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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Japan
2024

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Molecular Biology

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86
Citations
37732
World Ranking
815
National Ranking
61

Medicine

D-Index
86
Citations
37897
World Ranking
13903
National Ranking
415

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  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Hirofumi Hamada is affiliated with Sapporo Medical University in Japan and works primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research integrates various subfields including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Genetics, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The scientist's recent published work includes the following papers:

  • Antibody Screening System Using a Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)-Based Probe To Identify a Novel Target for Receptor-Retargeted Oncolytic HSVs, 2021, Journal of Virology
  • Management of Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome with Valproate in a Child with Severe Motor and Intellectual Disabilities, 2025, The Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Hamada's research focuses on topics such as:

  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques

Frequently coauthoring with other researchers, Hamada collaborates with:

  • Hitomi Ikeda
  • Hiroaki Uchida
  • Yu Okubo
  • Tomoko Shibata
  • Yasuhiko Sasaki

Their work has appeared predominantly in the Journal of Virology and The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, indicating a research trajectory that spans virology and pediatric clinical studies.

Best Publications

  • Cellular localization of the multidrug-resistance gene product P-glycoprotein in normal human tissues

    Franz Thiebaut;Takashi Tsuruo;Hirofumi Hamada;Michael M. Gottesman

  • Vaccination with Irradiated Tumor Cells Engineered to Secrete Murine Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Stimulates Potent, Specific, and Long-Lasting Anti-Tumor Immunity

    Glenn Dranoff;Elizabeth Jaffee;Audrey Lazenby;Paul Golumbek

  • Long-Term Lymphohematopoietic Reconstitution by a Single CD34-Low/Negative Hematopoietic Stem Cell

    Masatake Osawa;Ken-ichi Hanada;Hirofumi Hamada;Hiromitsu Nakauchi

  • p53-induced inhibition of Hif-1 causes cardiac dysfunction during pressure overload

    Masanori Sano;Tohru Minamino;Haruhiro Toko;Hideyuki Miyauchi

  • Human mesenchymal stem cells xenografted directly to rat liver are differentiated into human hepatocytes without fusion.

    Yasushi Sato;Hironobu Araki;Hironobu Araki;Junji Kato;Junji Kato;Kiminori Nakamura;Kiminori Nakamura

  • Immunohistochemical localization in normal tissues of different epitopes in the multidrug transport protein P170: evidence for localization in brain capillaries and crossreactivity of one antibody with a muscle protein.

    Franz Thiebaut;Takashi Tsuruo;Hirofumi Hamada;Michael M. Gottesman

  • Functional role for the 170- to 180-kDa glycoprotein specific to drug-resistant tumor cells as revealed by monoclonal antibodies.

    Hirofumi Hamada;Takashi Tsuruo

  • Antitumor effect of genetically engineered mesenchymal stem cells in a rat glioma model.

    K Nakamura;Y Ito;Y Kawano;K Kurozumi;K Kurozumi

  • Tissue Distribution of P-Glycoprotein Encoded by a Multidrug-resistant Gene as Revealed by a Monoclonal Antibody, MRK 16

    Isamu Sugawara;Iyo Kataoka;Yasuyuki Morishita;Hirofumi Hamada

  • Mesenchymal stem cells that produce neurotrophic factors reduce ischemic damage in the rat middle cerebral artery occlusion model.

    Kazuhiko Kurozumi;Kazuhiko Kurozumi;Kiminori Nakamura;Takashi Tamiya;Yutaka Kawano

  • Purification of the 170- to 180-kilodalton membrane glycoprotein associated with multidrug resistance. 170- to 180-kilodalton membrane glycoprotein is an ATPase.

    H Hamada;T Tsuruo

  • BDNF Gene-Modified Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Functional Recovery and Reduce Infarct Size in the Rat Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Model

    Kazuhiko Kurozumi;Kiminori Nakamura;Takashi Tamiya;Yutaka Kawano

  • NEUROPROTECTION BY PLGF GENE-MODIFIED HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS AFTER CEREBRAL ISCHAEMIA

    H. Liu;O. Honmou;O. Honmou;K. Harada;K. Nakamura

  • Detailed characterization of the mouse glioma 261 tumor model for experimental glioblastoma therapy

    Tünde Szatmári;Katalin Lumniczky;Szilvia Désaknai;Stéphane Trajcevski

  • BDNF-Hypersecreting Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Functional Recovery, Axonal Sprouting, and Protection of Corticospinal Neurons after Spinal Cord Injury

    Masanori Sasaki;Christine Radtke;Andrew M. Tan;Peng Zhao

  • I.V. INFUSION OF BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR GENE-MODIFIED HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS PROTECTS AGAINST INJURY IN A CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA MODEL IN ADULT RAT

    T. Nomura;O. Honmou;O. Honmou;O. Honmou;K. Harada;K. Houkin

  • Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) as therapeutic cytoreagents for gene therapy.

    Hirofumi Hamada;Masayoshi Kobune;Kiminori Nakamura;Yutaka Kawano

  • CHARACTERISTICS OF RESISTANCE TO ADRIAMYCIN IN HUMAN MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA K562 RESISTANT TO ADRIAMYCIN AND IN ISOLATED CLONES

    Takashi Tsuruo;Harumi Iida-Saito;Hironori Kawabata;Tomoko Oh-Hara

  • Therapeutic benefits by human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) and Ang-1 gene-modified hMSCs after cerebral ischemia.

    Toshiyuki Onda;Osamu Honmou;Osamu Honmou;Osamu Honmou;Kuniaki Harada;Kiyohiro Houkin

  • Proteasome Inhibitors Induce Cytochrome c–Caspase-3-Like Protease-Mediated Apoptosis in Cultured Cortical Neurons

    Jian Hua Qiu;Akio Asai;Shunji Chi;Nobuhito Saito

Frequent Co-Authors

Takashi Tsuruo
Takashi Tsuruo Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research
Takaaki Kirino
Takaaki Kirino University of Tokyo
Jeffery D. Kocsis
Jeffery D. Kocsis Yale University
Kiyohiro Houkin
Kiyohiro Houkin Hokkaido University
Takashi Tsuruo
Takashi Tsuruo Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research
Izumu Saito
Izumu Saito University of Tokyo
Shigeo Mori
Shigeo Mori University of Tokyo
Isamu Sugawara
Isamu Sugawara Saitama Medical University
Xuetao Cao
Xuetao Cao Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
Yasushi Shiratori
Yasushi Shiratori Okayama University

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