Sei Kobayashi

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
114 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Sei Kobayashi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Sei Kobayashi has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Physiology and 20 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Sei Kobayashi's work include Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (22 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (16 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (13 papers). Sei Kobayashi is often cited by papers focused on Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (22 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (16 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (13 papers). Sei Kobayashi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Austria. Sei Kobayashi's co-authors include Hideo Kanaide, Masunori Matsuzaki, Junji Nishimura, Yoichi Mizukami, Masaaki Ito, Motoomi Nakamura, Yasuko Kureishi, Hiroko Kishi, Kazushi Kimura and Takeshi Nakano and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation Research.

In The Last Decade

Sei Kobayashi

105 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Rho-associated Kinase Directly Induces Smooth Muscle Contraction through Myosin Light Chain Phosphorylation

1997 512 citations Yasuko Kureishi, Sei Kobayashi et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sei Kobayashi Japan	32	2.0k	822	547	464	438	114	3.3k
Martin L. Adamo United States	42	2.7k 1.3×	1.0k 1.3×	283 0.5×	308 0.7×	630 1.4×	107	5.2k
Xudong Yang China	34	2.1k 1.1×	765 0.9×	532 1.0×	214 0.5×	326 0.7×	81	4.6k
Tomomi Ueyama Japan	31	1.9k 1.0×	482 0.6×	730 1.3×	484 1.0×	671 1.5×	70	3.4k
Yasuhiro Izumiya Japan	33	2.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	1.3k 2.3×	287 0.6×	512 1.2×	96	4.3k
Timothy L. Reudelhuber Canada	38	1.7k 0.8×	631 0.8×	2.0k 3.6×	485 1.0×	376 0.9×	81	3.8k
Clara Sciorati Italy	33	2.3k 1.1×	1.5k 1.8×	252 0.5×	282 0.6×	413 0.9×	81	4.2k
Scott P. Heximer Canada	33	2.0k 1.0×	452 0.5×	898 1.6×	261 0.6×	285 0.7×	80	3.5k
David H. Burk United States	33	1.9k 0.9×	1.5k 1.9×	436 0.8×	536 1.2×	430 1.0×	81	4.3k
Yun Chen United States	34	3.7k 1.8×	939 1.1×	337 0.6×	345 0.7×	278 0.6×	84	5.9k
Kenneth Longo United States	19	3.1k 1.5×	1.3k 1.5×	200 0.4×	285 0.6×	552 1.3×	31	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Sei Kobayashi

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sei Kobayashi

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kishi, Hiroko, Sei Kobayashi, Seigo Okada, et al.. (2025). Quantitative serum proteomics to identify candidate biomarkers of coronary artery lesions in Kawasaki disease. Pediatrics International. 67(1). e70164–e70164.

Song, Grace Y., et al.. (2024). Histopathological Patterns of Otosclerosis Progression: Exploring Otic Capsule and Round Window Involvement. The Laryngoscope. 135(1). 324–330. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Ying, Nan Li, & Sei Kobayashi. (2024). Paxillin participates in the sphingosylphosphorylcholine-induced abnormal contraction of vascular smooth muscle by regulating Rho-kinase activation. Cell Communication and Signaling. 22(1). 58–58. 3 indexed citations

Hiraishi, Keizo, Aya Yamamura, Ying Zhang, et al.. (2020). Eicosapentaenoic acid ameliorates pulmonary hypertension via inhibition of tyrosine kinase Fyn. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 148. 50–62. 10 indexed citations

Shimane, Toshikazu, et al.. (2012). A Clinical Study on Cervical Tumors Initially Suspected of Schwannomas. Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica. 106(1). 51–59. 1 indexed citations

Ikeda, Kenichiro, Toshikazu Shimane, Tomohiro Ono, et al.. (2011). A Case of Extra Abdominal Desmoid on the Neck. Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica. 104(2). 135–141. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Dan, et al.. (2011). Sphingosylphosphorylcholine induces stress fiber formation via activation of Fyn-RhoA-ROCK signaling pathway in fibroblasts. Cellular Signalling. 24(1). 282–289. 19 indexed citations

Shimane, Toshikazu, et al.. (2010). Patients survey after concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Toukeibu Gan. 36(1). 105–110.

Shimane, Toshikazu, et al.. (2009). Treatment of laryngeal cancer in our Department. Toukeibu Gan. 35(4). 380–385. 2 indexed citations

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Nishimura, Taku, et al.. (2009). In Vivo Motility Evaluation of the Grafted Gastric Wall with Small Intestinal Submucosa. Tissue Engineering Part A. 16(5). 1761–1768. 10 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Sei, et al.. (2005). CHANGE OF CHEMOTHERAPY TO STAGE III & IV LARYNGEAL CANCER AND THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT. Toukeibu Gan. 31(1). 63–70. 4 indexed citations

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Aoki, Hiroki, Koichi Yoshimura, Kozo Fujii, Sei Kobayashi, & Masunori Matsuzaki. (2003). Id2 Mediates Phenotypic Modulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells by MAP Kinase Pathway. Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition. 67. 195. 1 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Sei, Yoichi Mizukami, Kimiko Mogami, et al.. (2001). Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) induces Ca²⁺‐independent activation and translocation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase and endothelium‐dependent vasorelaxation. FEBS Letters. 487(3). 361–366. 129 indexed citations

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Mizukami, Yoichi, Masayasu Kimura, Kimiko Mogami, et al.. (2001). Molecular cloning of rat transmembrane domain protein of 40 kDa regulated in adipocytes and its expression in H9c2 cells exposed to ischemic hypoxia and reoxygenation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1518(1-2). 173–177. 7 indexed citations

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Mizukami, Yoichi, et al.. (2000). Nuclear Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Activation by Protein Kinase Cζ during Reoxygenation after Ischemic Hypoxia. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(26). 19921–19927. 65 indexed citations

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Todoroki-Ikeda, Natsuko, Yoichi Mizukami, Kimiko Mogami, et al.. (2000). Sphingosylphosphorylcholine induces Ca²⁺‐sensitization of vascular smooth muscle contraction: possible involvement of Rho‐kinase. FEBS Letters. 482(1-2). 85–90. 50 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Toshirō, Kimikazu Hamano, Tao‐Sheng Li, et al.. (2000). Enhancement of Angiogenesis by the Implantation of Self Bone Marrow Cells in a Rat Ischemic Heart Model. Journal of Surgical Research. 89(2). 189–195. 136 indexed citations

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Matsui, Kazuo, et al.. (1999). Histopathological study of transplanted nasal mucosa in cases of cholesteatoma with adhesive otitis media. 9(3). 227–231. 1 indexed citations

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Nishimura, Junji, et al.. (1997). The relaxant effect of adrenomedullin on particular smooth muscles despite a general expression of its mRNA in smooth muscle, endothelial and epithelial cells. British Journal of Pharmacology. 120(2). 193–200. 27 indexed citations

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Miyagi, Yasushi, Sei Kobayashi, Junji Nishimura, Masashi Fukui, & Hideo Kanaide. (1996). Dual regulation of cerebrovascular tone by UTP: P_2U receptor‐mediated contraction and endothelium‐dependent relaxation. British Journal of Pharmacology. 118(4). 847–856. 52 indexed citations

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