Yuka Kimura

7.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
92 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Yuka Kimura is a scholar working on Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuka Kimura has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Biochemistry, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Yuka Kimura's work include Sulfur Compounds in Biology (28 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (13 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (9 papers). Yuka Kimura is often cited by papers focused on Sulfur Compounds in Biology (28 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (13 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (9 papers). Yuka Kimura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Singapore. Yuka Kimura's co-authors include Hideo Kimura, Norihiro Shibuya, Yoshinori Mikami, Yu‐ichi Goto, Yuki Ogasawara, Noriyuki Nagahara, Shin Koike, Jerold Chun, Nobuyuki Fukushima and Nobuko Shibuya and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yuka Kimura

89 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Hydrogen sulfide protects neurons from oxidative stress

2004 769 citations Yuka Kimura, Hideo Kimura profile →
Development of a Highly Selective Fluorescence Probe for Hydrogen Sulfide

2011 612 citations Kenjiro Hanaoka, Norihiro Shibuya et al. profile →
Hydrogen Sulfide Increases Glutathione Production and Suppresses Oxidative Stress in Mitochondria

2009 597 citations Yuka Kimura, Yu‐ichi Goto et al. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling profile →
A novel pathway for the production of hydrogen sulfide from D-cysteine in mammalian cells

2013 454 citations Norihiro Shibuya, Shin Koike et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuka Kimura Japan	31	4.5k	2.0k	1.2k	1.1k	916	92	6.7k
Bindu D. Paul United States	42	2.8k 0.6×	3.0k 1.5×	576 0.5×	827 0.7×	612 0.7×	106	7.4k
Yuki Ogasawara Japan	35	3.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	714 0.6×	762 0.7×	424 0.5×	132	5.1k
Beatriz Álvarez Uruguay	38	2.5k 0.6×	3.0k 1.5×	297 0.3×	1.6k 1.4×	573 0.6×	77	6.5k
Martha H. Stipanuk United States	48	2.9k 0.6×	2.5k 1.2×	398 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	357 0.4×	111	7.7k
Nazareno Paolocci United States	55	1.2k 0.3×	3.4k 1.7×	374 0.3×	3.7k 3.3×	358 0.4×	156	9.2k
Herbert de Groot Germany	57	930 0.2×	3.0k 1.5×	310 0.3×	1.9k 1.7×	358 0.4×	247	10.2k
Daniel K. Nomura United States	65	1.4k 0.3×	9.8k 4.8×	489 0.4×	1.7k 1.5×	414 0.5×	165	17.5k
A Meister United States	52	5.7k 1.3×	6.4k 3.2×	213 0.2×	1.2k 1.1×	298 0.3×	111	13.2k
Douglas D. Thomas United States	39	1.4k 0.3×	2.0k 1.0×	394 0.3×	3.2k 2.8×	218 0.2×	69	6.4k
Arthur A. Spector United States	65	5.8k 1.3×	6.6k 3.2×	242 0.2×	3.0k 2.6×	564 0.6×	239	15.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuka Kimura

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Ishimori, Shingo, Yuka Kimura, Yu Tanaka, et al.. (2025). Impact of Age-3 Urine Screening on Diagnosis and Treatment Timing in Alport Syndrome. Kidney International Reports. 10(12). 4234–4240.

Ford, Nicole D., et al.. (2024). HIV Protein Nef Induces Cardiomyopathy Through Induction of Bcl2 and p21. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(21). 11401–11401. 2 indexed citations

Kimura, Yuka, Kayo Nakamura, Hidetsugu Tabata, et al.. (2024). Photodegradation of Dacarbazine Catalyzed by Vitamin B2 and Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide Under Visible-Light Irradiation. Pharmaceutical Research. 41(12). 2363–2375. 1 indexed citations

Kimura, Yuka, Tatsuhiro Akaishi, Misa Yamada, et al.. (2023). Hydrogen sulfide and polysulfides induce GABA/glutamate/d-serine release, facilitate hippocampal LTP, and regulate behavioral hyperactivity. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 17663–17663. 16 indexed citations

Kimura, Yuka, et al.. (2022). Rituximab-induced serum sickness in a girl with nephrotic syndrome. CEN Case Reports. 11(4). 506–510. 1 indexed citations

Kimura, Yuka, Masao Tasaka, Keiko U. Torii, & Naoyuki Uchida. (2018). ERECTA-family genes coordinate stem cell functions between the epidermal and internal layers of the shoot apical meristem. Development. 145(1). 34 indexed citations

Miyamoto, Ryo, Shin Koike, Yoko Takano, et al.. (2017). Polysulfides (H2Sn) produced from the interaction of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and nitric oxide (NO) activate TRPA1 channels. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 45995–45995. 116 indexed citations

Kimura, Yuka, Shin Koike, Norihiro Shibuya, et al.. (2015). Identification of H2S3 and H2S produced by 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase in the brain. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 14774–14774. 171 indexed citations

Oda, Takashi, et al.. (2014). Toxocara canis-associated visceral larva migrans of the liver. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 30. 148–149. 3 indexed citations

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Kimura, Hideo, Norihiro Shibuya, & Yuka Kimura. (2012). Hydrogen Sulfide Is a Signaling Molecule and a Cytoprotectant. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 17(1). 45–57. 254 indexed citations

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Mikami, Yoshinori, Norihiro Shibuya, Yuka Kimura, et al.. (2011). Hydrogen Sulfide Protects the Retina from Light-induced Degeneration by the Modulation of Ca2+ Influx. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(45). 39379–39386. 120 indexed citations

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Kimura, Yuka, et al.. (2010). Integrated Laser Doppler Blood Flowmeter Designed to Enable Wafer-Level Packaging. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 57(8). 2026–2033. 16 indexed citations

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Kimura, Yuka, Yu‐ichi Goto, & Hideo Kimura. (2009). Hydrogen Sulfide Increases Glutathione Production and Suppresses Oxidative Stress in Mitochondria. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 12(1). 1–13. 597 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hossain, Md. Anowar, Ryohei Nakano, Kôsuke Nakamura, & Yuka Kimura. (2009). Molecular identification and characterization of an acidic peptide:N-glycanase from tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) fruits. The Journal of Biochemistry. 147(2). 157–165. 21 indexed citations

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Kimura, Yuka, Hideyuki Ito, Ryoko Ohnishi, & Tsutomu Hatano. (2009). Inhibitory effects of polyphenols on human cytochrome P450 3A4 and 2C9 activity. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 48(1). 429–435. 191 indexed citations

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Kimura, Yuka & Shoichiro Matsuo. (2000). Free N-Glycans Already Occur at an Early Stage of Seed Development. The Journal of Biochemistry. 127(6). 1013–1019. 29 indexed citations

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Chun, Jerold, Joshua A. Weiner, Nobuyuki Fukushima, et al.. (2000). Neurobiology of Receptor‐Mediated Lysophospholipid Signaling: From the First Lysophospholipid Receptor to Roles in Nervous System Function and Development. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 905(1). 110–117. 42 indexed citations

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Mori, I., K Nakakuki, & Yuka Kimura. (1996). Temperature-Sensitive Parainfluenza Type 1 Vaccine Virus Directly Accesses the Central Nervous System by Infecting Olfactory Neurons. Journal of General Virology. 77(9). 2121–2124. 11 indexed citations

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Yano, Shingo, Yuka Kimura, Syunji Horie, et al.. (1990). Centrally mediated inhibitory effect of 5-(2-(diethylamino)ethyl)amino-5,11-dihydro(1)benzoxepino(3,4-b)pyridine trihydrochloride (KW-5805) on gastric acid secretion in rats.. The Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. 52(2). 287–293. 4 indexed citations

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Matsumoto, Kazuo, Michinobu Hatano, K Kobayashi, et al.. (1989). An Outbreak of Gastroenteritis Associated with Acute Rotaviral Infection in Schoolchildren. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 160(4). 611–615. 93 indexed citations

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