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Naoyuki Taniguchi

Naoyuki Taniguchi

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Biology and Biochemistry
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
127
Citations
56089
World Ranking
475
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Naoyuki Taniguchi is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has conducted extensive research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work spans several related subfields including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Organic Chemistry, Surgery, and Cell Biology.

The main topics of Taniguchi's research focus on Glycosylation and Glycoproteins, Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis, and Galectins and Cancer Biology. Additional topics include Extracellular Vesicles in Disease, Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, Advanced Glycation End Products research, and Proteoglycans and Glycosaminoglycans research.

Taniguchi has published their research across various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • PROTEOMICS (19 publications)
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry (5 publications)
  • European Heart Journal (4 publications)
  • Glycoconjugate Journal (3 publications)
  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (3 publications)

Notable recent papers by Taniguchi include:

  • "True significance of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferases GnT-III, V and α1,6 fucosyltransferase in epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer" (2020), published in Molecular Aspects of Medicine
  • "3D Structure and Function of Glycosyltransferases Involved in N-glycan Maturation" (2020), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Identification of distinct N-glycosylation patterns on extracellular vesicles from small-cell and non-small-cell lung cancer cells" (2022), published in Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "Glycometabolic Regulation of the Biogenesis of Small Extracellular Vesicles" (2020), published in Cell Reports
  • "The ulcerative colitis-associated gene FUT8 regulates the quantity and quality of secreted mucins" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Taniguchi collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors, which includes:

  • Yoichiro Harada
  • Yuki Ohkawa
  • Frédérique Lisacek
  • Nicolle H. Packer
  • Andrew J. Link

Best Publications

  • Symbol Nomenclature for Graphical Representations of Glycans.

    Ajit Varki;Richard D. Cummings;Markus Aebi;Nicole H. Packer

  • β2-Microglobulin modified with advanced glycation end products is a major component of hemodialysis-associated amyloidosis

    Toshio Miyata;Osamu Oda;Reiko Inagi;Yoshiyasu Iida

  • Dysregulation of TGF-β1 receptor activation leads to abnormal lung development and emphysema-like phenotype in core fucose-deficient mice

    Xiangchun Wang;Shinya Inoue;Jianguo Gu;Eiji Miyoshi

  • Apoptotic cell death triggered by nitric oxide in pancreatic beta-cells.

    H. Kaneto;J. Fujii;Han Geuk Seo;K. Suzuki

  • Functional roles of N-glycans in cell signaling and cell adhesion in cancer.

    Yan-Yang Zhao;Motoko Takahashi;Jian-Guo Gu;Eiji Miyoshi

  • Comparison of the methods for profiling glycoprotein glycans--HUPO Human Disease Glycomics/Proteome Initiative multi-institutional study.

    Yoshinao Wada;Parastoo Azadi;Catherine E. Costello;Anne Dell

  • Estrogen induces the Akt-dependent activation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in vascular endothelial cells

    Koji Hisamoto;Masahide Ohmichi;Hirohisa Kurachi;Jun Hayakawa

  • Diphtheria Toxin Binds to the Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF)-like Domain of Human Heparin-binding EGF-like Growth Factor/Diphtheria Toxin Receptor and Inhibits Specifically Its Mitogenic Activity

    Toshihide Mitamura;Shigeki Higashiyama;Naoyuki Taniguchi;Michael Klagsbrun

  • Inactivation of glutathione peroxidase by nitric oxide. Implication for cytotoxicity.

    Michio Asahi;Junichi Fujii;Keiichiro Suzuki;Han Geuk Seo

  • Glycation and inactivation of human Cu-Zn-superoxide dismutase. Identification of the in vitro glycated sites.

    K Arai;S Maguchi;S Fujii;H Ishibashi

  • Heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor, which acts as the diphtheria toxin receptor, forms a complex with membrane protein DRAP27/CD9, which up-regulates functional receptors and diphtheria toxin sensitivity

    R. Iwamoto;S. Higashiyama;T. Mitamura;N. Taniguchi

  • Paranodal junction formation and spermatogenesis require sulfoglycolipids.

    Koichi Honke;Yukie Hirahara;Jeffrey Dupree;Kinuko Suzuki

  • Ectodomain Shedding of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Ligands Is Required for Keratinocyte Migration in Cutaneous Wound Healing

    Sho Tokumaru;Sho Tokumaru;Shigeki Higashiyama;Takeshi Endo;Takatoshi Nakagawa

  • Glycans and cancer: role of N-glycans in cancer biomarker, progression and metastasis, and therapeutics.

    Naoyuki Taniguchi;Yasuhiko Kizuka

  • The membrane protein CD9/DRAP 27 potentiates the juxtacrine growth factor activity of the membrane-anchored heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor.

    S Higashiyama;R Iwamoto;K Goishi;G Raab

  • Core Fucosylation Regulates Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-mediated Intracellular Signaling

    Xiangchun Wang;Jianguo Gu;Hideyuki Ihara;Eiji Miyoshi

  • Fucosylated haptoglobin is a novel marker for pancreatic cancer : A detailed analysis of the oligosaccharide structure and a possible mechanism for fucosylation

    Noriko Okuyama;Yoshihito Ide;Miyako Nakano;Tsutomu Nakagawa

  • Suppression of lung metastasis of B16 mouse melanoma by N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III gene transfection.

    Masafumi Yoshimura;Atsushi Nishikawa;Yoshito Ihara;Shun'ichiro Taniguchi

  • Molecular definition of a region of chromosome 21 that causes features of the Down syndrome phenotype.

    Julie R. Korenberg;Hiroko Kawashima;Stefan M. Pulst;T. Ikeuchi

  • Reducing sugars trigger oxidative modification and apoptosis in pancreatic beta-cells by provoking oxidative stress through the glycation reaction.

    Hideaki Kaneto;Junichi Fujii;Theingi Myint;Nobuko Miyazawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Eiji Miyoshi
Eiji Miyoshi Osaka University
Keiichiro Suzuki
Keiichiro Suzuki Hyogo College of Medicine
Junichi Fujii
Junichi Fujii Yamagata University
Jianguo Gu
Jianguo Gu Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University
Koichi Honke
Koichi Honke Kōchi University
Shigeki Higashiyama
Shigeki Higashiyama Ehime University
Yoshiki Yamaguchi
Yoshiki Yamaguchi Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University
Yuji Matsuzawa
Yuji Matsuzawa Sumitomo Hospital
Norio Hayashi
Norio Hayashi Osaka University
Yoshinao Wada
Yoshinao Wada Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital

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