Takashi Kadowaki

111.1k total citations · 22 hit papers
869 papers, 62.0k citations indexed

About

Takashi Kadowaki is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Takashi Kadowaki has authored 869 papers receiving a total of 62.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 349 papers in Molecular Biology, 285 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 188 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Takashi Kadowaki's work include Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (143 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (136 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (122 papers). Takashi Kadowaki is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (143 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (136 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (122 papers). Takashi Kadowaki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Takashi Kadowaki's co-authors include Toshimasa Yamauchi, Kohjiro Ueki, Naoto Kubota, Kazuyuki Tobe, Yasuo Terauchi, Ryozo Nagai, Kazuo Hara, Yoshio Yazaki, Hirotsugu Ueshima and Satoshi Kimura and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Takashi Kadowaki

846 papers receiving 60.6k citations

Hit Papers

Adiponectin stimulates glucose utilization and fatty-acid... 1994 2026 2004 2015 2002 2005 2009 2009 2010 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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.

  1. Adiponectin stimulates glucose utilization and fatty-acid oxidation by activating AMP-activated protein kinase
    2002 3.4k citations Toshimasa Yamauchi, Junji Kamon et al. profile →
  2. Adiponectin and Adiponectin Receptors
    2005 2.1k citations Takashi Kadowaki, Toshimasa Yamauchi profile →
  3. CD8+ effector T cells contribute to macrophage recruitment and adipose tissue inflammation in obesity
    2009 1.8k citations Ichiro Manabe, Mitsuru Ohsugi et al. profile →
  4. Diabetes in Asia
    2009 1.6k citations Takashi Kadowaki et al. profile →
  5. Report of the Committee on the Classification and Diagnostic Criteria of Diabetes Mellitus
    2010 1.5k citations Takashi Kadowaki, Kohjiro Ueki et al. Journal of Diabetes Investigation profile →
  6. Disruption of Adiponectin Causes Insulin Resistance and Neointimal Formation
    2002 984 citations Yasuo Terauchi, Toshimasa Yamauchi et al. profile →
  7. Troglitazone increases the number of small adipocytes without the change of white adipose tissue mass in obese Zucker rats.
    1998 875 citations Kohjiro Ueki, Takashi Kadowaki et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  8. Insulin resistance and growth retardation in mice lacking insulin receptor substrate-1
    1994 859 citations Takashi Kadowaki, Kazuyuki Tobe et al. profile →
  9. Impaired Multimerization of Human Adiponectin Mutants Associated with Diabetes
    2003 845 citations Hironori Waki, Toshimasa Yamauchi et al. profile →
  10. International Union of Pharmacology. LXI. Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
    2006 813 citations Takashi Kadowaki et al. profile →
  11. Growth retardation and increased apoptosis in mice with homozygous disruption of the akt1 gene
    2001 777 citations Ryo Suzuki, Kazuyuki Tobe et al. profile →
  12. PPAR γ insufficiency enhances osteogenesis through osteoblast formation from bone marrow progenitors
    2004 677 citations Naoto Kubota, Yasuo Terauchi et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  13. Report of the Committee on the classification and diagnostic criteria of diabetes mellitus
    2002 637 citations Takashi Kadowaki et al. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice profile →
  14. PPAR γ insufficiency enhances osteogenesis through osteoblast formation from bone marrow progenitors
    2004 631 citations Naoto Kubota, Yasuo Terauchi et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  15. A small-molecule AdipoR agonist for type 2 diabetes and short life in obesity
    2013 598 citations Toshimasa Yamauchi, Kohjiro Ueki et al. profile →
  16. The Mechanisms by Which Both Heterozygous Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ (PPARγ) Deficiency and PPARγ Agonist Improve Insulin Resistance
    2001 550 citations Toshimasa Yamauchi, Junji Kamon et al. profile →
  17. Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors in Asia
    2008 549 citations Hirotsugu Ueshima, Akira Sekikawa et al. profile →
  18. Report of the Committee on the classification and diagnostic criteria of diabetes mellitus
    2010 520 citations Takashi Kadowaki, Kohjiro Ueki et al. profile →
  19. A simple method to estimate populational 24-h urinary sodium and potassium excretion using a casual urine specimen
    2002 520 citations Tomonori Okamura, Katsuyuki Miura et al. profile →
  20. Oral semaglutide versus subcutaneous liraglutide and placebo in type 2 diabetes (PIONEER 4): a randomised, double-blind, phase 3a trial
    2019 411 citations Takashi Kadowaki et al. profile →
  21. Role of Insulin Resistance in MAFLD
    2021 269 citations Naoto Kubota, Toshimasa Yamauchi et al. profile →
  22. Semaglutide once a week in adults with overweight or obesity, with or without type 2 diabetes in an east Asian population (STEP 6): a randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, placebo-controlled, phase 3a trial
    2022 205 citations Takashi Kadowaki, Kazuyuki Tobe et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Takashi Kadowaki Japan 119 25.1k 17.1k 16.3k 14.1k 10.4k 869 62.0k
Iichiro Shimomura Japan 99 15.9k 0.6× 24.9k 1.5× 19.3k 1.2× 11.1k 0.8× 11.5k 1.1× 668 56.5k
C. Ronald Kahn United States 143 36.9k 1.5× 13.6k 0.8× 26.6k 1.6× 13.9k 1.0× 14.4k 1.4× 515 74.9k
Bart Staels France 147 41.5k 1.7× 18.4k 1.1× 18.2k 1.1× 13.1k 0.9× 17.1k 1.6× 789 78.9k
Gökhan S. Hotamışlıgil United States 105 26.3k 1.0× 29.9k 1.7× 24.3k 1.5× 8.1k 0.6× 9.6k 0.9× 178 71.9k
Jerrold M. Olefsky United States 136 34.7k 1.4× 19.1k 1.1× 24.9k 1.5× 15.5k 1.1× 12.4k 1.2× 592 72.0k
Philipp E. Scherer United States 135 26.9k 1.1× 32.5k 1.9× 31.5k 1.9× 6.4k 0.5× 7.3k 0.7× 503 74.4k
Yūji Matsuzawa Japan 123 16.7k 0.7× 36.8k 2.1× 25.2k 1.5× 13.5k 1.0× 14.8k 1.4× 700 80.5k
Johan Auwerx Switzerland 157 51.3k 2.0× 19.7k 1.1× 29.9k 1.8× 8.0k 0.6× 12.8k 1.2× 638 96.6k
Mitchell A. Lazar United States 125 30.0k 1.2× 12.7k 0.7× 16.7k 1.0× 6.6k 0.5× 3.7k 0.4× 325 56.1k
Markku Laakso Finland 117 16.3k 0.6× 9.8k 0.6× 13.5k 0.8× 23.4k 1.7× 11.7k 1.1× 673 58.2k

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All Works

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Ihana‐Sugiyama, Noriko, Takehiro Sugiyama, Kenjiro Imai, et al.. (2024). Implementation rate of diabetic self‐management education and support for Japanese people with diabetes using the National Database. Journal of Diabetes Investigation. 15(7). 861–866. 1 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Tetsuro & Takashi Kadowaki. (2024). Slowly progressive insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in type 1 diabetes endotype 2. Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 20(5). 312–312. 1 indexed citations
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Yamaguchi, Satoko, Akira Okada, Shinji Sunaga, et al.. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare service use for non-COVID-19 patients in Japan: retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 12(4). e060390–e060390. 38 indexed citations
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Kato, Asuka, Yuko Fujimaki, Shin Fujimori, et al.. (2021). Associations between diabetes duration and self-stigma development in Japanese people with type 2 diabetes: a secondary analysis of cross-sectional data. BMJ Open. 11(12). e055013–e055013. 9 indexed citations
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Kadowaki, Sayaka, Takashi Kadowaki, Atsushi Hozawa, et al.. (2020). Differences between home blood pressure and strictly measured office blood pressure and their determinants in Japanese men. Hypertension Research. 44(1). 80–87. 5 indexed citations
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Igarashi, Masaki, Eric O. Williams, Frank Jaksch, et al.. (2019). NAD + supplementation rejuvenates aged gut adult stem cells. Aging Cell. 18(3). e12935–e12935. 104 indexed citations
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Nazare, Julie‐Anne, Jessica Smith, Anne‐Laure Borel, et al.. (2014). Usefulness of Measuring Both Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference for the Estimation of Visceral Adiposity and Related Cardiometabolic Risk Profile (from the INSPIRE ME IAA Study). The American Journal of Cardiology. 115(3). 307–315. 126 indexed citations
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Yamada, Tomohide, et al.. (2013). Male pattern baldness and its association with coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 3(4). e002537–e002537. 27 indexed citations
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Eguchi, Kosei, Ichiro Manabe, Yumiko Tanaka, et al.. (2012). Saturated Fatty Acid and TLR Signaling Link β Cell Dysfunction and Islet Inflammation. Cell Metabolism. 15(4). 518–533. 427 indexed citations
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Sekikawa, Akira, Takashi Kadowaki, J. David Curb, et al.. (2010). Circulating Levels of 8 Cytokines and Marine n-3 Fatty Acids and Indices of Obesity in Japanese, White, and Japanese American Middle-Aged Men. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 30(7). 541–548. 17 indexed citations
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Wakabayashi, Keiji, et al.. (2009). Metabolic syndrome : carcinogenesis and prevention : Extended abstracts for the 39th International Symposium of the Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund : November 11-13, 2008 Tokyo, Japan. 2 indexed citations
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Asano, Takeharu, Kiyotaka Watanabe, Naoto Kubota, et al.. (2009). Adiponectin knockout mice on high fat diet develop fibrosing steatohepatitis. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 24(10). 1669–1676. 89 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Koshi, Tomonori Okamura, Takehito Hayakawa, et al.. (2007). The Proportion of Individuals with Alcohol-Induced Hypertension among Total Hypertensives in a General Japanese Population: NIPPON DATA90. Hypertension Research. 30(8). 663–668. 46 indexed citations
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Ishikawa, Makoto, Joji Kitayama, Toshimasa Yamauchi, et al.. (2007). Adiponectin inhibits the growth and peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer through its specific membrane receptors AdipoR1 and AdipoR2. Cancer Science. 98(7). 1120–1127. 118 indexed citations
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Hozawa, Atsushi, Yoshitaka Murakami, Tomonori Okamura, et al.. (2006). Relation of Adult Height With Stroke Mortality in Japan. Stroke. 38(1). 22–26. 42 indexed citations
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Dodge, Hiroko H., Takashi Kadowaki, Takehito Hayakawa, et al.. (2005). Cognitive Impairment as a Strong Predictor of Incident Disability in Specific ADL-IADL Tasks Among Community-Dwelling Elders: The Azuchi Study. The Gerontologist. 45(2). 222–230. 163 indexed citations
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Yamauchi, Toshimasa, Yuichi Oike, Junji Kamon, et al.. (2002). Increased insulin sensitivity despite lipodystrophy in Crebbp heterozygous mice. Nature Genetics. 30(2). 221–226. 135 indexed citations
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Fukao, Taro, Taketo Yamada, M. Tanabe, et al.. (2002). Selective loss of gastrointestinal mast cells and impaired immunity in PI3K-deficient mice. Nature Immunology. 3(3). 295–304. 170 indexed citations
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Ogata, Naoshi, Daichi Chikazu, Naoto Kubota, et al.. (2000). Insulin receptor substrate-1 in osteoblast is indispensable for maintaining bone turnover. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 105(7). 935–943. 218 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Yoshihiko, Hiroko Kadowaki, Matsuo Taniyama, et al.. (1995). Insulin edema in diabetes mellitus associated with the 3243 mitochondrial tRNALeu(UUR) mutation; Case reports. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 29(2). 137–142. 26 indexed citations

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