Shigeki Shibahara

18.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
227 papers, 15.6k citations indexed

About

Shigeki Shibahara is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Shigeki Shibahara has authored 227 papers receiving a total of 15.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 163 papers in Molecular Biology, 81 papers in Cell Biology and 51 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Shigeki Shibahara's work include Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (73 papers), melanin and skin pigmentation (64 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (46 papers). Shigeki Shibahara is often cited by papers focused on Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (73 papers), melanin and skin pigmentation (64 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (46 papers). Shigeki Shibahara collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Switzerland. Shigeki Shibahara's co-authors include Kazuhiro Takahashi, Desmond J. Tobin, Andrzej Słomiński, Jacobo Wortsman, Kazuhisa Takeda, Ken‐ichi Yasumoto, Rolf Müller, Hayao Taguchi, Tadashi Yoshida and Yasushi Tomita and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Shigeki Shibahara

224 papers receiving 15.1k 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.

Melanin Pigmentation in Mammalian Skin and Its Hormonal Regulation

2004 1.6k citations Shigeki Shibahara et al. profile →
Hemoprotein Bach1 regulates enhancer availability of heme oxygenase-1 gene

2002 556 citations Shigeki Shibahara et al. profile →
Cloning and expression of cDNA for rat heme oxygenase.

1985 401 citations Shigeki Shibahara, Rolf Müller et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shigeki Shibahara Japan	66	9.6k	5.7k	2.5k	1.8k	1.3k	227	15.6k
Saverio Cinti Italy	81	10.4k 1.1×	2.7k 0.5×	2.2k 0.9×	843 0.5×	553 0.4×	293	32.9k
Shigeaki Kato Japan	93	16.4k 1.7×	1.9k 0.3×	1.8k 0.7×	713 0.4×	5.0k 3.9×	478	31.8k
Ulf T. Brunk Sweden	79	9.0k 0.9×	2.1k 0.4×	1.7k 0.7×	441 0.2×	640 0.5×	253	18.2k
Hajime Nakamura Japan	75	11.5k 1.2×	1.5k 0.3×	1.4k 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	508	19.9k
Ormond A. MacDougald United States	70	13.2k 1.4×	1.3k 0.2×	1.2k 0.5×	431 0.2×	710 0.6×	170	22.8k
Satoru Takahashi Japan	68	13.0k 1.4×	1.7k 0.3×	756 0.3×	502 0.3×	743 0.6×	394	21.7k
Thomas von Zglinicki United Kingdom	77	10.5k 1.1×	976 0.2×	642 0.3×	1.1k 0.6×	473 0.4×	219	25.1k
Domenico Accili United States	92	18.8k 2.0×	2.1k 0.4×	982 0.4×	826 0.4×	658 0.5×	271	31.5k
Holly Van Remmen United States	68	12.6k 1.3×	1.4k 0.3×	1.5k 0.6×	561 0.3×	689 0.5×	220	20.5k
Paul Trayhurn United Kingdom	76	3.6k 0.4×	1.7k 0.3×	4.0k 1.6×	757 0.4×	635 0.5×	292	21.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Shigeki Shibahara

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Sangartit, Weerapon, Poungrat Pakdeechote, Veerapol Kukongviriyapan, et al.. (2016). Tetrahydrocurcumin in combination with deferiprone attenuates hypertension, vascular dysfunction, baroreflex dysfunction, and oxidative stress in iron-overloaded mice. Vascular Pharmacology. 87. 199–208. 32 indexed citations

Takeda, Kazuhisa, et al.. (2014). Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor as the molecular target of cadmium toxicity in human melanocytes. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 454(4). 594–599. 9 indexed citations

Li, Yin, Changtao Jiang, Xian Wang, et al.. (2007). Adrenomedullin is a novel adipokine: Adrenomedullin in adipocytes and adipose tissues. Peptides. 28(5). 1129–1143. 59 indexed citations

Zhang, Yongzhao, Kazumichi Furuyama, Kiriko Kaneko, et al.. (2006). Hypoxia reduces the expression of heme oxygenase‐2 in various types of human cell lines. FEBS Journal. 273(14). 3136–3147. 38 indexed citations

Yokoyama, Satoru, Kazuhisa Takeda, & Shigeki Shibahara. (2006). Functional Difference of the SOX10 Mutant Proteins Responsible for the Phenotypic Variability in Auditory-Pigmentary Disorders. The Journal of Biochemistry. 140(4). 491–499. 10 indexed citations

Takahashi, Kazuhiro, et al.. (2003). Suppression of cytokine-induced expression of adrenomedullin and endothelin-1 by dexamethasone in T98G human glioblastoma cells. Peptides. 24(7). 1053–1062. 14 indexed citations

Sunamura, Makoto, Dan G. Duda, Maivel H. Ghattas, et al.. (2003). Heme oxygenase-1 accelerates tumor angiogenesis of human pancreatic cancer. Angiogenesis. 6(1). 15–24. 180 indexed citations

Saitô, Hideo, Ken‐ichi Yasumoto, Kazuhisa Takeda, et al.. (2003). Microphthalmia‐Associated Transcription Factor in the Wnt Signaling Pathway. Pigment Cell Research. 16(3). 261–265. 82 indexed citations

Kanai, Masayo, Kazuhiro Akaba, Ayako Sasaki, et al.. (2003). Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia in Japanese Neonates: Analysis of the Heme Oxygenase-1 Gene and Fetal Hemoglobin Composition in Cord Blood. Pediatric Research. 54(2). 165–171. 32 indexed citations

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Shibahara, Shigeki, Kazuhisa Takeda, Ken‐ichi Yasumoto, et al.. (2001). Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor (MITF): Multiplicity in Structure, Function, and Regulation. Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings. 6(1). 99–104. 150 indexed citations

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Udono, Tetsuo, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Shoko Takano, Shigeki Shibahara, & Makoto Tamai. (1999). Elevated adrenomedullin in the vitreous of patients with proliferative vitreoretinopathy. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 128(6). 765–767. 19 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Kazuhiro, Masaaki Nakayama, & Shigeki Shibahara. (1998). Production and secretion of neuropeptides by nervous system tumors. 11(5). 237–241. 6 indexed citations

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Hara, Eishi, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Toshihiro Kumabe, et al.. (1996). Expression of Heme Oxygenase and Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase mRNA in Human Brain Tumors. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 224(1). 153–158. 96 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Kazuhiro, Eishi Hara, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Hironobu Sasano, & Shigeki Shibahara. (1996). Expression of Heme Oxygenase Isozyme mRNAs in the Human Brain and Induction of Heme Oxygenase‐1 by Nitric Oxide Donors. Journal of Neurochemistry. 67(2). 482–489. 87 indexed citations

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Lutton, J. D., Miki Nishimura, Richard D. Levere, et al.. (1993). Coexpression of erythropoietin and heme oxygenase genes in Hep3B cells. Hepatology. 17(5). 861–868. 4 indexed citations

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Sato, Maria Notomi, Yoshiyuki Fukushi, S. Ishizawa, et al.. (1989). Transcriptional control of the rat heme oxygenase gene by a nuclear protein that interacts with adenovirus 2 major late promoter. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264(17). 10251–10260. 36 indexed citations

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Shibahara, Shigeki, Yasushi Tomita, Hachiro Tagami, Rita Müller, & Tirza Cohen. (1988). Molecular basis for the heterogeneity of human tyrosinase.. The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 156(4). 403–414. 90 indexed citations

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Davidson, Jeffrey M., et al.. (1981). Developmental Regulation of Elastin Synthesis. Connective Tissue Research. 8(3-4). 209–212. 12 indexed citations

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Shibahara, Shigeki, et al.. (1981). Modulation of tropoelastin production and elastin messenger ribonucleic acid activity in developing sheep lung. Biochemistry. 20(23). 6577–6584. 52 indexed citations

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T, Ise, et al.. (1976). Leukocyte cyclic-3', 5'-nucleotide phosphodiesterase activity in human bronchial asthma.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 37(3). 201–7. 6 indexed citations

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