Fumio Niimura

4.7k citations

57 papers · 3.7k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 25

Impact in

Nephrology top 1%
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism top 1%
- Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension

Papers in

Nephrology 17
- Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies 13
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 16
- Renin-Angiotensin System Studies 16

Co-authors: Taiji Matsusaka Iekuni Ichikawa Agnes B. Fogo Patricia A. Labosky Toshihiro Ichiki Atsushi Takahashi Yoshitsugu Takabatake Isao Matsui
Journals: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (6 papers)Autophagy (4 papers)Journal of Clinical Investigation (4 papers)Kidney International (3 papers)Pediatric Nephrology (2 papers)
Partner nations: Japan United States India

In The Last Decade

Fumio Niimura

52 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Autophagy Protects the Proximal Tubule from Degeneration and Acute Ischemic Injury 2011 · 380 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2011 Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
1995 Nature

Peers

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fumio Niimura

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Fumio Niimura, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Cyclin-dependent kinase 4-related tubular epithelial cell proliferation is regulated by Paired box gene 2 in kidney ischemia-reperfusion injury Kidney International ·Shachi Mittal, Kengo Furuichi, Brenda Avelina Lopez Muñiz, Yuta Yamamura, Toshiya Okumura, Xinhang Yan, Shinji Kitajima, Tadashi Toyama, Akinori Hara, Yasunori Iwata, Norihiko Sakai, Miho Shimizu, Fumio Niimura, Taiji Matsusaka, Shuichi Kaneko, Takashi Wada	2022	6
2	A Lung Sound Analysis in Infants with Risk Factors for Asthma During Acute Respiratory Infection Pediatric Allergy Immunology and Pulmonology ·Guanghui Zhang, M.M. Badawi, Hiromi Tadaki, M.L. Espedal, Manabu Miyamoto, Su Jiannan, Hideyuki Tabata, Fumio Niimura, Hiroyuki Furuya, Shuichi Ito, Shigemi Yoshihara, Hiroyuki Mochizuki	2020	2
3	En Bloc Cadaver Kidney Transplantation From a 9-Month-Old Donor to an Adult Recipient: Maturation of Glomerular Size and Podocyte in the Recipient Transplantation Direct ·Mingman Xu, Hajime Suzuki, Fumio Niimura, Masafumi Fukagawa, Takatoshi Kakuta	2017	3
4	Losartan attenuates the coronary perivasculitis through its local and systemic anti-inflammatory properties in a murine model of Kawasaki disease Pediatric Research ·Eisuke Suganuma, Fumio Niimura, Shinichi Matsuda, M.C.W. Tomeij, Hideaki Nakamura, Haeng‐Yeun Lee, Masahiko Katô, Yuji Aiba, Yasuhiro Koga, 美穂小野, Osamu Takahashi, Hiroyuki Mochizuki	2016	11
5	Distinct neural mechanisms for the control of thirst and salt appetite in the subfornical organ Nature Neuroscience ·Takashi Matsuda, Takeshi Y. Hiyama, Fumio Niimura, Taiji Matsusaka, Akiyoshi Fukamizu, Kenta Kobayashi, Kazuto Kobayashi, Masaharu Noda	2016	134
6	Evidence for the Role of Angiotensin in the Establishment and Maintenance of Renal Morphology Contributions to nephrology ·Fumio Niimura, Taiji Matsusaka, Iekuni Ichikawa	2015	0
7	Autophagic Clearance of Mitochondria in the Kidney Copes with Metabolic Acidosis Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ·Tomoko Namba‐Hamano, Yoshitsugu Takabatake, Tomonori Kimura, Atsushi Takahashi, Takeshi Yamamoto, Jun Matsuda, Harumi Kitamura, Fumio Niimura, Taiji Matsusaka, Hirotsugu Iwatani, Isao Matsui, Jun‐Ya Kaimori, Hidetaka Kioka, Yoshitaka Isaka, Hiromi Rakugi	2014	49
8	Foxc1 Gene Null Mutation Causes Ectopic Budding and Kidney Hypoplasia but Not Dysplasia Cells Tissues Organs ·Amber E. Trujillo, Yoichi Miyazaki, Fumio Niimura, Taiji Matsusaka, Iekuni Ichikawa, Masaru Motojima	2013	9
9	Podocyte injury enhances filtration of liver-derived angiotensinogen and renal angiotensin II generation Kidney International ·Taiji Matsusaka, Fumio Niimura, Ira Pastan, Ayumi Shintani, Akira Nishiyama, Iekuni Ichikawa	2013	51
10	Liver Angiotensinogen Is the Primary Source of Renal Angiotensin II Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ·Taiji Matsusaka, Fumio Niimura, Akihiro Shimizu, Ira Pastan, Akihiko Saito, Hiroyuki Kobori, Akira Nishiyama, Iekuni Ichikawa	2012	210
11	Autophagy Guards Against Cisplatin-Induced Acute Kidney Injury American Journal Of Pathology ·Atsushi Takahashi, Tomonori Kimura, Yoshitsugu Takabatake, Tomoko Namba‐Hamano, Jun‐Ya Kaimori, Harumi Kitamura, Isao Matsui, Fumio Niimura, Taiji Matsusaka, Naonobu Fujita, Tamotsu Yoshimori, Yoshitaka Isaka, Hiromi Rakugi	2012	211
12	Permanent Genetic Tagging of Podocytes Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ·Takako Asano, Fumio Niimura, Ira Pastan, Agnes B. Fogo, Iekuni Ichikawa, Taiji Matsusaka	2005	67
13	Feasibility of fiberoptic bronchoscopy for small infants including newborns. PubMed ·Takako Nakano, R Tunn, 凌云唐, 真理子早武, Bai Hongwei, Shrishti Deshmukh, Orhan Kuran, Hitoshi Hirakawa, Mohammed A. Abdulla, Joseph Tette, Fumio Niimura, Darryl Brock	2004	5
14	Angiotensin II as a player in fibrosis Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation ·Taiji Matsusaka, Hideyuki Katori, Yusuke Miyazaki, Fumio Niimura, Iekuni Ichikawa	2000	1
15	Murine double nullizygotes of the angiotensin type 1A and 1B receptor genes duplicate severe abnormal phenotypes of angiotensinogen nullizygotes. Journal of Clinical Investigation ·S. Tsuchida, Taiji Matsusaka, Vanessa Mena-Navarro, Soichiro Okubo, Fumio Niimura, Hideki Nishimura, Agnes B. Fogo, Hirotoshi Utsunomiya, Tadashi Inagami, Iekuni Ichikawa	1998	278
16	Long-term effects of immunosuppressants in steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome Pediatric Nephrology ·Atsushi Takeda, D. A. Rudakova, Fumio Niimura, Sihui Ma	1998	19
17	Temporal and spatial expression pattern of the angiotensinogen gene in mice and rats American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology ·Fumio Niimura, Soichiro Okubo, Agnes B. Fogo, Iekuni Ichikawa	1997	23
18	Risk factors for relapse in childhood nephrotic syndrome Pediatric Nephrology ·Atsushi Takeda, Sihui Ma, Fumio Niimura, D. A. Rudakova	1996	24
19	Gene targeting in mice reveals a requirement for angiotensin in the development and maintenance of kidney morphology and growth factor regulation. Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Fumio Niimura, Patricia A. Labosky, Junji Kakuchi, Soichiro Okubo, Hisahiro Yoshida, Tsuyoshi Oikawa, Toshihiro Ichiki, Allen J. Naftilan, Agnes B. Fogo, Tadashi Inagami	1995	275
20	Effects on blood pressure and exploratory behaviour of mice lacking angiotensin II type-2 receptor Nature ·Toshihiro Ichiki, Patricia A. Labosky, Chiyo Shiota, Shigeru Okuyama, Yasuko Imagawa, Agnes Fogo, Fumio Niimura, Iekuni Ichikawa, Brigid L.M. Hogan, Warszawer-Schvarcz Livia Hit paper breakdown →	1995	730

About Fumio Niimura

Fumio Niimura is a scholar working on Nephrology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Pharmacy and Clinical Biochemistry, having authored 57 papers that have together received 3.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Renin-Angiotensin System Studies (16 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (13 papers), Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (11 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (10 papers), Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques (6 papers), Respiratory and Cough-Related Research (6 papers), Renal and related cancers (6 papers) and Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nephrology (652 citations), Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (1.2k citations), Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (1.5k citations), Clinical Biochemistry (207 citations) and Pharmacology (487 citations). Fumio Niimura has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and India. Frequent co-authors include Taiji Matsusaka, Iekuni Ichikawa, Agnes B. Fogo, Patricia A. Labosky, Toshihiro Ichiki, Atsushi Takahashi, Yoshitsugu Takabatake, Isao Matsui, Tomoko Namba‐Hamano and Yoshitaka Isaka. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Autophagy, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Kidney International and Pediatric Nephrology.

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