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Kunio Matsumoto

Kunio Matsumoto

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Medicine
Japan
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
107
Citations
38002
World Ranking
6309
National Ranking
143

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Kunio Matsumoto is affiliated with Kanazawa University in Japan and has an extensive publication record in the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans various subfields including molecular biology, hepatology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, and surgery.

The scientist's research focuses on several key topics:

  • Liver physiology and pathology
  • Monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research
  • Glycosylation and glycoproteins research
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Pancreatic and hepatic oncology research
  • Protein kinase regulation and GTPase signaling
  • Fibroblast growth factor research

Some of Kunio Matsumoto's recent publications include:

  • "Transient IGF-1R inhibition combined with osimertinib eradicates AXL-low expressing EGFR mutated lung cancer," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Lasso-grafting of macrocyclic peptide pharmacophores yields multi-functional proteins," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "N-glycosylation regulates MET processing and signaling," 2022, Cancer Science
  • "Leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin 2 is an antiviral regulator acting through the proto-oncogene MET," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "De novo peptide grafting to a self-assembling nanocapsule yields a hepatocyte growth factor receptor agonist," 2021, iScience

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Katsuya Sakai
  • Hiroaki Suga
  • Ryu Imamura
  • Junichi Takagi
  • Hiroki Sato

Matsumoto's work has been published most often in the following journals and venues:

  • Nature Communications
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Cancer Science
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • iScience

Best Publications

  • Atmospheric vμ ve ratio in the multi-GeV energy range

    Y. Fukuda;T. Hayakawa;K. Inoue;T. Ishida

  • Liver organogenesis promoted by endothelial cells prior to vascular function.

    Kunio Matsumoto;Kunio Matsumoto;Hideyuki Yoshitomi;Janet Rossant;Janet Rossant;Kenneth S. Zaret

  • Hepatocyte growth factor gene therapy of liver cirrhosis in rats.

    Takahiro Ueki;Yasufumi Kaneda;Hiroko Tsutsui;Kenji Nakanishi

  • Hepatocyte Growth Factor Induces Gefitinib Resistance of Lung Adenocarcinoma with Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor–Activating Mutations

    Seiji Yano;Wei Wang;Qi Li;Kunio Matsumoto

  • Myocardial protection from ischemia/reperfusion injury by endogenous and exogenous HGF

    Teruya Nakamura;Shinya Mizuno;Kunio Matsumoto;Yoshiki Sawa

  • Hepatocyte growth factor prevents acute renal failure and accelerates renal regeneration in mice

    Kouichi Kawaida;Kunio Matsumoto;Hisaaki Shimazu;Toshikazu Nakamura

  • Development of safe and efficient novel nonviral gene transfer using ultrasound: enhancement of transfection efficiency of naked plasmid DNA in skeletal muscle

    Y Taniyama;K Tachibana;K Hiraoka;M Aoki

  • Hepatocyte growth factor twenty years on: Much more than a growth factor

    Takahiro Nakamura;Katsuya Sakai;Toshikazu Nakamura;Kunio Matsumoto

  • Cofilin Phosphorylation and Actin Cytoskeletal Dynamics Regulated by Rho- and Cdc42-Activated Lim-Kinase 2

    Tomoyuki Sumi;Kunio Matsumoto;Yoshimi Takai;Toshikazu Nakamura

  • Radiation to Stromal Fibroblasts Increases Invasiveness of Pancreatic Cancer Cells through Tumor-Stromal Interactions

    Kenoki Ohuchida;Kazuhiro Mizumoto;Mitsuhiko Murakami;Li Wu Qian

  • Direct evidence that hepatocyte growth factor is a hepatotrophic factor for liver regeneration and has a potent antihepatitis effect in vivo.

    Yoshihide Ishiki;Hiroo Ohnishi;Yasutoshi Muto;Kunio Matsumoto

  • Hepatocyte growth factor: Renotropic role and potential therapeutics for renal diseases

    Kunio Matsumoto;Toshikazu Nakamura

  • Specific activation of LIM kinase 2 via phosphorylation of threonine 505 by ROCK, a Rho-dependent protein kinase.

    Tomoyuki Sumi;Kunio Matsumoto;Toshikazu Nakamura

  • Crosstalk to stromal fibroblasts induces resistance of lung cancer to epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

    Wei Wang;Qi Li;Tadaaki Yamada;Kunio Matsumoto

  • Therapeutic Angiogenesis Induced by Human Recombinant Hepatocyte Growth Factor in Rabbit Hind Limb Ischemia Model as Cytokine Supplement Therapy

    Ryuichi Morishita;Shigefumi Nakamura;Shin-ichiro Hayashi;Yoshiaki Taniyama

  • Hepatocyte growth factor prevents renal fibrosis and dysfunction in a mouse model of chronic renal disease.

    S Mizuno;T Kurosawa;K Matsumoto;Y Mizuno-Horikawa

  • Hepatocyte growth factor, its receptor, and their potential value in cancer therapies

    Wen G. Jiang;Tracey A. Martin;Christian Parr;Gaynor Davies

  • HGF/NK4 is a specific antagonist for pleiotrophic actions of hepatocyte growth factor.

    Kazuhiko Date;Kunio Matsumoto;Hideo Shimura;Masao Tanaka

  • Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor Is a Coreceptor for Adeno-Associated Virus Type 2 Infection

    Yuji Kashiwakura;Kenji Tamayose;Kazuhisa Iwabuchi;Yukihiko Hirai

  • Angiogenesis induced by hepatocyte growth factor in non-infarcted myocardium and infarcted myocardium: up-regulation of essential transcription factor for angiogenesis, ets.

    M Aoki;R Morishita;Y Taniyama;I Kida

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshikazu Nakamura
Toshikazu Nakamura Osaka University
Ryuichi Morishita
Ryuichi Morishita Osaka University
Toshio Ogihara
Toshio Ogihara Osaka University
Motokuni Aoki
Motokuni Aoki Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences
Yasufumi Kaneda
Yasufumi Kaneda Osaka University
Masao Tanaka
Masao Tanaka Kyushu University
Toshihiro Nukiwa
Toshihiro Nukiwa Tohoku University
Koji Hashimoto
Koji Hashimoto Ehime University
Yukihiko Kitamura
Yukihiko Kitamura Osaka University
Saburo Sone
Saburo Sone University of Tokushima

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