2026 Shinji Yokoyama: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	63	10441	9639	705	663	277	11149

Overview

Shinji Yokoyama is affiliated with Chubu University in Japan and has contributed to the field of medicine with a focus on surgery and related subfields. Their research spans topics including congenital anomalies, gastrointestinal disorders, pediatric hepatobiliary diseases, and lymphatic disorders.

The main fields of study concerning Yokoyama include:

Medicine

The subfields of study are more specific and highlight their surgical expertise:

Surgery
Oncology
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Nutrition and Dietetics
Hematology

The primary research topics covered in Yokoyama's work feature:

Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery
Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders
Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments
Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
Lymphatic Disorders and Treatments
Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas

Frequent co-authors with whom Yokoyama has collaborated include:

Tatsuo Nakaoka
Takayuki Nukada
Shigeto Hara
Yuka Ikeda
Akira Yoshida

Yokoyama's publications have commonly appeared in the following venues:

Pediatrics International
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
World Journal of Clinical Cases
The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association
Case Reports in Pediatrics

Selected recent papers authored by Yokoyama include:

Successful use of intraoperative ICG fluorescence lymphography and fibrin sealant with PGA felt for refractory chylous ascites in an infant: a novel procedure, 2020, Pediatrics International
Successful olive oil enema through enterostomy in an extremely low birthweight infant with milk curd syndrome, 2020, Pediatrics International
Meconium-related ileus mimicking ileal atresia in a full-term neonate, 2021, Pediatrics International
Congenital biliary dilatation appearing 3 years after the correction of duodenal atresia with pancreaticobiliary maljunction, 2020, Pediatrics International
Testicular appendage torsion resulting in testicular ischemia and necrosis in a child, 2021, Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports

Best Publications

Apolipoprotein-mediated removal of cellular cholesterol and phospholipids

John F. Oram;Shinji Yokoyama

519
Citations
Interaction of free apolipoproteins with macrophages. Formation of high density lipoprotein-like lipoproteins and reduction of cellular cholesterol.

H Hara;S Yokoyama

485
Citations
Helical apolipoproteins stabilize ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 by protecting it from thiol protease-mediated degradation.

Reijiro Arakawa;Shinji Yokoyama

277
Citations
Human ABCA7 Supports Apolipoprotein-mediated Release of Cellular Cholesterol and Phospholipid to Generate High Density Lipoprotein

Sumiko Abe-Dohmae;Yuika Ikeda;Michinori Matsuo;Michi Hayashi

205
Citations
Release of cellular cholesterol: molecular mechanism for cholesterol homeostasis in cells and in the body.

Shinji Yokoyama

199
Citations
Effects of Mutations of ABCA1 in the First Extracellular Domain on Subcellular Trafficking and ATP Binding/Hydrolysis

Arowu R. Tanaka;Sumiko Abe-Dohmae;Tomohiro Ohnishi;Ryo Aoki

184
Citations
Apolipoprotein A-I Activates Protein Kinase Cα Signaling to Phosphorylate and Stabilize ATP Binding Cassette Transporter A1 for the High Density Lipoprotein Assembly

Yoshio Yamauchi;Michi Hayashi;Sumiko Abe-Dohmae;Shinji Yokoyama

182
Citations
Assembly of High-Density Lipoprotein

Shinji Yokoyama

171
Citations
Regulation of Cellular Cholesterol Efflux by Lecithin:Cholesterol Acyltransferase Reaction through Nonspecific Lipid Exchange

Helena Czarnecka;Shinji Yokoyama

165
Citations
Apolipoprotein-mediated cellular cholesterol efflux

Shinji Yokoyama

162
Citations
Characterization of apolipoprotein-mediated HDL generation induced by cAMP in a murine macrophage cell line.

Sumiko Abe-Dohmae;Shogo Suzuki;Youichiro Wada;Hiroyuki Aburatani

161
Citations
On the mechanism for PPAR agonists to enhance ABCA1 gene expression.

Masaki Ogata;Maki Tsujita;Mohammad Anwar Hossain;Nobukatsu Akita

156
Citations
ATP-binding cassette transporter A7 (ABCA7) loss of function alters Alzheimer amyloid processing.

Kanayo Satoh;Sumiko Abe-Dohmae;Shinji Yokoyama;Peter St George-Hyslop;Peter St George-Hyslop

145
Citations
Role of apolipoproteins in cholesterol efflux from macrophages to lipid microemulsion: proposal of a putative model for the pre-beta high-density lipoprotein pathway.

Hitoshi Hara;Shinji Yokoyama

144
Citations
Separating the Mechanism-Based and Off-Target Actions of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Inhibitors With CETP Gene Polymorphisms

Reecha Sofat;Aroon D. Hingorani;Liam Smeeth;Steve E. Humphries

140
Citations
Human ABCA1 Contains a Large Amino-Terminal Extracellular Domain Homologous to an Epitope of Sjögren's Syndrome

Arowu R. Tanaka;Yuika Ikeda;Sumiko Abe-Dohmae;Reijiro Arakawa

136
Citations
ABCA7 expression is regulated by cellular cholesterol through the SREBP2 pathway and associated with phagocytosis

Noriyuki Iwamoto;Sumiko Abe-Dohmae;Ryuichiro Sato;Shinji Yokoyama

136
Citations
Involvement of caveolin-1 in cholesterol enrichment of high density lipoprotein during its assembly by apolipoprotein and THP-1 cells

Reijiro Arakawa;Sumiko Abe-Dohmae;Michiyo Asai;Jin-ichi Ito

135
Citations
Behavior of human apolipoprotein E in aqueous solutions and at interfaces.

S Yokoyama;Y Kawai;S Tajima;A Yamamoto

130
Citations
Diagnosis and management of type I and type V hyperlipoproteinemia.

Takanari Gotoda;Koji Shirai;Takao Ohta;Junji Kobayashi

126
Citations