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52
Citations
8941
World Ranking
16757
National Ranking
1200

Overview

Takeo Ohnishi was affiliated with Nara Medical University in Japan and contributed to the field of medicine, with a specific focus on oncology. Their research explored cancer-related molecular pathways, evident from their publication record and primary areas of study.

Ohnishi's scholarly output included work published in the venue UNC Libraries, where at least one research paper was documented. The notable paper titled Usefulness of Hexamethylenetetramine as an Adjuvant to Radiation and Cisplatin in the Treatment of Solid Tumors: its Independency of p53 Status appeared in 2021.

Their research topics centered on cancer-related molecular pathways, which align with the oncology subfield within medicine. Frequent coauthors who collaborated with Ohnishi included:

  • Shin Ichiro Masunaga
  • Keizo Tano
  • Jun Nakamura
  • Masami Watanabe
  • Genro Kashino

Throughout their career, Ohnishi focused on approaches to improve cancer treatment efficacy, with research investigating the effects of chemical agents combined with radiation and drug therapies on solid tumors.

Best Publications

  • DNA damage induced by alkylating agents and repair pathways.

    Natsuko Kondo;Akihisa Takahashi;Koji Ono;Takeo Ohnishi

  • Supranuclear Melanin Caps Reduce Ultraviolet Induced DNA Photoproducts in Human Epidermis

    Nobuhiko Kobayashi;Akemi Nakagawa;Tsutomu Muramatsu;Yukio Yamashina

  • Induction of radioresistance by a nitric oxide-mediated bystander effect.

    Hideki Matsumoto;Sachiko Hayashi;Masanori Hatashita;Ken Ohnishi

  • Does γH2AX foci formation depend on the presence of DNA double strand breaks

    Akihisa Takahashi;Takeo Ohnishi

  • Vanguards of Paradigm Shift in Radiation Biology: Radiation-Induced Adaptive and Bystander Responses

    Hideki Matsumoto;Nobuyuki Hamada;Nobuyuki Hamada;Akihisa Takahashi;Yasuhiko Kobayashi;Yasuhiko Kobayashi

  • Evidence for the Involvement of Double-Strand Breaks in Heat-Induced Cell Killing

    Akihisa Takahashi;Hideki Matsumoto;Kosuke Nagayama;Mutsuko Kitano

  • Recent Advances in the Biology of Heavy-Ion Cancer Therapy

    Nobuyuki Hamada;Tatsuhiko Imaoka;Shin-ichiro Masunaga;Toshiyuki Ogata

  • Light-Induced Anthocyanin Reduces the Extent of Damage to DNA in UV-Irradiated Centaurea cyanus Cells in Culture

    Akihisa Takahashi;Kosaku Takeda;Takeo Ohnishi

  • High-LET radiation enhanced apoptosis but not necrosis regardless of p53 status.

    Akihisa Takahashi;Hideki Matsumoto;Kazue Yuki;Jun-Ichi Yasumoto

  • DNA double-strand breaks: Their production, recognition, and repair in eukaryotes

    Takeo Ohnishi;Eiichiro Mori;Akihisa Takahashi

  • Hypertonic saline resuscitation reduces apoptosis and tissue damage of the small intestine in a mouse model of hemorrhagic shock.

    Yoshinori Murao;Michiaki Hata;Ken Ohnishi;Kazuo Okuchi

  • p53 proteins accumulated by heat stress associate with heat shock proteins HSP72/HSC73 in human glioblastoma cell lines

    Hideki Matsumoto;Mari Shimura;Tokunori Omatsu;Kumio Okaichi

  • Melanin reduces ultraviolet-induced DNA damage formation and killing rate in cultured human melanoma cells

    Nobuhiko Kobayashi;Tsutomu Muramatsu;Yukio Yamashina;Toshihiko Shirai

  • Induction of radioresistance to accelerated carbon-ion beams in recipient cells by nitric oxide excreted from irradiated donor cells of human glioblastoma.

    H. Matsumoto;S. Hayashi;M. Hatashita;H. Shioura

  • Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation is required for p53-dependent signal transduction induced by radiation

    Xinjiang Wang;Ken Ohnishi;Akihisa Takahashi;Takeo Ohnishi

  • Bax and Bcl-2 expressions predict response to radiotherapy in human cervical cancer.

    Yoko Harima;Keizo Harima;Nobuaki Shikata;Atsutoshi Oka

  • The Disaster at Japan's Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant after the March 11, 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami, and the Resulting Spread of Radioisotope Contamination

    Takeo Ohnishi

  • Radiation-induced adaptive responses and bystander effects.

    Hideki Matsumoto;Akihisa Takahashi;Takeo Ohnishi

  • Human papilloma virus (HPV) DNA associated with prognosis of cervical cancer after radiotherapy

    Yoko Harima;Satoshi Sawada;Kenji Nagata;Mitsuharu Sougawa

  • Transfection of p53-knockout mouse fibroblasts with wild-type p53 increases the thermosensitivity and stimulates apoptosis induced by heat stress

    Hideki Matsumoto;Akihisa Takahashi;Xinjiang Wang;Ken Ohnishi

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshio Mori
Toshio Mori Nara Medical University
Thomas Helleday
Thomas Helleday Karolinska Institute
Larry H. Thompson
Larry H. Thompson Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Robert H. Schiestl
Robert H. Schiestl University of California, Los Angeles
Yoshimasa Tanaka
Yoshimasa Tanaka Nagasaki University
Takeshi Todo
Takeshi Todo Osaka University
Wolfgang G. Junger
Wolfgang G. Junger Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Makoto Asashima
Makoto Asashima Teikyo University
Peter J. McKinnon
Peter J. McKinnon St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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