Minoru Hojo

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Minoru Hojo is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Minoru Hojo has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Recurrent topics in Minoru Hojo's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (4 papers) and Pain Management and Opioid Use (3 papers). Minoru Hojo is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (4 papers) and Pain Management and Opioid Use (3 papers). Minoru Hojo collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Ireland. Minoru Hojo's co-authors include Manikkam Suthanthiran, Mary A. Maluccio, Kengo Morimoto, Toshikazu Shimbo, Tomohiko Asano, Takashi Morimoto, Milagros Lagman, Fu L. Luan, Kouzaburo Yamaji and Koji Sumikawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, CHEST Journal and American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

In The Last Decade

Minoru Hojo

19 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Cyclosporine induces cancer progression by a cell-autonomous mechanism

1999 887 citations Minoru Hojo, Takashi Morimoto et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Minoru Hojo Japan	11	552	401	324	290	237	19	1.4k
Richard F. Olsson Sweden	26	274 0.5×	257 0.6×	630 1.9×	109 0.4×	103 0.4×	55	1.8k
Domenico Adorno Italy	20	327 0.6×	162 0.4×	164 0.5×	79 0.3×	198 0.8×	48	1.1k
Samuel Rotman Switzerland	20	130 0.2×	526 1.3×	283 0.9×	146 0.5×	219 0.9×	81	1.6k
Robert A. Matthijsen Netherlands	13	92 0.2×	432 1.1×	269 0.8×	71 0.2×	70 0.3×	23	1.2k
Jin Zheng China	13	151 0.3×	284 0.7×	98 0.3×	87 0.3×	89 0.4×	52	746
Anne Ricksten Sweden	21	662 1.2×	290 0.7×	216 0.7×	405 1.4×	48 0.2×	59	1.7k
Chuanjiang Li China	10	107 0.2×	427 1.1×	145 0.4×	195 0.7×	118 0.5×	39	947
D Woodrow United Kingdom	22	185 0.3×	352 0.9×	130 0.4×	85 0.3×	52 0.2×	49	1.1k
Tsuyoshi Iwasaki Japan	24	207 0.4×	597 1.5×	178 0.5×	167 0.6×	20 0.1×	81	1.6k
Norbert Ahrens Germany	20	172 0.3×	246 0.6×	178 0.5×	62 0.2×	59 0.2×	65	1.2k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Hojo, Minoru, et al.. (2018). Efficacy and Safety of Oxycodone Injection for Relieving Cancer Pain: A Study in Japan Consisting of Two Open Trials for Intravenous and Subcutaneous Administration. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 41(6). 850–857. 6 indexed citations

Ishii, Koji, et al.. (2016). Continuous Intravenous Infusion of Oxycodone for Dyspnea from End Stage-heart Failure due to Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Palliative Care Research. 11(2). 529–533. 2 indexed citations

Hojo, Minoru, et al.. (2014). Pharmacokinetics of Oxycodone After Intravenous and Subcutaneous Administration in Japanese Patients with Cancer Pain. Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 28(4). 338–350. 4 indexed citations

Kitahara, Takashi, et al.. (2013). Clinical Risk Factors Associated with Nausea and Vomiting in Patients Receiving Extended-release Oxycodone. Iryo Yakugaku (Japanese Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences). 39(3). 134–139. 2 indexed citations

Sudo, Yuka, Minoru Hojo, Yukio Ando, et al.. (2012). GABA_B receptors do not internalize after baclofen treatment, possibly due to a lack of β‐arrestin association: Study with a real‐time visualizing assay. Synapse. 66(9). 759–769. 7 indexed citations

Imai, Satoshi, Yuka Sudo, Atsushi Nakamura, et al.. (2011). Possible involvement of β‐endorphin in a loss of the coordinated balance of μ‐opioid receptors trafficking processes by fentanyl. Synapse. 65(9). 962–966. 3 indexed citations

Narita, Minoru, Satoshi Imai, Atsushi Nakamura, et al.. (2011). Possible involvement of prolonging spinal µ-opioid receptor desensitization in the development of antihyperalgesic tolerance to µ-opioids under a neuropathic pain-like state. Addiction Biology. 18(4). 614–622. 25 indexed citations

Ojima, Jun, et al.. (2011). Measuring Exposed Magnetic Fields of Welders in Working Time. Industrial Health. 49(3). 274–279. 4 indexed citations

Ando, Yukio, Minoru Hojo, Masafumi Takada, et al.. (2011). S (+)-Ketamine Suppresses Desensitization of γ-Aminobutyric Acid Type B Receptor-mediated Signaling by Inhibition of the Interaction of γ-Aminobutyric Acid Type B Receptors with G Protein–coupled Receptor Kinase 4 or 5. Anesthesiology. 114(2). 401–411. 13 indexed citations

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Suthanthiran, Manikkam, Minoru Hojo, Mary A. Maluccio, Daniel J. Boffa, & Fu L. Luan. (2009). Post-transplantation malignancy: a cell autonomous mechanism with implications for therapy.. PubMed. 120. 369–88. 20 indexed citations

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Hojo, Minoru, Yuka Sudo, Yukio Ando, et al.. (2008). μ-Opioid Receptor Forms a Functional Heterodimer With Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor: Electrophysiological and FRET Assay Analysis. Journal of Pharmacological Sciences. 108(3). 308–319. 120 indexed citations

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Sakai, Tetsuya, Hiroshi Aoki, Minoru Hojo, et al.. (2008). Adhesiolysis and targeted steroid/local anesthetic injection during epiduroscopy alleviates pain and reduces sensory nerve dysfunction in patients with chronic sciatica. Journal of Anesthesia. 22(3). 242–247. 19 indexed citations

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Uezono, Yasuhito, Masanori Matsumoto, Minoru Hojo, et al.. (2006). Desensitization of GABA_Breceptor signaling by formation of protein complexes of GABA_B2subunit with GRK4 or GRK5. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 210(1). 237–245. 33 indexed citations

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Luan, Fu L., Minoru Hojo, Mary A. Maluccio, Kouzaburo Yamaji, & Manikkam Suthanthiran. (2002). Rapamycin blocks tumor progression: unlinking immunosuppression from antitumor efficacy1. Transplantation. 73(10). 1565–1572. 197 indexed citations

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Hojo, Minoru, et al.. (1999). Lymphocyte intracellular free calcium concentration is increased in preeclampsia. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 180(5). 1209–1214. 24 indexed citations

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Hojo, Minoru, Takashi Morimoto, Mary A. Maluccio, et al.. (1999). Cyclosporine induces cancer progression by a cell-autonomous mechanism. Nature. 397(6719). 530–534. 887 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hasuo, Hiroshi, et al.. (1998). Effect of ONO-1101, a novel short-acting β-blocker on hemodynamic responses to isoflurane inhalation and tracheal intubation. Journal of Anesthesia. 12(3). 115–118. 11 indexed citations

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Hojo, Minoru, Naoko Momotani, Noriko Ikeda, et al.. (1998). Prolonged suppressed thyroid‐stimulating hormone levels in hyperthyroidism in a neonate born to a mother with Graves' disease. Pediatrics International. 40(5). 483–485. 1 indexed citations

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Hojo, Minoru, Ichiro Fujita, Yuhei Hamasaki, Masaya Miyazaki, & Sumio Miyazaki. (1994). Erythromycin Does Not Directly Affect Neutrophil Functions. CHEST Journal. 105(2). 520–523. 16 indexed citations

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