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Shinji Kihara

Shinji Kihara

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Medicine
Japan
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
104
Citations
75186
World Ranking
6880
National Ranking
163

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Shinji Kihara is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in Medicine, particularly focusing on materials chemistry, food science, pharmaceutical science, surgery, and biomedical engineering. Their research covers a range of topics including microplastics and plastic pollution, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, advanced drug delivery systems, drug solubility and delivery systems, lipid metabolism and disorders, proteins in food systems, and lipoproteins and cardiovascular health.

Kihara's recent publications have appeared in multiple scientific journals. Notable papers include:

  • Japan Atherosclerosis Society (JAS) Guidelines for Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases 2022, 2023, Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis
  • Reviewing nanoplastic toxicology: It's an interface problem, 2020, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
  • Structure of soft and hard protein corona around polystyrene nanoplastics-Particle size and protein types, 2020, Biointerphases
  • Cellular interactions with polystyrene nanoplastics-The role of particle size and protein corona, 2021, Biointerphases
  • Detecting polystyrene nanoplastics using filter paper-based surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, 2022, RSC Advances

Shinji Kihara has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Duncan J. McGillivray
  • Ben J. Boyd
  • Anas Aljabbari
  • Hiroyasu Yamamoto
  • Kārlis Bērziņš

Their work is regularly published in prominent venues such as:

  • Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Biointerphases
  • Journal of Controlled Release
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

The research topics developed by Kihara reveal a multidisciplinary approach combining biomedical engineering and pharmaceutical science with environmental science, particularly in the study of nanoplastics and their biological interactions. Kihara's contributions to guidelines on atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease prevention further underline involvement in applied medical research, bridging basic science and clinical relevance.

Best Publications

  • Paradoxical decrease of an adipose-specific protein, adiponectin, in obesity.

    Yukio Arita;Shinji Kihara;Noriyuki Ouchi;Masahiko Takahashi

  • Plasma Concentrations of a Novel, Adipose-Specific Protein, Adiponectin, in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

    Kikuko Hotta;Tohru Funahashi;Yukio Arita;Masahiko Takahashi

  • Novel Modulator for Endothelial Adhesion Molecules: Adipocyte-Derived Plasma Protein Adiponectin

    Noriyuki Ouchi;Shinji Kihara;Yukio Arita;Kazuhisa Maeda

  • Diet-induced insulin resistance in mice lacking adiponectin/ACRP30.

    Norikazu Maeda;Iichiro Shimomura;Ken Kishida;Hitoshi Nishizawa

  • Visfatin: a protein secreted by visceral fat that mimics the effects of insulin.

    Atsunori Fukuhara;Morihiro Matsuda;Masako Nishizawa;Katsumori Segawa

  • Adiponectin, an Adipocyte-Derived Plasma Protein, Inhibits Endothelial NF-κB Signaling Through a cAMP-Dependent Pathway

    Noriyuki Ouchi;Shinji Kihara;Yukio Arita;Yoshihisa Okamoto

  • PPARγ Ligands Increase Expression and Plasma Concentrations of Adiponectin, an Adipose-Derived Protein

    Norikazu Maeda;Masahiko Takahashi;Tohru Funahashi;Shinji Kihara

  • Association of Hypoadiponectinemia With Coronary Artery Disease in Men

    Masahiro Kumada;Shinji Kihara;Satoru Sumitsuji;Toshiharu Kawamoto

  • Adipocyte-Derived Plasma Protein, Adiponectin, Suppresses Lipid Accumulation and Class A Scavenger Receptor Expression in Human Monocyte-Derived Macrophages

    Noriyuki Ouchi;Shinji Kihara;Yukio Arita;Makoto Nishida

  • Adiponectin, a new member of the family of soluble defense collagens, negatively regulates the growth of myelomonocytic progenitors and the functions of macrophages

    Takafumi Yokota;Kenji Oritani;Isao Takahashi;Jun Ishikawa

  • Adiponectin and Metabolic Syndrome

    Yuji Matsuzawa;Tohru Funahashi;Shinji Kihara;Iichiro Shimomura

  • Adiponectin Reduces Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice

    Yoshihisa Okamoto;Shinji Kihara;Noriyuki Ouchi;Makoto Nishida

  • Reciprocal Association of C-Reactive Protein With Adiponectin in Blood Stream and Adipose Tissue

    Noriyuki Ouchi;Shinji Kihara;Tohru Funahashi;Tadashi Nakamura

  • Adiponectin protects against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury through AMPK- and COX-2—dependent mechanisms

    Rei Shibata;Kaori Sato;David R Pimentel;Yukihiro Takemura

  • Role of Adiponectin in Preventing Vascular Stenosis THE MISSING LINK OF ADIPO-VASCULAR AXIS

    Morihiro Matsuda;Iichiro Shimomura;Masataka Sata;Yukio Arita

  • Androgens Decrease Plasma Adiponectin, an Insulin-Sensitizing Adipocyte-Derived Protein

    Hitoshi Nishizawa;Iichiro Shimomura;Ken Kishida;Norikazu Maeda

  • Adiponectin, Metabolic Risk Factors, and Cardiovascular Events among Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease

    Carmine Zoccali;Francesca Mallamaci;Giovanni Tripepi;Francesco Antonio Benedetto

  • Adiponectin as a biomarker of the metabolic syndrome.

    Miwa Ryo;Tadashi Nakamura;Shinji Kihara;Masahiro Kumada

  • Adipocyte-Derived Plasma Protein Adiponectin Acts as a Platelet-Derived Growth Factor-BB–Binding Protein and Regulates Growth Factor–Induced Common Postreceptor Signal in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell

    Yukio Arita;Shinji Kihara;Noriyuki Ouchi;Kazuhisa Maeda

  • Visfatin : A protein secreted by visceral fat that mimics the effects of insulin

    Atsunori Fukuhara;Morihiro Matsuda;Masako Nishizawa;Katsumori Segawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Tohru Funahashi
Tohru Funahashi Osaka University
Noriyuki Ouchi
Noriyuki Ouchi Nagoya University
Yuji Matsuzawa
Yuji Matsuzawa Sumitomo Hospital
Iichiro Shimomura
Iichiro Shimomura Osaka University
Shizuya Yamashita
Shizuya Yamashita Osaka University
Tomonori Okamura
Tomonori Okamura Keio University
Shun Ishibashi
Shun Ishibashi Jichi Medical University
Kenneth Walsh
Kenneth Walsh University of Virginia
Toyoaki Murohara
Toyoaki Murohara Nagoya University
Seiichiro Tarui
Seiichiro Tarui Osaka University

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