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86128
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11632
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5004

Kazutoshi Takahashi 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 Kazutoshi Takahashi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 138 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kazutoshi Takahashi 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 Kazutoshi Takahashi sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 60 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kazutoshi Takahashi is a researcher affiliated with the New York Stem Cell Foundation in the United States. Their work primarily centers on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on molecular biology as a key subfield. Additional subfields in Takahashi's research encompass physiology, plant science, sensory systems, and biomedical engineering.

Their research topics are strongly aligned with pluripotent stem cells, including extensive investigation into pluripotent stem cell biology and related genetic engineering techniques such as CRISPR. Other notable areas of study include ion channels and receptors, neurobiology and insect physiology, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, renal and related cancers, and chromosomal and genetic variations.

Kazutoshi Takahashi has contributed to various peer-reviewed publications. Key recent papers include:

  • Dual inhibition of TMPRSS2 and Cathepsin B prevents SARS-CoV-2 infection in iPS cells, 2021, Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids
  • Improved Sendai viral system for reprogramming to naive pluripotency, 2022, Cell Reports Methods
  • Critical Roles of Translation Initiation and RNA Uridylation in Endogenous Retroviral Expression and Neural Differentiation in Pluripotent Stem Cells, 2020, Cell Reports
  • The pluripotent stem cell-specific transcript ESRG is dispensable for human pluripotency, 2021, PLoS Genetics
  • Multi-omics approach reveals posttranscriptionally regulated genes are essential for human pluripotent stem cells, 2022, iScience

Frequent publication venues for Takahashi include:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Reports Methods
  • iScience
  • Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids

Collaboration is an integral part of their research output. Regular coauthors include Shinya Yamanaka, Michiko Nakamura, Chikako Okubo, Yasuhiro Takashima, and Megumi Narita.

Best Publications

  • Induction of pluripotent stem cells from mouse embryonic and adult fibroblast cultures by defined factors.

    Kazutoshi Takahashi;Shinya Yamanaka

  • Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells From Adult Human Fibroblasts by Defined Factors

    Kazutoshi Takahashi;Koji Tanabe;Mari Ohnuki;Megumi Narita

  • The Homeoprotein Nanog Is Required for Maintenance of Pluripotency in Mouse Epiblast and ES Cells

    Kaoru Mitsui;Yoshimi Tokuzawa;Hiroaki Itoh;Kohichi Segawa

  • Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells without Myc from mouse and human fibroblasts

    Masato Nakagawa;Michiyo Koyanagi;Koji Tanabe;Kazutoshi Takahashi

  • Suppression of induced pluripotent stem cell generation by the p53–p21 pathway

    Hyenjong Hong;Kazutoshi Takahashi;Tomoko Ichisaka;Takashi Aoi

  • Generation of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Adult Mouse Liver and Stomach Cells

    Takashi Aoi;Kojiro Yae;Masato Nakagawa;Tomoko Ichisaka

  • Induction of pluripotent stem cells from fibroblast cultures.

    Kazutoshi Takahashi;Keisuke Okita;Masato Nakagawa;Shinya Yamanaka

  • Variation in the safety of induced pluripotent stem cell lines

    Kyoko Miura;Yohei Okada;Takashi Aoi;Aki Okada

  • Hypoxia Enhances the Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Yoshinori Yoshida;Kazutoshi Takahashi;Keisuke Okita;Tomoko Ichisaka

  • Modeling Alzheimer’s Disease with iPSCs Reveals Stress Phenotypes Associated with Intracellular Aβ and Differential Drug Responsiveness

    Takayuki Kondo;Masashi Asai;Masashi Asai;Kayoko Tsukita;Yumiko Kutoku

  • A decade of transcription factor-mediated reprogramming to pluripotency

    Kazutoshi Takahashi;Shinya Yamanaka

  • Drug screening for ALS using patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells.

    Naohiro Egawa;Shiho Kitaoka;Kayoko Tsukita;Motoko Naitoh

  • Screening ethnically diverse human embryonic stem cells identifies a chromosome 20 minimal amplicon conferring growth advantage

    Katherine Amps;Peter W. Andrews;George Anyfantis;Lyle Armstrong

  • Generation of retinal cells from mouse and human induced pluripotent stem cells.

    Yasuhiko Hirami;Fumitaka Osakada;Kazutoshi Takahashi;Keisuke Okita

  • Robust In Vitro Induction of Human Germ Cell Fate from Pluripotent Stem Cells.

    Kotaro Sasaki;Shihori Yokobayashi;Tomonori Nakamura;Ikuhiro Okamoto

  • Role of ERas in promoting tumour-like properties in mouse embryonic stem cells

    Kazutoshi Takahashi;Kaoru Mitsui;Shinya Yamanaka

  • Fbx15 is a novel target of Oct3/4 but is dispensable for embryonic stem cell self-renewal and mouse development.

    Yoshimi Tokuzawa;Eiko Kaiho;Masayoshi Maruyama;Kazutoshi Takahashi

  • Transient activation of c-MYC expression is critical for efficient platelet generation from human induced pluripotent stem cells.

    Naoya Takayama;Satoshi Nishimura;Satoshi Nishimura;Sou Nakamura;Takafumi Shimizu

  • Induced pluripotent stem cells in medicine and biology

    Kazutoshi Takahashi;Shinya Yamanaka

  • Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Their Use in Human Models of Disease and Development.

    Peter Karagiannis;Kazutoshi Takahashi;Megumu Saito;Yoshinori Yoshida

Frequent Co-Authors

Shinya Yamanaka
Shinya Yamanaka Kyoto University
Keisuke Okita
Keisuke Okita Kyoto University
Masato Nakagawa
Masato Nakagawa Kyoto University
Tatsutoshi Nakahata
Tatsutoshi Nakahata Kyoto University
Ryosuke Takahashi
Ryosuke Takahashi Kyoto University
Akira Watanabe
Akira Watanabe Kyoto University
Takuya Yamamoto
Takuya Yamamoto Kyoto University
Kazuwa Nakao
Kazuwa Nakao Kyoto University
Takeshi Kaneko
Takeshi Kaneko Kyoto University
Hiroyuki Hioki
Hiroyuki Hioki Juntendo University

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