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Ken-ichi Isobe

Ken-ichi Isobe

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
64
Citations
30223
World Ranking
2562
National Ranking
92

Ken-ichi Isobe publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 313 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Ken-ichi Isobe D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ken-ichi Isobe is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Epidemiology, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The main topics covered in Isobe's research include:

  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention

Isobe has been involved in multiple publications, with a focus on dietary impacts on health and metabolism. Recent papers include:

  • Hen egg only diets support healthy aging in adult mice (2023), Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition
  • Are mice born normally with an egg-only diet? (2020), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • A high fat containing chicken egg-only diet suppresses fatty liver induced by a lipid-rich methionine and choline deficient diet (2020), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Hen-egg suppresses fatty liver induced by sugar, glucose or fructose (2021), Journal of Lipid Nutrition
  • Comparative Study of Arteriosclerosis in Young and Elderly Individuals Using Carotid Artery Ultrasonography (2023), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Publication venues frequently include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition
  • Journal of Lipid Nutrition
  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Collaborations are an important part of Isobe's research activity. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Naomi Nishio
  • Ami Kuzuya
  • Kana Kato
  • Aki Hatanaka
  • Rena Suzuki

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • IL23 differentially regulates the Th1/Th17 balance in ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease

    Taku Kobayashi;Susumu Okamoto;Tadakazu Hisamatsu;Nobuhiko Kamada

  • SIRT1 is critical regulator of FOXO-mediated transcription in response to oxidative stress

    Yosuke Kobayashi;Yoko Furukawa-Hibi;Chen Chen;Yoshiyuki Horio

  • Cutting Edge: CD8+CD122+ Regulatory T Cells Produce IL-10 to Suppress IFN-γ Production and Proliferation of CD8+ T Cells

    Agustina Tri Endharti;Muhaimin Rifa'I;Muhaimin Rifa'I;Zhe Shi;Yukari Fukuoka

  • A link between stress and depression: Shifts in the balance between the kynurenine and serotonin pathways of tryptophan metabolism and the etiology and pathophysiology of depression

    Hideki Miura;Norio Ozaki;Makoto Sawada;Kenichi Isobe

  • The function of GADD34 is a recovery from a shutoff of protein synthesis induced by ER stress: elucidation by GADD34-deficient mice

    Eiji Kojima;Akihide Takeuchi;Masataka Haneda;Ayako Yagi

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Efficient and Reproducible Myogenic Differentiation from Human iPS Cells: Prospects for Modeling Miyoshi Myopathy In Vitro

    Akihito Tanaka;Akihito Tanaka;Knut Woltjen;Katsuya Miyake;Akitsu Hotta

  • p300 collaborates with Sp1 and Sp3 in p21(waf1/cip1) promoter activation induced by histone deacetylase inhibitor.

    Hengyi Xiao;Tadao Hasegawa;Ken-ichi Isobe

  • Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 is a major stress-regulated gene: Implications for stress-induced thrombosis in aged individuals

    Koji Yamamoto;Kyosuke Takeshita;Takayoshi Shimokawa;Hong Yi

  • Essential Role of CD8+CD122+ Regulatory T Cells in the Recovery from Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

    Young-Ho Lee;Yoshiyuki Ishida;Muhaimin Rifa’i;Muhaimin Rifa’i;Muhaimin Rifa’i;Zhe Shi

  • Both Sp1 and Sp3 are responsible for p21waf1 promoter activity induced by histone deacetylase inhibitor in NIH3T3 cells.

    Hengyi Xiao;Tadao Hasegawa;Ken-ichi Isobe

  • An inhibitor of mitochondrial complex I, rotenone, inactivates proteasome by oxidative modification and induces aggregation of oxidized proteins in SH-SY5Y cells

    Masayo Shamoto-Nagai;Wakako Maruyama;Yoji Kato;Ken-ichi Isobe

  • Peroxynitrite induces GADD34, 45, and 153 VIA p38 MAPK in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells.

    Kentaro Oh-Hashi;Wakako Maruyama;Kenichi Isobe

  • Increase in wild-type p53 stability and transactivational activity by the chemopreventive agent apigenin in keratinocytes.

    Maralee McVean;Hengyi Xiao;Ken-ichi Isobe;Jill C. Pelling

  • Redox mechanism as alternative to ligand binding for receptor activation delivering disregulated cellular signals

    I Nakashima;M Y Pu;A Nishizaki;I Rosila

  • Mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway mediates peroxynitrite-induced apoptosis in human dopaminergic neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells.

    Kentaro Oh-hashi;Wakako Maruyama;Hong Yi;Tsutomu Takahashi

  • Neutrophil depletion delays wound repair in aged mice

    Naomi Nishio;Yayoi Okawa;Hidetoshi Sakurai;Ken-ichi Isobe

  • Expression of nm23 H‐1 RNA levels in human gastric cancer tissues. A negative correlation with nodal metastasis

    Yasuhiro Kodera;Ken-Ichi Isobe;Masaji Yamauchi;Ken Kondoh

Frequent Co-Authors

Izumi Nakashima
Izumi Nakashima Chubu University
Haruhiko Suzuki
Haruhiko Suzuki Nagoya University
Kaoru Shimokata
Kaoru Shimokata Nagoya University
Yoshinori Hasegawa
Yoshinori Hasegawa Nagoya University
Masashi Kato
Masashi Kato Nagoya University
Masahide Takahashi
Masahide Takahashi Nagoya University
Michinari Hamaguchi
Michinari Hamaguchi Nagoya University
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Yasuhiro Kodera
Yasuhiro Kodera Nagoya University
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile

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