Yuji Naito

31.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
764 papers, 23.1k citations indexed

About

Yuji Naito is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuji Naito has authored 764 papers receiving a total of 23.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 257 papers in Surgery, 214 papers in Molecular Biology and 156 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Yuji Naito's work include Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (109 papers), Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (95 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (61 papers). Yuji Naito is often cited by papers focused on Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (109 papers), Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (95 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (61 papers). Yuji Naito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Yuji Naito's co-authors include Toshikazu Yoshikawa, Tomohisa Takagi, Osamu Handa, Kazuhiko Uchiyama, Satoshi Kokura, Katsura Mizushima, Hiroshi Ichikawa, Ryo Inoüe, Motoharu Kondo and Yoshito Itoh and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Yuji Naito

745 papers receiving 22.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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. Gut microbiota in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease
    2017 1.0k citations Ryo Inoüe, Yuji Naito et al. profile →
  2. Late-term results of tissue-engineered vascular grafts in humans
    2010 386 citations Yuji Naito et al. profile →
  3. Analysis of endoscopic brush samples identified mucosa-associated dysbiosis in inflammatory bowel disease
    2017 335 citations Ryo Inoüe, Yuji Naito et al. profile →
  4. Full-length 16S rRNA gene amplicon analysis of human gut microbiota using MinION™ nanopore sequencing confers species-level resolution
    2021 209 citations Katsura Mizushima, Tomohisa Takagi et al. profile →

Peers

Yuji Naito
John L. Wallace Canada
Toshikazu Yoshikawa Japan
Jieshou Li China
Jerrold R. Turner United States
Sean P. Colgan United States
Emanuela Mazzon Italy
Steven B. Abramson United States
Harry van Goor Netherlands
D. Neil Granger United States
Osamu Ogawa Japan
John L. Wallace Canada
Yuji Naito
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuji Naito

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yuji Naito. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yuji Naito 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 Yuji Naito. Yuji Naito is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Ikeda, Hiromi, Mami Fujibayashi, N. Oda, et al.. (2025). Effects of Blackcurrant Extract and Partially Hydrolyzed Guar Gum Intake on Gut Dysbiosis in Male University Rugby Players. Microorganisms. 13(7). 1561–1561. 1 indexed citations
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Ichikawa, Takahiro, Yoshitaka Hashimoto, Ayumi Kaji, et al.. (2024). Association between gut microbiota and ultra-processed foods consumption among the patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study. Nutrition & Metabolism. 21(1). 110–110. 1 indexed citations
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Naito, Yuji & Tomohisa Takagi. (2024). Role of gut microbiota in inflammatory bowel disease pathogenesis. Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition. 75(3). 175–177. 5 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Shinichi, et al.. (2023). Impact of Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Blood Purification Therapy on Early Mobilization in the Intensive Care Unit: Retrospective Cohort Study. Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine. 47(3). 173–181. 1 indexed citations
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Matsuura, Minoru, Takayuki Matsumoto, Yuji Naito, et al.. (2022). Advanced endoscopy for the management of inflammatory digestive diseases: Review of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society core session. Digestive Endoscopy. 34(4). 729–735. 2 indexed citations
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Katada, Kazuhiro, Tomohisa Takagi, Tomohiro Ueda, et al.. (2022). Role and Potential Mechanism of Heme Oxygenase-1 in Intestinal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Antioxidants. 11(3). 559–559. 3 indexed citations
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Ushiroda, Chihiro, Tomohisa Takagi, Nobuo Fuke, et al.. (2021). Lycopene intake induces colonic regulatory T cells in mice and suppresses food allergy symptoms. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 33(1). e13691–e13691. 7 indexed citations
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Hirose, Ryohei, Naoto Watanabe, Yuji Naito, et al.. (2021). Comparison of sodium alginate-based and sodium hyaluronate-based submucosal injection materials based on rheological analysis. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 124. 104816–104816. 7 indexed citations
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Kodama, Hiroko, Makoto Tanaka, Yuji Naito, Kazuhiro Katayama, & Mitsuhiko Moriyama. (2020). Japan’s Practical Guidelines for Zinc Deficiency with a Particular Focus on Taste Disorders, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and Liver Cirrhosis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(8). 2941–2941. 87 indexed citations
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Takagi, Tomohisa, Yuji Naito, Saori Kashiwagi, et al.. (2020). Changes in the Gut Microbiota are Associated with Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Japanese Subjects. Nutrients. 12(10). 2996–2996. 59 indexed citations
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Dohi, Osamu, Shinya Yamada, Takeshi Yasuda, et al.. (2020). Clinical Outcomes of Vonoprazan-Treated Patients after Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Gastric Neoplasms: A Prospective Multicenter Observation Study. Digestion. 102(3). 386–396. 10 indexed citations
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Harusato, Akihito, Émilie Viennois, Lucie Etienne‐Mesmin, et al.. (2019). Early-Life Microbiota Exposure Restricts Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell–Driven Colonic Tumorigenesis. Cancer Immunology Research. 7(4). 544–551. 27 indexed citations
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Ono, Shoko, Osamu Dohi, Nobuaki Yagi, et al.. (2019). Accuracies of Endoscopic Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori-Gastritis: Multicenter Prospective Study Using White Light Imaging and Linked Color Imaging. Digestion. 101(5). 624–630. 41 indexed citations
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Yoshida, Naohisa, Yuji Naito, Takaaki Murakami, et al.. (2018). A Diminutive T1 Cancer 4 mm in Size Resected by Cold Snare Polypectomy. Case Reports in Gastroenterology. 12(1). 27–31. 2 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Gen, Hideya Yamazaki, Norihiro Aibe, et al.. (2018). Endoscopic submucosal dissection followed by chemoradiotherapy for superficial esophageal cancer: choice of new approach. Radiation Oncology. 13(1). 246–246. 41 indexed citations
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Takagi, Tomohisa, Kazuhiro Katada, Katsura Mizushima, et al.. (2015). Rapamycin Improves Mortality Following Intestinal Ischemia-Reperfusion via the Inhibition of Remote Lung Inflammation in Mice. Digestion. 92(4). 211–219. 10 indexed citations
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Aoi, Wataru, Yuji Naito, Tomohisa Takagi, et al.. (2012). A novel myokine, secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC), suppresses colon tumorigenesis via regular exercise. Gut. 62(6). 882–889. 233 indexed citations

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