Masayuki Iwano

10.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
138 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Masayuki Iwano is a scholar working on Nephrology, Molecular Biology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Masayuki Iwano has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Nephrology, 44 papers in Molecular Biology and 24 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Masayuki Iwano's work include Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (36 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (23 papers) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (19 papers). Masayuki Iwano is often cited by papers focused on Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (36 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (23 papers) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (19 papers). Masayuki Iwano collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Masayuki Iwano's co-authors include Eric G. Neilson, Hirokazu Okada, David Plieth, Theodore M. Danoff, Chengsen Xue, Yasuhiro Akai, Kazuhiro Dohi, Kuniko Kimura, Debra F. Higgins and Volker H. Haase and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of Clinical Investigation and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Masayuki Iwano

134 papers receiving 8.3k 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.

Evidence that fibroblasts derive from epithelium during tissue fibrosis

2002 1.6k citations Masayuki Iwano, Eric G. Neilson et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Evidence that fibroblasts derive from epithelium during tissue fibrosis

2002 1.4k citations Masayuki Iwano, Eric G. Neilson et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Hypoxia promotes fibrogenesis in vivo via HIF-1 stimulation of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition

2007 828 citations Debra F. Higgins, Kuniko Kimura et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Prolonged depletion of renal tubular thioredoxin following severe acute kidney injury is associated with transition to chronic kidney disease via G2/M cell cycle arrest 2025 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Sho Nishikawa, Kenji Kasuno, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mamiko Kobayashi, Seiji Yokoi, Naoki Takahashi, Hideki Kimura, Takahiko Ono, Eri Muso, Haruyoshi Yoshida, (unknown), Junji Yodoi, Fumihiko Namba, Masayuki Iwano, Tadashi Toyama	1
2	Feasibility of Renal Blood Flow Measurement Using 64Cu-ATSM PET/MRI: A Quantitative PET and MRI Study 2023 ·Diagnostics ·(unknown), Naoki Takahashi, Sho Nishikawa, (unknown), (unknown), Mamiko Kobayashi, Hideki Kimura, Tetsuya Tsujikawa, Kenji Kasuno, Tetsuya Mori, Yasushi Kiyono, Hidehiko Okazawa, Masayuki Iwano	3
3	Renoprotective effects of extracellular fibroblast specific protein 1 via nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor-mediated antioxidant activity 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·Naoki Takahashi, Seiji Yokoi, Hideki Kimura, Hironobu Naiki, Taiji Matsusaka, Yasuhiko Yamamoto, Kimihiko Nakatani, Kenji Kasuno, Masayuki Iwano	1
4	Urinary Thioredoxin as a Biomarker of Renal Redox Dysregulation and a Companion Diagnostic to Identify Responders to Redox-Modulating Therapeutics 2021 ·Antioxidants and Redox Signaling ·Kenji Kasuno, Junji Yodoi, Masayuki Iwano	4
5	Estimated glomerular filtration rate decline and risk of end-stage renal disease in type 2 diabetes 2018 ·PLoS ONE ·Megumi Oshima, Tadashi Toyama, Masakazu Haneda, Kengo Furuichi, Tetsuya Babazono, Hiroki Yokoyama, Kunitoshi Iseki, Shin‐ichi Araki, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Shigeko Hara, Yoshiki Suzuki, Masayuki Iwano, Eiji Kusano, Tatsumi Moriya, Hiroaki Satoh, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Miho Shimizu, Akinori Hara, Hirofumi Makino, Takashi Wada	27
6	Elevated Levels of Urinary Extracellular Vesicle Fibroblast-Specific Protein 1 in Patients with Active Crescentic Glomerulonephritis 2018 ·The Nephron journals/Nephron journals ·Yukie Morikawa, Naoki Takahashi, Kazuko Kamiyama, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mamiko Kobayashi, (unknown), Seiji Yokoi, Daisuke Mikami, Hideki Kimura, Kenji Kasuno, (unknown), Hironobu Naiki, Masanori Hara, Masayuki Iwano	14
7	Newly recognized cerebral infarctions on postmortem imaging: a report of three cases with systemic infectious disease 2017 ·BMC Medical Imaging ·Sakon Noriki, (unknown), Kunihiro Inai, Toyohiko Sakai, Hirohiko Kimura, Takahiro Yamauchi, Masayuki Iwano, Hironobu Naiki	7
8	Dietary phosphate supplementation delays the onset of iron deficiency anemia and affects iron status in rats 2015 ·Nutrition Research ·(unknown), Hironori Yamamoto, (unknown), Shoko Ikeda, (unknown), Masashi Masuda, Mariko Ishiguro, Masayuki Iwano, Eiji Takeda, Yutaka Taketani	4
9	A case of synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome complicated by IgA nephropathy with nephrotic syndrome 2015 ·CEN Case Reports ·(unknown), Kimihiko Nakatani, Osamu Asai, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Masayuki Iwano, Hideo Shiiki	2
10	Telmisartan, a possible PPAR-δ agonist, reduces TNF-α-stimulated VEGF-C production by inhibiting the p38MAPK/HSP27 pathway in human proximal renal tubular cells 2014 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Hideki Kimura, Daisuke Mikami, Kazuko Kamiyama, (unknown), Kenji Kasuno, Naoki Takahashi, Haruyoshi Yoshida, Masayuki Iwano	13
11	Enhanced expression of the soluble form of E‐selectin attenuates progression of lupus nephritis and vasculitis in MRL/lpr mice 2013 ·Immunity Inflammation and Disease ·Kimihiko Nakatani, Shuhei Yoshimoto, Osamu Asai, Hirokazu Sakan, Miho Terada, Yoshihiko Saito, Masato Nose, Masayuki Iwano, Noboru Konishi	8
12	Significance of renal biopsy in patients with presumed diabetic nephropathy 2012 ·Journal of Diabetes Investigation ·Koji Harada, Yasuhiro Akai, (unknown), (unknown), Hiroki Takahashi, Yukinari Yamaguchi, Atsushi Kubo, Masayuki Iwano, Yoshihiko Saito	20
13	Pdx1 and Ngn3 Overexpression Enhances Pancreatic Differentiation of Mouse ES Cell-Derived Endoderm Population 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Atsushi Kubo, Robert Stull, (unknown), (unknown), Valerie Gouon–Evans, Masayuki Sho, Masayuki Iwano, Yoshihiko Saito, Gordon Keller, Ralph Snodgrass	39
14	Non-Contrast MRI for the Evaluation of Hydronephrotic and Dysfunctioning Kidney Secondary to Testicular Cancer 2009 ·Renal Failure ·Satoshi Okayama, Masaru Matsui, Satoshi Somekawa, Masayuki Iwano, Yoshihiko Saito	2
15	the Homeobox Gene Hex Regulates Hepatocyte Differentiation From Embryonic Stem Cell–Derived Endoderm 2009 ·Hepatology ·Atsushi Kubo, Yon Hui Kim, Stefan Irion, Shogo Kasuda, (unknown), Kazuo Ohashi, Masayuki Iwano, Yoshiko Dohi, Yoshihiko Saito, Ralph Snodgrass, Gordon Keller	32
16	Hypoxia promotes fibrogenesis in vivo via HIF-1 stimulation of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition breakdown → 2007 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Debra F. Higgins, Kuniko Kimura, Wanja M. Bernhardt, (unknown), Yasuhiro Akai, Bernd Hohenstein, Yoshihiko Saito, Randall S. Johnson, Matthias Kretzler, Clemens D. Cohen, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Masayuki Iwano, Volker H. Haase	828
17	Fibroblast-specific protein 1 is a specific prognostic marker for renal survival in patients with IgAN 2005 ·Kidney International ·Yoshiharu Nishitani, Masayuki Iwano, Yukinari Yamaguchi, Koji Harada, Kimihiko Nakatani, Yasuhiro Akai, Toshihiko Nishino, Hideo Shiiki, Masao Kanauchi, Yoshihiko Saito, Eric G. Neilson	89
18	Increased Excretion of Urinary Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1 in Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy 1998 ·American Journal of Nephrology ·Hiroaki Sato, Masayuki Iwano, Yasuhiro Akai, Hideyuki Kurioka, Atsushi Kubo, Toru Yamaguchi, Eiji Hirata, Masao Kanauchi, Kazuhiro Dohi	50
19	Molecular Cloning and Expression of a Novel Peptide (LN1) Gene: Reduced Expression in the Renal Cortex of Lupus Nephritis in MRL/lpr Mouse 1996 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Masayuki Iwano, Satoshi Ueno, Masanobu Miyazaki, (unknown), Yoshitaka Nagai, Makito Hirano, Yoshiko Dohi, Yasuhiro Akai, Hideyuki Kurioka, Kazuhiro Dohi	7
20	Blood-membrane biocompatibility in hemodialysis patients: A study of interleukin-6 production and serum interleukin-6 levels. 1990 ·Journal of Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy ·T Hirayama, Yasuhiro Horii, Masayuki Iwano, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kazuhiro Dohi, (unknown)	1

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