Kosuke Watari

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Kosuke Watari is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kosuke Watari has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Oncology and 10 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kosuke Watari's work include Mechanisms of cancer metastasis (9 papers), Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (7 papers) and Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy (7 papers). Kosuke Watari is often cited by papers focused on Mechanisms of cancer metastasis (9 papers), Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (7 papers) and Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy (7 papers). Kosuke Watari collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and South Africa. Kosuke Watari's co-authors include Mayumi Ono, Michihiko Kuwano, Yûichi Murakami, Akihiko Kawahara, Hiroto Izumi, Tomohiro Shibata, Michael Karin, Hal M. Hoffman, Hongxu Xian and Gerald S. Shadel and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Immunity and Nature Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Kosuke Watari

41 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Oxidized DNA fragments exit mitochondria via mPTP- and VDAC-dependent channels to activate NLRP3 inflammasome and interferon signaling

2022 453 citations Hongxu Xian, Kosuke Watari et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kosuke Watari Japan	26	1.4k	601	549	339	303	41	2.1k
Honyin Chiu United States	6	1.3k 0.9×	400 0.7×	308 0.6×	281 0.8×	318 1.0×	7	2.0k
Nicolas Chapuis France	26	1.8k 1.3×	466 0.8×	303 0.6×	290 0.9×	399 1.3×	74	2.7k
Özge Canli Germany	9	648 0.5×	787 1.3×	646 1.2×	338 1.0×	414 1.4×	10	1.7k
Oskar W. Rokhlin United States	26	1.4k 1.0×	557 0.9×	350 0.6×	347 1.0×	583 1.9×	49	2.0k
Nella Prevete Italy	27	849 0.6×	477 0.8×	903 1.6×	180 0.5×	257 0.8×	60	2.0k
Hajime Kageyama Japan	20	1.2k 0.8×	726 1.2×	214 0.4×	459 1.4×	329 1.1×	49	2.0k
Xiaofen Ye United States	17	1.5k 1.1×	446 0.7×	263 0.5×	170 0.5×	167 0.6×	33	2.1k
Michele De Bortoli Italy	32	2.0k 1.4×	1.0k 1.7×	522 1.0×	218 0.6×	808 2.7×	97	3.2k
Ralph K. Lindemann Germany	20	1.5k 1.1×	421 0.7×	669 1.2×	174 0.5×	197 0.7×	27	2.2k
Suhad Ali Canada	30	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.8×	370 0.7×	197 0.6×	334 1.1×	58	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kosuke Watari

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Xian, Hongxu, Kosuke Watari, Masafumi Ohira, et al.. (2025). Mitochondrial DNA oxidation propagates autoimmunity by enabling plasmacytoid dendritic cells to induce TFH differentiation. Nature Immunology. 26(7). 1168–1181. 3 indexed citations

Watari, Kosuke, et al.. (2025). Innate immune cells link dietary cues to normal and abnormal metabolic regulation. Nature Immunology. 26(1). 29–41. 3 indexed citations

Murakami, Yûichi, Kosuke Watari, Akihiko Kawahara, et al.. (2022). AXL/CDCP1/SRC axis confers acquired resistance to osimertinib in lung cancer. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 8983–8983. 14 indexed citations

Shibata, Tomohiro, Kosuke Watari, Akihiko Kawahara, et al.. (2019). Targeting Phosphorylation of Y-Box–Binding Protein YBX1 by TAS0612 and Everolimus in Overcoming Antiestrogen Resistance. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 19(3). 882–894. 47 indexed citations

Ito, Hiroshi, Kosuke Watari, Tomohiro Shibata, et al.. (2019). Bidirectional Regulation between NDRG1 and GSK3β Controls Tumor Growth and Is Targeted by Differentiation Inducing Factor-1 in Glioblastoma. Cancer Research. 80(2). 234–248. 26 indexed citations

Shibata, Tomohiro, Kosuke Watari, Hiroto Izumi, et al.. (2016). Breast Cancer Resistance to Antiestrogens Is Enhanced by Increased ER Degradation and ERBB2 Expression. Cancer Research. 77(2). 545–556. 27 indexed citations

Watari, Kosuke, Tomohiro Shibata, Akihiko Kawahara, et al.. (2016). Impaired differentiation of macrophage lineage cells attenuates bone remodeling and inflammatory angiogenesis in Ndrg1 deficient mice. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 19470–19470. 19 indexed citations

Kuwano, Michihiko, Kahori Sonoda, Yûichi Murakami, Kosuke Watari, & Mayumi Ono. (2016). Overcoming drug resistance to receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors: Learning from lung cancer. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 161. 97–110. 57 indexed citations

Murakami, Yûichi, et al.. (2015). CpG hypermethylation contributes to decreased expression of PTEN during acquired resistance to gefitinib in human lung cancer cell lines. Lung Cancer. 87(3). 265–271. 32 indexed citations

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Kawahara, Akihiko, Kosuke Watari, Yûichi Murakami, et al.. (2013). Erlotinib Resistance in Lung Cancer Cells Mediated by Integrin β1/Src/Akt-Driven Bypass Signaling. Cancer Research. 73(20). 6243–6253. 129 indexed citations

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Murakami, Yûichi, Kosuke Watari, Tomohiro Shibata, et al.. (2013). N-myc Downstream-regulated Gene 1 Promotes Tumor Inflammatory Angiogenesis through JNK Activation and Autocrine Loop of Interleukin-1α by Human Gastric Cancer Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(35). 25025–25037. 39 indexed citations

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Shibata, Tomohiro, Yûichi Murakami, Kosuke Watari, et al.. (2013). Y-box Binding Protein-1 Contributes to Both HER2/ErbB2 Expression and Lapatinib Sensitivity in Human Gastric Cancer Cells. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 12(5). 737–746. 32 indexed citations

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Azuma, Koichi, Akihiko Kawahara, Satoshi Hattori, et al.. (2012). NDRG1/Cap43/Drg-1 may Predict Tumor Angiogenesis and Poor Outcome in Patients with Lung Cancer. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 7(5). 779–789. 39 indexed citations

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Murakami, Yûichi, Kosuke Watari, Hiroto Izumi, et al.. (2012). N-myc Downstream Regulated Gene 1 (NDRG1) Promotes Metastasis of Human Scirrhous Gastric Cancer Cells through Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e41312–e41312. 38 indexed citations

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Kawahara, Akihiko, Jun Akiba, Satoshi Hattori, et al.. (2011). Nuclear expression of N-myc downstream regulated gene 1/Ca2+-associated protein 43 is closely correlated with tumor angiogenesis and poor survival in patients with gastric cancer. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 2(3). 471–479. 22 indexed citations

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Fujiwara, Toshifumi, Jun‐ichi Fukushi, Shunsaku Yamamoto, et al.. (2011). Macrophage Infiltration Predicts a Poor Prognosis for Human Ewing Sarcoma. American Journal Of Pathology. 179(3). 1157–1170. 123 indexed citations

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Murakami, Yûichi, Fumihito Hosoi, Hiroto Izumi, et al.. (2010). Identification of sites subjected to serine/threonine phosphorylation by SGK1 affecting N-myc downstream-regulated gene 1 (NDRG1)/Cap43-dependent suppression of angiogenic CXC chemokine expression in human pancreatic cancer cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 396(2). 376–381. 70 indexed citations

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Taniguchi, Koji, Ken-ichiro Sasaki, Kosuke Watari, et al.. (2009). Suppression of Sproutys Has a Therapeutic Effect for a Mouse Model of Ischemia by Enhancing Angiogenesis. PLoS ONE. 4(5). e5467–e5467. 32 indexed citations

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Hiraoka, Koji, Michihisa Zenmyo, Kosuke Watari, et al.. (2008). Inhibition of bone and muscle metastases of lung cancer cells by a decrease in the number of monocytes/macrophages. Cancer Science. 99(8). 1595–1602. 105 indexed citations

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Kimura, Yusuke, Kosuke Watari, Abbas Fotovati, et al.. (2007). Inflammatory stimuli from macrophages and cancer cells synergistically promote tumor growth and angiogenesis. Cancer Science. 98(12). 2009–2018. 108 indexed citations

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