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Ken-ichi Arai

Ken-ichi Arai

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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Japan
2024

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
95
Citations
33954
World Ranking
633
National Ranking
46

Ken-ichi Arai publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ken-ichi Arai sits on this spectrum.

47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47 publications 564+

This scientist: 320 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Ken-ichi Arai D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ken-ichi Arai sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 95 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Ken-ichi Arai is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their work primarily focuses on medicine, with specific attention to surgery and biomedical engineering. The research also intersects with molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and biomaterials, illustrating a broad engagement with both clinical and experimental biomedical sciences.

The scientist's research interests concentrate on several main topics including tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, 3D printing in biomedical research, electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications, pluripotent stem cells research, neuropeptides and animal physiology, additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies, and pharmacological receptor mechanisms and effects.

Ken-ichi Arai has published extensively in several venues. Frequent publication outlets include PLoS ONE, Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, Advanced Healthcare Materials, and Scientific Reports. The diversity of journals reflects an interdisciplinary approach bridging clinical applications and advanced biomedical materials research.

Recent selected publications highlight the application of bio-3D printing and scaffold-free tissue construction technologies:

  • Scaffold-Free Bio-3D Printing Using Spheroids as "Bio-Inks" for Tissue (Re-)Construction and Drug Response Tests (2020, Advanced Healthcare Materials)
  • Drug response analysis for scaffold-free cardiac constructs fabricated using bio-3D printer (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Cryopreservation method for spheroids and fabrication of scaffold-free tubular constructs (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Scaffold-Free Tubular Engineered Heart Tissue From Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Using Bio-3D Printing Technology in vivo (2022, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine)
  • Distribution of amniotic stem cells in human term amnion membrane (2021, Microscopy)

Ken-ichi Arai has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Koichi Nakayama, Daiki Murata, Shoko Takao, Toshiko Yoshida, and Soichiro Ide. These collaborations have contributed to developing advances in biofabrication and regenerative medicine.

Best Publications

  • SR alpha promoter: an efficient and versatile mammalian cDNA expression system composed of the simian virus 40 early promoter and the R-U5 segment of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 long terminal repeat.

    Y. Takebe;M. Seiki;J.-I. Fujisawa;P. Hoy

  • Cytokines: Coordinators of Immune and Inflammatory Responses

    Ken-ichi Arai;Frank Lee;Atsushi Miyajima;Shoichiro Miyatake

  • IgE production by normal human lymphocytes is induced by interleukin 4 and suppressed by interferons gamma and alpha and prostaglandin E2

    J Pène;F Rousset;F Brière;I Chrétien

  • Sharing of the interleukin-2 (IL-2) receptor gamma chain between receptors for IL-2 and IL-4.

    Motonari Kondo;Toshikazu Takeshita;Naoto Ishii;Masataka Nakamura

  • Molecular cloning of a second subunit of the receptor for human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF): reconstitution of a high-affinity GM-CSF receptor.

    Kazuhiro Hayashida;Toshio Kitamura;Daniel M. Gorman;Ken-Ichi Arai

  • Expression cloning of the human IL-3 receptor cDNA reveals a shared β subunit for the human IL-3 and GM-CSF receptors

    Toshio Kitamura;Noriko Sato;Ken-ichi Arai;Atsushi Miyajima

  • Cytokine receptors and signal transduction

    Atsushi Miyajima;I Toshio Kitamura;I Nobuyuki Harada;Takashi Yokota

  • Isolation and characterization of a human interleukin cDNA clone, homologous to mouse B-cell stimulatory factor 1, that expresses B-cell- and T-cell-stimulating activities.

    T Yokota;T Otsuka;T Mosmann;J Banchereau

  • Human recombinant interleukin 4 induces Fc epsilon receptors (CD23) on normal human B lymphocytes.

    T Defrance;J P Aubry;F Rousset;B Vanbervliet

  • Isolation and characterization of a mouse cDNA clone that expresses mast-cell growth-factor activity in monkey cells

    Takashi Yokota;Frank Lee;Donna Rennick;Carol Hall

  • Cloning of an interleukin-3 receptor gene: a member of a distinct receptor gene family.

    Naoto Itoh;Shin Yonehara;Jolanda Schreurs;Daniel M Gorman

  • Signal transduction by the high-affinity GM-CSF receptor: two distinct cytoplasmic regions of the common beta subunit responsible for different signaling.

    N. Sato;K. Sakamaki;N. Terada;K.-I. Arai

  • Suppression of apoptotic death in hematopoietic cells by signalling through the IL-3/GM-CSF receptors.

    T. Kinoshita;T. Yokota;K.-I. Arai;A. Miyajima

  • Nucleotide sequences of STE2 and STE3, cell type-specific sterile genes from Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    N. Nakayama;A. Miyajima;K. Arai

  • Cytokine Receptors and Signal Transduction

    Atsushi Miyajima

  • GPA1, a haploid-specific essential gene, encodes a yeast homolog of mammalian G protein which may be involved in mating factor signal transduction

    Ikuko Miyajima;Masato Nakafuku;Naoki Nakayama;Charles Brenner

  • Isolation of cDNA for a human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor by functional expression in mammalian cells.

    Frank Lee;Takashi Yokota;Takeshi Otsuka;Lorraine Gemmell

  • Studies on Polypeptide Elongation Factors from Escherichia coli II. PURIFICATION OF FACTORS Tu-GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE, Ts, AND Tu-Ts, AND CRYSTALLIZATION OF Tu-GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE AND Tu-Ts

    Ken-Ichi Arai;Masao Kawakita;Yoshito Kaziro

  • Recombinant interleukin 4 promotes the growth of human T cells.

    H. Spits;H. Yssel;Y. Takebe;N. Arai

  • Structure of the chromosomal gene for granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor: comparison of the mouse and human genes.

    S Miyatake;T Otsuka;T Yokota;F Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Naoko Arai
Naoko Arai University of Tokyo
Takashi Yokota
Takashi Yokota Kanazawa University
Atsushi Miyajima
Atsushi Miyajima University of Tokyo
Hisao Masai
Hisao Masai Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Yoshito Kaziro
Yoshito Kaziro Kyoto University
Noriko Sato
Noriko Sato Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Masaaki Muramatsu
Masaaki Muramatsu Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Hiroshi Tokumitsu
Hiroshi Tokumitsu Okayama University
Frank S. Lee
Frank S. Lee University of Pennsylvania

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