Ritsuko Katafuchi

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

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Ritsuko Katafuchi is a scholar working on Nephrology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ritsuko Katafuchi has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Nephrology, 14 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 12 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ritsuko Katafuchi's work include Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (50 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (28 papers) and Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases (9 papers). Ritsuko Katafuchi is often cited by papers focused on Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (50 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (28 papers) and Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases (9 papers). Ritsuko Katafuchi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Greece and United States. Ritsuko Katafuchi's co-authors include Tetsuro Yanase, Hideki Hirakata, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Satoshi Fujimi, Zhihong Liu, Rosanna Coppo, Hong Zhang, Koji Mitsuiki and John Feehally and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Kidney International.

In The Last Decade

Ritsuko Katafuchi

51 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Evaluating a New International Risk-Prediction Tool in IgA Nephropathy

2019 281 citations Rosanna Coppo, Hong Zhang et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ritsuko Katafuchi Japan	20	1.6k	533	388	358	200	53	1.8k
Sean J. Barbour Canada	21	1.2k 0.7×	314 0.6×	243 0.6×	301 0.8×	162 0.8×	47	1.6k
Shuichiro Fujinaga Japan	18	847 0.5×	331 0.6×	227 0.6×	154 0.4×	135 0.7×	106	1.2k
Mitsuyo Itabashi Japan	20	897 0.6×	257 0.5×	154 0.4×	351 1.0×	156 0.8×	76	1.2k
Shouichi Fujimoto Japan	27	884 0.6×	171 0.3×	277 0.7×	829 2.3×	180 0.9×	81	2.0k
Keiichi Sumida Japan	23	751 0.5×	169 0.3×	135 0.3×	328 0.9×	127 0.6×	122	1.5k
F Mignon France	22	814 0.5×	205 0.4×	172 0.4×	428 1.2×	289 1.4×	70	1.9k
Philippe Vanhille France	24	978 0.6×	280 0.5×	304 0.8×	900 2.5×	346 1.7×	52	2.4k
Noriko Hayami Japan	22	660 0.4×	160 0.3×	118 0.3×	337 0.9×	129 0.6×	134	1.5k
Battista Fabio Viola Italy	17	870 0.5×	153 0.3×	82 0.2×	414 1.2×	123 0.6×	26	1.5k
Gema Fernández‐Juárez Spain	19	591 0.4×	152 0.3×	68 0.2×	295 0.8×	173 0.9×	80	1.1k

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Koike, Kentaro, Tetsuya Kawamura, Keita Hirano, et al.. (2023). Clinicopathological prognostic stratification for proteinuria and kidney survival in IgA nephropathy: a Japanese prospective cohort study. Clinical Kidney Journal. 17(1). sfad294–sfad294. 3 indexed citations

Joh, Kensuke, Akinori Hashiguchi, Akira Shimizu, et al.. (2022). Structural modeling for Oxford histological classifications of immunoglobulin A nephropathy. PLoS ONE. 17(9). e0268731–e0268731. 3 indexed citations

Kawaguchi, Takehiko, Toshiyuki Imasawa, Moritoshi Kadomura, et al.. (2021). Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis histologic variants and renal outcomes based on nephrotic syndrome, immunosuppression and proteinuria remission. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 37(9). 1679–1690. 5 indexed citations

Katafuchi, Ritsuko, Hiroshi Nagae, Kosuke Masutani, et al.. (2021). Clinicopathological significance of light chain deposition in IgA nephropathy. Clinical and Experimental Nephrology. 25(6). 621–632. 3 indexed citations

Kawai, Yasuhiro, Kosuke Masutani, Kumiko Torisu, et al.. (2018). Association between serum albumin level and incidence of end-stage renal disease in patients with Immunoglobulin A nephropathy: A possible role of albumin as an antioxidant agent. PLoS ONE. 13(5). e0196655–e0196655. 25 indexed citations

Haas, Mark, Jacobien C. Verhave, Zhihong Liu, et al.. (2016). A Multicenter Study of the Predictive Value of Crescents in IgA Nephropathy. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 28(2). 691–701. 216 indexed citations

Yuzawa, Yukio, Ryohei Yamamoto, Kazuo Takahashi, et al.. (2016). Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for IgA nephropathy 2014. Clinical and Experimental Nephrology. 20(4). 511–535. 54 indexed citations

Tanaka, Shigeru, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Ritsuko Katafuchi, et al.. (2013). Development and Validation of a Prediction Rule Using the Oxford Classification in IgA Nephropathy. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 8(12). 2082–2090. 85 indexed citations

Katafuchi, Ritsuko, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Masaharu Nagata, Koji Mitsuiki, & Hideki Hirakata. (2011). Validation Study of Oxford Classification of IgA Nephropathy. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 6(12). 2806–2813. 113 indexed citations

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Yamada, Shunsuke, Kohsuke Masutani, Ritsuko Katafuchi, et al.. (2008). Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis with intramembranous vesicle-like microstructures and podocytic infolding lesion. Clinical and Experimental Nephrology. 12(6). 509–512. 8 indexed citations

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Katafuchi, Ritsuko, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Tohru Mizumasa, et al.. (2008). The improvement of renal survival with steroid pulse therapy in IgA nephropathy. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 23(12). 3915–3920. 29 indexed citations

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Sanai, Toru, Seiya Okuda, Takahiro Yoshimitsu, et al.. (2007). Nodular glomerulosclerosis in patients without any manifestation of diabetes mellitus. Nephrology. 12(1). 69–73. 11 indexed citations

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Hirakawa, Makoto, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Masanori Tokumoto, et al.. (2006). Expression of synaptopodin and GLEPP1 as markers of steroid responsiveness in primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Life Sciences. 79(8). 757–763. 15 indexed citations

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Kubo, Michiaki, Yutaka Kiyohara, Isao Kato, et al.. (2003). Risk factors for renal glomerular and vascular changes in an autopsy-based population survey: The Hisayama Study. Kidney International. 63(4). 1508–1515. 71 indexed citations

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Katafuchi, Ritsuko, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Tohru Mizumasa, et al.. (2003). Controlled, prospective trial of steroid treatment in IgA nephropathy: a limitation of low-dose prednisolone therapy. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 41(5). 972–983. 98 indexed citations

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Mizumasa, Tohru, Michiya Shinozaki, Taihei Yanagida, et al.. (2002). Superimposition of post-streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis on the course of IgA nephropathy: predominance of Th1 type immune response. Clinical Nephrology. 58(9). 224–230. 5 indexed citations

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Nakayama, Masaru, Ritsuko Katafuchi, Tetsuro Yanase, et al.. (2002). Steroid responsiveness and frequency of relapse in adult-onset minimal change nephrotic syndrome. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 39(3). 503–512. 98 indexed citations

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Tokumoto, Masanori, Kyoichi Fukuda, Michiya Shinozaki, et al.. (1999). Acute interstitial nephritis with immune complex deposition and MHC class II antigen presentation along the tubular basement membrane. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 14(9). 2210–2215. 8 indexed citations

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Washio, Masakazu, et al.. (1995). Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis with the nephrotic range of proteinuria. International Urology and Nephrology. 27(4). 457–464. 4 indexed citations

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Gallo, Gloria R., et al.. (1988). Prognostic Pathologic Markers in IgA Nephropathy. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 12(5). 362–365. 19 indexed citations

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