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Masafumi Matsuo

Masafumi Matsuo

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
12476
World Ranking
12535
National Ranking
857

Masafumi Matsuo 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 Masafumi Matsuo sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 426 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Masafumi Matsuo 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 Masafumi Matsuo sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Masafumi Matsuo is affiliated with Kobe Gakuin University in Japan, focusing on research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work encompasses a range of subfields including Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Genetics, Physiology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics cover multiple areas such as Muscle Physiology and Disorders, RNA Research and Splicing, Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies, Renal and related cancers, Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research.

Recent publications by Masafumi Matsuo demonstrate a focus on genetic and molecular mechanisms related to muscular and renal diseases. Notable papers include:

  • Development of an exon skipping therapy for X-linked Alport syndrome with truncating variants in COL4A5, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Cellular senescence-mediated exacerbation of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Common risk variants in NPHS1 and TNFSF15 are associated with childhood steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome, 2020, Kidney International
  • Exon skipping induced by nonsense/frameshift mutations in DMD gene results in Becker muscular dystrophy, 2020, Human Genetics
  • Urinary Titin Is a Novel Biomarker for Muscle Atrophy in Nonsurgical Critically Ill Patients: A Two-Center, Prospective Observational Study, 2020, Critical Care Medicine

Collaborations have been a significant part of Matsuo's work, with frequent co-authors including Kandai Nozu, Hiroyuki Awano, Kazumoto Iijima, China Nagano, and Tomohiko Yamamura.

Matsuo's research has been published repeatedly in venues such as Clinical and Experimental Nephrology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Scientific Reports, Kidney International Reports, and F1000Research, indicating active engagement with journals focused on nephrology, molecular science, and related biomedical fields.

Best Publications

  • Effect of the mutation (C3435T) at exon 26 of the MDR1 gene on expression level of MDR1 messenger ribonucleic acid in duodenal enterocytes of healthy Japanese subjects

    Tsutomu Nakamura;Toshiyuki Sakaeda;Masanori Horinouchi;Takao Tamura

  • Mutation spectrum of the dystrophin gene in 442 Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy cases from one Japanese referral center.

    Yasuhiro Takeshima;Mariko Yagi;Yo Okizuka;Hiroyuki Awano

  • Insertion of a 5' truncated L1 element into the 3' end of exon 44 of the dystrophin gene resulted in skipping of the exon during splicing in a case of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

    N Narita;H Nishio;Y Kitoh;Y Ishikawa

  • Exon skipping during splicing of dystrophin mRNA precursor due to an intraexon deletion in the dystrophin gene of Duchenne muscular dystrophy kobe.

    M Matsuo;T Masumura;H Nishio;T Nakajima

  • Multiexon skipping leading to an artificial DMD protein lacking amino acids from exons 45 through 55 could rescue up to 63% of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

    Christophe Béroud;Sylvie Tuffery-Giraud;Masafumi Matsuo;Dalil Hamroun

  • Autonomous regulation of osteosarcoma cell invasiveness by Wnt5a/Ror2 signaling

    M Enomoto;S Hayakawa;S Itsukushima;D Y Ren

  • Auditory nerve and brainstem responses in newborn infants with hyperbilirubinemia.

    Hajime Nakamura;Satoshi Takada;Roberto Shimabuku;Masafumi Matsuo

  • Rituximab treatment for posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) induces complete remission of recurrent nephrotic syndrome.

    Kandai Nozu;Kazumoto Iijima;Masato Fujisawa;Atsuko Nakagawa

  • Real-Time Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction for MDR1, MRP1, MRP2, and CYP3A-mRNA Levels in Caco-2 Cell Lines, Human Duodenal Enterocytes, Normal Colorectal Tissues, and Colorectal Adenocarcinomas

    Tsutomu Nakamura;Toshiyuki Sakaeda;Nobuko Ohmoto;Takao Tamura

  • Genetic origins of the Ainu inferred from combined DNA analyses of maternal and paternal lineages

    Atsushi Tajima;Masanori Hayami;Katsushi Tokunaga;Takeo Juji

  • Effects of polymorphisms of MDR1, MRP1, and MRP2 genes on their mRNA expression levels in duodenal enterocytes of healthy Japanese subjects.

    Yuka Moriya;Yuka Moriya;Tsutomu Nakamura;Masanori Horinouchi;Toshiyuki Sakaeda

  • Intravenous infusion of an antisense oligonucleotide results in exon skipping in muscle dystrophin mRNA of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

    Yasuhiro Takeshima;Mariko Yagi;Hiroko Wada;Kazuto Ishibashi

  • Oligonucleotides against a splicing enhancer sequence led to dystrophin production in muscle cells from a Duchenne muscular dystrophy patient

    Yasuhiro Takeshima;Hiroko Wada;Mariko Yagi;Yukitoshi Ishikawa

  • Correlation between SMN2 copy number and clinical phenotype of spinal muscular atrophy: three SMN2 copies fail to rescue some patients from the disease severity

    Yosuke Harada;Retno Sutomo;Ahmad Hamim Sadewa;Tomoko Akutsu

  • Genetic polymorphisms associated with adverse events and elimination of methotrexate in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and malignant lymphoma

    Hiroyuki Imanishi;Noboru Okamura;Mariko Yagi;Yukari Noro

  • Circadian clock genes directly regulate expression of the Na(+)/H(+) exchanger NHE3 in the kidney.

    Mohammad Saifur Rohman;Noriaki Emoto;Hidemi Nonaka;Ryusuke Okura

  • Chimeric RNA/ethylene-bridged nucleic acids promote dystrophin expression in myocytes of duchenne muscular dystrophy by inducing skipping of the nonsense mutation-encoding exon.

    Agus Surono;Tran Van Khanh;Yasuhiro Takeshima;Hiroko Wada

  • Early pathogenesis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy modelled in patient-derived human induced pluripotent stem cells

    Emi Shoji;Hidetoshi Sakurai;Tokiko Nishino;Tatsutoshi Nakahata

  • Molecular analysis of digenic inheritance in Bartter syndrome with sensorineural deafness

    K Nozu;T Inagaki;X J Fu;Y Nozu

  • Chemical treatment enhances skipping of a mutated exon in the dystrophin gene.

    Atsushi Nishida;Naoyuki Kataoka;Yasuhiro Takeshima;Mariko Yagi

Frequent Co-Authors

Mitsuhiro Yokoyama
Mitsuhiro Yokoyama Kobe University
Kazuyuki Shimada
Kazuyuki Shimada Nagoya University
Kazuomi Kario
Kazuomi Kario Jichi Medical University
Ichizo Nishino
Ichizo Nishino Tokyo Medical University
Masato Kasuga
Masato Kasuga National Center For Global Health and Medicine
Toru Takumi
Toru Takumi Kobe University
Toshiyuki Miyata
Toshiyuki Miyata Kyushu University
Satoru Noguchi
Satoru Noguchi Tokyo Medical University
Uichi Ikeda
Uichi Ikeda Shinshu University
Kazuro Sugimura
Kazuro Sugimura Kobe University

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