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Masashi Fukayama

Masashi Fukayama

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Medicine
Japan
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
112
Citations
49253
World Ranking
5125
National Ranking
108

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Masashi Fukayama is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their primary research contributions span the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on oncology, molecular biology, and surgery.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics including viral-associated cancers and disorders, Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies, gastric cancer management and outcomes, cancer-related gene regulation, epigenetics and DNA methylation, chromatin remodeling and cancer, and pancreatic and hepatic oncology research.

Recent publications by Masashi Fukayama include:

  • Versatile whole-organ/body staining and imaging based on electrolyte-gel properties of biological tissues, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Molecular classification and diagnostics of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma, 2021, Cancer Cell
  • Helicobacter pylori CagA elicits BRCAness to induce genome instability that may underlie bacterial gastric carcinogenesis, 2021, Cell Host & Microbe
  • DNA Methylation and Genetic Aberrations in Gastric Cancer, 2020, Digestion
  • Cross-species chromatin interactions drive transcriptional rewiring in Epstein-Barr virus-positive gastric adenocarcinoma, 2020, Nature Genetics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Fukayama include:

  • Tetsuo Ushiku
  • Hiroyuki Abé
  • Yasuyuki Seto
  • Atsushi Kaneda
  • Keisuke Matsusaka

Their research has been published extensively in the following venues:

  • Cancer Science
  • PLoS ONE
  • Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  • Pathology International
  • The Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery

Masashi Fukayama's work integrates clinical and molecular approaches aimed at understanding the mechanisms of cancer, especially gastrointestinal and viral-associated cancers. Their studies involve topics such as gene regulation, epigenetic modifications, and chromatin dynamics related to cancer pathogenesis and diagnostics.

The professional focus includes significant contributions to the understanding of Helicobacter pylori-induced gastric carcinogenesis and the molecular classification of urothelial carcinomas, supported by collaborations with multiple co-authors in related medical and biological disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • In vivo transfer of the human cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene to the airway epithelium

    Melissa A. Rosenfeld;Kunihiko Yoshimura;Bruce C. Trapnell;Koichi Yoneyama

  • Integrated molecular analysis of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma.

    Yusuke Sato;Tetsuichi Yoshizato;Yuichi Shiraishi;Shigekatsu Maekawa

  • Adiponectin and AdipoR1 regulate PGC-1alpha and mitochondria by Ca(2+) and AMPK/SIRT1.

    Masato Iwabu;Toshimasa Yamauchi;Miki Okada-Iwabu;Koji Sato

  • Real-time identification of liver cancers by using indocyanine green fluorescent imaging

    Takeaki Ishizawa;Noriyoshi Fukushima;Junji Shibahara;Koichi Masuda

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

    Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

  • Trans-ancestry mutational landscape of hepatocellular carcinoma genomes

    Yasushi Totoki;Kenji Tatsuno;Kyle R. Covington;Hiroki Ueda

  • Characteristics of Somatic Mutation of the Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Gene in Colorectal Tumors

    M Miyaki;M Konishi;R Kikuchi-Yanoshita;M Enomoto

  • Periostin is essential for cardiac healing after acute myocardial infarction

    Masashi Shimazaki;Kazuto Nakamura;Isao Kii;Takeshi Kashima

  • Recurrent gain-of-function mutations of RHOA in diffuse-type gastric carcinoma

    Miwako Kakiuchi;Takashi Nishizawa;Hiroki Ueda;Kengo Gotoh

  • Global Gene Expression Analysis of Gastric Cancer by Oligonucleotide Microarrays

    Yoshitaka Hippo;Hirokazu Taniguchi;Shuichi Tsutsumi;Naoko Machida

  • Activation of DNA Methyltransferase 1 by EBV Latent Membrane Protein 2A Leads to Promoter Hypermethylation of PTEN Gene in Gastric Carcinoma

    Rumi Hino;Hiroshi Uozaki;Noriko Murakami;Tetsuo Ushiku

  • The glypican 3 oncofetal protein is a promising diagnostic marker for hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Naoko Yamauchi;Akira Watanabe;Michiyo Hishinuma;Ken-ichi Ohashi

  • Fusion between CIC and DUX4 up-regulates PEA3 family genes in Ewing-like sarcomas with t(4;19)(q35;q13) translocation

    Miho Kawamura-Saito;Yukari Yamazaki;Keiko Kaneko;Noriyoshi Kawaguchi

  • Inhibition of RXR and PPARγ ameliorates diet-induced obesity and type 2 diabetes

    Toshimasa Yamauchi;Hironori Waki;Junji Kamon;Koji Murakami

  • Comprehensive histologic analysis of ALK-rearranged lung carcinomas.

    Akihiko Yoshida;Koji Tsuta;Harumi Nakamura;Takashi Kohno

  • Overexpression of the Aldo-Keto Reductase Family Protein AKR1B10 Is Highly Correlated with Smokers' Non–Small Cell Lung Carcinomas

    Shin-ichi Fukumoto;Naoko Yamauchi;Hisashi Moriguchi;Yoshitaka Hippo

  • Epstein-Barr virus-associated gastric carcinoma and Epstein-Barr virus infection of the stomach.

    Fukayama M;Hayashi Y;Iwasaki Y;Chong J

  • Classification of Epstein–Barr Virus–Positive Gastric Cancers by Definition of DNA Methylation Epigenotypes

    Keisuke Matsusaka;Atsushi Kaneda;Genta Nagae;Tetsuo Ushiku

  • Update on Epstein-Barr virus and gastric cancer (review).

    Aya Shinozaki-Ushiku;Akiko Kunita;Masashi Fukayama

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroyuki Aburatani
Hiroyuki Aburatani University of Tokyo
Mineo Kurokawa
Mineo Kurokawa University of Tokyo
Kazuhiko Koike
Kazuhiko Koike University of Tokyo
Norihiro Kokudo
Norihiro Kokudo National Center For Global Health and Medicine
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Kiyoshi Hasegawa University of Tokyo
Kuni Ohtomo
Kuni Ohtomo University of Tokyo
Yutaka Yatomi
Yutaka Yatomi University of Tokyo
Toshiaki Watanabe
Toshiaki Watanabe University of Tokyo
Mitsuhiro Fujishiro
Mitsuhiro Fujishiro University of Tokyo
Tatsuhiro Shibata
Tatsuhiro Shibata University of Tokyo

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