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Osamu Ogawa

Osamu Ogawa

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Medicine

D-Index
90
Citations
29124
World Ranking
12223
National Ranking
360

Overview

Osamu Ogawa is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan, with a primary research focus in Medicine. Their extensive work spans several subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, Molecular Biology, Oncology, and Urology.

The scientist's research extensively covers topics related to cancer treatment and diagnosis, particularly in the areas of prostate and bladder cancers. Key topics include:

  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
  • Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research
  • Renal cell carcinoma treatment

Frequent publication venues for Osamu Ogawa include journals that focus on urology, oncology, and cancer medicine. Notable venues and the number of publications in each are:

  • International Journal of Urology (14 publications)
  • The Journal of Urology (13 publications)
  • Cancer Medicine (7 publications)
  • Cancer Science (6 publications)
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology (4 publications)

The scientist has collaborated repeatedly with various coauthors, indicating a network of frequent partnerships. The most frequent coauthors and number of collaborations are:

  • Takashi Kobayashi (59 collaborations)
  • Shusuke Akamatsu (53 collaborations)
  • Takayuki Goto (38 collaborations)
  • Takahiro Inoue (29 collaborations)
  • Toshinari Yamasaki (26 collaborations)

Several recent publications illustrate the scope of Osamu Ogawa's research contributions across several high-impact journals and relevant medical fields. Recent papers include:

  • Large-scale genome-wide association study in a Japanese population identifies novel susceptibility loci across different diseases, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Durvalumab alone and durvalumab plus tremelimumab versus chemotherapy in previously untreated patients with unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (DANUBE): a randomised, open-label, multicentre, phase 3 trial, 2020, The Lancet Oncology
  • Clinical Practice Guidelines for Bladder Cancer 2019 update by the Japanese Urological Association: Summary of the revision, 2020, International Journal of Urology
  • Developmental stages of tertiary lymphoid tissue reflect local injury and inflammation in mouse and human kidneys, 2020, Kidney International
  • Risk stratification for the prognosis of patients with chemoresistant urothelial cancer treated with pembrolizumab, 2020, Cancer Science

Best Publications

  • Relaxation of insulin-like growth factor II gene imprinting implicated in Wilms' tumour

    Osamu Ogawa;Michael R. Eccles;Jenny Szeto;Leslie A. McNoe

  • Gene Expression Levels and Immunolocalization of Organic Ion Transporters in the Human Kidney

    Hideyuki Motohashi;Yuji Sakurai;Hideyuki Saito;Satohiro Masuda

  • Large-scale genome-wide association study in a Japanese population identifies novel susceptibility loci across different diseases

    Kazuyoshi Ishigaki;Kazuyoshi Ishigaki;Masato Akiyama;Masahiro Kanai;Masahiro Kanai;Atsushi Takahashi

  • Substrate specificity of MATE1 and MATE2-K, human multidrug and toxin extrusions/H+-organic cation antiporters

    Yuko Tanihara;Satohiro Masuda;Tomoko Sato;Toshiya Katsura

  • Identification and Functional Characterization of a New Human Kidney–Specific H+/Organic Cation Antiporter, Kidney-Specific Multidrug and Toxin Extrusion 2

    Satohiro Masuda;Tomohiro Terada;Atsushi Yonezawa;Yuko Tanihara

  • Salt-sensitive hypertension in circadian clock-deficient Cry-null mice involves dysregulated adrenal Hsd3b6.

    Masao Doi;Yukari Takahashi;Rie Komatsu;Fumiyoshi Yamazaki

  • Constitutive activation of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases in human renal cell carcinoma.

    Hiroya Oka;Yuji Chatani;Rika Hoshino;Osamu Ogawa

  • Durvalumab alone and durvalumab plus tremelimumab versus chemotherapy in previously untreated patients with unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (DANUBE): a randomised, open-label, multicentre, phase 3 trial

    Thomas Powles;Michiel S van der Heijden;Daniel Castellano;Matthew D Galsky

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new susceptibility loci for prostate cancer in the Japanese population

    Ryo Takata;Shusuke Akamatsu;Michiaki Kubo;Atsushi Takahashi

  • Cortical organization by the septin cytoskeleton is essential for structural and mechanical integrity of mammalian spermatozoa.

    Masafumi Ihara;Ayae Kinoshita;Shuichi Yamada;Hiromitsu Tanaka

  • Tumor Growth Inhibition by Arsenic Trioxide (As2O3) in the Orthotopic Metastasis Model of Androgen-independent Prostate Cancer

    Hiroshi Maeda;Seiji Hori;Hideki Nishitoh;Hidenori Ichijo

  • Collagenous matrices as release carriers of exogenous growth factors

    Akihiro Kanematsu;Shingo Yamamoto;Makoto Ozeki;Tetsuya Noguchi

  • Effective treatment of advanced solid tumors by the combination of arsenic trioxide and L-buthionine-sulfoximine.

    H Maeda;S Hori;H Ohizumi;T Segawa

  • Mosaic and polymorphic imprinting of the WT1 gene in humans.

    Yoshihiro Jinno;Kankatsu Yun;Kunihiko Nishiwaki;Kunihiko Nishiwaki;Takeo Kubota

  • Formation of 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine and 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal-modified proteins in human renal-cell carcinoma.

    Keisei Okamoto;Shinya Toyokuni;Koji Uchida;Osamu Ogawa

  • Antiandrogen bicalutamide promotes tumor growth in a novel androgen-dependent prostate cancer xenograft model derived from a bicalutamide-treated patient.

    Toru Yoshida;Hidefumi Kinoshita;Takehiko Segawa;Eijiro Nakamura

  • Association of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism with prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia in a Japanese population.

    Tomonori Habuchi;Takehiro Suzuki;Ryusei Sasaki;Lizhong Wang

  • Increased Risk of Prostate Cancer and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Associated with a CYP17 Gene Polymorphism with a Gene Dosage Effect

    Tomonori Habuchi;Zhang Liqing;Takehiro Suzuki;Ryusei Sasaki

  • Detection of Telomerase Activity in Exfoliated Cells in Urine From Patients With Bladder Cancer

    Hidefumi Kinoshita;Osamu Ogawa;Yoshiyuki Kakehi;Mutsuki Mishina

  • Increased risk of bladder cancer associated with a glutathione peroxidase 1 codon 198 variant.

    Yasushi Ichimura;Tomonori Habuchi;Norihiko Tsuchiya;Lizhong Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Seiji Naito
Seiji Naito Kyushu University
Takashi Kobayashi
Takashi Kobayashi Oita University
Masahiro Hiraoka
Masahiro Hiraoka Kyoto University
Ken-ichi Inui
Ken-ichi Inui Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
Naoki Yoshimura
Naoki Yoshimura University of Pittsburgh
Masaaki Ito
Masaaki Ito Mie University
Hiroshi G. Okuno
Hiroshi G. Okuno Waseda University
Yusuke Nakamura
Yusuke Nakamura National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
Fumihiko Matsuda
Fumihiko Matsuda Kyoto University

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