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Atsushi Matsuzawa

Atsushi Matsuzawa

Tohoku University
Japan

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
16825
World Ranking
13595
National Ranking
951

Atsushi Matsuzawa publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Atsushi Matsuzawa sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 126 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Atsushi Matsuzawa D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Atsushi Matsuzawa sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Atsushi Matsuzawa is a researcher affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan. Their work spans multiple disciplines within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, focusing on molecular biology, immunology, cancer research, epidemiology, and nutrition and dietetics.

The main topics covered in their research include inflammasome and immune disorders, genomics, phytochemicals, oxidative stress, heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment, RNA modifications and cancer, NF-κB signaling pathways, and neutrophil, myeloperoxidase, and oxidative mechanisms.

Atsushi Matsuzawa has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues are:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (9 publications)
  • The Journal of Toxicological Sciences (6 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (4 publications)
  • YAKUGAKU ZASSHI (3 publications)
  • Cell Death and Disease (2 publications)

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Lipid peroxidation increases membrane tension, Piezo1 gating, and cation permeability to execute ferroptosis, 2023, Current Biology
  • Failure to Degrade CAT-Tailed Proteins Disrupts Neuronal Morphogenesis and Cell Survival, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Gefitinib initiates sterile inflammation by promoting IL-1β and HMGB1 release via two distinct mechanisms, 2021, Cell Death and Disease
  • trans-Fatty acids facilitate DNA damage-induced apoptosis through the mitochondrial JNK-Sab-ROS positive feedback loop, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • LLPS of SQSTM1/p62 and NBR1 as outcomes of lysosomal stress response limits cancer cell metastasis, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their research collaboration network includes frequent coauthors such as Takuya Noguchi, Yusuke Hirata, Tomohiro Kagi, Midori Suzuki, and Aya Inoue. These collaborations reflect an interdisciplinary approach within molecular biology and related biomedical fields.

Matsuzawa's work is categorized primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, carrying implications across immunology and cancer research, with applications to the study of oxidative mechanisms and signaling pathways in health and disease.

Best Publications

  • ASK1 is essential for endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced neuronal cell death triggered by expanded polyglutamine repeats

    Hideki Nishitoh;Atsushi Matsuzawa;Kei Tobiume;Kaoru Saegusa

  • ASK1 is required for sustained activations of JNK/p38 MAP kinases and apoptosis

    Kei Tobiume;Atsushi Matsuzawa;Takumi Takahashi;Hideki Nishitoh

  • ROS-dependent activation of the TRAF6-ASK1-p38 pathway is selectively required for TLR4-mediated innate immunity.

    Atsushi Matsuzawa;Kaoru Saegusa;Takuya Noguchi;Chiharu Sadamitsu

  • Nonredundant and complementary functions of TRAF2 and TRAF3 in a ubiquitination cascade that activates NIK-dependent alternative NF-κB signaling

    Sivakumar Vallabhapurapu;Atsushi Matsuzawa;Wei Zhou Zhang;Ping Hui Tseng

  • ALS-linked mutant SOD1 induces ER stress- and ASK1-dependent motor neuron death by targeting Derlin-1

    Hideki Nishitoh;Hisae Kadowaki;Atsushi Nagai;Takeshi Maruyama

  • Hepatocyte Necrosis Induced by Oxidative Stress and IL-1α Release Mediate Carcinogen-Induced Compensatory Proliferation and Liver Tumorigenesis

    Toshiharu Sakurai;Guobin He;Atsushi Matsuzawa;Guann Yi Yu

  • Redox control of cell fate by MAP kinase: physiological roles of ASK1-MAP kinase pathway in stress signaling.

    Atsushi Matsuzawa;Hidenori Ichijo

  • Amyloid β induces neuronal cell death through ROS-mediated ASK1 activation

    H. Kadowaki;H. Kadowaki;H. Nishitoh;H. Nishitoh;Fumihiko Urano;C. Sadamitsu

  • Different modes of ubiquitination of the adaptor TRAF3 selectively activate the expression of type I interferons and proinflammatory cytokines

    Ping Hui Tseng;Atsushi Matsuzawa;Atsushi Matsuzawa;Weizhou Zhang;Takashi Mino

  • The ASK1-MAP Kinase Cascades in Mammalian Stress Response

    Jun Matsukawa;Atsushi Matsuzawa;Kohsuke Takeda;Hidenori Ichijo

  • Execution of Apoptosis Signal-regulating Kinase 1 (ASK1)-induced Apoptosis by the Mitochondria-dependent Caspase Activation

    Takiko Hatai;Atsushi Matsuzawa;Seiji Inoshita;Yoshiyuki Mochida

  • Stress-responsive protein kinases in redox-regulated apoptosis signaling.

    Atsushi Matsuzawa;Hidenori Ichijo

  • Thioredoxin and TRAF family proteins regulate reactive oxygen species-dependent activation of ASK1 through reciprocal modulation of the N-terminal homophilic interaction of ASK1.

    Go Fujino;Takuya Noguchi;Atsushi Matsuzawa;Shota Yamauchi

  • Physiological roles of ASK1-mediated signal transduction in oxidative stress- and endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced apoptosis: advanced findings from ASK1 knockout mice.

    Atsushi Matsuzawa;Hideki Nishitoh;Kei Tobiume;Kohsuke Takeda

  • Recruitment of tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor family proteins to apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 signalosome is essential for oxidative stress-induced cell death.

    Takuya Noguchi;Kohsuke Takeda;Atsushi Matsuzawa;Kaoru Saegusa

  • Roles of MAPKKK ASK1 in stress-induced cell death.

    Kohsuke Takeda;Kohsuke Takeda;Atsushi Matsuzawa;Hideki Nishitoh;Hideki Nishitoh;Hidenori Ichijo;Hidenori Ichijo

  • Essential Cytoplasmic Translocation of a Cytokine Receptor–Assembled Signaling Complex

    Atsushi Matsuzawa;Ping Hui Tseng;Sivakumar Vallabhapurapu;Jun Li Luo

  • Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 plays a pivotal role in angiotensin II-induced cardiac hypertrophy and remodeling

    Yasuhiro Izumiya;Shokei Kim;Yasukatsu Izumi;Kaoru Yoshida

  • Cardiac-specific disruption of the c-raf-1 gene induces cardiac dysfunction and apoptosis

    Osamu Yamaguchi;Tetsuya Watanabe;Kazuhiko Nishida;Kazunori Kashiwase

  • Molecular mechanisms of the decision between life and death: regulation of apoptosis by apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1.

    Atsushi Matsuzawa;Hidenori Ichijo

Frequent Co-Authors

Hidenori Ichijo
Hidenori Ichijo University of Tokyo
Kohsuke Takeda
Kohsuke Takeda Nagasaki University
Hideki Nishitoh
Hideki Nishitoh University of Miyazaki
Michael Karin
Michael Karin University of California, San Diego
Junken Aoki
Junken Aoki Tohoku University
Keizo Inoue
Keizo Inoue University of Tokyo
Ichiro Kudo
Ichiro Kudo Showa University
Makoto Murakami
Makoto Murakami University of Tokyo
Dario A. A. Vignali
Dario A. A. Vignali University of Pittsburgh
Hiroyasu Nakano
Hiroyasu Nakano Toho University

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