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Ryuichi Morishita

Ryuichi Morishita

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Medicine
Japan
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
113
Citations
45117
World Ranking
4971
National Ranking
103

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Ryuichi Morishita is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan. Their research output focuses predominantly on medicine, with significant contributions to molecular biology, immunology, infectious diseases, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and physiology.

The main topics covered in Morishita's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, immunotherapy and immune responses, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, cardiac fibrosis and remodeling, peptidase inhibition and analysis, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, and lipid metabolism and disorders.

Frequent publication venues for Morishita include the Journal of Hypertension, Cells, Scientific Reports, Vaccines, and Current Gene Therapy. These journals collectively represent the primary outlets through which Morishita disseminates research findings.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Morishita are:

  • Senolytic vaccination improves normal and pathological age-related phenotypes and increases lifespan in progeroid mice, 2021, Nature Aging
  • The CD153 vaccine is a senotherapeutic option for preventing the accumulation of senescent T cells in mice, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Lipoprotein(a) levels in a global population with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, 2022, Open Heart
  • Vaccine targeting ANGPTL3 ameliorates dyslipidemia and associated diseases in mouse models of obese dyslipidemia and familial hypercholesterolemia, 2021, Cell Reports Medicine
  • Progress of Gene Therapy in Cardiovascular Disease, 2020, Hypertension

Morishita has collaborated extensively with multiple co-authors. Frequent collaborators include Hironori Nakagami, Hiromi Rakugi, Munehisa Shimamura, Hiroki Hayashi, and Shota Yoshida. These partnerships indicate active interdisciplinary teamwork within Morishita's areas of study.

Best Publications

  • The Japanese Society of Hypertension guidelines for the management of hypertension (JSH 2014)

    Kazuaki Shimamoto;Katsuyuki Ando;Toshiro Fujita;Naoyuki Hasebe

  • The angiotensin II type 2 (AT2) receptor antagonizes the growth effects of the AT1 receptor: gain-of-function study using gene transfer

    Masatoshi Nakajima;Howard G. Hutchinson;Masahiko Fujinaga;Wataru Hayashida

  • Gene therapy inhibiting neointimal vascular lesion: In vivo transfer of endothelial cell nitric oxide synthase gene

    H. E. Von Der Leyen;G. H. Gibbons;R. Morishita;N. P. Lewis

  • In vivo transfection of cis element "decoy" against nuclear factor-kappaB binding site prevents myocardial infarction.

    Ryuichi Morishita;Toshiko Sugimoto;Motokuni Aoki;Iwao Kida

  • Novel Autologous Cell Therapy in Ischemic Limb Disease Through Growth Factor Secretion by Cultured Adipose Tissue–Derived Stromal Cells

    Hironori Nakagami;Kazuhisa Maeda;Ryuichi Morishita;Sota Iguchi

  • Hepatocyte growth factor gene therapy of liver cirrhosis in rats.

    Takahiro Ueki;Yasufumi Kaneda;Hiroko Tsutsui;Kenji Nakanishi

  • A gene therapy strategy using a transcription factor decoy of the E2F binding site inhibits smooth muscle proliferation in vivo.

    R Morishita;G H Gibbons;M Horiuchi;K E Ellison

  • Local Delivery of Plasmid DNA Into Rat Carotid Artery Using Ultrasound

    Yoshiaki Taniyama;Katsuro Tachibana;Kazuya Hiraoka;Tsunetatsu Namba

  • Single intraluminal delivery of antisense cdc2 kinase and proliferating-cell nuclear antigen oligonucleotides results in chronic inhibition of neointimal hyperplasia

    Ryuichi Morishita;Gary H. Gibbons;Kristin E. Ellison;Masatoshi Nakajima

  • Diabetes-accelerated memory dysfunction via cerebrovascular inflammation and Abeta deposition in an Alzheimer mouse model with diabetes.

    Shuko Takeda;Naoyuki Sato;Kozue Uchio-Yamada;Kyoko Sawada

  • Development of safe and efficient novel nonviral gene transfer using ultrasound: enhancement of transfection efficiency of naked plasmid DNA in skeletal muscle

    Y Taniyama;K Tachibana;K Hiraoka;M Aoki

  • Adipose tissue-derived stromal cells as a novel option for regenerative cell therapy.

    Hironori Nakagami;Ryuichi Morishita;Kazuhisa Maeda;Yasushi Kikuchi

  • Inhibition of Renal Fibrosis by Gene Transfer of Inducible Smad7 Using Ultrasound-Microbubble System in Rat UUO Model

    Hui Y Lan;Wei Mu;Naruya Tomita;Xiao R Huang

  • Intimal hyperplasia after vascular injury is inhibited by antisense cdk 2 kinase oligonucleotides.

    R. Morishita;G. H. Gibbons;K. E. Ellison;M. Nakajima

  • Results of a Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Assess the Safety of Intramuscular Injection of Hepatocyte Growth Factor Plasmid to Improve Limb Perfusion in Patients With Critical Limb Ischemia

    Richard J. Powell;Michael Simons;Farrel O. Mendelsohn;George Daniel

  • Therapeutic Angiogenesis Induced by Human Recombinant Hepatocyte Growth Factor in Rabbit Hind Limb Ischemia Model as Cytokine Supplement Therapy

    Ryuichi Morishita;Shigefumi Nakamura;Shin-ichiro Hayashi;Yoshiaki Taniyama

  • Source of Chronic Inflammation in Aging.

    Fumihiro Sanada;Yoshiaki Taniyama;Jun Muratsu;Rei Otsu

  • Hemagglutinating virus of Japan (HVJ) envelope vector as a versatile gene delivery system

    Yasufumi Kaneda;Toshihiro Nakajima;Tomoyuki Nishikawa;Seiji Yamamoto

  • Angiotensin II accelerates osteoporosis by activating osteoclasts

    Hideo Shimizu;Hironori Nakagami;Mariana Kiomy Osako;Rie Hanayama

  • Endothelial Apoptosis Induced by Oxidative Stress Through Activation of NF-κB: Antiapoptotic Effect of Antioxidant Agents on Endothelial Cells

    Motokuni Aoki;Toshie Nata;Ryuichi Morishita;Hidetsugu Matsushita

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasufumi Kaneda
Yasufumi Kaneda Osaka University
Toshio Ogihara
Toshio Ogihara Osaka University
Motokuni Aoki
Motokuni Aoki Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences
Hiromi Rakugi
Hiromi Rakugi Osaka University
Toshikazu Nakamura
Toshikazu Nakamura Osaka University
Kunio Matsumoto
Kunio Matsumoto Kanazawa University
Mitsuaki Isobe
Mitsuaki Isobe Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Kei Yamamoto
Kei Yamamoto University of Tokushima
Victor J. Dzau
Victor J. Dzau Duke University
Tomohiro Katsuya
Tomohiro Katsuya Osaka University

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