2026 Kenzaburo Tani: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	49	18003	16523	1298	1205	328	8996

Overview

Kenzaburo Tani is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular emphasis on Molecular Biology, Oncology, Genetics, Epidemiology, and Surgery.

The main topics in their work include:

Virus-based gene therapy research
CAR-T cell therapy research
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
Animal Virus Infections Studies
Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments

Their publication record features multiple papers, including recent contributions such as:

"Development of New Oncolytic Virotherapy Targeting Breast Cancer Using Coxsackievirus B3" (2021), published in Anticancer Research
"Aspects of Gene Therapy Products Using Current Genome-Editing Technology in Japan" (2020), published in Human Gene Therapy
"Coxsackievirus A11 is an immunostimulatory oncolytic virus that induces complete tumor regression in a human non-small cell lung cancer" (2023), published in Scientific Reports
"Clinical Trial of a Cancer Vaccine Targeting VEGF and KIF20A in Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer" (2021), published in Anticancer Research
"Safe Use of Nivolumab in a Patient with Epipharyngeal Carcinoma and Preexisting Ulcerative Colitis: A Histologically Proven Case Report" (2020), published in Internal Medicine

Frequent publication venues for Tani include:

Anticancer Research (3 publications)
The Journal of Gene Medicine (2 publications)
Scientific Reports (1 publication)
Human Gene Therapy (1 publication)
Internal Medicine (1 publication)

Tani has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

Yasuki Hijikata (4 joint publications)
Shohei Miyamoto (3 joint publications)
Yasushi Soda (3 joint publications)
Yasunori Ota (3 joint publications)
Mutsunori Murahashi (2 joint publications)

Best Publications

Single-institute comparative analysis of unrelated bone marrow transplantation and cord blood transplantation for adult patients with hematologic malignancies.

Satoshi Takahashi;Tohru Iseki;Tohru Iseki;Jun Ooi;Jun Ooi;Akira Tomonari;Akira Tomonari

463
Citations
Establishment of immortalized human erythroid progenitor cell lines able to produce enucleated red blood cells.

Ryo Kurita;Noriko Suda;Kazuhiro Sudo;Kenichi Miharada

455
Citations
Multimodal immunogenic cancer cell death as a consequence of anticancer cytotoxic treatments.

H Inoue;K Tani

395
Citations
Cloning of cDNAs for human aldehyde dehydrogenases 1 and 2

Lily C. Hsu;Kenzaburo Tani;Toshinobu Fujiyoshi;Kotoku Kurachi

268
Citations
Hematopoiesis in the fetal liver is impaired by targeted mutagenesis of a gene encoding a non-DNA binding subunit of the transcription factor, polyomavirus enhancer binding protein 2/core binding factor

Masaru Niki;Hitoshi Okada;Hiroshi Takano;Junko Kuno

267
Citations
Sequence of the promoter region of the gene for human X-linked 3-phosphoglycerate kinase

Judith Singer-Sam;Douglas H. Keith;Kenzaburo Tani;Robert L. Simmer

251
Citations
Coxsackievirus B3 Is an Oncolytic Virus with Immunostimulatory Properties that Is Active Against Lung Adenocarcinoma

Shohei Miyamoto;Hiroyuki Inoue;Takafumi Nakamura;Meiko Yamada

226
Citations
Establishment of Novel Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Derived from the Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

Erika Sasaki;Kisaburo Hanazawa;Ryo Kurita;Akira Akatsuka

218
Citations
A Novel Allosterically trans-Activated Ribozyme, the Maxizyme, with Exceptional Specificity In Vitro and In Vivo

Tomoko Kuwabara;Tomoko Kuwabara;Masaki Warashina;Masaki Warashina;Tsuyoshi Tanabe;Kenzaburo Tani

205
Citations
AML1(-/-) embryos do not express certain hematopoiesis-related gene transcripts including those of the PU.1 gene.

Hitoshi Okada;Toshio Watanabe;Masaru Niki;Hiroshi Takano

182
Citations
Mice lacking a transcriptional corepressor Tob are predisposed to cancer

Yutaka Yoshida;Takahisa Nakamura;Masato Komoda;Hitoshi Satoh

170
Citations
Factors Governing the Activity In Vivo of Ribozymes Transcribed by RNA Polymerase III

Shiori Koseki;Tsuyoshi Tanabe;Kenzaburo Tani;Shigetaka Asano

147
Citations
Phase I Study of Autologous Tumor Vaccines Transduced with the GM-CSF Gene in Four Patients with Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer in Japan: Clinical and Immunological Findings

Kenzaburo Tani;Kenzaburo Tani;Miyuki Azuma;Yukoh Nakazaki;Yukoh Nakazaki;Naoki Oyaizu

122
Citations
Transient hematopoietic stem cell rescue using umbilical cord blood for a lethally irradiated nuclear accident victim.

H Nagayama;K Misawa;H Tanaka;J Ooi

114
Citations
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor stimulates human mature neutrophilic granulocytes to produce interferon-alpha

N. Shirafuji;S. Matsuda;H. Ogura;K. Tani

113
Citations
Oncogene inactivation in a mouse model.

Tsuyoshi Tanabe;Tomoko Kuwabara;Masaki Warashina;Kenzaburo Tani

113
Citations
Establishment and characteristics of a gastric cancer cell line (HuGC‐OOHIRA) producing high levels of G‐CSF, GM‐CSF, and IL‐6: The presence of autocrine growth control by G‐CSF

Masaru Baba;Hiroshi Hasegawa;Masahiro Nakayabu;Noriko Shimizu

110
Citations
CD19-targeting liposomes containing imatinib efficiently kill Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells.

Masamitsu Harata;Yasushi Soda;Kenzaburo Tani;Jun Ooi

109
Citations
Effective transduction and stable transgene expression in human blood cells by a third-generation lentiviral vector.

Y Bai;Y Soda;Y Soda;K Izawa;T Tanabe;T Tanabe

105
Citations
Cytomegalovirus infection following unrelated cord blood transplantation for adult patients: a single institute experience in Japan.

Akira Tomonari;Tohru Iseki;Jun Ooi;Satoshi Takahashi

105
Citations