Takashi Kiuchi

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Takashi Kiuchi is a scholar working on Insect Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Takashi Kiuchi has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Insect Science, 30 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Takashi Kiuchi's work include Silkworms and Sericulture Research (19 papers), Silk-based biomaterials and applications (15 papers) and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (14 papers). Takashi Kiuchi is often cited by papers focused on Silkworms and Sericulture Research (19 papers), Silk-based biomaterials and applications (15 papers) and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (14 papers). Takashi Kiuchi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Takashi Kiuchi's co-authors include Susumu Katsuma, Toru Shimada, Munetaka Kawamoto, Keisuke Shoji, Yutaka Suzuki, Sumio Sugano, Takaaki Daimon, Shinpei Kawaoka, Masataka G. Suzuki and Hiroki Sakai and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Takashi Kiuchi

60 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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A single female-specific piRNA is the primary determiner of sex in the silkworm

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Mi Young Noh South Korea

Marcé D. Lorenzen United States

Masashi Iwanaga Japan

Yoshitaka Suetsugu Japan

Hung Dae Sohn South Korea

Morena Casartelli Italy

Muwang Li China

Neal T. Dittmer United States

Munetaka Kawamoto Japan

Shigeo Imanishi Japan

Mi Young Noh South Korea

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Lee, Jung, Takashi Kiuchi, Katsushi Yamaguchi, et al.. (2025). A chromosome-level genome assembly of wild silkmoth, Bombyx mandarina. Scientific Data. 12(1). 27–27. 2 indexed citations

Kiuchi, Takashi, Keisuke Shoji, Natsuko Izumi, Yukihide Tomari, & Susumu Katsuma. (2023). Non-gonadal somatic piRNA pathways ensure sexual differentiation, larval growth, and wing development in silkworms. PLoS Genetics. 19(9). e1010912–e1010912. 5 indexed citations

Shoji, Keisuke, et al.. (2023). Masculinizer is not post-transcriptionally regulated by female-specific piRNAs during sex determination in the Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 156. 103946–103946. 5 indexed citations

Kawamoto, Munetaka, et al.. (2022). Masculinizer-induced dosage compensation is achieved by transcriptional downregulation of both copies of Z-linked genes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Biology Letters. 18(9). 20220116–20220116. 12 indexed citations

Katsuma, Susumu, Kohei Nishino, Hidetaka Kosako, et al.. (2022). A Wolbachia factor for male killing in lepidopteran insects. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6764–6764. 43 indexed citations

Izumi, Natsuko, Keisuke Shoji, Takashi Kiuchi, Susumu Katsuma, & Yukihide Tomari. (2022). The two Gtsf paralogs in silkworms orthogonally activate their partner PIWI proteins for target cleavage. RNA. 29(1). 18–29. 8 indexed citations

Katsuma, Susumu, et al.. (2022). Transcriptome analysis in the silkworm Bombyx mori overexpressing piRNA-resistant Masculinizer gene. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 616. 104–109.

Matsuzaki, Shohei, Kazutoshi Yoshitake, Kimiko Yamamoto, et al.. (2021). Mutations in a β-group of solute carrier gene are responsible for egg and eye coloration of the brown egg 4 (b-4) mutant in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 137. 103624–103624. 2 indexed citations

Ulmer, Jonathan, Takashi Kiuchi, Florent Dingli, et al.. (2020). CenH3-Independent Kinetochore Assembly in Lepidoptera Requires CCAN, Including CENP-T. Current Biology. 30(4). 561–572.e10. 45 indexed citations

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Shimada, Toru, et al.. (2019). CRISPR/Cas9-mediated somatic mutation of the sex-linked translucent (os) gene in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Journal of insect biotechnology and sericology. 88(2). 4 indexed citations

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Kiuchi, Takashi, et al.. (2018). In vivo masculinizing function of the Ostrinia furnacalis Masculinizer gene. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 503(3). 1768–1772. 20 indexed citations

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Takai, Hiroki, Rika Ozawa, Junji Takabayashi, et al.. (2018). Silkworms suppress the release of green leaf volatiles by mulberry leaves with an enzyme from their spinnerets. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 11942–11942. 29 indexed citations

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Zhang, Haokun, Takashi Kiuchi, Chikara Hirayama, et al.. (2018). A reexamination on the deficiency of riboflavin accumulation in Malpighian tubules in larval translucent mutants of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Genetica. 146(4-5). 425–431. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Haokun, Takashi Kiuchi, Lingyan Wang, et al.. (2017). Bm-muted , orthologous to mouse muted and encoding a subunit of the BLOC-1 complex, is responsible for the otm translucent mutation of the silkworm Bombyx mori. Gene. 629. 92–100. 19 indexed citations

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Sakai, Hiroki, Megumi Sumitani, Keiro Uchino, et al.. (2016). Transgenic Expression of the piRNA-Resistant Masculinizer Gene Induces Female-Specific Lethality and Partial Female-to-Male Sex Reversal in the Silkworm, Bombyx mori. PLoS Genetics. 12(8). e1006203–e1006203. 33 indexed citations

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Katsuma, Susumu, et al.. (2015). Two Conserved Cysteine Residues Are Required for the Masculinizing Activity of the Silkworm Masc Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(43). 26114–26124. 29 indexed citations

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Katsuma, Susumu, Munetaka Kawamoto, & Takashi Kiuchi. (2014). Guardian small RNAs and sex determination. RNA Biology. 11(10). 1238–1242. 13 indexed citations

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Shoji, Keisuke, Munetaka Kawamoto, Takashi Kiuchi, et al.. (2014). Silkworm HP1a transcriptionally enhances highly expressed euchromatic genes via association with their transcription start sites. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(18). 11462–11471. 11 indexed citations

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Yagi, Naomi, et al.. (1999). Bioavailability and Diuretic Effect after Administration of Retarded Capsules of Bumetanide in Human Subjects.. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 22(3). 275–280. 3 indexed citations

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Yagi, Naomi, et al.. (1996). Bioavailability and Diuretic Effect of Furosemide Following Administration of Tablets and Retarded Capsules to Human Subjects.. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 19(4). 616–622. 6 indexed citations

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