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Masaki Kitajima

Masaki Kitajima

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26567
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National Ranking
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Overview

Masaki Kitajima was affiliated with Keio University in Japan and contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology throughout their career. Their research primarily focused on neurology, pathology and forensic medicine, molecular biology, immunology, and genetics, with a notable emphasis on neurological disorders.

The scientist's work covered various main topics, including:

  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Connexins and lens biology
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Among their recent papers were:

  • Oligodendroglial connexin 47 regulates neuroinflammation upon autoimmune demyelination in a novel mouse model of multiple sclerosis, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Genetic factors for susceptibility to and manifestations of neuromyelitis optica, 2020, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
  • HLA genotype-clinical phenotype correlations in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders based on Japan MS/NMOSD Biobank data, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • RNA-binding protein altered expression and mislocalization in MS, 2020, Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • Connexins in neuromyelitis optica: a link between astrocytopathy and demyelination, 2020, Brain

Kitajima collaborated frequently with a core group of researchers. These frequent co-authors included Noriko Isobe, Jun-ichi Kira, Mitsuru Watanabe, Ryo Yamasaki, and Takuya Matsushita.

The body of their work was often published in reputable scientific venues, some of which they contributed to multiple times. These frequent publication venues included European Urology, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, Scientific Reports, Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology, and Neurology.

Throughout their career, Kitajima's research addressed mechanisms underlying neuroinflammation, demyelination conditions such as multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica, and the molecular biology processes connected to immunological responses in the nervous system.

Best Publications

  • Improvement in the Results of Surgical Treatment of Advanced Squamous Esophageal Carcinoma During 15 Consecutive Years

    Nobutoshi Ando;Soji Ozawa;Yuko Kitagawa;Yotaro Shinozawa

  • Scarless Endoscopic Thyroidectomy: Breast Approach for Better Cosmesis

    Masahiro Ohgami;Seiichiro Ishii;Yoshito Arisawa;Tai Ohmori

  • Induction of Heme Oxygenase-1 Suppresses Venular Leukocyte Adhesion Elicited by Oxidative Stress Role of Bilirubin Generated by the Enzyme

    Shinobu Hayashi;Rina Takamiya;Tokio Yamaguchi;Kenji Matsumoto

  • The role of the sentinel lymph node in gastrointestinal cancer.

    Yuko Kitagawa;Hirofumi Fujii;Makio Mukai;Tetsuro Kubota

  • Sentinel Node Mapping for Gastric Cancer: A Prospective Multicenter Trial in Japan

    Yuko Kitagawa;Hiroya Takeuchi;Yu Takagi;Shoji Natsugoe

  • Radio-guided sentinel node detection for gastric cancer

    Y Kitagawa;H Fujii;M Mukai;T Kubota

  • Curative Laparoscopic Surgery for Early Gastric Cancer: Five Years Experience

    M Ohgami;Y Otani;T Furukawa;T Kubota

  • Operative indications for relatively small (2-5 cm) gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach based on analysis of 60 operated cases

    Yoshihide Otani;Toshiharu Furukawa;Masashi Yoshida;Yoshiro Saikawa

  • Increased formation of oxidative DNA damage, 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine, in human breast cancer tissue and its relationship to GSTP1 and COMT genotypes.

    Akira Matsui;Tadashi Ikeda;Kohji Enomoto;Kanae Hosoda

  • Randomized controlled trial of laparoscopic versus open colectomy for advanced colorectal cancer

    H. Hasegawa;Y. Kabeshima;M. Watanabe;S. Yamamoto

  • Nude Mouse Metastatic Models of Human Stomach Cancer Constructed Using Orthotopic Implantation of Histologically Intact Tissue

    Toshiharu Furukawa;Xinyu Fu;Tetsuro Kubota;Masahiko Watanabe

  • Clinical significance of circulating tumor cells in blood from patients with gastrointestinal cancers.

    Kunihiko Hiraiwa;Hiroya Takeuchi;Hirotoshi Hasegawa;Yoshiro Saikawa

  • Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of a Novel UDP-galactose:β-N-Acetylglucosamine β1,3-Galactosyltransferase (β3Gal-T5) Responsible for Synthesis of Type 1 Chain in Colorectal and Pancreatic Epithelia and Tumor Cells Derived Therefrom

    Soichiro Isshiki;Akira Togayachi;Takashi Kudo;Shoko Nishihara

  • Curative laparoscopic surgery for early gastric cancer : Five years experience. Commentary

    M. Ohgami;Y. Otani;K. Kumai;T. Kubota

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expression Predicts Outcome and Lymph Node Metastasis in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus

    Chih-Horng Shih;Soji Ozawa;Nobutoshi Ando;Masakazu Ueda

  • Prognostic significance of tissue factor in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

    Nobuhiro Nitori;Yoshinori Ino;Yukihiro Nakanishi;Tesshi Yamada

  • Identification of three human type-II classic cadherins and frequent heterophilic interactions between different subclasses of type-II classic cadherins.

    Yutaka Shimoyama;Gozoh Tsujimoto;Masaki Kitajima;Michiya Natori

  • Interleukin 1 receptor blockade reduces tumor necrosis factor production, tissue injury, and mortality after hepatic ischemia-reperfusion in the rat

    Masaya Shito;Go Wakabayashi;Masakazu Ueda;Motohide Shimazu

  • Overexpression of leucine‐rich repeat‐containing G protein‐coupled receptor 5 in colorectal cancer

    Hiroshi Uchida;Ken Yamazaki;Mariko Fukuma;Taketo Yamada

  • Orthotopic transplantation of histologically intact clinical specimens of stomach cancer to nude mice: Correlation of metastatic sites in mouse and individual patient donors

    Toshiharu Furukawa;Tetsuro Kubota;Masahiko Watanabe;Masaki Kitajima

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuko Kitagawa
Yuko Kitagawa Keio University
Hiromasa Ishii
Hiromasa Ishii Keio University
Seiichiro Yamamoto
Seiichiro Yamamoto National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Toshifumi Hibi
Toshifumi Hibi Kitasato University
Michiie Sakamoto
Michiie Sakamoto Keio University
Shin Takahashi
Shin Takahashi Ehime University
Masaharu Seno
Masaharu Seno Okayama University
Setsuo Hirohashi
Setsuo Hirohashi National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Go Wakabayashi
Go Wakabayashi Iwate Medical University
Yasunori Okada
Yasunori Okada Juntendo University

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