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Kazuichi Okazaki

Kazuichi Okazaki

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Medicine

D-Index
96
Citations
41332
World Ranking
9545
National Ranking
264

Overview

Kazuichi Okazaki is affiliated with Kansai Medical University in Japan and has a significant publication record in the field of medicine, particularly focusing on surgery, epidemiology, rheumatology, oncology, and molecular biology. Their research primarily addresses IgG4-related and inflammatory diseases, neuroendocrine tumor advances, pancreatitis pathology and treatment, gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, pancreatic and hepatic oncology research, gallbladder and bile duct disorders, and TGF-β signaling in diseases.

Frequent publication venues for Okazaki include:

  • Pancreatology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Digestive Endoscopy
  • Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Pancreas

Okazaki has collaborated often with the following co-authors:

  • Tsukasa Ikeura
  • Makoto Naganuma
  • Kazushige Uchida
  • Atsushi Masamune
  • Terumi Kamisawa

Among their recent papers are the following publications:

  • The 2020 revised comprehensive diagnostic (RCD) criteria for IgG4-RD, 2020, Modern Rheumatology
  • Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pancreatic Cancer 2019 From the Japan Pancreas Society, 2020, Pancreas
  • Variants That Affect Function of Calcium Channel TRPV6 Are Associated With Early-Onset Chronic Pancreatitis, 2020, Gastroenterology
  • Amendment of the Japanese consensus guidelines for autoimmune pancreatitis, 2020, 2022, Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Gastrointestinal endoscopy in the era of the acute pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019: Recommendations by Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (Issued on April 9th, 2020), 2020, Digestive Endoscopy

Okazaki's body of work encompasses a total of 251 publications in the broad field of medicine, with contributions heavily concentrated in surgery (81 publications), epidemiology (47 publications), and rheumatology (45 publications). Their specialization in pancreatic diseases is underscored by numerous studies addressing pancreatitis pathology and treatment, as well as pancreatic and hepatic oncology research.

This research profile highlights a focus on understanding inflammatory and immune-related mechanisms, along with contributions to guidelines and consensus criteria development relevant to autoimmune pancreatitis and other gastrointestinal diseases. Okazaki's scholarly activity also reflects engagement with multidisciplinary teams and contributions to clinical practice guidelines and pandemic-related recommendations for gastrointestinal endoscopy.

Best Publications

  • Consensus statement on the pathology of IgG4-related disease

    Vikram Deshpande;Yoh Zen;John Kc Chan;Eunhee E Yi

  • Comprehensive diagnostic criteria for IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), 2011

    Hisanori Umehara;Kazuichi Okazaki;Yasufumi Masaki;Mitsuhiro Kawano

  • International consensus diagnostic criteria for autoimmune pancreatitis: guidelines of the International Association of Pancreatology.

    Tooru Shimosegawa;Suresh T. Chari;Luca Frulloni;Terumi Kamisawa

  • International Consensus Guidance Statement on the Management and Treatment of IgG4-Related Disease

    A. Khosroshahi;Z. S. Wallace;J. L. Crowe;T. Akamizu

  • A novel clinical entity, IgG4-related disease (IgG4RD): general concept and details

    Hisanori Umehara;Kazuichi Okazaki;Yasufumi Masaki;Mitsuhiro Kawano

  • Standard steroid treatment for autoimmune pancreatitis

    Terumi Kamisawa;Tooru Shimosegawa;Kazuichi Okazaki;Takayoshi Nishino

  • IgG4-Related Disease

    John H. Stone;John K. C. Chan;Vikram Deshpande;Kazuichi Okazaki

  • The 2019 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism classification criteria for IgG4-related disease

    Zachary S. Wallace;Ray P. Naden;Suresh Chari;Hyon K. Choi

  • Clinical diagnostic criteria of autoimmune pancreatitis: revised proposal.

    Kazuichi Okazaki;Shigeyuki Kawa;Terumi Kamisawa;Satoru Naruse

  • Autoimmune-related pancreatitis is associated with autoantibodies and a Th1/Th2-type cellular immune response.

    Kazuichi Okazaki;Kazushige Uchida;Masaya Ohana;Hiroshi Nakase

  • Long-term outcomes of autoimmune pancreatitis: a multicentre, international analysis

    Phil A. Hart;Terumi Kamisawa;William R. Brugge;Jae Bock Chung

  • Recommendations for the nomenclature of IgG4-related disease and its individual organ system manifestations

    John H. Stone;Arezou Khosroshahi;Vikram Deshpande;John K. C. Chan

  • Asian diagnostic criteria for autoimmune pancreatitis: consensus of the Japan-Korea Symposium on Autoimmune Pancreatitis.

    Makoto Otsuki;Jae Bock Chung;Kazuichi Okazaki;Myung Hwan Kim

  • The 2019 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Classification Criteria for IgG4-Related Disease.

    Zachary S Wallace;Ray P Naden;Suresh Chari;Hyon Choi

  • Autoimmune related pancreatitis

    K. Okazaki;Tsutomu Chiba

  • Controversies in clinical pancreatology: autoimmune pancreatitis: does it exist?

    Randall K Pearson;Daniel S Longnecker;Suresh T Chari;Thomas C Smyrk

  • Clinical diagnostic criteria of IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis 2012.

    Hirotaka Ohara;Kazuichi Okazaki;Hirohito Tsubouchi;Kazuo Inui

  • Chronic inflammation associated with hepatitis C virus infection perturbs hepatic transforming growth factor β signaling, promoting cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma

    Koichi Matsuzaki;Miki Murata;Katsunori Yoshida;Go Sekimoto

  • Recent advances in the concept and diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis and IgG4-related disease

    Kazuichi Okazaki;Kazushige Uchida;Masanori Koyabu;Hideaki Miyoshi

  • Comprehensive Diagnostic Criteria for IgG4-Related Disease

    Hisanori Umehara;Kazuichi Okazaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Tsutomu Chiba
Tsutomu Chiba Kyoto University
Terumi Kamisawa
Terumi Kamisawa Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital
Shigeyuki Kawa
Shigeyuki Kawa Matsumoto Dental University
Tooru Shimosegawa
Tooru Shimosegawa Tohoku University
Atsushi Kanno
Atsushi Kanno National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Suresh T. Chari
Suresh T. Chari The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Atsushi Masamune
Atsushi Masamune Tohoku University
Myung-Hwan Kim
Myung-Hwan Kim University of Ulsan
Takao Itoi
Takao Itoi Tokyo Medical University
Giuseppe Zamboni
Giuseppe Zamboni University of Verona

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