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Masahiko Fujino

Masahiko Fujino

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
85
Citations
34544
World Ranking
3089
National Ranking
194

Overview

Masahiko Fujino is affiliated with Takeda in Japan, actively contributing to the field of medicine with a focus on surgery and related subfields. Their research encompasses areas such as appendicitis diagnosis and management, diverticular disease and complications, gastrointestinal tumor research and treatment, and hernia repair and management.

The scientist's work includes frequent publications in major journals, particularly the Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology, where they have published six papers. Other notable venues for their publications include Surgical Case Reports, Japanese Journal of Radiology, World Journal of Surgery, and PubMed.

Fujino collaborates with a number of researchers, prominently including Norihiro Yuasa, Hideo Miyake, and Hidemasa Nagai, with multiple joint publications recorded between them. Other frequent coauthors are Yuichiro Yoshioka and Ayami Kiriyama.

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on clinical and pathological aspects of gastrointestinal conditions and surgical cases. Notable publications include:

  • Diagnosis of appendiceal diverticulitis by multidetector computed tomography, 2020, Japanese Journal of Radiology
  • Chronological Changes in Appendiceal Pathology Among Patients Who Underwent Appendectomy for Suspected Acute Appendicitis, 2020, World Journal of Surgery
  • IgG4 plasma cell myeloma: Clinicopathological characteristics and diagnosis, 2020, Pathology International
  • Clinicopathological characteristics of De Garengeot hernia: six case reports and literature review, 2021, Surgical Case Reports
  • Clinical features and risk factors for appendiceal diverticulitis: a comparative study with acute appendicitis, 2023, Surgery Today

Their research fields concentrate primarily on medicine, with notable subfields in surgery, emergency medicine, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, and molecular biology. These disciplines reflect a broad engagement with clinical aspects of patient care and pathological investigation.

Main research topics addressed by Fujino include:

  • Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
  • Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies
  • Diverticular Disease and Complications
  • Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Hernia repair and management
  • Metastasis and carcinoma case studies

Best Publications

  • Isolation and characterization of a novel endogenous peptide ligand for the human APJ receptor.

    Kazuhiko Tatemoto;Masaki Hosoya;Yugo Habata;Ryo Fujii

  • Free fatty acids regulate insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells through GPR40.

    Yasuaki Itoh;Yuji Kawamata;Masataka Harada;Makoto Kobayashi

  • Metastasis suppressor gene KiSS-1 encodes peptide ligand of a G-protein-coupled receptor.

    Tetsuya Ohtaki;Yasushi Shintani;Susumu Honda;Hirokazu Matsumoto

  • A G Protein-coupled Receptor Responsive to Bile Acids

    Yuji Kawamata;Ryo Fujii;Masaki Hosoya;Masataka Harada

  • Isolation of a neuropeptide corresponding to the N-terminal 27 residues of the pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide with 38 residues (PACAP38).

    Atsuro Miyata;Lun Jiang;Raymond D. Dahl;Chieko Kitada

  • A prolactin-releasing peptide in the brain

    Shuji Hinuma;Yugo Habata;Ryo Fujii;Yuji Kawamata

  • New neuropeptides containing carboxy-terminal RFamide and their receptor in mammals.

    Shuji Hinuma;Yasushi Shintani;Shoji Fukusumi;Norio Iijima

  • Molecular and Functional Characteristics of APJ TISSUE DISTRIBUTION OF mRNA AND INTERACTION WITH THE ENDOGENOUS LIGAND APELIN

    Masaki Hosoya;Yuji Kawamata;Shoji Fukusumi;Ryo Fujii

  • Molecular properties of apelin: tissue distribution and receptor binding

    Yuji Kawamata;Yugo Habata;Shoji Fukusumi;Masaki Hosoya

  • Cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA encoding the precursor of a human endothelium-derived vasoconstrictor peptide, endothelin: Identity of human and porcine endothelin

    Yasuaki Itoh;Masashi Yanagisawa;Shoichi Ohkubo;Chiharu Kimura

  • Abundance of endothelin-3 in rat intestine, pituitary gland and brain.

    Hirokazu Matsumoto;Nobuhiro Suzuki;Haruo Onda;Masahiko Fujino

  • A novel peptide which stimulates adenylate cyclase: molecular cloning and characterization of the ovine and human cDNAs.

    Chiharu Kimura;Shoichi Ohkubo;Kazuhiro Ogi;Masaki Hosoya

  • Apelin, the natural ligand of the orphan receptor APJ, is abundantly secreted in the colostrum

    Yugo Habata;Ryo Fujii;Masaki Hosoya;Shoji Fukusumi

  • Dramatic Elevation of Plasma Metastin Concentrations in Human Pregnancy: Metastin as a Novel Placenta-Derived Hormone in Humans

    Yasuko Horikoshi;Hirokazu Matsumoto;Yoshihiro Takatsu;Tetsuya Ohtaki

  • A sensitive sandwich-enzyme immunoassay for human endothelin.

    Nobuhiro Suzuki;Hirokazu Matsumoto;Chieko Kitada;Tomoh Masaki

  • Isolation and cDNA cloning of a novel galanin-like peptide (GALP) from porcine hypothalamus.

    Tetsuya Ohtaki;Satoshi Kumano;Yoshihiro Ishibashi;Kazuhiro Ogi

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of cDNA for the precursor of rat pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP)

    Kazuhiro Ogi;Chiharu Kimura;Chiharu Kimura;Haruo Onda;Haruo Onda;Akira Arimura;Akira Arimura

  • T-226296: a novel, orally active and selective melanin-concentrating hormone receptor antagonist.

    Shiro Takekawa;Asano Asami;Yuji Ishihara;Jun Terauchi

  • Isolation and identification of EG-VEGF/prokineticins as cognate ligands for two orphan G-protein-coupled receptors

    Yasushi Masuda;Yoshihiro Takatsu;Yasuko Terao;Satoshi Kumano

  • Urotensin II is the endogenous ligand of a G-protein-coupled orphan receptor, SENR (GPR14).

    Masaaki Mori;Tsukasa Sugo;Michiko Abe;Yukio Shimomura

Frequent Co-Authors

Haruo Onda
Haruo Onda Takeda (Japan)
Nobuhiro Suzuki
Nobuhiro Suzuki Sophia University
Masashi Yanagisawa
Masashi Yanagisawa University of Tsukuba
Akira Arimura
Akira Arimura Tulane University
Tatsuo Miyazawa
Tatsuo Miyazawa University of Tokyo
Tomoh Masaki
Tomoh Masaki Kyoto University
Akinori Suzuki
Akinori Suzuki University of Tokyo
Akira Isogai
Akira Isogai University of Tokyo
Terumi Nakajima
Terumi Nakajima Suntory (Japan)
Akira Miyake
Akira Miyake University of Colorado Boulder

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