World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
22305
World Ranking
12269
National Ranking
843

Overview

Eiji Hara is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several subfields, notably Molecular Biology, Physiology, Immunology, Epidemiology, and Infectious Diseases.

Their scientific work focuses on key topics such as Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence; Gut microbiota and health; Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms; Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms; Autophagy in Disease and Therapy; Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research; and Digestive system and related health.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Gut bacteria identified in colorectal cancer patients promote tumourigenesis via butyrate secretion, 2021, Nature Communications
  • A BET family protein degrader provokes senolysis by targeting NHEJ and autophagy in senescent cells, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Guidelines for minimal information on cellular senescence experimentation in vivo, 2024, Cell
  • Gasdermin D-mediated release of IL-33 from senescent hepatic stellate cells promotes obesity-associated hepatocellular carcinoma, 2022, Science Immunology
  • The role of cellular senescence and SASP in tumour microenvironment, 2022, FEBS Journal

Eiji Hara frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Tomonori Matsumoto, Shimpei Kawamoto, Yusuke Konishi, Naoko Ohtani, and Ken Uemura, with collaboration counts ranging from 6 to 15 joint works.

Their research has been published in various scientific venues, with significant contributions to:

  • Cancer Science
  • Communications Biology
  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Aging

Best Publications

  • Obesity-induced gut microbial metabolite promotes liver cancer through senescence secretome

    Shin Yoshimoto;Tze Mun Loo;Tze Mun Loo;Koji Atarashi;Hiroaki Kanda

  • Cellular Senescence: Defining a Path Forward

    Vassilis Gorgoulis;Peter D. Adams;Andrea Alimonti;Dorothy C. Bennett

  • An Essential Role for Senescent Cells in Optimal Wound Healing through Secretion of PDGF-AA

    Marco Demaria;Naoko Ohtani;Sameh A Youssef;Francis Rodier

  • The alternative product from the human CDKN2A locus, p14ARF, participates in a regulatory feedback loop with p53 and MDM2

    Francesca J. Stott;Stewart Bates;Marion C. James;Beth B. McConnell

  • Regulation of p16CDKN2 expression and its implications for cell immortalization and senescence.

    E Hara;R Smith;D Parry;H Tahara

  • Opposing effects of Ets and Id proteins on p16INK4a expression during cellular senescence.

    Naoko Ohtani;Zoe Zebedee;Thomas J. G. Huot;Julie A. Stinson

  • Exosomes maintain cellular homeostasis by excreting harmful DNA from cells

    Akiko Takahashi;Ryo Okada;Koji Nagao;Yuka Kawamata

  • Mitogenic signalling and the p16INK4a-Rb pathway cooperate to enforce irreversible cellular senescence.

    Akiko Takahashi;Naoko Ohtani;Kimi Yamakoshi;Shin Ichi Iida

  • Id-related genes encoding helix-loop-helix proteins are required for G1 progression and are repressed in senescent human fibroblasts.

    E Hara;T Yamaguchi;H Nojima;T Ide

  • Genotoxic Stress Abrogates Renewal of Melanocyte Stem Cells by Triggering Their Differentiation

    Ken Inomata;Takahiro Aoto;Takahiro Aoto;Nguyen Thanh Binh;Natsuko Okamoto;Natsuko Okamoto

  • Id proteins in cell cycle control and cellular senescence

    Zoe Zebedee;Eiji Hara

  • The p16INK4a-RB pathway: molecular link between cellular senescence and tumor suppression.

    Naoko Ohtani;Kimi Yamakoshi;Akiko Takahashi;Eiji Hara

  • Gut Microbiota Promotes Obesity-Associated Liver Cancer through PGE2-Mediated Suppression of Antitumor Immunity.

    Tze Mun Loo;Fumitaka Kamachi;Yoshihiro Watanabe;Shin Yoshimoto

  • Small extracellular vesicles secreted from senescent cells promote cancer cell proliferation through EphA2

    Masaki Takasugi;Ryo Okada;Akiko Takahashi;David Virya Chen

  • Downregulation of cytoplasmic DNases is implicated in cytoplasmic DNA accumulation and SASP in senescent cells

    Akiko Takahashi;Tze Mun Loo;Tze Mun Loo;Ryo Okada;Fumitaka Kamachi

  • Impact of senescence-associated secretory phenotype and its potential as a therapeutic target for senescence-associated diseases.

    Sugiko Watanabe;Shimpei Kawamoto;Naoko Ohtani;Eiji Hara;Eiji Hara

  • Suppression of mammary epithelial cell differentiation by the helix-loop-helix protein Id-1.

    P Y Desprez;E Hara;M J Bissell;J Campisi

  • Subtractive cDNA cloning using oligo(dt)30-latex and PCR: isolation of cDNA clones specific to undifferentiated human embryonal carcinoma cells

    Eiji Hara;Tomohiro Kato;Susumu Nakada;Souei Sekiya

  • DNA damage signaling triggers degradation of histone methyltransferases through APC/C(Cdh1) in senescent cells.

    Akiko Takahashi;Yoshinori Imai;Kimi Yamakoshi;Shinji Kuninaka

  • Real-time in vivo imaging of p16Ink4a reveals cross talk with p53.

    Kimi Yamakoshi;Akiko Takahashi;Fumiko Hirota;Rika Nakayama

Frequent Co-Authors

Naoko Ohtani
Naoko Ohtani Osaka Metropolitan University
Gordon Peters
Gordon Peters Cancer Research UK London Research Institute
Atsushi Hirao
Atsushi Hirao Kanazawa University
Hideyuki Saya
Hideyuki Saya Fujita Health University
Masato T. Kanemaki
Masato T. Kanemaki National Institute of Genetics
Chikashi Obuse
Chikashi Obuse Osaka University
Manuel Serrano
Manuel Serrano Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Judith Campisi
Judith Campisi Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Makoto Tachibana
Makoto Tachibana Osaka University
Yoshio Hayashi
Yoshio Hayashi University of Tokushima

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Best Scientists Citing Eiji Hara

Trending Scientists