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73
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16493
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2065
National Ranking
80

Overview

Kinji Ohno is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research covers several subfields including molecular biology, neurology, physiology, surgery, and genetics.

The main topics within their research work include:

  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Dysphagia Assessment and Management
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Kinji Ohno are:

  • <scp>Meta-Analysis</scp> of Gut Dysbiosis in Parkinson's Disease, 2020, Movement Disorders
  • Ubiquitination of DNA Damage-Stalled RNAPII Promotes Transcription-Coupled Repair, 2020, Cell
  • <i>Fusobacterium</i> infection facilitates the development of endometriosis through the phenotypic transition of endometrial fibroblasts, 2023, Science Translational Medicine
  • Parkinson's Disease and Gut Microbiota, 2021, Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
  • Short-Chain Fatty Acid-Producing Gut Microbiota Is Decreased in Parkinson's Disease but Not in Rapid-Eye-Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder, 2020, mSystems

Frequent co-authors associated with Kinji Ohno include:

  • Mikako Ito
  • Bisei Ohkawara
  • Akio Masuda
  • Hiroshi Nishiwaki
  • Masaaki Hirayama

The scientist has contributed publications to multiple journals, with repeated appearances in:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • European Heart Journal
  • npj Parkinson s Disease
  • PubMed

Best Publications

  • Intestinal Dysbiosis and Lowered Serum Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Protein in Parkinson's Disease

    Satoru Hasegawa;Sae Goto;Hirokazu Tsuji;Tatsuya Okuno

  • Increase of deleted mitochondrial DNA in the striatum in Parkinson's disease and senescence.

    Shin-ichiro Ikebe;Masashi Tanaka;Kinji Ohno;Wataru Sato

  • CHCHD2 mutations in autosomal dominant late-onset Parkinson's disease: a genome-wide linkage and sequencing study

    Manabu Funayama;Kenji Ohe;Kenji Ohe;Taku Amo;Norihiko Furuya

  • Mutation of the acetylcholine receptor α subunit causes a slow-channel myasthenic syndrome by enhancing agonist binding affinity

    Steven M. Sine;Kinji Ohno;Cecilia Bouzat;Anthony Auerbach

  • Choline acetyltransferase mutations cause myasthenic syndrome associated with episodic apnea in humans

    Kinji Ohno;Akira Tsujino;Joan M. Brengman;C. Michel Harper

  • Human branch point consensus sequence is yUnAy

    Kaiping Gao;Akio Masuda;Tohru Matsuura;Kinji Ohno

  • Congenital myasthenic syndrome caused by prolonged acetylcholine receptor channel openings due to a mutation in the M2 domain of the epsilon subunit.

    Kinji Ohno;David O. Hutchinson;Margherita Milone;Joan M. Brengman

  • Myofibrillar myopathy: clinical, morphological and genetic studies in 63 patients

    Duygu Selcen;Kinji Ohno;Andrew G. Engel

  • Human endplate acetylcholinesterase deficiency caused by mutations in the collagen-like tail subunit (ColQ) of the asymmetric enzyme

    Kinji Ohno;Joan Brengman;Akira Tsujino;Andrew G. Engel

  • Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome Caused by Decreased Agonist Binding Affinity Due to a Mutation in the Acetylcholine Receptor ε Subunit

    Kinji Ohno;Hai Long Wang;Margherita Milone;Nina Bren

  • Rapsyn mutations in humans cause endplate acetylcholine-receptor deficiency and myasthenic syndrome.

    Kinji Ohno;Andrew G. Engel;Xin Ming Shen;Duygu Selcen

  • Molecular hydrogen is protective against 6-hydroxydopamine-induced nigrostriatal degeneration in a rat model of Parkinson's disease.

    Yuan Fu;Mikako Ito;Yasunori Fujita;Masafumi Ito

  • Meta‐Analysis of Gut Dysbiosis in Parkinson's Disease

    Hiroshi Nishiwaki;Mikako Ito;Tomohiro Ishida;Tomonari Hamaguchi

  • New Mutations in Acetylcholine Receptor Subunit Genes Reveal Heterogeneity in the Slow-Channel Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome

    Andrew G. Engel;Kinji Ohno;Margherita Milone;Hai Long Wang

  • Peroxisome targeting signal of rat liver acyl-coenzyme A oxidase resides at the carboxy terminus.

    S Miyazawa;T Osumi;T Hashimoto;K Ohno

  • Position-dependent FUS-RNA interactions regulate alternative splicing events and transcriptions

    Shinsuke Ishigaki;Akio Masuda;Yusuke Fujioka;Yohei Iguchi

  • Quantitative determination of deleted mitochondrial DNA relative to normal DNA in parkinsonian striatum by a kinetic PCR analysis

    Takayuki Ozawa;Masashi Tanaka;Shin-ichiro Ikebe;Kinji Ohno

  • Myasthenic syndrome caused by mutation of the SCN4A sodium channel

    Akira Tsujino;Chantal Maertens;Kinji Ohno;Xin-Ming Shen

  • Multiple mitochondrial DNA deletions exist in cardiomyocytes of patients with hypertrophic or dilated cardiomyopathy.

    Takayuki Ozawa;Masashi Tanaka;Satoru Sugiyama;Kazuki Hattori

  • Acetylcholine receptor M3 domain: stereochemical and volume contributions to channel gating.

    Hai Long Wang;Margherita Milone;Kinji Ohno;Xing Ming Shen

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew G. Engel
Andrew G. Engel Mayo Clinic
Naoki Ishiguro
Naoki Ishiguro Nagoya University
Steven M. Sine
Steven M. Sine Mayo Clinic
Takayuki Ozawa
Takayuki Ozawa Nagoya University
Masashi Tanaka
Masashi Tanaka Juntendo University
Masahisa Katsuno
Masahisa Katsuno Nagoya University
Gen Sobue
Gen Sobue Aichi Medical University
Shinya Toyokuni
Shinya Toyokuni Nagoya University
Koji Abe
Koji Abe Okayama University
Ken Kurokawa
Ken Kurokawa National Institute of Genetics

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