Takashi Asahara

Takashi Asahara publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

Takashi Asahara D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

Best Publications

• Possible association of Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus in the gut microbiota of patients with major depressive disorder

  Emiko Aizawa;Hirokazu Tsuji;Takashi Asahara;Takuya Takahashi

  620
  Citations

• Intestinal Dysbiosis and Lowered Serum Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Protein in Parkinson's Disease

  Satoru Hasegawa;Sae Goto;Hirokazu Tsuji;Tatsuya Okuno

  535
  Citations

• Gut Dysbiosis and Detection of “Live Gut Bacteria” in Blood of Japanese Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

  Junko Sato;Akio Kanazawa;Fuki Ikeda;Tomoaki Yoshihara

  485
  Citations

• Perioperative synbiotic treatment to prevent postoperative infectious complications in biliary cancer surgery: a randomized controlled trial.

  Gen Sugawara;Masato Nagino;Hideki Nishio;Tomoki Ebata

  454
  Citations

• Probiotic Bifidobacterium breve Induces IL-10-Producing Tr1 Cells in the Colon

  Seong Gyu Jeon;Hisako Kayama;Yoshiyasu Ueda;Takuya Takahashi

  422
  Citations

• Sensitive Quantitative Detection of Commensal Bacteria by rRNA-Targeted Reverse Transcription-PCR

  Kazunori Matsuda;Hirokazu Tsuji;Takashi Asahara;Yukiko Kado

  407
  Citations

• Imbalance in intestinal microflora constitution could be involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease.

  Hiromasa Takaishi;Takahiro Matsuki;Atsushi Nakazawa;Toshihiko Takada

  397
  Citations

• Probiotic Bifidobacteria Protect Mice from Lethal Infection with Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157:H7

  Takashi Asahara;Kensuke Shimizu;Koji Nomoto;Takashi Hamabata

  366
  Citations

• Establishment of an analytical system for the human fecal microbiota, based on reverse transcription-quantitative PCR targeting of multicopy rRNA molecules.

  Kazunori Matsuda;Hirokazu Tsuji;Takashi Asahara;Kazumasa Matsumoto

  345
  Citations

• Altered gut flora and environment in patients with severe SIRS.

  Kentaro Shimizu;Hiroshi Ogura;Miki Goto;Takashi Asahara

  330
  Citations

• Gut dysbiosis is associated with metabolism and systemic inflammation in patients with ischemic stroke.

  Kazuo Yamashiro;Ryota Tanaka;Takao Urabe;Yuji Ueno

  328
  Citations

• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced small intestinal damage is Toll-like receptor 4 dependent

  Toshio Watanabe;Kazuhide Higuchi;Atsushi Kobata;Hikaru Nishio

  295
  Citations

• The value of bile replacement during external biliary drainage: an analysis of intestinal permeability, integrity, and microflora.

  Satoshi Kamiya;Masato Nagino;Hidetoshi Kanazawa;Shunichiro Komatsu

  258
  Citations

• Altered Gut Flora Are Associated with Septic Complications and Death in Critically Ill Patients with Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome

  Kentaro Shimizu;Hiroshi Ogura;Toshimitsu Hamasaki;Miki Goto

  247
  Citations

• Synbiotics modulate gut microbiota and reduce enteritis and ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with sepsis: a randomized controlled trial

  Kentaro Shimizu;Tomoki Yamada;Hiroshi Ogura;Tomoyoshi Mohri

  231
  Citations

• Changes of the Intestinal Microbiota, Short Chain Fatty Acids, and Fecal pH in Patients with Colorectal Cancer

  Seiji Ohigashi;Kazuki Sudo;Daiki Kobayashi;Osamu Takahashi

  211
  Citations

• Probiotic Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota prevents indomethacin-induced small intestinal injury: involvement of lactic acid.

  Toshio Watanabe;Hikaru Nishio;Tetsuya Tanigawa;Hirokazu Yamagami

  206
  Citations

• Increased resistance of mice to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infection by synbiotic administration of Bifidobacteria and transgalactosylated oligosaccharides.

  T. Asahara;K. Nomoto;K. Shimizu;M. Watanuki

  197
  Citations

• Dramatic Changes of the Gut Flora Immediately After Severe and Sudden Insults

  Mineji Hayakawa;Takashi Asahara;Naomi Henzan;Hiromoto Murakami

  188
  Citations

• Effects of the enteral administration of Bifidobacterium breve on patients undergoing chemotherapy for pediatric malignancies.

  Mariko Wada;Satoru Nagata;Masahiro Saito;Toshiaki Shimizu

  172
  Citations