Hiroshi Masutani

10.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
144 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Hiroshi Masutani is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroshi Masutani has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Immunology and 17 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Hiroshi Masutani's work include Redox biology and oxidative stress (86 papers), Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (33 papers) and T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (32 papers). Hiroshi Masutani is often cited by papers focused on Redox biology and oxidative stress (86 papers), Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (33 papers) and T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (32 papers). Hiroshi Masutani collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Hiroshi Masutani's co-authors include Junji Yodoi, Hajime Nakamura, Junji Yodoi, Shugo Ueda, Kiichi Hirota, Akira Nishiyama, Masaya Ueno, Shinichi Oka, Toru Tanaka and Yoshimi Yamaguchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Hiroshi Masutani

141 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Identification of Thioredoxin-binding Protein-2/Vitamin D3 Up-regulated Protein 1 as a Negative Regulator of Thioredoxin Function and Expression
    1999 615 citations Akira Nishiyama, Minoru Matsui et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hiroshi Masutani Japan 52 6.4k 1.0k 991 974 932 144 8.4k
Christina C. Leslie United States 49 4.9k 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 1.3k 1.3× 1.2k 1.2× 856 0.9× 100 7.8k
Marı́a A. Balboa Spain 52 4.0k 0.6× 788 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 717 0.7× 1.4k 1.5× 119 6.3k
Sang Won Kang South Korea 46 8.9k 1.4× 1.3k 1.3× 1.6k 1.6× 750 0.8× 1.5k 1.6× 116 11.6k
Ho Zoon Chae South Korea 32 7.0k 1.1× 773 0.8× 775 0.8× 733 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 51 8.7k
Keizo Inoue Japan 53 6.5k 1.0× 1.4k 1.3× 1.4k 1.4× 1.7k 1.8× 874 0.9× 184 9.9k
Jesús Balsinde Spain 59 6.1k 1.0× 1.3k 1.3× 1.3k 1.3× 1.2k 1.2× 2.0k 2.1× 147 9.1k
Dolores Pérez‐Sala Spain 45 3.8k 0.6× 922 0.9× 670 0.7× 870 0.9× 765 0.8× 144 6.7k
Dong‐Soon Im South Korea 45 4.5k 0.7× 1.1k 1.1× 909 0.9× 817 0.8× 412 0.4× 207 6.8k
Wayne B. Anderson United States 47 6.6k 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 945 1.0× 1.2k 1.2× 475 0.5× 150 9.1k
Masayoshi Imagawa Japan 38 6.3k 1.0× 784 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 650 0.7× 460 0.5× 157 9.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Hiroshi Masutani

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hiroshi Masutani

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hiroshi Masutani

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hiroshi Masutani. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hiroshi Masutani based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Hiroshi Masutani. Hiroshi Masutani is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tanabe, Katsuya, Wataru Nishimura, Masayuki Hatanaka, et al.. (2025). β cell dedifferentiation, the underlying mechanism of diabetes in Wolfram syndrome. Science Translational Medicine. 17(786). eadp2332–eadp2332. 3 indexed citations
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Masutani, Hiroshi. (2021). Thioredoxin-Interacting Protein in Cancer and Diabetes. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 36(13-15). 1001–1022. 28 indexed citations
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Mogami, Haruta, et al.. (2017). ヒト胎盤におけるチオレドキシン結合蛋白質‐2/Txnipの差次的発現:妊娠初期の低酸素症抑制の関与可能性. 43(1). 56. 1 indexed citations
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Yodoi, Junji, Hai Tian, Hiroshi Masutani, & Hajime Nakamura. (2016). Thiol redox barrier; local and systemic surveillance against stress and inflammatory diseases. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 595. 88–93. 8 indexed citations
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Yoshihara, Eiji, Zhe Chen, Yoshiyuki Matsuo, Hiroshi Masutani, & Junji Yodoi. (2010). Thiol Redox Transitions by Thioredoxin and Thioredoxin-Binding Protein-2 in Cell Signaling. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 474. 67–82. 47 indexed citations
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Son, Aoi, Hajime Nakamura, Hiroaki Okuyama, et al.. (2008). Dendritic cells derived from TBP‐2‐deficient mice are defective in inducing T cell responses. European Journal of Immunology. 38(5). 1358–1367. 33 indexed citations
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Matsuoka, Saori, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Tomohiko Sakabe, et al.. (2008). Involvement of thioredoxin‐binding protein 2 in the antitumor activity of CD437. Cancer Science. 99(12). 2485–2490. 13 indexed citations
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田中, 義夫, Yuting Liu, Shinya Akatsuka, et al.. (2007). Association of microRNA‐34a overexpression with proliferation is cell type‐dependent. Cancer Science. 98(12). 1845–1852. 99 indexed citations
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Wang, Dongmei, Hiroshi Masutani, & Junji Yodoi. (2006). Are the properties of mitochondrial membranes redox regulated?. IUBMB Life. 58(11). 670–673. 1 indexed citations
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Kadowaki, Hisae, Hideki Nishitoh, Fumihiko Urano, et al.. (2004). Amyloid β induces neuronal cell death through ROS-mediated ASK1 activation. Cell Death and Differentiation. 12(1). 19–24. 361 indexed citations
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Bai, Jie, Hajime Nakamura, Yong-Won Kwon, et al.. (2003). Critical Roles of Thioredoxin in Nerve Growth Factor-Mediated Signal Transduction and Neurite Outgrowth in PC12 Cells. Journal of Neuroscience. 23(2). 503–509. 101 indexed citations
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Hirota, Kiichi, Hajime Nakamura, Hiroshi Masutani, & Junji Yodoi. (2002). Thioredoxin Superfamily and Thioredoxin‐Inducing Agents. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 957(1). 189–199. 127 indexed citations
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Orii, Ayaka, Hiroshi Masutani, Toshio Nikaido, et al.. (2002). Altered Post-Translational Modification of Redox Factor 1 Protein in Human Uterine Smooth Muscle Tumors. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 87(8). 3754–3759. 11 indexed citations
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Ueno, Masaya, Hiroshi Masutani, Roberto Jun Arai, et al.. (1999). Thioredoxin-dependent Redox Regulation of p53-mediated p21 Activation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(50). 35809–35815. 364 indexed citations
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Nishiyama, Akira, Satoshi Iwata, Minoru Matsui, et al.. (1999). Demonstration of the interaction of thioredoxin with p40phox, a phagocyte oxidase component, using a yeast two-hybrid system. Immunology Letters. 68(1). 155–159. 42 indexed citations
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Kawabata, Hiroshi, Naoyuki Anzai, Hiroshi Masutani, et al.. (1997). Mg2+- or Mn2+-Dependent Endonuclease Activities of Human Myeloid Leukemia Cells Capable of Producing Nucleosomal-Size DNA Fragmentation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 233(1). 133–138. 21 indexed citations
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Magnaghi-Jaulin, Laura, Hiroshi Masutani, Marc Lipinski, & Annick Harel‐Bellan. (1996). Analysis of SRF, SAP‐1 and ELK‐1 transcripts and proteins in human cell lines. FEBS Letters. 391(3). 247–251. 16 indexed citations
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Masutani, Hiroshi, Makoto Naito, Kiyoshi Takahashi, et al.. (1992). Dysregulation of Adult T-Cell Leukemia-Derived Factor (ADF)/Thioredoxin in HIV Infection: Loss of ADF High-Producer Cells in Lymphoid Tissues of AIDS Patients. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 8(9). 1707–1715. 41 indexed citations
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Iwai, Toshiko, Shingo Fujii, Yoshihiko Nanbu, et al.. (1992). Expression of adult T-cell leukaemia-derived factor, a human thioredoxin homologue, in the human ovary throughout the menstrual cycle. Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin. 420(3). 213–217. 21 indexed citations
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Masutani, Hiroshi, et al.. (1990). ROLE OF ADF THIOREDOXIN IN DITHIOL-RELATED LYMPHOCYTE-ACTIVATION. 9(4). 584. 1 indexed citations

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