Minoru Kitago

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
191 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Minoru Kitago is a scholar working on Oncology, Surgery and Hepatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Minoru Kitago has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Oncology, 93 papers in Surgery and 48 papers in Hepatology. Recurrent topics in Minoru Kitago's work include Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (71 papers), Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (34 papers) and Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies (29 papers). Minoru Kitago is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (71 papers), Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (34 papers) and Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies (29 papers). Minoru Kitago collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Italy. Minoru Kitago's co-authors include Yuko Kitagawa, Yuta Abe, Masahiro Shinoda, Dave S.�B. Hoon, Osamu Itano, Hiroshi Yagi, Michiie Sakamoto, Yohei Masugi, Hanako Tsujikawa and Hidenori Ojima and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Minoru Kitago

170 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Human Pancreatic Tumor Organoids Reveal Loss of Stem Cell Niche Factor Dependence during Disease Progression

2018 452 citations Takao Itoi, Minoru Kitago et al. profile →
Landscape of immune microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma and its additional impact on histological and molecular classification

2018 333 citations Yutaka Kurebayashi, Hidenori Ojima et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Minoru Kitago

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Preoperative diagnostic failure in gallbladder cancer: Influence of tumor location and size on imaging precision 2025 ·European Journal of Surgical Oncology ·Miho Akabane, Jun Kawashima, (unknown), Selamawit Woldesenbet, Federico Aucejo, Minoru Kitago, Yuki Imaoka, Andrea Ruzzenente, Itaru Endo, Hugo P. Marques, Vincent Lam, Shishir K. Maithel, Thomas J. Hugh, (unknown), Timothy M. Pawlik	0
2	Predicting the complexity of minimally invasive liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma using machine learning 2025 ·HPB ·Giovanni Catalano, Laura Alaimo, (unknown), Andrea Ruzzenente, (unknown), Luca Aldrighetti, Hugo P. Marques, François Cauchy, Vincent Lam, George A. Poultsides, Thomas J. Hugh, Irinel Popescu, Sorin Alexandrescu, (unknown), Minoru Kitago, (unknown), Ana Gleisner, Feng Shen, (unknown)	0
3	Textbook outcome in liver surgery after staged versus simultaneous resection for synchronous colorectal liver metastases 2025 ·HPB ·(unknown), (unknown), Mujtaba Khalil, Giovanni Catalano, (unknown), (unknown), Irinel Popescu, Minoru Kitago, George A. Poultsides, Kazunari Sasaki, (unknown), Thomas J. Hugh, (unknown), Luca Aldrighetti, Federico Aucejo, (unknown), Timothy M. Pawlik	1
4	Machine learning models including preoperative and postoperative albumin-bilirubin score: short-term outcomes among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma 2024 ·HPB ·Yutaka Endo, Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Muhammad Musaab Munir, Selamawit Woldesenbet, Alfredo Guglielmi, Francesca Ratti, Hugo P. Marques, François Cauchy, Vincent Lam, George A. Poultsides, Minoru Kitago, Sorin Alexandrescu, Irinel Popescu, (unknown), Ana Gleisner, Tom Hugh, Luca Aldrighetti, Feng Shen, (unknown), Timothy M. Pawlik	5
5	Novel approach for reconstruction of the three-dimensional biliary system in decellularized liver scaffold using hepatocyte progenitors 2024 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Hiroshi Yagi, Kohei Kuroda, Masafumi Watanabe, (unknown), (unknown), Yuta Abe, Minoru Kitago, Shungo Adachi, Ryo Sudo, Yuko Kitagawa	1
6	Spatial Dynamics of T- and B-Cell Responses Predicts Clinical Outcome of Resectable and Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma 2024 ·Clinical Cancer Research ·Yutaka Kurebayashi, Katsutoshi Sugimoto, Hanako Tsujikawa, Koichiro Matsuda, (unknown), Akihisa Ueno, Yohei Masugi, Ken Yamazaki, Kathryn Effendi, Hirohito Takeuchi, Takao Itoi, Yasushi Hasegawa, Yuta Abe, Minoru Kitago, Hidenori Ojima, (unknown)	7
7	Machine learning prediction of early recurrence after surgery for gallbladder cancer 2024 ·British journal of surgery ·Giovanni Catalano, Laura Alaimo, (unknown), Andrea Ruzzenente, Federico Aucejo, Hugo P. Marques, Vincent Lam, Tom Hugh, (unknown), Shishir K. Maithel, Minoru Kitago, (unknown), Timothy M. Pawlik	4
8	Vessels encapsulating tumor clusters contribute to the intratumor heterogeneity of HCC on Gd-EOB-DTPA–enhanced MRI 2024 ·Hepatology Communications ·(unknown), Akihisa Ueno, (unknown), Yutaka Kurebayashi, Yohei Masugi, Ken Yamazaki, Masashi Tamura, Yuta Abe, Yasushi Hasegawa, Minoru Kitago, Masahiro Jinzaki, (unknown)	3
9	Surgical and Oncological Outcomes of Salvage Hepatectomy for Locally Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Locoregional Therapy: A Single-Institution Experience 2023 ·Cancers ·(unknown), Osamu Itano, Minoru Kitago, Yuta Abe, (unknown), Taizo Hibi, Masahiro Shinoda, Hidenori Ojima, Michiie Sakamoto, Yuko Kitagawa	2
10	Liver transplantation access and outcomes: Impact of variations in liver-specific specialty care 2023 ·Surgery ·Yutaka Endo, Kazunari Sasaki, Zorays Moazzam, Selamawit Woldesenbet, Henrique A. Lima, Laura Alaimo, Muhammad Musaab Munir, Chanza Shaikh, Jason Yang, (unknown), Erryk Katayama, Minoru Kitago, Austin Schenk, W. Kenneth Washburn, Timothy M. Pawlik	6
11	Standardized upfront Glissonean approach and liver hanging maneuver reduces bile leakage from the hepatic hilum in living donors 2022 ·Liver Transplantation ·(unknown), (unknown), Yuta Abe, Hiroshi Yagi, (unknown), Osamu Itano, Masahiro Shinoda, Minoru Kitago, Yasushi Hasegawa, Shutaro Hori, Masayuki Tanaka, Yutaka Nakano, Kentaro Matsubara, Hideaki Obara, Yohei Yamada, (unknown), Taizo Hibi, Yuko Kitagawa	1
12	An organ-derived extracellular matrix triggers in situ kidney regeneration in a preclinical model 2022 ·npj Regenerative Medicine ·Kazuki Tajima, Hiroshi Yagi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hisanobu Higashi, Kohei Kuroda, Minoru Kitago, Shungo Adachi, Tohru Natsume, (unknown), Mototsugu Oya, Yuko Kitagawa	13
13	Transplantation of bioengineered liver capable of extended function in a preclinical liver failure model 2021 ·American Journal of Transplantation ·Hisanobu Higashi, Hiroshi Yagi, Kohei Kuroda, Kazuki Tajima, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kazumasa Fukuda, Kentaro Matsubara, Minoru Kitago, Masahiro Shinoda, Hideaki Obara, Shungo Adachi, (unknown), Tohru Natsume, Masatoshi Tomi, Alejandro Soto–Gutiérrez, Yuko Kitagawa	13
14	Prospective evaluation and refinement of an S‐1 dosage formula based on renal function for clinical application 2020 ·Cancer Science ·Masashi Takeuchi, Chiyo K. Imamura, Eisuke Booka, Hiroya Takeuchi, Takuro Mizukami, Takeshi Kawakami, (unknown), Kazushige Wakuda, Yu Aoki, Yasuo Hamamoto, Minoru Kitago, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Narikazu Boku, Yusuke Tanigawara, Yuko Kitagawa	3
15	Usefulness of ¹⁸F‐fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography for predicting the prognosis and treatment response of neoadjuvant therapy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma 2020 ·Cancer Medicine ·(unknown), Minoru Kitago, Yohji Matsusaka, Yohei Masugi, Masahiro Shinoda, Hiroshi Yagi, Yuta Abe, Go Oshima, Shutaro Hori, Yutaka Endo, Kenji Toyama, Yu Iwabuchi, Ryo Takemura, Ryota Ishii, Tadaki Nakahara, Shigeo Okuda, Masahiro Jinzaki, Yuko Kitagawa	25
16	Combination of KRAS and SMAD4 mutations in formalin‐fixed paraffin‐embedded tissues as a biomarker for pancreatic cancer 2020 ·Cancer Science ·(unknown), Minoru Kitago, Sachiko Matsuda, Yasushi Sasaki, Yohei Masugi, Yuki Nakamura, Masahiro Shinoda, Hiroshi Yagi, Yuta Abe, Go Oshima, Shutaro Hori, Yusuke Fujita, Yutaka Nakano, Yutaka Endo, (unknown), Takashi Tokino, Yuko Kitagawa	19
17	Methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriers are vulnerable to bloodstream infection after living donor liver transplantation 2019 ·Clinical Transplantation ·(unknown), Taizo Hibi, Masahiro Shinoda, Hideaki Obara, (unknown), Minoru Kitago, (unknown), Yuta Abe, Kentaro Matsubara, Go Oshima, Shutaro Hori, Ken Hoshino, Yohei Yamada, Osamu Itano, (unknown), Tatsuo Kuroda, Naoki Hasegawa, Yuko Kitagawa	4
18	Decellularized liver scaffolds promote liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Hiroshi Yagi, Hisanobu Higashi, Kazuki Tajima, Kohei Kuroda, Yuta Abe, Minoru Kitago, Masahiro Shinoda, Yuko Kitagawa	60
19	Activation of toll-like receptors 2, 3, and 4 on human melanoma cells induces inflammatory factors 2008 ·Molecular Cancer Therapeutics ·Yasufumi Goto, Takaaki Arigami, Minoru Kitago, Sandy L. Nguyen, Norihiko Narita, Soldano Ferrone, Donald L. Morton, Reiko F. Irie, Dave S.�B. Hoon	93
20	CXCL12 and CCL21 chemokine expression in inflammatory draining lymph nodes promote melanoma metastasis 2006 ·Cancer Research ·Minoru Kitago, Steve R. Martinez, Kazuo Koyanagi, Takuji Mori, Roderick R. Turner, Dave S.�B. Hoon	1

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