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Shigeyuki Wakitani

Shigeyuki Wakitani

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
15863
World Ranking
19036
National Ranking
1371

Shigeyuki Wakitani publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shigeyuki Wakitani sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 158 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Shigeyuki Wakitani D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shigeyuki Wakitani sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Shigeyuki Wakitani is affiliated with Mukogawa Women's University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with specific interest areas including Oncology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biomaterials, and Surgery. The scientific contributions also emphasize Bone Metabolism and Diseases, Mesenchymal Stem Cell Research, Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms, Inflammatory Mediators and NSAID Effects, as well as Bone Health and Osteoporosis Research.

Wakitani's recent scholarly publications include:

  • Review of Caplan (1991) on cell-based therapeutic technology using Mesenchymal Stem Cells, 2023, Journal of ISAKOS Joint Disorders & Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
  • Induction of chondrogenesis with a RANKL-binding peptide, WP9QY, in vitro and in vivo in a rabbit model, 2022, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • Romosozumab increases bone mineral density in Japanese older adults with osteoporosis, 2025, Modern Rheumatology
  • POS0032 Effectiveness of Switching from IL-6 Inhibitors to Other Targeted Molecular Therapies, 2025, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Frequent co-authors in Wakitani's work include Hisashi Mera, S. Anno, Tadashi Okano, Norimasa Nakamura, and Alberto Gobbi. These collaborations suggest interdisciplinary approaches within their research areas.

The scientist's work has been published in journals such as the Journal of ISAKOS Joint Disorders & Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Modern Rheumatology, and Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Best Publications

  • Mesenchymal Cell-Based Repair of Large Full Thickness Defects of Articular Cartilage

    Shigeyuki Wakitani;Tatsuhiko Goto;Stephen Pineda;Randell Young

  • Myogenic cells derived from rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells exposed to 5‐azacytidine

    Shigeyuki Wakitani;Tomoyuki Saito;Arnold I. Caplan

  • Functional haplotypes of PADI4, encoding citrullinating enzyme peptidylarginine deiminase 4, are associated with rheumatoid arthritis.

    Akari Suzuki;Ryo Yamada;Xiaotian Chang;Shinya Tokuhiro

  • Human autologous culture expanded bone marrow mesenchymal cell transplantation for repair of cartilage defects in osteoarthritic knees

    S. Wakitani;K. Imoto;T. Yamamoto;M. Saito

  • Treatment of a full-thickness articular cartilage defect in the femoral condyle of an athlete with autologous bone-marrow stromal cells

    R. Kuroda;K. Ishida;T. Matsumoto;T. Akisue

  • Repair of articular cartilage defects in the patello-femoral joint with autologous bone marrow mesenchymal cell transplantation: three case reports involving nine defects in five knees.

    Shigeyuki Wakitani;Masashi Nawata;Keiji Tensho;Takahiro Okabe

  • Overview: Principles of Cartilage Repair and Regeneration

    Arnold I. Caplan;Mehrun Elyaderani;Yu Mochizuki;Shigeyuki Wakitani

  • Principles of cartilage repair and regeneration.

    Arnold I. Caplan;Mehrun Elyaderani;Yu Mochizuki;Shigeyuki Wakitani

  • Transplantation of cartilage-like tissue made by tissue engineering in the treatment of cartilage defects of the knee

    M. Ochi;Y. Uchio;K. Kawasaki;S. Wakitani

  • Autologous Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Transplantation for Repair of Full-Thickness Articular Cartilage Defects in Human Patellae: Two Case Reports:

    Shigeyuki Wakitani;Tomoki Mitsuoka;Norimasa Nakamura;Yukiyoshi Toritsuka

  • Safety of autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell transplantation for cartilage repair in 41 patients with 45 joints followed for up to 11 years and 5 months.

    Shigeyuki Wakitani;Takahiro Okabe;Shuji Horibe;Tomoki Mitsuoka

  • Meta-analysis identifies nine new loci associated with rheumatoid arthritis in the Japanese population

    Yukinori Okada;Chikashi Terao;Katsunori Ikari;Yuta Kochi

  • Repair of Large Full-Thickness Articular Cartilage Defects with Allograft Articular Chondrocytes Embedded in a Collagen Gel

    Shigeyuki Wakitani;Tatsuhiko Goto;Randell G. Young;Joseph M. Mansour

  • Embryonic stem cells injected into the mouse knee joint form teratomas and subsequently destroy the joint

    S. Wakitani;K. Takaoka;T. Hattori;N. Miyazawa

  • Articular cartilage repair. Rabbit experiments with a collagen gel-biomatrix and chondrocytes cultured in it

    Sadahito Kawamura;Shigeyuki Wakitani;Tomoatsu Kimura;Akira Maeda

  • Prospective study of reactivation of hepatitis B virus in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who received immunosuppressive therapy: evaluation of both HBsAg-positive and HBsAg-negative cohorts

    Akihiro Tamori;Tatsuya Koike;Hitoshi Goto;Shigeyuki Wakitani

  • Expression profiles and functional analyses of Wnt-related genes in human joint disorders.

    Yukio Nakamura;Masashi Nawata;Shigeyuki Wakitani

  • Hepatocyte growth factor facilitates cartilage repair. Full thickness articular cartilage defect studied in rabbit knees.

    Shigeyuki Wakitani;Kazuhiko Imoto;Tomoatsu Kimura;Takahiro Ochi

  • The relationship between HLA-DRB1 alleles and disease subsets of rheumatoid arthritis in Japanese.

    S Wakitani;N Murata;Y Toda;R Ogawa

  • Embryonic stem cells form articular cartilage, not teratomas, in osteochondral defects of rat joints.

    Shigeyuki Wakitani;Hideyuki Aoki;Yasuji Harada;Masato Sonobe

Frequent Co-Authors

Kunio Takaoka
Kunio Takaoka Osaka Metropolitan University
Takahiro Ochi
Takahiro Ochi Osaka University
Yusuke Nakamura
Yusuke Nakamura National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
Mitsuo Ochi
Mitsuo Ochi Hiroshima University
Hiroyuki Kato
Hiroyuki Kato Massachusetts General Hospital
Arnold I. Caplan
Arnold I. Caplan Case Western Reserve University
Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto
Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto University of Maryland, Baltimore
Masafumi Takahashi
Masafumi Takahashi Jichi Medical University
Masahiro Iwamoto
Masahiro Iwamoto University of Maryland, Baltimore
Suong-Hyu Hyon
Suong-Hyu Hyon Kagoshima University

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