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Hirotoshi Tanaka

Hirotoshi Tanaka

Keio University
Japan

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
13236
World Ranking
14296
National Ranking
1009

Hirotoshi Tanaka 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 Hirotoshi Tanaka sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 176 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hirotoshi Tanaka 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 Hirotoshi Tanaka sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 28th percentile

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

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

Overview

Hirotoshi Tanaka is affiliated with Keio University in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific attention to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Physiology, Rheumatology, Surgery, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main topics covered in Tanaka's work are diverse and include:

  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases
  • Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
  • Exercise and Physiological Responses
  • Hormonal and reproductive studies
  • Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases
  • Transgenic Plants and Applications

Tanaka's recent publications include the following papers:

  • Oral MucoRice-CTB vaccine for safety and microbiota-dependent immunogenicity in humans: a phase 1 randomised trial (2021) published in The Lancet Microbe
  • Progesterone receptor membrane associated component 1 enhances obesity progression in mice by facilitating lipid accumulation in adipocytes (2020) published in Communications Biology
  • Glycyrrhizin Derivatives Suppress Cancer Chemoresistance by Inhibiting Progesterone Receptor Membrane Component 1 (2021) published in Cancers
  • Drug-induced Bullous Pemphigoid and Lupus Erythematosus Occurring under Anti-TNF-α and IL-6 Therapy in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis (2020) published in Internal Medicine
  • Eicosapentaenoic acid changes muscle transcriptome and intervenes in aging-related fiber type transition in male mice (2020) published in American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism

The venues where Tanaka frequently publishes work include:

  • Internal Medicine
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • The Lancet Microbe
  • Communications Biology
  • Cancers

Tanaka collaborates with several researchers, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Hiroki Yamazaki
  • Noritada Yoshikawa
  • Masaaki Uehara
  • Motohisa Yamamoto
  • Akiko Kuribara-Souta

Best Publications

  • Inhibitory PAS domain protein is a negative regulator of hypoxia-inducible gene expression

    Yuichi Makino;Renhai Cao;Kristian Svensson;Göran Bertilsson

  • Signal transduction in hypoxic cells: inducible nuclear translocation and recruitment of the CBP/p300 coactivator by the hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha.

    Pekka J. Kallio;Kensaku Okamoto;Kensaku Okamoto;Sallyann O'Brien;Pilar Carrero

  • Modification of mineralocorticoid receptor function by Rac1 GTPase: implication in proteinuric kidney disease

    Shigeru Shibata;Miki Nagase;Shigetaka Yoshida;Wakako Kawarazaki

  • Crosstalk between Glucocorticoid Receptor and Nutritional Sensor mTOR in Skeletal Muscle

    Noriaki Shimizu;Noritada Yoshikawa;Naoki Ito;Takako Maruyama

  • Inhibitory PAS Domain Protein (IPAS) Is a Hypoxia-inducible Splicing Variant of the Hypoxia-inducible Factor-3α Locus

    Yuichi Makino;Arvydas Kanopka;William J. Wilson;Hirotoshi Tanaka

  • Redox-Regulated Recruitment of the Transcriptional Coactivators CREB-Binding Protein and SRC-1 to Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1α

    Pilar Carrero;Kensaku Okamoto;Kensaku Okamoto;Pascal Coumailleau;Sallyann O'Brien

  • Induction of Renoprotective Gene Expression by Cobalt Ameliorates Ischemic Injury of the Kidney in Rats

    Makiko Matsumoto;Yuichi Makino;Tetsuhiro Tanaka;Hirotoshi Tanaka

  • Nuclear export of glucocorticoid receptor is enhanced by c-Jun N-terminal kinase-mediated phosphorylation.

    M. Itoh;M. Adachi;H. Yasui;M. Takekawa

  • High-performance affinity beads for identifying drug receptors

    Noriaki Shimizu;Kotaro Sugimoto;Jianwei Tang;Takeyuki Nishi

  • Spatial Redox Regulation of a Critical Cysteine Residue of NF-κB in Vivo

    Takeyuki Nishi;Noriaki Shimizu;Masaki Hiramoto;Iwao Sato

  • Epigenetic modulation of the renal β-adrenergic-WNK4 pathway in salt-sensitive hypertension.

    ShengYu Mu;Tatsuo Shimosawa;Sayoko Ogura;Hong Wang

  • Thioredoxin: a redox-regulating cellular cofactor for glucocorticoid hormone action. Cross talk between endocrine control of stress response and cellular antioxidant defense system.

    Yuichi Makino;Kensaku Okamoto;Noritada Yoshikawa;Masaru Aoshima

  • Redox-dependent Regulation of Nuclear Import of the Glucocorticoid Receptor

    Kensaku Okamoto;Hirotoshi Tanaka;Hidesato Ogawa;Yuichi Makino

  • Direct Association with Thioredoxin Allows Redox Regulation of Glucocorticoid Receptor Function

    Yuichi Makino;Noritada Yoshikawa;Kensaku Okamoto;Kiichi Hirota

  • Functional Interference of Sp1 and NF-κB through the Same DNA Binding Site

    Fuminori Hirano;Hirotoshi Tanaka;Yoshiko Hirano;Masaki Hiramoto

  • Hypoxia-inducible factor regulates survival of antigen receptor-driven T cells.

    Yuichi Makino;Hiroshi Nakamura;Eiji Ikeda;Kei Ohnuma

  • TCR engagement increases hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha protein synthesis via rapamycin-sensitive pathway under hypoxic conditions in human peripheral T cells.

    Hiroshi Nakamura;Yuichi Makino;Kensaku Okamoto;Lorenz Poellinger

  • Functional modulation of estrogen receptor by redox state with reference to thioredoxin as a mediator

    Shin-ichi Hayashi;Kyoko Hajiro-Nakanishi;Yuichi Makino;Hidetaka Eguchi

  • Functional modulation of the glucocorticoid receptor and suppression of NF-κB-dependent transcription by ursodeoxycholic acid

    Takanori Miura;Rika Ouchida;Noritada Yoshikawa;Noritada Yoshikawa;Kensaku Okamoto

  • The RING finger protein SNURF modulates nuclear trafficking of the androgen receptor.

    Hetti Poukka;Ulla Karvonen;Noritada Yoshikawa;Hirotoshi Tanaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Chikao Morimoto
Chikao Morimoto Juntendo University
Lorenz Poellinger
Lorenz Poellinger Karolinska Institute
Hiroshi Handa
Hiroshi Handa Tokyo Medical University
Keiichi Fukuda
Keiichi Fukuda Keio University
Satoru Miyano
Satoru Miyano Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Yuichi Shiraishi
Yuichi Shiraishi University of Tokyo
Makoto Suematsu
Makoto Suematsu Keio University
kenichi yoshida
kenichi yoshida Kyoto University
Seishi Ogawa
Seishi Ogawa Kyoto University
Toshiro Fujita
Toshiro Fujita University of Tokyo

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