Masaaki Zaitsu

678 total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 502 citations indexed

About

Masaaki Zaitsu is a scholar working on Immunology, Surgery and Transplantation. According to data from OpenAlex, Masaaki Zaitsu has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 502 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Immunology, 9 papers in Surgery and 4 papers in Transplantation. Recurrent topics in Masaaki Zaitsu's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers) and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (4 papers). Masaaki Zaitsu is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers) and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (4 papers). Masaaki Zaitsu collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and United States. Masaaki Zaitsu's co-authors include Ryoichi Goto, Kathryn J. Wood, Masaaki Watanabe, Satoru Todo, Toshiya Kamiyama, Kenichiro Yamashita, Tsuyoshi Shimamura, Tetsu Oura, Takeshi Aoyagi and Ko Okumura and has published in prestigious journals such as Hepatology, Transplantation and American Journal of Transplantation.

In The Last Decade

Masaaki Zaitsu

21 papers receiving 498 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.

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. Hepatology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masaaki Zaitsu Japan	10	267	180	160	92	85	21	502
Trishan Vaikunthanathan United Kingdom	8	268 1.0×	79 0.4×	86 0.5×	95 1.0×	28 0.3×	13	403
Zhonghua Klaus Chen China	12	428 1.6×	102 0.6×	62 0.4×	106 1.2×	30 0.4×	22	572
Alexandr Arakelov United States	4	374 1.4×	117 0.7×	103 0.6×	74 0.8×	14 0.2×	5	512
Fabrice Desalle Belgium	7	224 0.8×	222 1.2×	25 0.2×	94 1.0×	42 0.5×	8	420
Axel Doenecke Germany	10	53 0.2×	158 0.9×	36 0.2×	70 0.8×	143 1.7×	20	417
E. Dijke Netherlands	13	350 1.3×	140 0.8×	199 1.2×	65 0.7×	6 0.1×	35	547
L Horwitz United States	13	380 1.4×	92 0.5×	68 0.4×	51 0.6×	30 0.4×	24	554
Manuela Carvalho‐Gaspar United Kingdom	11	463 1.7×	76 0.4×	105 0.7×	139 1.5×	6 0.1×	14	619
Bianca E. Teal Australia	9	437 1.6×	46 0.3×	33 0.2×	67 0.7×	76 0.9×	14	605
NICHOLAS W. PEARCE Australia	8	489 1.8×	108 0.6×	129 0.8×	51 0.6×	9 0.1×	13	594

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Zaitsu, Masayoshi, Takumi Takeuchi, Masaaki Zaitsu, et al.. (2022). Occupational disparities in tumor grade and cytosolic HMGB1 expression in renal cell cancer. Journal of Occupational Health. 64(1). e12340–e12340. 4 indexed citations

Goto, Ryoichi, Nozomi Kobayashi, Norio Kawamura, et al.. (2021). Functional roles of graft‐infiltrating lymphocytes during early‐phase post‐transplantation in mouse cardiac transplantation models. Transplant International. 34(12). 2547–2561. 2 indexed citations

Watanabe, Masaaki, et al.. (2021). The Efficacy of the Hepatocyte Spheroids for Hepatocyte Transplantation. Cell Transplantation. 30. 4211057870–4211057870. 10 indexed citations

Goto, Ryoichi, Masaaki Zaitsu, Masaaki Watanabe, et al.. (2020). Novel immunological approach to asses donor reactivity of transplant recipients using a humanized mouse model. Human Immunology. 81(7). 342–353. 5 indexed citations

Fujii, Yuki, Norio Kawamura, Masaaki Zaitsu, et al.. (2020). Outcome of Living-Donor Liver Transplantation Using Grafts from Donors Treated for Fatty Liver. Annals of Transplantation. 25. e920677–e920677. 11 indexed citations

Stolp, Jessica, Masaaki Zaitsu, & Kathryn J. Wood. (2019). Immune Tolerance and Rejection in Organ Transplantation. Methods in molecular biology. 1899. 159–180. 25 indexed citations

Tanaka, Yuka, et al.. (2019). Spontaneous Regression of Ascending Colon Cancer. The Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery. 52(2). 106–111. 1 indexed citations

Zaitsu, Masaaki, Fadi Issa, Joanna Hester, Bernard Vanhove, & Kathryn J. Wood. (2017). Selective blockade of CD28 on human T cells facilitates regulation of alloimmune responses. JCI Insight. 2(19). 23 indexed citations

Vanhove, Bernard, Nicolas Poirier, Fádi Fakhouri, et al.. (2017). Antagonist Anti-CD28 Therapeutics for the Treatment of Autoimmune Disorders. Antibodies. 6(4). 19–19. 10 indexed citations

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Todo, Satoru, Kenichiro Yamashita, Ryoichi Goto, et al.. (2016). A pilot study of operational tolerance with a regulatory T‐cell‐based cell therapy in living donor liver transplantation. Hepatology. 64(2). 632–643. 323 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zaitsu, Masaaki, Kenichiro Yamashita, Susumu Shibasaki, et al.. (2015). 3-[(Dodecylthiocarbonyl)Methyl]-Glutarimide Attenuates Graft Arterial Disease by Suppressing Alloimmune Responses and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation. Transplantation. 99(5). 948–956. 1 indexed citations

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Ichikawa, Nobuki, Kenichiro Yamashita, Shin Ichihara, et al.. (2015). Novel anti-inflammatory agent 3-[(dodecylthiocarbonyl)-methyl]-glutarimide ameliorates murine models of inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammation Research. 65(3). 245–260. 5 indexed citations

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Zaitsu, Masaaki, Fadi Issa, James Hester, et al.. (2014). Anti-CD28 Antagonism Using a Monovalent Fab Antibody for the Prolongation of Human Skin Allograft Survival.. Transplantation. 98. 26–26. 1 indexed citations

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Yamashita, Kazuo, Ryoichi Goto, Masaaki Zaitsu, et al.. (2014). Inducion of Operational Tolerance By a Cell Therapy Using Donor Ag-Pulsed Tregs in Living Donor Liver Transplantation.. Transplantation. 98. 6–6. 4 indexed citations

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Wood, Kathryn J., Masaaki Zaitsu, & Ryoichi Goto. (2013). Cell Mediated Rejection. Methods in molecular biology. 1034. 71–83. 10 indexed citations

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Goto, Ryoichi, Sylvaine You, Masaaki Zaitsu, Lucienne Chatenoud, & Kathryn J. Wood. (2013). Delayed Anti-CD3 Therapy Results in Depletion of Alloreactive T Cells and the Dominance of Foxp3+CD4+ Graft Infiltrating Cells. American Journal of Transplantation. 13(7). 1655–1664. 33 indexed citations

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Goto, Ryoichi, Kenichiro Yamashita, Takeshi Aoyagi, et al.. (2012). Immunomodulatory Effect of Nuclear Factor-κB Inhibition by Dehydroxymethylepoxyquinomicin in Combination With Donor-Specific Blood Transfusion. Transplantation. 93(8). 777–786. 9 indexed citations

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Shibasaki, Susumu, Kenichiro Yamashita, Ryoichi Goto, et al.. (2012). Immunosuppressive Effects of DTCM-G, a Novel Inhibitor of the mTOR Downstream Signaling Pathway. Transplantation. 95(4). 542–550. 8 indexed citations

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Shibasaki, Susumu, Kenichiro Yamashita, Yoshiki Yanagawa, et al.. (2012). Dendritic Cells Conditioned With NK026680 Prolong Cardiac Allograft Survival in Mice. Transplantation. 93(12). 1229–1237. 9 indexed citations

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Sawada, Kenjiro, Masashi Satoh, Masaaki Zaitsu, et al.. (2011). Small intestinal intussusceptions due to the placement of a percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy tube. BMJ Case Reports. 2011. bcr0720103169–bcr0720103169. 3 indexed citations

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