Masamitsu Hara

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Masamitsu Hara is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masamitsu Hara has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 12 papers in Surgery and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Masamitsu Hara's work include Spinal Cord Injury Research (10 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (4 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (2 papers). Masamitsu Hara is often cited by papers focused on Spinal Cord Injury Research (10 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (4 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (2 papers). Masamitsu Hara collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Australia. Masamitsu Hara's co-authors include Seiji Okada, Yasuharu Nakashima, Kazu Kobayakawa, Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Ken Kijima, Takeyuki Saito, Kazuya Yokota, Shingo Yoshizaki, Yasuyuki Ohkawa and Katsumi Harimaya and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Medicine and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Masamitsu Hara

32 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Interaction of reactive astrocytes with type I collagen induces astrocytic scar formation through the integrin–N-cadherin pathway after spinal cord injury

2017 387 citations Masamitsu Hara, Kazu Kobayakawa et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Tranexamic acid reduces heme cytotoxicity via the TLR4/TNF axis and ameliorates functional recovery after spinal cord injury 2019 ·Journal of Neuroinflammation ·Shingo Yoshizaki, Ken Kijima, Masamitsu Hara, Takeyuki Saito, (unknown), Masatake Tanaka, (unknown), Yasuharu Nakashima, Seiji Okada	37
2	Locomotor Training Increases Synaptic Structure With High NGL-2 Expression After Spinal Cord Hemisection 2019 ·Neurorehabilitation and neural repair ·Kazu Kobayakawa, (unknown), Hui Zhong, (unknown), Masamitsu Hara, Akihito Harada, Jumpei Nogami, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, V. Reggie Edgerton	8
3	Pathological changes of distal motor neurons after complete spinal cord injury 2019 ·Molecular Brain ·Kazuya Yokota, Kensuke Kubota, Kazu Kobayakawa, Takeyuki Saito, Masamitsu Hara, Ken Kijima, Takeshi Maeda, Hiroyuki Katoh, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, Yasuharu Nakashima, Seiji Okada	43
4	The acute phase serum zinc concentration is a reliable biomarker for predicting the functional outcome after spinal cord injury 2019 ·EBioMedicine ·Ken Kijima, Kensuke Kubota, Masamitsu Hara, Kazu Kobayakawa, Kazuya Yokota, Takeyuki Saito, Shingo Yoshizaki, Takeshi Maeda, Daijiro Konno, Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Yasuharu Nakashima, Seiji Okada	30
5	Periostin Promotes Fibroblast Migration and Inhibits Muscle Repair After Skeletal Muscle Injury 2018 ·Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery ·Masamitsu Hara, Kazuya Yokota, Takeyuki Saito, Kazu Kobayakawa, Ken Kijima, Shingo Yoshizaki, Ken Okazaki, Shigeo Yoshida, Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Katsumi Harimaya, Yasuharu Nakashima, Seiji Okada	20
6	Periostin Promotes Scar Formation through the Interaction between Pericytes and Infiltrating Monocytes/Macrophages after Spinal Cord Injury 2017 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Kazuya Yokota, Kazu Kobayakawa, Takeyuki Saito, Masamitsu Hara, Ken Kijima, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, Akihito Harada, Ken Okazaki, Kohei Ishihara, Shigeo Yoshida, Akira Kudō, Yukihide Iwamoto, Seiji Okada	67
7	Macrophage Infiltration Is a Causative Factor for Ligamentum Flavum Hypertrophy through the Activation of Collagen Production in Fibroblasts 2017 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Takeyuki Saito, Masamitsu Hara, Hiromi Kumamaru, Kazu Kobayakawa, Kazuya Yokota, Ken Kijima, Shingo Yoshizaki, Katsumi Harimaya, Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Kenichi Kawaguchi, Mitsumasa Hayashida, Yutaka Inagaki, Keiichiro Shiba, Yasuharu Nakashima, Seiji Okada	24
8	Experimental Mouse Model of Lumbar Ligamentum Flavum Hypertrophy 2017 ·PLoS ONE ·Takeyuki Saito, Kazuya Yokota, Kazu Kobayakawa, Masamitsu Hara, Kensuke Kubota, Katsumi Harimaya, Kenichi Kawaguchi, Mitsumasa Hayashida, Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Toshio Doi, Keiichiro Shiba, Yasuharu Nakashima, Seiji Okada	27
9	Interaction of reactive astrocytes with type I collagen induces astrocytic scar formation through the integrin–N-cadherin pathway after spinal cord injury breakdown → 2017 ·Nature Medicine ·Masamitsu Hara, Kazu Kobayakawa, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, Hiromi Kumamaru, Kazuya Yokota, Takeyuki Saito, Ken Kijima, Shingo Yoshizaki, Katsumi Harimaya, Yasuharu Nakashima, Seiji Okada	387
10	The feasibility of in vivo imaging of infiltrating blood cells for predicting the functional prognosis after spinal cord injury 2016 ·Scientific Reports ·Kazuya Yokota, Takeyuki Saito, Kazu Kobayakawa, Kensuke Kubota, Masamitsu Hara, Masaharu Murata, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, Yukihide Iwamoto, Seiji Okada	9
11	The NtAMI1 gene functions in cell division of tobacco BY‐2 cells in the presence of indole‐3‐acetamide 2008 ·FEBS Letters ·Keiichirou Nemoto, Masamitsu Hara, Masashi Suzuki, Hikaru Seki, Toshiya Muranaka, Yoshihiro Mano	38
12	Analysis of the significance of the measurement of acceleration with respect to lateral laxity of the anterior cruciate ligament insufficient knee 2000 ·International Orthopaedics ·Ichiro Yoshimura, Masatoshi Naito, Masamitsu Hara, (unknown)	16
13	Genomic footprinting of the yeast zinc finger protein Rme1p and its roles in repression of the meiotic activator IME1 1998 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Miho Shimizu, Wei Li, Peter A. Covitz, Masamitsu Hara, H. Shindo, Aaron P. Mitchell	23
14	Evaluation of patellar retinacular tension during total knee arthroplasty 1997 ·The Journal of Arthroplasty ·Kosuke Ogata, (unknown), Masamitsu Hara	26
15	Dissection of the DNA binding domain of yeast Zn-finger protein Rme1p, a repressor of meiotic activator IME1. 1997 ·PubMed ·Mitsuhiro Shimizu, Masamitsu Hara, Atsushi Murase, H. Shindo, Aaron P. Mitchell	3
16	[Diagnosis of pheochromocytoma using 131I-MIBG scintigraphy]. 1993 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Osamu Shimomura, Seiji Tomiguchi, Akira Kojima, Masamitsu Hara, Rumiko Kinoshita, (unknown), Mayu Takahashi	1
17	Effect of Pirenzepine on Aminopyrine Uptake by Isolated Guinea Pig Parietal Cells 1989 ·Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology ·(unknown), Yuichiro Watanabe, (unknown), (unknown), Masamitsu Hara, T. Miwa	1
18	Walking through a Human Ear 1989 ·Acta Oto-Laryngologica ·Y. Nomura, Taeko Okuno, Masamitsu Hara, Yoshihisa Shinagawa, Tosiyasu L. Kunii	6
19	A Modified Boytchev Procedure for the Treatment of Recurrent Anterior Shoulder Instability 1988 ·(unknown), Masamitsu Hara, (unknown), (unknown)	0
20	Experimental hemorrhagic pancreatitis. I. A method of production of non-infected lethal hemorrhagic pancreatitis. 1955 ·PubMed ·Masamitsu Hara, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1

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