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Takashi Shimada

Takashi Shimada

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
78
Citations
25878
World Ranking
1066
National Ranking
86

Takashi Shimada publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 366 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Takashi Shimada D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Takashi Shimada is affiliated with Nippon Medical School in Japan and has contributed extensively to research across the fields of Medicine and Engineering. Their work spans molecular biology, neurology, epidemiology, materials chemistry, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their recent publications reveal a focus on multiple scientific topics. Notable topics of their research include:

  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Maritime Ports and Logistics
  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
  • Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Biochemical Acid Research Studies

Shimada has published in a variety of journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Kidney International
  • Allergologia et Immunopathologia
  • Metrologia
  • SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers
  • Respiratory Investigation

Their recent papers include:

  • Lysophosphatidylcholine mediates fast decline in kidney function in diabetic kidney disease, 2021, Kidney International
  • Comprehensive analysis of long COVID in a Japanese nationwide prospective cohort study, 2023, Respiratory Investigation
  • Treatment of adult metachromatic leukodystrophy model mice using intrathecal administration of type 9 AAV vector encoding arylsulfatase A, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • CO2 methanation over low-loaded Ni-M, Ru-M (M = Co, Mn) catalysts supported on CeO2 and SiC, 2024, Carbon Resources Conversion
  • Port development and competition between the Colombo and Hambantota ports in Sri Lanka, 2020, Case Studies on Transport Policy

Frequent co-authors associated with Shimada include:

  • Chiyako Oshikata
  • Maiko Watanabe
  • Masatsugu Ishida
  • Seiichi Kobayashi
  • Kazuhiro Hashimoto

Shimada's research encompasses an interdisciplinary approach blending clinical medicine with engineering principles. Their work has engaged topics ranging from biochemical processes at the molecular level to large-scale analyses of public health issues and logistical frameworks in maritime ports.

Best Publications

  • Klotho converts canonical FGF receptor into a specific receptor for FGF23

    Itaru Urakawa;Yuji Yamazaki;Takashi Shimada;Kousuke Iijima

  • FGF-23 is a potent regulator of vitamin D metabolism and phosphate homeostasis.

    Takashi Shimada;Hisashi Hasegawa;Yuji Yamazaki;Takanori Muto

  • Targeted ablation of Fgf23 demonstrates an essential physiological role of FGF23 in phosphate and vitamin D metabolism

    Takashi Shimada;Makoto Kakitani;Yuji Yamazaki;Hisashi Hasegawa

  • Cloning and characterization of FGF23 as a causative factor of tumor-induced osteomalacia

    Takashi Shimada;Satoru Mizutani;Takanori Muto;Takashi Yoneya

  • Mutant FGF-23 responsible for autosomal dominant hypophosphatemic rickets is resistant to proteolytic cleavage and causes hypophosphatemia in vivo.

    Takashi Shimada;Takanori Muto;Itaru Urakawa;Takashi Yoneya

  • FGF-23 transgenic mice demonstrate hypophosphatemic rickets with reduced expression of sodium phosphate cotransporter type IIa.

    Takashi Shimada;Itaru Urakawa;Yuji Yamazaki;Hisashi Hasegawa

  • hMutSβ, a heterodimer of hMSH2 and hMSH3, binds to insertion/deletion loops in DNA

    Fabio Palombo;Ingram Iaccarino;Eiitsu Nakajima;Miyoko Ikejima

  • Vitamin D receptor-independent FGF23 actions in regulating phosphate and vitamin D metabolism.

    Takashi Shimada;Yuji Yamazaki;Motoo Takahashi;Hisashi Hasegawa

  • A rapid and non‐destructive screenable marker, FAST, for identifying transformed seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Takashi L. Shimada;Tomoo Shimada;Ikuko Hara-Nishimura

  • Direct evidence for a causative role of FGF23 in the abnormal renal phosphate handling and vitamin D metabolism in rats with early-stage chronic kidney disease

    Hisashi Hasegawa;Nobuo Nagano;Itaru Urakawa;Yuji Yamazaki

  • Self-assembled B19 parvovirus capsids, produced in a baculovirus system, are antigenically and immunogenically similar to native virions.

    Sachiko Kajigaya;Hiroyuki Fujii;Anne Field;Stacie Anderson

  • Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor Is a Coreceptor for Adeno-Associated Virus Type 2 Infection

    Yuji Kashiwakura;Kenji Tamayose;Kazuhisa Iwabuchi;Yukihiko Hirai

  • Influence of Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes on the Intra- and Extracellular Expression of Viral DNA and Antigens

    Masaya Sugiyama;Yasuhito Tanaka;Takanobu Kato;Etsuro Orito

  • Novel transcription map for the B19 (human) pathogenic parvovirus.

    K Ozawa;J Ayub;Y S Hao;G Kurtzman

  • Migration of enhanced green fluorescent protein expressing bone marrow-derived microglia/macrophage into the mouse brain following permanent focal ischemia

    R Tanaka;M Komine-Kobayashi;H Mochizuki;M Yamada

  • Little evidence of transdifferentiation of bone marrow-derived cells into pancreatic beta cells

    J. B. Choi;H. Uchino;K. Azuma;N. Iwashita

  • The gene encoding the nonstructural protein of B19 (human) parvovirus may be lethal in transfected cells.

    K Ozawa;J Ayub;S Kajigaya;T Shimada

  • Anti-FGF23 neutralizing antibodies show the physiological role and structural features of FGF23

    Yuji Yamazaki;Taro Tamada;Noriyuki Kasai;Itaru Urakawa

  • The functional human dihydrofolate reductase gene.

    M J Chen;T Shimada;A D Moulton;A Cline

  • Cyanobacteriochrome CcaS is the green light receptor that induces the expression of phycobilisome linker protein

    Yuu Hirose;Takashi Shimada;Rei Narikawa;Mitsunori Katayama

Frequent Co-Authors

Hideki Mochizuki
Hideki Mochizuki Osaka University
Seiji Fukumoto
Seiji Fukumoto University of Tokushima
Toshiro Fujita
Toshiro Fujita University of Tokyo
Yoshikuni Mizuno
Yoshikuni Mizuno Juntendo University
Masahiko Takada
Masahiko Takada Kyoto University
Hidenori Suzuki
Hidenori Suzuki Nippon Medical School
José Luis Millán
José Luis Millán Discovery Institute
Arthur W. Nienhuis
Arthur W. Nienhuis St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Neal S. Young
Neal S. Young National Institutes of Health
Mitsuru Emi
Mitsuru Emi University of Hawaii at Manoa

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