Kenichi Saigo

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Kenichi Saigo is a scholar working on Surgery, Epidemiology and Transplantation. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenichi Saigo has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Surgery, 12 papers in Epidemiology and 11 papers in Transplantation. Recurrent topics in Kenichi Saigo's work include Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (11 papers), Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (8 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (8 papers). Kenichi Saigo is often cited by papers focused on Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (11 papers), Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (8 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (8 papers). Kenichi Saigo collaborates with scholars based in Japan, France and United States. Kenichi Saigo's co-authors include Yoshiki Murakami, Takeshi Okanoue, T Urashima, Hidenori Toyoda, Kunitada Shimotohno, Tomoharu Yasuda, Devrim Gözüaçık, Patrizia Paterlini-Bréchot, Christian Bréchot and Mounia Chami and has published in prestigious journals such as Cancer, Oncogene and Journal of Hepatology.

In The Last Decade

Kenichi Saigo

40 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Comprehensive analysis of microRNA expression patterns in hepatocellular carcinoma and non-tumorous tissues

2005 946 citations Yoshiki Murakami, Tomoharu Yasuda et al. Oncogene profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenichi Saigo Japan	13	1.0k	882	506	395	204	40	1.7k
Laura Santangelo Italy	14	954 0.9×	609 0.7×	168 0.3×	203 0.5×	145 0.7×	16	1.3k
Anthony Lerro United States	7	819 0.8×	541 0.6×	264 0.5×	137 0.3×	108 0.5×	9	1.3k
Ruoyu Miao United States	19	1.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	177 0.3×	135 0.3×	190 0.9×	47	2.0k
Jihane N. Benhammou United States	18	471 0.5×	140 0.2×	328 0.6×	189 0.5×	226 1.1×	59	1.1k
Claudia Montaldo Italy	14	791 0.8×	481 0.5×	155 0.3×	151 0.4×	122 0.6×	27	1.1k
Xiangjun Zhai China	24	577 0.6×	423 0.5×	609 1.2×	499 1.3×	73 0.4×	65	1.4k
Magdalena Filipowicz Sinnreich Switzerland	13	419 0.4×	287 0.3×	723 1.4×	978 2.5×	37 0.2×	22	1.6k
Reina Sasaki Japan	18	401 0.4×	251 0.3×	439 0.9×	547 1.4×	78 0.4×	87	1.2k
Daniela C. Kroy Germany	20	258 0.3×	57 0.1×	541 1.1×	481 1.2×	256 1.3×	36	1.6k
Amanda Micsenyi United States	16	824 0.8×	107 0.1×	130 0.3×	448 1.1×	314 1.5×	17	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenichi Saigo

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Igari, Hidetoshi, Naotake Akutsu, Satoru Ishikawa, et al.. (2019). Positivity rate of interferon-γ release assays for estimating the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in renal transplant recipients in Japan. Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy. 25(7). 537–542. 11 indexed citations

Ishikawa, Satoru, Hidetoshi Igari, Naotake Akutsu, et al.. (2017). Comparison of interferon-γ release assays, QuantiFERON TB-GIT and T-Spot.TB, in renal transplantation. Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy. 23(7). 468–473. 12 indexed citations

Ito, T., Takashi Kenmochi, Michihiro Maruyama, et al.. (2016). Positron Emission Tomography and Autoradiography of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Labeled Islets With or Without Warm Ischemic Stress in Portal Transplanted Rats. Transplantation Proceedings. 48(1). 229–233. 1 indexed citations

Yoshikawa, Keisuke, Naotake Akutsu, Michihiro Maruyama, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of Insulin Independence Using 11C-Methionine Positron Emission Tomography After Living-donor and Brain-dead Donor Pancreas Transplantation. Transplantation Proceedings. 46(6). 1913–1916. 2 indexed citations

Maruyama, Michihiro, Naotake Akutsu, Ikuko Matsumoto, et al.. (2014). Single-Site Retroperitoneoscopic Donor Nephrectomy. Transplantation Proceedings. 46(2). 321–322. 3 indexed citations

Akutsu, Naotake, Michihiro Maruyama, Kenichi Saigo, et al.. (2014). Three-Dimensional Computed Tomographic Volumetric Changes in Pancreas Before and After Living Donor Surgery for Pancreas Transplantation: Effect of Volume on Glucose Metabolism. Transplantation Proceedings. 46(3). 963–966. 4 indexed citations

Kawahira, Hiroshi, Fumihiko Miura, Kenichi Saigo, et al.. (2011). Survival Predictors of Patients With Primary Duodenal Adenocarcinoma. International Surgery. 96(2). 111–116. 13 indexed citations

Kenmochi, Takashi, Takehide Asano, Michihiro Maruyama, et al.. (2009). Clinical islet transplantation in Japan. Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery. 16(2). 124–130. 10 indexed citations

Suzuki, Akiko, Takashi Kenmochi, Michihiro Maruyama, et al.. (2008). Evaluation of Quality of Life After Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation From Living Donors Using Short Form 36. Transplantation Proceedings. 40(8). 2565–2567. 7 indexed citations

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Kenmochi, Takashi, Kenichi Saigo, Michihiro Maruyama, et al.. (2008). Results of Kidney Transplantation From ABO-Incompatible Living Donors in a Single Institution. Transplantation Proceedings. 40(7). 2289–2291. 7 indexed citations

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Kenmochi, Takashi, Toshimichi Asano, Kenichi Saigo, et al.. (2008). SUCCESSFUL SIMULTANEOUS PANCREAS AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION FROM ABO-INCOMPATIBLE LIVING DONORS.. Transplantation. 86(2S). 50–50. 2 indexed citations

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Kenmochi, Takashi, Takehide Asano, Michihiro Maruyama, et al.. (2008). Cryopreservation of Human Pancreatic Islets from Non-Heart-Beating Donors Using Hydroxyethyl Starch and Dimethyl Sulfoxide as Cryoprotectants. Cell Transplantation. 17(1-2). 61–67. 30 indexed citations

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Saigo, Kenichi, Kenichi Yoshida, Ryuji Ikeda, et al.. (2008). Integration of hepatitis B virus DNA into the myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL4) gene and rearrangements of MLL4 in human hepatocellular carcinoma. Human Mutation. 29(5). 703–708. 99 indexed citations

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Murakami, Yoshiki, Tomoharu Yasuda, Kenichi Saigo, et al.. (2005). Comprehensive analysis of microRNA expression patterns in hepatocellular carcinoma and non-tumorous tissues. Oncogene. 25(17). 2537–2545. 946 indexed citations breakdown →

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Maruyama, Michihiro, Takashi Kenmochi, Takehide Asano, et al.. (2004). Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy as the total biopsy of the pancreas: tool of minimally invasive surgery. Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery. 11(4). 290–2. 3 indexed citations

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Paterlini-Bréchot, Patrizia, Kenichi Saigo, Yoshiki Murakami, et al.. (2003). Hepatitis B virus-related insertional mutagenesis occurs frequently in human liver cancers and recurrently targets human telomerase gene. Oncogene. 22(25). 3911–3916. 237 indexed citations

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Gözüaçık, Devrim, Yoshiki Murakami, Kenichi Saigo, et al.. (2001). Identification of human cancer-related genes by naturally occurring Hepatitis B Virus DNA tagging. Oncogene. 20(43). 6233–6240. 81 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Susumu, Kazuyuki Matsushita, Kenichi Saigo, et al.. (2001). P21WAF1/CIP1 messenger RNA expression in hepatitis B, C virus-infected human hepatocellular carcinoma tissues. Cancer. 91(11). 2096–2103. 20 indexed citations

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Chami, Mounia, Devrim Gözüaçık, Kenichi Saigo, et al.. (2000). Hepatitis B virus-related insertional mutagenesis implicates SERCA1 gene in the control of apoptosis. Oncogene. 19(25). 2877–2886. 55 indexed citations

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Urashima, Tetsuro, Kenichi Saigo, Susumu Kobayashi, et al.. (1997). Identification of hepatitis B virus integration in hepatitis C virus-infected hepatocellular carcinoma tissues. Journal of Hepatology. 26(4). 771–778. 67 indexed citations

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