Japan

Yiu-Fai Chen United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Norihiro Kato

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20 of 20 papers shown

Unoki‐Kubota, Hiroyuki, Takehiro Sugiyama, Kei Yamamoto, et al.. (2025). Rate of vertical transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 and effect of maternal vaccination: A prospective cohort study. Pediatrics International. 67(1). e15892–e15892. 1 indexed citations

Byars, Sean, Priscilla R. Prestes, Fumihiko Takeuchi, et al.. (2024). Four-week inhibition of the renin–angiotensin system in spontaneously hypertensive rats results in persistently lower blood pressure with reduced kidney renin and changes in expression of relevant gene networks. Cardiovascular Research. 120(7). 769–781. 1 indexed citations

Takeuchi, Fumihiko, et al.. (2024). NAD+ deficiency plays essential roles in the hyperuricemia of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat via xanthine dehydrogenase to xanthine oxidase conversion. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 744. 151136–151136.

Kato, Norihiro, Ken’ichi Osaka, Toshiyuki Ohtsuka, & Yasuo Iimura. (2024). Root exudates in mangrove forests accelerate bicarbonate production in the soil environment. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 31765–31765. 1 indexed citations

Sugiyama, Takehiro, Yoshinori Aoki, Keiji Goishi, et al.. (2021). Lectin-Like Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-1–Related Microglial Activation in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. American Journal Of Pathology. 191(7). 1303–1313. 6 indexed citations

Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Dileepa Senajith Ediriweera, Shamila De Silva, et al.. (2020). Patterns and predictors of mortality in a semi-urban population-based cohort in Sri Lanka: findings from the Ragama Health Study. BMJ Open. 10(9). e038772–e038772. 2 indexed citations

Kato, Norihiro. (2012). Ethnic diversity in type 2 diabetes genetics between East Asians and Europeans. Journal of Diabetes Investigation. 3(4). 349–351. 4 indexed citations

Nabika, Toru, et al.. (2012). The stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat: still a useful model for post-GWAS genetic studies?. Hypertension Research. 35(5). 477–484. 35 indexed citations

Okamura, Tadashi, Rieko Yanobu‐Takanashi, Fumihiko Takeuchi, et al.. (2012). Deletion of CDKAL1 Affects High-Fat Diet–Induced Fat Accumulation and Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Secretion in Mice, Indicating Relevance to Diabetes. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e49055–e49055. 26 indexed citations

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Jesmin, Subrina, Chishimba Nathan Mowa, Sayeeda Sultana, et al.. (2010). VEGF signaling is disrupted in the hearts of mice lacking estrogen receptor alpha. European Journal of Pharmacology. 641(2-3). 168–178. 26 indexed citations

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Nakashima, Eitaro, Atsuko Watarai, Yoji Hamada, et al.. (2010). Association of resistin polymorphism, its serum levels and prevalence of stroke in Japanese type 2 diabetic patients. Journal of Diabetes Investigation. 1(4). 154–158. 13 indexed citations

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Tsuchihashi‐Makaya, Miyuki, Norihiro Kato, Akiko Chishaki, Akira Takeshita, & Hiroyuki Tsutsui. (2009). Anxiety and Poor Social Support are Independently Associated With Adverse Outcomes in Patients With Mild Heart Failure(Heart Failure). Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition. 73(2). 280–287. 8 indexed citations

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Serizawa, Masakuni, Toru Nabika, Kazuo Takahashi, et al.. (2008). Association between PRKCH gene polymorphisms and subcortical silent brain infarction. Atherosclerosis. 199(2). 340–345. 33 indexed citations

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Jesmin, Subrina, Seiji Maeda, Chishimba Nathan Mowa, et al.. (2007). Antagonism of endothelin action normalizes altered levels of VEGF and its signaling in the brain of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat. European Journal of Pharmacology. 574(2-3). 158–171. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xing‐Mei, Mamoru Tochigi, Jun Ohashi, et al.. (2005). Association study of the locus with schizophrenia in a Japanese population. Schizophrenia Research. 79(2-3). 175–180. 45 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Takehiro, Yoko Iizuka, Hyoe Inomata, et al.. (2005). Evaluation of insulin resistance linkage to rat chromosome 4 in SHR of a Japanese colony. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 329(3). 879–887. 4 indexed citations

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Inomata, Hyoe, Takehiro Watanabe, Yoko Iizuka, et al.. (2005). Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci for Cardiac Hypertrophy in Two Different Strains of the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat. Hypertension Research. 28(3). 273–281. 11 indexed citations

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Kato, Norihiro & Cécile Julier. (1999). Linkage mapping for hypertension susceptibility genes. Current Hypertension Reports. 1(1). 15–24. 9 indexed citations

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Brand, Eva, Norihiro Kato, Nathalie Chatelain, et al.. (1998). Structural analysis and evaluation of the 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11β-HSD2) gene in human essential hypertension. Journal of Hypertension. 16(11). 1627–1633. 45 indexed citations

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Bihoreau, Marie Thérèse, Dominique Gauguier, Norihiro Kato, et al.. (1997). A Linkage Map of the Rat Genome Derived from Three F₂ Crosses. Genome Research. 7(5). 434–440. 111 indexed citations

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