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Masaomi Nangaku

Masaomi Nangaku

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
107
Citations
42872
World Ranking
6247
National Ranking
140

Masaomi Nangaku publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Masaomi Nangaku sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 912 publications — 92nd percentile

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

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Masaomi Nangaku D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Masaomi Nangaku sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 107 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Masaomi Nangaku is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has a prolific publication record primarily in the medical field, with a focus on nephrology and related disciplines. Their work addresses various critical issues in kidney disease, diabetes, and metabolic disorders, reflecting a broad and interdisciplinary research scope.

The scientist's recent papers cover several topics, including chronic kidney disease, diabetic kidney disease, and global disparities in kidney disease care. Significant publications include:

  • "Empagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease," 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Chronic kidney disease and the global public health agenda: an international consensus," 2024, Nature Reviews Nephrology
  • "An update on the global disparities in kidney disease burden and care across world countries and regions," 2024, The Lancet Global Health
  • "Treatment of Diabetic Kidney Disease: Current and Future," 2021, Diabetes & Metabolism Journal
  • "Esaxerenone (CS-3150) in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Microalbuminuria (ESAX-DN)," 2020, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Their frequent co-authors, indicating ongoing collaborative research relationships, include Toshimasa Yamauchi, Akira Okada, Takashi Kadowaki, Vivekanand Jha, and Tetsuhiro Tanaka.

Research output by venue highlights a strong presence in nephrology-related journals. Most frequently published venues are:

  • Kidney International
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Scientific Reports
  • Kidney International Reports

Their main field of study is Medicine, with specialization in subfields such as Nephrology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology, Hematology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Masaomi Nangaku's research topics predominantly focus on areas including Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes, Diabetes Treatment and Management, Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment, Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies, Cancer related to Hypoxia and Metabolism, as well as Acute Kidney Injury Research.

Best Publications

  • The Intrarenal Renin-Angiotensin System: From Physiology to the Pathobiology of Hypertension and Kidney Disease

    Hiroyuki Kobori;Masaomi Nangaku;L. Gabriel Navar;Akira Nishiyama

  • Chronic Hypoxia and Tubulointerstitial Injury: A Final Common Pathway to End-Stage Renal Failure

    Masaomi Nangaku

  • Global kidney health 2017 and beyond: a roadmap for closing gaps in care, research, and policy

    Adeera Levin;Marcello Tonelli;Joseph Bonventre;Josef Coresh

  • Progression after AKI: Understanding Maladaptive Repair Processes to Predict and Identify Therapeutic Treatments

    David P. Basile;Joseph V. Bonventre;Ravindra Mehta;Masaomi Nangaku

  • Kinesin family in murine central nervous system.

    Hiroyuki Aizawa;Yoko Sekine;Reiko Takemura;Zhizeng Zhang

  • Mechanisms of tubulointerstitial injury in the kidney: final common pathways to end-stage renal failure.

    Masaomi Nangaku

  • Mitochondrial Damage Causes Inflammation via cGAS-STING Signaling in Acute Kidney Injury.

    Hiroshi Maekawa;Tsuyoshi Inoue;Haruki Ouchi;Tzu-Ming Jao

  • The suffocating kidney: tubulointerstitial hypoxia in end-stage renal disease

    Imari Mimura;Masaomi Nangaku

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

    Makiko Matsumoto;Yuichi Makino;Tetsuhiro Tanaka;Hirotoshi Tanaka

  • In Vivo klotho Gene Transfer Ameliorates Angiotensin II-Induced Renal Damage

    Haruo Mitani;Nobukazu Ishizaka;Toru Aizawa;Minoru Ohno

  • Evidence of Tubular Hypoxia in the Early Phase in the Remnant Kidney Model

    Krissanapong Manotham;Tetsuhiro Tanaka;Makiko Matsumoto;Takamoto Ohse

  • Hypoxia and the HIF system in kidney disease.

    Masaomi Nangaku;Kai-Uwe Eckardt

  • Hypoxia as a key player in the AKI-to-CKD transition.

    Shinji Tanaka;Tetsuhiro Tanaka;Masaomi Nangaku

  • Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Lower In Vitro the Formation of Advanced Glycation End Products: Biochemical Mechanisms

    Toshio Miyata;Charles van Ypersele de Strihou;Yasuhiko Ueda;Kohji Ichimori

  • Renal catabolism of advanced glycation end products: the fate of pentosidine.

    Toshio Miyata;Toshio Miyata;Toshio Miyata;Yasuhiko Ueda;Yasuhiko Ueda;Yasuhiko Ueda;Katsunori Horie;Katsunori Horie;Katsunori Horie;Masaomi Nangaku;Masaomi Nangaku;Masaomi Nangaku

  • Transdifferentiation of cultured tubular cells induced by hypoxia

    Krissanapong Manotham;Tetsuhiro Tanaka;Tetsuhiro Tanaka;Tetsuhiro Tanaka;Makiko Matsumoto;Makiko Matsumoto;Makiko Matsumoto;Takamoto Ohse;Takamoto Ohse;Takamoto Ohse

  • Imbalance of T-Cell Subsets in Angiotensin II–Infused Hypertensive Rats With Kidney Injury

    Jing Shao;Masaomi Nangaku;Toshio Miyata;Reiko Inagi

  • Cobalt promotes angiogenesis via hypoxia-inducible factor and protects tubulointerstitium in the remnant kidney model.

    Tetsuhiro Tanaka;Ichiro Kojima;Takamoto Ohse;Julie R Ingelfinger

  • Renoprotective properties of angiotensin receptor blockers beyond blood pressure lowering

    Yuko Izuhara;Masaomi Nangaku;Reiko Inagi;Naoto Tominaga

  • Dynamic change of chromatin conformation in response to hypoxia enhances the expression of GLUT3 (SLC2A3) by cooperative interaction of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 and KDM3A

    Imari Mimura;Masaomi Nangaku;Yasuharu Kanki;Shuichi Tsutsumi

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshio Miyata
Toshio Miyata Tohoku University
Toshiro Fujita
Toshiro Fujita University of Tokyo
Takehiko Wada
Takehiko Wada Tohoku University
Takashi Kadowaki
Takashi Kadowaki Toranomon Hospital
Hiroyuki Aburatani
Hiroyuki Aburatani University of Tokyo
Julie R. Ingelfinger
Julie R. Ingelfinger Harvard University
Tsuyoshi Inoue
Tsuyoshi Inoue Osaka University
Toshiyuki Miyata
Toshiyuki Miyata Kyushu University
Sadayoshi Ito
Sadayoshi Ito Tohoku University
Nobutaka Hirokawa
Nobutaka Hirokawa University of Tokyo

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