What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
Akio Kihara mainly investigates Biochemistry, Cell biology, Sphingolipid, Sphingosine-1-phosphate and Sphingosine.
He combines Biochemistry and Translocase in his studies.
As a member of one scientific family, Akio Kihara mostly works in the field of Cell biology, focusing on Autophagy and, on occasion, SEC31 and COPII.
His Sphingolipid study combines topics in areas such as Very long chain fatty acid and adipocyte protein 2, Polyunsaturated fatty acid, Fatty acid.
His Sphingosine-1-phosphate study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Phosphatidic acid, Endoplasmic reticulum, Intracellular and Cytosol.
His studies in Autophagy database integrate themes in fields like Bioinformatics, Autophagy-Related Protein 7, Autophagosome maturation, Autophagosome membrane and Chaperone-mediated autophagy.
His most cited work include:
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (4170 citations)
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3242 citations)
- Two distinct Vps34 phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase complexes function in autophagy and carboxypeptidase Y sorting in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. (815 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary scientific interests are in Biochemistry, Cell biology, Sphingolipid, Sphingosine and Fatty acid.
Sphingosine-1-phosphate, Ceramide, Yeast, Mutant and Very long chain fatty acid are subfields of Biochemistry in which his conducts study.
His study looks at the relationship between Cell biology and fields such as Lipid metabolism, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.
His work in Sphingolipid addresses subjects such as Glycerophospholipids, which are connected to disciplines such as Glycerophospholipid.
The various areas that Akio Kihara examines in his Sphingosine study include Lipid signaling and Kinase.
The Fatty acid study combines topics in areas such as Metabolism and Fatty acid elongation.
He most often published in these fields:
- Biochemistry (66.10%)
- Cell biology (32.20%)
- Sphingolipid (26.55%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?
- Biochemistry (66.10%)
- Sphingolipid (26.55%)
- Ceramide (16.38%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Akio Kihara spends much of his time researching Biochemistry, Sphingolipid, Ceramide, Fatty acid and Ichthyosis.
His Biochemistry study is mostly concerned with Yeast, Metabolism, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Enzyme and Biosynthesis.
He has researched Saccharomyces cerevisiae in several fields, including Unfolded protein response and Cell biology.
His study brings together the fields of Sphingosine-1-phosphate and Cell biology.
His Sphingolipid study incorporates themes from In vitro, Sphingosine, Phosphorylation, Ceramide synthase and Lipid microdomain.
His study in Ceramide is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Gene knockout, Stratum corneum, Lipid signaling and Sphingomyelin.
Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (4170 citations)
- Synthesis and degradation pathways, functions, and pathology of ceramides and epidermal acylceramides. (86 citations)
- PNPLA1 is a transacylase essential for the generation of the skin barrier lipid ω-O-acylceramide. (49 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
His main research concerns Biochemistry, Ceramide, Sphingolipid, Cell biology and Ichthyosis.
Biochemistry connects with themes related to Function in his study.
His work carried out in the field of Ceramide brings together such families of science as Gene knockout and Phenotype.
The Sphingolipid study combines topics in areas such as Lipid metabolism, Lipid signaling, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Phosphorylation.
His research on Cell biology frequently links to adjacent areas such as Bioinformatics.
His work in Ichthyosis tackles topics such as Molecular biology which are related to areas like Atrophy, Transcriptome, Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor and Mutation.
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