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Kazutoshi Mori

Kazutoshi Mori

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
92
Citations
44327
World Ranking
2167
National Ranking
126

Kazutoshi Mori publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kazutoshi Mori sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 228 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Kazutoshi Mori D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kazutoshi Mori sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kazutoshi Mori is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan. The primary research focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant work in medicine. Mori's areas of expertise include cell biology, molecular biology, physiology, epidemiology, and genetics.

The scientist's main research topics are diverse and include:

  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Galectins and Cancer Biology
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research

Mori has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • "Mechanisms of productive folding and endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation of glycoproteins and non-glycoproteins," 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects
  • "EDEM2 stably disulfide-bonded to TXNDC11 catalyzes the first mannose trimming step in mammalian glycoprotein ERAD," 2020, eLife
  • "Endoplasmic Reticulum-Associated Degradation Controls Virus Protein Homeostasis, Which Is Required for Flavivirus Propagation," 2021, Journal of Virology
  • "Antipsychotic olanzapine-induced misfolding of proinsulin in the endoplasmic reticulum accounts for atypical development of diabetes," 2020, eLife
  • "Purified EDEM3 or EDEM1 alone produces determinant oligosaccharide structures from M8B in mammalian glycoprotein ERAD," 2021, eLife

Frequent publication venues for Mori's work include:

  • eLife
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Structure and Function
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Mori collaborates often with several researchers, including Tokiro Ishikawa, Satoshi Ninagawa, Shunsuke Saito, Tetsuya Okada, and Mika Takarada-Iemata.

Best Publications

  • XBP1 mRNA Is Induced by ATF6 and Spliced by IRE1 in Response to ER Stress to Produce a Highly Active Transcription Factor

    Hiderou Yoshida;Toshie Matsui;Akira Yamamoto;Tetsuya Okada

  • Mammalian Transcription Factor ATF6 Is Synthesized as a Transmembrane Protein and Activated by Proteolysis in Response to Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress

    Kyosuke Haze;Hiderou Yoshida;Hideki Yanagi;Takashi Yura

  • Identification of the cis-Acting Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Response Element Responsible for Transcriptional Induction of Mammalian Glucose-regulated Proteins INVOLVEMENT OF BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS

    Hiderou Yoshida;Kyosuke Haze;Hideki Yanagi;Takashi Yura

  • Tripartite Management of Unfolded Proteins in the Endoplasmic Reticulum

    Kazutoshi Mori

  • IRE1-mediated unconventional mRNA splicing and S2P-mediated ATF6 cleavage merge to regulate XBP1 in signaling the unfolded protein response

    Kyungho Lee;Witoon Tirasophon;Xiaohua Shen;Marek Michalak

  • Transcriptional Induction of Mammalian ER Quality Control Proteins Is Mediated by Single or Combined Action of ATF6α and XBP1

    Keisuke Yamamoto;Takashi Sato;Toshie Matsui;Masanori Sato

  • ATF6 Activated by Proteolysis Binds in the Presence of NF-Y (CBF) Directly to the cis-Acting Element Responsible for the Mammalian Unfolded Protein Response

    Hiderou Yoshida;Tetsuya Okada;Kyosuke Haze;Hideki Yanagi

  • AP-1 transcriptional activity is regulated by a direct association between thioredoxin and Ref-1

    Kiichi Hirota;Minoru Matsui;Satoshi Iwata;Akira Nishiyama

  • Adaptation to ER stress is mediated by differential stabilities of pro-survival and pro-apoptotic mRNAs and proteins.

    D. Thomas Rutkowski;Stacey M Arnold;Corey N. Miller;Jun-Dong Wu

  • A Time-Dependent Phase Shift in the Mammalian Unfolded Protein Response

    Hiderou Yoshida;Toshie Matsui;Nobuko Hosokawa;Randal J. Kaufman

  • Complementary signaling pathways regulate the unfolded protein response and are required for C. elegans development

    Xiaohua Shen;Ronald E. Ellis;Kyungho Lee;Chuan Yin Liu

  • Distinct roles of thioredoxin in the cytoplasm and in the nucleus. A two-step mechanism of redox regulation of transcription factor NF-kappaB.

    Kiichi Hirota;Miyahiko Murata;Yoshifumi Sachi;Hajime Nakamura

  • XBP1: a link between the unfolded protein response, lipid biosynthesis, and biogenesis of the endoplasmic reticulum

    Rungtawan Sriburi;Suzanne Jackowski;Kazutoshi Mori;Joseph W. Brewer

  • Distinct roles of activating transcription factor 6 (ATF6) and double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK) in transcription during the mammalian unfolded protein response.

    Tetsuya Okada;Hiderou Yoshida;Rieko Akazawa;Manabu Negishi

  • XBP1 Is Essential for Survival under Hypoxic Conditions and Is Required for Tumor Growth

    Lorenzo Romero-Ramirez;Hongbin Cao;Daniel Nelson;Ester Hammond

  • Activation of the ATF6, XBP1 and grp78 genes in human hepatocellular carcinoma: a possible involvement of the ER stress pathway in hepatocarcinogenesis

    Masahiro Shuda;Nobuo Kondoh;Nobuo Imazeki;Kenji Tanaka

  • cDNA cloning and regional distribution of a novel member of the opioid receptor family

    Kazuhiko Fukuda;Shigehisa Kato;Kenjiro Mori;Miyuki Nishi

  • ATF6 is a transcription factor specializing in the regulation of quality control proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum.

    Yusuke Adachi;Keisuke Yamamoto;Tetsuya Okada;Hiderou Yoshida

  • A 22 bp cis-acting element is necessary and sufficient for the induction of the yeast KAR2 (BiP) gene by unfolded proteins.

    K Mori;A Sant;K Kohno;K Normington

  • Differential Contributions of ATF6 and XBP1 to the Activation of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Responsive cis -Acting Elements ERSE, UPRE and ERSE-II

    Keisuke Yamamoto;Hiderou Yoshida;Hiderou Yoshida;Koichi Kokame;Randal J. Kaufman

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiderou Yoshida
Hiderou Yoshida University of Hyogo
Manabu Negishi
Manabu Negishi Kyoto University
Takashi Yura
Takashi Yura Kyoto University
Koichi Kato
Koichi Kato National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Shunichi Takeda
Shunichi Takeda Shenzhen University
Hironori Katoh
Hironori Katoh Kyoto University
Randal J. Kaufman
Randal J. Kaufman Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Takashi Yamamoto
Takashi Yamamoto Hiroshima University
Ryuichiro Sato
Ryuichiro Sato University of Tokyo
Ryosuke Takahashi
Ryosuke Takahashi Kyoto University

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