Kathryn E. Tanaka

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Kathryn E. Tanaka is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathryn E. Tanaka has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Epidemiology, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Kathryn E. Tanaka's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (8 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (5 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (5 papers). Kathryn E. Tanaka is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (8 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (5 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (5 papers). Kathryn E. Tanaka collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. Kathryn E. Tanaka's co-authors include JoAnne L. Flynn, Charles A. Scanga, Mark J. Czaja, John Chan, Vellore P. Mohan, John Chan, Enpeng Zhao, Keming Yu, Ghulam Ilyas and Ming Chih Tsai and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Kathryn E. Tanaka

41 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Impaired macrophage autophagy increases the immune response in obese mice by promoting proinflammatory macrophage polarization
    2015 415 citations Kun Liu, Enpeng Zhao et al. Autophagy profile →

Peers

Kathryn E. Tanaka
Juan L. Mendoza Spain
You Sun Kim South Korea
Donald D. Anthony United States
Bruce Yacyshyn United States
Ruliang Xu United States
Kenji Kaneda Japan
Curt H. Hagedorn United States
Junqi Niu China
John R. Teijaro United States
Stefania Crotta United Kingdom
Juan L. Mendoza Spain
Kathryn E. Tanaka
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Countries citing papers authored by Kathryn E. Tanaka

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kathryn E. Tanaka

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kathryn E. Tanaka. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kathryn E. Tanaka 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 Kathryn E. Tanaka. Kathryn E. Tanaka is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Akki, Ashwin, Wei Zhang, Kathryn E. Tanaka, et al.. (2019). Systematic Selective Sampling of Cholecystectomy Specimens Is Adequate to Detect Incidental Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 43(12). 1668–1673. 3 indexed citations
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Ilyas, Ghulam, Enpeng Zhao, Kun Liu, et al.. (2015). Macrophage autophagy limits acute toxic liver injury in mice through down regulation of interleukin-1β. Journal of Hepatology. 64(1). 118–127. 118 indexed citations
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Liu, Kun, Enpeng Zhao, Ghulam Ilyas, et al.. (2015). Impaired macrophage autophagy increases the immune response in obese mice by promoting proinflammatory macrophage polarization. Autophagy. 11(2). 271–284. 415 indexed citations breakdown →
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Amir, Muhammad, Luis Fontana, Helene F. Rosenberg, et al.. (2013). Inhibition of hepatocyte autophagy increases tumor necrosis factor-dependent liver injury by promoting caspase-8 activation. Cell Death and Differentiation. 20(7). 878–887. 126 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Kathryn E., et al.. (2012). A case of complete androgen insensitivity syndrome with a novel androgen receptor mutation. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism. 25(11-12). 1145–51. 10 indexed citations
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Fontana, Luis, Enpeng Zhao, Muhammad Amir, et al.. (2012). Aging promotes the development of diet-induced murine steatohepatitis but not steatosis. Hepatology. 57(3). 995–1004. 99 indexed citations
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Sood, Arjun B., Radhashree Maitra, Raviraja N. Seetharam, et al.. (2012). PTEN Gene Expression and Mutations in the PIK3CA Gene as Predictors of Clinical Benefit to Anti-Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Antibody Therapy in Patients With KRAS Wild-Type Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. Clinical Colorectal Cancer. 11(2). 143–150. 78 indexed citations
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Oh, Daniel, Steven R. DeMeester, Kathryn E. Tanaka, et al.. (2011). The gene expression profile of cardia intestinal metaplasia is similar to that of Barrett's esophagus, not gastric intestinal metaplasia. Diseases of the Esophagus. 24(7). 516–522. 6 indexed citations
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Singh, Rajat, Yongjun Wang, Youqing Xiang, et al.. (2008). Differential effects of JNK1 and JNK2 inhibition on murine steatohepatitis and insulin resistance†. Hepatology. 49(1). 87–96. 181 indexed citations
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Gasperino, James, et al.. (2007). Fulminant liver failure secondary to haemorrhagic dengue in an international traveller. Liver International. 27(8). 1148–1151. 30 indexed citations
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Karlitz, Jordan J., et al.. (2006). Endometriosis With Colonic Wall Invasion. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 5(3). A30–A30. 1 indexed citations
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Takagi, M., Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Kenju Hara, et al.. (2006). New HSN2 mutation in Japanese patient with hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 2. Neurology. 66(8). 1251–1252. 15 indexed citations
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Wong, Linda L., et al.. (2004). Pre‐transplant treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: assessment of tumor necrosis in explanted livers. Clinical Transplantation. 18(3). 227–234. 58 indexed citations
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Zhu, Guofeng, Huifang Xiao, Vellore P. Mohan, et al.. (2003). Gene expression in the tuberculous granuloma: analysis by laser capture microdissection and real-time PCR. Cellular Microbiology. 5(7). 445–453. 38 indexed citations
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Mohan, Vellore P., Charles A. Scanga, Keming Yu, et al.. (2001). Effects of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha on Host Immune Response in Chronic Persistent Tuberculosis: Possible Role for Limiting Pathology. Infection and Immunity. 69(3). 1847–1855. 416 indexed citations
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Brown, Jennifer J., Bhupesh Parashar, Han Moshage, et al.. (2000). A long-term hepatitis B viremia model generated by transplanting nontumorigenic immortalized human hepatocytes in Rag-2-deficient mice. Hepatology. 31(1). 173–181. 74 indexed citations
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Guha, Chandan, Anand Sharma, Sanjeev Gupta, et al.. (1999). Amelioration of radiation-induced liver damage in partially hepatectomized rats by hepatocyte transplantation.. PubMed. 59(23). 5871–4. 148 indexed citations
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Flynn, JoAnne L., et al.. (1998). Effects of Aminoguanidine on Latent Murine Tuberculosis. The Journal of Immunology. 160(4). 1796–1803. 178 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Kathryn E., et al.. (1997). Morphologic pattern of tenascin as a diagnostic biomarker in colon cancer. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 64(2). 98–101. 28 indexed citations

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