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Hiroshi Watanabe

Hiroshi Watanabe

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Medicine

D-Index
86
Citations
31472
World Ranking
13991
National Ranking
417

Overview

Hiroshi Watanabe is affiliated with Niigata University in Japan and has contributed extensively to fields encompassing Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research incorporates a multidisciplinary approach, often intersecting molecular biology with ecological and developmental studies.

The scientist has published works mainly focused on Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation, Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics research, Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies, and Cancer-related gene regulation.

Watanabe's subfields of study include Paleontology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Global and Planetary Change, and Cell Biology. This range reflects a breadth of interest from evolutionary biology to cellular function and environmental change.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Watanabe include:

  • Mass spectrometry of short peptides reveals common features of metazoan peptidergic neurons, 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • siRNA-mediated gene knockdown via electroporation in hydrozoan jellyfish embryos, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Neuronal and non-neuronal functions of the synaptic cell adhesion molecule neurexin in Nematostella vectensis, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Evolution of glial cells: a non-bilaterian perspective, 2024, Neural Development
  • Analysis of cnidarian Gcm suggests a neuronal origin of glial EAAT1 function, 2023, Scientific Reports

Watanabe's publication record includes frequent contributions to several venues, notably: bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, Zoological Letters, Research Square (Research Square), and Nature Ecology & Evolution.

Throughout their research career, the scientist has collaborated regularly with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Ryotaro Nakamura (8 publications)
  • Kurato Mohri (4 publications)
  • Yuko Tsuchiya (4 publications)
  • Kentaro Tomii (4 publications)
  • Eisuke Hayakawa (3 publications)

This profile outlines a researcher with a robust publication history intersecting molecular biology, neuroscience, ecology, and evolutionary biology. Their multidisciplinary contributions underscore an integration of biochemical and physiological mechanisms in marine organisms along with broader planetary science contexts.

Best Publications

  • The Vienna classification of gastrointestinal epithelial neoplasia

    R J Schlemper;R H Riddell;Y Kato;F Borchard

  • Update on the Paris classification of superficial neoplastic lesions in the digestive tract

    A. Axon;M. D. Diebold;M. Fujino;R. Fujita

  • Surgery plus chemotherapy compared with surgery alone for localized squamous cell carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus: a Japan Clinical Oncology Group Study--JCOG9204.

    Nobutoshi Ando;Toshifumi Iizuka;Hiroko Ide;Kaoru Ishida

  • Astaxanthin, a carotenoid with potential in human health and nutrition

    Ghazi Hussein;Ushio Sankawa;Hirozo Goto;Kinzo Matsumoto

  • Flecainide prevents catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in mice and humans

    Hiroshi Watanabe;Nagesh Chopra;Derek Laver;Hyun Seok Hwang

  • Sodium channel β1 subunit mutations associated with Brugada syndrome and cardiac conduction disease in humans

    Hiroshi Watanabe;Hiroshi Watanabe;Tamara T. Koopmann;Solena Le Scouarnec;Solena Le Scouarnec;Solena Le Scouarnec;Tao Yang

  • Common variants at SCN5A-SCN10A and HEY2 are associated with Brugada syndrome, a rare disease with high risk of sudden cardiac death

    Connie R Bezzina;Julien Barc;Yuka Mizusawa;Carol Ann Remme

  • Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Development of Atrial Fibrillation The Niigata Preventive Medicine Study

    Hiroshi Watanabe;Naohito Tanabe;Toru Watanabe;Dawood Darbar

  • Flecainide therapy reduces exercise-induced ventricular arrhythmias in patients with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia.

    Christian van der Werf;Prince J. Kannankeril;Frederic Sacher;Andrew D. Krahn

  • Close bidirectional relationship between chronic kidney disease and atrial fibrillation: the Niigata preventive medicine study.

    Hiroshi Watanabe;Toru Watanabe;Shigeru Sasaki;Kojiro Nagai

  • A randomized trial of surgery with and without chemotherapy for localized squamous carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus: The Japan clinical oncology group study

    Nobutoshi Ando;Toshifumi Iizuka;Teruo Kakegawa;Kaichi Isono

  • Evaluation of neck lymph node dissection for thoracic esophageal carcinoma

    Hoichi Kato;Hiroshi Watanabe;Yuji Tachimori;Toshifumi Iizuka

  • Antinociceptive effects of Nigella sativa oil and its major component, thymoquinone, in mice.

    Abdel-Fattah Mohamed Abdel-Fattah;Kinzo Matsumoto;Hiroshi Watanabe

  • Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitory Activity of Vietnamese Medicinal Plants

    Mai Thanh Thi Nguyen;Suresh Awale;Yasuhiro Tezuka;Quan Le Tran

  • Phase II Evaluation of Cisplatin and 5-Fluorouracil in Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus: A Japanese Esophageal Oncology Group Trial

    T Iizuka;T Kakegawa;H Ide;N Ando

  • Structural evolution in the neutron-rich Nuclei Zr106 and Zr108

    T. Sumikama;K. Yoshinaga;H. Watanabe;S. Nishimura

  • Progressive cognitive impairment following chronic cerebral hypoperfusion induced by permanent occlusion of bilateral carotid arteries in rats.

    Jian-wei Ni;Hiroyuki Ohta;Kinzo Matsumoto;Hiroshi Watanabe

  • Mutations in sodium channel β1- and β2-subunits associated with atrial fibrillation.

    Hiroshi Watanabe;Dawood Darbar;Daniel W. Kaiser;Kim Jiramongkolchai

  • Antihypertensive and neuroprotective effects of astaxanthin in experimental animals.

    Ghazi Hussein;Masami Nakamura;Qi Zhao;Tomomi Iguchi

  • Noninvasive assessment of left and right ventricular filling in myocardial infarction with a two-dimensional Doppler echocardiography method

    Junichi Fujii;Yoshizumi Yazaki;Hitoshi Sawada;Tadanori Aizawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshifusa Aizawa
Yoshifusa Aizawa Tachikawa Medical Center
Minoru Horie
Minoru Horie Shiga University of Medical Science
Dan M. Roden
Dan M. Roden Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Wataru Shimizu
Wataru Shimizu Nippon Medical School
Toru Abo
Toru Abo Niigata University
Hiroyasu Iso
Hiroyasu Iso Osaka University
Shiro Kamakura
Shiro Kamakura National Cardiovascular Research Center
Arthur A.M. Wilde
Arthur A.M. Wilde University of Amsterdam
Katsuyoshi Hatakeyama
Katsuyoshi Hatakeyama Niigata University
Connie R. Bezzina
Connie R. Bezzina University of Amsterdam

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