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Takashi Kato

Takashi Kato

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
12224
World Ranking
12009
National Ranking
821

Overview

Takashi Kato is affiliated with Waseda University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with over 100 publications. Their research focuses on several subfields, including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Rheumatology.

Their work covers a range of main topics such as:

  • Pelvic floor disorders treatments
  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • GDF15 and Related Biomarkers
  • Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes
  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

Takashi Kato has published in various scientific venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Development Growth & Differentiation
  • Experimental Hematology
  • IJU Case Reports
  • Annals of Oncology
  • Journal of Cardiology

Some recent research papers authored by Kato include:

  • "Non-GABA sleep medications, suvorexant as risk factors for falls: Case-control and case-crossover study" (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • "Sarcopenia assessed by the quantity and quality of skeletal muscle is a prognostic factor for patients undergoing cardiac surgery" (2020, Surgery Today)
  • "Benefit of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation combined with Impella (ECpella) therapy in acute coronary syndrome with cardiogenic shock" (2022, Journal of Cardiology)
  • "Mesh exposure after transvaginal mesh prolapse surgery: Out of permissible range?" (2020, International Journal of Urology)
  • "Emergent measles-containing vaccination recommendation for aged 6-11 months and detection of vaccine-associated measles during a large measles outbreak in Okinawa, Japan, in 2018" (2020, Vaccine)

Frequent collaborators with Takashi Kato include:

  • Ikuko Shibasaki
  • Hirotsugu Fukuda
  • Toshiaki Nakajima
  • Yusuke Takei
  • Shigeru Toyoda

Best Publications

  • Ultra-sensitive liquid biopsy of circulating extracellular vesicles using ExoScreen

    Yusuke Yoshioka;Nobuyoshi Kosaka;Yuki Konishi;Hideki Ohta

  • Efficient delivery of small interfering RNA to bone-metastatic tumors by using atelocollagen in vivo

    Fumitaka Takeshita;Yoshiko Minakuchi;Shunji Nagahara;Kimi Honma

  • Comparative marker analysis of extracellular vesicles in different human cancer types

    Yusuke Yoshioka;Yuki Konishi;Nobuyoshi Kosaka;Takeshi Katsuda

  • Atelocollagen-mediated synthetic small interfering RNA delivery for effective gene silencing in vitro and in vivo.

    Yoshiko Minakuchi;Fumitaka Takeshita;Nobuyoshi Kosaka;Hideo Sasaki

  • IFATS collection : in vivo therapeutic potential of human adipose tissue mesenchymal stem cells after transplantation into mice with liver injury

    Agnieszka Banas;Takumi Teratani;Yusuke Yamamoto;Makoto Tokuhara

  • Rapid hepatic fate specification of adipose-derived stem cells and their therapeutic potential for liver failure

    Agnieszka Banas;Takumi Teratani;Yusuke Yamamoto;Makoto Tokuhara

  • Molecular cloning and chromosomal localization of the human thrombopoietin gene

    Yoshiaki Sohma;Hiromichi Akahori;Naohiko Seki;Tada aki Hori

  • Purification and Characterization of Thrombopoietin

    Takashi Kato;Kinya Ogami;Yoshihiro Shimada;Akihiro Iwamatsu

  • MicroRNA-500 as a potential diagnostic marker for hepatocellular carcinoma

    Yusuke Yamamoto;Nobuyoshi Kosaka;Minoru Tanaka;Fumiaki Koizumi

  • Thrombopoietin supports proliferation of human primitive hematopoietic cells in synergy with steel factor and/or interleukin-3

    Masao Kobayashi;Joseph H. Laver;Takashi Kato;Hiroshi Miyazaki

  • Circulating thrombopoietin level in chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura

    Satoru Kosugi;Yoshiyuki Kurata;Yoshiaki Tomiyama;Tomoyuki Tahara

  • Evolutional study on acetylcholine expression.

    Yoko Horiuchi;Reika Kimura;Noriko Kato;Takeshi Fujii

  • Markedly Reduced Expression of Platelet c-mpl Receptor in Essential Thrombocythemia

    Yoko Horikawa;Itaru Matsumura;Koji Hashimoto;Masamichi Shiraga

  • A sensitive sandwich ELISA for measuring thrombopoietin in human serum: serum thrombopoietin levels in healthy volunteers and in patients with haemopoietic disorders

    Tomoyuki Tahara;Kensuke Usuki;Hiroaki Sato;Hideya Ohashi

  • Thrombopoietin-induced differentiation of a human megakaryoblastic leukemia cell line, CMK, involves transcriptional activation of p21(WAF1/Cip1) by STAT5.

    Itaru Matsumura;Jun Ishikawa;Koichi Nakajima;Kenji Oritani

  • Megakaryocyte growth and development factor. Analyses of in vitro effects on human megakaryopoiesis and endogenous serum levels during chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia.

    J L Nichol;M M Hokom;A Hornkohl;W P Sheridan

  • Sentinel node mapping guided by indocyanine green fluorescence imaging in gastric cancer.

    Yusuke Tajima;Kimiyasu Yamazaki;Yuki Masuda;Masanori Kato

  • Recombinant human thrombopoietin (Mpl ligand) enhances proliferation of erythroid progenitors

    Masao Kobayashi;Joseph H. Laver;Takashi Kato;Hiroshi Miyazaki

  • Negative regulation of platelet clearance and of the macrophage phagocytic response by the transmembrane glycoprotein SHPS-1.

    Takuji Yamao;Tetsuya Noguchi;Osamu Takeuchi;Uichi Nishiyama

  • Recombinant thrombopoietin induces rapid protein tyrosine phosphorylation of Janus kinase 2 and Shc in human blood platelets.

    Yoshitaka Miyakawa;Atsushi Oda;Brian J. Druker;Takashi Kato

Frequent Co-Authors

Akihiro Iwamatsu
Akihiro Iwamatsu Osaka University
Takahiro Ochiya
Takahiro Ochiya Tokyo Medical University
Norio Komatsu
Norio Komatsu Juntendo University
Takashi Funatsu
Takashi Funatsu University of Tokyo
Nobuyoshi Kosaka
Nobuyoshi Kosaka Tokyo Medical University
Yuzuru Kanakura
Yuzuru Kanakura Osaka University
Yasuo Ikeda
Yasuo Ikeda Waseda University
Makio Ogawa
Makio Ogawa Medical University of South Carolina
Susumu Ito
Susumu Ito Kao Corporation (Japan)
Masataka Kuwana
Masataka Kuwana Nippon Medical School

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