Tetsuro Kusaba

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Tetsuro Kusaba is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nephrology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Tetsuro Kusaba has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Nephrology and 14 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Tetsuro Kusaba's work include Renal and related cancers (13 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (8 papers) and Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (6 papers). Tetsuro Kusaba is often cited by papers focused on Renal and related cancers (13 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (8 papers) and Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (6 papers). Tetsuro Kusaba collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Tetsuro Kusaba's co-authors include Benjamin D. Humphreys, Rafael Kramann, Akio Kobayashi, Matthew A. Lalli, Keiichi Tamagaki, Tsuguru Hatta, Satoaki Matoba, Mitsuhiko Okigaki, Hiroaki Matsubara and Kazuhiro Sonomura and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Tetsuro Kusaba

57 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Differentiated kidney epithelial cells repair injured proximal tubule

2013 350 citations Tetsuro Kusaba, Matthew A. Lalli et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tetsuro Kusaba Japan	18	624	536	224	200	153	66	1.4k
Andrea Pasini Italy	23	378 0.6×	414 0.8×	169 0.8×	186 0.9×	111 0.7×	67	1.6k
Midori Awazu Japan	21	715 1.1×	558 1.0×	185 0.8×	201 1.0×	225 1.5×	92	1.8k
Giovana Seno Di Marco Germany	19	465 0.7×	757 1.4×	186 0.8×	146 0.7×	236 1.5×	38	1.5k
Karen L. Hile United States	22	477 0.8×	401 0.7×	258 1.2×	146 0.7×	86 0.6×	32	1.4k
Eliezer J. Holtzman Israel	25	1.2k 1.9×	437 0.8×	305 1.4×	395 2.0×	84 0.5×	69	2.1k
Masataka Adachi Japan	20	694 1.1×	327 0.6×	204 0.9×	316 1.6×	67 0.4×	51	1.3k
Kohei Uchimura Japan	13	1.1k 1.8×	543 1.0×	249 1.1×	382 1.9×	141 0.9×	24	1.8k
Ulf Janssen Germany	16	382 0.6×	582 1.1×	206 0.9×	102 0.5×	104 0.7×	24	1.4k
Manish P. Ponda United States	14	309 0.5×	250 0.5×	130 0.6×	73 0.4×	143 0.9×	24	1.0k
Alison J. Kriegel United States	24	1.1k 1.8×	198 0.4×	225 1.0×	137 0.7×	80 0.5×	54	2.0k

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Nakamura, Itaru, Satomi Yamamoto, Masashi Nakamura, et al.. (2025). Toll like receptor 2 mediated exacerbation of sepsis associated acute kidney injury by renal congestion in mice. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 22081–22081.

Kohama, Yoshimitsu, Itaru Nakamura, Kunihiro Nakai, et al.. (2024). Aversion to a High Salt Taste is Disturbed in Patients With CKD. Kidney International Reports. 9(5). 1254–1264. 5 indexed citations

Kusaba, Tetsuro, et al.. (2024). Injured Tubules-Derived CCN1 Exacerbates Renal Congestion-Mediated AKI and Fibrosis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 35(10S). 1 indexed citations

Nakai, Kunihiro, Itaru Nakamura, Tomohiro Nakata, et al.. (2023). Streptozotocin induces renal proximal tubular injury through p53 signaling activation. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 8705–8705. 10 indexed citations

Nakamura, Itaru, Tomohiro Nakata, Kunihiro Nakai, et al.. (2022). Proximal tubular epithelia-specific transcriptomics of diabetic mice treated with dapagliflozin. Heliyon. 8(9). e10615–e10615. 6 indexed citations

Kusaba, Tetsuro, Kunihiro Nakai, Tomohiro Nakata, et al.. (2020). Pharmacological inhibition of ataxia-telangiectasia mutated exacerbates acute kidney injury by activating p53 signaling in mice. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 4441–4441. 17 indexed citations

Kusaba, Tetsuro, Takashi Kitani, N. Yamashita, et al.. (2020). Diverse Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Phosphorylation in Urine-Derived Tubular Epithelial Cells from Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Patients. The Nephron journals/Nephron journals. 144(10). 525–536. 2 indexed citations

Kramann, Rafael, Flávia G. Machado, Hao Wu, et al.. (2018). Parabiosis and single-cell RNA sequencing reveal a limited contribution of monocytes to myofibroblasts in kidney fibrosis. JCI Insight. 3(9). 71 indexed citations

Nakata, Tomohiro, Ryo Ishida, Atsuko Fujii, et al.. (2017). Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome as the initial presentation of nail-patella syndrome: a case of a de novo LMX1B mutation. BMC Nephrology. 18(1). 100–100. 5 indexed citations

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Kusaba, Tetsuro, Matthew A. Lalli, Rafael Kramann, Akio Kobayashi, & Benjamin D. Humphreys. (2013). Differentiated kidney epithelial cells repair injured proximal tubule. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(4). 1527–1532. 350 indexed citations breakdown →

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Takahashi, Kazumi, et al.. (2011). [Case of Marfan syndrome with microscopic hematuria].. PubMed. 53(8). 1159–63. 1 indexed citations

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Ishida, Ryo, et al.. (2011). [Case of an hemodialysis patient with MYH9 disorders].. PubMed. 53(2). 195–9. 1 indexed citations

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Sonomura, Kazuhiro, Mitsuhiko Okigaki, Ryo Ishida, et al.. (2011). The kinase Pyk2 is involved in renal fibrosis by means of mechanical stretch–induced growth factor expression in renal tubules. Kidney International. 81(5). 449–457. 22 indexed citations

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Kusaba, Tetsuro, Mitsuhiko Okigaki, Manabu Murakami, et al.. (2010). Klotho is associated with VEGF receptor-2 and the transient receptor potential canonical-1 Ca ²⁺ channel to maintain endothelial integrity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(45). 19308–19313. 137 indexed citations

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Mori, Yasukiyo, Kazuhiro Sonomura, Tetsuro Kusaba, et al.. (2007). A Case Report of Mycobacterium Abscessus Peritonitis in a Peritoneal Dialysis Patient. Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis. 11(6). 449–451. 18 indexed citations

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Mori, Yasukiyo, Kazuhiro Sonomura, Tetsuro Kusaba, et al.. (2007). Histamine ameliorates anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody-induced glomerulonephritis in rats. Kidney International. 72(5). 608–613. 9 indexed citations

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Kusaba, Tetsuro, Tomoyuki Kimura, Kazuhiro Sonomura, et al.. (2007). Renal involvement in cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL). Clinical Nephrology. 67(3). 182–187. 16 indexed citations

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Hatta, Tsuguru, Tetsuro Kusaba, Keiichi Tamagaki, et al.. (2005). Sarcoid granulomatous interstitial nephritis and sarcoid abdominal aortic aneurysms. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 20(7). 1480–1482. 6 indexed citations

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Kusaba, Tetsuro, et al.. (2004). [Fulminant myocarditis treated with percutaneous cardiopulmonary support and long-term complications: three case reports].. PubMed. 43(4). 185–91. 1 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Takashi, Akiyoshi Matsumuro, Shohei Sawada, et al.. (2003). Habitual Walking Improves Distensibility of Central Artery in Patients with Essential Hypertension : Relation to Blood Pressure Reduction and Energy Metabolism. Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition. 67. 574. 1 indexed citations

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