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Takeshi Iwatsubo

Takeshi Iwatsubo

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Biology and Biochemistry
Japan
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
134
Citations
87195
World Ranking
2116
National Ranking
40

Takeshi Iwatsubo publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 591 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Takeshi Iwatsubo D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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This scientist: 134 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Takeshi Iwatsubo is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders, with a significant number of publications contributing to the fields of medicine, physiology, psychiatry and mental health, neurology, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work covers key topics including:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Dementia and cognitive impairment research
  • Health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life
  • Cholinesterase and neurodegenerative diseases
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Functional brain connectivity studies
  • Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments

Takeshi Iwatsubo has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Lecanemab in Early Alzheimer's Disease," 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "The Amyloid-β Pathway in Alzheimer's Disease," 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Two Randomized Phase 3 Studies of Aducanumab in Early Alzheimer's Disease," 2022, The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease
  • "World-Wide FINGERS Network: A global approach to risk reduction and prevention of dementia," 2020, Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • "Trial of Solanezumab in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease," 2023, New England Journal of Medicine

The following are frequent co-authors in their publications:

  • Yoshiki Niimi
  • Kenichiro Sato
  • Atsushi Iwata
  • Ryoko Ihara
  • Takeshi Ikeuchi

Takeshi Iwatsubo's research output is regularly featured in established scientific venues, mainly:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions

Their research contributions have helped advance understanding in Alzheimer's disease mechanisms, therapeutic developments, and dementia prevention strategies, with significant attention on the amyloid-beta pathway and clinical trial outcomes for disease-modifying agents.

Best Publications

  • Toward defining the preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease

    Reisa A. Sperling;Paul S. Aisen;Laurel A. Beckett;David A. Bennett

  • Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies: Third report of the DLB Consortium

    I. G. McKeith;I. G. McKeith;D. W. Dickson;J. Lowe;M. Emre

  • |[alpha]|-Synuclein is phosphorylated in synucleinopathy lesions

    Hideo Fujiwara;Masato Hasegawa;Naoshi Dohmae;Akiko Kawashima

  • Correlation of Alzheimer Disease Neuropathologic Changes With Cognitive Status: A Review of the Literature

    Peter T Nelson;Irina Alafuzoff;Eileen H Bigio;Constantin Bouras

  • Visualization of Aβ42(43) and Aβ40 in senile plaques with end-specific Aβ monoclonals: Evidence that an initially deposited species is Aβ42(43)

    Takeshi Iwatsubo;Asano Odaka;Nobuhiro Suzuki;Hidehiro Mizusawa

  • APP processing and synaptic function.

    Flavio Kamenetz;Taisuke Tomita;Helen Hsieh;Helen Hsieh;Guy Seabrook

  • Aggregation of alpha-synuclein in Lewy bodies of sporadic Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.

    M. Baba;S. Nakajo;P.-H. Tu;T. Tomita

  • Phase 3 Trials of Solanezumab for Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer's Disease

    RS Rachelle S. Doody;RG Ronald G. Rg Thomas;Martin Farlow;Takeshi Iwatsubo

  • The Amyloid-β Pathway in Alzheimer's Disease.

    Harald Hampel;John Hardy;Kaj Blennow;Kaj Blennow;Christopher Chen

  • AMPAR removal underlies Abeta-induced synaptic depression and dendritic spine loss.

    Helen Hsieh;Jannic Boehm;Chihiro Sato;Takeshi Iwatsubo

  • A Phase 3 Trial of Semagacestat for Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

    Rachelle S. Doody;Rema Raman;Martin Farlow;Takeshi Iwatsubo

  • Consensus report of the working group on: 'Molecular and biochemical markers of Alzheimer's disease'

    Peter Davies;Judith Resnick;Burton Resnick;Sid Gilman

  • Dominant and differential deposition of distinct β-amyloid peptide species, AβN3(pE), in senile plaques

    Takaomi C Saido;Takeshi Iwatsubo;David M.A Mann;Hiroyuki Shimada

  • Glial cytoplasmic inclusions in white matter oligodendrocytes of multiple system atrophy brains contain insoluble α‐synuclein

    Pang-hsien Tu;James E. Galvin;James E. Galvin;Minami Baba;Benoit Giasson

  • Constitutive Phosphorylation of the Parkinson's Disease Associated α-Synuclein *

    Masayasu Okochi;Jochen Walter;Akihiko Koyama;Shigeo Nakajo

  • DLB and PDD boundary issues: Diagnosis, treatment, molecular pathology, and biomarkers

    C. F. Lippa;J. E. Duda;M. Grossman;H. I. Hurtig

  • Prediction of pharmacokinetic alterations caused by drug-drug interactions: metabolic interaction in the liver.

    K. Ito;T. Iwatsubo;S. Kanamitsu;K. Ueda

  • Alzheimer's A beta(1-42) is generated in the endoplasmic reticulum/intermediate compartment of NT2N cells.

    David G. Cook;Mark S. Forman;Jane C. Sung;Susan Leight

  • Lewy Bodies Contain Altered α-Synuclein in Brains of Many Familial Alzheimer's Disease Patients with Mutations in Presenilin and Amyloid Precursor Protein Genes

    Carol F. Lippa;Hideo Fujiwara;David M.A. Mann;Benoit Giasson

  • Toward defining the preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association workgroup

    Reisa A. Sperling;Paul S. Aisen;Laurel A. Beckett;David A. Bennett

Frequent Co-Authors

Taisuke Tomita
Taisuke Tomita University of Tokyo
Masato Hasegawa
Masato Hasegawa Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Takaomi C. Saido
Takaomi C. Saido RIKEN Center for Brain Science
David M. A. Mann
David M. A. Mann University of Manchester
John Q. Trojanowski
John Q. Trojanowski University of Pennsylvania
Tohru Fukuyama
Tohru Fukuyama Nagoya University
Kenji Ishii
Kenji Ishii Nippon Medical School
Virginia M.-Y. Lee
Virginia M.-Y. Lee University of Pennsylvania
Ryozo Kuwano
Ryozo Kuwano Niigata University
Hiroyuki Arai
Hiroyuki Arai University of Tokyo

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