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Nobuyoshi Shimizu

Nobuyoshi Shimizu

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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Japan
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
100
Citations
85388
World Ranking
520
National Ranking
37

Medicine

D-Index
100
Citations
85839
World Ranking
8092
National Ranking
208

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Nobuyoshi Shimizu is a researcher affiliated with Keio University in Japan. Their work primarily falls within the field of Medicine, focusing extensively on Urology as well as subfields including Rheumatology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Physiology, and Surgery.

The research topics covered in their publications emphasize areas such as Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research, Pelvic Floor Disorders Treatments, Neuroscience of Respiration and Sleep, Urological Disorders and Treatments, Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study, Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments, and Sulfur Compounds in Biology.

Their recent notable papers include the following:

  • The Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio of the human gut microbiota is associated with prostate enlargement (2021, The Prostate)
  • Current Knowledge and Novel Frontiers in Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction after Spinal Cord Injury (2022, Urological Science)
  • Molecular Mechanisms of Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction after Spinal Cord Injury (2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Effects of a new β3-adrenoceptor agonist, vibegron, on neurogenic bladder dysfunction and remodeling in mice with spinal cord injury (2020, Neurourology and Urodynamics)
  • Antifibrosis treatment by inhibition of VEGF, FGF, and PDGF receptors improves bladder wall remodeling and detrusor overactivity in association with modulation of C-fiber afferent activity in mice with spinal cord injury (2021, Neurourology and Urodynamics)

Frequent coauthors contributing to their research include:

  • Motoaki Saito
  • Hirotsugu Uemura
  • Takahiro Shimizu
  • Naoki Yoshimura
  • Kazutoshi Fujita

Common venues for publication of their work are:

  • The Journal of Urology
  • Neurourology and Urodynamics
  • Continence
  • International Journal of Urology
  • Research and Reports in Urology

Best Publications

  • Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome.

    Eric S. Lander;Lauren M. Linton;Bruce Birren;Chad Nusbaum

  • Mutations in the parkin gene cause autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism

    Tohru Kitada;Shuichi Asakawa;Nobutaka Hattori;Hiroto Matsumine

  • Familial Parkinson disease gene product, parkin, is a ubiquitin-protein ligase

    Hideki Shimura;Nobutaka Hattori;Shin-ichiro Kubo;Yoshikuni Mizuno

  • Positional cloning of the APECED gene

    Kentaro Nagamine;Pärt Peterson;Hamish S. Scott;Jun Kudoh

  • DMY is a Y-specific DM-domain gene required for male development in the medaka fish

    Masaru Matsuda;Yoshitaka Nagahama;Ai Shinomiya;Tadashi Sato

  • The DNA sequence of human chromosome 22

    I. Dunham;N. Shimizu;B. A. Roe;S. Chissoe

  • The DNA sequence of human chromosome 21

    M. Hattori;A. Fujiyama;T. D. Taylor;H. Watanabe

  • The medaka draft genome and insights into vertebrate genome evolution

    Masahiro Kasahara;Kiyoshi Naruse;Shin Sasaki;Yoichiro Nakatani

  • Genome sequence of the ultrasmall unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D

    Motomichi Matsuzaki;Osami Misumi;Tadasu Shin-I;Shinichiro Maruyama

  • LTRPC2 Ca2+-permeable channel activated by changes in redox status confers susceptibility to cell death

    Yuji Hara;Minoru Wakamori;Masakazu Ishii;Emi Maeno;Emi Maeno

  • Role of TBX1 in human del22q11.2 syndrome

    Hisato Yagi;Yoshiyuki Furutani;Hiromichi Hamada;Takashi Sasaki

  • A duplicated copy of DMRT1 in the sex-determining region of the Y chromosome of the medaka, Oryzias latipes

    Indrajit Nanda;Mariko Kondo;Ute Hornung;Shuichi Asakawa

  • A physical map of the human genome.

    John Douglas Mcpherson;Marco Marra;Marco Marra;La Deana Hillier;Robert H. Waterston

  • A Unified Nomenclature for the Superfamily of TRP Cation Channels

    Craig Montell;Lutz Birnbaumer;Veit Flockerzi;René J. Bindels

  • Interleukin-22, a member of the IL-10 subfamily, induces inflammatory responses in colonic subepithelial myofibroblasts.

    Akira Andoh;Zhuobin Zhang;Osamu Inatomi;Sanae Fujino

  • Cloning and chromosomal mapping of the human nonfunctional gene for L-gulono-gamma-lactone oxidase, the enzyme for L-ascorbic acid biosynthesis missing in man.

    M. Nishikimi;R. Fukuyama;S. Minoshima;N. Shimizu

  • Identification of eight members of the Argonaute family in the human genome.

    Takashi Sasaki;Aiko Shiohama;Shinsei Minoshima;Nobuyoshi Shimizu

  • A homozygous frameshift mutation in the mouse Flg gene facilitates enhanced percutaneous allergen priming

    Padraic G Fallon;Takashi Sasaki;Aileen Sandilands;Linda E Campbell

  • Characterization of autoantibodies in pemphigus using antigen-specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays with baculovirus-expressed recombinant desmogleins.

    Ken Ishii;Masayuki Amagai;Russell P. Hall;Takashi Hashimoto

  • A novel myosin-like protein (myocilin) expressed in the connecting cilium of the photoreceptor: Molecular cloning, tissue expression, and chromosomal mapping

    Ryo Kubota;Setsuko Noda;Yimin Wang;Shinsei Minoshima

Frequent Co-Authors

Shinsei Minoshima
Shinsei Minoshima Hamamatsu University
Jun Kudoh
Jun Kudoh Keio University
Shuichi Asakawa
Shuichi Asakawa University of Tokyo
Masayuki Amagai
Masayuki Amagai Keio University
Takeji Nishikawa
Takeji Nishikawa Keio University
Stylianos E. Antonarakis
Stylianos E. Antonarakis University of Geneva
Hamish S. Scott
Hamish S. Scott University of Adelaide
Yoshikuni Mizuno
Yoshikuni Mizuno Juntendo University
Akihiro Shima
Akihiro Shima University of Tokyo
Nobutaka Hattori
Nobutaka Hattori Juntendo University

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