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Hiroshi Mukae

Hiroshi Mukae

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
62
Citations
14950
World Ranking
2855
National Ranking
108

Hiroshi Mukae publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hiroshi Mukae sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 619 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Hiroshi Mukae D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hiroshi Mukae sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hiroshi Mukae is a researcher affiliated with Nagasaki University in Japan, specializing in medicine, with a focus on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, epidemiology, infectious diseases, oncology, and physiology. Their work includes 974 publications primarily centered on respiratory and infectious disease topics.

The scientist's research extensively covers areas such as interstitial lung diseases and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, pneumonia and respiratory infections, COVID-19 clinical research studies, antifungal resistance and susceptibility, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, fungal infections and studies, and respiratory viral infections research.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Respiratory Investigation
  • Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Thoracic Cancer

Recent notable papers authored by Hiroshi Mukae include:

  • Efficacy and Safety of Ensitrelvir in Patients With Mild-to-Moderate Coronavirus Disease 2019: The Phase 2b Part of a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2/3 Study (2022, Clinical Infectious Diseases)
  • A Randomized Phase 2/3 Study of Ensitrelvir, a Novel Oral SARS-CoV-2 3C-Like Protease Inhibitor, in Japanese Patients with Mild-to-Moderate COVID-19 or Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Results of the Phase 2a Part (2022, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy)

Among Hiroshi Mukae's frequent co-authors are:

  • Takahiro Takazono
  • Koichi Izumikawa
  • Katsunori Yanagihara
  • Noriho Sakamoto
  • Kazuko Yamamoto

Best Publications

  • Cytokines Involved in the Systemic Inflammatory Response Induced by Exposure to Particulate Matter Air Pollutants (PM10)

    Stephan F. van Eeden;Wan C. Tan;Tatsushi Suwa;Hiroshi Mukae

  • A mechanism of erythromycin treatment in patients with diffuse panbronchiolitis.

    J Kadota;O Sakito;S Kohno;H Sawa

  • The diagnostic utility of anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody testing for predicting the prognosis of Japanese patients with DM.

    Tomohiro Koga;Keita Fujikawa;Yoshiro Horai;Akitomo Okada

  • AXL confers intrinsic resistance to osimertinib and advances the emergence of tolerant cells.

    Hirokazu Taniguchi;Tadaaki Yamada;Tadaaki Yamada;Rong Wang;Keiko Tanimura

  • Interaction of alveolar macrophages and airway epithelial cells following exposure to particulate matter produces mediators that stimulate the bone marrow.

    Takeshi Fujii;Shizu Hayashi;James C. Hogg;Hiroshi Mukae

  • Clinical Differences Between Interstitial Lung Disease Associated With Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis and Classic Dermatomyositis

    Hiroshi Mukae;Hiroshi Ishimoto;Noriho Sakamoto;Shintaro Hara

  • Pirfenidone attenuates expression of HSP47 in murine bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis

    T. Kakugawa;H. Mukae;T. Hayashi;H. Ishii

  • Pirfenidone inhibits the expression of HSP47 in TGF-beta1-stimulated human lung fibroblasts.

    Seiko Nakayama;Hiroshi Mukae;Noriho Sakamoto;Tomoyuki Kakugawa

  • Alveolar macrophage-epithelial cell interaction following exposure to atmospheric particles induces the release of mediators involved in monocyte mobilization and recruitment

    Hiroshi Ishii;Hiroshi Ishii;Shizu Hayashi;James C Hogg;Takeshi Fujii

  • Long-term efficacy and safety of clarithromycin treatment in patients with diffuse panbronchiolitis.

    J. Kadota;H. Mukae;H. Ishii;T. Nagata

  • The Effect of Repeated Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution (PM10) on the Bone Marrow

    Hiroshi Mukae;Renaud Vincent;Kevin Quinlan;Dean English

  • Efficacy and Safety of Ensitrelvir in Patients With Mild-to-Moderate Coronavirus Disease 2019: The Phase 2b Part of a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2/3 Study

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  • Pirfenidone inhibits TGF-β1-induced over-expression of collagen type I and heat shock protein 47 in A549 cells

    Keiko Hisatomi;Hiroshi Mukae;Noriho Sakamoto;Yuji Ishimatsu

  • Differences in response to pulmonary rehabilitation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Ryo Kozu;Hideaki Senjyu;Sue C. Jenkins;Hiroshi Mukae

  • A Randomized Phase 2/3 Study of Ensitrelvir, a Novel Oral SARS-CoV-2 3C-Like Protease Inhibitor, in Japanese Patients with Mild-to-Moderate COVID-19 or Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Results of the Phase 2a Part

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  • Clinicoradiologic Features of Pleuropulmonary Paragonimus westermani on Kyusyu Island, Japan

    Hiroshi Mukae;Haruko Taniguchi;Nobuhiro Matsumoto;Hirotoshi Iiboshi

  • Significance of anaerobes and oral bacteria in community-acquired pneumonia

    Kei Yamasaki;Toshinori Kawanami;Kazuhiro Yatera;Kazumasa Fukuda

  • Elevated Concentrations of Human Neutrophil Peptides in Plasma, Blood, and Body Fluids from Patients with Infections

    Toshihiko Ihi;Masamitsu Nakazato;Hiroshi Mukae;Shigeru Matsukura

  • Particulate matter induces translocation of IL-6 from the lung to the systemic circulation.

    Takashi Kido;Eiji Tamagawa;Ni Bai;Koichi Suda

  • Contribution of IL-1β and TNF-α to the initiation of the peripheral lung response to atmospheric particulates (PM10)

    Hiroshi Ishii;Takeshi Fujii;James C. Hogg;Shizu Hayashi

  • Increased concentrations of human beta-defensins in plasma and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with diffuse panbronchiolitis.

    T Hiratsuka;H Mukae;H Iiboshi;J Ashitani

  • High Plasma Osteopontin Level and Its Relationship with Interleukin-12–mediated Type 1 T Helper Cell Response in Tuberculosis

    Yoshinobu Koguchi;Kazuyoshi Kawakami;Kaori Uezu;Kiyoyasu Fukushima

  • Raised plasma concentrations of α-defensins in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

    H Mukae;H Iiboshi;M Nakazato;T Hiratsuka

  • Differing effects of clarithromycin and azithromycin on cytokine production by murine dendritic cells

    K. Sugiyama;R. Shirai;H. Mukae;H. Ishimoto

  • Differential effects of α- and β-defensin on cytokine production by cultured human bronchial epithelial cells

    Noriho Sakamoto;Hiroshi Mukae;Takeshi Fujii;Hiroshi Ishii

  • Interstitial Pneumonia Associated with Linear Immunoglobulin A/Immunoglobulin G Bullous Dermatosis

    Tomoyuki Kakugawa;Saori Tomimura;Tomayoshi Hayashi;Noriho Sakamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigeru Kohno
Shigeru Kohno Nagasaki University
Katsunori Yanagihara
Katsunori Yanagihara Nagasaki University
Masamitsu Nakazato
Masamitsu Nakazato University of Miyazaki
Yoshitsugu Miyazaki
Yoshitsugu Miyazaki National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Atsushi Kawakami
Atsushi Kawakami Nagasaki University
Kazuhiro Nagata
Kazuhiro Nagata Kyoto Sangyo University
Kouichi Morita
Kouichi Morita Nagasaki University
James C. Hogg
James C. Hogg University of British Columbia
Nobuyuki Yanagihara
Nobuyuki Yanagihara University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan

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