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Keiichi Kimura

Keiichi Kimura

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Chemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
7090
World Ranking
16120
National Ranking
1272

Overview

Keiichi Kimura is affiliated with Wakayama University in Japan and has an extensive research record primarily in the field of medicine. Their work spans several subfields including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, epidemiology, molecular biology, and cancer research.

Their research topics cover multiple areas, notably:

  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Recent publications by Keiichi Kimura include the following papers:

  • "Suppression of autophagy promotes fibroblast activation in p53-deficient colorectal cancer cells" (2021) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Use of a convolutional neural network for classifying microvessels of superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinomas" (2021) in Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • "A novel role for Helicobacter pylori cytotoxin-associated gene A in negative regulation of autophagy in human gastric cells" (2023) in BMC Gastroenterology
  • "Identification of key gene signatures for predicting chemo-immunotherapy efficacy in extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer using machine learning" (2025) in Lung Cancer
  • "Clinical and Histopathological Features of the Differentiated Type of Early Gastric Cancer with an Unclear Lateral Demarcation" (2022) in Digestion

Kimura frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Takanori Inoue
  • Yoshito Hayashi
  • Yoshiki Tsujii
  • Shunsuke Yoshii
  • Akihiko Sakatani

Publication venues where Keiichi Kimura has contributed most include:

  • Research Square
  • Journal of the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • BMC Gastroenterology

Best Publications

  • HIGHLY REGIO- AND STEREOCONTROLLED SYNTHESIS OF VINYL SULFIDES VIA TRANSITION-METAL-CATALYZED HYDROTHIOLATION OF ALKYNES WITH THIOLS

    Akiya Ogawa;Takuma Ikeda;Kouichi Kimura;Toshikazu Hirao

  • LIPOPHILIC CROWN-4 DERIVATIVES AS LITHIUM IONOPHORES

    S. Kitazawa;K. Kimura;H. Yano;T. Shono

  • Potassium-selective PVC membrane electrodes based on bis- and poly(crown ether)s

    Keiichi Kimura;Takumi Maeda;Hiroshi Tamura;Toshiyuki Shono

  • Coated wire sodium- and potassium-selective electrodes based on bis(crown ether) compounds

    Hiroshi. Tamura;Keiichi. Kimura;Toshiyuki. Shono

  • Extraction of alkali metal picrates with poly- and bis(crown ether)s.

    Keiichi Kimura;Takumi Maeda;Toshiyuki Shono

  • Silver Ion-Selective Electrodes Using π-Coordinate Calix[4]arene Derivatives as Soft Neutral Carriers

    Keiichi Kimura;Setsuko Yajima;Kenta Tatsumi;Masaaki Yokoyama

  • Polymeric membrane sodium-selective electrodes based on lipophilic calix[4]arene derivatives

    Keiichi. Kimura;Tsutomu. Miura;Mitsunori. Matsuo;Toshiyuki. Shono

  • Sodium-selective PVC membrane electrodes based on bis(12-crowns-4)s

    Toshiyuki Shono;Mitsuo Okahara;Isao Ikeda;Keiichi Kimura

  • Synthesis and photochromism of spirobenzopyran derivatives bearing an oxymethylcrown ether moiety: metal ion-induced switching between positive and negative photochromisms.

    Mutsuo Tanaka;Makoto Nakamura;M. A. Abdussalam Salhin;Tomokazu Ikeda

  • Lithium ion selective electrodes based on crown ethers for serum lithium assay.

    Keiichi. Kimura;Hideki. Oishi;Tsutomu. Miura;Toshiyuki. Shono

  • Synthesis and cation-extraction study of lithium-selective chromogenic 14-crown-4 derivatives

    Keiichi Kimura;Mutsuo Tanaka;Shinichi Iketani;Toshiyuki Shono

  • Syntheses, cation complexation, isomerization and photochemical cation-binding control of spirobenzopyrans carrying a monoazacrown moiety at the 8-position

    Keiichi Kimura;Takashi Yamashita;Masaaki Yokoyama

  • Liquid chromatography of alkali and alkaline earth metal salts on poly(benzo-15-crown-5)- and bis(benzo-15-crown-5)-modified silicas

    Masaki. Nakajima;Keiichi. Kimura;Toshiyuki. Shono

  • Photochemical switching of ionic conductivity in composite films containing a crowned spirobenzopyran

    Keiichi Kimura;Takashi Yamashita;Masaaki Yokoyama

  • Unsymmetrical calix[4]arene ionophore/silicone rubber composite membranes for high-performance sodium ion-sensitive field-effect transistors

    Keiichi. Kimura;Tasushi. Matsuba;Yutaka. Tsujimura;Masaaki. Yokoyama

  • Lithium separation and enrichment by proton-driven cation transport through liquid membranes of lipophilic crown nitrophenols

    Hidefumi. Sakamoto;Keiichi. Kimura;Toshiyuki. Shono

  • Synthesis and metal-ion binding properties of monoazathiacrown ethers.

    Mutsuo Tanaka;Makoto Nakamura;Tomokazu Ikeda;Kiyomi Ikeda

  • Molecular Design and Applications of Photochromic Crown Compounds —How Can We Manipulate Metal Ions Photochemically?—

    Keiichi Kimura;Hidefumi Sakamoto;Makoto Nakamura

  • ALL-OR-NONE TYPE PHOTOCHEMICAL SWITCHING OF CATION BINDING WITH MALACHITE GREEN CARRYING A BIS(MONOAZACROWN ETHER) MOIETY

    Keiichi Kimura;Ryoko Mizutani;Masaaki Yokoyama;Ryuichi Arakawa

  • Photocontrol of ionic conduction by photochromic crown ethers

    Keiichi Kimura

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroshi Tamura
Hiroshi Tamura Juntendo University
Kenji Kamada
Kenji Kamada National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Ryuichi Arakawa
Ryuichi Arakawa Kansai University
Gin-ya Adachi
Gin-ya Adachi Osaka University
Kenji Hanabusa
Kenji Hanabusa Shinshu University
Qiang Xu
Qiang Xu Kyoto University
Isao Ikeda
Isao Ikeda Osaka University

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