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Shinji Nakao

Shinji Nakao

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
62
Citations
14046
World Ranking
3140
National Ranking
129

Shinji Nakao publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shinji Nakao sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 635 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Shinji Nakao D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shinji Nakao sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Shinji Nakao is a researcher affiliated with Kanazawa University in Japan. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a substantial emphasis on Hematology, Immunology, Oncology, Genetics, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their research addresses topics including Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Neutropenia and Cancer Infections, Blood groups and transfusion, and Platelet Disorders and Treatments.

Shinji Nakao has contributed to numerous publications in various venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Blood
  • International Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • British Journal of Haematology
  • International Journal of Hematology
  • Leukemia

Recent papers by Shinji Nakao include the following:

  • "Efficacy and safety of romiplostim in refractory aplastic anaemia: a Phase II/III, multicentre, open-label study" (2020), British Journal of Haematology
  • "High-dose romiplostim accelerates hematologic recovery in patients with aplastic anemia refractory to eltrombopag" (2020), Leukemia
  • "A frequent nonsense mutation in exon 1 across certain HLA-A and -B alleles in leukocytes of patients with acquired aplastic anemia" (2020), Haematologica
  • "T cell clonal expansion and STAT3 mutations: a characteristic feature of acquired chronic T cell-mediated pure red cell aplasia" (2022), International Journal of Hematology
  • "Incidence of acquired pure red cell aplasia: a nationwide epidemiologic analysis with 2 registry databases in Japan" (2022), Blood Advances

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Shinji Nakao include:

  • Kohei Hosokawa
  • Hirohito Yamazaki
  • Ken Ishiyama
  • Hiroyuki Takamatsu
  • Yoshitaka Zaimoku

Best Publications

  • TGF-β-FOXO signalling maintains leukaemia-initiating cells in chronic myeloid leukaemia

    Kazuhito Naka;Takayuki Hoshii;Teruyuki Muraguchi;Yuko Tadokoro

  • Somatic Mutations and Clonal Hematopoiesis in Aplastic Anemia

    Tetsuichi Yoshizato;Bogdan Dumitriu;Kohei Hosokawa;Hideki Makishima

  • Minor population of CD55-CD59- blood cells predicts response to immunosuppressive therapy and prognosis in patients with aplastic anemia.

    Chiharu Sugimori;Tatsuya Chuhjo;Xingmin Feng;Hirohito Yamazaki

  • Clinical significance of a minor population of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria-type cells in bone marrow failure syndrome

    Hongbo Wang;Tatsuya Chuhjo;Tatsuya Chuhjo;Shizuka Yasue;Shizuka Yasue;Mitsuhiro Omine;Mitsuhiro Omine

  • Clinicopathologic analysis of TAFRO syndrome demonstrates a distinct subtype of HHV-8-negative multicentric Castleman disease

    Noriko Iwaki;David C. Fajgenbaum;Christopher S. Nabel;Yuka Gion

  • Evaluation of epidermal growth factor receptor mutation status in serum DNA as a predictor of response to gefitinib (IRESSA)

    H Kimura;M Suminoe;K Kasahara;T Sone

  • A Genetic Variant in the IL-17 Promoter Is Functionally Associated with Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease after Unrelated Bone Marrow Transplantation

    J. Luis Espinoza;Akiyoshi Takami;Katsuya Nakata;Makoto Onizuka

  • Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a physiologic regulator of hematopoietic progenitor cells: increase of early hematopoietic progenitor cells in TNF receptor p55-deficient mice in vivo and potent inhibition of progenitor cell proliferation by TNF alpha in vitro

    Y. Zhang;A. Harada;H. Bluethmann;J. B. Wang

  • Frequent loss of HLA alleles associated with copy number-neutral 6pLOH in acquired aplastic anemia.

    Takamasa Katagiri;Aiko Sato-Otsubo;Koichi Kashiwase;Satoko Morishima

  • Identification of a specific HLA class II haplotype strongly associated with susceptibility to cyclosporine-dependent aplastic anemia

    Shinji Nakao;Hideyuki Takamatsu;Tatsuya Chuhjo;Mikio Ueda

  • Bone marrow-derived cells from male donors can compose endometrial glands in female transplant recipients

    Tomomi Ikoma;Satoru Kyo;Yoshiko Maida;Satoru Ozaki

  • Isolation of a T-Cell Clone Showing HLA-DRB1*0405-Restricted Cytotoxicity for Hematopoietic Cells in a Patient With Aplastic Anemia

    Shinji Nakao;Akiyoshi Takami;Akiyoshi Takami;Hideyuki Takamatsu;Hideyuki Takamatsu;Weihua Zeng;Weihua Zeng

  • Decreases in Ikaros activity correlate with blast crisis in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia.

    Hiroyuki Nakayama;Fumihiko Ishimaru;Nicole Avitahl;Nobuo Sezaki

  • Characterization of T-cell repertoire of the bone marrow in immune-mediated aplastic anemia: evidence for the involvement of antigen-driven T-cell response in cyclosporine-dependent aplastic anemia

    Weihua Zeng;Shinji Nakao;Hideyuki Takamatsu;Akihiro Yachie

  • Dengue virus, a flavivirus, propagates in human bone marrow progenitors and hematopoietic cell lines [see comments]

    S Nakao;CJ Lai;NS Young

  • Dengue virus, a flavivirus, propagates in human bone marrow progenitors and hematopoietic cell lines.

    Shinji Nakao;Ching-Juh Lai;Neal S. Young

  • Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia with abundant IgG4-positive cells infiltration, which was thought as pulmonary involvement of IgG4-related autoimmune disease

    Hazuki Takato;Masahide Yasui;Yukari Ichikawa;Masaki Fujimura

  • Long-term response and outcome following immunosuppressive therapy in thymoma-associated pure red cell aplasia: a nationwide cohort study in Japan by the PRCA collaborative study group.

    Makoto Hirokawa;Ken Ichi Sawada;Naohito Fujishima;Shinji Nakao

  • Donor leukocyte infusion for Japanese patients with relapsed leukemia after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: lower incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease and improved outcome.

    S Shiobara;S Nakao;M Ueda;H Yamazaki

  • Resveratrol Induces Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in Malignant NK Cells via JAK2/STAT3 Pathway Inhibition

    Ly Quoc Trung;J. Luis Espinoza;Akiyoshi Takami;Shinji Nakao

  • Interferon-gamma gene expression in unstimulated bone marrow mononuclear cells predicts a good response to cyclosporine therapy in aplastic anemia.

    Shinji Nakao;Masaki Yamaguchi;Shintaro Shiobara;Toru Yokoi

  • Preemptive therapy of human herpesvirus-6 encephalitis with foscarnet sodium for high-risk patients after hematopoietic SCT.

    Ken Ishiyama;Takamasa Katagiri;Takumi Hoshino;Takashi Yoshida

Frequent Co-Authors

Seishi Ogawa
Seishi Ogawa Kyoto University
Yasuo Morishima
Yasuo Morishima Aichi Medical University
Yuzuru Kanakura
Yuzuru Kanakura Osaka University
Akihiro Yachie
Akihiro Yachie Kanazawa University
Keiya Ozawa
Keiya Ozawa Jichi Medical University
Shigeru Chiba
Shigeru Chiba University of Tsukuba
Kazuma Ohyashiki
Kazuma Ohyashiki Tokyo Medical University
Mine Harada
Mine Harada Kyushu University
Atsushi Tajima
Atsushi Tajima Kanazawa University
Seiji Kojima
Seiji Kojima Nagoya University

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