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Takeshi Kurita

Medicine · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1993Rising activity

Publications

124

Citations

6,602

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

32

Publishing since 1993

Research summary
AI-generated

Takeshi Kurita studies the biology of the female reproductive tract, focusing on how the uterus, cervix, ovaries, and vagina develop and how they can go wrong, including uterine fibroids (leiomyomas), ovarian tumors, and structural birth defects like imperforate vagina. This work relies heavily on mouse models to understand the cell biology and hormone signaling (such as estrogen) underlying these conditions, with an eye toward improving diagnosis and treatment of reproductive disorders. The research combines basic developmental biology with disease-oriented studies relevant to gynecology and cancer.

Uterine and cervical biologyReproductive tract development and birth defectsUterine fibroids (leiomyoma) pathogenesisOvarian tumor biologyHormone (estrogen) signaling in reproduction

Output was modest and variable from 2017-2022 (0-7 papers/year) with a large spike in 2023 (33 items, likely including many supplementary files from a few major papers), suggesting an uneven but currently active publication pattern.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 7.2/year recently
2017: 6 publications172018: 7 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 3 publications20212022: 1 publication222023: 33 publications33232024: 2 publications242526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Differentiation×5
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×3
  • Cell Death and Differentiation×2
  • Cancer Research×2
  • Endocrine Related Cancer×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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