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Tadafumi Kato

Tadafumi Kato

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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Japan
2024

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Genetics

D-Index
87
Citations
24583
World Ranking
1218
National Ranking
49

Medicine

D-Index
94
Citations
28165
World Ranking
10591
National Ranking
301

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Tadafumi Kato is affiliated with Juntendo University in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work includes studies related to Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience as well as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The main topics covered in Kato's research include:

  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders

Kato has contributed to numerous scientific papers. Notable recent publications include:

  • Association of Age, Antipsychotic Medication, and Symptom Severity in Schizophrenia With Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Brain Glutamate Level, 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Developmental excitation-inhibition imbalance underlying psychoses revealed by single-cell analyses of discordant twins-derived cerebral organoids, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Association of polygenic score for major depression with response to lithium in patients with bipolar disorder, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Variability and magnitude of brain glutamate levels in schizophrenia: a meta and mega-analysis, 2023, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Combining schizophrenia and depression polygenic risk scores improves the genetic prediction of lithium response in bipolar disorder patients, 2021, Translational Psychiatry

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, most notably:

  • Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences (13 publications)
  • Molecular Psychiatry (8 publications)
  • Journal of Affective Disorders (8 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (7 publications)
  • Translational Psychiatry (6 publications)

Kato's research collaborations include frequent co-authors:

  • Ryota Hashimoto (17 publications)
  • Peter Falkai (16 publications)
  • Norio Ozaki (15 publications)
  • Takaoki Kasahara (15 publications)
  • Paul Grof (14 publications)

Best Publications

  • The International Society for bipolar Disorders (ISBD) task force report on antidepressant use in bipolar disorders

    Isabella Pacchiarotti;David J. Bond;Ross J. Baldessarini;Willem A. Nolen

  • Functional organization of the transcriptome in human brain

    Michael C Oldham;Genevieve Konopka;Kazuya Iwamoto;Peter Langfelder

  • Assessment of Response to Lithium Maintenance Treatment in Bipolar Disorder: A Consortium on Lithium Genetics (ConLiGen) Report

    Mirko Manchia;Mazda Adli;Nirmala Akula;Raffaella Ardau

  • Abnormal behavior in a chromosome-engineered mouse model for human 15q11-13 duplication seen in autism

    Jin Nakatani;Kota Tamada;Kota Tamada;Fumiyuki Hatanaka;Fumiyuki Hatanaka;Satoko Ise

  • Altered expression of mitochondria-related genes in postmortem brains of patients with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, as revealed by large-scale DNA microarray analysis

    Kazuya Iwamoto;Miki Bundo;Tadafumi Kato

  • Impaired mitochondrial function in psychiatric disorders.

    Husseini Manji;Tadafumi Kato;Nicholas A. Di Prospero;Seth Ness

  • Comparative study of the asparagine-linked sugar chains of human erythropoietins purified from urine and the culture medium of recombinant Chinese hamster ovary cells

    M Takeuchi;S Takasaki;H Miyazaki;T Kato

  • Mitochondrial dysfunction in bipolar disorder.

    Tadafumi Kato;Nobumasa Kato

  • Genetic variants associated with response to lithium treatment in bipolar disorder: a genome-wide association study

    Liping Hou;Urs Heilbronner;Urs Heilbronner;Franziska Degenhardt;Mazda Adli

  • Serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms: ethnic difference and possible association with bipolar affective disorder

    H Kunugi;M Hattori;T Kato;M Tatsumi

  • Molecular characterization of bipolar disorder by comparing gene expression profiles of postmortem brains of major mental disorders

    K Iwamoto;C Kakiuchi;M Bundo;K Ikeda

  • Molecular genetics of bipolar disorder and depression.

    Tadafumi Kato

  • Increased L1 Retrotransposition in the Neuronal Genome in Schizophrenia

    Miki Bundo;Manabu Toyoshima;Yohei Okada;Wado Akamatsu

  • Impaired feedback regulation of XBP1 as a genetic risk factor for bipolar disorder.

    Chihiro Kakiuchi;Kazuya Iwamoto;Mizuho Ishiwata;Miki Bundo

  • Nutritional biochemistry: A new redox-cofactor vitamin for mammals

    Takaoki Kasahara;Tadafumi Kato

  • DNA Methylation Status of SOX10 Correlates with Its Downregulation and Oligodendrocyte Dysfunction in Schizophrenia

    Kazuya Iwamoto;Miki Bundo;Kazuo Yamada;Hitomi Takao

  • Identification of mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms that alter mitochondrial matrix pH and intracellular calcium dynamics.

    An A. Kazuno;Kae Munakata;Takeharu Nagai;Satoshi Shimozono

  • Effects of creatine on mental fatigue and cerebral hemoglobin oxygenation.

    Airi Watanabe;Nobumasa Kato;Tadafumi Kato;Tadafumi Kato

  • Alterations in brain phosphorous metabolism in bipolar disorder detected by in vivo 31P and 7Li magnetic resonance spectroscopy

    T. Kato;S. Takahashi;T. Shioiri;T. Inubushi

  • Aberrant DNA methylation associated with bipolar disorder identified from discordant monozygotic twins

    G Kuratomi;K Iwamoto;M Bundo;I Kusumi

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuya Iwamoto
Kazuya Iwamoto Kumamoto University
Nobumasa Kato
Nobumasa Kato Showa University
Hiroshi Kunugi
Hiroshi Kunugi Teikyo University
Takeo Yoshikawa
Takeo Yoshikawa RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Kiyoto Kasai
Kiyoto Kasai University of Tokyo
Norio Ozaki
Norio Ozaki Nagoya University
Nakao Iwata
Nakao Iwata Fujita Health University
Shinichiro Nanko
Shinichiro Nanko Teikyo University
Kazuo Yamada
Kazuo Yamada RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Ryota Hashimoto
Ryota Hashimoto National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry

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