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Masato Umeda

Masato Umeda

Kyoto University
Japan

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
12147
World Ranking
14948
National Ranking
1057

Masato Umeda 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 Masato Umeda sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 159 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Masato Umeda 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 Masato Umeda sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Masato Umeda is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The research topics that Umeda focuses on include:

  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin

Umeda has published in several scientific venues, with a notable number of publications in the Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society. Other venues include:

  • Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society
  • Cell Reports
  • Nature Chemical Biology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Life Science Alliance

Some of the recent papers by Umeda include:

  • "Organelle membrane-specific chemical labeling and dynamic imaging in living cells," 2020, Nature Chemical Biology
  • "Extreme deformability of insect cell membranes is governed by phospholipid scrambling," 2021, Cell Reports
  • "Functional expression of Δ12 fatty acid desaturase modulates thermoregulatory behaviour in Drosophila," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "The mechanosensitive ion channel PIEZO1 promotes satellite cell function in muscle regeneration," 2022, Life Science Alliance
  • "Cell-autonomous control of intracellular temperature by unsaturation of phospholipid acyl chains," 2022, Cell Reports

Frequent co-authors of Umeda include:

  • Kohjiro Nagao
  • Yuji Hara
  • Masaki Tsuchiya
  • Kotaro Hirano
  • Yasuo Mori

Best Publications

  • Calcium-dependent phospholipid scrambling by TMEM16F

    Jun Suzuki;Masato Umeda;Peter J. Sims;Shigekazu Nagata

  • The ratio of phosphatidylcholine to phosphatidylethanolamine influences membrane integrity and steatohepatitis.

    Zhaoyu Li;Luis B. Agellon;Theresa M. Allen;Masato Umeda

  • Upregulated function of mitochondria‐associated ER membranes in Alzheimer disease

    Estela Area-Gomez;Maria del Carmen Lara Castillo;Marc D Tambini;Cristina Guardia-Laguarta

  • Phosphoinositide Signaling Pathways in Nuclei Are Associated with Nuclear Speckles Containing Pre-mRNA Processing Factors

    Igor V. Boronenkov;Joost C. Loijens;Masato Umeda;Richard A. Anderson

  • Lysenin, a Novel Sphingomyelin-specific Binding Protein

    Akiko Yamaji;Akiko Yamaji;Yoshiyuki Sekizawa;Kazuo Emoto;Hitoshi Sakuraba

  • Mitochondrial Phospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase Plays a Major Role in Preventing Oxidative Injury to Cells

    Masayoshi Arai;Hirotaka Imai;Tomoko Koumura;Madoka Yoshida

  • Cdc50p, a protein required for polarized growth, associates with the Drs2p P-type ATPase implicated in phospholipid translocation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Koji Saito;Konomi Fujimura-Kamada;Nobumichi Furuta;Utako Kato

  • Redistribution of phosphatidylethanolamine at the cleavage furrow of dividing cells during cytokinesis

    Kazuo Emoto;Toshihide Kobayashi;Akiko Yamaji;Hiroyuki Aizawa

  • EXPOSURE OF PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE ON THE SURFACE OF APOPTOTIC CELLS

    Kazuo Emoto;Kazuo Emoto;Noriko Toyama-Sorimachi;Noriko Toyama-Sorimachi;Hajime Karasuyama;Hajime Karasuyama;Keizo Inoue;Keizo Inoue

  • Cell adhesion to phosphatidylserine mediated by a product of growth arrest-specific gene 6.

    Toru Nakano;Yoshikazu Ishimoto;Junji Kishino;Masato Umeda

  • In vivo and in vitro reconstitution of Atg8 conjugation essential for autophagy.

    Yoshinobu Ichimura;Yuko Imamura;Kazuo Emoto;Masato Umeda

  • Mammalian Cell Mutants Resistant to a Sphingomyelin-directed Cytolysin: GENETIC AND BIOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR COMPLEX FORMATION OF THE LCB1 PROTEIN WITH THE LCB2 PROTEIN FOR SERINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE

    Kentaro Hanada;Tomoko Hara;Masayoshi Fukasawa;Akiko Yamaji

  • The Activation of Exocytotic Sites by the Formation of Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate Microdomains at Syntaxin Clusters *

    Kyota Aoyagi;Tsukiko Sugaya;Masato Umeda;Seiji Yamamoto

  • Local change in phospholipid composition at the cleavage furrow is essential for completion of cytokinesis

    Kazuo Emoto;Kazuo Emoto;Hironori Inadome;Yasunori Kanaho;Shuh Narumiya

  • Phosphatidylethanolamine Domains and Localization of Phospholipid Synthases in Bacillus subtilis Membranes

    Ayako Nishibori;Jin Kusaka;Hiroshi Hara;Masato Umeda

  • Oligomerization and pore formation of a sphingomyelin-specific toxin, lysenin.

    Akiko Yamaji-Hasegawa;Asami Makino;Takeshi Baba;Yukiko Senoh

  • Phospholipid-assisted Refolding of an Integral Membrane Protein: MINIMUM STRUCTURAL FEATURES FOR PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE TO ACT AS A MOLECULAR CHAPERONE *

    Mikhail Bogdanov;Masato Umeda;William Dowhan

  • ATP9B, a P4-ATPase (a putative aminophospholipid translocase), localizes to the trans-Golgi network in a CDC50 protein-independent manner.

    Hiroyuki Takatsu;Keiko Baba;Takahiro Shima;Hiroyuki Umino

  • Recognition of Phosphatidylserine on the Surface of Apoptotic Spermatogenic Cells and Subsequent Phagocytosis by Sertoli Cells of the Rat

    Akiko Shiratsuchi;Masato Umeda;Yoshiki Ohba;Yoshinobu Nakanishi

  • Transbilayer distribution of lipids at nano scale

    Motohide Murate;Mitsuhiro Abe;Kohji Kasahara;Kazuhisa Iwabuchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Keizo Inoue
Keizo Inoue University of Tokyo
Toshihide Kobayashi
Toshihide Kobayashi University of Strasbourg
Junken Aoki
Junken Aoki Tohoku University
Yasuo Mori
Yasuo Mori Kyoto University
Makoto Murakami
Makoto Murakami University of Tokyo
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba ShanghaiTech University
Akira Murakami
Akira Murakami Kyoto University
Masami Takahashi
Masami Takahashi Kitasato University
Hitoshi Arita
Hitoshi Arita Shionogi (Japan)
Etsuro Ito
Etsuro Ito Waseda University

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