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Yasuni Nakanuma

Yasuni Nakanuma

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Medicine
Japan
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
128
Citations
66969
World Ranking
2691
National Ranking
50

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Yasuni Nakanuma is affiliated with Kanazawa University in Japan and specializes primarily in the field of Medicine with a focus on Surgery, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Hepatology. Their research contributions primarily address critical topics related to cholangiocarcinoma, gallbladder cancer, pancreatic and hepatic oncology, and various hepatobiliary diseases.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
  • Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments
  • Liver Diseases and Immunity
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation

Throughout their career, Yasuni Nakanuma has contributed to the publication of numerous papers in several key journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Human Pathology
  • Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
  • Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences
  • Histopathology
  • Cancers

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Nakanuma demonstrate focal points in intraductal papillary neoplasms, hepatocellular adenomas, and biliary tract neoplasms. Notable publications include:

  • "Intraductal Papillary Neoplasm of Bile Duct: Updated Clinicopathological Characteristics and Molecular and Genetic Alterations," 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • "Clinicopathological characteristics of intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct: a Japan-Korea collaborative study," 2020, Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences
  • "ASS1 Overexpression: A Hallmark of Sonic Hedgehog Hepatocellular Adenomas; Recommendations for Clinical Practice," 2020, Hepatology Communications
  • "Diversity in cell differentiation, histology, phenotype and vasculature of mass-forming intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas," 2021, Histopathology
  • "Pathological characterization of intracholecystic papillary neoplasm: A recently proposed preinvasive neoplasm of gallbladder," 2021, Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Yasuni Nakanuma has collaborated frequently with several researchers over the course of their work. Key co-authors with multiple joint publications include:

  • Yasunori Sato
  • Yuko Kakuda
  • Takashi Sugino
  • Takuro Terada
  • Motoko Sasaki

Best Publications

  • International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group Report: review of criteria for diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis

    F. Alvarez;P. A. Berg;F. B. Bianchi;L. Bianchi

  • Consensus statement on the pathology of IgG4-related disease

    Vikram Deshpande;Yoh Zen;John Kc Chan;Eunhee E Yi

  • Prospective Cohort Study of Transarterial Chemoembolization for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma in 8510 Patients

    Kenichi Takayasu;Shigeki Arii;Iwao Ikai;Masao Omata

  • Th2 and regulatory immune reactions are increased in immunoglobin G4-related sclerosing pancreatitis and cholangitis.

    Yoh Zen;Takahiko Fujii;Kenichi Harada;Mitsuhiro Kawano

  • Nomenclature of the finer branches of the biliary tree: canals, ductules, and ductular reactions in human livers.

    Tania A. Roskams;Neil D. Theise;Charles Balabaud;Govind Bhagat

  • Benign and malignant nodules in cirrhotic livers: distinction based on blood supply.

    O Matsui;M Kadoya;T Kameyama;J Yoshikawa

  • IgG4-related disease: a cross-sectional study of 114 cases.

    Yoh Zen;Yasuni Nakanuma

  • IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis with and without hepatic inflammatory pseudotumor, and sclerosing pancreatitis-associated sclerosing cholangitis : Do they belong to a spectrum of sclerosing pancreatitis?

    Yoh Zen;Kenichi Harada;Motoko Sasaki;Yasunori Sato

  • Reevaluation of prognostic factors for survival after liver resection in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in a Japanese nationwide survey.

    Iwao Ikai;Shigeki Arii;Masamichi Kojiro;Takafumi Ichida

  • Lipid-induced oxidative stress causes steatohepatitis in mice fed an atherogenic diet

    Naoto Matsuzawa;Toshinari Takamura;Seiichiro Kurita;Hirofumi Misu

  • Report of the 17th Nationwide Follow-up Survey of Primary Liver Cancer in Japan.

    Iwao Ikai;Shigeki Arii;Masatoshi Okazaki;Kiwamu Okita

  • Biliary papillary tumors share pathological features with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas

    Yoh Zen;Takahiko Fujii;Keita Itatsu;Koichi Nakamura

  • Correlation between the blood supply and grade of malignancy of hepatocellular nodules associated with liver cirrhosis: evaluation by CT during intraarterial injection of contrast medium.

    M Hayashi;O Matsui;K Ueda;Y Kawamori

  • Abundant IgG4-positive plasma cell infiltration characterizes chronic sclerosing sialadenitis (Küttner's tumor).

    Satoshi Kitagawa;Yoh Zen;Kenichi Harada;Motoko Sasaki

  • Hepatic angiomyolipoma: A clinicopathologic study of 30 cases and delineation of unusual morphologic variants

    Wilson M. S. Tsui;Romano Colombari;Bernard C. Portmann;F. Bonetti

  • Comparison of the outcomes between an anatomical subsegmentectomy and a non-anatomical minor hepatectomy for single hepatocellular carcinomas based on a Japanese nationwide survey

    Susumu Eguchi;Takashi Kanematsu;Shigeki Arii;Masatoshi Okazaki

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Signal Intensity at Gadoxetic Acid–enhanced MR Imaging—Correlation with Molecular Transporters and Histopathologic Features

    Azusa Kitao;Yoh Zen;Osamu Matsui;Toshifumi Gabata

  • IgG4-related lung and pleural disease: a clinicopathologic study of 21 cases.

    Yoh Zen;Dai Inoue;Azusa Kitao;Manabu Onodera

  • IgG4-positive plasma cells in inflammatory pseudotumor (plasma cell granuloma) of the lung

    Yoh Zen;Satoshi Kitagawa;Hiroshi Minato;Hiroshi Kurumaya

  • Clinical diagnostic criteria of IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis 2012.

    Hirotaka Ohara;Kazuichi Okazaki;Hirohito Tsubouchi;Kazuo Inui

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoh Zen
Yoh Zen King's College London
Osamu Matsui
Osamu Matsui Kanazawa University
Shuichi Kaneko
Shuichi Kaneko Kanazawa University
Koichi Tsuneyama
Koichi Tsuneyama University of Tokushima
M. Eric Gershwin
M. Eric Gershwin University of California, Davis
Shinji Shimoda
Shinji Shimoda Kyushu University
Yuji Nimura
Yuji Nimura Nagoya University
Hiromi Ishibashi
Hiromi Ishibashi Nagasaki University
Shinji Masuda
Shinji Masuda Life Science Institute
Masao Honda
Masao Honda Kanazawa University

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