Masahiro Nishijima

13.4k citations

185 papers · 10.9k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 57

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
Immunology top 1%
Cell Biology top 0.2%
Biochemistry top 0.1%
Physiology top 2%

Co-authors: Kentaro Hanada Osamu Kuge Masayoshi Fukasawa Keigo Kumagai Y Akamatsu Kiyoshi Kawasaki Satoshi Yasuda Miyuki Kawano‐Kawada
Topics: Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (40 papers)Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (30 papers)Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (24 papers)
Cited by: Biochemistry Cell Biology Immunology
Journals: Nature Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of the American Chemical Society
Partner nations: Japan United States Armenia

In The Last Decade

Masahiro Nishijima

182 papers receiving 10.6k 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.

Update of the LIPID MAPS comprehensive classification system for lipids

2008 1.2k citations Masahiro Nishijima et al. profile →
Molecular machinery for non-vesicular trafficking of ceramide

2003 865 citations Kentaro Hanada, Satoshi Yasuda et al. profile →
CD14 Is a pattern recognition receptor

1994 586 citations Yuzuru Akamatsu, Masahiro Nishijima et al. profile →

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cellular vimentin content regulates the protein level of hepatitis C virus core protein and the hepatitis C virus production in cultured cells 2008 ·Virology ·Yuko Nitahara‐Kasahara,Masayoshi Fukasawa,Fumiko Shinkai‐Ouchi,Shigeko Sato,Tetsuro Suzuki,Kyoko Murakami,Takaji Wakita,Kentaro Hanada,Tatsuo Miyamura,Masahiro Nishijima	30
2	A Potent Adjuvant Monophosphoryl Lipid A Triggers Various Immune Responses, but Not Secretion of IL-1β or Activation of Caspase-1 2006 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Kazuo Okemoto,Kiyoshi Kawasaki,Kentaro Hanada,Masami Miura,Masahiro Nishijima	65
3	Purification of Mammalian Serine Palmitoyltransferase, a Hetero-Subunit Enzyme for Sphingolipid Biosynthesis, by Affinity-Peptide Chromatography 2003 ·Humana Press eBooks ·Kentaro Hanada,Masahiro Nishijima	10
4	Purification and Characterization of Chinese Hamster Phosphatidylserine Synthase 2 2003 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Osamu Kuge,Kazuhide Hasegawa,(unknown),Kyoko Saito,Masahiro Nishijima	19
5	Hereditary sensory neuropathy type 1 mutations confer dominant negative effects on serine palmitoyltransferase, critical for sphingolipid synthesis 2002 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Khemissa Bejaoui,Yoshikazu Uchida,Satoshi Yasuda,Mengfatt Ho,Masahiro Nishijima,Robert H. Brown,Walter M. Holleran,Kentaro Hanada	67
6	Hereditary sensory neuropathy type 1 mutations confer dominant negative effects on serine palmitoyltransferase, critical for sphingolipid synthesis 2002 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Khemissa Bejaoui,Yoshikazu Uchida,Satoshi Yasuda,Mengfatt Ho,Masahiro Nishijima,Robert H. Brown,Walter M. Holleran,Kentaro Hanada	6
7	Does Epidural Analgesia Prolong Labor When Electively Induced 2001 ·(unknown),Junko Mochizuki,(unknown),Akihiro Tani,(unknown),(unknown),Masahiro Nishijima	0
8	Cutting Edge: Gln22 of Mouse MD-2 Is Essential for Species-Specific Lipopolysaccharide Mimetic Action of Taxol 2001 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Kiyoshi Kawasaki,Kazunori Gomi,Masahiro Nishijima	58
9	Synthesis of GLA-60 type pyran carboxylic acids with an alkyl chain instead of an ester chain as LPS-antagonists 2001 ·Carbohydrate Research ·Yukiko Watanabe,(unknown),Masao Shiozaki,(unknown),Shinichi Kurakata,Masahiro Nishijima	10
10	Characterization of Cell-Surface Determinants Important for Baculovirus Infection 2001 ·Virology ·Hideki Tani,Masahiro Nishijima,Hiroshi Ushijima,Tatsuo Miyamura,Yoshiharu Matsuura	137
11	Reconstitution of ATP- and Cytosol-dependent Transport of de Novo Synthesized Ceramide to the Site of Sphingomyelin Synthesis in Semi-intact Cells 2000 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Tomoko Funakoshi,Satoshi Yasuda,Masayoshi Fukasawa,Masahiro Nishijima,Kentaro Hanada	51
12	Cardiolipin provides specificity for targeting of tBid to mitochondria 2000 ·Nature Cell Biology ·Michael Lutter,Min Fang,Xu Luo,Masahiro Nishijima,Xiao‐Song Xie,Xiaodong Wang	396
13	Pre-induction Priming Method for Unripe Cervix : Comparative Study with Laminaria Tents and Metreurynter 1999 ·(unknown),(unknown),Akihiro Tani,(unknown),(unknown),N Shimada,Masahiro Nishijima	3
14	Isolation of a Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cDNA Encoding Phosphatidylglycerophosphate (PGP) Synthase, Expression of Which Corrects the Mitochondrial Abnormalities of a PGP Synthase-defective Mutant of CHO-K1 Cells 1999 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Kiyoshi Kawasaki,Osamu Kuge,Shao-Chun Chang,Philip Heacock,(unknown),Kenji Suzuki,Masahiro Nishijima,William Dowhan	80
15	Competitive Reverse Transcription–Polymerase Chain Reaction for Determination of Rat CC and C Chemokine mRNAs 1998 ·Analytical Biochemistry ·(unknown),Yumiko Natori,Naoko Doi,Kiyoshi Kawasaki,Masahiro Nishijima,(unknown),(unknown)	5
16	Should C-section be applied to fetal arrhythmia? 1997 ·European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology ·(unknown),Satoko Hirano,(unknown),Masahiro Nishijima	3
17	Borderline lesions of endometrial carcinoma and their cytological features. 1992 ·The Journal of the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology ·Toshiko Jobo,(unknown),(unknown),Hiroyuki Kuramoto,Masahiro Nishijima	2
18	Synthesis of 2-deoxy-2-[(2,2-difluoro-3-hydroxytetradecanoyl)amino]-3-O-[(R)-3-(tetradecanoyloxy)tetradecanoyl]-D-glucopyranose 4-phosphate 1991 ·Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Masao Shiozaki,Yoshiyuki Kobayashi,Masami Arai,Takashi Watanabe,Tetsuo Hiraoka,Masahiro Nishijima,(unknown),(unknown),Yuzuru Akamatsu	10
19	Synthesis of 2-deoxy-2-[(3R)-3-hydroxytetradecanamido]-3-O-[(3R)-3-hydroxytetradecanyl]-α-d-glucopyranosyl dihydrogen phosphate and 2-deoxy-2-[(3R)-3-hydroxy-tetradecanamido]-3-O-[3R)-3-hydroxytetradecanyl]-4-O-phosphono-d-glucopyranose 1991 ·Carbohydrate Research ·Masao Shiozaki,Yoshiyuki Kobayashi,(unknown),Masami Arai,Tetsuo Hiraoka,Masahiro Nishijima,(unknown),(unknown),Yuzuru Akamatsu	15
20	Synthesis of acyl phosphatidylglycerol from phosphatidylglycerol in Escherichia coli K-12. Evidence for the participation of detergent-resistant phospholipase A and heat-labile membrane-bound factor(s). 1978 ·Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·Masahiro Nishijima,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Shoshichi Nojima	19

About Masahiro Nishijima

Masahiro Nishijima is a scholar working on Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Immunology, having authored 185 papers that have together received 10.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (40 papers), Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (30 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (24 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biochemistry (1.2k citations), Cell Biology (2.2k citations) and Immunology (2.3k citations). Masahiro Nishijima has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and Armenia. Frequent co-authors include Kentaro Hanada, Osamu Kuge, Masayoshi Fukasawa, Keigo Kumagai, Y Akamatsu, Kiyoshi Kawasaki, Satoshi Yasuda, Miyuki Kawano‐Kawada, Yuzuru Akamatsu and C R Raetz. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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