Urara Tanaka

645 total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 493 citations indexed

About

Urara Tanaka is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Urology and Periodontics. According to data from OpenAlex, Urara Tanaka has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 493 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Urology and 7 papers in Periodontics. Recurrent topics in Urara Tanaka's work include Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (7 papers), Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments (7 papers) and Fibroblast Growth Factor Research (4 papers). Urara Tanaka is often cited by papers focused on Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (7 papers), Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments (7 papers) and Fibroblast Growth Factor Research (4 papers). Urara Tanaka collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Brazil. Urara Tanaka's co-authors include Fusanori Nishimura, Terukazu Sanui, Takao Fukuda, Takaharu Taketomi, Takeshi Uchiumi, Yuki Nakao, Hiroaki Yamato, Karen Yotsumoto, Yukari Watanabe and Chikako Hayashi and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Frontiers in Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Urara Tanaka

14 papers receiving 486 citations

Hit Papers

Exosomes from TNF-α-treated human gingiva-derived MSCs en... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300
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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. Exosomes from TNF-α-treated human gingiva-derived MSCs enhance M2 macrophage polarization and inhibit periodontal bone loss
    2020 348 citations Yuki Nakao, Takao Fukuda et al. Acta Biomaterialia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Urara Tanaka Japan 8 285 134 111 97 95 15 493
Karen Yotsumoto Japan 6 279 1.0× 137 1.0× 116 1.0× 72 0.7× 77 0.8× 7 436
Shuhong Kuang China 8 263 0.9× 105 0.8× 115 1.0× 140 1.4× 52 0.5× 11 531
Runfu Wang China 9 267 0.9× 141 1.1× 95 0.9× 45 0.5× 52 0.5× 15 415
Kazuya Tominaga Japan 8 180 0.6× 46 0.3× 94 0.8× 132 1.4× 56 0.6× 39 478
Wanmin Zhao China 9 237 0.8× 76 0.6× 136 1.2× 30 0.3× 41 0.4× 16 425
Mizuho Kittaka Japan 17 295 1.0× 75 0.6× 50 0.5× 134 1.4× 119 1.3× 35 677
Teruyuki Saho Japan 13 199 0.7× 55 0.4× 61 0.5× 188 1.9× 161 1.7× 18 659
Qinglin Zhu China 13 311 1.1× 44 0.3× 110 1.0× 76 0.8× 54 0.6× 28 594
Yineng Han China 15 429 1.5× 347 2.6× 48 0.4× 84 0.9× 52 0.5× 21 614

Countries citing papers authored by Urara Tanaka

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Fields of papers citing papers by Urara Tanaka

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Urara Tanaka

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Urara Tanaka. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Urara Tanaka based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Urara Tanaka. Urara Tanaka is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Tanaka, Urara, Shunichi Kajioka, Lívia Sertori Finoti, et al.. (2021). Decitabine Inhibits Bone Resorption in Periodontitis by Upregulating Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines and Suppressing Osteoclastogenesis. Biomedicines. 9(2). 199–199. 13 indexed citations
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Yamato, Hiroaki, Terukazu Sanui, Karen Yotsumoto, et al.. (2021). Combined application of geranylgeranylacetone and amelogenin promotes angiogenesis and wound healing in human periodontal ligament cells. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 122(7). 716–730. 6 indexed citations
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Nakao, Yuki, Takao Fukuda, Qunzhou Zhang, et al.. (2020). Exosomes from TNF-α-treated human gingiva-derived MSCs enhance M2 macrophage polarization and inhibit periodontal bone loss. Acta Biomaterialia. 122. 306–324. 348 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sanui, Terukazu, et al.. (2017). Adhesion attenuates respiratory burst induced by different modes of triggering in resting or LPS-primed neutrophils. Immunobiology. 222(8-9). 865–871. 6 indexed citations
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Sanui, Terukazu, Takao Fukuda, Urara Tanaka, et al.. (2017). Microarray Analysis of the Effects of Amelogenin on U937 Monocytic Cells. American Journal of Molecular Biology. 7(2). 107–122. 3 indexed citations
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Fukuda, Takao, Terukazu Sanui, Urara Tanaka, et al.. (2017). Amelogenin induces M2 macrophage polarisation via PGE2/cAMP signalling pathway. Archives of Oral Biology. 83. 241–251. 16 indexed citations
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Benakanakere, Manjunatha R., Lívia Sertori Finoti, Urara Tanaka, et al.. (2016). Investigation of the functional role of human Interleukin-8 gene haplotypes by CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome editing. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 31180–31180. 36 indexed citations
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Sanui, Terukazu, et al.. (2016). Inhibition of Sprouty2 polarizes macrophages toward an M2 phenotype by stimulation with interferon γ andPorphyromonas gingivalislipopolysaccharide. Immunity Inflammation and Disease. 4(1). 98–110. 14 indexed citations
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Fukuda, Takao, Terukazu Sanui, Urara Tanaka, et al.. (2015). Grp78 Is Critical for Amelogenin‐Induced Cell Migration in a Multipotent Clonal Human Periodontal Ligament Cell Line. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 231(2). 414–427. 14 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Urara, Terukazu Sanui, Takao Fukuda, et al.. (2015). Sprouty2 inhibition promotes proliferation and migration of periodontal ligament cells. Oral Diseases. 21(8). 977–986. 4 indexed citations
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Sanui, Terukazu, et al.. (2014). Mutation of Spry2 Induces Proliferation and Differentiation of Osteoblasts but Inhibits Proliferation of Gingival Epithelial Cells. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 116(4). 628–639. 9 indexed citations
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Fukuda, Takao, Terukazu Sanui, Urara Tanaka, et al.. (2013). Identification of Novel Amelogenin-Binding Proteins by Proteomics Analysis. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e78129–e78129. 18 indexed citations

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