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Kinya Otsu

Active 1990–2025

70
Papers
22,489
Citations
57
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Citations

Citations per year for Kinya Otsu1971: 2 citations1985: 1 citations1988: 1 citations1990: 12 citations1991: 26 citations1992: 53 citations1993: 50 citations1994: 71 citations1995: 51 citations1996: 31 citations1997: 57 citations1998: 71 citations1999: 49 citations2000: 81 citations2001: 69 citations2002: 75 citations2003: 64 citations2004: 91 citations2005: 124 citations2006: 192 citations2007: 260 citations2008: 266 citations2009: 296 citations2010: 343 citations2011: 323 citations2012: 321 citations2013: 275 citations2014: 312 citations2015: 245 citations2016: 257 citations2017: 325 citations2018: 255 citations2019: 676 citations2020: 772 citations2021: 773 citations2022: 608 citations2023: 404 citations2024: 626 citations2025: 300 citations2026: 10 citations1972–1984: no citations, so these years are not shown1986–1987: no citations, so these years are not shown1989: no citations, so this year is not shown

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 3,314 citing papers, 28.8% of this breakdownChina: 1,808 citing papers, 15.7% of this breakdownJapan: 770 citing papers, 6.7% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 661 citing papers, 5.8% of this breakdownGermany: 611 citing papers, 5.3% of this breakdownItaly: 429 citing papers, 3.7% of this breakdownFrance: 418 citing papers, 3.6% of this breakdownCanada: 411 citing papers, 3.6% of this breakdownAustralia: 201 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdownSpain: 196 citing papers, 1.7% of this breakdownSouth Korea: 171 citing papers, 1.5% of this breakdownNetherlands: 156 citing papers, 1.4% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Medicine43.1%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.4%
  • Immunology and Microbiology16.2%
  • Neuroscience2.1%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.4%
  • Nursing0.4%
  • Other1.4%

Topics

  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy7.1%
  • interferon and immune responses5.3%
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology4.6%
  • Immune Response and Inflammation3.3%
  • Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling2.3%
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders2%
  • Other75.4%

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  1. Differential roles of MDA5 and RIG-I helicases in the recognition of RNA viruses

    Authors: Hiroki Kato, Osamu Takeuchi, Shintaro Sato, Mitsutoshi Yoneyama, Masahiro Yamamoto, Kosuke Matsui, Satoshi Uematsu, Andreas Jung, Taro Kawai, Ken J. Ishii, Osamu Yamaguchi, Kinya Otsu, Tohru Tsujimura, Chang‐Sung Koh, Caetano Reis e Sousa, Yoshiharu Matsuura, Takashi Fujita, Shizuo Akira - Nature 2006 cited by 3,873

  2. Mitochondrial DNA that escapes from autophagy causes inflammation and heart failure

    Authors: Takafumi Oka, Shungo Hikoso, Osamu Yamaguchi, Manabu Taneike, Toshihiro Takeda, Takahito Tamai, Jota Oyabu, Tomokazu Murakawa, Hiroyuki Nakayama, Kazuhiko Nishida, Shizuo Akira, Akitsugu Yamamoto, Issei Komuro, Kinya Otsu - Nature 2012 cited by 1,191

  3. The role of autophagy in cardiomyocytes in the basal state and in response to hemodynamic stress

    Authors: Atsuko Nakai, Osamu Yamaguchi, Toshihiro Takeda, Yoshiharu Higuchi, Shungo Hikoso, Masayuki Taniike, Shigemiki Omiya, Isamu Mizote, Yasushi Matsumura, Michio Asahi, Kazuhiko Nishida, Masatsugu Hori, Noboru Mizushima, Kinya Otsu - Nature Medicine 2007 cited by 1,508

  4. Bcl-2-like protein 13 is a mammalian Atg32 homologue that mediates mitophagy and mitochondrial fragmentation

    Authors: Tomokazu Murakawa, Osamu Yamaguchi, Ayako Hashimoto, Shungo Hikoso, Toshihiro Takeda, Takafumi Oka, Hiroki Yasui, Hiromichi Ueda, Yasuhiro Akazawa, Hiroyuki Nakayama, Manabu Taneike, Tomofumi Misaka, Shigemiki Omiya, Ajay M. Shah, Akitsugu Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Nishida, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Koji Okamoto, Yasushi Sakata, Kinya Otsu - Nature Communications 2015 cited by 509

  5. Mitochondrial Function, Biology, and Role in Disease

    Authors: Elizabeth Murphy, Hossein Ardehali, Robert S. Balaban, Fabio DiLisa, Gerald W. Dorn, Richard N. Kitsis, Kinya Otsu, Peipei Ping, Rosario Rizzuto, Michael N. Sack, Douglas C. Wallace, Richard J. Youle - Circulation Research 2016 cited by 454

  6. Discovery of Atg5/Atg7-independent alternative macroautophagy

    Authors: Yuya Nishida, Satoko Arakawa, Kenji Fujitani, Hirofumi Yamaguchi, Takeshi Mizuta, Toku Kanaseki, Masaaki Komatsu, Kinya Otsu, Yoshihide Tsujimoto, Shigeomi Shimizu - Nature 2009 cited by 1,103

  7. Cyclophilin D-dependent mitochondrial permeability transition regulates some necrotic but not apoptotic cell death

    Authors: Takashi Nakagawa, Shigeomi Shimizu, Tetsuya Watanabe, Osamu Yamaguchi, Kinya Otsu, Hirotaka Yamagata, Hidenori Inohara, Takeshi Kubo, Yoshihide Tsujimoto - Nature 2005 cited by 1,620

  8. Inflammation and metabolic cardiomyopathy

    Authors: Kazuhiko Nishida, Kinya Otsu - Cardiovascular Research 2017 cited by 338

  9. Iron derived from autophagy-mediated ferritin degradation induces cardiomyocyte death and heart failure in mice

    Authors: Jumpei Ito, Shigemiki Omiya, Mara-Camelia Rusu, Hiromichi Ueda, Tomokazu Murakawa, Yohei Tanada, Hajime Abe, Kazuki Nakahara, Michio Asahi, Manabu Taneike, Kazuhiko Nishida, Ajay M. Shah, Kinya Otsu - eLife 2021 cited by 134

  10. Inhibition of autophagy in the heart induces age-related cardiomyopathy

    Authors: Manabu Taneike, Osamu Yamaguchi, Atsuko Nakai, Shungo Hikoso, Toshihiro Takeda, Isamu Mizote, Takafumi Oka, Takahito Tamai, Jota Oyabu, Tomokazu Murakawa, Kazuhiko Nishida, Takahiko Shimizu, Masatsugu Hori, Issei Komuro, Takuji Shirasawa, Noboru Mizushima, Kinya Otsu - Autophagy 2010 cited by 450

  11. A Mammalian Mitophagy Receptor, Bcl2-L-13, Recruits the ULK1 Complex to Induce Mitophagy

    Authors: Tomokazu Murakawa, Koji Okamoto, Shigemiki Omiya, Manabu Taneike, Osamu Yamaguchi, Kinya Otsu - Cell Reports 2019 cited by 158

  12. Fibroblast-Specific Genetic Manipulation of p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase In Vivo Reveals Its Central Regulatory Role in Fibrosis

    Authors: Jeffery D. Molkentin, Darrian Bugg, Natasha Ghearing, Lisa E. Dorn, Peter Kim, Michelle A. Sargent, Jagadambika Gunaje, Kinya Otsu, Jennifer Davis - Circulation 2017 cited by 301

  13. Perilipin 5, a Lipid Droplet-binding Protein, Protects Heart from Oxidative Burden by Sequestering Fatty Acid from Excessive Oxidation

    Authors: Kenta Kuramoto, Tomoo Okamura, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Tomoe Y. Nakamura, Shigeo Wakabayashi, Hidetaka Morinaga, Masatoshi Nomura, Toshihiko Yanase, Kinya Otsu, Nobuteru Usuda, Shigenobu Matsumura, Kazuo Inoue, Tohru Fushiki, Yumiko Kojima, Takeshi Hashimoto, Fumie Sakai, Fumiko Hirose, Takashi Osumi - Journal of Biological Chemistry 2012 cited by 238

  14. NLRP3 inflammasome-driven IL-1β and IL-18 contribute to lipopolysaccharide-induced septic cardiomyopathy

    Authors: Kenta Fujimura, Tadayoshi Karasawa, Takanori Komada, Naoya Yamada, Yoshiko Mizushina, Chintogtokh Baatarjav, Takayoshi Matsumura, Kinya Otsu, Norihiko Takeda, Hiroaki Mizukami, Kazuomi Kario, Masafumi Takahashi - Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology 2023 cited by 69

  15. Macrophage hypoxia signaling regulates cardiac fibrosis via Oncostatin M

    Authors: Hajime Abe, Norihiko Takeda, Takayuki Isagawa, Hiroaki Semba, Satoshi Nishimura, M. Morioka, Yu Nakagama, Tatsuyuki Sato, Katsura Soma, Katsuhiro Koyama, Masaki Wake, Manami Katoh, Masataka Asagiri, Michael L. Neugent, Jung‐whan Kim, Christian Stockmann, Tomo Yonezawa, Ryo Inuzuka, Yasushi Hirota, Koji Maemura, Takeshi Yamashita, Kinya Otsu, Ichiro Manabe, Ryozo Nagai, Issei Komuro - Nature Communications 2019 cited by 152

  16. Mitochondrial DNA as an inflammatory mediator in cardiovascular diseases

    Authors: Hiroyuki Nakayama, Kinya Otsu - Biochemical Journal 2018 cited by 159

  17. Crosstalk Between Autophagy and Apoptosis in Heart Disease

    Authors: Kazuhiko Nishida, Osamu Yamaguchi, Kinya Otsu - Circulation Research 2008 cited by 315

  18. Cardiac fibroblasts are essential for the adaptive response of the murine heart to pressure overload

    Authors: Norifumi Takeda, Ichiro Manabe, Yuichi Uchino, Kosei Eguchi, Sahohime Matsumoto, Satoshi Nishimura, Takayuki Shindo, Motoaki Sano, Kinya Otsu, Paige Snider, Simon J. Conway, Ryozo Nagai - Journal of Clinical Investigation 2009 cited by 392

  19. Signaling Pathways and Genes that Inhibit Pathogen-Induced Macrophage Apoptosis— CREB and NF-κB as Key Regulators

    Authors: Jin Mo Park, Florian R. Greten, Athena W. Wong, Randal J. Westrick, J. Simon C. Arthur, Kinya Otsu, Alexander Hoffmann, Marc Montminy, Michael Karin - Immunity 2005 cited by 325

  20. BCL2L13 is a mammalian homolog of the yeast mitophagy receptor Atg32

    Authors: Kinya Otsu, Tomokazu Murakawa, Osamu Yamaguchi - Autophagy 2015 cited by 96

  21. MicroRNA-451 Exacerbates Lipotoxicity in Cardiac Myocytes and High-Fat Diet-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy in Mice Through Suppression of the LKB1/AMPK Pathway

    Authors: Yasuhide Kuwabara, Takahiro Horie, Osamu Baba, Shin Watanabe, Masataka Nishiga, Shunsuke Usami, Masayasu Izuhara, Tetsushi Nakao, Tomohiro Nishino, Kinya Otsu, Toru Kita, Takeshi Kimura, Koh Ono - Circulation Research 2014 cited by 209

  22. The kinase p38α serves cell type–specific inflammatory functions in skin injury and coordinates pro- and anti-inflammatory gene expression

    Authors: Chun Kim, Yasuyo Sano, Kristina Todorova, Bradley A. Carlson, Luís Arpa, Antonio Celada, Toby Lawrence, Kinya Otsu, Janice L. Brissette, J. Simon C. Arthur, Jin Mo Park - Nature Immunology 2008 cited by 263

  23. Inhibition of phospholamban phosphorylation by O-GlcNAcylation: implications for diabetic cardiomyopathy

    Authors: Shunichi Yokoe, Michio Asahi, Toshihiro Takeda, Kinya Otsu, Naoyuki Taniguchi, E. Miyoshi, Keiichiro Suzuki - Glycobiology 2010 cited by 93

  24. The role of autophagy in the heart

    Authors: Kohji Nishida, Shiori Kyoi, Osamu Yamaguchi, Junichi Sadoshima, Kinya Otsu - Cell Death and Differentiation 2008 cited by 387