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Masashi Fukui

Masashi Fukui

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Medicine

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18902
World Ranking
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National Ranking
605

Overview

Masashi Fukui is a researcher affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan. Their work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focused contribution to several subfields including Molecular Biology, Hematology, Surgery, Epidemiology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their research covers a variety of topics, notably RNA modifications and cancer, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders, protein tyrosine phosphatases, congenital diaphragmatic hernia studies, congenital heart disease studies, tracheal and airway disorders, and advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications.

Fukui has contributed to multiple recent publications. Notable papers include:

  • "Issue Information," 2021, published in Pediatrics International
  • "Issue Information," 2020, published in Pediatrics International
  • "Longitudinal multimodal MRI analysis of lecanemab treatment in mild cognitive impairment: a pilot study of structural, perfusion, and microstructural changes," 2025, published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Their frequent coauthors include Motohiro Kato, Kenichi Kashimada, Mamoru Ayusawa, Daisuke Tokyo, and Shunji Hasegawa. This collaboration network reflects a collective focus on pediatric medicine and neuroimaging research.

The most common venues for Fukui's publications are Pediatrics International and Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, indicative of an interest in pediatric health and neurological aging research.

Best Publications

  • Epidemiological features of Moyamoya disease in Japan: findings from a nationwide survey

    Kenji Wakai;Akiko Tamakoshi;Kiyonobu Ikezaki;Masashi Fukui

  • Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and its possible relation with neovascularization in human brain tumors.

    Ken Samoto;Kiyonobu Ikezaki;Mayumi Ono;Tadahisa Shono

  • Macrophage infiltration and heme oxygenase-1 expression correlate with angiogenesis in human gliomas

    Akihiro Nishie;Mayumi Ono;Tadahisa Shono;Junichi Fukushi

  • VEGF and flt Expression Time Kinetics in Rat Brain Infarct

    Zsombor Kovács;Kiyonobu Ikezaki;Ken Samoto;Takanori Inamura

  • Linkage of Familial Moyamoya Disease (Spontaneous Occlusion of the Circle of Willis) to Chromosome 17q25

    Tohru Yamauchi;Mitsuhiro Tada;Kiyohiro Houkin;Toshihiro Tanaka

  • Surgical treatment of moyamoya disease in pediatric patients--comparison between the results of indirect and direct revascularization procedures.

    T. Matsushima;T. Inoue;Satoshi Suzuki;K. Fujii

  • Mapping of a familial moyamoya disease gene to chromosome 3p24.2-p26.

    Hidetoshi Ikeda;Toru Sasaki;Takashi Yoshimoto;Masashi Fukui

  • Linkage analysis of moyamoya disease on chromosome 6.

    Takuya K. Inoue;Kiyonobu Ikezaki;Takehiko Sasazuki;Toshio Matsushima

  • Current state of study on moyamoya disease in Japan.

    Masashi Fukui

  • A novel susceptibility locus for moyamoya disease on chromosome 8q23

    Kaoru Sakurai;Yasue Horiuchi;Hidetoshi Ikeda;Kiyonobu Ikezaki

  • Enhanced tumor uptake of carboplatin and survival in glioma-bearing rats by intracarotid infusion of bradykinin analog, RMP-7.

    Koichiro Matsukado;Takanori Inamura;Shin Nakano;Masashi Fukui

  • Cerebral circulation and oxygen metabolism in childhood moyamoya disease: a perioperative positron emission tomography study

    Kiyonobu Ikezaki;Toshio Matsushima;Yasuo Kuwabara;Satoshi O. Suzuki

  • Histopathological Aspects of Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas in the Transverse-Sigmoid Sinus Region in Nine Patients

    Yasuhiro Hamada;Katsuya Goto;Tooru Inoue;Toru Iwaki

  • Cerebral neurocytoma. A new subset of benign neuronal tumors of the cerebrum.

    Shunji Nishio;Iwao Takeshita;Yoichi Kaneko;Masashi Fukui

  • Intrinsic epileptogenicity of focal cortical dysplasia as revealed by magnetoencephalography and electrocorticography.

    Takato Morioka;Shunji Nishio;Hideaki Ishibashi;Mitsuteru Muraishi

  • Intraventricular neurocytoma: clinicopathological features of six cases

    Shunji Nishio;Takatoshi Tashima;Iwao Takeshita;Masashi Fukui

  • A comparative study of thallium-201 SPET, carbon-11 methionine PET and fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET for the differentiation of astrocytic tumours.

    Masayuki Sasaki;Yasuo Kuwabara;Tsuyoshi Yoshida;Makoto Nakagawa

  • Peritumoral brain edema in meningiomas--influence of vascular supply on its development.

    Takanori Inamura;Shunji Nishio;Iwao Takeshita;Shigeru Fujiwara

  • Radiation-induced brain tumours: potential late complications of radiation therapy for brain tumours.

    S. Nishio;T. Morioka;T. Inamura;I. Takeshita

  • MIB1 staining index and scoring of histologic features in meningioma. Indicators for the prediction of biologic potential and postoperative management

    Masaru Ohta;Tom Iwaki;Tetsuyuki Kitamoto;Iwao Takeshita

Frequent Co-Authors

Shozo Tobimatsu
Shozo Tobimatsu Kyushu University
Michihiko Kuwano
Michihiko Kuwano Kyushu University
Albert L. Rhoton
Albert L. Rhoton University of Florida
Masazumi Tsuneyoshi
Masazumi Tsuneyoshi Kyushu University
Hiroshi Abe
Hiroshi Abe Nagoya University
Mayumi Ono
Mayumi Ono Kyushu University
Takehiko Sasazuki
Takehiko Sasazuki Kyushu University
Toshihiro Tanaka
Toshihiro Tanaka Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Tadao Arinami
Tadao Arinami University of Tsukuba
Yusuke Nakamura
Yusuke Nakamura National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition

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