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Shiro Ikegawa

Shiro Ikegawa

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
87
Citations
26774
World Ranking
1212
National Ranking
48

Shiro Ikegawa publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

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

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 370 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Shiro Ikegawa D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Shiro Ikegawa is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and conducts research predominantly in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Rheumatology, Surgery, and Cell Biology.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Connective Tissue Disorders Research
  • Scoliosis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cancer-related Molecular Mechanisms Research
  • Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders
  • Bone Metabolism and Diseases

Ikegawa has contributed to multiple recent scientific papers, including:

  • "Large-scale genome-wide association study in a Japanese population identifies novel susceptibility loci across different diseases," 2020, Nature Genetics
  • "Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations," 2021, Cell
  • "Recapitulating the human segmentation clock with pluripotent stem cells," 2020, Nature
  • "TRPV1 alleviates osteoarthritis by inhibiting M1 macrophage polarization via Ca2+/CaMKII/Nrf2 signaling pathway," 2021, Cell Death and Disease
  • "Meta-analysis of 208370 East Asians identifies 113 susceptibility loci for systemic lupus erythematosus," 2020, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Ikegawa are:

  • Chikashi Terao
  • Nao Otomo
  • Long Guo
  • Yoshinao Koike
  • Yukihide Momozawa

Ikegawa's work appears regularly in various scientific journals, most notably:

  • Journal of Human Genetics
  • Nature Communications
  • eLife
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Bone Reports

Best Publications

  • Genetic analysis of quantitative traits in the Japanese population links cell types to complex human diseases

    Masahiro Kanai;Masahiro Kanai;Masato Akiyama;Atsushi Takahashi;Nana Matoba

  • Identification of a novel non-coding RNA, MIAT, that confers risk of myocardial infarction

    Nobuaki Ishii;Kouichi Ozaki;Hiroshi Sato;Hiroya Mizuno

  • An aspartic acid repeat polymorphism in asporin inhibits chondrogenesis and increases susceptibility to osteoarthritis.

    Hideki Kizawa;Ikuyo Kou;Aritoshi Iida;Akihiro Sudo

  • A functional polymorphism in the 5′ UTR of GDF5 is associated with susceptibility to osteoarthritis

    Yoshinari Miyamoto;Akihiko Mabuchi;Dongquan Shi;Toshikazu Kubo

  • Mutation in Npps in a mouse model of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine

    Akihiko Okawa;Isao Nakamura;Isao Nakamura;Sumio Goto;Hideshige Moriya

  • Large-scale genome-wide association study in a Japanese population identifies novel susceptibility loci across different diseases

    Kazuyoshi Ishigaki;Kazuyoshi Ishigaki;Masato Akiyama;Masahiro Kanai;Masahiro Kanai;Atsushi Takahashi

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 112 new loci for body mass index in the Japanese population

    Masato Akiyama;Yukinori Okada;Masahiro Kanai;Atsushi Takahashi

  • The combination of SOX5, SOX6, and SOX9 (the SOX trio) provides signals sufficient for induction of permanent cartilage

    Toshiyuki Ikeda;Satoru Kamekura;Akihiko Mabuchi;Ikuyo Kou

  • Signalling mediated by the endoplasmic reticulum stress transducer OASIS is involved in bone formation.

    Tomohiko Murakami;Atsushi Saito;Shin Ichiro Hino;Shinichi Kondo

  • A regulatory variant in CCR6 is associated with rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility.

    Yuta Kochi;Yukinori Okada;Akari Suzuki;Katsunori Ikari

  • The Zinc Transporter SLC39A13/ZIP13 Is Required for Connective Tissue Development; Its Involvement in BMP/TGF-β Signaling Pathways

    Toshiyuki Fukada;Natacha Civic;Tatsuya Furuichi;Shinji Shimoda

  • A genome-wide association study identifies common variants near LBX1 associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

    Yohei Takahashi;Ikuyo Kou;Atsushi Takahashi;Todd A Johnson

  • A functional SNP in CILP, encoding cartilage intermediate layer protein, is associated with susceptibility to lumbar disc disease.

    Shoji Seki;Yoshiharu Kawaguchi;Kazuhiro Chiba;Yasuo Mikami

  • Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations

    Cindy G Boer;Konstantinos Hatzikotoulas;Lorraine Southam;Lilja Stefánsdóttir

  • Genetic variants in GPR126 are associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

    Ikuyo Kou;Yohei Takahashi;Todd A Johnson;Atsushi Takahashi

  • A Single Recurrent Mutation in the 5′-UTR of IFITM5 Causes Osteogenesis Imperfecta Type V

    Tae-Joon Cho;Kyung-Eun Lee;Sook-Kyung Lee;Su Jeong Song

  • Regulation of endoplasmic reticulum stress response by a BBF2H7-mediated Sec23a pathway is essential for chondrogenesis.

    Atsushi Saito;Shin-ichiro Hino;Tomohiko Murakami;Soshi Kanemoto

  • Domain-specific mutations in TGFB1 result in Camurati-Engelmann disease.

    Akira Kinoshita;Takashi Saito;Hiro Aki Tomita;Yoshio Makita

  • Isolation, characterization and mapping of the mouse and human PRG4 (proteoglycan 4) genes.

    S. Ikegawa;M. Sano;Y. Koshizuka;Y. Nakamura

  • Statin treatment rescues FGFR3 skeletal dysplasia phenotypes

    Akihiro Yamashita;Miho Morioka;Hiromi Kishi;Takeshi Kimura

Frequent Co-Authors

Yusuke Nakamura
Yusuke Nakamura National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
Naomichi Matsumoto
Naomichi Matsumoto Yokohama City University
Noriko Miyake
Noriko Miyake Yokohama City University
Hirofumi Ohashi
Hirofumi Ohashi Saitama Children's Medical Center
Aritoshi Iida
Aritoshi Iida Nippon Medical School
Kazuhiro Chiba
Kazuhiro Chiba National Defense Medical College
Yoshiaki Toyama
Yoshiaki Toyama Keio University
Kozo Nakamura
Kozo Nakamura Shinshu University
Toshihiro Tanaka
Toshihiro Tanaka Tokyo Medical and Dental University

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