Jiro Takano

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Jiro Takano is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Jiro Takano has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Cell Biology, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Jiro Takano's work include Calpain Protease Function and Regulation (18 papers), Connexins and lens biology (7 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (6 papers). Jiro Takano is often cited by papers focused on Calpain Protease Function and Regulation (18 papers), Connexins and lens biology (7 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (6 papers). Jiro Takano collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Jiro Takano's co-authors include Takaomi C. Saido, Nobuhisa Iwata, Takashi Saito, Shigeyoshi Itohara, Naomi Mihira, Yukio Matsuba, Per Nilsson, Makoto Higuchi, Takahiro Suemoto and Satoshi Tsubuki and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jiro Takano

26 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Single App knock-in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Single App knock-in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease
    2014 803 citations Takashi Saito, Yukio Matsuba et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

Peers

Jiro Takano
Edda Thies Germany
Kengo Uemura Japan
Joshua M. Shulman United States
Massimiliano Stagi United States
Ayodeji A. Asuni United States
Bernadette Allinquant France
Xiangyou Hu United States
Simon Dujardin United States
Shaoli Che United States
Pascal Kienlen‐Campard Belgium
Edda Thies Germany
Jiro Takano
Citations per year, relative to Jiro Takano Jiro Takano (= 1×) peers Edda Thies

Countries citing papers authored by Jiro Takano

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jiro Takano

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jiro Takano

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jiro Takano. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jiro Takano based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Jiro Takano. Jiro Takano is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Takano, Jiro, Daisuke Takemoto, Takayuki Izumo, et al.. (2024). Urolithin A Modulates PER2 Degradation via SIRT1 and Enhances the Amplitude of Circadian Clocks in Human Senescent Cells. Nutrients. 17(1). 20–20. 5 indexed citations
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Hashimoto, Shoko, Yukio Matsuba, Naoko Kamano, et al.. (2019). Tau binding protein CAPON induces tau aggregation and neurodegeneration. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2394–2394. 61 indexed citations
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Carreira, Bruno P., Jiro Takano, Nobuhisa Iwata, et al.. (2015). Involvement of calpains in adult neurogenesis: implications for stroke. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 9. 22–22. 27 indexed citations
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Saito, Takashi, Yukio Matsuba, Naomi Mihira, et al.. (2014). Single App knock-in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. Nature Neuroscience. 17(5). 661–663. 803 indexed citations breakdown →
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Casadei, Nicolas, Takaomi C. Saido, Jiro Takano, et al.. (2014). Overexpression of the calpain-specific inhibitor calpastatin reduces human alpha-Synuclein processing, aggregation and synaptic impairment in [A30P]αSyn transgenic mice. Human Molecular Genetics. 23(15). 3975–3989. 89 indexed citations
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Akazawa, Hiroshi, Kaoru Ito, Jiro Takano, et al.. (2014). Calpain-dependent Cleavage of N-cadherin Is Involved in the Progression of Post-myocardial Infarction Remodeling. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(28). 19408–19419. 43 indexed citations
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Hayakawa, Hideki, Makiko Nagai, Aya Kawanami, et al.. (2013). Loss of DARPP-32 and calbindin in multiple system atrophy. Journal of Neural Transmission. 120(12). 1689–1698. 10 indexed citations
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Yamashita, Takenari, Takuto Hideyama, Sayaka Teramoto, et al.. (2012). A role for calpain-dependent cleavage of TDP-43 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis pathology. Nature Communications. 3(1). 1307–1307. 136 indexed citations
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Shanab, Ahmed Y., Toru Nakazawa, Morin Ryu, et al.. (2012). Metabolic stress response implicated in diabetic retinopathy: The role of calpain, and the therapeutic impact of calpain inhibitor. Neurobiology of Disease. 48(3). 556–567. 54 indexed citations
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Takano, Jiro, et al.. (2011). Vital Role of the Calpain-Calpastatin System for Placental-Integrity-Dependent Embryonic Survival. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 31(19). 4097–4106. 45 indexed citations
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Gomes, João R., Carlos V. Melo, Ana R. Inácio, et al.. (2011). Cleavage of the Vesicular GABA Transporter under Excitotoxic Conditions Is Followed by Accumulation of the Truncated Transporter in Nonsynaptic Sites. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(12). 4622–4635. 40 indexed citations
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Ryu, Morin, Masayuki Yasuda, Dongquan Shi, et al.. (2011). Critical role of calpain in axonal damage‐induced retinal ganglion cell death. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 90(4). 802–815. 62 indexed citations
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Saito, Takashi, Takahiro Suemoto, Nathalie Brouwers, et al.. (2011). Potent amyloidogenicity and pathogenicity of Aβ43. Nature Neuroscience. 14(8). 1023–1032. 222 indexed citations
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Sato, Ko, Jiro Takano, Florian Plattner, et al.. (2011). Calpastatin, an endogenous calpain-inhibitor protein, regulates the cleavage of the Cdk5 activator p35 to p25. Journal of Neurochemistry. 117(3). 504–515. 29 indexed citations
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Zhang, Guoqiang, et al.. (2010). Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α1 promotes calpain-1 activation and macrophage inflammation in hypercholesterolemic nephropathy. Laboratory Investigation. 91(1). 106–123. 16 indexed citations
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Nakajima, Ryuichi, Keizo Takao, Shu-Ming Huang, et al.. (2008). Comprehensive behavioral phenotyping of calpastatin-knockout mice. Molecular Brain. 1(1). 7–7. 40 indexed citations
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Saito, Takashi, Nobuhisa Iwata, Satoshi Tsubuki, et al.. (2005). Somatostatin regulates brain amyloid β peptide Aβ42 through modulation of proteolytic degradation. Nature Medicine. 11(4). 434–439. 302 indexed citations
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Takano, Jiro, Masanori Tomioka, Satoshi Tsubuki, et al.. (2005). Calpain Mediates Excitotoxic DNA Fragmentation via Mitochondrial Pathways in Adult Brains. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(16). 16175–16184. 156 indexed citations
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Hao, Liying, Asako Kameyama, Jiro Takano, et al.. (2000). Calpastatin Domain L Is Involved in the Regulation of L-Type Ca2+ Channels in Guinea Pig Cardiac Myocytes. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 279(3). 756–761. 48 indexed citations
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Takano, Jiro, et al.. (1999). Structure of Mouse Calpastatin Isoforms: Implications of Species-Common and Species-Specific Alternative Splicing. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 260(2). 339–345. 42 indexed citations

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