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2023

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Medicine

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117
Citations
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World Ranking
4236
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Shigeru Kinoshita is affiliated with Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine in Japan, focusing primarily on medical research within the fields of radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, ophthalmology, public health, environmental and occupational health, pharmacology, and dermatology.

The researcher's work covers a range of topics including:

  • Corneal surgery and disorders
  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Ocular surface and contact lens
  • Corneal surgery and treatments
  • Drug-induced adverse reactions
  • Urticaria and related conditions
  • Ophthalmology and visual impairment studies

Shigeru Kinoshita has contributed to several recent publications, notable among them:

  • Defining Dry Eye from a Clinical Perspective, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Five-Year Follow-up of First 11 Patients Undergoing Injection of Cultured Corneal Endothelial Cells for Corneal Endothelial Failure, 2020, Ophthalmology
  • Global Consensus on the Management of Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency, 2020, Cornea
  • Efficacy and Safety of 0.01% Atropine for Prevention of Childhood Myopia in a 2-year Randomized Placebo-controlled Study, 2021, Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Potential Functional Restoration of Corneal Endothelial Cells in Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy by ROCK Inhibitor (Ripasudil), 2020, American Journal of Ophthalmology

Frequent co-authors working alongside Kinoshita include Chie Sotozono, Morio Ueno, Mayumi Ueta, Koji Kitazawa, and Junji Hamuro.

The most common publication venues for Kinoshita's research are:

  • Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • Cornea
  • American Journal of Ophthalmology

The researcher's contributions are predominantly within medicine, with an extensive number of publications totaling over 300. Subfields show a strong emphasis on radiology and imaging techniques, ophthalmology, and related areas that intersect with public health and pharmacology.

Best Publications

  • The definition and classification of dry eye disease: Report of the definition and classification subcommittee of the international Dry Eye WorkShop (2007)

    Michael A. Lemp;Christophe Baudouin;Jules Baum;Murat Dogru

  • Growth factor mRNA and protein in preserved human amniotic membrane.

    Noriko Koizumi;Tsutomu Inatomi;Chie Sotozono;Nigel J. Fullwood

  • Cultivated corneal epithelial stem cell transplantation in ocular surface disorders.

    Noriko Koizumi;Tsutomu Inatomi;Tomo Suzuki;Chie Sotozono

  • New Perspectives on Dry Eye Definition and Diagnosis: A Consensus Report by the Asia Dry Eye Society

    Kazuo Tsubota;Norihiko Yokoi;Jun Shimazaki;Hitoshi Watanabe

  • IC3D Classification of Corneal Dystrophies—Edition 2

    Jayne S. Weiss;Hans Ulrik Møller;Anthony J. Aldave;Berthold Seitz

  • HLA-B locus in Japanese patients with anti-epileptics and allopurinol-related Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis.

    Nahoko Kaniwa;Yoshiro Saito;Michiko Aihara;Kayoko Matsunaga

  • Transplantation of cultivated autologous oral mucosal epithelial cells in patients with severe ocular surface disorders

    T Nakamura;T Inatomi;C Sotozono;T Amemiya

  • Prevalence of dry eye disease and its risk factors in visual display terminal users: the Osaka study.

    Miki Uchino;Norihiko Yokoi;Yuichi Uchino;Murat Dogru

  • Injection of Cultured Cells with a ROCK Inhibitor for Bullous Keratopathy.

    Shigeru Kinoshita;Noriko Koizumi;Morio Ueno;Naoki Okumura

  • Amniotic Membrane as a Carrier for Cultivated Human Corneal Endothelial Cell Transplantation

    Yutaka Ishino;Yoichiro Sano;Takahiro Nakamura;Che J. Connon

  • Amniotic membrane as a substrate for cultivating limbal corneal epithelial cells for autologous transplantation in rabbits.

    Noriko Koizumi;Tsutomo Inatomi;Andrew J. Quantock;Nigel J. Fullwood

  • The IC3D classification of the corneal dystrophies

    Jayne S. Weiss;H. U. Møller;Walter Lisch;Shigeru Kinoshita

  • The successful culture and autologous transplantation of rabbit oral mucosal epithelial cells on amniotic membrane

    Takahiro Nakamura;Ken-Ichi Endo;Leanne J Cooper;Nigel J Fullwood

  • Cultivation of Corneal Epithelial Cells on Intact and Denuded Human Amniotic Membrane

    Noriko Koizumi;Nigel J. Fullwood;George Bairaktaris;Tsutomu Inatomi

  • Enhancement on primate corneal endothelial cell survival in vitro by a ROCK inhibitor.

    Naoki Okumura;Morio Ueno;Noriko Koizumi;Yuji Sakamoto

  • Subfoveal Choroidal Thickness in Typical Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy

    Hideki Koizumi;Tetsuya Yamagishi;Taizo Yamazaki;Ryo Kawasaki

  • New grading system for the evaluation of chronic ocular manifestations in patients with Stevens-Johnson syndrome.

    Chie Sotozono;Leonard P.K. Ang;Noriko Koizumi;Hisayo Higashihara

  • Macular corneal dystrophy type I and type II are caused by distinct mutations in a new sulphotransferase gene.

    Tomoya O. Akama;Kohji Nishida;Kohji Nishida;Jun Nakayama;Jun Nakayama;Hitoshi Watanabe

  • Characteristics of the human ocular surface epithelium.

    Shigeru Kinoshita;Wakako Adachi;Chie Sotozono;Kohji Nishida

  • Presence of epidermal growth factor in human tears.

    Y Ohashi;M Motokura;Y Kinoshita;T Mano

Frequent Co-Authors

Kei Tashiro
Kei Tashiro Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Kazuo Tsubota
Kazuo Tsubota Keio University
Akira Matsuda
Akira Matsuda Juntendo University
Katsushi Tokunaga
Katsushi Tokunaga University of Tokyo
Murat Dogru
Murat Dogru Keio University
Friedrich E. Kruse
Friedrich E. Kruse University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt
Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Sunao Sugita
Sunao Sugita Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Chiea Chuen Khor
Chiea Chuen Khor Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Yasuo Tano
Yasuo Tano Osaka University

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