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Masaharu Takigawa

Masaharu Takigawa

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
88
Citations
23454
World Ranking
2747
National Ranking
171

Masaharu Takigawa 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 Masaharu Takigawa sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 434 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Masaharu Takigawa 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 Masaharu Takigawa sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 88 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Masaharu Takigawa is affiliated with Okayama University in Japan and has made contributions to various areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research spans key topics such as connective tissue growth factor research, signaling pathways involved in development and cancer, and disease biomarkers.

The scientist's work includes focus on:

  • Connective Tissue Growth Factor Research
  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
  • Biomarkers in Disease Mechanisms
  • Bone health and treatments
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor Research
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Circular RNAs in diseases

Main fields of study cover biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, with a substantial number of publications also in medicine. Subfields include molecular biology, oncology, rheumatology, psychiatry and mental health, and immunology.

Takigawa's recent research publications include:

  • "Triple knockdown of CDC37, HSP90-alpha and HSP90-beta diminishes extracellular vesicles-driven malignancy events and macrophage M2 polarization in oral cancer," 2020, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
  • "Extracellular Vesicles Enriched with Moonlighting Metalloproteinase Are Highly Transmissive, Pro-Tumorigenic, and Trans-Activates Cellular Communication Network Factor (CCN2/CTGF): CRISPR against Cancer," 2020, Cancers
  • "Antiparkinson Drug Benztropine Suppresses Tumor Growth, Circulating Tumor Cells, and Metastasis by Acting on SLC6A3/DAT and Reducing STAT3," 2020, Cancers
  • "CCN3 (NOV) Drives Degradative Changes in Aging Articular Cartilage," 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Antiparkinson Drug Benztropine Suppresses Tumor Growth, Circulating Tumor Cells, and Metastasis by Acting on SLC6A3 and Reducing STAT3," 2020, Preprints.org

Frequent publication venues where Takigawa has published multiple articles include:

  • Methods in molecular biology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling
  • Preprints.org
  • Cancers

Takigawa has collaborated with several co-authors throughout their career. Notable frequent collaborators include:

  • Satoshi Kubota
  • Takashi Nishida
  • Eriko Aoyama
  • Eman A. Taha
  • Takako Hattori

In addition to journal articles, Takigawa has a book publication titled CCN Proteins, published in 2022 by Springer Science+Business Media.

Best Publications

  • Role and interaction of connective tissue growth factor with transforming growth factor-beta in persistent fibrosis: A mouse fibrosis model.

    Toshifumi Mori;Shigeru Kawara;Mikio Shinozaki;Nobukazu Hayashi

  • A functional polymorphism in the 5′ UTR of GDF5 is associated with susceptibility to osteoarthritis

    Yoshinari Miyamoto;Akihiko Mabuchi;Dongquan Shi;Toshikazu Kubo

  • Connective tissue growth factor induces the proliferation, migration, and tube formation of vascular endothelial cells in vitro, and angiogenesis in vivo.

    Tsuyoshi Shimo;Tohru Nakanishi;Takashi Nishida;Masahiro Asano

  • Nitric oxide mediates interleukin-1-induced gene expression of matrix metalloproteinases and basic fibroblast growth factor in cultured rabbit articular chondrocytes

    Kazuhiro Sasaki;Takako Hattori;Takuo Fujisawa;Kojiro Takahashi

  • Reduction in Connective Tissue Growth Factor by Antisense Treatment Ameliorates Renal Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis

    Hideki Yokoi;Masashi Mukoyama;Tetsuya Nagae;Kiyoshi Mori

  • Serum levels of connective tissue growth factor are elevated in patients with systemic sclerosis: association with extent of skin sclerosis and severity of pulmonary fibrosis.

    Shinichi Sato;Tetsuya Nagaoka;Minoru Hasegawa;Takuya Tamatani

  • Effects of CTGF/Hcs24, a product of a hypertrophic chondrocyte-specific gene, on the proliferation and differentiation of chondrocytes in culture.

    Tohru Nakanishi;Takashi Nishida;Tsuyoshi Shimo;Kappei Kobayashi

  • Proposal for a unified CCN nomenclature

    D. R. Brigstock;R. Goldschmeding;K. I. Katsube;S. C.T. Lam

  • Connective Tissue Growth Factor Expressed in Tubular Epithelium Plays a Pivotal Role in Renal Fibrogenesis

    Hirokazu Okada;Tomohiro Kikuta;Tatsuya Kobayashi;Tsutomu Inoue

  • Establishment of a Clonal Human Chondrosarcoma Cell Line with Cartilage Phenotypes

    Masaharu Takigawa;Koji Tajima;Hai Ou Pan;Motomi Enomoto

  • Effects of CTGF/Hcs24, a hypertrophic chondrocyte-specific gene product, on the proliferation and differentiation of osteoblastic cells in vitro.

    Takashi Nishida;Tohru Nakanishi;Masahiro Asano;Tsuyoshi Shimo

  • Type II alveolar epithelial cells and interstitial fibroblasts express connective tissue growth factor in IPF.

    L H Pan;K Yamauchi;M Uzuki;T Nakanishi

  • Cloning of a mRNA Preferentially Expressed in Chondrocytes by Differential Display-PCR from a Human Chondrocytic Cell Line That Is Identical with Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF) mRNA

    Tohru Nakanishi;Yusuke Kimura;Tomoo Tamura;Hiroyuki Ichikawa

  • Inhibition of Endogenous Expression of Connective Tissue Growth Factor by Its Antisense Oligonucleotide and Antisense RNA Suppresses Proliferation and Migration of Vascular Endothelial Cells

    Tsuyoshi Shimo;Tohru Nakanishi;Yusuke Kimura;Takashi Nishida

  • Connective tissue growth factor increased by hypoxia may initiate angiogenesis in collaboration with matrix metalloproteinases

    Seiji Kondo;Satoshi Kubota;Tsuyoshi Shimo;Takashi Nishida

  • Role of CTGF/HCS24/ecogenin in skeletal growth control

    Masaharu Takigawa;Tohru Nakanishi;Satoshi Kubota;Takashi Nishida

  • Cyclic mechanical stress induces extracellular matrix degradation in cultured chondrocytes via gene expression of matrix metalloproteinases and interleukin-1.

    Takuo Fujisawa;Takako Hattori;Kojiro Takahashi;Takuo Kuboki

  • Novel transcription-factor-like function of human matrix metalloproteinase 3 regulating the CTGF/CCN2 gene

    Takanori Eguchi;Satoshi Kubota;Kazumi Kawata;Yoshiki Mukudai

  • Regeneration of defects in articular cartilage in rat knee joints by CCN2 (connective tissue growth factor).

    Takashi Nishida;Satoshi Kubota;Shunji Kojima;Takuo Kuboki

  • CTGF/Hcs24 induces chondrocyte differentiation through a p38 mitogen‐activated protein kinase (p38MAPK), and proliferation through a p44/42 MAPK/extracellular‐signal regulated kinase (ERK)

    Gen Yosimichi;Tohru Nakanishi;Takashi Nishida;Takako Hattori

Frequent Co-Authors

Satoshi Kubota
Satoshi Kubota Okayama University
Fujio Suzuki
Fujio Suzuki Osaka University
Karen M. Lyons
Karen M. Lyons University of California, Los Angeles
Stuart K. Calderwood
Stuart K. Calderwood Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Yuji Hiraki
Yuji Hiraki Kyoto University
Toshihiko Terao
Toshihiko Terao Hamamatsu University
Bernard Perbal
Bernard Perbal Université Paris Cité
Takuya Tamatani
Takuya Tamatani Japan Tobacco (United States)
Hiroshi Kobayashi
Hiroshi Kobayashi Nara Medical University
Jiro Imanishi
Jiro Imanishi Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

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