Masatoshi Watanabe

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
262 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Masatoshi Watanabe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masatoshi Watanabe has authored 262 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Molecular Biology, 78 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 59 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Masatoshi Watanabe's work include Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (46 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (18 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (16 papers). Masatoshi Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (46 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (18 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (16 papers). Masatoshi Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Masatoshi Watanabe's co-authors include Taizo Shiraishi, Ryuichi Yatani, Hitoshi Nakagama, Haruo Itô, Yoshifumi Hirokawa, Hiroyoshi Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Nakayama, Takashi Sügimura, Daisuke Kurioka and R Yatani and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Masatoshi Watanabe

240 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Circulating Exosomal microRNAs as Biomarkers of Colon Cancer

2014 672 citations Masatoshi Watanabe, Hitoshi Nakagama et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masatoshi Watanabe

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Conjugated bile acids in serum reflect disease severity and predict survival in chronic liver disease of humans and rats 2025 ·Scientific Reports ·Akiko Eguchi, Motoh Iwasa, Teruo Miyazaki, (unknown), (unknown), Yasuyuki Tamai, Ryuta Shigefuku, Yoshinao Kobayashi, Akira Honda, Masatoshi Watanabe, Tadashi Ikegami, Hayato Nakagawa	0
2	Endothelial‐Mesenchymal Transition in Tumor Microenvironment Promotes Neuroendocrine Differentiation of Prostate Cancer 2025 ·Cancer Science ·(unknown), Manabu Kato, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Masatoshi Watanabe, Takahiro Inoue	0
3	Extrachromosomal DNA Dynamics Contribute to Intratumoral Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Genetic Heterogeneity and Drug Resistance in Gastric Cancer 2025 ·Molecular Cancer Research ·Kazuki Kanayama, (unknown), Ryotaro Hashizume, (unknown), (unknown), Yoshifumi Hirokawa, Masatoshi Watanabe	3
4	Application of Original Prostate Cancer Progression Model Interacting with Fibroblasts in Preclinical Research 2024 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·Kenichiro Ishii, Kazuhiro Iguchi, (unknown), Yoshifumi Hirokawa, Yoshiki Sugimura, Masatoshi Watanabe	0
5	The development of early human lymphatic vessels as characterized by lymphatic endothelial markers 2024 ·The EMBO Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tomoaki Ikeda, Masatoshi Watanabe, Kyoko Imanaka‐Yoshida, Kazuaki Maruyama	5
6	Prognostic impact of the distance from the anterior surface to tumor cells in pancreatoduodenectomy with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma 2024 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), (unknown), Aoi Hayasaki, Masashi Kishiwada, Shugo Mizuno, Masatoshi Watanabe	0
7	Expression Pattern of Plexin Domain Containing 2 in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma 2020 ·Monoclonal Antibodies in Immunodiagnosis and Immunotherapy ·Norihiko Yamamoto, Akiko Eguchi, Yoshifumi Hirokawa, (unknown), Kazushi Sugimoto, Motoh Iwasa, Masatoshi Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Takei	6
8	Association of HER2 gene amplification and tumor progression in early gastric cancer 2018 ·Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin ·Kazuki Kanayama, Hiroshi Imai, (unknown), Taizo Shiraishi, Yoshifumi Hirokawa, Masatoshi Watanabe	18
9	[Clinical Study on Cerebellar Contusion:A Report on 9 Cases and Literature Review]. 2015 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Osamu Sasaki, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Masatoshi Watanabe	2
10	Adiponectin suppresses colorectal carcinogenesis under the high-fat diet condition 2008 ·Gut ·Toshio Fujisawa, Hideki Endo, Ayako Tomimoto, M Sugiyama, Hirokazu Takahashi, Satoru Saito, Masahiko Inamori, Noriko Nakajima, Masatoshi Watanabe, Naoto Kubota, Toshimasa Yamauchi, Takashi Kadowaki, Koichiro Wada, Hitoshi Nakagama, Atsushi Nakajima	151
11	In vitro Osteogenic Differentiation Potential of Dental Pulp Stem Cells 2004 ·(unknown), Tadashige Nozaki, Masatoshi Watanabe, Mitsuko Shinohara, (unknown), (unknown), Kazuya Iwamoto, (unknown), (unknown), Michiharu Daito, Kiyoshi Ohura	10
12	A Young Boy with Multiple Colorectal Cancers Exhibiting Various Histologies. 1997 ·The Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery ·Yutaka Hoshino, (unknown), (unknown), Tohru Tezuka, (unknown), Kazuya Ise, Hitoshi Inoue, Ryoichi Motoki, Masatoshi Watanabe, Akira Hata	0
13	Microsatellite instability in human prostate cancer 1995 ·British Journal of Cancer ·Masatoshi Watanabe, Hiroshi Imai, Tadashi Shiraishi, Jun Shimazaki, T Kotake, R Yatani	41
14	Gastroenterological surgery for six patients with leukemia. 1988 ·The Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Masatoshi Watanabe, (unknown), (unknown), Yukio Kanazawa, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hitoshi Inoue, Ryoichi Motoki	1
15	BACTERIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL STUDIES ON CS-807 1988 ·Yoshihito Niki, (unknown), (unknown), Osamu Moriya, Shigenobu Umeki, (unknown), Masatoshi Watanabe, (unknown), Hiroshi Kawane, Rinzō Soejima	1
16	EFFECTS OF FAMOTIDINE ON GASTRIC MUCOSAL BLOOD FLOW IN NORMAL SUBJECTS 1987 ·Acta gastro-enterologica belgica ·(unknown), (unknown), Tadashi Abe, Masatoshi Watanabe, (unknown), Kazuyoshi Saito	1
17	[Antiemetic efficacy of high-dose hydrocortisone in patients receiving cisplatin therapy]. 1986 ·PubMed ·Yasuhiko Sakata, (unknown), Masatoshi Watanabe, (unknown), Noriko Abe	1
18	Bacteriological and clinical studies on at-2266 1984 ·Chemotherapy ·Yoshihito Niki, (unknown), Masatoshi Watanabe, Chikara Nakahama, (unknown), Toshiharu Matsushima, Rinzō Soejima	1
19	EXPERIMENTAL STUDY INTRALUMINAL MUCOSAL BLOOD FLOW AS THE ETIOLOGICAL FACTOR OF ISCHEMIC COLITIS 1983 ·Acta gastro-enterologica belgica ·Koji Nomura, Kiyoshi Fujita, (unknown), Yoshihito Uchida, Hiroshi Kawano, (unknown), (unknown), Tadayoshi Takemoto, Masatoshi Watanabe, (unknown)	2
20	ENDOSCOPIC METHYLENE BLUE STAINING METHOD FOR THE GASTRIC CANCER 1977 ·Acta gastro-enterologica belgica ·Nobuhiro Sakaki, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Susumu Kawamura, Yukinori Okazaki, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Masatoshi Watanabe, (unknown), Tadayoshi Takemoto	1

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