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59
Citations
24812
World Ranking
12258
National Ranking
842

Overview

Masato Tanaka is affiliated with Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields, with a primary focus on Engineering and Chemistry. Within these broad fields, Tanaka has contributed to several subfields including Organic Chemistry, Management Science and Operations Research, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Tanaka's work covers diverse scientific topics. Key areas include:

  • Game Theory and Voting Systems
  • Game Theory and Applications
  • Advanced Graph Theory Research
  • Industrial Technology and Control Systems
  • Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology
  • Cyclization and Aryne Chemistry
  • Catalytic Alkyne Reactions

Their publication record features several recent papers across a range of journals, reflecting interdisciplinary research interests. Notable papers include:

  • Intramolecular Benzyne-Phenolate [4+2] Cycloadditions (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Pulse duration dependence of ablation threshold for fused silica in the visible femtosecond regime (2020, Applied Physics A)
  • Oxidative addition of Bi-C bonds to Pt(0): reaction of Pt(PEt3)3 with cyclic organobismuth compounds (2020, Chemical Communications)
  • Intramolecular Benzyne-Phenolate [4+2] Cycloadditions (2020, Angewandte Chemie)
  • Effect of Electrolyte Concentration on Cell Sensing by Measuring Ionic Current Waveform through Micropores (2021, Biosensors)

Tanaka frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Biosensors
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Applied Physics A
  • Chemical Communications

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Tanaka's research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Tomomi Matsui
  • Keigo Ikeda
  • Ayato ENDO
  • Yuhei MAJIMA
  • Kazuki Ogawa

Best Publications

  • Tissue-Resident Macrophages Self-Maintain Locally throughout Adult Life with Minimal Contribution from Circulating Monocytes

    Daigo Hashimoto;Andrew Chow;Andrew Chow;Clara Noizat;Clara Noizat;Pearline Teo

  • Generalized lymphoproliferative disease in mice, caused by a point mutation in the fas ligand

    Tomohiro Takahashi;Masato Tanaka;Camllynn I. Brannan;Nancy A. Jenkins

  • Identification of a factor that links apoptotic cells to phagocytes

    Rikinari Hanayama;Masato Tanaka;Keiko Miwa;Azusa Shinohara

  • Autoimmune disease and impaired uptake of apoptotic cells in MFG-E8-deficient mice.

    Rikinari Hanayama;Masato Tanaka;Kay Miyasaka;Katsuyuki Aozasa

  • Downregulation of Fas ligand by shedding

    Masato Tanaka;Toshimitsu Itai;Masashi Adachi;Shigekazu Nagata;Shigekazu Nagata

  • Fas ligand in human serum

    Masato Tanaka;Masato Tanaka;Takashi Suda;Kyosuke Haze;Norio Nakamura

  • Expression of the functional soluble form of human fas ligand in activated lymphocytes.

    M. Tanaka;T. Suda;T. Takahashi;Shigekazu Nagata

  • Bone marrow CD169+ macrophages promote the retention of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells in the mesenchymal stem cell niche

    Andrew Chow;Daniel Lucas;Daniel Lucas;Andrés Hidalgo;Andrés Hidalgo;Simón Méndez-Ferrer;Simón Méndez-Ferrer

  • Embryonic Lethality, Liver Degeneration, and Impaired NF-κB Activation in IKK-β-Deficient Mice

    Masato Tanaka;Maria Elena Fuentes;Kyoko Yamaguchi;Michael H Durnin

  • Endothelin-1 is an autocrine/paracrine factor in the mechanism of angiotensin II-induced hypertrophy in cultured rat cardiomyocytes.

    H Ito;Y Hirata;S Adachi;M Tanaka

  • Hypoxia induces apoptosis with enhanced expression of Fas antigen messenger RNA in cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes.

    M Tanaka;H Ito;S Adachi;H Akimoto

  • Membrane Fas Ligand Kills Human Peripheral Blood T Lymphocytes, and Soluble Fas Ligand Blocks the Killing

    Takashi Suda;Hideo Hashimoto;Hideo Hashimoto;Masato Tanaka;Takahiro Ochi

  • Human Fas ligand: gene structure, chromosomal location and species specificity

    Tomohiro Takahashi;Masato Tanaka;Johji Inazawa;Tatsuo Abe

  • CD169-positive macrophages dominate antitumor immunity by crosspresenting dead cell-associated antigens.

    Kenichi Asano;Ami Nabeyama;Yasunobu Miyake;Chun-Hong Qiu

  • Programmed cell death and the immune system.

    Shigekazu Nagata;Masato Tanaka

  • CD169⁺ macrophages provide a niche promoting erythropoiesis under homeostasis and stress.

    Andrew Chow;Andrew Chow;Matthew Huggins;Jalal Ahmed;Jalal Ahmed;Daigo Hashimoto

  • Critical role of macrophages in the marginal zone in the suppression of immune responses to apoptotic cell-associated antigens.

    Yasunobu Miyake;Kenichi Asano;Hitomi Kaise;Miho Uemura

  • Natriuretic peptides inhibit angiotensin II-induced proliferation of rat cardiac fibroblasts by blocking endothelin-1 gene expression.

    H. Fujisaki;H. Ito;Y. Hirata;M. Tanaka

  • Masking of phosphatidylserine inhibits apoptotic cell engulfment and induces autoantibody production in mice.

    Kenichi Asano;Miyu Miwa;Keiko Miwa;Rikinari Hanayama

  • Fas-Mediated Apoptosis of CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells From Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Persons: Differential In Vitro Preventive Effect of Cytokines and Protease Antagonists

    Jérôme Estaquier;Masato Tanaka;Takashi Suda;Shigekazu Nagata

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigekazu Nagata
Shigekazu Nagata Osaka University
Fumiaki Marumo
Fumiaki Marumo Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Takashi Suda
Takashi Suda Kanazawa University
Nico van Rooijen
Nico van Rooijen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Paul S. Frenette
Paul S. Frenette Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Miriam Merad
Miriam Merad Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Sho Yamasaki
Sho Yamasaki Osaka University
Shigeomi Shimizu
Shigeomi Shimizu Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Osami Kanagawa
Osami Kanagawa École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

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