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Ryuichi Kato

Ryuichi Kato

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
17133
World Ranking
5406
National Ranking
349

Overview

Ryuichi Kato is affiliated with Keio University in Japan, focusing primarily on research in medicine as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work covers a wide range of topics including molecular biology, surgery, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, oncology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's research interests include bladder and urothelial cancer treatments, urinary and genital oncology studies, coronary interventions and diagnostics, muscle physiology and disorders, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, antiplatelet therapy and cardiovascular diseases, and signaling pathways in disease.

Ryuichi Kato has contributed to several publications in notable scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include the International Journal of Urology, PubMed, Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, JAMA Cardiology, and Nature Communications.

Frequent co-authors in their work are Toshiaki Tanaka, Atsushi Takahashi, Naoya Masumori, Kohei Hashimoto, and Ko Kobayashi, each collaborating on multiple occasions.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Ryuichi Kato include:

  • Comparison of Clopidogrel Monotherapy After 1 to 2 Months of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy With 12 Months of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome, 2022, JAMA Cardiology
  • Incidence and risk factors of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing urological surgery: A multi-institutional prospective study, 2020, International Journal of Urology
  • Crystal structures of fukutin-related protein (FKRP), a ribitol-phosphate transferase related to muscular dystrophy, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A fully automated crystallization apparatus for small protein quantities, 2020, Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications
  • Ligand Recognition by the Lipid Transfer Domain of Human OSBP Is Important for Enterovirus Replication, 2022, ACS Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • Up-regulation of nitric oxide synthase by estradiol in human aortic endothelial cells.

    Keiichi Hishikawa;Toshio Nakaki;Takeshi Marumo;Hiromichi Suzuki

  • Interleukin-1 beta augments release of norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin in the rat anterior hypothalamus

    F Shintani;S Kanba;T Nakaki;M Nibuya

  • Inhibition by nitric oxide and nitric oxide-producing vasodilators of DNA synthesis in vascular smooth muscle cells.

    Toshio Nakaki;Misa Nakayama;Ryuichi Kato

  • Sex difference of cytochrome P-450 in the rat: purification, characterization, and quantitation of constitutive forms of cytochrome P-450 from liver microsomes of male and female rats.

    Tetsuya Kamataki;Kaori Maeda;Yasushi Yamazoe;Tsuneji Nagai

  • Inhibition of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced tumor promotion and ornithine decarboxylase activity by quercetin: possible involvement of lipoxygenase inhibition

    Ryuichi Kato;Teruo Nakadate;Satoshi Yamamoto;Takashi Sugimura

  • Involvement of interleukin-1 in immobilization stress-induced increase in plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone and in release of hypothalamic monoamines in the rat

    Futoshi Shintani;Toshio Nakaki;Shigenobu Kanba;Koichi Sato

  • Suppression of levels of phenobarbital-inducible rat liver cytochrome P-450 by pituitary hormone.

    Y Yamazoe;M Shimada;N Murayama;R Kato

  • Metabolic activation and covalent binding to nucleic acids of carcinogenic heterocyclic amines from cooked foods and amino acid pyrolysates.

    Ryuichi Kato;Yasushi Yamazoe

  • Sex-specific cytochrome P450 as a cause of sex- and species-related differences in drug toxicity.

    R. Kato;Y. Yamazoe

  • Endothelin-mediated stimulation of DNA synthesis in vascular smooth muscle cells.

    Toshio Nakaki;Misa Nakayama;Satoshi Yamamoto;Ryuichi Kato

  • Purification and properties of cytochrome P-450 from homogenates of human fetal livers.

    Mitsukazu Kitada;Tetsuya Kamataki;Koshiro Itahashi;Tadaaki Rikihisa

  • Structural similarity and diversity of sulfotransferases

    Yasushi Yamazoe;Kiyoshi Nagata;Shogo Ozawa;Ryuichi Kato

  • Failure of 1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol to mimic the cell-differentiating action of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate in HL-60 cells.

    S Yamamoto;H Gotoh;E Aizu;R Kato

  • The potent anti-tumor-promoting agent isoliquiritigenin.

    Satoshi Yamamoto;Eriko Aizu;Hong Jiang;Teruo Nakadate

  • Isolation and expression of a cDNA encoding a male-specific rat sulfotransferase that catalyzes activation of N-hydroxy-2-acetylaminofluorene.

    Kiyoshi Nagata;Shogo Ozawa;Masaaki Miyata;Miki Shimada

  • Pressure Enhances Endothelin-1 Release From Cultured Human Endothelial Cells

    Keiich Hishikawa;Toshio Nakaki;Takeshi Marumo;Hiromichi Suzuki

  • A high-spin form of cytochrome P-450 highly purified from polychlorinated biphenyl-treated rats. Catalytic characterization and immunochemical quantitation in liver microsomes.

    T Kamataki;K Maeda;Y Yamazoe;N Matsuda

  • Toxicity and metabolism of drugs in relation to dietary protein.

    Ryuichi Kato;Takao Oshima;Setsuo Tomizawa

  • Cytochrome P450 in livers of diabetic rats: Regulation by growth hormone and insulin

    Yasushi Yamazoe;Norie Murayama;Miki Shimada;Kiyomi Yamauchi

  • Alpha 2-adrenoceptors modulating insulin release from isolated pancreatic islets.

    Toshio Nakaki;Teruo Nakadate;Ryuichi Kato

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasushi Yamazoe
Yasushi Yamazoe Tohoku University
Tetsuya Kamataki
Tetsuya Kamataki Hokkaido University
Takao Saruta
Takao Saruta Keio University
Shigenobu Kanba
Shigenobu Kanba Kyushu University
Kazuki Saito
Kazuki Saito Chiba University
Tsuneji Nagai
Tsuneji Nagai Nagai Foundation
Takashi Sugimura
Takashi Sugimura National Cancer Centre
Takeji Nishikawa
Takeji Nishikawa Keio University
Hiroyasu Esumi
Hiroyasu Esumi Tokyo University of Science
Irene M. Leigh
Irene M. Leigh University of Dundee

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