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Hiroshi Nojima

Hiroshi Nojima

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
79
Citations
21159
World Ranking
1042
National Ranking
81

Hiroshi Nojima publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 249 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Hiroshi Nojima D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hiroshi Nojima is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and conducts research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Cell Biology. Their work centers notably on Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ, covering this topic in multiple publications.

Their recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • The Hippo Signaling Pathway Components Lats and Yap Pattern Tead4 Activity to Distinguish Mouse Trophectoderm from Inner Cell Mass (2021, UNC Libraries)
  • LATS kinases and SLUG regulate the transition to advanced stage in aggressive oral cancer cells (2022, Scientific Reports)

Nojima collaborates frequently with several co-authors who appear across multiple publications. These collaborators include:

  • Norikazu Yabuta
  • Noriyuki Nishioka
  • Kenichi Inoue
  • Kenjiro Adachi
  • Hiroshi Kiyonari

Their research has been published in venues such as UNC Libraries and Scientific Reports. Each venue hosts studies contributing to the understanding of molecular mechanisms in cell biology and cancer progression.

The primary scientific topics that Nojima addresses revolve around signaling pathways fundamental to cell development and disease, with particular attention to the Hippo pathway's roles and regulatory components like Lats and Yap kinases. This focus ties into broader areas of molecular biology investigating how cellular signaling affects tissue differentiation and tumor advancement.

Best Publications

  • High efficiency transformation of Escherichia coli with plasmids

    Hiroaki Inoue;Hiroshi Nojima;Hiroto Okayama

  • A genetic screen implicates miRNA-372 and miRNA-373 as oncogenes in testicular germ cell tumors.

    P Mathijs Voorhoeve;Carlos le Sage;Mariette Schrier;Ad J M Gillis

  • The Hippo signaling pathway components Lats and Yap pattern Tead4 activity to distinguish mouse trophectoderm from inner cell mass.

    Noriyuki Nishioka;Ken ichi Inoue;Kenjiro Adachi;Hiroshi Kiyonari

  • Cdc25A is a novel phosphatase functioning early in the cell cycle

    S Jinno;K Suto;A Nagata;M Igarashi

  • Id-related genes encoding helix-loop-helix proteins are required for G1 progression and are repressed in senescent human fibroblasts.

    E Hara;T Yamaguchi;H Nojima;T Ide

  • Primary structure of the α-subunit of Torpedo californica (Na+ + K+)ATPase deduced from cDNA sequence

    Kiyoshi Kawakami;Shunsuke Noguchi;Shunsuke Noguchi;Masaharu Noda;Hideo Takahashi

  • A positive feedback loop between the p53 and Lats2 tumor suppressors prevents tetraploidization

    Yael Aylon;Dan Michael;Ayelet Shmueli;Norikazu Yabuta

  • A functional interaction between Hippo-YAP signalling and FoxO1 mediates the oxidative stress response

    Dan Shao;Peiyong Zhai;Dominic P. Del Re;Sebastiano Sciarretta

  • Yes-associated protein isoform 1 (Yap1) promotes cardiomyocyte survival and growth to protect against myocardial ischemic injury*

    Dominic P. Del Re;Yanfei Yang;Noritsugu Nakano;Jaeyeaon Cho

  • Itch-associated response induced by experimental dry skin in mice.

    Takayuki Miyamoto;Hiroshi Nojima;Tomoko Shinkado;Takashi Nakahashi

  • A role for heterologous gap junctions between melanoma and endothelial cells in metastasis

    Akihiko Ito;Fumitaka Katoh;Tatsuki R. Kataoka;Morihito Okada

  • Elongation factor-1α gene determines susceptibility to transformation

    Masaaki Tatsuka;Hiromi Mitsui;Morimasa Wada;Akihisa Nagata

  • Induction of the Cyclin-dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21Sdi1/Cip1/Waf1 by Nitric Oxide-generating Vasodilator in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

    Akio Ishida;Toshiyuki Sasaguri;Chiya Kosaka;Hiroshi Nojima

  • Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of human Na, K-ATPase β–subunit

    Kiyoshi Kawakami;Hiroshi Nojima;Toshiko Ohta;Kei Nagano

  • A truncated isoform of the PP2A B56 subunit promotes cell motility through paxillin phosphorylation.

    Akihiko Ito;Tatsuki R. Kataoka;Masafumi Watanabe;Kazutaka Nishiyama

  • Role of cyclin G-associated kinase in uncoating clathrin-coated vesicles from non-neuronal cells.

    Tsvika Greener;Xiaohong Zhao;Hiroshi Nojima;Evan Eisenberg

  • Lats2 Is an Essential Mitotic Regulator Required for the Coordination of Cell Division

    Norikazu Yabuta;Nobuhiro Okada;Akihiko Ito;Toshiya Hosomi

  • Cyclin G1 is involved in G2/M arrest in response to DNA damage and in growth control after damage recovery.

    Shinya H Kimura;Masahito Ikawa;Akihiko Ito;Masaru Okabe

  • The centrosomal protein Lats2 is a phosphorylation target of Aurora‐A kinase

    Shingo Toji;Norikazu Yabuta;Toshiya Hosomi;Souichi Nishihara

  • Isolation and expression profiling of genes upregulated in the peripheral blood cells of systemic lupus erythematosus patients.

    Taeko Ishii;Hiroaki Onda;Akie Tanigawa;Shiro Ohshima

Frequent Co-Authors

Akihiko Ito
Akihiko Ito Kindai University
Yukihiko Kitamura
Yukihiko Kitamura Osaka University
Yoshitake Nishimune
Yoshitake Nishimune Osaka University
Masahito Ikawa
Masahito Ikawa Osaka University
Hiroto Okayama
Hiroto Okayama University of Tokyo
Masaru Okabe
Masaru Okabe Osaka University
Aiko Hirata
Aiko Hirata University of Tokyo
Eiichi Morii
Eiichi Morii Osaka University
Yuji Matsuzawa
Yuji Matsuzawa Sumitomo Hospital
Yuichi Endo
Yuichi Endo Fukushima Medical University

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