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Takeshi Urano

Takeshi Urano

Shimane University
Japan

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
14913
World Ranking
5167
National Ranking
337

Takeshi Urano 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 Takeshi Urano sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 205 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Takeshi Urano 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 Takeshi Urano sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Takeshi Urano is affiliated with Shimane University in Japan and has a multidisciplinary research portfolio spanning medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scholarly output includes significant contributions to molecular biology and public health, with a focus on infectious diseases and immunology. They have published extensively in areas intersecting molecular biology with disease control and immune response mechanisms.

The fields of study covered by their publications include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these, the subfields prominently represented in their work are molecular biology, public health, infectious diseases, immunology, and aspects of sociology and political science related to health topics.

  • Molecular Biology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Immunology
  • Sociology and Political Science

The research topics addressed by Takeshi Urano focus on both infectious disease control and molecular processes underlying disease and immune function:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • Dengue and Mosquito Control Research
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Takeshi Urano has frequently published in several scientific venues, reflecting a focus on infectious diseases and public health as well as biochemistry:

  • Journal of Infection and Public Health
  • Viruses
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Pathogens
  • Biochimie

Their recent papers include:

  • Elucidation of the aberrant 3' splice site selection by cancer-associated mutations on the U2AF1 (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Uric acid-mediated inflammasome activation in IL-6 primed innate immune cells is regulated by baricitinib (2020, Modern Rheumatology)
  • Nucleus Accumbens-Associated Protein 1 Binds DNA Directly through the BEN Domain in a Sequence-Specific Manner (2020, Biomedicines)
  • Gcn2 eIF2α kinase mediates combinatorial translational regulation through nucleotide motifs and uORFs in target mRNAs (2020, Nucleic Acids Research)
  • The crucial role of single-stranded DNA binding in enhancing sensitivity to DNA-damaging agents for Schlafen 11 and Schlafen 13 (2023, iScience)

Takeshi Urano collaborates regularly with several researchers across their fields of study. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Mya Myat Ngwe Tun
  • Kouichi Morita
  • Yuki Takamatsu
  • Shingo Inoue
  • Yuko Nariai

Best Publications

  • Gene silencing in cancer by histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation independent of promoter DNA methylation

    Yutaka Kondo;Lanlan Shen;Alfred S. Cheng;Alfred S. Cheng;Saira Ahmed

  • Ral-GTPases mediate a distinct downstream signaling pathway from Ras that facilitates cellular transformation.

    T. Urano;R. Emkey;L. A. Feig

  • Identification and characterization of Ral-binding protein 1, a potential downstream target of Ral GTPases.

    Sharon B. Cantor;Takeshi Urano;Larry A. Feig

  • RNA Polymerase II is Required for RNAi-Dependent Heterochromatin Assembly

    Hiroaki Kato;Derek B. Goto;Robert A. Martienssen;Takeshi Urano

  • Heterochromatin and RNAi Are Required to Establish CENP-A Chromatin at Centromeres

    Hernan Diego Folco;Alison L. Pidoux;Takeshi Urano;Robin C. Allshire

  • Involvement of Ral GTPase in v-Src-induced phospholipase D activation

    Hong Jiang;Jing-Qing Luo;Takeshi Urano;Paul Frankel

  • Autophosphorylation of a Newly Identified Site of Aurora-B Is Indispensable for Cytokinesis

    Yoshihiro Yasui;Takeshi Urano;Aie Kawajiri;Koh Ichi Nagata

  • Evidence for a Ras/Ral signaling cascade.

    Larry A. Feig;Takeshi Urano;Sharon B. Cantor

  • Telomere binding protein Taz1 establishes Swi6 heterochromatin independently of RNAi at telomeres.

    Junko Kanoh;Mahito Sadaie;Takeshi Urano;Fuyuki Ishikawa

  • Molecular Cloning of a Novel α2,3-Sialyltransferase (ST3Gal VI) That Sialylates Type II Lactosamine Structures on Glycoproteins and Glycolipids

    Tetsuya Okajima;Satoshi Fukumoto;Satoshi Fukumoto;Hiroshi Miyazaki;Hideharu Ishida

  • A chromodomain protein, Chp1, is required for the establishment of heterochromatin in fission yeast

    Mahito Sadaie;Tetsushi Iida;Takeshi Urano;Jun-ichi Nakayama

  • Complex formation of Plk1 and INCENP required for metaphase-anaphase transition.

    Hidemasa Goto;Tohru Kiyono;Yasuko Tomono;Aie Kawajiri

  • Molecular Basis for the Progeroid Variant of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TWO MUTATIONS IN GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE I GENE

    Tetsuya Okajima;Satoshi Fukumoto;Satoshi Fukumoto;Keiko Furukawa;Takeshi Urano

  • Aurora-B associated protein phosphatases as negative regulators of kinase activation

    Keiichi Sugiyama;Kazumitsu Sugiura;Tomohiro Hara;Kenji Sugimoto

  • Targeted disruption of Gb3/CD77 synthase gene resulted in the complete deletion of globo-series glycosphingolipids and loss of sensitivity to verotoxins.

    Tetsuya Okuda;Noriyo Tokuda;Shin-ichiro Numata;Masafumi Ito

  • Mechanism of Aurora-B degradation and its dependency on intact KEN and A-boxes: identification of an aneuploidy-promoting property.

    Hao G. Nguyen;Dharmaraj Chinnappan;Takeshi Urano;Katya Ravid

  • Molecular cloning of globotriaosylceramide/CD77 synthase, a glycosyltransferase that initiates the synthesis of globo series glycosphingolipids.

    Yoshinao Kojima;Satoshi Fukumoto;Satoshi Fukumoto;Keiko Furukawa;Tetsuya Okajima

  • Degradation of human Aurora2 protein kinase by the anaphase-promoting complex-ubiquitin-proteasome pathway

    Kei Honda;Hirotsugu Mihara;Yuzo Kato;Akio Yamaguchi

  • Tyrosine Phosphorylation of Crk-associated Substrates by Focal Adhesion Kinase A PUTATIVE MECHANISM FOR THE INTEGRIN-MEDIATED TYROSINE PHOSPHORYLATION OF Crk-ASSOCIATED SUBSTRATES

    Kouichi Tachibana;Takeshi Urano;Hiroo Fujita;Yoshiyuki Ohashi

  • [Evidence for a Ras/Ral signaling cascade]

    T Urano

Frequent Co-Authors

Koichi Furukawa
Koichi Furukawa Chubu University
Hiroshi Shiku
Hiroshi Shiku Mie University
Satoshi Fukumoto
Satoshi Fukumoto Tohoku University
Jun-ichi Nakayama
Jun-ichi Nakayama National Institute for Basic Biology
Larry A. Feig
Larry A. Feig Tufts University
Makoto Kiso
Makoto Kiso Gifu University
Robin C. Allshire
Robin C. Allshire University of Edinburgh
Kiyoshi Migita
Kiyoshi Migita Fukushima Medical University
Atsushi Kawakami
Atsushi Kawakami Nagasaki University
Fumio Hanaoka
Fumio Hanaoka National Institute of Genetics

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