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Hiroyuki Aburatani

Hiroyuki Aburatani

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Molecular Biology
Japan
2026
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Japan
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
141
Citations
94677
World Ranking
118
National Ranking
9

Medicine

D-Index
142
Citations
95746
World Ranking
1541
National Ranking
30

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Hiroyuki Aburatani is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research spans key areas within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Specific subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Oncology, Genetics, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their work covers various significant topics such as Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, RNA modifications and cancer, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Genetic factors in colorectal cancer, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism.

Aburatani has contributed to important papers, including:

  • Comprehensive analysis of chromothripsis in 2,658 human cancers using whole-genome sequencing, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Population-specific and trans-ancestry genome-wide analyses identify distinct and shared genetic risk loci for coronary artery disease, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • The landscape of viral associations in human cancers, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Disruption of chromatin folding domains by somatic genomic rearrangements in human cancer, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • A deep learning system accurately classifies primary and metastatic cancers using passenger mutation patterns, 2020, Nature Communications

Their publications frequently appear in several venues, including:

  • Nature Communications (19 publications)
  • Nature Genetics (9 publications)
  • Cancer Science (8 publications)
  • Cancer Research (8 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (8 publications)

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their career, with frequent coauthors such as Kenji Tatsuno, Katsutoshi Oda, Tetsuo Ushiku, Kadir C. Akdemir, and Genta Nagae. These collaborations reflect ongoing joint research efforts across related scientific domains.

Best Publications

  • Identification of the transforming EML4–ALK fusion gene in non-small-cell lung cancer

    Manabu Soda;Young Lim Choi;Munehiro Enomoto;Shuji Takada

  • Global variation in copy number in the human genome

    Richard Redon;Shumpei Ishikawa;Karen R. Fitch;Lars Feuk

  • Molecular basis of myotonic dystrophy: Expansion of a trinucleotide (CTG) repeat at the 3′ end of a transcript encoding a protein kinase family member

    J. David Brook;Mila E. McCurrach;Helen G. Harley;Alan J. Buckler

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • Comprehensive and Integrative Genomic Characterization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Adrian Ally;Miruna Balasundaram;Rebecca Carlsen;Eric Chuah

  • International network of cancer genome projects

    Thomas J. Hudson;Thomas J. Hudson;Warwick Anderson;Axel Aretz;Anna D. Barker

  • Landscape of genetic lesions in 944 patients with myelodysplastic syndromes

    T Haferlach;Y Nagata;V Grossmann;Y Okuno

  • A role for macrophage scavenger receptors in atherosclerosis and susceptibility to infection

    Hiroshi Suzuki;Hiroshi Suzuki;Yukiko Kurihara;Motohiro Takeya;Nobuo Kamada

  • Mutational Analysis Reveals the Origin and Therapy-Driven Evolution of Recurrent Glioma

    Brett E. Johnson;Tali Mazor;Chibo Hong;Michael Barnes

  • Nrf2 Redirects Glucose and Glutamine into Anabolic Pathways in Metabolic Reprogramming

    Yoichiro Mitsuishi;Keiko Taguchi;Yukie Kawatani;Tatsuhiro Shibata

  • Cohesin mediates transcriptional insulation by CCCTC-binding factor

    Kerstin S. Wendt;Keisuke Yoshida;Takehiko Itoh;Masashige Bando

  • Tumour-mediated upregulation of chemoattractants and recruitment of myeloid cells predetermines lung metastasis

    Sachie Hiratsuka;Akira Watanabe;Hiroyuki Aburatani;Yoshiro Maru

  • Integrated molecular analysis of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma.

    Yusuke Sato;Tetsuichi Yoshizato;Yuichi Shiraishi;Shigekatsu Maekawa

  • Engineered CRISPR-Cas9 nuclease with expanded targeting space

    Hiroshi Nishimasu;Xi Shi;Xi Shi;Soh Ishiguro;Soh Ishiguro;Linyi Gao;Linyi Gao

  • Copy number variation: New insights in genome diversity

    Jennifer L. Freeman;George H. Perry;Lars Feuk;Richard Redon

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

    Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

  • Integrated molecular analysis of adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma

    Keisuke Kataoka;Yasunobu Nagata;Akira Kitanaka;Yuichi Shiraishi

  • The S100A8–serum amyloid A3–TLR4 paracrine cascade establishes a pre-metastatic phase

    Sachie Hiratsuka;Akira Watanabe;Yoshiko Sakurai;Sachiko Akashi-Takamura

  • Trans-ancestry mutational landscape of hepatocellular carcinoma genomes

    Yasushi Totoki;Kenji Tatsuno;Kyle R. Covington;Hiroki Ueda

  • Whole-genome mutational landscape and characterization of noncoding and structural mutations in liver cancer

    Akihiro Fujimoto;Mayuko Furuta;Yasushi Totoki;Tatsuhiko Tsunoda

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuichi Tsutsumi
Shuichi Tsutsumi University of Tokyo
Tatsuhiko Kodama
Tatsuhiko Kodama University of Tokyo
Masashi Fukayama
Masashi Fukayama University of Tokyo
Akira Watanabe
Akira Watanabe Kyoto University
Takao Hamakubo
Takao Hamakubo Nippon Medical School
Kohei Miyazono
Kohei Miyazono University of Tokyo
Satoru Miyano
Satoru Miyano Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Juro Sakai
Juro Sakai University of Tokyo
Seishi Ogawa
Seishi Ogawa Kyoto University
Yuichi Shiraishi
Yuichi Shiraishi University of Tokyo

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