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Tetsuya Taga

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Biology and Biochemistry
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
97
Citations
57784
World Ranking
1717
National Ranking
95

Tetsuya Taga 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 Tetsuya Taga sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 273 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tetsuya Taga 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 Tetsuya Taga 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: 97 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Tetsuya Taga is a researcher affiliated with Kumamoto University in Japan, with a focus on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including molecular biology, oncology, immunology, genetics, and cellular and molecular neuroscience. The main research topics covered by Taga encompass cancer cells and metastasis, epigenetics and DNA methylation, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, immune cells in cancer, glioma diagnosis and treatment, zebrafish biomedical research applications, and ion channel regulation and function.

The scientist has contributed to numerous research articles, with frequent publication in the journal Inflammation and Regeneration. Other venues featuring their work include eLife, Scientific Reports, Stem Cells, and Cells. Some of the recent notable papers are:

  • "YBX2 and cancer testis antigen 45 contribute to stemness, chemoresistance and a high degree of malignancy in human endometrial cancer" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • "Large-scale animal model study uncovers altered brain pH and lactate levels as a transdiagnostic endophenotype of neuropsychiatric disorders involving cognitive impairment" (2024, eLife)
  • "Glioma progression and recurrence involving maintenance and expansion strategies of glioma stem cells by organizing self-advantageous niche microenvironments" (2020, Inflammation and Regeneration)
  • "Glioma stem cell (GSC)-derived autoschizis-like products confer GSC niche properties involving M1-like tumor-associated macrophages" (2020, Stem Cells)
  • "Cancer Stem Cell-Associated Immune Microenvironment in Recurrent Glioblastomas" (2022, Cells)

Taga collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including Kouichi Tabu, Ikuo Nobuhisa, Tetsushi Kagawa, Satoko Hattori, and Johji Inazawa. These collaborations have resulted in multiple joint publications contributing to their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • Complementary DNA for a novel human interleukin (BSF-2) that induces B lymphocytes to produce immunoglobulin

    Toshio Hirano;Kiyoshi Yasukawa;Hisashi Harada;Tetsuya Taga

  • GP130 AND THE INTERLEUKIN-6 FAMILY OF CYTOKINES

    Tetsuya Taga;Tadamitsu Kishimoto

  • Autocrine generation and requirement of BSF-2/IL-6 for human multiple myelomas

    Michio Kawano;Toshio Hirano;Tadashi Matsuda;Tetsuya Taga

  • Interleukin-6 in biology and medicine

    Shizuo Akira;Tetsuya Taga;Tadamitsu Kishimoto

  • Cytokine signal transduction

    Tadamitsu Kishimoto;Tetsuya Taga;Shizuo Akira

  • Interleukin-6 triggers the association of its receptor with a possible signal transducer, gp130

    Tetsuya Taga;Masahiko Hibi;Yuuichi Hirata;Katsuhiko Yamasaki

  • Biology of multifunctional cytokines: IL 6 and related molecules (IL 1 and TNF).

    Shizuo Akira;Toshio Hirano;Tetsuya Taga;Tadamitsu Kishimoto

  • Interleukin-6 family of cytokines and gp130.

    T Kishimoto;S Akira;M Narazaki;T Taga

  • Structure and function of a new STAT-induced STAT inhibitor

    Tetsuji Naka;Masashi Narazaki;Moritoshi Hirata;Tomoshige Matsumoto

  • Molecular cloning and expression of an IL-6 signal transducer, gp130

    Masahiko Hibi;Masaaki Murakami;Mikiyoshi Saito;Toshio Hirano

  • Biological and clinical aspects of interleukin 6.

    Toshio Hirano;Shizuo Akira;Tetsuya Taga;Tadamitsu Kishimoto

  • Persistence of a small subpopulation of cancer stem-like cells in the C6 glioma cell line

    Toru Kondo;Takao Setoguchi;Tetsuya Taga

  • Cloning and expression of the human interleukin-6 (BSF-2/IFN beta 2) receptor

    Katsuhiko Yamasaki;Tetsuya Taga;Yuuichi Hirata;Hideo Yawata

  • Interleukin-6 and its receptor: a paradigm for cytokines

    Tadamitsu Kishimoto;Shizuo Akira;Tetsuya Taga

  • Soluble interleukin-6 receptor triggers osteoclast formation by interleukin 6.

    T Tamura;N Udagawa;N Takahashi;C Miyaura

  • Association of transcription factor APRF and protein kinase Jak1 with the interleukin-6 signal transducer gp130.

    Claudia Lütticken;Ursula M. Wegenka;Juping Yuan;Jan Buschmann

  • IL-6-induced homodimerization of gp130 and associated activation of a tyrosine kinase

    Masaaki Murakami;Masahiko Hibi;Naoko Nakagawa;Toshimasa Nakagawa

  • Synergistic signaling in fetal brain by STAT3-Smad1 complex bridged by p300.

    Kinichi Nakashima;Makoto Yanagisawa;Hirokazu Arakawa;Naoki Kimura

  • Purification to homogeneity and characterization of human B-cell differentiation factor (BCDF or BSFp-2).

    Toshio Hirano;Tetsuya Taga;Naoko Nakano;Kiyosi Yasukawa

  • LIFR beta and gp130 as heterodimerizing signal transducers of the tripartite CNTF receptor.

    Samuel Davis;Thomas H. Aldrich;Neil Stahl;Li Pan

Frequent Co-Authors

Tadamitsu Kishimoto
Tadamitsu Kishimoto Osaka University
Kinichi Nakashima
Kinichi Nakashima Kyushu University
Toshio Hirano
Toshio Hirano National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Kiyoshi Yasukawa
Kiyoshi Yasukawa Kyoto University
Masahiko Hibi
Masahiko Hibi Nagoya University
Tadashi Matsuda
Tadashi Matsuda Hokkaido University
Masaaki Murakami
Masaaki Murakami Hokkaido University
Shizuo Akira
Shizuo Akira Osaka University
Austin Smith
Austin Smith University of Exeter
Jennifer Nichols
Jennifer Nichols University of Cambridge

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