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Masataka Mori

Masataka Mori

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
26326
World Ranking
3849
National Ranking
250

Overview

Masataka Mori is a researcher affiliated with Kumamoto University in Japan. Their work primarily focuses on medicine, with a particular emphasis on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, and surgery. Additional fields of study include biomedical engineering and neurology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to medical research.

Their research addresses a variety of topics related to lung health, cancer biology, and medical technology. Key topics include:

  • Occupational and environmental lung diseases
  • Lung cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • Cancer cells and metastasis
  • Pleural and pulmonary diseases
  • Lung cancer research studies
  • Lung cancer treatments and mutations
  • Microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies

Mori's publication record shows contributions to both clinical and technological aspects of medicine. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Prognostic impact of PD-L1 expression in correlation with neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in squamous cell carcinoma of the lung," 2020, published in Scientific Reports
  • "Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) with the "Universal" CTC-Chip and An Anti-Podoplanin Antibody NZ-1.2," 2020, published in Cells
  • "CD155 expression and its clinical significance in non-small cell lung cancer," 2022, published in Oncology Letters
  • "Prognostic impact of circulating tumor cells detected with the microfluidic "universal CTC-chip" for primary lung cancer," 2021, published in Cancer Science
  • "Catalytic activity of Co-nanocrystal-doped tungsten carbide arising from an internal magnetic field," 2021, published in RSC Advances

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Koji Kuroda
  • Masatoshi Kanayama
  • Masaru Takenaka
  • Fumihiro Tanaka
  • Hiroki Matsumiya

The venues where Mori has most often published research comprise:

  • General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases
  • Scientific Reports
  • Surgery Today
  • Oncology Letters
  • Interdisciplinary CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery

Best Publications

  • Targeted disruption of the Chop gene delays endoplasmic reticulum stress–mediated diabetes

    Seiichi Oyadomari;Akio Koizumi;Kiyoshi Takeda;Tomomi Gotoh

  • Nitric oxide-induced apoptosis in pancreatic β cells is mediated by the endoplasmic reticulum stress pathway

    Seiichi Oyadomari;Kiyoshi Takeda;Masaki Takiguchi;Tomomi Gotoh

  • Replacement of lysine residue 1030 in the putative ATP-binding region of the insulin receptor abolishes insulin- and antibody-stimulated glucose uptake and receptor kinase activity

    Yousuke Ebina;Eiichi Araki;Masato Taira;Fumio Shimada

  • Regulation of nitric oxide production by arginine metabolic enzymes.

    Masataka Mori;Tomomi Gotoh

  • hsp70-DnaJ chaperone pair prevents nitric oxide- and CHOP-induced apoptosis by inhibiting translocation of Bax to mitochondria

    Tomomi Gotoh;K. Terada;S. Oyadomari;M. Mori

  • Nitric oxide-induced apoptosis in RAW 264.7 macrophages is mediated by endoplasmic reticulum stress pathway involving ATF6 and CHOP.

    Tomomi Gotoh;Seiichi Oyadomari;Kazutoshi Mori;Masataka Mori

  • ENDODERM-SPECIFIC GENE EXPRESSION IN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS DIFFERENTIATED TO EMBRYOID BODIES

    Koichiro Abe;Hitoshi Niwa;Katsuro Iwase;Masaki Takiguchi

  • Molecular cloning of cDNA for nonhepatic mitochondrial arginase (arginase II) and comparison of its induction with nitric oxide synthase in a murine macrophage-like cell line

    Tomomi Gotoh;Takashi Sonoki;Akitoshi Nagasaki;Kazutoyo Terada

  • Arginase II Downregulates Nitric Oxide (NO) Production and Prevents NO-mediated Apoptosis in Murine Macrophage-derived RAW 264.7 Cells

    Tomomi Gotoh;Masataka Mori

  • Coinduction of Nitric-oxide Synthase and Arginase I in Cultured Rat Peritoneal Macrophages and Rat Tissues in Vivo by Lipopolysaccharide

    Takashi Sonoki;Akitoshi Nagasaki;Tomomi Gotoh;Masaki Takiguchi

  • Impact of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Pathway on Pancreatic β-Cells and Diabetes Mellitus

    Eiichi Araki;Seiichi Oyadomari;Masataka Mori

  • Endoplasmic reticulum stress and diabetes mellitus

    Eiichi Araki;Seiichi Oyadomari;Masataka Mori

  • Arginine Metabolic Enzymes, Nitric Oxide and Infection

    Masataka Mori;Tomomi Gotoh

  • Coinduction of Nitric Oxide Synthase, Argininosuccinate Synthetase, and Argininosuccinate Lyase in Lipopolysaccharide-treated Rats: RNA BLOT, IMMUNOBLOT, AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSES

    Akitoshi Nagasaki;Tomomi Gotoh;Motohiro Takeya;Yingjie Yu

  • L-arginine uptake, the citrulline-NO cycle and arginase II in the rat brain: an in situ hybridization study.

    Olivier Braissant;Tomomi Gotoh;Marc Loup;Masataka Mori

  • Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence of cDNA for human liver arginase.

    Yougo Haraguchi;Masaki Takiguchi;Yoshihiro Amaya;Susumu Kawamoto

  • Human DnaJ Homologs dj2 and dj3, and bag-1 Are Positive Cochaperones of hsc70

    Kazutoyo Terada;Masataka Mori

  • Chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor (COUP-TF) represses transcription from the promoter of the gene for ornithine transcarbamylase in a manner antagonistic to hepatocyte nuclear factor-4 (HNF-4).

    A Kimura;A Nishiyori;T Murakami;T Tsukamoto

  • The human DnaJ homologue dj2 facilitates mitochondrial protein import and luciferase refolding

    Kazutoyo Terada;Masaki Kanazawa;Bernd Bukau;Masataka Mori

  • Structure of the human ornithine transcarbamylase gene

    Akira Hata;Teruhisa Tsuzuki;Kazunori Shimada;Masaki Takiguchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Masaki Takiguchi
Masaki Takiguchi Chiba University
Tomomi Gotoh
Tomomi Gotoh Kumamoto University
Nicholas J. Hoogenraad
Nicholas J. Hoogenraad La Trobe University
Motohiro Takeya
Motohiro Takeya Kumamoto Health Science University
Ichiro Matsuda
Ichiro Matsuda Kumamoto University
Ken Ichi Yamamura
Ken Ichi Yamamura Kumamoto University
Yousuke Ebina
Yousuke Ebina University of Tokushima
Eiichi Araki
Eiichi Araki Kumamoto University
Eishichi Miyamoto
Eishichi Miyamoto Kumamoto University
Takashi Hashimoto
Takashi Hashimoto Shinshu University

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