Koji Kimata

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• Three Isoforms of Mammalian Hyaluronan Synthases Have Distinct Enzymatic Properties

  Naoki Itano;Takahiro Sawai;Mamoru Yoshida;Petros Lenas

  985
  Citations

• Proteoglycans and Sulfated Glycosaminoglycans

  Jeffrey D Esko;Koji Kimata;Ulf Lindahl

  598
  Citations

• A chondrogenic cell line derived from a differentiating culture of AT805 teratocarcinoma cells.

  Tadao Atsumi;Yoji Ikawa;Yoko Miwa;Koji Kimata

  545
  Citations

• Mammalian hyaluronan synthases.

  Naoki Itano;Koji Kimata

  537
  Citations

• The presence of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in the neuritic plaques and congophilic angiopathy in Alzheimer's disease.

  A. D. Snow;H. Mar;D. Nochlin;K. Kimata

  513
  Citations

• Characterization of fibronectin interactions with glycosaminoglycans and identification of active proteolytic fragments.

  K M Yamada;D W Kennedy;K Kimata;R M Pratt

  510
  Citations

• An important role of heparan sulfate proteoglycan (perlecan) in a model system for the deposition and persistence of fibrillar aβ-amyloid in rat brain

  Alan D. Snow;Raymond Sekiguchi;David Nochlin;Paul Fraser

  457
  Citations

• Roles of Aggrecan, a Large Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan, in Cartilage Structure and Function

  Hideto Watanabe;Yoshihiko Yamada;Koji Kimata

  439
  Citations

• Abnormal accumulation of hyaluronan matrix diminishes contact inhibition of cell growth and promotes cell migration.

  Naoki Itano;Fukiko Atsumi;Takahiro Sawai;Yoichi Yamada

  428
  Citations

• Characterization of growth factor-binding structures in heparin/heparan sulfate using an octasaccharide library.

  Satoko Ashikari-Hada;Hiroko Habuchi;Yutaka Kariya;Nobuyuki Itoh

  408
  Citations

• Structural analysis of chick-embryo cartilage proteoglycan by selective degradation with chondroitin lyases (chondroitinases) and endo-beta-D-galactosidase (keratanase).

  Y Oike;K Kimata;T Shinomura;K Nakazawa

  407
  Citations

• Early accumulation of heparan sulfate in neurons and in the beta-amyloid protein-containing lesions of Alzheimer's disease and Down's syndrome.

  A D Snow;H Mar;D Nochlin;R T Sekiguchi

  361
  Citations

• A novel mechanism for the inhibition of hyaluronan biosynthesis by 4-methylumbelliferone.

  Ikuko Kakizaki;Kaoru Kojima;Keiichi Takagaki;Masahiko Endo

  360
  Citations

• The Occurrence of Three Isoforms of Heparan Sulfate 6-O-Sulfotransferase Having Different Specificities for Hexuronic Acid Adjacent to the TargetedN-Sulfoglucosamine

  Hiroko Habuchi;Masayuki Tanaka;Osami Habuchi;Keiichi Yoshida

  338
  Citations

• Inter-α-trypsin Inhibitor, a Covalent Protein-Glycosaminoglycan-Protein Complex *

  Lisheng Zhuo;Vincent C. Hascall;Koji Kimata

  322
  Citations

• Defect in SHAP-Hyaluronan Complex Causes Severe Female Infertility: A STUDY BY INACTIVATION OF THE BIKUNIN GENE IN MICE *

  Lisheng Zhuo;Masahiko Yoneda;Ming Zhao;Wannarat Yingsung

  320
  Citations

• Regulation of cell-substrate adhesion by proteoglycans immobilized on extracellular substrates.

  M Yamagata;S Suzuki;S K Akiyama;K M Yamada

  290
  Citations

• Mouse cartilage matrix deficiency ( cmd ) caused by a 7 bp deletion in the aggrecan gene

  Hideto Watanabe;Koji Kimata;Sergio Line;Dave Strong

  288
  Citations

• Sulfation pattern in glycosaminoglycan: does it have a code?

  Hiroko Habuchi;Osami Habuchi;Koji Kimata

  274
  Citations

• Relationship between Hyaluronan Production and Metastatic Potential of Mouse Mammary Carcinoma Cells

  Naoki Itano;Takahiro Sawai;Osamu Miyaishi;Koji Kimata

  264
  Citations