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Takashi Nonaka

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
16132
World Ranking
12983
National Ranking
899

Takashi Nonaka publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 158 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Takashi Nonaka D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Takashi Nonaka is affiliated with the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science in Japan. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Neurology, Physiology, and Molecular Biology. Their contributions also extend to Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their research topics cover a range of neurological disorders and mechanisms, including:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Nonaka has published extensively with notable papers, such as:

  • "Tunnelling nanotubes between neuronal and microglial cells allow bi-directional transfer of α-Synuclein and mitochondria" (2023) in Cell Death and Disease
  • "α-Synuclein fibrils subvert lysosome structure and function for the propagation of protein misfolding between cells through tunneling nanotubes" (2021) in PLoS Biology
  • "α-synuclein strains that cause distinct pathologies differentially inhibit proteasome" (2020) in eLife
  • "Heteromeric amyloid filaments of ANXA11 and TDP-43 in FTLD-TDP type C" (2024) in Nature
  • "Phosphorylation of endogenous α-synuclein induced by extracellular seeds initiates at the pre-synaptic region and spreads to the cell body" (2022) in Scientific Reports

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Masato Hasegawa
  • Genjiro Suzuki
  • Chiara Zurzolo
  • Masato Hosokawa
  • Masami Masuda-Suzukake

Nonaka's work is published in a variety of scientific venues, with several papers appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain
  • Neuroscience Research
  • Cell Death and Disease
  • PLoS Biology

Best Publications

  • TDP-43 is a component of ubiquitin-positive tau-negative inclusions in frontotemporal lobar degeneration and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Tetsuaki Arai;Masato Hasegawa;Haruhiko Akiyama;Kenji Ikeda

  • Phosphorylated TDP-43 in frontotemporal lobar degeneration and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Masato Hasegawa;Tetsuaki Arai;Takashi Nonaka;Fuyuki Kametani

  • Drug screening for ALS using patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells.

    Naohiro Egawa;Shiho Kitaoka;Kayoko Tsukita;Motoko Naitoh

  • Prion-like Properties of Pathological TDP-43 Aggregates from Diseased Brains

    Takashi Nonaka;Masami Masuda-Suzukake;Tetsuaki Arai;Tetsuaki Arai;Yoko Hasegawa

  • Small Molecule Inhibitors of α-Synuclein Filament Assembly†

    Masami Masuda;Nobuyuki Suzuki;Sayuri Taniguchi;Takayuki Oikawa

  • Phosphorylated α-Synuclein Is Ubiquitinated in α-Synucleinopathy Lesions

    Masato Hasegawa;Hideo Fujiwara;Takashi Nonaka;Koichi Wakabayashi

  • Seeded Aggregation and Toxicity of α-Synuclein and Tau: CELLULAR MODELS OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES*

    Takashi Nonaka;Sayuri T. Watanabe;Takeshi Iwatsubo;Masato Hasegawa

  • Truncation and pathogenic mutations facilitate the formation of intracellular aggregates of TDP-43

    Takashi Nonaka;Fuyuki Kametani;Tetsuaki Arai;Haruhiko Akiyama

  • Supramolecular structure of the Shigella type III secretion machinery: the needle part is changeable in length and essential for delivery of effectors

    Koichi Tamano;Shin‐Ichi Aizawa;Eisaku Katayama;Takashi Nonaka

  • Abnormal phosphorylation of Ser409/410 of TDP-43 in FTLD-U and ALS

    Yuki Inukai;Takashi Nonaka;Tetsuaki Arai;Mari Yoshida

  • Identification of amino‐terminally cleaved tau fragments that distinguish progressive supranuclear palsy from corticobasal degeneration

    Tetsuaki Arai;Kenji Ikeda;Haruhiko Akiyama;Takashi Nonaka

  • Biochemical classification of tauopathies by immunoblot, protein sequence and mass spectrometric analyses of sarkosyl-insoluble and trypsin-resistant tau

    Sayuri Taniguchi-Watanabe;Sayuri Taniguchi-Watanabe;Tetsuaki Arai;Fuyuki Kametani;Takashi Nonaka

  • Ubiquitination of α-Synuclein†

    Takashi Nonaka;Takeshi Iwatsubo;Masato Hasegawa

  • Phosphorylated and ubiquitinated TDP-43 pathological inclusions in ALS and FTLD-U are recapitulated in SH-SY5Y cells.

    Takashi Nonaka;Tetsuaki Arai;Emanuele Buratti;Francisco E. Baralle

  • Methylene blue and dimebon inhibit aggregation of TDP-43 in cellular models

    Makiko Yamashita;Takashi Nonaka;Tetsuaki Arai;Fuyuki Kametani

  • Conversion of Wild-type α-Synuclein into Mutant-type Fibrils and Its Propagation in the Presence of A30P Mutant

    Motokuni Yonetani;Takashi Nonaka;Masami Masuda;Yuki Inukai

  • Identification of casein kinase-1 phosphorylation sites on TDP-43.

    Fuyuki Kametani;Takashi Nonaka;Takehiro Suzuki;Tetsuaki Arai

  • C-Jun N-terminal kinase controls TDP-43 accumulation in stress granules induced by oxidative stress

    Jodi Meyerowitz;Sarah J. Parker;Laura J. Vella;Dominic C. H. Ng

  • Phosphorylation of TAR DNA-binding Protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43) by Truncated Casein Kinase 1δ Triggers Mislocalization and Accumulation of TDP-43

    Takashi Nonaka;Genjiro Suzuki;Yoshinori Tanaka;Fuyuki Kametani

  • Frontotemporal dementia with Pick-type histology associated with Q336R mutation in the tau gene.

    S. M. Pickering‐Brown;M. Baker;T. Nonaka;K. Ikeda

Frequent Co-Authors

Masato Hasegawa
Masato Hasegawa Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Shin-ichi Hisanaga
Shin-ichi Hisanaga Tokyo Metropolitan University
Takeshi Iwatsubo
Takeshi Iwatsubo University of Tokyo
David M. A. Mann
David M. A. Mann University of Manchester
Koji Takio
Koji Takio University of Washington
Tatsutoshi Nakahata
Tatsutoshi Nakahata Kyoto University
Emanuele Buratti
Emanuele Buratti International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Francisco E. Baralle
Francisco E. Baralle International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Chihiro Sasakawa
Chihiro Sasakawa Chiba University
Naoshi Dohmae
Naoshi Dohmae RIKEN

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