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Tadashi Kimura

Tadashi Kimura

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
16228
World Ranking
9099
National Ranking
612

Overview

Tadashi Kimura is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has contributed extensively to medical research, particularly in the fields of obstetrics and gynecology, epidemiology, and public health. The main focus areas of their research include cervical cancer and HPV studies, endometrial and cervical cancer treatments, maternal and fetal healthcare, pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, ectopic pregnancy diagnosis and management, hepatitis B virus studies, and maternal and perinatal health interventions.

The scientist has published numerous papers in well-known venues. Frequent publication venues include the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, Cancer Research, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, and Scientific Reports.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Exploring the potential of engineered exosomes as delivery systems for tumor-suppressor microRNA replacement therapy in ovarian cancer (2020) in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • Potential for cervical cancer incidence and death resulting from Japan's current policy of prolonged suspension of its governmental recommendation of the HPV vaccine (2020) in Scientific Reports
  • Corrected human papillomavirus vaccination rates for each birth fiscal year in Japan (2020) in Cancer Science
  • Exosomal CD47 Plays an Essential Role in Immune Evasion in Ovarian Cancer (2021) in Molecular Cancer Research
  • Antenatal diagnosis of placenta accreta spectrum after in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021) in Scientific Reports

Their research is often conducted in collaboration, with frequent coauthors including Yutaka Ueda, Satoshi Nakagawa, Eiji Kobayashi, Asami Yagi, and Kosuke Hiramatsu.

Tadashi Kimura's academic work spans 353 publications in medicine with subfields of study distributed across obstetrics and gynecology, epidemiology, public health, molecular biology, and cancer research. Key topics addressed by their research encompass cervical cancer and HPV research, treatments of endometrial and cervical cancers, frontline maternal and fetal healthcare issues, as well as studies into pregnancy complications and infectious disease impacts on maternal health.

Best Publications

  • Pervasive social deficits, but normal parturition, in oxytocin receptor-deficient mice

    Yuki Takayanagi;Masahide Yoshida;Isadora F. Bielsky;Heather E. Ross

  • Structure and expression of a human oxytocin receptor

    Tadashi K. Kimura;Osamu Tanizawa;Kensaku Mori;Michael J. Brownstein

  • Evidence That Oxytocin Exerts Anxiolytic Effects via Oxytocin Receptor Expressed in Serotonergic Neurons in Mice

    Masahide Yoshida;Yuki Takayanagi;Kiyoshi Inoue;Tadashi Kimura

  • Pravastatin induces placental growth factor (PGF) and ameliorates preeclampsia in a mouse model

    Keiichi Kumasawa;Masahito Ikawa;Hiroyasu Kidoya;Hidetoshi Hasuwa

  • Structural organization of the human oxytocin receptor gene.

    T Inoue;T Kimura;C Azuma;J Inazawa

  • Expression of oxytocin receptor in human pregnant myometrium.

    T Kimura;M Takemura;S Nomura;T Nobunaga

  • Metastatic ovarian tumors: a review of 64 cases

    Namiko Yada-Hashimoto;Toshiya Yamamoto;Shoji Kamiura;Hozumi Seino

  • Localization of oxytocin receptor messenger ribonucleic acid in the rat brain

    Ryoichi Yoshimura;Hiroshi Kiyama;Tadashi Kimura;Toshiyuki Araki

  • DNA methylation of the human oxytocin receptor gene promoter regulates tissue-specific gene suppression.

    Chika Kusui;Tadashi Kimura;Kazuhide Ogita;Hitomi Nakamura

  • Cytokine production in chorioamnionitis

    Fumitaka Saji;Yoshihiro Samejima;Shoji Kamiura;Keisuke Sawai

  • Preeclampsia: Maternal Systemic Vascular Disorder Caused by Generalized Endothelial Dysfunction Due to Placental Antiangiogenic Factors

    Takuji Tomimatsu;Kazuya Mimura;Shinya Matsuzaki;Masayuki Endo

  • Exosomes Promote Ovarian Cancer Cell Invasion through Transfer of CD44 to Peritoneal Mesothelial Cells

    Koji Nakamura;Kenjiro Sawada;Yasuto Kinose;Akihiko Yoshimura

  • Long-term administration of intranasal oxytocin is a safe and promising therapy for early adolescent boys with autism spectrum disorders.

    Masaya Tachibana;Kuriko Kagitani-Shimono;Ikuko Mohri;Tomoka Yamamoto

  • Clinical relevance of circulating cell-free microRNAs in ovarian cancer

    Koji Nakamura;Kenjiro Sawada;Akihiko Yoshimura;Yasuto Kinose

  • The Role of MicroRNAs in Ovarian Cancer

    Yasuto Kinose;Kenjiro Sawada;Koji Nakamura;Tadashi Kimura

  • mTOR Is a Promising Therapeutic Target Both in Cisplatin-Sensitive and Cisplatin-Resistant Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Ovary

    Seiji Mabuchi;Chiaki Kawase;Deborah A. Altomare;Kenichirou Morishige

  • Desensitization of oxytocin receptors in human myometrium

    Sylvain Phaneuf;Gergely Asbóth;María P. Carrasco;Belén Rodríguez Liñares

  • The significance of G-CSF expression and myeloid-derived suppressor cells in the chemoresistance of uterine cervical cancer

    Mahiru Kawano;Seiji Mabuchi;Yuri Matsumoto;Tomoyuki Sasano

  • Lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase in human male reproductive organs and seminal plasma.

    Yoshihiro Tokugawa;Ichiro Kunishige;Yasue Kubota;Koichiro Shimoya

  • Clonal determination of uterine leiomyomas by analyzing differential inactivation of the X-chromosome-linked phosphoglycerokinase gene

    Kazumasa Hashimoto;Chihiro Azuma;Shoji Kamiura;Tadashi Kimura

Frequent Co-Authors

Eiichi Morii
Eiichi Morii Osaka University
Tetsuji Naka
Tetsuji Naka Kōchi University
Minoru Fujimoto
Minoru Fujimoto Kōchi University
Hiroyasu Iso
Hiroyasu Iso Osaka University
Richard Ivell
Richard Ivell University of Nottingham
Katsuhiko Nishimori
Katsuhiko Nishimori Tohoku University
Yasufumi Kaneda
Yasufumi Kaneda Osaka University
Ernst Lengyel
Ernst Lengyel University of Chicago

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