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2023

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Microbiology

D-Index
111
Citations
52891
World Ranking
230
National Ranking
3

Medicine

D-Index
112
Citations
54032
World Ranking
5099
National Ranking
106

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Masashi Mizokami is affiliated with Nagoya City University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a primary focus on epidemiology and hepatology. Their research work encompasses a wide range of topics, including infectious diseases, molecular biology, and immunology.

They have published numerous studies related to hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus research, as well as liver disease diagnosis and treatment. Their research also addresses SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, including clinical research studies linked to these viruses and broader immunotherapy and immune response topics.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Hepatology Research
  • Gastroenterology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Gene
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Leading coauthors working regularly with Mizokami are:

  • Masaya Sugiyama
  • Nao Nishida
  • Norio Ohmagari
  • Kunitada Shimotohno
  • Katsushi Tokunaga

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Mizokami include:

  • Metagenomic Identification of Microbial Signatures Predicting Pancreatic Cancer From a Multinational Study, 2022, Gastroenterology
  • Hepatic Stellate Cells in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Promote Tumor Growth Via Growth Differentiation Factor 15 Production, 2020, Gastroenterology
  • APASL clinical practice guideline on hepatitis B reactivation related to the use of immunosuppressive therapy, 2021, Hepatology International
  • Population-level Metagenomics Uncovers Distinct Effects of Multiple Medications on the Human Gut Microbiome, 2022, Gastroenterology
  • SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 mortalities strongly correlate with ACE1 I/D genotype, 2020, Gene

Mizokami's work broadly addresses several interconnected fields and subfields:

  • Medicine
  • Epidemiology
  • Hepatology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology

The main topics covered in their research output include:

  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Best Publications

  • Production of infectious hepatitis C virus in tissue culture from a cloned viral genome

    Takaji Wakita;Thomas Pietschmann;Takanobu Kato;Takanobu Kato;Tomoko Date

  • 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

  • Consensus proposals for a unified system of nomenclature of hepatitis C virus genotypes.

    Peter Simmonds;Jens Bukh;Christophe Combet;Gilbert Deléage

  • A proposed system for the nomenclature of hepatitis C viral genotypes

    P Simmonds;A Alberti;H J Alter;F Bonino

  • Significance of serum hepatitis C virus RNA levels in chronic hepatitis C

    J.Y.N Lau;G.L Davis;J Kniffen;K.-P Qian

  • Efficient replication of the genotype 2a hepatitis C virus subgenomic replicon

    Takanobu Kato;Tomoko Date;Michiko Miyamoto;Akihiro Furusaka

  • Independent risk factors and predictive score for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis B

    Man-Fung Yuen;Yasuhito Tanaka;Daniel Yee-Tak Fong;James Fung

  • Antiviral drug-resistant HBV: standardization of nomenclature and assays and recommendations for management.

    Anna S. Lok;Fabien Zoulim;Stephen Locarnini;Angeline Bartholomeusz

  • New hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotyping system that allows for identification of HCV genotypes 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5a, and 6a.

    O Ohno;M Mizokami;R R Wu;M G Saleh

  • Classification, nomenclature, and database development for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and related viruses: proposals for standardization

    B Robertson;G Myers;C Howard;T Brettin

  • A Genetic Variant of Hepatitis B Virus Divergent from Known Human and Ape Genotypes Isolated from a Japanese Patient and Provisionally Assigned to New Genotype J

    Kanako Tatematsu;Yasuhito Tanaka;Fuat Kurbanov;Fuminaka Sugauchi

  • Geographic distribution of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype in patients with chronic HBV infection in Japan

    Etsuro Orito;Takafumi Ichida;Hiroshi Sakugawa;Michio Sata

  • A case-control study for clinical and molecular biological differences between hepatitis B viruses of genotypes B and C

    Etsuro Orito;Masashi Mizokami;Hiroshi Sakugawa;Kojiro Michitaka

  • 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

  • Hepatitis C virus infection in patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

    Eli Zuckerman;Tsila Zuckerman;Alexandra M. Levine;Dan Douer

  • Ledipasvir and sofosbuvir fixed-dose combination with and without ribavirin for 12 weeks in treatment-naive and previously treated Japanese patients with genotype 1 hepatitis C: an open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial.

    Masashi Mizokami;Osamu Yokosuka;Tetsuo Takehara;Naoya Sakamoto

  • A comparison of the molecular clock of hepatitis C virus in the United States and Japan predicts that hepatocellular carcinoma incidence in the United States will increase over the next two decades.

    Yasuhito Tanaka;Kousuke Hanada;Masashi Mizokami;Anthony E. T. Yeo

  • Classifying hepatitis B virus genotypes.

    Yuzo Miyakawa;Masashi Mizokami

  • Hepatitis B virus of genotype B with or without recombination with genotype C over the precore region plus the core gene

    Fuminaka Sugauchi;Etsuro Orito;Takafumi Ichida;Hideaki Kato

  • Genetic instability and aberrant DNA methylation in chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis--A comprehensive study of loss of heterozygosity and microsatellite instability at 39 loci and DNA hypermethylation on 8 CpG islands in microdissected specimens from patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Yutaka Kondo;Y. A. E. Kanai;Michiie Sakamoto;Masashi Mizokami

  • NS5A resistance-associated substitutions in patients with genotype 1 hepatitis C virus: Prevalence and effect on treatment outcome

    Stefan Zeuzem;Masashi Mizokami;Stephen Pianko;Alessandra Mangia

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasuhito Tanaka
Yasuhito Tanaka Kumamoto University
Etsuro Orito
Etsuro Orito Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital
Ryuzo Ueda
Ryuzo Ueda Nagoya University
Fuminaka Sugauchi
Fuminaka Sugauchi Nagoya City University
Johnson Y.N. Lau
Johnson Y.N. Lau Hong Kong Baptist University
Namiki Izumi
Namiki Izumi Musashino Red Cross Hospital
Katsushi Tokunaga
Katsushi Tokunaga University of Tokyo
Takaji Wakita
Takaji Wakita National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Eiji Tanaka
Eiji Tanaka Shinshu University
Hisashi Narimatsu
Hisashi Narimatsu National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

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