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Koichi Tsuneyama

Koichi Tsuneyama

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D-Index
85
Citations
23364
World Ranking
14720
National Ranking
445

Overview

Koichi Tsuneyama is affiliated with the University of Tokushima in Japan and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their work spans several subfields including Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Surgery, Hepatology, and Immunology. The main topics of their research include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Liver Diseases and Immunity, Diet, Metabolism, and Disease, Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Diet and metabolism studies, and T-cell and B-cell Immunology.

Notable recent publications by Koichi Tsuneyama include:

  • Depletion of CD206+ M2-like macrophages induces fibro-adipogenic progenitors activation and muscle regeneration (2022) in Nature Communications
  • Melatonin sensitises shikonin-induced cancer cell death mediated by oxidative stress via inhibition of the SIRT3/SOD2-AKT pathway (2020) in Redox Biology
  • Fructo-oligosaccharides ameliorate steatohepatitis, visceral adiposity, and associated chronic inflammation via increased production of short-chain fatty acids in a mouse model of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (2020) in BMC Gastroenterology
  • Molecular imaging analysis of microvesicular and macrovesicular lipid droplets in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by Raman microscopy (2020) in Scientific Reports
  • Hyperbaric oxygen suppressed tumor progression through the improvement of tumor hypoxia and induction of tumor apoptosis in A549-cell-transferred lung cancer (2021) in Scientific Reports

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Tsuneyama include:

  • Mayuko Ichimura-Shimizu (58 coauthored publications)
  • Takeshi Oya (28 coauthored publications)
  • Minoru Matsumoto (19 coauthored publications)
  • Hirohisa Ogawa (19 coauthored publications)
  • Mitsuo Shimada (13 coauthored publications)

The scientist has frequently published in several specific venues, notably:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (8 publications)
  • Research Square (6 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (5 publications)
  • The Journal of Medical Investigation (5 publications)
  • Cureus (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • Regulatory Mechanisms for Adipose Tissue M1 and M2 Macrophages in Diet-Induced Obese Mice

    Shiho Fujisaka;Isao Usui;Agussalim Bukhari;Masashi Ikutani

  • IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis with and without hepatic inflammatory pseudotumor, and sclerosing pancreatitis-associated sclerosing cholangitis : Do they belong to a spectrum of sclerosing pancreatitis?

    Yoh Zen;Kenichi Harada;Motoko Sasaki;Yasunori Sato

  • Abundant IgG4-positive plasma cell infiltration characterizes chronic sclerosing sialadenitis (Küttner's tumor).

    Satoshi Kitagawa;Yoh Zen;Kenichi Harada;Motoko Sasaki

  • Expressions of MMP-2, MMP-9 and VEGF are closely linked to growth, invasion, metastasis and angiogenesis of gastric carcinoma

    Huachuan Zheng;Hiroyuki Takahashi;Yoshihiro Murai;Zhengguo Cui

  • Liver‐targeted and peripheral blood alterations of regulatory T cells in primary biliary cirrhosis

    Ruth Y. Lan;Chunmei Cheng;Zhe Xiong Lian;Koichi Tsuneyama

  • Identification of Innate IL-5–Producing Cells and Their Role in Lung Eosinophil Regulation and Antitumor Immunity

    Masashi Ikutani;Tsutomu Yanagibashi;Masaru Ogasawara;Koichi Tsuneyama

  • RAGE control of diabetic nephropathy in a mouse model: effects of RAGE gene disruption and administration of low-molecular weight heparin.

    Khin Mar Myint;Yasuhiko Yamamoto;Toshio Doi;Ichiro Kato

  • Hepatic IL-17 responses in human and murine primary biliary cirrhosis.

    Ruth Y Z Lan;Thucydides L. Salunga;Koichi Tsuneyama;Zhe Xiong Lian

  • IL‐2 receptor α−/− mice and the development of primary biliary cirrhosis

    Kanji Wakabayashi;Zhe-Xiong Lian;Yuki Moritoki;Ruth Y Lan

  • Isoliquiritigenin is a potent inhibitor of NLRP3 inflammasome activation and diet-induced adipose tissue inflammation

    Hiroe Honda;Yoshinori Nagai;Takayuki Matsunaga;Naoki Okamoto

  • IL-12/Th1 and IL-23/Th17 biliary microenvironment in primary biliary cirrhosis: Implications for therapy

    Chen-Yen Yang;Xiong Ma;Koichi Tsuneyama;Shanshan Huang

  • Adipose tissue hypoxia induces inflammatory M1 polarity of macrophages in an HIF-1α-dependent and HIF-1α-independent manner in obese mice

    S. Fujisaka;I. Usui;M. Ikutani;A. Aminuddin

  • Septic Shock Is Associated with Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products Ligation of LPS

    Yasuhiko Yamamoto;Ai Harashima;Hidehito Saito;Koichi Tsuneyama

  • Improved 1-h rapid immunostaining method using intermittent microwave irradiation: practicability based on 5 years application in Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital

    Tokimasa Kumada;Koichi Tsuneyama;Hideki Hatta;Shin Ishizawa

  • Application of a new histological staging and grading system for primary biliary cirrhosis to liver biopsy specimens: Interobserver agreement.

    Yasuni Nakanuma;Yoh Zen;Kenichi Harada;Motoko Sasaki

  • High-level expression of chemokine CXCL16 by tumor cells correlates with a good prognosis and increased tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in colorectal cancer.

    Shozo Hojo;Keiichi Koizumi;Koichi Tsuneyama;Yoshihisa Arita

  • Hepatocellular carcinoma arising in non‐alcoholic steatohepatitis

    Yoh Zen;Kazuyoshi Katayanagi;Koichi Tsuneyama;Kenichi Harada

  • CD206+ M2-like macrophages regulate systemic glucose metabolism by inhibiting proliferation of adipocyte progenitors

    Allah Nawaz;Aminuddin Aminuddin;Tomonobu Kado;Akiko Takikawa

  • Loss of tolerance in C57BL/6 mice to the autoantigen E2 subunit of pyruvate dehydrogenase by a xenobiotic with ensuing biliary ductular disease

    Kanji Wakabayashi;Kanji Wakabayashi;Zhe-Xiong Lian;Patrick S C Leung;Yuki Moritoki

  • Chemokine receptor CXCR4 expression and prognosis in patients with metastatic prostate cancer.

    Takuya Akashi;Keiichi Koizumi;Koichi Tsuneyama;Ikuo Saiki

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Eric Gershwin
M. Eric Gershwin University of California, Davis
Yasuni Nakanuma
Yasuni Nakanuma Kanazawa University
Aftab A. Ansari
Aftab A. Ansari University of California, Davis
Tsuyoshi Yokoi
Tsuyoshi Yokoi Nagoya University
Ross L. Coppel
Ross L. Coppel Monash University
Patrick S.C. Leung
Patrick S.C. Leung University of California, Davis
Zhe-Xiong Lian
Zhe-Xiong Lian University of Science and Technology of China
Miki Nakajima
Miki Nakajima Kanazawa University
Zhe-Xiong Lian
Zhe-Xiong Lian University of Science and Technology of China
Kiyoshi Takatsu
Kiyoshi Takatsu University of Toyama

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