Masato Kato

14.7k citations

187 papers · 10.7k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 46

Impact in

Cell Biology top 0.2%
- Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research
Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA modifications and cancer
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research

Papers in

Hepatology 30
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis 29
Biochemistry 11

Co-authors: Steven L. McKnight Leeju C. Wu Merton Bernfield Hamid Mirzaei Robert Tycko Siheng XiangYi LinShanhai Xie
Journals: Cell (11 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (10 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (7 papers)World Journal of Surgery (6 papers)Surgery Today (5 papers)
Partner nations: Japan United States Türkiye

In The Last Decade

Masato Kato

172 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Structure of FUS Protein Fibrils and Its Relevance to Self-Assembly and Phase Separation of Low-Complexity Domains 2017 · 565 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2017 Cell
2014 Science
2012 Cell
2012 Cell
1992 PubMed

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1	Cryo‐ EM and solid state NMR together provide a more comprehensive structural investigation of protein fibrils Protein Science ·Blake D. Fonda, Masato Kato, Yang Li, Dylan T. Murray	2024	0
2	High‐flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy for respiratory management after postoperative re‐intubation/re‐extubation in patients with trisomy 18 and trisomy 13: Two case reports SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Hirofumi Hirano, Yoshie Taniguchi, Masato Kato	2023	2
3	Oxidative regulation of TDP-43 self-association by a β-to-α conformational switch Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jinge Gu, Xiaoming Zhou, Lillian B. Sutherland, Masato Kato, Klaudia Jaczynska, Josep Rizo, Steven L. McKnight	2023	8
4	Mutations linked to neurological disease enhance self-association of low-complexity protein sequences Science ·Xiaoming Zhou, Lily Sumrow, Kyuto Tashiro, Lillian B. Sutherland, Daifei Liu, Tian Qin, Masato Kato, Glen Liszczak, Steven L. McKnight	2022	63
5	The low-complexity domain of the FUS RNA binding protein self-assembles via the mutually exclusive use of two distinct cross-β cores Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Masato Kato, Steven L. McKnight	2021	22
6	Transiently structured head domains control intermediate filament assembly Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xiaoming Zhou, Yi Lin, Masato Kato, Eiichiro Mori, Glen Liszczak, Lillian B. Sutherland, Vasiliy O. Sysoev, Dylan T. Murray, Robert Tycko, Steven L. McKnight	2021	43
7	Dynamic structural order of a low-complexity domain facilitates assembly of intermediate filaments Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Vasiliy O. Sysoev, Masato Kato, Lillian B. Sutherland, Rong Hu, Steven L. McKnight, Dylan T. Murray	2020	19
8	Redox-mediated regulation of an evolutionarily conserved cross-β structure formed by the TDP43 low complexity domain Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Yi Lin, Xiaoming Zhou, Masato Kato, Daifei Liu, Sina Ghaemmaghami, Benjamin P. Tu, Steven L. McKnight	2020	44
9	Preoperative lymphocyte‐to‐monocyte ratio is useful for stratifying the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma patients with a low Cancer of the Liver Italian Program score undergoing curative resection Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery ·Takayuki Shimizu, Mitsuru Ishizuka, Kyung Hwa Park, Takayuki Shiraki, Yuhki Sakuraoka, Shozo Mori, Yukihiro Iso, Masato Kato, Taku Aoki, Keiichi Kubota	2019	11
10	A technique for taping inferior vena cava caudal to the duodenum: duodenal penetration by IVC filter strut after retroperitoneal lymph node dissection—usefulness of the mesenteric approach SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Takayuki Shimizu, Keiichi Kubota, Takashi Suzuki, Takatsugu Matsumoto, Takayuki Shiraki, Yuhki Sakuraoka, Shozo Mori, Yukihiro Iso, Masato Kato, Mitsuru Ishizuka, Taku Aoki	2019	1
11	Structural characterization of the D290V mutation site in hnRNPA2 low-complexity–domain polymers Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Dylan T. Murray, Xiaoming Zhou, Masato Kato, Siheng Xiang, Robert Tycko, Steven L. McKnight	2018	38
12	The preoperative globulin‐to‐albumin ratio, a novel inflammation‐based prognostic system, predicts survival after potentially curative liver resection for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma Journal of Surgical Oncology ·Takayuki Shimizu, Mitsuru Ishizuka, Takashi Suzuki, Genki Tanaka, Kyung Hwa Park, Takatsugu Matsumoto, Takayuki Shiraki, Yuhki Sakuraoka, Masato Kato, Taku Aoki, Keiichi Kubota	2017	12
13	Poly-dipeptides encoded by the C9orf72 repeats bind nucleoli, impede RNA biogenesis, and kill cells Science ·Ilmin Kwon, Siheng Xiang, Masato Kato, Leeju C. Wu, Pano Theodoropoulos, Tao Wang, Jiwoong Kim, Jonghyun Yun, Yang Xie, Steven L. McKnight Hit paper breakdown →	2014	465
14	Inflammation-based prognostic score predicts biliary stent patency in patients with unresectable malignant biliary obstruction. PubMed ·Yoshimi Iwasaki, Mitsuru Ishizuka, Masato Kato, Junji Kita, Mitsugi Shimoda, Keiichi Kubota	2014	2
15	Anesthesia on Surgical Insult, Perioperative Inflammation and Immune Responses THE JOURNAL OF JAPAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL ANESTHESIA ·Masato Kato, 黒澤伸	2006	0
16	Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Chymopasin, a Novel Serine Protease from Rat Pancreas Pancreas ·Yoshio Sogame, Keisho Kataoka, Masato Kato, Junichi Sakagami, Saori Osawa, Ami Takatera, Mayuko Mitsuyoshi, Noriko Usui, Shinichi Mitsui, Nozomi Yamaguchi	2002	5
17	Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Lung: Report of Two Cases. Haigan ·Fumihiko Hirai, Masato Kato, Hitoshi Ichimiya, Mitsuru Nakagaki, Nobuko Tsuruta, Kazuyuki Higuchi	2002	2
18	Selective distributions of proteoglycans and their ligands in pericellular matrix of cultured fibroblasts: implications for their roles in cell-substratum adhesion Journal of Cell Science ·Masahito Yamagata, Shinsuke Saga, Masato Kato, Merton Bernfield, Koji Kimata	1993	121
19	Polymorphism of syndecan : a distinctive form on mesenchymal cells (abstract) The Journal of Cell Biology ·Masato Kato	1989	4
20	Multiple forms of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in the Engelbreth-Holm-Swarm mouse tumor. The occurrence of high density forms bearing both heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate side chains. Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Masato Kato, Y Koike, Yoshitsugi Ito, S Suzuki, Koji Kimata	1987	55

About Masato Kato

Masato Kato is a scholar working on Hepatology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Oncology and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, having authored 187 papers that have together received 10.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (29 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (25 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (14 papers), Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (13 papers), Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis (12 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (12 papers), Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (11 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (2.3k citations), Molecular Biology (7.5k citations), Immunology and Allergy (618 citations), Neurology (1.3k citations) and Biochemistry (551 citations). Masato Kato has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and Türkiye. Frequent co-authors include Steven L. McKnight, Leeju C. Wu, Merton Bernfield, Hamid Mirzaei, Robert Tycko, Siheng Xiang, Yi Lin, Shanhai Xie, Jürg Spring and Tina W. Han. Their work appears in journals such as Cell, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, World Journal of Surgery and Surgery Today.

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