Akira Niwa

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
114 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Akira Niwa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Akira Niwa has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Biochemistry and 24 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Akira Niwa's work include Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (25 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (23 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (17 papers). Akira Niwa is often cited by papers focused on Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (25 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (23 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (17 papers). Akira Niwa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Taiwan. Akira Niwa's co-authors include Tatsutoshi Nakahata, Toshio Heike, Ryuichi Konno, Tomoko Shima, Kajsa Wing, Takashi Nomura, Makoto Miyara, Guy Gorochov, Yumiko Yoshioka and Cécile Taflin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Blood and Immunity.

In The Last Decade

Akira Niwa

109 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Functional Delineation and Differentiation Dynamics of Human CD4+ T Cells Expressing the FoxP3 Transcription Factor

2009 1.8k citations Akira Niwa, Toshio Heike et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akira Niwa Japan	31	1.9k	1.9k	776	607	481	114	4.9k
Marjan Huizing United States	46	896 0.5×	3.1k 1.6×	400 0.5×	142 0.2×	236 0.5×	160	6.6k
Manuel O. Landázuri Spain	47	2.8k 1.4×	2.7k 1.4×	218 0.3×	900 1.5×	325 0.7×	109	6.9k
Daniel Braas United States	27	1.3k 0.7×	3.2k 1.7×	188 0.2×	743 1.2×	269 0.6×	46	5.1k
Maurizio Sorice Italy	40	1.0k 0.5×	2.6k 1.4×	150 0.2×	157 0.3×	380 0.8×	185	5.1k
Albert Tousson United States	36	1.5k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	128 0.2×	387 0.6×	253 0.5×	50	4.8k
Pascale Briand France	38	660 0.3×	3.4k 1.8×	164 0.2×	573 0.9×	477 1.0×	128	5.4k
Martha Kirby United States	42	2.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	87 0.1×	800 1.3×	436 0.9×	83	5.8k
Shomit Sengupta United States	13	671 0.3×	4.6k 2.4×	342 0.4×	1.4k 2.2×	629 1.3×	16	6.5k
Carl A. Pinkert United States	41	1.2k 0.6×	4.4k 2.3×	134 0.2×	1.3k 2.1×	565 1.2×	115	8.1k
Guntram Suske Germany	42	933 0.5×	5.8k 3.1×	150 0.2×	1.0k 1.6×	454 0.9×	89	7.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Akira Niwa

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akira Niwa

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20 of 20 papers shown

Niwa, Akira, et al.. (2025). Enhancing Skeletal Muscle Fiber Type Transition Through Substrate Coating Alteration in Myoblast Cell Culture. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(12). 5637–5637.

Kitagawa, Yohko, et al.. (2023). A concise in vitro model for evaluating interactions between macrophage and skeletal muscle cells during muscle regeneration. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 11. 1022081–1022081. 1 indexed citations

Hayashi, Takahiro, Mitsujiro Osawa, Akira Niwa, et al.. (2023). Involvement of mTOR pathway in neurodegeneration in NSF-related developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. Human Molecular Genetics. 32(10). 1683–1697. 3 indexed citations

Nishikori, Momoko, et al.. (2023). Enhancement of Human Neutrophil Bactericidal Activity through ROS Regulation. Blood. 142(Supplement 1). 673–673.

Kitagawa, Yohko, et al.. (2023). SMN promotes mitochondrial metabolic maturation during myogenesis by regulating the MYOD-miRNA axis. Life Science Alliance. 6(3). e202201457–e202201457. 14 indexed citations

Li, Li, Akira Niwa, Akira Ashida, et al.. (2021). N-Acetylcysteine prevents amyloid-β secretion in neurons derived from human pluripotent stem cells with trisomy 21. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 17377–17377. 4 indexed citations

Franz, Alexandra, Sophie Fillon, Katrin Fundel‐Clemens, et al.. (2021). High-Yield Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Monocytes and Macrophages Are Functionally Comparable With Primary Cells. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 656867–656867. 24 indexed citations

Niwa, Akira, et al.. (2020). Bidirectional myofiber transition through altering the photobiomodulation condition. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 212. 112041–112041. 4 indexed citations

Ono, Hiroaki, Ryo Ohta, Yuri Kawasaki, et al.. (2018). Lysosomal membrane permeabilization causes secretion of IL-1β in human vascular smooth muscle cells. Inflammation Research. 67(10). 879–889. 12 indexed citations

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Nemoto, Atsushi, Satoshi Saida, Itaru Kato, et al.. (2015). Specific Antileukemic Activity of PD0332991, a CDK4/6 Inhibitor, against Philadelphia Chromosome–Positive Lymphoid Leukemia. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 15(1). 94–105. 20 indexed citations

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Nakahata, Tatsutoshi, Tomonari Awaya, Akira Niwa, et al.. (2010). Derivation of Engraftable Myogenic Precursors from Murine ES/iPS cells and Generation of Disease-specific iPS cells from Patients with Duchenne Muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Other Diseases. Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 50(11). 889–889. 3 indexed citations

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Higashi, Atsuko Y., Tomokatsu Ikawa, Masamichi Muramatsu, et al.. (2009). Direct Hematological Toxicity and Illegitimate Chromosomal Recombination Caused by the Systemic Activation of CreERT2,. The Journal of Immunology. 182(9). 5633–5640. 108 indexed citations

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Hamase, Kenji, et al.. (2006). Presence and origin of large amounts of d-proline in the urine of mutant mice lacking d-amino acid oxidase activity. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 386(3). 705–711. 42 indexed citations

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Sorimachi, Kenji, et al.. (2001). Conservation of the basic pattern of cellular amino acid composition of archaeobacteria during biological evolution and the putative amino acid composition of primitive life forms. Amino Acids. 21(4). 393–399. 18 indexed citations

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Morikawa, Akiko, Kenji Hamase, Tomomi Inoue, et al.. (2001). Determination of free d-aspartic acid, d-serine and d-alanine in the brain of mutant mice lacking d-amino-acid oxidase activity. Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications. 757(1). 119–125. 131 indexed citations

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Sorimachi, Kenji, et al.. (2001). Inhibition by Agaricus blazei Murill Fractions of Cytopathic Effect Induced by Western Equine Encephalitis (WEE) Virus on VERO Cells in Vitro. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 65(7). 1645–1647. 58 indexed citations

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Ono, K., Katsuhiko Yamamoto, & Akira Niwa. (1998). RAPD typing of Campylobacter jejuni and comparison with Lior's or Penner's serotyping system.. Nippon Saikingaku Zasshi. 53(3). 519–529. 2 indexed citations

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Nishikawa, Toru, Ryuichi Konno, Akira Niwa, et al.. (1993). Free d-serine, d-aspartate and d-alanine in central nervous system and serum in mutant mice lacking d-amino acid oxidase. Neuroscience Letters. 152(1-2). 33–36. 181 indexed citations

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Ohkubo, Tatsuhiro, et al.. (1989). NUT FALL, PRODUCTION, AND SEEDLING SURVIVAL IN A NATURAL FAGUS JAPONICA FOREST IN THE CHICHIBU MOUNTAINS, CENTRAL JAPAN. Nihon Seitai Gakkaishi. 39(1). 17–26. 10 indexed citations

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Taniguchi, K, et al.. (1977). [Clinical experiences and experimental studies of false sensing with demand pacemakers (author's transl)].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 41(4). 413–34. 1 indexed citations

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