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Tohru Kitada

Kawamura Hospital

39

Works

10,163

Citations

24

h-index

27

i10-index

Research Topics

Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Nuclear Receptors and Signaling Neurological disorders and treatments

Affiliations

Ryukoku University2021–2021

Brigham and Women's Hospital2005–2012

Harvard University2005–2012

University of Ottawa2010–2010

United Arab Emirates University2020–2020

Top Works

Mutations in the parkin gene cause autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism

Tohru Kitada,Shuichi Asakawa,et al.

19985,185 citations

Autophagy in Disease and Therapy

Neurological diseases and metabolism

Loss of PINK1 causes mitochondrial functional defects and increased sensitivity to oxidative stress

Clément Gautier,Tohru Kitada,et al.

2008688 citations

Mitophagy-dependent necroptosis contributes to the pathogenesis of COPD

Kenji Mizumura,Suzanne M. Cloonan,et al.

2014610 citations

Nigrostriatal Dopaminergic Deficits and Hypokinesia Caused by Inactivation of the Familial Parkinsonism-Linked Gene DJ-1

Matthew S. Goldberg,Antonio Pisani,et al.

2005543 citations

Impaired dopamine release and synaptic plasticity in the striatum of <i>PINK1</i> -deficient mice

Tohru Kitada,Antonio Pisani,et al.

2007537 citations

PINK1 controls mitochondrial localization of Parkin through direct phosphorylation

Yong Sung Kim,Jeehye Park,et al.

2008385 citations

Molecular genetic analysis of a novel <i>Parkin</i> gene in Japanese families with autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism: Evidence for variable homozygous deletions in the <i>Parkin</i> gene in affected individuals

Nobutaka Hattori,Tohru Kitada,et al.

1998293 citations

Immunohistochemical and subcellular localization of parkin protein: Absence of protein in autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism patients

Hideki Shimura,Nobutaka Hattori,et al.

1999281 citations

Cytoplasmic Pink1 activity protects neurons from dopaminergic neurotoxin MPTP

M. Emdadul Haque,Kelly Jean Thomas Craig,et al.

2008266 citations