Jason K. Higa

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 841 citations indexed

About

Jason K. Higa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jason K. Higa has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 841 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Jason K. Higa's work include Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (5 papers), Trace Elements in Health (3 papers) and Iron Metabolism and Disorders (3 papers). Jason K. Higa is often cited by papers focused on Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (5 papers), Trace Elements in Health (3 papers) and Iron Metabolism and Disorders (3 papers). Jason K. Higa collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Slovakia. Jason K. Higa's co-authors include Takashi Matsui, Yuichi Baba, Tomohiro Suhara, Motoi Kobayashi, Briana K. Shimada, Nicholas K. Kawasaki, Hiroaki Kitaoka, Jun Panee, Joseph A. Hill and Paras K. Mishra and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jason K. Higa

18 papers receiving 834 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Protective effects of the mechanistic target of rapamycin against excess iron and ferroptosis in cardiomyocytes

2017 288 citations Yuichi Baba, Jason K. Higa et al. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jason K. Higa United States	12	479	329	270	117	98	18	841
Dulguun Amgalan United States	7	549 1.1×	168 0.5×	175 0.6×	182 1.6×	129 1.3×	9	858
Jianning Zhang China	18	647 1.4×	166 0.5×	185 0.7×	53 0.5×	49 0.5×	34	985
Zeqi Zheng China	17	381 0.8×	102 0.3×	158 0.6×	191 1.6×	89 0.9×	48	786
Siwei Tan China	19	513 1.1×	321 1.0×	315 1.2×	21 0.2×	227 2.3×	42	1.1k
Longjiang Shao United States	16	405 0.8×	196 0.6×	199 0.7×	22 0.2×	63 0.6×	24	834
Krista P. Terracina United States	13	536 1.1×	105 0.3×	119 0.4×	55 0.5×	78 0.8×	21	992
Shilei Zhao China	19	447 0.9×	122 0.4×	155 0.6×	48 0.4×	45 0.5×	52	776
Xuan Fang China	15	455 0.9×	146 0.4×	237 0.9×	51 0.4×	101 1.0×	42	781
Sijia Liang China	15	430 0.9×	96 0.3×	180 0.7×	67 0.6×	97 1.0×	32	754
Yi Shen China	19	551 1.2×	98 0.3×	307 1.1×	46 0.4×	44 0.4×	41	931

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18 of 18 papers shown

Kawasaki, Nicholas K., Tomohiro Suhara, Kyoko Komai, et al.. (2023). The role of ferroptosis in cell-to-cell propagation of cell death initiated from focal injury in cardiomyocytes. Life Sciences. 332. 122113–122113. 9 indexed citations

Komai, Kyoko, Nicholas K. Kawasaki, Jason K. Higa, & Takashi Matsui. (2022). The Role of Ferroptosis in Adverse Left Ventricular Remodeling Following Acute Myocardial Infarction. Cells. 11(9). 1399–1399. 32 indexed citations

Shimada, Briana K., Jason K. Higa, Yuichi Baba, et al.. (2021). mTOR‐mediated calcium transients affect cardiac function in ex vivo ischemia–reperfusion injury. Physiological Reports. 9(6). e14807–e14807. 4 indexed citations

Baba, Yuichi, et al.. (2019). The effects of Tel2 on cardiomyocyte survival. Life Sciences. 232. 116665–116665. 1 indexed citations

Mishra, Paras K., Adriana Adameová, Joseph A. Hill, et al.. (2019). Guidelines for evaluating myocardial cell death. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 317(5). H891–H922. 178 indexed citations

Kobayashi, Motoi, Tomohiro Suhara, Yuichi Baba, et al.. (2018). Pathological Roles of Iron in Cardiovascular Disease. Current Drug Targets. 19(9). 1068–1076. 125 indexed citations

Suhara, Tomohiro, Yuichi Baba, Briana K. Shimada, Jason K. Higa, & Takashi Matsui. (2017). The mTOR Signaling Pathway in Myocardial Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Current Diabetes Reports. 17(6). 38–38. 58 indexed citations

Johnson, Caroline H., Antonio F. Santidrián, Sarah E. LeBoeuf, et al.. (2017). Metabolomics guided pathway analysis reveals link between cancer metastasis, cholesterol sulfate, and phospholipids. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 9–9. 21 indexed citations

Baba, Yuichi, et al.. (2017). Protective Effects of mTOR Against Ferroptosis, a Form of Iron‐dependent Regulated Cell Death, in Cardiomyocytes. The FASEB Journal. 31(S1). 2 indexed citations

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Baba, Yuichi, Jason K. Higa, Briana K. Shimada, et al.. (2017). Protective effects of the mechanistic target of rapamycin against excess iron and ferroptosis in cardiomyocytes. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 314(3). H659–H668. 288 indexed citations breakdown →

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Matsui, Takashi, et al.. (2016). Isolated Cardiomyocytes from Transgenic Mouse Hearts Show Tissue-specific mTOR Overexpression. Digital Scholarship - UNLV (University of Nevada Reno). 9(5). 41. 1 indexed citations

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Arensburger, Peter, et al.. (2015). Behavioral and genomic characterization of molt-sleep in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 62. 154–167. 12 indexed citations

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Aoyagi, Toshinori, et al.. (2015). Cardiac mTOR rescues the detrimental effects of diet-induced obesity in the heart after ischemia-reperfusion. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 308(12). H1530–H1539. 35 indexed citations

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Kusakari, Yoichiro, Jason K. Higa, Chunyang Xiao, et al.. (2014). Three-dimensional myocardial scarring along myofibers after coronary ischemia-reperfusion revealed by computerized images of histological assays. Physiological Reports. 2(7). e12072–e12072. 4 indexed citations

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Arora, Komal, Naghum Alfulaij, Jason K. Higa, Jun Panee, & Robert A. Nichols. (2013). Impact of Sustained Exposure to β-Amyloid on Calcium Homeostasis and Neuronal Integrity in Model Nerve Cell System Expressing α4β2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(16). 11175–11190. 23 indexed citations

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Higa, Jason K., Zhibin Liang, Philip G. Williams, & Jun Panee. (2012). Phyllostachys edulis Compounds Inhibit Palmitic Acid-Induced Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1 (MCP-1) Production. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e45082–e45082. 16 indexed citations

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Higa, Jason K., Wanyu Liu, Marla J. Berry, & Jun Panee. (2011). Supplement of bamboo extract lowers serum monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 concentration in mice fed a diet containing a high level of saturated fat. British Journal Of Nutrition. 106(12). 1810–1813. 12 indexed citations

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Higa, Jason K. & Jun Panee. (2011). Bamboo extract reduces interleukin 6 (IL-6) overproduction under lipotoxic conditions through inhibiting the activation of NF-κB and AP-1 pathways. Cytokine. 55(1). 18–23. 20 indexed citations

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