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Japan
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
117
Citations
45889
World Ranking
4228
National Ranking
85

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Kohzoh Imai is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scientific output includes works in primary disciplines such as Medicine with 18 publications and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 16 publications. Subfield specializations include Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, Biomedical Engineering, and Biotechnology.

The main research topics Kohzoh Imai has contributed to are diverse and include:

  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Occupational and environmental lung diseases
  • Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
  • Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Kohzoh Imai has collaborated frequently with several coauthors through their scientific career, including Shoutaro Tsuji, Yohei Miyagi, Hiroaki Taniguchi, Taku Kouro, and Tetsuro Sasada.

Common publication venues for Imai's work include the International Journal of Cancer and the Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, both featuring multiple contributions. Other venues where their work has appeared include the Archives of Toxicology, Diagnostic Cytopathology, and various proceedings of the Japanese Pharmacological Society.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Imai illustrate research focus areas and include:

  • "Microsatellite instability in cancer: a novel landscape for diagnostic and therapeutic approach," 2020, Archives of Toxicology
  • "<scp>HEG1</scp>, <scp>BAP1</scp>, and <scp>MTAP</scp> are useful in cytologic diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma with effusion," 2020, Diagnostic Cytopathology
  • "Treatment of primary and metastatic breast and pancreatic tumors upon intravenous delivery of a <scp><i>PRDM14</i></scp>-specific chimeric <scp>siRNA</scp>/nanocarrier complex," 2021, International Journal of Cancer
  • "Membranous HEG1 expression is a useful marker in the differential diagnosis of epithelioid and biphasic malignant mesothelioma versus carcinomas," 2021, Pathology International
  • "Antitumoral <scp>RNA</scp>-targeted oligonucleotide therapeutics: The third pillar after small molecule inhibitors and antibodies," 2022, Cancer Science

Best Publications

  • Epigenetic inactivation of SFRP genes allows constitutive WNT signaling in colorectal cancer

    Hiromu Suzuki;Hiromu Suzuki;D. Neil Watkins;Kam Wing Jair;Kornel E. Schuebel

  • Integration of interferon-alpha/beta signalling to p53 responses in tumour suppression and antiviral defence.

    Akinori Takaoka;Sumio Hayakawa;Hideyuki Yanai;Dagmar Stoiber;Dagmar Stoiber

  • Comparing antibody and small-molecule therapies for cancer

    Kohzoh Imai;Akinori Takaoka

  • Epigenetic silencing of microRNA-34b/c and B-cell translocation gene 4 is associated with CpG island methylation in colorectal cancer.

    Minoru Toyota;Hiromu Suzuki;Yasushi Sasaki;Reo Maruyama

  • Proposal for a new clinical entity, IgG4-positive multiorgan lymphoproliferative syndrome: analysis of 64 cases of IgG4-related disorders

    Yasufumi Masaki;Lingli Dong;Lingli Dong;Nozomu Kurose;Kazuko Kitagawa

  • Aberrant Methylation in Gastric Cancer Associated with the CpG Island Methylator Phenotype

    Minoru Toyota;Nita Ahuja;Hiromu Suzuki;Fumio Itoh

  • p53-inducible wip1 phosphatase mediates a negative feedback regulation of p38 MAPK-p53 signaling in response to UV radiation.

    Mutsuhiro Takekawa;Masaaki Adachi;Atsuko Nakahata;Ichiro Nakayama

  • Carcinogenesis and microsatellite instability: the interrelationship between genetics and epigenetics.

    Kohzoh Imai;Hiroyuki Yamamoto

  • Upregulation of miR-196a and HOTAIR drive malignant character in gastrointestinal stromal tumors

    Takeshi Niinuma;Hiromu Suzuki;Masanori Nojima;Katsuhiko Nosho

  • A new conceptualization for Mikulicz's disease as an IgG4-related plasmacytic disease

    Motohisa Yamamoto;Hiroki Takahashi;Mikiko Ohara;Chisako Suzuki

  • Comparing the DNA hypermethylome with gene mutations in human colorectal cancer.

    Kornel E. Schuebel;Wei Chen;Leslie Cope;Sabine C. Glöckner

  • Distribution and molecular characterization of a cell-surface and a cytoplasmic antigen detectable in human melanoma cells with monoclonal antibodies

    Barry S. Wilson;Kohzoh Imai;Pier G. Natali;Soldano Ferrone

  • Expression profiles of non-small cell lung cancers on cDNA microarrays: Identification of genes for prediction of lymph-node metastasis and sensitivity to anti-cancer drugs

    Takefumi Kikuchi;Takefumi Kikuchi;Yataro Daigo;Toyomasa Katagiri;Tatsuhiko Tsunoda

  • Association of Fusobacterium nucleatum with immunity and molecular alterations in colorectal cancer

    Katsuhiko Nosho;Yasutaka Sukawa;Yasushi Adachi;Miki Ito

  • Association of Fusobacterium species in pancreatic cancer tissues with molecular features and prognosis

    Kei Mitsuhashi;Katsuhiko Nosho;Yasutaka Sukawa;Yasutaka Matsunaga

  • Clinical and pathological differences between Mikulicz's disease and Sjögren's syndrome

    M. Yamamoto;S. Harada;M. Ohara;C. Suzuki

  • Risk of malignancies in IgG4-related disease

    Motohisa Yamamoto;Hiroki Takahashi;Tetsuya Tabeya;Chisako Suzuki

  • Frequent epigenetic inactivation of Wnt antagonist genes in breast cancer

    H Suzuki;M Toyota;M Toyota;H Caraway;E Gabrielson

  • Frequent hypermethylation of CpG islands and loss of expression of the 14-3-3 sigma gene in human hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Norikazu Iwata;Hiroyuki Yamamoto;Shigeru Sasaki;Fumio Itoh

  • Contribution of matrilysin (MMP-7) to the metastatic pathway of human colorectal cancers.

    Y Adachi;H Yamamoto;F Itoh;Y Hinoda

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasuhisa Shinomura
Yasuhisa Shinomura Sapporo Medical University
Yuji Hinoda
Yuji Hinoda Yamaguchi University
Hiroyuki Yamamoto
Hiroyuki Yamamoto St. Marianna University School of Medicine
Hiromu Suzuki
Hiromu Suzuki Sapporo Medical University
Minoru Toyota
Minoru Toyota Sapporo Medical University
Takashi Tokino
Takashi Tokino Sapporo Medical University
Katsuhiko Nosho
Katsuhiko Nosho Sapporo Medical University
Koichi Hirata
Koichi Hirata Sapporo Medical University
David P. Carbone
David P. Carbone The Ohio State University
Soldano Ferrone
Soldano Ferrone Harvard University

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