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Koichi Kikuchi is affiliated with Tokyo Metropolitan University in Japan and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine. The scientist's work focuses on a variety of subfields including Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Nephrology.

Their research topics cover areas such as:

  • Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • GDF15 and Related Biomarkers
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Renal and Vascular Pathologies
  • Abdominal Vascular Conditions and Treatments

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Koichi Kikuchi include:

  • Mitochondrial dysfunction underlying sporadic inclusion body myositis is ameliorated by the mitochondrial homing drug MA-5, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Germ-Free Conditions Modulate Host Purine Metabolism, Exacerbating Adenine-Induced Kidney Damage, 2020, Toxins
  • Concurrent analogous organ damage in the brain, eyes, and kidneys in malignant hypertension: reversible encephalopathy, serous retinal detachment, and proteinuria, 2020, Hypertension Research
  • SGLT-1-specific inhibition ameliorates renal failure and alters the gut microbial community in mice with adenine-induced renal failure, 2021, Physiological Reports
  • (+)-Sesamin, a sesame lignan, is a potent inhibitor of gut bacterial tryptophan indole-lyase that is a key enzyme in chronic kidney disease pathogenesis, 2021, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Koichi Kikuchi frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable co-authors appearing multiple times in their body of work. These include:

  • Takaaki Abe
  • Takafumi Toyohara
  • Takehiro Suzuki
  • Shun Watanabe
  • Eikan Mishima

The scientist has published regularly in several academic venues, which include:

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Internal Medicine
  • Toxins
  • Hypertension Research
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • NMR characterization of isomers of C 78 , C 82 and C 84 fullerenes

    Koichi Kikuchi;Nobuo Nakahara;Tomonari Wakabayashi;Shinzo Suzuki

  • In vivo biological behavior of a water-miscible fullerene: 14C labeling, absorption, distribution, excretion and acute toxicity

    Shigeru Yamago;Hidetoshi Tokuyama;Eiichi Nakamura;Koichi Kikuchi

  • A Three-Dimensional Ferrimagnet with a High Magnetic Transition Temperature (TC) of 53 K Based on a Chiral Molecule

    Katsuya Inoue;Hiroyuki Imai;Prasanna S. Ghalsasi;Koichi Kikuchi

  • Isolation and characterization of the metallofullerene LaC82

    Koichi Kikuchi;Shinzo Suzuki;Yasuhiko Nakao;Nobuo Nakahara

  • New trends in the synthesis of π-electron donors for molecular conductors and superconductors

    Jun-ichi Yamada;Hiroki Akutsu;Hiroyuki Nishikawa;Koichi Kikuchi

  • Pseudo-gap at the Fermi level in K3C60 observed by photoemission and inverse photoemission.

    T. Takahashi;S. Suzuki;T. Morikawa;H. Katayama-Yoshida

  • Structure and Magnetic Properties of a Chiral Two‐Dimensional Ferrimagnet with TC of 38 K

    Katsuya Inoue;Koichi Kikuchi;Masaaki Ohba;Hisashi Okawa

  • Resistivity of single crystal C60 and effect of oxygen

    Takeshi Arai;Youichi Murakami;Hiroyoshi Suematsu;Koichi Kikuchi

  • Electrochemistry and Ab Initio Study of the Dimetallofullerene La2@C80

    Toshiyasu Suzuki;Yusei Maruyama;Tatsuhisa Kato;Koichi Kikuchi

  • Electronic and geometric structure of La@ xaC 82 and C 82 : Theory and experiment

    D. M. Poirier;M. Knupfer;J. H. Weaver;W. Andreoni

  • Electrochemical properties of fullerenolanthanides

    Toshiyasu Suzuki;Koichi Kikuchi;Fumihiro Oguri;Yasuhiko Nakao

  • Isomers and carbon-13 hyperfine structures of metal-encapsulated fullerenes M@C82 (M = Sc, Y, and La)

    Shinzo Suzuki;Satoshi Kawata;Haruo Shiromaru;Kotaro Yamauchi

  • Solution-processed n-type organic thin-film transistors with high field-effect mobility

    Masayuki Chikamatsu;Shuichi Nagamatsu;Yuji Yoshida;Kazuhiro Saito

  • Reaction of C60 with diacyl peroxides containing perfluoroalkyl groups. The first example of electron transfer reaction via C60 +· in solution

    Masato Yoshida;Yoshihiro Morinaga;Masahiko Iyoda;Koichi Kikuchi

  • Characterization of the Isolated Y@C82

    Koichi Kikuchi;Yasuhiko Nakao;Sinzo Suzuki;Yohji Achiba

  • Magnetic properties of TDAE-C60 and TDAE-C70, where TDAE is tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethylene

    Kazuyoshi Tanaka;Anvar A. Zakhidov;Kazunari Yoshizawa;Kenji Okahara

  • Electronic structure of metallofullerene LaC 82 : Electron transfer from lanthanum to C 82

    Shojun Hino;Hiroaki Takahashi;Kentaro Iwasaki;Kazuo Matsumoto

  • Synthesis of the First Adducts of the Dimetallofullerenes La2@C80 and Sc2@C84 by Addition of a Disilirane

    Takeshi Akasaka;Shigeru Nagase;Kaoru Kobayashi;Toshiyasu Suzuki

  • Field-Induced Ferrimagnetic State in a Molecule-Based Magnet Consisting of a CoII Ion and a Chiral Triplet Bis(nitroxide) Radical

    Youhei Numata;Katsuya Inoue;Nikolai Baranov;Mohamedally Kurmoo

  • ENCAPSULATION OF RADIOACTIVE 159GD AND 161TB ATOMS IN FULLERENE CAGES

    Koichi Kikuchi;Kanako Kobayashi;Keisuke Sueki;Shinzo Suzuki

Frequent Co-Authors

Yohji Achiba
Yohji Achiba Tokyo Metropolitan University
Kazuya Saito
Kazuya Saito University of Tsukuba
Yusei Maruyama
Yusei Maruyama Hosei University
Tatsuhisa Kato
Tatsuhisa Kato Kyoto University
Toshiyasu Suzuki
Toshiyasu Suzuki National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Katsuya Inoue
Katsuya Inoue Hiroshima University
Yutaka Maniwa
Yutaka Maniwa Kanagawa University
Masahiko Iyoda
Masahiko Iyoda Tokyo Metropolitan University
Kazuhiko Seki
Kazuhiko Seki National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Tamotsu Inabe
Tamotsu Inabe Hokkaido University

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