Masaaki Watanabe

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
149 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Masaaki Watanabe is a scholar working on Surgery, Hepatology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masaaki Watanabe has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Surgery, 38 papers in Hepatology and 33 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Masaaki Watanabe's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (22 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (19 papers) and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (16 papers). Masaaki Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (22 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (19 papers) and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (16 papers). Masaaki Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Sweden. Masaaki Watanabe's co-authors include Akitaka Shibuya, Hisashi Hidaka, Takahide Nakazawa, Shigehiro Kokubu, Katsunori Saigenji, Yusuke Okuwaki, Koji Ono, Tsutomu Minamino, Yoshiaki Tanaka and Juichi Takada and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Gastroenterology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Masaaki Watanabe

135 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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A pilot study of operational tolerance with a regulatory T‐cell‐based cell therapy in living donor liver transplantation

2016 323 citations Satoru Todo, Kenichiro Yamashita et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Intestinal obstruction caused by disseminated mycobacterium avium complex disease following solid organ transplantation: a case report 2025 ·BMC Infectious Diseases ·(unknown), Sho Nakakubo, (unknown), Hideki Shima, Masaaki Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Shimamura, Satoshi Konno	0
2	Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Ex Vivo–Generated Donor Antigen–Specific Immunomodulatory Cells on Pancreatic Islet Transplantation 2025 ·Cell Transplantation ·(unknown), Masaaki Watanabe, (unknown), Takuya Harada, (unknown), Tsuyoshi Shimamura, Akinobu Taketomi	3
3	RECAM‐J 2023—Validation and development of the Japanese version of RECAM for the diagnosis of drug‐induced liver injury 2024 ·Hepatology Research ·Atsushi Tanaka, Keiji Tsuji, Yasuyuki Komiyama, Kota Tsuruya, Keisuke Kakisaka, Akemi Tsutsui, Keiko Ichimoto, Masayuki Ueno, (unknown), Hiroteru Kamimura, Atsushi Takai, Noriyo Yamashiki, Takanori Ito, Masaaki Watanabe, Masanori Abe, Kenichi Harada, Tatehiro Kagawa	7
4	Long‐term risk of a fatty liver in liver donors 2023 ·Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery ·Ryoichi Goto, Norio Kawamura, Masaaki Watanabe, (unknown), (unknown), Kazufumi Okada, Yoichi M. Ito, Toshiya Kamiyama, Tsuyoshi Shimamura, Akinobu Taketomi	7
5	Significant association between HLA‐B35:01* and onset of drug‐induced liver injury caused by Kampo medicines in Japanese patients 2022 ·Hepatology Research ·Ryosuke Nakamura, Noriaki Arakawa, Yoïchi Tanaka, Nahoko Uchiyama, Akihiro Sekine, Yoichi Mashimo, Keiji Tsuji, Tatehiro Kagawa, Ken Sato, Masaaki Watanabe, (unknown), Yoichi Hiasa, Yoshiyuki Takei, Hiromasa Ohira, Minoru Ayada, (unknown), Keiko Maekawa, Masahiro Tohkin, Yoshiro Saito, Hajime Takikawa	5
6	Frequency of null genotypes of glutathione S‐transferase M1 and T1 in Japanese patients with drug‐induced liver injury 2022 ·Hepatology Research ·Kazuya Maeda, Hajime Takikawa, (unknown), Kenji Tsuji, Tatehiro Kagawa, Masaaki Watanabe, Ken Sato, Shotaro Sakisaka, Yoichi Hiasa, Yoshiyuki Takei, Hiromasa Ohira, Etsuko Hashimoto, Minoru Ayada, Tadashi Ikegami, Noriaki Arakawa, Hiroyuki Kusuhara, Yoshiro Saito, Yuichi Sugiyama	3
7	Anti-Donor Regulatory T-Cell Therapy in Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Case Report 2021 ·Transplantation Proceedings ·Susumu Eguchi, Koichiro Uchida, Mitsuhisa Takatsuki, (unknown), Masaaki Hidaka, Akihiko Soyama, Takanobu Hara, Hajime Matsushima, Tomohiko Adachi, Kazuhiro Nagai, Masaaki Watanabe, Akinobu Taketomi, Ko Okumura, Kenichiro Yamashita, Satoru Todo	2
8	Second Case of Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation in a Patient Co-infected with HIV and HCV in Japan: Special Reference to the Management of Complicated Coagulopathy Due to a Diverse Spectrum of Preformed Anti-HLA Antibodies 2020 ·Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Norio Kawamura, Ryoichi Goto, (unknown), Masaaki Watanabe, Tomomi Suzuki, Tomoyuki Endo, Takeshi Kondo, Akinobu Taketomi, Tsuyoshi Shimamura	4
9	Wireless Communication Strength Measurements in Actual Field Experiment of the Remote-controlled Heavy-carrier Robot for Shallow Water 2018 ·The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) ·(unknown), Masaaki Watanabe, Hiroki Murakami, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
10	Regular hospital visits improve the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma after initial diagnosis: A single regional community hospital study 2017 ·The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology ·Masaaki Watanabe, (unknown), Yoshihito Takahashi, Tsutomu Minamino, (unknown), (unknown), Hitoshi Yamazaki, Akitaka Shibuya, (unknown)	1
11	AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE TSUNAMI FORCE ACTING ON PILOTI-TYPE STRUCTURES 2014 ·Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser B3 (Ocean Engineering) ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Masaaki Watanabe, Tomoyuki Takabatake	2
12	Surgical Rsection after Chemoradiation Therapy in a Patient with Locally Advanced Pancreas Carcinoma: A Case Report 2007 ·The Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery ·Masaaki Watanabe, Hirofumi Kamachi, Munenori Tahara, Hideki Yokoo, Kazuaki Nakanishi, (unknown), Michiaki Matsushita, Satoru Todo	1
13	Gastric stenosis in severe corrosive gastritis: Prognostic evaluation by endoscopic ultrasonography 2007 ·Clinical Toxicology ·Yoshito Kamijo, (unknown), Masaaki Watanabe, (unknown), (unknown), Kazui Soma	3
14	Modified diagnostic criteria of drug-induced liver injury proposed by the international consensus meeting. 2005 ·PubMed ·Motoh Iwasa, Mikio Zeniya, Teru Kumagi, (unknown), Hiroshi Yasuda, (unknown), Naoaki Akisawa, Naoki Mantani, Masaaki Watanabe, Tadashi Ito, Atsushi Nakamura, Hajime Takikawa, Yukihiko Adachi	5
15	Proposal of diagnostic criteria of drug induced hepatic injury in DDW-J2004 workshop. 2005 ·Kanzo ·Hajime Takikawa, M Onji, Yoriyuki Takamori, Yasumasa Murata, Hiroshi Taniguchi, Takanori Ito, Masaaki Watanabe, Minoru Ayada, Noriaki Maeda, Minoru Nomoto, (unknown), Shun Ohmori, (unknown), Takashi Sumida	64
16	A Resected Case of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Invading the Biliary Tract with Obstructive Jaundice-Review of the Recent 19 Japanese Cases- 2004 ·The Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery ·(unknown), (unknown), Masaaki Watanabe, Seiji Oguro, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
17	Diagnostic value of drug lymphocyte stimulation test and evaluation of diagnostic criteria for drug induced liver injury. 2001 ·Kanzo ·Masaaki Watanabe, Akitaka Shibuya, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hisashi Hidaka, Shigehiro Kokubu, Katsunori Saigenji	7
18	Indication and Placement of Microwave Coagulation Therapy (MCT) for the patient with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) 2000 ·Journal of Microwave Surgery ·(unknown), Shigehiro Kokubu, (unknown), (unknown), Masaaki Watanabe, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	0
19	Acute Thrombosis of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Case Report. 1992 ·Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Masahiro Tanji, Hirono Satokawa, Masaaki Watanabe, Hirofumi Midorikawa, (unknown), Takashi Ono, (unknown)	4
20	A case report of the cervical aortic arch with aortic aneurysm. 1989 ·Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery ·Masahiro Tanji, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), K. Hagiwara, Hirono Satokawa, Masaaki Watanabe, (unknown), (unknown)	2

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