Soichiro Kakuta

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Soichiro Kakuta is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Soichiro Kakuta has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Epidemiology and 17 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Soichiro Kakuta's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (16 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (7 papers) and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (7 papers). Soichiro Kakuta is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (16 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (7 papers) and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (7 papers). Soichiro Kakuta collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Netherlands and United States. Soichiro Kakuta's co-authors include Yoshinori Ohsumi, Hayashi Yamamoto, Chika Kondo‐Kakuta, Masataka Kinjo, Tomonobu M. Watanabe, Rie Ichikawa, Akira Kitamura, Takayuki Sekito, Yasuo Uchiyama and Isei Tanida and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Soichiro Kakuta

52 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Atg9 vesicles are an important membrane source during early steps of autophagosome formation

2012 490 citations Hayashi Yamamoto, Soichiro Kakuta et al. profile →

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Chinatsu Otomo United States

Åsa Birna Birgisdottir Norway

Lindsey N. Young United States

Eva M. Wenzel Norway

Chieko Kishi‐Itakura United Kingdom

Tuanlao Wang China

He Ren China

Francesca Giordano France

Minoo Razi United Kingdom

Ann De Mazière Netherlands

Chinatsu Otomo United States

Soichiro Kakuta

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Countries citing papers authored by Soichiro Kakuta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Soichiro Kakuta

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Soichiro Kakuta. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Soichiro Kakuta based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Soichiro Kakuta. Soichiro Kakuta is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Sanada, Takahito, Chigure Suzuki, Takashi Ueno, et al.. (2025). Uncovering the Unique Roles of Cathepsins B and L in Purkinje Cells Using Nervous System–Specific CTSB and CTSL Double-Deficient Mice. American Journal Of Pathology. 195(11). 2143–2160.

Sasazawa, Yukiko, Daisuke Noshiro, Mitsuhiro Kitagawa, et al.. (2025). Ubiquilin-2 liquid droplets catalyze α-synuclein fibril formation. The EMBO Journal. 44(22). 6527–6555.

Tanida, Isei, Junji Yamaguchi, Chigure Suzuki, Soichiro Kakuta, & Yasuo Uchiyama. (2023). Application of immuno- and affinity labeling with fluorescent dyes to in-resin CLEM of Epon-embedded cells. Heliyon. 9(6). e17394–e17394. 3 indexed citations

Sasazawa, Yukiko, Sanae Souma, Norihiko Furuya, et al.. (2022). Oxidative stress‐induced phosphorylation of JIP4 regulates lysosomal positioning in coordination with TRPML1 and ALG2. The EMBO Journal. 41(22). e111476–e111476. 15 indexed citations

Furuta, Takahiro, Kenta Yamauchi, Shinichiro Okamoto, et al.. (2021). Multi-scale light microscopy/electron microscopy neuronal imaging from brain to synapse with a tissue clearing method, ScaleSF. iScience. 25(1). 103601–103601. 18 indexed citations

Uddin, Mohammad Nasir, Montasir Elahi, Soichiro Kakuta, et al.. (2021). Strain-specific clearance of seed-dependent tau aggregation by lithium-induced autophagy. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 543. 65–71. 7 indexed citations

Miyake, Sanae, Shin Murai, Soichiro Kakuta, Yasuo Uchiyama, & Hiroyasu Nakano. (2020). Identification of the hallmarks of necroptosis and ferroptosis by transmission electron microscopy. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 527(3). 839–844. 59 indexed citations

Suzuki, Noriko, Isei Tanida, Soichiro Kakuta, et al.. (2020). Blood group P1 antigen–bearing glycoproteins are functional but less efficient receptors of Shiga toxin than conventional glycolipid-based receptors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(28). 9490–9501. 14 indexed citations

Tanida, Isei, et al.. (2020). Two-color in-resin CLEM of Epon-embedded cells using osmium resistant green and red fluorescent proteins. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 21871–21871. 17 indexed citations

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Lüningschrör, Patrick, Georg Werner, Stijn Stroobants, et al.. (2020). The FTLD Risk Factor TMEM106B Regulates the Transport of Lysosomes at the Axon Initial Segment of Motoneurons. Cell Reports. 30(10). 3506–3519.e6. 50 indexed citations

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Kawai, Satoru, Soichiro Kakuta, Yumiko Saito‐Nakano, et al.. (2019). Three-dimensional electron microscopy analysis reveals endopolygeny-like nuclear architecture segregation in Plasmodium oocyst development. Parasitology International. 76. 102034–102034. 14 indexed citations

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Sou, Yu‐shin, Soichiro Kakuta, Yuji Kamikubo, et al.. (2019). Cerebellar Neurodegeneration and Neuronal Circuit Remodeling in Golgi pH Regulator-Deficient Mice. eNeuro. 6(3). ENEURO.0427–18.2019. 13 indexed citations

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Kakuta, Soichiro, et al.. (2017). Small GTPase Rab1B is associated with ATG9A vesicles and regulates autophagosome formation. The FASEB Journal. 31(9). 3757–3773. 50 indexed citations

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Piao, Xuehua, Soh Yamazaki, Sachiko Komazawa‐Sakon, et al.. (2016). Depletion of myeloid cells exacerbates hepatitis and induces an aberrant increase in histone H3 in mouse serum. Hepatology. 65(1). 237–252. 9 indexed citations

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Kakuta, Soichiro, Hayashi Yamamoto, Lumi Negishi, et al.. (2012). Atg9 Vesicles Recruit Vesicle-tethering Proteins Trs85 and Ypt1 to the Autophagosome Formation Site. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(53). 44261–44269. 88 indexed citations

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Arikawa, Mikihiko, et al.. (2005). Ca²⁺‐dependent in vitro contractility of a precipitate isolated from an extract of the heliozoon Actinophrys sol. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 63(2). 57–65. 1 indexed citations

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Arikawa, Mikihiko, et al.. (2005). Ca2+-dependent nuclear contraction in the heliozoon Actinophrys sol. Cell Calcium. 38(5). 447–455. 1 indexed citations

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Ishida, Masaki, et al.. (2004). A bacteria-free monoxenic culture of Paramecium bursaria: its growth characteristics and the re-establishment of symbiosis with Chlorella in bacteria-free conditions. 37(2). 139–150. 10 indexed citations

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Arikawa, Mikihiko, et al.. (2003). Axopodial Contraction in the Heliozoon Raphidiophrys contractilis Requires Extracellular Ca²⁺. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 20(11). 1367–1372. 7 indexed citations

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Arikawa, Mikihiko, et al.. (2003). Ca2+-dependent contractility of isolated and demembranated macronuclei in the hypotrichous ciliate Euplotes aediculatus. Cell Calcium. 33(2). 113–117. 6 indexed citations

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