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Masashi Kato

Masashi Kato

Nagoya University
Japan

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
19081
World Ranking
6604
National Ranking
434

Masashi Kato publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Masashi Kato sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 429 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Masashi Kato D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Masashi Kato sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Masashi Kato is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Biotechnology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

Kato's work covers a diverse range of scientific topics, notably:

  • Enzyme-mediated dye degradation
  • Biochemical and biochemical processes
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Plasma Applications and Diagnostics

Their recent notable publications include:

  • Clinical course of liver injury induced by immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with advanced malignancies, 2021, Hepatology International
  • Increased Risk of Thyroid Dysfunction by PD-1 and CTLA-4 Blockade in Patients Without Thyroid Autoantibodies at Baseline, 2021, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Metabolic mechanism of lignin-derived aromatics in white-rot fungi, 2024, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Characterization of FsXEG12A from the cellulose-degrading ectosymbiotic fungus Fusarium spp. strain EI cultured by the ambrosia beetle, 2020, AMB Express
  • Oxygen radical based on non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma alleviates lignin-derived phenolic toxicity in yeast, 2020, Biotechnology for Biofuels

Kato has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology (4 publications)
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2 publications)
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2 publications)
  • JOURNAL OF THE BREWING SOCIETY OF JAPAN (2 publications)
  • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry (2 publications)

Throughout their career, Kato has collaborated with a number of researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Motoyuki Shimizu (20 joint publications)
  • Hiromitsu Suzuki (7 joint publications)
  • Hiroyuki Kato (6 joint publications)
  • Kiyota Sakai (5 joint publications)
  • Masafumi Ito (5 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Genome sequencing and analysis of Aspergillus oryzae

    Masayuki Machida;Kiyoshi Asai;Motoaki Sano;Toshihiro Tanaka

  • Tumor cells disseminate early, but immunosurveillance limits metastatic outgrowth, in a mouse model of melanoma

    Jo Eyles;Anne Laure Puaux;Xiaojie Wang;Benjamin Toh

  • Mesenchymal Transition and Dissemination of Cancer Cells Is Driven by Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Infiltrating the Primary Tumor

    Benjamin Toh;Xiaojie Wang;Jo Keeble;Wen Jing Sim

  • IL-18 induces PD-1-dependent immunosuppression in cancer.

    Magali Terme;Evelyn Ullrich;Laetitia Aymeric;Kathrin Meinhardt

  • NCRs and DNAM-1 mediate NK cell recognition and lysis of human and mouse melanoma cell lines in vitro and in vivo

    Tadepally Lakshmikanth;Shannon Burke;Talib Hassan Ali;Silvia Kimpfler

  • Chronic inflammation promotes myeloid-derived suppressor cell activation blocking antitumor immunity in transgenic mouse melanoma model

    Meyer C;Sevko A;Ramacher M;Bazhin Av

  • 4-hydroxynonenal induces a cellular redox status-related activation of the caspase cascade for apoptotic cell death.

    Wei Liu;Masashi Kato;Anwaral A. Akhand;Akemi Hayakawa

  • Antitumor effect of paclitaxel is mediated by inhibition of myeloid-derived suppressor cells and chronic inflammation in the spontaneous melanoma model.

    Alexandra Sevko;Alexandra Sevko;Tillmann Michels;Tillmann Michels;Melissa Vrohlings;Melissa Vrohlings;Ludmila Umansky

  • Chemotherapy Induces Intratumoral Expression of Chemokines in Cutaneous Melanoma, Favoring T-cell Infiltration and Tumor Control

    Michelle Hong;Anne Laure Puaux;Caleb Huang;Laure Loumagne

  • Transgenic mouse model for skin malignant melanoma

    Masashi Kato;Masahide Takahashi;Anwarul A Akhand;Wei Liu

  • The transcription factor IRF1 dictates the IL-21-dependent anticancer functions of TH9 cells

    Frédérique Végran;Hélène Berger;Romain Boidot;Grégoire Mignot

  • Genomic analysis of homotypic vacuole fusion.

    E. Scott Seeley;Masashi Kato;Nathan Margolis;William Wickner

  • Genomics of Aspergillus oryzae

    Tetsuo Kobayashi;Keietsu Abe;Kiyoshi Asai;Katsuya Gomi

  • Ret-dependent cell rearrangements in the Wolffian duct epithelium initiate ureteric bud morphogenesis.

    Xuan Chi;Odyssé Michos;Reena Shakya;Paul Riccio

  • Nitric Oxide Controls Src Kinase Activity through a Sulfhydryl Group Modification-mediated Tyr-527-independent and Tyr-416-linked Mechanism

    Anwarul A. Akhand;Meiyi Pu;Takeshi Senga;Masashi Kato

  • Ergosterol is required for the Sec18/ATP-dependent priming step of homotypic vacuole fusion.

    Masashi Kato;William Wickner

  • Tumor-expressed inducible nitric oxide synthase controls induction of functional myeloid-derived suppressor cells through modulation of vascular endothelial growth factor release.

    Padmini Jayaraman;Falguni Parikh;Esther Lopez-Rivera;Yared Hailemichael

  • Inhibition of Quorum Sensing in Serratia marcescens AS-1 by Synthetic Analogs of N-Acylhomoserine Lactone

    Tomohiro Morohoshi;Toshitaka Shiono;Kiyomi Takidouchi;Masashi Kato

  • Selective distributions of proteoglycans and their ligands in pericellular matrix of cultured fibroblasts. Implications for their roles in cell-substratum adhesion

    M. Yamagata;S. Saga;M. Kato;M. Bernfield

  • 4-hydroxynonenal triggers an epidermal growth factor receptor-linked signal pathway for growth inhibition.

    Wei Liu;Anwarul A. Akhand;Masashi Kato;Itsuo Yokoyama

Frequent Co-Authors

Izumi Nakashima
Izumi Nakashima Chubu University
Haruhiko Suzuki
Haruhiko Suzuki Nagoya University
Masahide Takahashi
Masahide Takahashi Nagoya University
Ken-ichi Isobe
Ken-ichi Isobe Nagoya University
Tsunenobu Kimoto
Tsunenobu Kimoto Kyoto University
Dirk Schadendorf
Dirk Schadendorf University of Duisburg-Essen
Toshio Miyata
Toshio Miyata Tohoku University
Viktor Umansky
Viktor Umansky Heidelberg University
Takeshi Ohshima
Takeshi Ohshima Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Michinari Hamaguchi
Michinari Hamaguchi Nagoya University

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