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Noriaki Tanaka

Noriaki Tanaka

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Medicine

D-Index
78
Citations
22873
World Ranking
18028
National Ranking
577

Overview

Noriaki Tanaka is affiliated with Okayama University in Japan and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly work spans a variety of subfields, with significant publications centered on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Mechanical Engineering, Surgery, and Oncology.

The scientist's research topics include prostate cancer treatment and research, cancer-related gene regulation, epigenetics and DNA methylation, bladder and urothelial cancer treatments, hedgehog signaling pathway studies, chemical looping and thermochemical processes, as well as industrial gas emission control.

Tanaka has published frequently in several venues, including:

  • The Journal of Urology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Communications Biology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Research Square

Notable papers authored by or involving Tanaka include:

  • "WNK regulates Wnt signalling and β-Catenin levels by interfering with the interaction between β-Catenin and GID," 2020, Communications Biology
  • "Investigation of Indoor Air Quality in Residential Buildings by Measuring CO2 Concentration and a Questionnaire Survey," 2022, Sensors
  • "MYD88 signals induce tumour-initiating cell generation through the NF-κB-HIF-1α activation cascade," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "The Role of PRMT5 in Immuno-Oncology," 2023, Genes
  • "Cochlear supporting cells function as macrophage-like cells and protect audiosensory receptor hair cells from pathogens," 2020, Scientific Reports

Tanaka has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Mototsugu Oya
  • Yota Yasumizu
  • Yoshinori Abe
  • Toshikazu Takeda
  • Kazuhiro Matsumoto

Best Publications

  • BRAF mutation is associated with DNA methylation in serrated polyps and cancers of the colorectum

    T Kambara;L A Simms;V L J Whitehall;K J Spring

  • Prevention of Acute Liver Failure in Rats with Reversibly Immortalized Human Hepatocytes

    Naoya Kobayashi;Toshiyoshi Fujiwara;Karen A. Westerman;Yusuke Inoue

  • A new cell-permeable peptide allows successful allogeneic islet transplantation in mice

    Hirofumi Noguchi;Masayuki Matsushita;Teru Okitsu;Teru Okitsu;Akiyoshi Moriwaki

  • Isolation of MHC Class I-Restricted Tumor Antigen Peptide and Its Precursors Associated with Heat Shock Proteins hsp70, hsp90, and gp96

    Tatsuaki Ishii;Heiichiro Udono;Taketoshi Yamano;Hiroyuki Ohta

  • Telomerase-specific replication-selective virotherapy for human cancer.

    Takeshi Kawashima;Shunsuke Kagawa;Naoya Kobayashi;Yoshiko Shirakiya

  • Colorectal Cancer With Mutation in BRAF, KRAS, and Wild-Type With Respect to Both Oncogenes Showing Different Patterns of DNA Methylation

    Takeshi Nagasaka;Hiromi Sasamoto;Kenji Notohara;Harry M. Cullings

  • Thoracic tumors treated with CT-guided radiofrequency ablation: initial experience.

    Kotaro Yasui;Susumu Kanazawa;Yoshifumi Sano;Toshiyoshi Fujiwara

  • Heparanase Expression Correlates with Invasion and Poor Prognosis in Gastric Cancers

    Munenori Takaoka;Yoshio Naomoto;Takaomi Ohkawa;Hirokazu Uetsuka

  • Reversal of mouse hepatic failure using an implanted liver-assist device containing ES cell-derived hepatocytes

    Alejandro Soto-Gutiérrez;Naoya Kobayashi;Jorge David Rivas-Carrillo;Nalu Navarro-Álvarez

  • In vivo imaging of lymph node metastasis with telomerase-specific replication-selective adenovirus

    Hiroyuki Kishimoto;Toru Kojima;Yuichi Watanabe;Shunsuke Kagawa

  • A human β-cell line for transplantation therapy to control type 1 diabetes

    Michiki Narushima;Naoya Kobayashi;Teru Okitsu;Yoshihito Tanaka

  • Overexpression of the wild-type p53 gene inhibits NF-κB activity and synergizes with aspirin to induce apoptosis in human colon cancer cells

    Jianghua Shao;Toshiyoshi Fujiwara;Yoshihiko Kadowaki;Takuya Fukazawa

  • Accelerated degradation of cellular FLIP protein through the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in p53-mediated apoptosis of human cancer cells.

    Takuya Fukazawa;Toshiyoshi Fujiwara;Futoshi Uno;Fuminori Teraishi

  • Analysis of Fecal DNA Methylation to Detect Gastrointestinal Neoplasia

    Takeshi Nagasaka;Noriaki Tanaka;Harry M. Cullings;Dong Sheng Sun

  • Recombinant adenovirus expressing wild-type p53 is antiangiogenic: a proposed mechanism for bystander effect.

    Masahiko Nishizaki;Toshiyoshi Fujiwara;Tohru Tanida;Akio Hizuta

  • Arginine and Leucine regulate p70 S6 kinase and 4E-BP1 in intestinal epithelial cells

    Hidetoshi Ban;Kaori Shigemitsu;Tomoki Yamatsuji;Minoru Haisa

  • ESTABLISHMENT OF A HIGHLY DIFFERENTIATED IMMORTALIZED HUMAN CHOLANGIOCYTE CELL LINE WITH SV40T AND hTERT

    Masanobu Maruyama;Naoya Kobayashi;Karen A. Westerman;Masakiyo Sakaguchi

  • Interleukin-18/interferon-gamma-inducing factor, a novel cytokine, up-regulates ICAM-1(CD54)expression in KG-1 cells

    Hideo Kohka;Tadashi Yoshino;Hiromi Iwagaki;Isao Sakuma

  • A simple biological imaging system for detecting viable human circulating tumor cells

    Toru Kojima;Yuuri Hashimoto;Yuichi Watanabe;Shunsuke Kagawa

  • Colorectal cancer with mutation in BRAF, KRAS and wild-type with respect to both oncogenes showing different patterns of DNA methylation

    Hiromi Sasamoto;Takeshi Nagasaka;Kenji Notohara;Masanori Takeda

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshiyoshi Fujiwara
Toshiyoshi Fujiwara Okayama University
Tadashi Yoshino
Tadashi Yoshino Okayama University
Masahiro Nishibori
Masahiro Nishibori Okayama University
Philippe Leboulch
Philippe Leboulch Brigham and Women's Hospital
Masakiyo Sakaguchi
Masakiyo Sakaguchi Okayama University
Jack A. Roth
Jack A. Roth The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Kazuhiko Nakagawa
Kazuhiko Nakagawa Kindai University
Hee-Sook Jun
Hee-Sook Jun Gachon University
Jeremy R. Jass
Jeremy R. Jass Imperial College London
Hiroyuki Mizuguchi
Hiroyuki Mizuguchi Osaka University

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