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D-Index
45
Citations
7148
World Ranking
19126
National Ranking
7812

Kazuko Handa 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 Kazuko Handa sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 92 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Kazuko Handa 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 Kazuko Handa sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Kazuko Handa is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute in the United States. Their research profile shows involvement in the academic and scientific community without specific details on recent papers, co-authors, or publication venues.

While information on recent papers and publication venues is not available, Kazuko Handa's association with a diabetes research institute indicates a focus on health sciences, particularly relating to diabetes. The absence of listed main or subfields of study limits the ability to specify their exact research areas or specialties.

No records of book publications or awards are noted, suggesting that the scientist's contributions might be primarily through journal articles or institutional research projects rather than authored books or formally recognized honors.

The profile does not specify frequent co-authors, which means their collaborations or research partnerships are not documented in this dataset. Likewise, there is no detailed enumeration of specific research topics or fields of study linked to their name in the data provided.

Despite these gaps, Kazuko Handa's active role at the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute positions them within a professional environment focused on biomedical research, likely involving clinical or laboratory studies related to diabetes and associated metabolic conditions.

Best Publications

  • GM3-enriched Microdomain Involved in Cell Adhesion and Signal Transduction through Carbohydrate-Carbohydrate Interaction in Mouse Melanoma B16 Cells

    Kazuhisa Iwabuchi;Soichiro Yamamura;Alessandro Prinetti;Kazuko Handa

  • Separation of 'glycosphingolipid signaling domain' from caveolin- containing membrane fraction in mouse melanoma B16 cells and its role in cell adhesion coupled with signaling

    Kazuhisa Iwabuchi;Kazuko Handa;Sen Itiroh Hakomori

  • New insights in glycosphingolipid function: “glycosignaling domain,” a cell surface assembly of glycosphingolipids with signal transducer molecules, involved in cell adhesion coupled with signaling

    Sen-itiroh Hakomori;Kazuko Handa;Kazuhisa Iwabuchi;Soichiro Yamamura

  • Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase is modulated by GM3 interaction with N-linked GlcNAc termini of the receptor

    Seon-Joo Yoon;Ken-ichi Nakayama;Toshiyuki Hikita;Kazuko Handa

  • Selectin GMP-140 (CD62; PADGEM) binds to sialosyl-Lea and sialosyl-Lex, and sulfated glycans modulate this binding

    Kazuko Handa;Edward D. Nudelman;Mark R. Stroud;Tanri Shiozawa

  • Motility Inhibition and Apoptosis Are Induced by Metastasis-suppressing Gene Product CD82 and Its Analogue CD9, with Concurrent Glycosylation

    Masaya Ono;Kazuko Handa;Donald A. Withers;Sen-itiroh Hakomori

  • GM3 ganglioside inhibits CD9-facilitated haptotactic cell motility: coexpression of GM3 and CD9 is essential in the downregulation of tumor cell motility and malignancy.

    Masaya Ono;Kazuko Handa;Sandro Sonnino;Donald A. Withers

  • Signal Transduction Through Glyco(sphingo)lipids: Introduction and Recent Studies on Glyco(sphingo)lipid-enriched Microdomainsa

    Sen-Itiroh Hakomori;Soichiro Yamamura;Kazuko Handa

  • Ganglioside GM2-Tetraspanin CD82 Complex Inhibits Met and Its Cross-talk with Integrins, Providing a Basis for Control of Cell Motility through Glycosynapse

    Adriane Regina Todeschini;Jose Nilson Dos Santos;Kazuko Handa;Sen-itiroh Hakomori

  • Inhibition of selectin-dependent tumor cell adhesion to endothelial cells and platelets by blocking O-glycosylation of these cells.

    Naoya Kojima;Kazuko Handa;Walter Newman;Sen-itiroh Hakomori

  • Glycosphingolipid-dependent cross-talk between glycosynapses interfacing tumor cells with their host cells: essential basis to define tumor malignancy.

    Senitiroh Hakomori;Kazuko Handa

  • Differential expression profiles of glycosphingolipids in human breast cancer stem cells vs. cancer non-stem cells

    Yuh-Jin Liang;Yao Ding;Yao Ding;Steven B. Levery;Marlin Lobaton

  • Monosialogangliosides of human myelogenous leukemia HL60 cells and normal human leukocytes. 2. Characterization of E-selectin binding fractions, and structural requirements for physiological binding to E-selectin.

    Mark R. Stroud;Kazuko Handa;Mary Ellen K. Salyan;Kazunori Ito

  • Ganglioside GM2/GM3 complex affixed on silica nanospheres strongly inhibits cell motility through CD82/cMet mediated pathway

    Adriane Regina Todeschini;Jose Nilson Dos Santos;Kazuko Handa;Sen-itiroh Hakomori

  • A Specific Microdomain (“Glycosynapse 3”) Controls Phenotypic Conversion and Reversion of Bladder Cancer Cells through GM3-mediated Interaction of α3β1 Integrin with CD9

    Koji Mitsuzuka;Kazuko Handa;Makoto Satoh;Yoichi Arai

  • A close association of GM3 with c-Src and Rho in GM3-enriched microdomains at the B16 melanoma cell surface membrane: a preliminary note.

    Soichiro Yamamura;Kazuko Handa;Sen-itiroh Hakomori

  • Specific glycosphingolipids mediate epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition of human and mouse epithelial cell lines

    Feng Guan;Kazuko Handa;Sen-itiroh Hakomori

  • A ceramide analogue inhibits T cell proliferative response through inhibition of glycosphingolipid synthesis and enhancement of N,N-dimethylsphingosine synthesis.

    Brunhilde Felding-Habermann;Yasuyuki Igarashi;Bruce A. Fenderson;Linda S. Park

  • Glycosylation Effect on Membrane Domain (GEM) Involved in Cell Adhesion and Motility: A Preliminary Note on Functional α3, α5-CD82 Glycosylation Complex in ldlD 14 Cells

    Masaya Ono;Kazuko Handa;Donald A. Withers;Sen-itiroh Hakomori;Sen-itiroh Hakomori

  • GM3-enriched microdomain involved in cell adhesion and signal transduction through carbohydrate-carbohydrate interaction in mouse melanoma B16 cells; Separation of'glycosphingolipid signaling domain' from caveolin- containing membrane fraction in mouse melanoma B16 cells and its role in cell adhesion coupled with signaling

    K. Iwabuchi;S. Yamamura;A. Prinetti;K. Handa

Frequent Co-Authors

Sen-itiroh Hakomori
Sen-itiroh Hakomori Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute
Vernon N. Reinhold
Vernon N. Reinhold University of New Hampshire
Alessandro Prinetti
Alessandro Prinetti University of Milan
Steven B. Levery
Steven B. Levery University of Copenhagen
Lynn Y. Sakai
Lynn Y. Sakai Oregon Health & Science University
Fu-Tong Liu
Fu-Tong Liu Academia Sinica
Allen C. Eaves
Allen C. Eaves Stemcell Technologies
Haian Fu
Haian Fu Emory University
Lionel Larue
Lionel Larue University of Paris-Saclay
Jacqueline T. Hecht
Jacqueline T. Hecht The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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