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Shigeru Nakashima

Shigeru Nakashima

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
10149
World Ranking
12771
National Ranking
882

Overview

Shigeru Nakashima is affiliated with Gifu University in Japan and has contributed to the fields of medicine, economics, econometrics, and finance with a focus on health systems and dementia research. Their work spans multiple subfields including economics and econometrics, psychiatry and mental health, sociology, political science, physiology, and health.

Nakashima's research addresses several main topics such as health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, dementia and cognitive impairment research, pharmaceutical economics and policy, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, survey methodology and nonresponse, as well as focus groups and qualitative methods.

Their recent publications include:

  • Therapeutic time window of disease-modifying therapy for early Alzheimer's disease, 2025, Alzheimer's & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions
  • Analyzing Response Rates and Respondent Demographics in Online Surveys Assessing Public Perception of Alzheimer's Disease-Modifying Therapies, 2024, Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Factors affecting participation in web-based Alzheimer's questionnaire surveys: Lessons from the Japanese trial-ready cohort, 2025, Journal of Aging Research and Lifestyle

Nakashima frequently collaborates with other researchers including Kenichiro Sato, Yoshiki Niimi, Takeshi Iwatsubo, Ryoko Ihara, and Atsushi Iwata.

Key venues where Nakashima has published include:

  • The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Journal of Aging Research and Lifestyle

Best Publications

  • Characterization of Two Alternately Spliced Forms of Phospholipase D1 ACTIVATION OF THE PURIFIED ENZYMES BY PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5-BISPHOSPHATE, ADP-RIBOSYLATION FACTOR, AND RHO FAMILY MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS AND PROTEIN KINASE C-α

    Scott M. Hammond;John M. Jenco;Shigeru Nakashima;Karen Cadwallader

  • Comparison of mesenchymal stem cells from adipose tissue and bone marrow for ischemic stroke therapy

    Yuka Ikegame;Kentaro Yamashita;Shin-Ichiro Hayashi;Hiroshi Mizuno

  • Cloning and Disruption of caPLB1, a Phospholipase B Gene Involved in the Pathogenicity of Candida albicans

    Steven D. Leidich;Ashraf S. Ibrahim;Yue Fu;Anjni Koul

  • Protein kinase Cα (PKCα): Regulation and biological function

    Shigeru Nakashima

  • Ceramide Formation Leads to Caspase-3 Activation during Hypoxic PC12 Cell Death INHIBITORY EFFECTS OF Bcl-2 ON CERAMIDE FORMATION AND CASPASE-3 ACTIVATION

    Shin-ichi Yoshimura;Yoshiko Banno;Shigeru Nakashima;Katsunobu Takenaka

  • TNF-α-Induced Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Inhibits Apoptosis Through a Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Pathway in Human Hepatocytes

    Yosuke Osawa;Yoshiko Banno;Masahito Nagaki;David A. Brenner

  • Ordering of ceramide formation, caspase activation, and Bax/Bcl-2 expression during etoposide-induced apoptosis in C6 glioma cells.

    M Sawada;S Nakashima;Y Banno;H Yamakawa

  • Epidermal growth factor plays a crucial role in mitogenic regulation of human brain tumor stem cells.

    Akio Soeda;Akihito Inagaki;Naoki Oka;Yuka Ikegame

  • Inhibitory action of cyclic GMP on secretion, polyphosphoinositide hydrolysis and calcium mobilization in thrombin-stimulated human platelets.

    Shigeru Nakashima;Toyohiko Tohmatsu;Hiroaki Hattori;Yukio Okano

  • Inhibition of neutral sphingomyelinase activation and ceramide formation by glutathione in hypoxic PC12 cell death.

    Shin‐ichi Yoshimura;Yoshiko Banno;Shigeru Nakashima;Katsuhiko Hayashi

  • Regulation of Membrane-bound Phospholipase D by Protein Kinase C in HL60 Cells SYNERGISTIC ACTION OF SMALL GTP-BINDING PROTEIN RhoA

    Kenji Ohguchi;Yoshiko Banno;Shigeru Nakashima;Yoshinori Nozawa

  • Fasudil, a Rho kinase (ROCK) inhibitor, protects against ischemic neuronal damage in vitro and in vivo by acting directly on neurons

    Kentaro Yamashita;Yoshinori Kotani;Yoshinori Kotani;Yoshimi Nakajima;Masamitsu Shimazawa

  • Cell permeable ROS scavengers, Tiron and Tempol, rescue PC12 cell death caused by pyrogallol or hypoxia/reoxygenation.

    Jun Yamada;Shinichi Yoshimura;Haruki Yamakawa;Motoshi Sawada

  • MDM2 Enhances the Function of Estrogen Receptor α in Human Breast Cancer Cells

    Shigehira Saji;Naoki Okumura;Hidetaka Eguchi;Shigeru Nakashima

  • Influence of Bax or Bcl-2 overexpression on the ceramide-dependent apoptotic pathway in glioma cells

    Motoshi Sawada;Shigeru Nakashima;Yoshiko Banno;Haruki Yamakawa

  • Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha-Induced Interleukin-8 Production via NF-κB and Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Pathways Inhibits Cell Apoptosis in Human Hepatocytes

    Yosuke Osawa;Masahito Nagaki;Yoshiko Banno;David A. Brenner

  • Activation of caspase-9 and -3 during H2O2-induced apoptosis of PC12 cells independent of ceramide formation.

    H Yamakawa;Y Ito;T Naganawa;Y Banno

  • p53 regulates ceramide formation by neutral sphingomyelinase through reactive oxygen species in human glioma cells

    Motoshi Sawada;Shigeru Nakashima;Tohru Kiyono;Masanori Nakagawa

  • p53-Independent ceramide formation in human glioma cells during gamma-radiation-induced apoptosis.

    S Hara;S Nakashima;T Kiyono;M Sawada

  • The effects of pentobarbital, isoflurane, and propofol on immediate-early gene expression in the vital organs of the rat.

    Yoshihiro Hamaya;Tomoo Takeda;Shuji Dohi;Shigeru Nakashima

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshinori Nozawa
Yoshinori Nozawa Gifu University
Yoshiko Banno
Yoshiko Banno Gifu University
Hisataka Moriwaki
Hisataka Moriwaki Gifu University
Toshikazu Nakamura
Toshikazu Nakamura Osaka University
Mahmoud A. Ghannoum
Mahmoud A. Ghannoum Case Western Reserve University
Tohru Kiyono
Tohru Kiyono National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Takao Shimizu
Takao Shimizu University of Tokyo
David A. Brenner
David A. Brenner University of California, San Diego
Yoshio Minabe
Yoshio Minabe Kanazawa University
Ashraf S. Ibrahim
Ashraf S. Ibrahim University of California, Los Angeles

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