Shigemi Kimura

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Shigemi Kimura is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Shigemi Kimura has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Physiology and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Shigemi Kimura's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (20 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (5 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (4 papers). Shigemi Kimura is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (20 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (5 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (4 papers). Shigemi Kimura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Shigemi Kimura's co-authors include Baohong Cao, Johnny Huard, James H. Cummins, Roman Jankowski, Arvydas Ūsas, Joon Yung Lee, Paul D. Robbins, A. Wernig, Makoto Ikezawa and Hiroshi Seki and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Cell Biology, PLoS ONE and Nature Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Shigemi Kimura

35 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Clonal Isolation of Muscle-Derived Cells Capable of Enhancing Muscle Regeneration and Bone Healing

2000 505 citations Baohong Cao, Shigemi Kimura et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shigemi Kimura Japan	15	1.1k	458	438	166	141	36	1.5k
Tomohiko Kazama Japan	25	1.5k 1.4×	255 0.6×	209 0.5×	239 1.4×	90 0.6×	76	2.2k
Tomoyuki Nishikawa Japan	17	562 0.5×	389 0.8×	313 0.7×	161 1.0×	120 0.9×	51	1.4k
Madhu Dhar United States	24	607 0.6×	260 0.6×	315 0.7×	172 1.0×	137 1.0×	90	1.8k
Alejandro Correa Brazil	21	852 0.8×	502 1.1×	372 0.8×	49 0.3×	81 0.6×	60	1.6k
Mark Ungrin Canada	22	960 0.9×	187 0.4×	401 0.9×	169 1.0×	212 1.5×	44	2.0k
Noriyuki Morikawa Japan	15	677 0.6×	198 0.4×	141 0.3×	73 0.4×	177 1.3×	56	1.5k
Pedro Lei United States	23	635 0.6×	223 0.5×	277 0.6×	184 1.1×	231 1.6×	58	1.3k
Corinne Scaletta Switzerland	22	447 0.4×	379 0.8×	346 0.8×	28 0.2×	156 1.1×	75	1.6k
Satish Totey India	22	708 0.7×	1.0k 2.3×	582 1.3×	119 0.7×	93 0.7×	32	1.9k
Alessandra Marconi Italy	31	843 0.8×	196 0.4×	74 0.2×	122 0.7×	127 0.9×	79	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shigemi Kimura

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kimura, Shigemi, et al.. (2024). Increase in cathepsin K gene expression in Duchenne muscular dystrophy skeletal muscle. Neuropathology. 44(6). 411–421. 1 indexed citations

Shimomura, Hideki, et al.. (2023). A Pediatric Case of COLQ-Related Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome with Marked Fatigue. Children. 10(5). 769–769.

Takaoka, Yutaka, Aki Sugano, Yoshitomo Morinaga, et al.. (2022). Prediction of infectivity of SARS-CoV2: Mathematical model with analysis of docking simulation for spike proteins and angiotensin-converting enzyme 2. Microbial Risk Analysis. 22. 100227–100227. 4 indexed citations

Kimura, Shigemi, et al.. (2021). Core body temperature changes in school-age children with circadian rhythm sleep–wake disorder. Sleep Medicine. 87. 97–104. 12 indexed citations

Kimura, Shigemi, et al.. (2020). Serum concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-1 as a biomarker of improved circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorder in school-aged children. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 16(12). 2073–2078. 7 indexed citations

Yoshida, Takeshi, Tomonari Awaya, Ryo Kimura, et al.. (2017). A Skeletal Muscle Model of Infantile-onset Pompe Disease with Patient-specific iPS Cells. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 42 indexed citations

Sato, Yohei, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Yohta Shimada, et al.. (2015). Disease modeling and lentiviral gene transfer in patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells from late-onset Pompe disease patient. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 2. 15023–15023. 37 indexed citations

Kimura, Shigemi, et al.. (2014). Parathyroid hormone and parathyroid hormone type-1 receptor accelerate myocyte differentiation. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 5066–5066. 28 indexed citations

Ozasa, Shiro, Kowashi Yoshioka, Isao Fujii, et al.. (2011). Exon‐skipping events in candidates for clinical trials of morpholino. Pediatrics International. 53(4). 524–529. 4 indexed citations

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Kimura, Shigemi, Kaori Ito, Makoto Ikezawa, et al.. (2008). A 2-bp deletion in exon 74 of the dystrophin gene does not clearly induce muscle weakness. Brain and Development. 31(2). 169–172. 2 indexed citations

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Ozasa, Shiro, Shigemi Kimura, Kaori Ito, et al.. (2007). Efficient conversion of ES cells into myogenic lineage using the gene-inducible system. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 357(4). 957–963. 20 indexed citations

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Ito, Kaori, Shigemi Kimura, Shiro Ozasa, et al.. (2006). Smooth muscle-specific dystrophin expression improves aberrant vasoregulation in mdx mice. Human Molecular Genetics. 15(14). 2266–2275. 53 indexed citations

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Kimura, Shigemi, Kaori Ito, Makoto Matsukura, et al.. (2004). A novel approach to identify Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients for aminoglycoside antibiotics therapy. Brain and Development. 27(6). 400–405. 25 indexed citations

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Hiraki, Jun, et al.. (2003). Use of ADME studies to confirm the safety of ε-polylysine as a preservative in food. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 37(2). 328–340. 250 indexed citations

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Cao, Baohong, Bo Zheng, Roman Jankowski, et al.. (2003). Muscle stem cells differentiate into haematopoietic lineages but retain myogenic potential. Nature Cell Biology. 5(7). 640–646. 195 indexed citations

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Kimura, Shigemi, Shigeto Sugino, Yoshinobu Ohtani, et al.. (1998). Muscle fiber immaturity and inactivity reduce myonecrosis in duchenne muscular dystrophy. Annals of Neurology. 44(6). 967–971. 4 indexed citations

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Kimura, Shigemi, Kuniya Abe, Misao Suzuki, et al.. (1997). 2.1 kb 5′-flanking region of the brain type dystrophin gene directs the expression of lacZ in the cerebral cortex, but not in the hippocampus. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 147(1). 13–20. 9 indexed citations

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Kimura, Shigemi, Kuniya Abe, Misao Suzuki, et al.. (1997). A 900 bp genomic region from the mouse dystrophin promoter directs lacZ reporter expression only to the right heart of transgenic mice. Development Growth & Differentiation. 39(3). 257–265. 17 indexed citations

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Kimura, Shigemi, Hitoshi Niwa, Kimi Araki, et al.. (1994). Improvement of Germ Line Transmission by Targeting β‐galactosidase to Nuclei in Transgenic Mice. Development Growth & Differentiation. 36(5). 521–527. 8 indexed citations

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Niwa, Hitoshi, et al.. (1993). An Efficient Gene-Trap Method Using Poly A Trap Vectors and Characterization of Gene-Trap Events1. The Journal of Biochemistry. 113(3). 343–349. 102 indexed citations

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