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Koji Hashimoto

Koji Hashimoto

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
26248
World Ranking
4967
National Ranking
321

Overview

Koji Hashimoto is affiliated with Ehime University in Japan and has contributed research across multiple fields, notably Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans molecular biology, hepatology, rheumatology, genetics, and pharmacology.

Their research topics include:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Urticaria and Related Conditions
  • Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions
  • Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis

Koji Hashimoto has published in the following venues:

  • Annals of Surgery
  • The Journal of Dermatology
  • Nature Chemical Biology
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Journal of Dermatological Science

Recent publications include:

  • "New codons for efficient production of unnatural proteins in a semisynthetic organism," 2020, Nature Chemical Biology
  • "Influence of corticosteroid therapy on viral reactivation in drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome/drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms," 2020, The Journal of Dermatology
  • "Tumor Mutational Burden From Circulating Tumor DNA Predicts Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Resection," 2024, Annals of Surgery
  • "Efforts toward Further Integration of an Unnatural Base Pair into the Biology of a Semisynthetic Organism," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "A multicenter, open-label, uncontrolled, single-arm phase 2 study of tirabrutinib, an oral Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in pemphigus," 2021, Journal of Dermatological Science

Frequent co-authors of Koji Hashimoto include:

  • Chase J. Wehrle
  • Andrea Schlegel
  • Masato Fujiki
  • Federico Aucejo
  • Mikiko Tohyama

Best Publications

  • Gain-of-function mutations of c-kit in human gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

    Seiichi Hirota;Koji Isozaki;Yasuhiro Moriyama;Koji Hashimoto

  • FAMILIAL GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOURS WITH GERMLINE MUTATION OF THE KIT GENE

    Toshirou Nishida;Seiichi Hirota;Masahiko Taniguchi;Koji Hashimoto

  • Antimicrobial Peptides Human β-Defensins Stimulate Epidermal Keratinocyte Migration, Proliferation and Production of Proinflammatory Cytokines and Chemokines

    François Niyonsaba;Hiroko Ushio;Nobuhiro Nakano;William Ng

  • Genome-wide association study identifies HLA-A*3101 allele as a genetic risk factor for carbamazepine-induced cutaneous adverse drug reactions in Japanese population

    Takeshi Ozeki;Taisei Mushiroda;Amara Yowang;Atsushi Takahashi

  • Antimicrobial Peptides in the Oral Environment: Expression and Function in Health and Disease

    Kazuhisa Ouhara;Hitoshi Komatsuzawa;Sakuo Yamada;Hideki Shiba

  • Induction of the cytokine signal regulator SOCS3/CIS3 as a therapeutic strategy for treating inflammatory arthritis

    Takanori Shouda;Takafumi Yoshida;Takafumi Yoshida;Toshikatsu Hanada;Toru Wakioka;Toru Wakioka

  • Transcriptional regulation of the cyclin D1 promoter by STAT5: its involvement in cytokine-dependent growth of hematopoietic cells.

    Itaru Matsumura;Toshio Kitamura;Hiroshi Wakao;Hirokazu Tanaka

  • Induction of Keratinocyte Migration via Transactivation of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor by the Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37

    Sho Tokumaru;Koji Sayama;Yuji Shirakata;Hitoshi Komatsuzawa

  • Usefulness of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using recombinant desmogleins 1 and 3 for serodiagnosis of pemphigus

    M Amagai;A Komai;T Hashimoto;Y Shirakata

  • Heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor and ErbB signaling is essential for heart function

    Ryo Iwamoto;Satoru Yamazaki;Masanori Asakura;Seiji Takashima

  • Heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor accelerates keratinocyte migration and skin wound healing

    Yuji Shirakata;Rina Kimura;Daisuke Nanba;Ryo Iwamoto

  • Association of human herpesvirus 6 reactivation with the flaring and severity of drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome

    M. Tohyama;K. Hashimoto;M. Yasukawa;H. Kimura

  • Ectodomain Shedding of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Ligands Is Required for Keratinocyte Migration in Cutaneous Wound Healing

    Sho Tokumaru;Sho Tokumaru;Shigeki Higashiyama;Takeshi Endo;Takatoshi Nakagawa

  • Severe Hypersensitivity Syndrome Due to Sulfasalazine Associated With Reactivation of Human Herpesvirus 6

    Mikiko Tohyama;Yoko Yahata;Masaki Yasukawa;Reiko Inagi

  • Staphylococcus aureus Susceptibility to Innate Antimicrobial Peptides, β-Defensins and CAP18, Expressed by Human Keratinocytes

    Kazushige Midorikawa;Kazuhisa Ouhara;Hitoshi Komatsuzawa;Toshihisa Kawai

  • Marked stimulation of growth and motility of human keratinocytes by hepatocyte growth factor.

    Kunio Matsumoto;Koji Hashimoto;Kunihiko Yoshikawa;Toshikazu Nakamura

  • BP180 ELISA using bacterial recombinant NC16a protein as a diagnostic and monitoring tool for bullous pemphigoid.

    Masakazu Kobayashi;Masayuki Amagai;Keiko Kuroda-Kinoshita;Takashi Hashimoto

  • A randomized double-blind trial of intravenous immunoglobulin for pemphigus

    Masayuki Amagai;Shigaku Ikeda;Hiroshi Shimizu;Hajime Iizuka

  • Downregulation of E-cadherin and Desmoglein 1 by autocrine hepatocyte growth factor during melanoma development.

    Gang Li;Gang Li;Helmut Schaider;Kapaettu Satyamoorthy;Yasushi Hanakawa

  • RNA melanoma vaccine: induction of antitumor immunity by human glycoprotein 100 mRNA immunization.

    W.-Z. Zhou;D.S.B. Hoon;S.K.S. Huang;S. Fujii

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenshi Yamasaki
Kenshi Yamasaki Tohoku University
Shigeki Higashiyama
Shigeki Higashiyama Ehime University
Kunio Matsumoto
Kunio Matsumoto Kanazawa University
Takashi Hashimoto
Takashi Hashimoto Osaka Metropolitan University
Masayuki Amagai
Masayuki Amagai Keio University
Yuzuru Kanakura
Yuzuru Kanakura Osaka University
Yukihiko Kitamura
Yukihiko Kitamura Osaka University
Masahiro Sakanaka
Masahiro Sakanaka Ehime University
Junya Tanaka
Junya Tanaka Ehime University
Eiichi Morii
Eiichi Morii Osaka University

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