The following are some of the publications I have edited most recently, or publication of which I only discovered recently. A more complete list can be downloaded here. For a relatively complete list of journals in which these papers have been published, see the Journal List page.
1,379. Sato, Keita, Takahiro Yamashita, Kazumi Sakai, Hideyo Ohuchi, Takehiro G. Kusakabe and Fuki Gyoja. 2026. Two piranha parietopsins illuminate opsin diversification in teleosts. BMC Biology. DOI
1,378. Sano, Masaya, Takuya Hashimoto, Rina Matsumoto, Takashi Endo, Satoshi Yamamoto and Juno Deguchi. 2026. Preceding Wound Complications as Drivers of Surgical Site Infection after Bypass for Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia. Annals of Vascular Diseases. DOI
1,377. Kobayashi, Hiroshi, Shintaro Watanuki, Yusuke Shiozawa, Motohiko Oshima, Shuhei Koide, Naoya Takayama, Takayuki Morikawa, Miho Haraguchi, Shinpei Tamaki, Takayoshi Asakura, Toshio Miyata, Atsushi Iwama, Seishi Ogawa and Keiyo Takubo. 2026. Geneformer-guided multiomics integration identifies Pbx1 as a network hub of hematopoietic stem cell aging. Science Advances. DOI
1,376. Fujie, Shunpei, Kazuki Tamura and Kazumu Kuramitsu. 2026. A new euphorine species of the genus Perilitus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a novel parasite of adult Episomus turritus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Zootaxa. DOI
1,375. Okada, Toshiyuki, Yusuke Toyoda and Shigeaki Saitoh. 2026. Activation-induced cytidine deaminase promotes DNA demethylation and expression of the Ninjurin-2 gene. Biology Open. DOI
1,374. Yokoyama, Yasuyuki, Takeshi Yamada, Kay Uehara, Seiichi Shinji, Akihisa Matsuda, Goro Takahashi, Takuma Iwai, Toshimitsu Miyasaka, Hiromichi Sonoda and Hiroshi Yoshida. 2026. Risk factors associated with a delayed recovery of gastrointestinal motility after colon cancer surgery: an objective evaluation using radiopaque markers. Surgery Today. DOI
1,373. Methatham, Thanachai, Natsuka Kimura, Shota Tomida, Tamaki Ishima, Yuki Taguchi, Hideki Uosaki, Eiji Sakashita, Hitoshi Endo, Ryozo Nagai and Kenichi Aizawa. 2026. Targeting the undruggable transcription factor, KLF5, with a peptidomimetic small molecule, NC114, attenuates pressure overload-induced cardiac remodeling and fibrosis. Scientific Reports. DOI
1,372. Shimizu, Takao, Takeshi Yamada, Takuya Nishino, Kay Uehara, Akihisa Matsuda, Keisuke Minamimura, Yasuyuki Yokoyama, Ryo Ohta, Nobuhiko Taniai and Hiroshi Yoshida. 2025. Operative Time as a Universal Risk Factor for Infectious Complications after Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Multicenter Stratified Analysis by Surgical Site. Journal of the Anus, Rectum, and Colon. DOI
1,371. Queißer, Jeffrey Frederic and Jun Tani. 2025. Working Memory and Self-Directed Inner Speech Enhance Multitask Generalization in Active Inference. Neural Computation. DOI
1,370. Ishihara, Hiromasa, Hirofumi Shibata, Daisuke Muraoka, Ayako Demachi-Okamura, Takanari Okamoto, Ryo Mizuta, Yasunori Fukushima, Yusuke Sugita, Aiko Ogasawara, Reina Nishida, Shintaro Beppu, Hoshino Terada, Daisuke Nishikawa, Hidenori Suzuki, Katsuhiro Masago, Eiichi Sasaki, Noriaki Sakakura, Rui Yamaguchi, Nobuhiro Hanai, Takenori Ogawa and Hirokazu Matsushita. 2026. Characterization of persistent HPV-specific activated T cells in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. OncoImmunology. DOI
1,369. Yoshioka, Yuki, Megumi Kanai, Takashi Nagai, Shogo Gishitomi, Tomofumi Nagata and Noriyuki Satoh. 2026. Mitochondrial genomic datasets for 32 coral reef decapods from the Okinawa Archipelago. Data in Brief. DOI
1,368. Das, Adrija, Barun Kumar Barman, Hiroyuki Yamada and Tadaaki Nagao. 2026. Porous nanohybrid transparent film with ITO nanoparticles and carbon dots for high-efficiency NIR shielding and UV-A blocking. Surfaces and Interfaces. DOI
1,367. Kawashima, Issaku, Yuki Sakai, Yuka Miyake, Nao Kobayashi and Saori C. Tanaka. 2026. U-shaped relationship between problematic smartphone use and mind-wandering. Acta Psychologica. DOI
1,366. Endo, Takashi, Takuya Hashimoto and Juno Deguchi. 2026. Relationship between Internal Iliac Artery Branch Pattern and the Development of Internal Iliac Artery Aneurysm: A Single Centre, Retrospective, Observational Study. EJVES Vascular Forum. DOI
1,365. Yamada, Takeshi, Taishi Hata, Atsushi Ishiguro, Yoshinori Munemoto, Kozo Kataoka, Atsushi Hirose, Akihisa Matsuda, Hiromichi Sonoda, Kentaro Yamazaki, Takeshi Kato, Kensei Yamaguchi and Tohru Mizushima. 2025. Lecithinized superoxide dismutase prevents oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized phase II study. ESMO Gastrointestinal Oncology. DOI
1,364. Ishikawa, Natsuho, Yuta Nakase and Kazumu Kuramitsu. 2026. Host wing-raising behavior enables emergence of Blissoxenos esakii (Strepsiptera: Corioxenidae) from a site covered by the wings. Entomological Science. DOI
1,363. Tsuchida, Shimpei, Riko Kato, Shoko Nishitsuji, Sayano Anzai, Siti Syazwani Azmi, Shogo Tanaka, Satoshi Masumi, Jun Uchida, Takashi Aoshima, Katsuya Hirasaka, Shingo Fujimoto, Kenichi Shimizu, Miyuki Hirose and Mitsuharu Yagi. 2025. Floating Offshore Wind Farms Attract Japanese Horse Mackerel. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. DOI
1,362. Lim, Sim Lin, Ching-Hsiang Chin, Yu-Jing Chiou, Ming-Tsung Hsu, Pei-Wen Chiang, Hsing-Ju Chen, Yung-Chi Tu, Wen-Shyong Tzou and Sen-Lin Tang. 2025. Unveiling Unusual Ecofunctional Traits of Endozoicomonas Species Through Comprehensive Comparative Genomics. Environmental Microbiology. DOI
1,361. Arai, Yasuyuki, Tomoyasu Jo, Takayuki Sato, Masatoshi Sakurai, Daisuke Kaji, Toshio Kitawaki, Kazuyuki Shimada, Tatsu Shimoyama, Satoshi Yoshihara, Shinichi Makita, Nobuharu Fujii, Go Yamamoto, Keisuke Kataoka, Emiko Sakaida, Hideki Goto, Yasuhiro Nakashima, Akiyo Yoshida, Yoshihiro Umezawa, Haryoon Kim, Motohiro Kato, Yoshiko Atsuta and Koji Kato. 2026. Decreased renal function predicts severe cytokine release syndrome after CAR-T-cell therapy for large B-cell lymphoma. British Journal of Haematology. DOI
1,360. Wei, Yuxi, Hinako Ago, Ryuichi Murakami, Shotaro Funatsu, Marina Osaki, Akira Nakajima, Yoshinori Hasegawa, Ryoji Kawakami, Shimon Sakaguchi and Shohei Hori. Foxp3 drives context-dependent epigenetic programs that define regulatory T cell molecular identity and function. Science Immunology. DOI
1,359. Anzai, Sayano, Shogo Tanaka, Siti Syazwani Azmi, Shoma Izumi, Yutaka Maruyama, Sota Hoshina, Satoshi Masumi, Itaru Aizawa, Jun Uchida, Tsukasa Kinoshita, Nobuhiro Yamawaki, Takashi Aoshima, Yasuhiro Morii, Kenichi Shimizu and Mitsuharu Yagi. 2026. Intraspecific size differences in relation to depth of the deep-sea isopod, Bathynomus doederleini Ortmann, 1894 (Isopoda: Cirolanidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology. DOI
1,358. Furukawa, Yutaro, Mikiko Tokiya, Takaomi Kobayashi, Xueyan Zhang and Megumi Hara. 2026. Understanding COVID-19 Vaccination Intention in Japan: The Influence of Individual Social Capital and Personal Beliefs on Vaccination. Vaccines. DOI
1,357. Kosaka, Naoko, Tsuneko Kura, Naoto Endou, Ryusuke Yamamoto, Yusuke Umemiya, Tatsuya Iizuka, Hiroshi Matsubara, Tunggul Bhirawa and Satoshi Mitarai. 2026. Assessment of Sea Surface Wind Measurements from Wave Gliders in Tropical Cyclones. Remote Sensing. DOI
1,356. Shimakawa, Ginga, Kako Aoyama and Toshiyuki Takagi. 2026. The comparative roles of thermal inactivation of endosymbiont photosynthesis and nutrient deprivation in coral bleaching. Coral Reefs. DOI
1,335. Suarez-Caballero, Jorge L. and Takashi Nakamura. 2026. Phytoplankton size structure and biogeochemical responses to nutrient enrichment in an oligotrophic coral reef. Marine Biology. DOI
1,334. Tokumasu, Miho, Atsuko Sato, Taku Ito-Kureha, Mizuki Yamamoto, Nao Ohmine, Kentaro Semba, Jun-ichiro Inoue and Tadashi Yamamoto. 2025. Tob negatively regulates NF-κB activation in breast cancer through its association with the TNF receptor complex. Cancer Gene Therapy. DOI
1,333. Mikawa, Takumi, Masahiro Kameda, Sumiko Ikari, Eri Shibata, Shuyu Liu, Sawa Miyagawa, Koh Ono, Tomiko Ito, Akihiko Yoshizawa, Masataka Sugimoto, Shuichi Shibuya, Takahiko Shimizu, Julio Almunia, Noboru Ogiso, Gwladys Revêchon, Alberta Palazzo, David Bernard, Hiroaki Kanda, Tomoyoshi Soga, Keiyo Takubo, Shin Morioka, Junko Sasaki, Takehiko Sasaki, Akihiro Itamoto, Takayuki Fujii, Hiroshi Seno, Nobuya Inagaki and Hiroshi Kondoh. 2025. Abrogation of aberrant glycolytic interactions eliminates senescent cells and alleviates aging-related dysfunctions. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. DOI
1,332. Tanaka, Saori C, Kiyoto Kasai, Yasumasa Okamoto, Shinsuke Koike, Takuya Hayashi, Ayumu Yamashita, Okito Yamashita, Tom Johnstone, Franco Pestilli, Kenji Doya, Go Okada, Hotaka Shinzato, Eri Itai, Yuji Takahara, Akihiro Takamiya, Motoaki Nakamura, Takashi Itahashi, Ryuta Aoki, Yukiaki Koizumi, Masaaki Shimizu, Jun Miyata, Shuraku Son, Morio Aki, Naohiro Okada, Susumu Morita, Nobukatsu Sawamoto, Mitsunari Abe, Yuki Oi, Kazuaki Sajima, Koji Kamagata, Masakazu Hirose, Yohei Aoshima, Sayo Hamatani, Nobuhiro Nohara, Misako Funaba, Tomomi Noda, Kana Inoue, Jinichi Hirano, Masaru Mimura, Hidehiko Takahashi, Nobutaka Hattori, Atsushi Sekiguchi, Mitsuo Kawato and Takashi Hanakawa. 2024. The status of MRI databases across the world focused on psychiatric and neurological disorders. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. DOI
1,331. Takai, Asuka, Qiushi Fu, Yuzuru Doibata, Giuseppe Lisi, Toshiki Tsuchiya, Keivan Mojtahedi, Toshinori Yoshioka, Mitsuo Kawato, Jun Morimoto and Marco Santello. 2025. Role specialization enables superior task performance by human dyads than individuals. The International Journal of Robotics Research. DOI
1,330. Taira, Masakazu, Kayoko W. Miyazaki, Katsuhiko Miyazaki, Jianning Chen, Shiho Okitsu-Sakurayama, Anupama Chaudhary, Mika Nishio, Tsukasa Miyake, Akihiro Yamanaka, Kenji F. Tanaka and Kenji Doya. 2024. The differential effect of optogenetic serotonergic manipulation on sustained motor actions and waiting for future rewards in mice. Frontiers in Neuroscience. DOI
1,329. Yamada, Takeshi, Yuto Aoki, Akihisa Matsuda, Yasuyuki Yokoyama, Goro Takahashi, Takuma Iwai, Seiichi Shinji, Hiromichi Sonoda, Kay Uehara and Hiroshi Yoshida. 2025. Diagnosis of necrotic and non-necrotic small bowel strangulation: The importance of intestinal congestion. Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery. DOI
1,328. Iguchi, Akira, Masahiro Hayashi, Makiko Yorifuji, Miyuki Nishijima, Kodai Gibu, Taiga Kunishima, Tomoko Bell, Atsushi Suzuki and Tsuneo Ono. 2024. Whole transcriptome analysis of demersal fish eggs reveals complex responses to ocean deoxygenation and acidification. Science of the Total Environment. DOI
1,327. Shikina, Shinya and Ching-Fong Chang. 2024. Neuropeptides as Potentiators of Coral Polyp Contraction. In: rontiers in Invertebrate Physiology: A Collection of Reviews. Volume 1: Non-Bilaterian Phyla, Saber Saleuddin, Sally P. Leys, Robert D. Roer, Iain C. Wilkie, Editors, Taylor and Francis, New York, 25 pages.
1,326. Maeda, Hiroaki, Kenji Takada, Naoya Fukui, Junzo Ukai, Nobutaka Honma, Sono Sasaki, Hiroyasu Masunaga, Kenichi Kato and Hiroshi Nishihara. 2024. Manipulation of Chemical and Crystal Structures of Multilayered Copper-Hexaaminobenzene Coordination Nanosheets to Modulate Conductivity with Precise Control of Liquid–Liquid Interfacial Synthesis. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials. DOI
1,325. Sako, Hiroaki, Mohieldin Youssef, Olga Elisseeva, Takayuki Akimoto, Katsuhiko Suzuki, Takashi Ushida and Tadashi Yamamoto. 2023. microRNAs slow translating ribosomes to prevent protein misfolding in eukaryotes. EMBO Journal. DOI
1,324. Kojima, Yasushi, Emi Mishiro-Sato, Teruaki Fujishita, Kiyotoshi Satoh, Rie Kajino-Sakamoto, Isao Oze, Kazuki Nozawa, Yukiya Narita, Takatsugu Ogata, Keitaro Matsuo, Kei Muro, Makoto Mark Taketo, Tomoyoshi Soga and Masahiro Aoki. 2023. Decreased liver B vitamin-related enzymes as a metabolic hallmark of cancer cachexia. Nature Communications. DOI
1,323. Techer, Maeva A., John M. K. Roberts, Reed A. Cartwright and Alexander S. Mikheyev. 2022. The first steps toward a global pandemic: Reconstructing the demographic history of parasite host switches in its native range. Molecular Ecology. DOI
1,322. Takada, Kenji, Hiroaki Maeda and Hiroshi Nishihara. 2024. A Bis(terpyridine)nickel(II)-Based Coordination Nanosheet: A Redox-Active Material with Flexibility and Transparency. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials. DOI
1,321. Soeda, Shou, Melissa Montrose, Akinori Takahashi, Risa Ishida, Sandrine Burriel, Nao Ohmine, Tohru Natsume, Shungo Adachi, Minsoo Kim and Tadashi Yamamoto. 2025. The E3 ubiquitin ligase, RNF219, suppresses CNOT6L expression to exhibit antiproliferative activity. FEBS Open Biology. DOI
1,320. Bamba, Seiya, Tomoyasu Jo, Toshio Kitawaki, Noriyoshi Yoshinaga, Takashi Sakamoto, Junya Kanda, Momoko Nishikori, Kouhei Yamashita, Miki Nagao, Akifumi Takaori-Kondo and Yasuyuki Arai. 2026. Prolonged Cytokine Release Syndrome is Associated with Hypofibrinogenemia after CD19-Directed CAR T-Cell Therapy in Adult Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Lymphoma. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. DOI
1,319. Wepfer, Patricia H., Yuichi Nakajima, Makamas Sutthacheep, Veronica Z. Radice, Zoe Richards, Put Ang, Tullia Terraneo, Mareike Sudek, Atsushi Fujimura, Robert J. Toonen, Alexander S. Mikheyev, Evan P. Economo and Satoshi Mitarai. 2020. Evolutionary biogeography of the reef-building coral genus Galaxea across the Indo-Pacific ocean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. DOI
1,318. Ishikawa, Kota, Heng Wu, Satoshi Mitarai and Amatzia Genin. 2025. Turbulence effects on free and anchored zooplanktivorous fish in coral reefs. Coral Reefs. DOI
1,317. Morikawa, Takayuki, Shinya Fujita, Yuki Sugiura, Shinpei Tamaki, Miho Haraguchi, Kohei Shiroshita, Shintaro Watanuki, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Hikari Kanai-Sudo, Yoshiko Naito, Noriyo Hayakawa, Tomomi Matsuura, Takako Hishiki, Minoru Matsui, Masato Tsutsui, Makoto Suematsu and Keiyo Takubo. 2025. Decreased non-neurogenic acetylcholine in bone marrow triggers age-related defective stem/progenitor cell homing. Nature Communications. DOI
1,316. Takata, Kenji, Takeshi Hayashibara, Masanori Nonaka, Bertalan Lendvay, Tzu-Hsuan Tu, Federica Costantini, Holly Bolick, Hiroshi Namikawa, Naoko Ishikawa, Yoshihisa Suyama, Taisei Kikuchi, Akira Iguchi and Nina Yasuda. 2026. Uncovering cryptic coral species in Japan’s precious coral fishery: Conservation and sustainable management implications. Global Ecology and Conservation. DOI
1,315. Ishikawa, Kota, Heng Wu, Satoshi Mitarai and Amatzia Genin. 2025. Energy costs and benefits of locomotion and feeding in site-attached damselfish. Journal of Experimental Biology. DOI
1,314. Yamada, Yosuke, Akiko Ebihara, Hideki Fukuda, Shigeyoshi Otosaka, Satoshi Mitarai and Toshi Nagata. 2024. Functions of extracellular polymeric substances in partitioning suspended and sinking particles in the upper oceans of two open ocean systems. Limnology and Oceanography. DOI
1,313. Sawatari, Masato and Shunko Inada, A. 2023. Development and Evaluation of Biochips Specialized for Cell Counting. Journal of Electronics, Electromedical Engineering, and Medical Informatics. DOI
1,312. Takahashi-Kariyazono, Shiho, Akira Iguchi and Yohey Terai. 2025. Comparative genomics of two closely related Acropora coral species with different spawning seasons reveals genomic regions possibly associated with gametogenesis. BMC Ecology and Evolution. DOI
1,311. Kitano, Tetsuji, Yosuke Nabeshima, K. Dohi and Masaaki Takeuchi. 2025. Comparing cardiac magnetic resonance-derived left and right ventricular ejection fractions on adverse outcomes: a meta-analysis. European Heart Journal. DOI
1.310. Nakai, Fumiya, Taiki Oka, Nao Kobayashi, Masaaki Tanichi, Misa Murakami, Toshitaka Hamamura, Masaru Honjo, Yuka Miyake, Kentaro Ide, Aurelio Cortese, Masanori Nagamine, Takatomi Kubo and Toshinori Chiba. 2026. Pre-event psychiatric states predict trajectories of event-related distress in Japan. Journal of Affective Disorders. DOI
1,309. Komaki, Ryouhei, Hajime Shiotani, Toshihiko Kuriu, Takeshi Kameyama, Muneaki Miyata, Shin Kedashiro, Kimitaka Katanazaka, Shota Nishii, Norio Chihara, Riki Matsumoto, Michinori Koebis, Atsu Aiba, Kiyohito Mizutani and Yoshimi Takai. 2025. Necl-4/CADM4 regulates GABAergic synaptic strength on GABAergic inhibitory neurons via ErbB4 activation and prevents neuronal impairments. Molecular Neurobiology. DOI
1,308. Arai, Yasuyuki, Ruta Brazauskas, Naya He, A Samer Al-Homsi, Saurabh Chhabra, Minoo Battiwalla, Masamitsu Yanada, Amir Steinberg, Miguel Angel Diaz Perez, Sanghee Hong, Junya Kanda, Asad Bashey, Haydar A Frangoul, Sherif M Badawy, Leo F Verdonck, Hillard M Lazarus, Jean A Yared, Hasan Hashem, Akshay Sharma, Mahmoud Aljurf, Ajoy L Dias, Muhammad Bilal Abid, Baldeep Wirk, César O Freytes, Amer M Zeidan, Usama Gergis, Amer Beitinjaneh, Medhat Askar, Jeffrey J Pu, Leslie E Lehmann, Hemalatha G Rangarajan, William A Wood, Shahrukh Hashmi, Shingo Yano, Shinichi Kako, Yukiyasu Ozawa, Noriko Doki, Yoshinobu Kanda, Takahiro Fukuda, Yuta Katayama, Tatsuo Ichinohe, Junji Tanaka, Takanori Teshima, Shinichiro Okamoto, Yoshiko Atsuta and Wael Saber. 2025. Efficacy of Total-Body Irradiation-based Intensified Myeloablative Regimens for Acute Leukemia-An International Collaborative Study. European Journal of Haematology. DOI
1,307. Sawada, Hiroki, Wataru Ohata and Jun Tani. 2025. Human-Robot Kinaesthetic Interactions Based on the Free-Energy Principle. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems. DOI
1,306. Hoang, Huu, Shinichiro Tsutsumi, Masanori Matsuzaki, Masanobu Kano, Keisuke Toyama, Kazuo Kitamura and Mitsuo Kawato. 2025. Predictive reward-prediction errors of climbing fiber inputs integrate modular reinforcement learning with supervised learning. PLoS Computational Biology. DOI
1,305. Inoue, Taiki, Yuki A. Yaida, Yuki Uehara, Koki R. Katsuhara, Jun Kawai, Keiko Takashima, Atushi Ushimaru and Tanaka Kenta. 2021. The effects of temporal continuities of grasslands on the diversity and species composition of plants. Ecological Research. DOI
1,304. Nakayama, Haruka, Ranko Takada, Takashi Miyake, Keiko Miyake, Takashi Nirei and Hitoshi Sakio. 2024. Floral deception in dioecious Actinidia polygama (Actinidiaceae) revealed by differential nitrogen investment in male organs. Plant Species Biology. DOI
1,303. Gibu, Kodai, Hiroki Kise, Yuki Yoshioka, Naoki Saito, Yuichi Nakajima, Kazuhiko Sakai, Atsushi Suzuki, Nina Yasuda and Akira Iguchi. 2025. Molecular diversity of coral microbiomes shows no relationship with latitude in the western Pacific Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series. DOI
1,302. Yorisue, Takefumi, Akira Iguchi, Miyuki Nishijima, Kodai Gibu, Saki Higa, Nina Yasuda, Kenji Takata, Kohei Hamamoto and Yoshihisa Fujita. 2026. Isolated island endemic crabs: Fine-scale genetic population structure of an endangered freshwater crab, Geothelphusa miyakoensis. Conservation Genetics. DOI
1,301. Suga, Shunichi, Yoshikazu Ohno, Mariko Iijima, Ken Tanaka, Ruka Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Hata, Nanami Mizusawa, Ko Yasumoto, Kei Zaitsu and Akira Iguchi. 2026. Acute toxicity assessment of sunscreen products in corals using single-polyp metabolomics. Marine Pollution Bulletin. DOI
1,300. Chowdhury, Parvez and Midori Iida. 2025. Seasonal changes in composition of zooplankton communities along the coast of Sado Island in the Sea of Japan. Aquatic Animals. PDF