Ryuji Ohue‐Kitano

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Ryuji Ohue‐Kitano is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryuji Ohue‐Kitano has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Physiology and 6 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Ryuji Ohue‐Kitano's work include Gut microbiota and health (8 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (6 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (5 papers). Ryuji Ohue‐Kitano is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (8 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (6 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (5 papers). Ryuji Ohue‐Kitano collaborates with scholars based in Japan, South Korea and Poland. Ryuji Ohue‐Kitano's co-authors include Ikuo Kimura, Miki Igarashi, Atsuhiko Ichimura, Noriko Satoh‐Asahara, Hajime Yamakage, Toru Kusakabe, Takayuki Inoue, Masashi Tanaka, Akira Shimatsu and Satsuki Taira and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physiological Reviews and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Ryuji Ohue‐Kitano

23 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Free Fatty Acid Receptors in Health and Disease

2019 692 citations Ikuo Kimura, Atsuhiko Ichimura et al. Physiological Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryuji Ohue‐Kitano Japan	15	834	557	231	203	165	24	1.4k
Ruiyue Yang China	23	1.1k 1.4×	448 0.8×	181 0.8×	158 0.8×	131 0.8×	76	2.0k
Nicole de Wit Netherlands	19	817 1.0×	464 0.8×	164 0.7×	170 0.8×	168 1.0×	41	1.4k
Junki Miyamoto Japan	21	1.1k 1.3×	670 1.2×	341 1.5×	209 1.0×	153 0.9×	41	1.9k
Medha Priyadarshini United States	23	832 1.0×	521 0.9×	163 0.7×	239 1.2×	301 1.8×	52	1.6k
Suh‐Ching Yang Taiwan	25	638 0.8×	402 0.7×	263 1.1×	165 0.8×	105 0.6×	83	1.8k
Anna Sofie Husted Denmark	10	876 1.1×	668 1.2×	198 0.9×	331 1.6×	324 2.0×	10	1.6k
Yasuki Higashimura Japan	24	1.0k 1.2×	307 0.6×	207 0.9×	95 0.5×	180 1.1×	67	1.8k
Ping Hu China	22	746 0.9×	325 0.6×	210 0.9×	90 0.4×	168 1.0×	74	1.7k
Tara M. Henagan United States	21	1.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.9×	205 0.9×	163 0.8×	156 0.9×	38	2.1k
Oddrun Anita Gudbrandsen Norway	26	793 1.0×	726 1.3×	468 2.0×	231 1.1×	228 1.4×	83	1.9k

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Watanabe, Keita, Mayu Yamano, Junki Miyamoto, et al.. (2025). Maternal progesterone and adipose mPRε in pregnancy regulate the embryonic nutritional state. Cell Reports. 44(3). 115433–115433. 1 indexed citations

Nishida, Akari, et al.. (2024). Medium‐chain fatty acid receptor GPR84 deficiency leads to metabolic homeostasis dysfunction in mice fed high‐fat diet. FASEB BioAdvances. 6(11). 526–538.

Ohue‐Kitano, Ryuji, et al.. (2024). Gut microbial metabolites reveal diet-dependent metabolic changes induced by nicotine administration. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 1056–1056. 4 indexed citations

Ohue‐Kitano, Ryuji, et al.. (2023). 3-(4-Hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl) propionic acid contributes to improved hepatic lipid metabolism via GPR41. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 21246–21246. 8 indexed citations

Sato, Kota, Masaaki Yoshida, Shigeto Maekawa, et al.. (2023). The GPR84 molecule is a mediator of a subpopulation of retinal microglia that promote TNF/IL‐1α expression via the rho‐ROCK pathway after optic nerve injury. Glia. 71(11). 2609–2622. 11 indexed citations

Ohue‐Kitano, Ryuji, Akari Nishida, Daisuke Takahashi, et al.. (2022). Medium-chain fatty acids suppress lipotoxicity-induced hepatic fibrosis via the immunomodulating receptor GPR84. JCI Insight. 8(2). 19 indexed citations

Ohue‐Kitano, Ryuji, et al.. (2022). Dietary Medium-Chain Triglyceride Decanoate Affects Glucose Homeostasis Through GPR84-Mediated GLP-1 Secretion in Mice. Frontiers in Nutrition. 9. 848450–848450. 19 indexed citations

Watanabe, Keita, et al.. (2021). Curdlan intake changes gut microbial composition, short-chain fatty acid production, and bile acid transformation in mice. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports. 27. 101095–101095. 17 indexed citations

Kusakabe, Toru, Shigefumi Yokota, Takayuki Inoue, et al.. (2020). Differential effects of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor and low-carbohydrate diet on body composition and metabolic profile in obese diabetic db/db mice. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 8(1). e001303–e001303. 7 indexed citations

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Ohue‐Kitano, Ryuji, Satsuki Taira, Keita Watanabe, et al.. (2019). 3-(4-Hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)propionic Acid Produced from 4-Hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamic Acid by Gut Microbiota Improves Host Metabolic Condition in Diet-Induced Obese Mice. Nutrients. 11(5). 1036–1036. 28 indexed citations

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Miyamoto, Junki, Ryuji Ohue‐Kitano, Akari Nishida, et al.. (2019). Ketone body receptor GPR43 regulates lipid metabolism under ketogenic conditions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(47). 23813–23821. 92 indexed citations

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Shimizu, Hidenori, et al.. (2019). Dietary short-chain fatty acid intake improves the hepatic metabolic condition via FFAR3. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 16574–16574. 123 indexed citations

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Kimura, Ikuo, Atsuhiko Ichimura, Ryuji Ohue‐Kitano, & Miki Igarashi. (2019). Free Fatty Acid Receptors in Health and Disease. Physiological Reviews. 100(1). 171–210. 692 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Yongjia, Akira Nishimura, Huei‐Fen Jheng, et al.. (2017). Synthesized enone fatty acids resembling metabolites from gut microbiota suppress macrophage‐mediated inflammation in adipocytes. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 61(10). 31 indexed citations

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Inoue, Takayuki, Masashi Tanaka, Shinya Masuda, et al.. (2017). Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids suppress the inflammatory responses of lipopolysaccharide-stimulated mouse microglia by activating SIRT1 pathways. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1862(5). 552–560. 87 indexed citations

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Inoüe, Ryo, Ryuji Ohue‐Kitano, Takamitsu Tsukahara, et al.. (2017). Prediction of functional profiles of gut microbiota from 16S rRNA metagenomic data provides a more robust evaluation of gut dysbiosis occurring in Japanese type 2 diabetic patients. Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition. 61(3). 217–221. 96 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Masashi, Hajime Yamakage, Takayuki Inoue, et al.. (2017). A Novel TREM2-Mediated Link between Diabetes and Cognitive Impairment: Recent Findings and Future Perspectives. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease & Parkinsonism. 7(5). 4 indexed citations

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Goto, Tsuyoshi, Young‐Il Kim, Nobuyuki Takahashi, et al.. (2015). 10-oxo-12(Z)-octadecenoic acid, a linoleic acid metabolite produced by gut lactic acid bacteria, potently activates PPARγ and stimulates adipogenesis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 459(4). 597–603. 60 indexed citations

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Ohue‐Kitano, Ryuji, Kei Hashimoto, Yuichi Furukawa, et al.. (2011). Bacterial Heat Shock Protein 60, GroEL, Can Induce the Conversion of Naïve T Cells into a CD4+ CD25+ Foxp3-Expressing Phenotype. Journal of Innate Immunity. 3(6). 605–613. 19 indexed citations

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Ohue‐Kitano, Ryuji, et al.. (2011). Changes in lamina propria dendritic cells on the oral administration of exogenous protein antigens during weaning. Cytotechnology. 64(3). 221–230. 1 indexed citations

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