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Yasuhiko Kaneko

Yasuhiko Kaneko

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
65
Citations
14111
World Ranking
1673
National Ranking
139

Overview

Yasuhiko Kaneko is affiliated with Saitama Cancer Center in Japan and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their publications span molecular biology, genetics, cell biology, epidemiology, and molecular medicine, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to biomedical research.

The scientist's research focuses on several topics including:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
  • Renal and related cancers

Kaneko has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably:

  • Hideki Izumi
  • Akira Nakagawara
  • Takaharu Oue
  • Hiroki Namikawa
  • Kazuhiro Yamada

Publications by Kaneko have appeared in journals such as the Journal of Hospital Infection, European Journal of Cancer, Human Cell, Frontiers in Oncology, and Stem Cells. The number of publications represented in these journals includes:

  • Journal of Hospital Infection (2 publications)
  • European Journal of Cancer (1 publication)
  • Human Cell (1 publication)
  • Frontiers in Oncology (1 publication)
  • Stem Cells (1 publication)

Among recent papers associated with this scientist are:

  • Wilms tumour surveillance in at-risk children: Literature review and recommendations from the SIOP-Europe Host Genome Working Group and SIOP Renal Tumour Study Group, 2021, European Journal of Cancer
  • Predictors of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2023, Journal of Hospital Infection
  • Kasumi leukemia cell lines: characterization of tumor genomes with ethnic origin and scales of genomic alterations, 2020, Human Cell
  • The Role of MYCN in Symmetric vs. Asymmetric Cell Division of Human Neuroblastoma Cells, 2020, Frontiers in Oncology
  • Asymmetric Pericentrosomal CD133 Endosomes Induce the Unequal Autophagic Activity During Cytokinesis in CD133-Positive Human Neuroblastoma Cells, 2022, Stem Cells

Best Publications

  • t(8;21) breakpoints on chromosome 21 in acute myeloid leukemia are clustered within a limited region of a single gene, AML1.

    Hiroyuki Miyoshi;Kimiko Shimizu;Tomoko Kozu;Nobuo Maseki

  • The t(8;21) translocation in acute myeloid leukemia results in production of an AML1-MTG8 fusion transcript.

    H Miyoshi;T Kozu;K Shimizu;K Enomoto

  • High expression of Survivin, mapped to 17q25, is significantly associated with poor prognostic factors and promotes cell survival in human neuroblastoma.

    Ashraful Islam;Hajime Kageyama;Naoyuki Takada;Takemasa Kawamato

  • An imprinted gene p57KIP2 is mutated in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.

    Izuho Hatada;Hirofumi Ohashi;Yoshimitsu Fukushima;Yasuhiko Kaneko

  • The rhombotin family of cysteine-rich LIM-domain oncogenes: distinct members are involved in T-cell translocations to human chromosomes 11p15 and 11p13.

    T Boehm;L Foroni;Y Kaneko;M F Perutz

  • Fusion of two novel genes, RBM15 and MKL1, in the t(1;22)(p13;q13) of acute megakaryoblastic leukemia.

    Zhigui Ma;Stephan W. Morris;Stephan W. Morris;Virginia Valentine;Martin Li

  • Fusion of an ETS-family gene, EIAF, to EWS by t(17;22)(q12;q12) chromosome translocation in an undifferentiated sarcoma of infancy.

    Yasuhiko Kaneko;Koichi Yoshida;Masafumi Handa;Yasunori Toyoda

  • A novel translocation, t(2;5)(p23;q35), in childhood phagocytic large T-cell lymphoma mimicking malignant histiocytosis.

    Y Kaneko;G Frizzera;S Edamura;N Maseki

  • The clinical significance of karyotype in acute myelogenous leukemia

    D.C. Arthur;R. Berger;H.M. Golomb;G.J. Swansbury

  • The inv(11)(p15q22) Chromosome Translocation of De Novo and Therapy-Related Myeloid Malignancies Results in Fusion of the Nucleoporin Gene, NUP98, With the Putative RNA Helicase Gene, DDX10

    Yasuhito Arai;Fumie Hosoda;Hirofumi Kobayashi;Kyoko Arai

  • Analysis of the p16INK4, p14ARF, p15, TP53, and MDM2 genes and their prognostic implications in osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma.

    Takashi Tsuchiya;Ki-ichi Sekine;Shin-ichi Hinohara;Takeshi Namiki

  • Clinical and hematologic characteristics in acute leukemia with 11q23 translocations.

    Y Kaneko;N Maseki;N Takasaki;M Sakurai

  • Chromosome Abnormalities in Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma: A Karyotype Review Committee Report

    Nanao Kamada;Masaharu Sakurai;Kanji Miyamoto;Isao Sanada

  • Six-year follow-up of the clinical significance of karyotype in acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    C.D. Bloomfield;L.M. Secker-Walker;A.I. Goldman;H. Van Den Berghe

  • Mutations of the p53 gene are involved in Ewing's sarcomas but not in neuroblastomas.

    H Komuro;Y Hayashi;M Kawamura;K Hayashi

  • Genomic Imprinting of Human p57KIP2 and Its Reduced Expression in Wilms' Tumors

    Izuho Hatada;Johji Inazawa;Tatsuo Abe;Masahiro Nakayama

  • Acute leukemias of different lineages have similar MLL gene fusions encoding related chimeric proteins resulting from chromosomal translocation.

    J Corral;A Forster;S Thompson;F Lampert

  • An ets-related gene, ERG, is rearranged in human myeloid leukemia with t(16;21) chromosomal translocation.

    Kimiko Shimizu;Hitoshi Ichikawa;Arinobu Tojo;Yasuhiko Kaneko

  • Junctions of the AML1/MTG8(ETO) fusion are constant in t(8;21) acute myeloid leukemia detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction.

    Tomoko Kozu;Hiroyuki Miyoshi;Kimiko Shimizu;Nobuo Maseki

  • Consistent detection of TLS/FUS-ERG chimeric transcripts in acute myeloid leukemia with t(16 ; 21) (p11 ; q22) and identification of a novel transcript

    Xiao-Tang Kong;Kohmei Ida;Hitoshi Ichikawa;Kimiko Shimizu

Frequent Co-Authors

Misao Ohki
Misao Ohki National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Yasuhide Hayashi
Yasuhide Hayashi Gunma Children's Medical Center
Hiroyuki Miyoshi
Hiroyuki Miyoshi Keio University
Nanao Kamada
Nanao Kamada Hiroshima University
Yasuhito Arai
Yasuhito Arai National Cancer Centre
Johji Inazawa
Johji Inazawa Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Ashraful Islam
Ashraful Islam National Institute for Materials Science
Naohiko Seki
Naohiko Seki Chiba University
Norio Niikawa
Norio Niikawa Health Sciences University of Hokkaido

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