Shigeru Akagi

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 935 citations indexed

About

Shigeru Akagi is a scholar working on Nephrology, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shigeru Akagi has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 935 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Nephrology, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Shigeru Akagi's work include Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (6 papers), Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (3 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (3 papers). Shigeru Akagi is often cited by papers focused on Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (6 papers), Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (3 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (3 papers). Shigeru Akagi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Philippines. Shigeru Akagi's co-authors include Hirofumi Makino, Jun Wada, Yashpal S. Kanwar, Atsuko Nakatsuka, Kazuyuki Hida, Akihiro Yasuhara, Izumi Hashimoto, Shinji Hourai, Eijiro Watanabe and Masako Baba and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Kidney International and Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

In The Last Decade

Shigeru Akagi

23 papers receiving 907 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.

Visceral adipose tissue-derived serine protease inhibitor: A unique insulin-sensitizing adipocytokine in obesity

2005 572 citations Kazuyuki Hida, Jun Wada et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shigeru Akagi Japan	12	399	295	164	160	147	23	935
Izumi Hashimoto Japan	14	415 1.0×	370 1.3×	68 0.4×	300 1.9×	202 1.4×	23	1.1k
Díez Jj Spain	7	553 1.4×	389 1.3×	55 0.3×	179 1.1×	228 1.6×	18	1.1k
Tomoatsu Nakamura Japan	18	397 1.0×	418 1.4×	76 0.5×	357 2.2×	147 1.0×	41	1.3k
Samy Hadjadj France	16	208 0.5×	172 0.6×	168 1.0×	196 1.2×	55 0.4×	32	808
Selami Süleymanoğlu Türkiye	15	134 0.3×	158 0.5×	70 0.4×	116 0.7×	98 0.7×	44	772
Figen Gürdöl Türkiye	21	125 0.3×	208 0.7×	51 0.3×	156 1.0×	89 0.6×	61	966
Jianmin Ran China	14	234 0.6×	148 0.5×	152 0.9×	182 1.1×	43 0.3×	41	795
Tiziana Ronti Italy	6	341 0.9×	317 1.1×	24 0.1×	126 0.8×	126 0.9×	7	822
Naoki Washida Japan	13	174 0.4×	214 0.7×	249 1.5×	246 1.5×	34 0.2×	50	883
Farook Thameem United States	16	161 0.4×	142 0.5×	174 1.1×	214 1.3×	30 0.2×	30	711

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shigeru Akagi

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Wada, Jun, Kazushi Nakao, Yuji Takatori, et al.. (2013). Long-term effect of cinacalcet hydrochloride on abdominal aortic calcification in patients on hemodialysis with secondary hyperparathyroidism. International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease. 7. 25–25. 16 indexed citations

Takaki, Akinobu, Yohei Maeshima, Takahito Yagi, et al.. (2012). Peritoneovenous shunting for refractory ascites results in worsening of nephrotic syndrome. Hepatology Research. 42(10). 1048–1053. 1 indexed citations

Inoue, Junko, Jun Wada, Sanae Teshigawara, et al.. (2012). The serum vaspin levels are reduced in Japanese chronic hemodialysis patients. BMC Nephrology. 13(1). 163–163. 13 indexed citations

Takatori, Yuji, Shigeru Akagi, Hitoshi Sugiyama, et al.. (2011). Icodextrin Increases Technique Survival Rate in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy by Improving Body Fluid Management. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 6(6). 1337–1344. 65 indexed citations

Akagi, Shigeru, Hitoshi Sugiyama, & Hirofumi Makino. (2008). [Infection and chronic kidney disease].. PubMed. 66(9). 1794–8. 5 indexed citations

Sugiyama, Hitoshi, M Maruyama, Hiroshi Morinaga, et al.. (2008). Unique microstructures and podocytic infolding in glomerular basement membrane associated with collagen diseases: a report of three cases. Clinical and Experimental Nephrology. 12(6). 450–454. 11 indexed citations

Morimoto, Hisanori, Jun Wada, B. Font, et al.. (2007). Procollagen C-proteinase enhancer-1 (PCPE-1) interacts with β2-microglobulin (β2-m) and may help initiate β2-m amyloid fibril formation in connective tissues. Matrix Biology. 27(3). 211–219. 10 indexed citations

Kanwar, Yashpal S., Shigeru Akagi, Lin Sun, et al.. (2005). Cell Biology of Diabetic Kidney Disease. Nephron Experimental Nephrology. 101(3). e100–e110. 13 indexed citations

Kanwar, Yashpal S., Baibaswata Nayak, Lin Sun, et al.. (2005). Hyperglycemia: its imminent effects on mammalian nephrogenesis. Pediatric Nephrology. 20(7). 858–866. 22 indexed citations

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Nakao, Kazushi, Shigeru Akagi, Takashi Kihara, et al.. (2005). Elevated serum interleukin‐18 levels might reflect the high risk of hospitalization in patients on peritoneal dialysis. Nephrology. 10(6). 576–582. 15 indexed citations

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Kanwar, Yashpal S., Shigeru Akagi, Baibaswata Nayak, et al.. (2005). Renal-specific oxidoreductase biphasic expression under high glucose ambience during fetal versus neonatal development. Kidney International. 68(4). 1670–1683. 11 indexed citations

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Hida, Kazuyuki, Jun Wada, Jun Eguchi, et al.. (2005). Visceral adipose tissue-derived serine protease inhibitor: A unique insulin-sensitizing adipocytokine in obesity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(30). 10610–10615. 572 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nayak, Baibaswata, Ping Xie, Shigeru Akagi, et al.. (2005). Modulation of renal-specific oxidoreductase/ myo -inositol oxygenase by high-glucose ambience. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(50). 17952–17957. 51 indexed citations

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Akagi, Shigeru, Taro Sugimoto, Hisanori Morimoto, et al.. (2004). The Critical Role of Src Homology Domain 2–Containing Tyrosine Phosphatase-1 in Recombinant Human Erythropoietin Hyporesponsive Anemia in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 15(12). 3215–3224. 18 indexed citations

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Kihara, Takashi, Hisanori Morimoto, Shigeru Akagi, et al.. (2004). Intravenous Vitamin D Therapy Reduces PTH-(1–84)/Large C Fragments Ratio in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients. Nephron Clinical Practice. 98(3). c93–c100. 4 indexed citations

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Nakao, Kazushi, Jun Wada, Kosuke Ota, et al.. (2003). Perturbation of autocrine/paracrine loops of burst-forming units of erythroid-derived cells in rHuEPO-hyporesponsive hemodialysis patients. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 41(3). 624–636. 3 indexed citations

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Akagi, Shigeru, Yoshio Nagake, Takashi Kihara, et al.. (2003). Significance of 8‐hydroxy‐2′‐deoxyguanosine levels in patients with chronic renal failure. Nephrology. 8(4). 192–195. 38 indexed citations

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Sugimoto, Taro, Yoshio Nagake, Shigeru Akagi, et al.. (2002). Plasma Orexin Concentrations in Patients on Hemodialysis. The Nephron journals/Nephron journals. 90(4). 379–383. 20 indexed citations

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Akagi, Shigeru, Yoshio Nagake, Taro Sugimoto, et al.. (2002). Plasma Neuropeptide Y Concentrations in Patients on Hemodialysis. The Nephron journals/Nephron journals. 92(2). 333–338. 4 indexed citations

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Yamasaki, Hiroko, et al.. (2001). Plasma Adrenomedullin Levels in Patients on Hemodialysis. The Nephron journals/Nephron journals. 89(1). 20–25. 8 indexed citations

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