World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
21334
World Ranking
6917
National Ranking
462

Overview

Masao Honda is affiliated with Kanazawa University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans several subfields including hepatology, epidemiology, molecular biology, oncology, and immunology.

The core focus of their work involves liver-related diseases and conditions, with key topics including liver disease diagnosis and treatment, hepatitis C and B virus research, hepatocellular carcinoma treatment and prognosis, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, liver physiology and pathology, and the study of endoplasmic reticulum stress and its role in disease.

Honda's frequently published articles appear in notable venues such as UNC Libraries, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Scientific Reports, Hepatology Research, and Hepatology Communications. These venues collectively reflect a strong emphasis on research in molecular sciences, liver diseases, and immunological aspects of oncology.

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Honda are:

  • Stability of a stem-loop involving the initiator AUG controls the efficiency of internal initiation of translation on hepatitis C virus RNA, 2020, PubMed
  • Combination of gemcitabine and anti-PD-1 antibody enhances the anticancer effect of M1 macrophages and the Th1 response in a murine model of pancreatic cancer liver metastasis, 2020, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • Comparison of Tofogliflozin and Glimepiride Effects on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Participants With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized, 48-Week, Open-Label, Active-Controlled Trial, 2022, Diabetes Care
  • Xanthine oxidase inhibition attenuates insulin resistance and diet-induced steatohepatitis in mice, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Chronic liver disease enables gut Enterococcus faecalis colonization to promote liver carcinogenesis, 2021, Nature Cancer

Honda's frequent collaborators include researchers who have co-authored multiple publications alongside them. Prominent coauthors are Taro Yamashita, Shuichi Kaneko, Tetsuro Shimakami, Tatsuya Yamashita, and Eishiro Mizukoshi. Each of these collaborators has worked extensively with Honda, contributing to the advancement of related research fields.

Their scholarly output encompasses a substantial body of work in medicine, with a significant focus on liver-related diseases and molecular investigations connected to virology and cancer immunotherapy. This body of work demonstrates interdisciplinary engagement across experimental, clinical, and molecular research domains.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association of IL28B with response to pegylated interferon-alpha and ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C.

    Yasuhito Tanaka;Nao Nishida;Masaya Sugiyama;Masayuki Kurosaki

  • EpCAM-positive hepatocellular carcinoma cells are tumor initiating cells with stem/progenitor cell features

    Taro Yamashita;Junfang Ji;Anuradha Budhu;Marshonna Forgues

  • Increased oxidative stress precedes the onset of high-fat diet-induced insulin resistance and obesity.

    Naoto Matsuzawa-Nagata;Toshinari Takamura;Hitoshi Ando;Seiji Nakamura

  • A Liver-Derived Secretory Protein, Selenoprotein P, Causes Insulin Resistance

    Hirofumi Misu;Toshinari Takamura;Hiroaki Takayama;Hiroto Hayashi

  • Lipid-induced oxidative stress causes steatohepatitis in mice fed an atherogenic diet

    Naoto Matsuzawa;Toshinari Takamura;Seiichiro Kurita;Hirofumi Misu

  • Hepatic ISG Expression Is Associated With Genetic Variation in Interleukin 28B and the Outcome of IFN Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C

    Masao Honda;Akito Sakai;Tatsuya Yamashita;Yasunari Nakamoto

  • Differential microRNA expression between hepatitis B and hepatitis C leading disease progression to hepatocellular carcinoma

    Shunsuke Ura;Masao Honda;Taro Yamashita;Teruyuki Ueda

  • A Phylogenetically Conserved Stem-Loop Structure at the 5′ Border of the Internal Ribosome Entry Site of Hepatitis C Virus Is Required for Cap-Independent Viral Translation

    Masao Honda;Michael R. Beard;Li Hua Ping;Stanley M. Lemon

  • Discrete nature of EpCAM+ and CD90+ cancer stem cells in human hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Taro Yamashita;Masao Honda;Yasunari Nakamoto;Masayo Baba

  • Genome-wide association study identifies TNFSF15 and POU2AF1 as susceptibility loci for primary biliary cirrhosis in the Japanese population.

    Minoru Nakamura;Nao Nishida;Minae Kawashima;Yoshihiro Aiba

  • Identification of differentially expressed genes in hepatocellular carcinoma with cDNA microarrays

    Yukihiro Shirota;Shuichi Kaneko;Masao Honda;Hiroshi F. Kawai

  • Differential gene expression between chronic hepatitis B and C hepatic lesion

    Masao Honda;Shuichi Kaneko;Hiroshi Kawai;Yukihiro Shirota

  • MicroRNA-27a regulates lipid metabolism and inhibits hepatitis C virus replication in human hepatoma cells

    Takayoshi Shirasaki;Masao Honda;Tetsuro Shimakami;Rika Horii

  • DEGREE OF DIVERSITY OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS QUASISPECIES AND PROGRESSION OF LIVER DISEASE

    Masao Honda;Shuichi Kaneko;Akito Sakai;Masashi Unoura

  • Cell cycle regulation of hepatitis C virus internal ribosomal entry site-directed translation

    Masao Honda;Shuichi Kaneko;Eiki Matsushita;Kenichi Kobayashi

  • Comparative analysis of various tumor-associated antigen-specific t-cell responses in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Eishiro Mizukoshi;Yasunari Nakamoto;Kuniaki Arai;Tatsuya Yamashita

  • Induction of IFN-λ3 as an additional effect of nucleotide, not nucleoside, analogues: a new potential target for HBV infection.

    Kazumoto Murata;Mai Asano;Akihiro Matsumoto;Masaya Sugiyama

  • Activation of lipogenic pathway correlates with cell proliferation and poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma

    Taro Yamashita;Masao Honda;Masao Honda;Hajime Takatori;Ryuhei Nishino

  • Genome-wide association study confirming association of HLA-DP with protection against chronic hepatitis B and viral clearance in Japanese and Korean

    Nao Nishida;Hiromi Sawai;Kentaro Matsuura;Masaya Sugiyama

  • Hepatitis C virus core protein induces apoptosis and impairs cell-cycle regulation in stably transformed Chinese hamster ovary cells.

    Masao Honda;Shuichi Kaneko;Takeo Shimazaki;Eiki Matsushita

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuichi Kaneko
Shuichi Kaneko Kanazawa University
Katsushi Tokunaga
Katsushi Tokunaga University of Tokyo
Namiki Izumi
Namiki Izumi Musashino Red Cross Hospital
Masashi Mizokami
Masashi Mizokami National Center For Global Health and Medicine
Yasuni Nakanuma
Yasuni Nakanuma Kanazawa University
Yasuhito Tanaka
Yasuhito Tanaka Kumamoto University
Eiji Tanaka
Eiji Tanaka Shinshu University
Stanley M. Lemon
Stanley M. Lemon University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Yoh Zen
Yoh Zen King's College London
Nobuyuki Enomoto
Nobuyuki Enomoto University of Yamanashi

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Best Scientists Citing Masao Honda

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles