Kazue Imai

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Kazue Imai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kazue Imai has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 16 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Kazue Imai's work include Tea Polyphenols and Effects (18 papers), Phytoestrogen effects and research (10 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (8 papers). Kazue Imai is often cited by papers focused on Tea Polyphenols and Effects (18 papers), Phytoestrogen effects and research (10 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (8 papers). Kazue Imai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Kazue Imai's co-authors include Kei Nakachi, Kenji Suga, Satoshi Miyaké, Masami Suganuma, Kaname Kawajiri, Hirota Fujiki, Shinichi Hayashi, Satoru Matsuyama, Tomonori Hayashi and Junko Watanabe and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nucleic Acids Research and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Kazue Imai

71 papers receiving 5.7k citations

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Natural cytotoxic activity of peripheral-blood lymphocytes and cancer incidence: an 11-year follow-up study of a general population

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kazue Imai

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Circulating Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells in Aging Atomic Bomb Survivors 2015 ·Radiation Research ·Seishi Kyoizumi, Yoshiko Kubo, Munechika Misumi, Junko Kajimura, Kengo Yoshida, Tomonori Hayashi, Kazue Imai, Waka Ohishi, Kei Nakachi, Lauren Young, Jae-Hung Shieh, Malcolm A.S. Moore, Marcel R.M. van den Brink, Yoichiro Kusunoki	6
2	RET/PTC Rearrangements Preferentially Occurred in Papillary Thyroid Cancer among Atomic Bomb Survivors Exposed to High Radiation Dose 2008 ·Cancer Research ·Kiyohiro Hamatani, Hidetaka Eguchi, Reiko Ito, Mayumi Mukai, Keiko Takahashi, Masataka Taga, Kazue Imai, John Cologne, Midori Soda, Koji Arihiro, Megumu Fujihara, (unknown), Tomayoshi Hayashi, Masahiro Nakashima, Ichiro Sekine, Wataru Yasui, Yûzo Hayashi, Kei Nakachi	123
3	Exon 19 of EGFR mutation in relation to the CA‐repeat polymorphism in intron 1 2008 ·Cancer Science ·Naoko Sueoka‐Aragane, Kazue Imai, Kazutoshi Komiya, Akemi Sato, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Masahiro Mitsuoka, Shinichiro Hayashi, Kei Nakachi, Eisaburo Sueoka	13
4	The association between RAD18 Arg302Gln polymorphism and the risk of human non-small-cell lung cancer 2007 ·Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology ·Hirotaka Kanzaki, Mamoru Ouchida, Hiroko Hanafusa, Hiromasa Yamamoto, Hiromitsu Suzuki, Masaaki Yano, Motoi Aoe, Kazue Imai, Hiroshi Date, Kei Nakachi, Kenji Shimizu	10
5	Perspectives on cancer immuno‐epidemiology 2004 ·Cancer Science ·Kei Nakachi, Tomonori Hayashi, Kazue Imai, Yoichiro Kusunoki	34
6	A single nucleotide polymorphism in the transmembrane domain coding region of HER‐2 is associated with development and malignant phenotype of gastric cancer 2003 ·International Journal of Cancer ·Kazuya Kuraoka, Shunji Matsumura, Yoichi Hamai, Kei Nakachi, Kazue Imai, Keisuke Matsusaki, Naohide Oue, Reiko Ito, Hirofumi Nakayama, Wataru Yasui	25
7	Green tea: cancer preventive beverage and/or drug 2002 ·Cancer Letters ·Hirota Fujiki, Masami Suganuma, Kazue Imai, Kei Nakachi	174
8	Molecular Significance of Excess Body Weight in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Patients, in Relation to Expression of Insulin‐like Growth Factor I Receptor and Insulin‐like Growth Factor II Genes 2001 ·Japanese Journal of Cancer Research ·Kenji Suga, Kazue Imai, Hidetaka Eguchi, Shinichi Hayashi, Yasuhiro Higashi, Kei Nakachi	35
9	Personality types, lifestyle, and sensitivity to mental stress in association with NK activity 2001 ·International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health ·Kazue Imai, Kei Nakachi	14
10	Cancer prevention with green tea and monitoring by a new biomarker, hnRNP B1 2001 ·Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis ·Hirota Fujiki, Masami Suganuma, Sachiko Okabe, Eisaburo Sueoka, Naoko Sueoka, Nobukazu Fujimoto, (unknown), Satoru Matsuyama, Kazue Imai, Kei Nakachi	58
11	Natural Killer Activity and Its Changes among Participants in a Smoking Cessation Intervention Program. A Prospective Pilot Study of 6 Months' Duration. 2001 ·Journal of Epidemiology ·Akiko Ioka, Masakazu Nakamura, (unknown), Tomoko Kinoshita, (unknown), Kazue Imai, Kei Nakachi, Akira Oshima	9
12	Risk Factors for Lung Cancer among Northern Thai Women: Epidemiological, Nutritional, Serological, and Bacteriological Surveys of Residents in High‐ and Low‐incidence Areas 1999 ·Japanese Journal of Cancer Research ·Kei Nakachi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yoshiaki Sone, Kazue Imai, Kenji Suga, Satoru Matsuyama, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Takashi Takahashi, Maitree Suttajit	15
13	Influence of Drinking Green Tea on Breast Cancer Malignancy among Japanese Patients 1998 ·Japanese Journal of Cancer Research ·Kei Nakachi, Kimito Suemasu, Kenji Suga, (unknown), Kazue Imai, Yasuhiro Higashi	254
14	Cancer-Preventive Effects of Drinking Green Tea among a Japanese Population 1997 ·Preventive Medicine ·Kazue Imai, Kenji Suga, Kei Nakachi	283
15	EPIDEMIOLOGY OF GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY AND CIGARETTE SMOKING IN LUNG CARCINOGENESIS BY CYP1A1 POLYMORPHISMS 1996 ·Kei Nakachi, Kazue Imai	1
16	An Rsa I Polymorphism in the CYP2E1 Gene Does Not Affect Lung Cancer Risk in a Japanese Population 1995 ·Japanese Journal of Cancer Research ·Junko Watanabe, Jianping Yang, Hidetaka Eguchi, Shinichi Hayashi, Kazue Imai, Kei Nakachi, Kaname Kawajiri	43
17	Germ line polymorphisms of p53 and CYP1A1 genes involved in human lung cancer 1993 ·Carcinogenesis ·Kaname Kawajiri, Kei Nakachi, Kazue Imai, Junko Watanabe, Shinichi Hayashi	175
18	Identification of genetically high risk individuals to lung cancer by DNA polymorphisms of the cytochrome P45 0IA1 gene 1990 ·FEBS Letters ·Kaname Kawajiri, Kei Nakachi, Kazue Imai, Akira Yoshii, (unknown), Junko Watanabe	405
19	Individual differences in lung cancer susceptibility in relation to polymorphisms of P-450IA1 gene and cigarette dose. 1990 ·PubMed ·Kaname Kawajiri, Kei Nakachi, Kazue Imai, Shin Hayashi, Junko Watanabe	25
20	Pstl and Rsal RFLPs in complete linkage disequilibrium at the CYP2E gene 1990 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Junko Watanabe, Shinichi Hayashi, Kei Nakachi, Kazue Imai, Yasuyuki Suda, (unknown), Kaname Kawajiri	85

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