Shigeo Ohta

21.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
281 papers, 15.7k citations indexed

About

Shigeo Ohta is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shigeo Ohta has authored 281 papers receiving a total of 15.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Molecular Biology, 56 papers in Surgery and 45 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Shigeo Ohta's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (65 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (48 papers) and Hydrogen's biological and therapeutic effects (44 papers). Shigeo Ohta is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (65 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (48 papers) and Hydrogen's biological and therapeutic effects (44 papers). Shigeo Ohta collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Shigeo Ohta's co-authors include Ikuroh Ohsawa, Sadamitsu Asoh, Kiyomi Nishimaki, Masahiro Ishikawa, Kumi Yamagata, Yasuo Kagawa, Ken‐ichiro Katsura, Yasuo Katayama, Kumiko Takahashi and Megumi Watanabe and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Shigeo Ohta

277 papers receiving 15.3k 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.

Hydrogen acts as a therapeutic antioxidant by selectively reducing cytotoxic oxygen radicals

2007 2.0k citations Ikuroh Ohsawa, Kiyomi Nishimaki et al. profile →
Deficiencies in Complex I subunits of the respiratory chain in Parkinson's disease

1989 589 citations Shigeo Ohta, Yasuo Kagawa et al. profile →
Molecular hydrogen as a preventive and therapeutic medical gas: initiation, development and potential of hydrogen medicine

2014 388 citations Shigeo Ohta profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shigeo Ohta

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Therapeutic Inhalation of Hydrogen Gas for Alzheimer’s Disease Patients and Subsequent Long-Term Follow-Up as a Disease-Modifying Treatment: An Open Label Pilot Study 2023 ·Pharmaceuticals ·Hirohisa Ono, Yoji Nishijima, Shigeo Ohta	13
2	Direct Targets and Subsequent Pathways for Molecular Hydrogen to Exert Multiple Functions: Focusing on Interventions in Radical Reactions 2020 ·Current Pharmaceutical Design ·Shigeo Ohta	18
3	Cisplatin selects short forms of the mitochondrial DNA OriB variant (16184–16193 poly-cytosine tract), which confer resistance to cisplatin 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Taku Amo, Naomi Kamimura, (unknown), Sadamitsu Asoh, Shigeo Ohta	3
4	Mitochondrial membrane potential decrease caused by loss of PINK1 is not due to proton leak, but to respiratory chain defects 2012 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·Taku Amo, Shigeto Sato, Shinji Saiki, Alexander M. Wolf, Masaaki Toyomizu, Clément Gautier, Jie Shen, Shigeo Ohta, Nobutaka Hattori	3
5	Opening of the New Japanese Balloon Base at the Taiki Aerospace Research Field 2010 ·TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN ·H. Fuke, Daisuke Akita, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jiro Kawada, (unknown), Eiichi Mizuta, (unknown), N. Nonaka, Shigeo Ohta, Y. Saito, Takatoshi Sato, (unknown), Atsushi Takada, Keisuke Tamura, (unknown), Kazuhiko Yamada, T. Yoshida	1
6	Investigation of cultivable microorganisms in the stratosphere collected by using a balloon in 2005 2009 ·JAXA Repository (JAXA) ·Yinjie Yang, Shin‐ichi Yokobori, (unknown), T. Yamagami, (unknown), (unknown), H. Fuke, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Shigeo Ohta, (unknown), Kazuhiko Yamada, (unknown), Akihiko Yamagishi	13
7	A novel protein found in the I bands of myofibrils is produced by alternative splicing of the DLST gene 2009 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects ·Sadayuki Matuda, Takuro Arimura, Akinori Kimura, Hiroaki Takekura, Shigeo Ohta, Kyoko Nakano	1
8	Are the effects of α‐glucosidase inhibitors on cardiovascular events related to elevated levels of hydrogen gas in the gastrointestinal tract? 2009 ·FEBS Letters ·Yoshihiko Suzuki, Motoaki Sano, Kentaro Hayashida, Ikuroh Ohsawa, Shigeo Ohta, Keiichi Fukuda	76
9	Therapeutic benefits of intrathecal protein therapy in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2008 ·Journal of Neuroscience Research ·Yasuyuki Ohta, Tatsushi Kamiya, Makiko Nagai, Tetsuya Nagata, Nobutoshi Morimoto, Kazunori Miyazaki, Tetsuro Murakami, Tomoko Kurata, Yasushi Takehisa, Yoshio Ikeda, Sadamitsu Asoh, Shigeo Ohta, Koji Abe	26
10	Cellular responses of rat periodontal ligament cells under hypoxia and re‐oxygenation conditions in vitro 2007 ·Journal of Periodontal Research ·(unknown), Kenichi Matsuzaka, Eitoyo Kokubu, Shigeo Ohta, Takashi Inoue	20
11	Positive Contribution of Pathogenic Mutations in the Mitochondrial Genome to the Promotion of Cancer by Prevention from Apoptosis 2005 ·Cancer Research ·Yujiro Shidara, Kumi Yamagata, Takashi Kanamori, Kazutoshi Nakano, Jennifer Q. Kwong, Giovanni Manfredi, Hideaki Oda, Shigeo Ohta	234
12	A Multi-Functional Organelle Mitochondrion is Involved in Cell Death, Proliferation and Disease 2003 ·Current Medicinal Chemistry ·Shigeo Ohta	32
13	Accumulation of somatic mutation in mitochondrial DNA extracted from peripheral blood cells in diabetic patients 2002 ·Diabetologia ·Takashi Nomiyama, Yasutaka Tanaka, Nobutaka Hattori, Kiyomi Nishimaki, Kazunori Nagasaka, Ryuzo Kawamori, Shigeo Ohta	38
14	Decreased Expression of Bcl‐x Protein during Hepatocarcinogenesis Induced Exogenously and Endogenously in Rats 2001 ·Japanese Journal of Cancer Research ·Yutaka Hatanaka, Dai Nakae, Mamoru Mutai, Kaoru Hashizume, (unknown), Noriaki Kinoshita, Yoichi Tani, Gen‐ichi Danno, Shigeo Ohta, Yoichi Konishi, Hitoshi Ashida	5
15	Case Reports 1999 ·Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica ·(unknown), Takehiko Yasumizu, (unknown), Shigeo Ohta, Kazuei Hoshi	8
16	Content of mutant mitochondrial DNA and organ dysfunction in a patient with a MELAS subgroup of mitochondrial encephalomyopathies 1993 ·Journal of the Neurological Sciences ·(unknown), Akiko Ishii, Hiroyuki Iwamoto, Hidehiro Mizusawa, Yasuo Kagawa, Shigeo Ohta	35
17	Data transfer system using a multi-ID ARGOS transmitter for the Antarctic Polar Patrol Balloon experiment 1992 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Ryoichi Fujii, (unknown), Shigeo Ohta	2
18	Polar Patrol Balloon (PPB) experiment of the 30th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (1989-1990) 1991 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Akira Kadokura, Masaki Ejiri, Shigeo Ohta, (unknown)	3
19	Polar Patrol Balloon experiment during 1991-1993 1989 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Ryoichi Fujii, Hiroshi Miyaoka, Akira Kadokura, Takayuki Ono, Hisao Yamagishi, Natsuo Sato, Masaki Ejiri, Takeo Hirasawa, Jun Nishimura, (unknown), T. Yamagami, Shigeo Ohta, (unknown), K. Tsuruda, (unknown), H. Fukunishi, (unknown), Susumu Kokubun	6
20	A balloon observation of auroral X-ray images in the northern auroral zone 1987 ·Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research. Special issue ·(unknown), Hiroyuki Murakami, Atsushi Nakamoto, (unknown), (unknown), T. Yamagami, Shigeo Ohta, (unknown), Jun Nishimura, Hiroshi Miyaoka, Natsuo Sato, Ryoichi Fujii, (unknown)	2

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