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Takashi Yokota

Takashi Yokota

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
62
Citations
18824
World Ranking
1838
National Ranking
149

Takashi Yokota 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 Yokota sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 169 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Takashi Yokota 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 Yokota sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Takashi Yokota is affiliated with Kanazawa University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant concentration in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, alongside contributions to Molecular Biology, Physiology, Surgery, and Immunology.

The main topics Yokota has explored include:

  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Cardiovascular and Exercise Physiology
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Chemotherapy-induced Cardiotoxicity and Mitigation

Yokota has published papers in various scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Scientific Reports
  • In Vivo
  • European Heart Journal
  • Journal of Cardiology
  • Circulation Journal

Some of the recent papers associated with Yokota's work include:

  • Validation of Gene Therapy for Mutant Mitochondria by Delivering Mitochondrial RNA Using a MITO-Porter, 2020, Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids
  • STAT3 promotes melanoma metastasis by CEBP-induced repression of the MITF pathway, 2020, Oncogene
  • Succinyl-CoA-based energy metabolism dysfunction in chronic heart failure, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Empagliflozin suppresses mitochondrial reactive oxygen species generation and mitigates the inducibility of atrial fibrillation in diabetic rats, 2023, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies CDK6 as a therapeutic target in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, 2021, Blood

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Yokota include:

  • Shintaro Kinugawa
  • Shingo Takada
  • Arata Fukushima
  • Naoya Kakutani
  • Hirofumi Tomita

Best Publications

  • Cytokines: Coordinators of Immune and Inflammatory Responses

    Ken-ichi Arai;Frank Lee;Atsushi Miyajima;Shoichiro Miyatake

  • STAT3 activation is sufficient to maintain an undifferentiated state of mouse embryonic stem cells

    Takahiko Matsuda;Takanori Nakamura;Kazuki Nakao;Takao Arai

  • IgE production by normal human lymphocytes is induced by interleukin 4 and suppressed by interferons gamma and alpha and prostaglandin E2

    J Pène;F Rousset;F Brière;I Chrétien

  • Molecular cloning of a second subunit of the receptor for human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF): reconstitution of a high-affinity GM-CSF receptor.

    Kazuhiro Hayashida;Toshio Kitamura;Daniel M. Gorman;Ken-Ichi Arai

  • Cytokine receptors and signal transduction

    Atsushi Miyajima;I Toshio Kitamura;I Nobuyuki Harada;Takashi Yokota

  • Isolation and characterization of a human interleukin cDNA clone, homologous to mouse B-cell stimulatory factor 1, that expresses B-cell- and T-cell-stimulating activities.

    T Yokota;T Otsuka;T Mosmann;J Banchereau

  • Human recombinant interleukin 4 induces Fc epsilon receptors (CD23) on normal human B lymphocytes.

    T Defrance;J P Aubry;F Rousset;B Vanbervliet

  • Murine homolog of SALL1 is essential for ureteric bud invasion in kidney development.

    Ryuichi Nishinakamura;Yuko Matsumoto;Kazuki Nakao;Kenji Nakamura

  • Suppression of apoptotic death in hematopoietic cells by signalling through the IL-3/GM-CSF receptors.

    T. Kinoshita;T. Yokota;K.-I. Arai;A. Miyajima

  • Cytokine Receptors and Signal Transduction

    Atsushi Miyajima

  • Isolation of cDNA for a human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor by functional expression in mammalian cells.

    Frank Lee;Takashi Yokota;Takeshi Otsuka;Lorraine Gemmell

  • Structure of the chromosomal gene for granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor: comparison of the mouse and human genes.

    S Miyatake;T Otsuka;T Yokota;F Lee

  • Endogenous interleukin 6 plays an obligatory role in interleukin 4-dependent human IgE synthesis.

    Donata Vercelli;Haifa H. Jabara;Ken‐Ichi ‐I Arai;Takashi Yokota

  • Reconstitution of functional receptors for human granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF): evidence that the protein encoded by the AIC2B cDNA is a subunit of the murine GM-CSF receptor.

    Toshio Kitamura;Kazuhiro Hayashida;Kazuhiro Sakamaki;Takashi Yokota

  • Gene expression profiling of embryo-derived stem cells reveals candidate genes associated with pluripotency and lineage specificity.

    Tetsuya S. Tanaka;Tilo Kunath;Wendy L. Kimber;Saied A. Jaradat

  • Coordinate regulation of immune and inflammatory responses by T cell-derived lymphokines.

    A Miyajima;S Miyatake;J Schreurs;J De Vries

  • Regulation of Bcl-2 expression by oncogenic Ras protein in hematopoietic cells.

    T. Kinoshita;T. Yokota;K.-I. Arai;A. Miyajima

  • Th2-specific DNase I-hypersensitive sites in the murine IL-13 and IL-4 intergenic region.

    Naofumi Takemoto;Naoko Koyano-Nakagawa;Takashi Yokota;Naoko Arai

  • β-Catenin up-regulates Nanog expression through interaction with Oct-3/4 in embryonic stem cells

    Yukinari Takao;Takashi Yokota;Hiroshi Koide

  • CD9 Is Associated with Leukemia Inhibitory Factor-mediated Maintenance of Embryonic Stem Cells

    Masahiro Oka;Kenichi Tagoku;Thomas L. Russell;Yuka Nakano

Frequent Co-Authors

Ken-ichi Arai
Ken-ichi Arai University of Tokyo
Donna Rennick
Donna Rennick MSD (United States)
Atsushi Miyajima
Atsushi Miyajima University of Tokyo
Frank S. Lee
Frank S. Lee University of Pennsylvania
Tim R. Mosmann
Tim R. Mosmann University of Rochester Medical Center
Naoko Arai
Naoko Arai University of Tokyo
Ryuichi Nishinakamura
Ryuichi Nishinakamura Kumamoto University
Makoto Asashima
Makoto Asashima Teikyo University
Masaaki Muramatsu
Masaaki Muramatsu Tokyo Medical and Dental University
H. Phillip Koeffler
H. Phillip Koeffler Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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