Nobuyuki Takakura

15.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
182 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

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Nobuyuki Takakura is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nobuyuki Takakura has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Cancer Research and 34 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Nobuyuki Takakura's work include Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (59 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (24 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (19 papers). Nobuyuki Takakura is often cited by papers focused on Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (59 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (24 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (19 papers). Nobuyuki Takakura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Nobuyuki Takakura's co-authors include Hiroyasu Kidoya, Hisamichi Naito, Shin-Ichi Nishikawa, T Kishimoto, Takashi Nagasawa, Hitoshi Kikutani, Kazunobu Tachibana, Y Kitamura, Nobuaki Yoshida and Toshio Suda and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nobuyuki Takakura

180 papers receiving 10.9k citations

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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.

Defects of B-cell lymphopoiesis and bone-marrow myelopoiesis in mice lacking the CXC chemokine PBSF/SDF-1

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nobuyuki Takakura Japan	54	5.5k	2.8k	2.6k	1.4k	1.3k	182	11.1k
Beatrice Nico Italy	59	6.0k 1.1×	2.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	236	10.8k
Andrius Kazlauskas United States	60	9.8k 1.8×	2.4k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	2.2k 1.7×	188	15.1k
Natalie A. Sims Australia	63	7.6k 1.4×	4.6k 1.7×	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	533 0.4×	206	13.0k
Minetaro Ogawa Japan	52	6.5k 1.2×	2.1k 0.8×	3.1k 1.2×	932 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	155	11.5k
Carl Blobel United States	72	8.0k 1.4×	5.6k 2.0×	2.8k 1.1×	2.7k 1.9×	1.5k 1.1×	148	16.2k
Shigeki Higashiyama Japan	64	8.2k 1.5×	4.4k 1.6×	2.1k 0.8×	2.0k 1.4×	2.6k 2.0×	279	15.6k
Hellmut G. Augustin Germany	79	11.0k 2.0×	4.3k 1.5×	2.7k 1.0×	3.4k 2.4×	2.0k 1.5×	206	19.0k
Jan Kitajewski United States	76	11.6k 2.1×	3.6k 1.3×	2.3k 0.9×	2.3k 1.6×	1.6k 1.2×	180	17.7k
Wun-Jing Kuang United States	12	5.8k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	1.9k 1.4×	720 0.5×	12	11.7k
Kairbaan Hodivala‐Dilke United Kingdom	50	5.3k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	1.6k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	107	9.7k

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Muramatsu, Fumitaka, Tatsuya Suzuki, Teppei Shimamura, et al.. (2025). Vasoprotective effects of lysophosphatidic acid inhibit vascular injury caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 24622–24622.

Hayashi, Yumiko, et al.. (2024). Tumor endothelial cell-derived Sfrp1 supports the maintenance of cancer stem cells via Wnt signaling. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal. 60(10). 1123–1131. 2 indexed citations

Bal, Zeynep & Nobuyuki Takakura. (2024). Hydrogel Use in Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head. Gels. 10(8). 544–544. 3 indexed citations

Inukai, Koichi, Yumiko Hayashi, Fumitaka Muramatsu, et al.. (2023). Cancer apelin receptor suppresses vascular mimicry in malignant melanoma. Pathology & Oncology Research. 29. 1610867–1610867. 3 indexed citations

Inamura, Naoko, Shinji Go, Takashi Watanabe, et al.. (2021). Reduction in miR‐219 expression underlies cellular pathogenesis of oligodendrocytes in a mouse model of Krabbe disease. Brain Pathology. 31(5). e12951–e12951. 8 indexed citations

Naito, Hisamichi, Yonehiro Kanemura, Tomohiro Iba, et al.. (2018). LPA4-Mediated Vascular Network Formation Increases the Efficacy of Anti–PD-1 Therapy against Brain Tumors. Cancer Research. 78(23). 6607–6620. 33 indexed citations

Inamura, Naoko, Shinji Go, Soichiro Kishi, et al.. (2018). Developmental defects and aberrant accumulation of endogenous psychosine in oligodendrocytes in a murine model of Krabbe disease. Neurobiology of Disease. 120. 51–62. 16 indexed citations

Tai-Nagara, Ikue, Keisuke Okabe, Yuki Sugiura, et al.. (2017). Placental labyrinth formation in mice requires endothelial FLRT2–UNC5B signaling. Development. 144(13). 2392–2401. 22 indexed citations

Takara, Kazuhiro, Koji Ando, Daisuke Yasuda, et al.. (2017). Lysophosphatidic Acid Receptor 4 Activation Augments Drug Delivery in Tumors by Tightening Endothelial Cell-Cell Contact. Cell Reports. 20(9). 2072–2086. 40 indexed citations

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Naito, Hisamichi, Taku Wakabayashi, Hiroyasu Kidoya, et al.. (2016). Endothelial Side Population Cells Contribute to Tumor Angiogenesis and Antiangiogenic Drug Resistance. Cancer Research. 76(11). 3200–3210. 67 indexed citations

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Sato, Yuji, Masakazu Yashiro, & Nobuyuki Takakura. (2013). Heregulin induces resistance to lapatinib‐mediated growth inhibition of HER2‐amplified cancer cells. Cancer Science. 104(12). 1618–1625. 33 indexed citations

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Kinugasa, Yumi & Nobuyuki Takakura. (2012). Monoclonal Antibody Selectively Recognizing Murine But Not Human CD44. Hybridoma. 31(4). 262–266. 2 indexed citations

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Yamane, Toshiyuki, et al.. (2012). Origins and Properties of Dental, Thymic, and Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Cells and Their Stem Cells. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e46436–e46436. 60 indexed citations

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Ueno, Masaya, S. Miyamoto, Eiichi Morii, et al.. (2010). PSF1, a DNA Replication Factor Expressed Widely in Stem and Progenitor Cells, Drives Tumorigenic and Metastatic Properties. Cancer Research. 70(3). 1215–1224. 57 indexed citations

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Kumasawa, Keiichi, Masahito Ikawa, Hiroyasu Kidoya, et al.. (2010). Pravastatin induces placental growth factor (PGF) and ameliorates preeclampsia in a mouse model. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(4). 1451–1455. 286 indexed citations

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Sugihara, Kazushi, Atsushi Hirao, Nobuyuki Takakura, et al.. (2009). Neural-specific ablation of the scaffold protein JSAP1 in mice causes neonatal death. Kanazawa University Repository for Academic Resources (DSpace) (Kanazawa University). 10 indexed citations

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Huang, Xiaoyong, Yoshihiro Yamada, Hiroyasu Kidoya, et al.. (2007). EphB4 Overexpression in B16 Melanoma Cells Affects Arterial-Venous Patterning in Tumor Angiogenesis. Cancer Research. 67(20). 9800–9808. 28 indexed citations

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Takakura, Nobuyuki. (2001). Roles of angiopoietin and TIE2 receptor angiogenesis. 21(6). 615–623. 1 indexed citations

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Takakura, Nobuyuki, Kunihiro Tsuchida, Hiroaki Kodama, et al.. (1997). Expressions ofPDGF receptor alpha, c‐KitandFlk1genes clustering in mouse chromosome 5 define distinct subsets of nascent mesodermal cells. Development Growth & Differentiation. 39(6). 729–740. 185 indexed citations

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Oka, Kouji, Toshiyuki Ohno, Kenkichi Kita, et al.. (1994). PRAD1 gene over‐expression in mantle‐cell lymphoma but not in other low‐grade B‐cell lymphomas, including extranodal lymphoma. British Journal of Haematology. 86(4). 786–791. 59 indexed citations

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