2026 Masashi Kato: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	71	6604	6095	434	406	429	19081

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

1520
Citations
Tumor cells disseminate early, but immunosurveillance limits metastatic outgrowth, in a mouse model of melanoma

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

555
Citations
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

446
Citations
IL-18 induces PD-1-dependent immunosuppression in cancer.

Magali Terme;Evelyn Ullrich;Laetitia Aymeric;Kathrin Meinhardt

422
Citations
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

405
Citations
Chronic inflammation promotes myeloid-derived suppressor cell activation blocking antitumor immunity in transgenic mouse melanoma model

Meyer C;Sevko A;Ramacher M;Bazhin Av

402
Citations
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

278
Citations
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

272
Citations
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

268
Citations
Transgenic mouse model for skin malignant melanoma

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

256
Citations
The transcription factor IRF1 dictates the IL-21-dependent anticancer functions of TH9 cells

Frédérique Végran;Hélène Berger;Romain Boidot;Grégoire Mignot

253
Citations
Genomic analysis of homotypic vacuole fusion.

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

247
Citations
Genomics of Aspergillus oryzae

Tetsuo Kobayashi;Keietsu Abe;Kiyoshi Asai;Katsuya Gomi

234
Citations
Ret-dependent cell rearrangements in the Wolffian duct epithelium initiate ureteric bud morphogenesis.

Xuan Chi;Odyssé Michos;Reena Shakya;Paul Riccio

223
Citations
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

205
Citations
Ergosterol is required for the Sec18/ATP-dependent priming step of homotypic vacuole fusion.

Masashi Kato;William Wickner

202
Citations
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

192
Citations
Inhibition of Quorum Sensing in Serratia marcescens AS-1 by Synthetic Analogs of N-Acylhomoserine Lactone

Tomohiro Morohoshi;Toshitaka Shiono;Kiyomi Takidouchi;Masashi Kato

187
Citations
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

178
Citations
4-hydroxynonenal triggers an epidermal growth factor receptor-linked signal pathway for growth inhibition.

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

178
Citations