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Mitsuhiro Osame

Mitsuhiro Osame

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
90
Citations
31193
World Ranking
1072
National Ranking
38

Medicine

D-Index
90
Citations
32001
World Ranking
12148
National Ranking
355

Mitsuhiro Osame publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

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

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 700 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Mitsuhiro Osame D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mitsuhiro Osame is affiliated with Kagoshima University in Japan. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a specific focus on Neurology. The scientist engages with topics related to the long-term effects of COVID-19.

Osame's recent publication includes the study titled Altered serum levels of proteins involved in beta-amyloid clearance in the aftermath of the Kumamoto magnitude 7.3 earthquake, published in 2020 in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Osame are:

  • Kazuhiko Uchida
  • Tadashi Sato
  • Motomi Tanaka
  • Kentaro Oniki
  • Junji Saruwatari

Osame's work has been published in the following venues:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia

Their research topics notably include:

  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Best Publications

  • HTLV-I ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY, A NEW CLINICAL ENTITY

    Mitsuhiro Osame;Koichiro Usuku;Shuji Izumo;Naomi Ijichi

  • Chronic progressive myelopathy associated with elevated antibodies to human T-lymphotropic virus type I and adult T-cell leukemialike cells

    Mitsuhiro Osame;Makoto Matsumoto;Koichiro Usuku;Shuji Izumo

  • Analysis Of Htlv-I Proviral Load In 202 Ham/Tsp Patients And 243 Asymptomatic Htlv-I Carriers: High Proviral Load Strongly Predisposes To Ham/Tsp

    Masahiro Nagai;Koichiro Usuku;Wataru Matsumoto;Daisuke Kodama

  • Spread of HTLV-I between lymphocytes by virus-induced polarization of the cytoskeleton.

    Tadahiko Igakura;Jane C. Stinchcombe;Peter K. C. Goon;Graham P. Taylor

  • CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY ARTHROPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH HTLV-I

    Kusuki Nishioka;Ikuro Maruyama;Kazuto Sato;Isao Kitajima

  • HLA alleles determine human T-lymphotropic virus-I (HTLV-I) proviral load and the risk of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy

    Katie J. M. Jeffery;Koichiro Usuku;Sarah E. Hall;Wataru Matsumoto

  • The risk of development of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis among persons infected with HTLV-I.

    J E Kaplan;M Osame;H Kubota;A Igata

  • Extrafusal and intrafusal muscle effects in experimental botulinum toxin-A injection

    Raymond L. Rosales;Kimiyoshi Arimura;Satoshi Takenaga;Mitsuhiro Osame

  • Cardiac involvement in mitochondrial diseases: a study on 17 patients with documented mitochondrial DNA defects.

    Ryuichiro Anan;Masanori Nakagawa;Masaaki Miyata;Itsuro Higuchi

  • Greatly raised vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in POEMS syndrome

    Osamu Watanabe;Kimiyoshi Arimura;Isao Kitajima;Mitsuhiro Osame

  • HLA haplotype-linked high immune responsiveness against HTLV-I in HTLV-I-associated myelopathy: comparison with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma.

    Koichiro Usuku;Shunro Sonoda;Mitsuhiro Osame;Shinji Yashiki

  • Abundant tax protein expression in CD4+ T cells infected with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) is prevented by cytotoxic T lymphocytes.

    Emmanuel Hanon;Sarah Hall;Sarah Hall;Sarah Hall;Graham P. Taylor;Graham P. Taylor;Graham P. Taylor;Mineki Saito;Mineki Saito;Mineki Saito

  • Correlation of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) mRNA with proviral DNA load, virus-specific CD8(+) T cells, and disease severity in HTLV-1-associated myelopathy (HAM/TSP).

    Yoshihisa Yamano;Masahiro Nagai;Meghan Brennan;Carlos A. Mora

  • Overproduction of vascular endothelial growth factor/vascular permeability factor is causative in Crow-Fukase (POEMS) syndrome

    Osamu Watanabe;Ikuro Maruyama;Kimiyoshi Arimura;Isao Kitajima

  • Nationwide survey of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy in Japan; association with blood transfusion

    Mitsuhiro Osame;Robert Janssen;Hiroaki Kubota;Hiroshi Nishitani

  • HTLV-I-associated myelopathy: analysis of 213 patients based on clinical features and laboratory findings

    Masanori Nakagawa;Shuji Izumo;Shinji Ijichi;Hiroaki Kubota

  • Predominant recognition of human T cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) pX gene products by human CD8+ cytotoxic T cells directed against HTLV-I-infected cells.

    Mari Kannagi;Shinji Harada;Ikuro Maruyama;Hidetoshi Inoko

  • Immunocytochemical analysis of the cellular infiltrate in the spinal cord lesions in HTLV-I-associated myelopathy

    Fujio Umehara;Shuji Izumo;Masanori Nakagawa;Alicia T. Ronquillo

  • Blood transfusion and HTLV-I associated myelopathy.

    Mitsuhiro Osame;Shuji Izumo;Akihiro Igata;Makoto Matsumoto

  • A novel mutation of desert hedgehog in a patient with 46,XY partial gonadal dysgenesis accompanied by minifascicular neuropathy.

    Fujio Umehara;Genshu Tate;Kayoko Itoh;Naoki Yamaguchi

  • Analysis of HTLV-I proviral load in 202 HAM/TSP patients and 243 asymptomatic HTLV-I carriers: High proviral load strongly predisposes to HAM/TSP

    Masahiro Nagai;Koichiro Usuku;Wataru Matsumoto;Daisuke Kodama

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuji Izumo
Shuji Izumo Kagoshima University
Ikuro Maruyama
Ikuro Maruyama Kagoshima University
Charles R. M. Bangham
Charles R. M. Bangham Imperial College London
Akira Mizoguchi
Akira Mizoguchi Mie University
Jonathan Weber
Jonathan Weber Imperial College London
Graham P. Taylor
Graham P. Taylor Imperial College London
Mitsuaki Yoshida
Mitsuaki Yoshida University of Tokyo
Takashi Muramatsu
Takashi Muramatsu Nagoya University
William W. Hall
William W. Hall University College Dublin
Yuetsu Tanaka
Yuetsu Tanaka University of the Ryukyus

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