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Futoshi Okada

Futoshi Okada

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
7141
World Ranking
18974
National Ranking
1365

Futoshi Okada 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 Futoshi Okada sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 153 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Futoshi Okada 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 Futoshi Okada 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: 46 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Futoshi Okada is affiliated with Tottori University in Japan and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cancer Research, Reproductive Medicine, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to cancer biology and related physiological processes. Key themes in their research include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism; Cancer Cells and Metastasis; Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer; Extracellular vesicles in disease; Cancer Research and Treatments; Endometriosis Research and Treatment; and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Frequent publication venues for Okada's work include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Oncology Letters
  • Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction
  • International Journal of Cancer
  • Cancers

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Mitsuhiko Osaki
  • Runa Izutsu
  • HeeKyung Seong
  • Ryo Sasaki
  • Fuminori Taniguchi

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Futoshi Okada include:

  • "Loss of the cystine/glutamate antiporter in melanoma abrogates tumor metastasis and markedly increases survival rates of mice" (2020, International Journal of Cancer)
  • "Inflammation-Related Carcinogenesis: Lessons from Animal Models to Clinical Aspects" (2021, Cancers)
  • "Pivotal role for S-nitrosylation of DNA methyltransferase 3B in epigenetic regulation of tumorigenesis" (2023, Nature Communications)
  • "AMIGO2 as a novel indicator of liver metastasis in patients with colorectal cancer" (2021, Oncology Letters)
  • "AMIGO2 contained in cancer cell-derived extracellular vesicles enhances the adhesion of liver endothelial cells to cancer cells" (2022, Scientific Reports)

Best Publications

  • Impact of oncogenes in tumor angiogenesis: Mutant K-ras up-regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor/vascular permeability factor is necessary, but not sufficient for tumorigenicity of human colorectal carcinoma cells

    Futoshi Okada;Janusz W. Rak;Brad St. Croix;Blandine Lieubeau

  • Fundamental roles of reactive oxygen species and protective mechanisms in the female reproductive system

    Junichi Fujii;Yoshihito Iuchi;Futoshi Okada

  • Peroxiredoxin 4 knockout results in elevated spermatogenic cell death via oxidative stress.

    Yoshihito Iuchi;Futoshi Okada;Satoshi Tsunoda;Noriko Kibe

  • Establishing a link between oncogenes and tumor angiogenesis.

    Robert S. Kerbel;Alicia Viloria-Petit;Futoshi Okada;Janusz Rak

  • Elevated oxidative stress in erythrocytes due to a SOD1 deficiency causes anaemia and triggers autoantibody production.

    Yoshihito Iuchi;Futoshi Okada;Kunishige Onuma;Tadashi Onoda

  • Thymosin-β4 Regulates Motility and Metastasis of Malignant Mouse Fibrosarcoma Cells

    Tokushige Kobayashi;Futoshi Okada;Nobuyuki Fujii;Naoko Tomita

  • Accelerated impairment of spermatogenic cells in sod1-knockout mice under heat stress

    Tatsuya Ishii;Shingo Matsuki;Yoshihito Iuchi;Futoshi Okada

  • Enhancement of Therapeutic Effects of Recombinant Interleukin 2 on a Transplantable Rat Fibrosarcoma by the Use of a Sustained Release Vehicle, Pluronic Gel

    Kiyoshi Morikawa;Futoshi Okada;Masuo Hosokawa;Hiroshi Kobayashi

  • Serum miR-210 as a potential biomarker of early clear cell renal cell carcinoma

    Hideto Iwamoto;Yusuke Kanda;Takehiro Sejima;Mitsuhiko Osaki

  • Inflammation-Related Carcinogenesis: Current Findings in Epidemiological Trends,Causes and Mechanisms

    Futoshi Okada

  • Exosomes and Their Role in Cancer Progression

    Mitsuhiko Osaki;Futoshi Okada

  • Enhanced Expression of Asparagine Synthetase under Glucose-Deprived Conditions Protects Pancreatic Cancer Cells from Apoptosis Induced by Glucose Deprivation and Cisplatin

    Hongyan Cui;Stephanie Darmanin;Mitsuteru Natsuisaka;Takeshi Kondo

  • Increased pre-therapeutic serum vascular endothelial growth factor in patients with early clinical relapse of osteosarcoma

    M Kaya;T Wada;S Kawaguchi;S Nagoya

  • siRNA gelsolin knockdown induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition with a cadherin switch in human mammary epithelial cells

    Hiroki Tanaka;Reza Shirkoohi;Koji Nakagawa;Hongjiang Qiao

  • Gelsolin functions as a metastasis suppressor in B16-BL6 mouse melanoma cells and requirement of the carboxyl-terminus for its effect

    Hisakazu Fujita;Futoshi Okada;Jun-ichi Hamada;Masuo Hosokawa

  • Proteomic profiling for cancer progression: Differential display analysis for the expression of intracellular proteins between regressive and progressive cancer cell lines.

    Eiko Hayashi;Yasuhiro Kuramitsu;Futoshi Okada;Masanori Fujimoto

  • Overexpression of homeobox gene HOXD3 induces coordinate expression of metastasis-related genes in human lung cancer cells.

    Jun Ichi Hamada;Tokuhiko Omatsu;Futoshi Okada;Keiji Furuuchi

  • Cystathionine Is a Novel Substrate of Cystine/Glutamate Transporter IMPLICATIONS FOR IMMUNE FUNCTION

    Sho Kobayashi;Mami Sato;Takayuki Kasakoshi;Takumi Tsutsui

  • Nano-Scaled Particles of Titanium Dioxide Convert Benign Mouse Fibrosarcoma Cells into Aggressive Tumor Cells

    Kunishige Onuma;Kunishige Onuma;Yu Sato;Yu Sato;Satomi Ogawara;Satomi Ogawara;Nobuyuki Shirasawa

  • Beyond foreign‐body‐induced carcinogenesis: Impact of reactive oxygen species derived from inflammatory cells in tumorigenic conversion and tumor progression

    Futoshi Okada

Frequent Co-Authors

Mitsuhiko Osaki
Mitsuhiko Osaki Tottori University
Junichi Fujii
Junichi Fujii Yamagata University
Masahiro Asaka
Masahiro Asaka Hokkaido University
Takahiro Ochiya
Takahiro Ochiya Tokyo Medical University
Mitsuo Oshimura
Mitsuo Oshimura Tottori University
Ikuo Saiki
Ikuo Saiki University of Toyama
Nobuyoshi Kosaka
Nobuyoshi Kosaka Tokyo Medical University
Tetsuya Mizutani
Tetsuya Mizutani Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Koji Uchida
Koji Uchida University of Tokyo
Marcus Conrad
Marcus Conrad Helmholtz Zentrum München

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