Kojiro Nakamura

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Kojiro Nakamura is a scholar working on Surgery, Hepatology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kojiro Nakamura has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Surgery, 17 papers in Hepatology and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kojiro Nakamura's work include Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (18 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (12 papers) and Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (8 papers). Kojiro Nakamura is often cited by papers focused on Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (18 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (12 papers) and Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (8 papers). Kojiro Nakamura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Egypt. Kojiro Nakamura's co-authors include Jerzy W. Kupiec‐Weglinski, Hirofumi Hirao, Shoichi Kageyama, Ronald W. Busuttil, Takehiro Fujii, Bibo Ke, Kenneth J. Dery, Rebecca A. Sosa, Elaine F. Reed and Ali Zarrinpar and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Hepatology.

In The Last Decade

Kojiro Nakamura

50 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Liver ischaemia–reperfusion injury: a new understanding of the role of innate immunity

2021 231 citations Hirofumi Hirao, Kojiro Nakamura et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kojiro Nakamura Japan	23	558	501	488	391	242	54	1.6k
Keita Terui Japan	21	303 0.5×	872 1.7×	295 0.6×	280 0.7×	176 0.7×	111	1.7k
Stephen C. Ward United States	26	681 1.2×	572 1.1×	695 1.4×	622 1.6×	200 0.8×	97	2.4k
Hironori Yamasaki Japan	31	615 1.1×	773 1.5×	417 0.9×	123 0.3×	408 1.7×	128	2.7k
Daniel Patschan Germany	25	698 1.3×	400 0.8×	276 0.6×	98 0.3×	294 1.2×	95	1.9k
Koshi Matsumoto Japan	23	449 0.8×	788 1.6×	209 0.4×	302 0.8×	184 0.8×	126	1.9k
C. Redaelli Switzerland	23	428 0.8×	1.0k 2.0×	423 0.9×	244 0.6×	161 0.7×	49	2.4k
Yasuaki Hirooka Japan	24	595 1.1×	243 0.5×	185 0.4×	210 0.5×	172 0.7×	88	1.4k
Yoichiro Uchida Japan	24	296 0.5×	817 1.6×	273 0.6×	606 1.5×	317 1.3×	94	1.6k
Stéphanie Patouraux France	21	539 1.0×	309 0.6×	972 2.0×	308 0.8×	117 0.5×	39	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kojiro Nakamura

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Nagata, Keiji, Kojiro Nakamura, Taku Iida, et al.. (2024). A case of spindle and giant cell-type undifferentiated carcinoma of the extrahepatic bile duct. Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology. 17(2). 345–351.

Hirao, Hirofumi, Shoichi Kageyama, Kojiro Nakamura, et al.. (2023). Recipient TIM4 signaling regulates ischemia reperfusion-induced ER stress and metabolic responses in liver transplantation: from mouse-to-human. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 1176384–1176384. 1 indexed citations

Kadono, Kentaro, Shoichi Kageyama, Kojiro Nakamura, et al.. (2021). Myeloid Ikaros–SIRT1 signaling axis regulates hepatic inflammation and pyroptosis in ischemia-stressed mouse and human liver. Journal of Hepatology. 76(4). 896–909. 77 indexed citations

Nakamura, Kojiro, Shoichi Kageyama, Fady M. Kaldas, et al.. (2020). Hepatic CEACAM1 expression indicates donor liver quality and prevents early transplantation injury. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 130(5). 2689–2704. 41 indexed citations

Hirao, Hirofumi, Kenneth J. Dery, Shoichi Kageyama, Kojiro Nakamura, & Jerzy W. Kupiec‐Weglinski. (2020). Heme Oxygenase-1 in liver transplant ischemia-reperfusion injury: From bench-to-bedside. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 157. 75–82. 58 indexed citations

Nakamura, Kojiro, Shoichi Kageyama, Takahiro Ito, et al.. (2019). Antibiotic pretreatment alleviates liver transplant damage in mice and humans. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 129(8). 3420–3434. 69 indexed citations

Ito, Takahiro, Kojiro Nakamura, Shoichi Kageyama, et al.. (2019). Impact of Rifaximin Therapy on Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Liver Transplantation: A Propensity Score–Matched Analysis. Liver Transplantation. 25(12). 1778–1789. 22 indexed citations

Kadono, Kentaro, Kenneth J. Dery, Hirofumi Hirao, et al.. (2019). Heme Oxygenase-1 dictates innate – adaptive immune phenotype in human liver transplantation. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 671. 162–166. 6 indexed citations

Kageyama, Shoichi, Kojiro Nakamura, & Jerzy W. Kupiec‐Weglinski. (2018). Relaxin in liver transplantation: A personal perspective. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 482. 57–61. 5 indexed citations

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Kageyama, Shoichi, Kojiro Nakamura, Takehiro Fujii, et al.. (2018). Recombinant relaxin protects liver transplants from ischemia damage by hepatocyte glucocorticoid receptor. Hepatology. 68(1). 258–273. 43 indexed citations

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Zhang, Min, Kojiro Nakamura, Shoichi Kageyama, et al.. (2018). Myeloid HO-1 modulates macrophage polarization and protects against ischemia-reperfusion injury. JCI Insight. 3(19). 101 indexed citations

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Kageyama, Shoichi, Kojiro Nakamura, Bibo Ke, Ronald W. Busuttil, & Jerzy W. Kupiec‐Weglinski. (2018). Serelaxin induces Notch1 signaling and alleviates hepatocellular damage in orthotopic liver transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation. 18(7). 1755–1763. 30 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Kojiro, Shoichi Kageyama, Shi Yue, et al.. (2017). Heme oxygenase-1 regulates sirtuin-1–autophagy pathway in liver transplantation: From mouse to human. American Journal of Transplantation. 18(5). 1110–1121. 58 indexed citations

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Palumbo, Tiziana, Kojiro Nakamura, Charles Lassman, et al.. (2016). Bruton Tyrosine Kinase Inhibition Attenuates Liver Damage in a Mouse Warm Ischemia and Reperfusion Model. Transplantation. 101(2). 322–331. 27 indexed citations

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Tanabe, Kazutaka, Atsuo Tokuka, Shoichi Kageyama, Kojiro Nakamura, & Nobuhiro Ozaki. (2014). A Case Report of a Long-surviving Patient with Gastric Cancer Producing ^|^alpha;-fetoprotein and Human Chorionic Gonadotropin that Showed Various Histopathological Features. Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association). 75(2). 420–426. 1 indexed citations

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Okuno, Masayuki, Etsuro Hatano, Kojiro Nakamura, et al.. (2014). External Validation of a Nomogram Predicting Disease-free Survival after Curative Resection of Liver Metastasis from Colorectal Cancer. The Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery. 47(9). 467–476. 1 indexed citations

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Koyama, Yukinori, Kojiro Taura, Etsuro Hatano, et al.. (2013). Effects of oral intake of hydrogen water on liver fibrogenesis in mice. Hepatology Research. 44(6). 663–677. 37 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Kojiro, et al.. (2011). Benefits of Introduction of Laparoscopic Appendectomy in a Community Hospital: a Shorter Hospital Stay and Reduced Wound Infection. Nihon Gekakei Rengo Gakkaishi (Journal of Japanese College of Surgeons). 36(2). 121–126.

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Arai, Katsumi, et al.. (1997). Phylogenetic Relationship of Caprini Estimated by Cytochrome b Gene Sequence Analysis. Nihon Chikusan Gakkaiho. 68(2). 148–155. 9 indexed citations

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Iijima, Kenji & Kojiro Nakamura. (1989). [Coagulation and fibrinolysis associated with contact phase in plasma with high molecular weight kininogen deficiency].. PubMed. 30(10). 1702–7. 1 indexed citations

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