Nobukazu Kashima

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Nobukazu Kashima is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Nobukazu Kashima has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Immunology and 5 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Nobukazu Kashima's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (5 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (4 papers). Nobukazu Kashima is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (5 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (4 papers). Nobukazu Kashima collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Nobukazu Kashima's co-authors include Tadatsugu Taniguchi, Takashi Fujita, Junji Hamuro, Hiroshi Matsui, Ryota Yoshimoto, Chikako Takaoka, Gen Yamada, Hidehiko Kumagai, Hideaki Yamada and Shinsuke Taki and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Nobukazu Kashima

17 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Structure and expression of a cloned cDNA for human inter... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 250 500 750
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Structure and expression of a cloned cDNA for human interleukin-2
    1983 961 citations Tadatsugu Taniguchi, Hiroshi Matsui et al. Nature profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nobukazu Kashima Japan 11 902 589 295 227 126 18 1.5k
Rusty Kutny United States 13 443 0.5× 534 0.9× 148 0.5× 106 0.5× 63 0.5× 16 984
Masaru Koyama Japan 6 334 0.4× 530 0.9× 215 0.7× 121 0.5× 65 0.5× 8 1.3k
Catherine R. Ferenz United States 11 937 1.0× 1.2k 2.1× 419 1.4× 124 0.5× 260 2.1× 11 2.3k
Bruce A. Macher United States 28 573 0.6× 1.8k 3.0× 149 0.5× 399 1.8× 154 1.2× 68 2.4k
Elisabeth Thomassen United States 13 495 0.5× 766 1.3× 91 0.3× 118 0.5× 171 1.4× 14 1.2k
Francis X. Sullivan United States 14 433 0.5× 1.2k 2.1× 185 0.6× 152 0.7× 91 0.7× 15 1.7k
William J. Grimes United States 19 315 0.3× 738 1.3× 121 0.4× 139 0.6× 144 1.1× 40 1.2k
Mark Egerton Australia 19 732 0.8× 1.3k 2.2× 428 1.5× 155 0.7× 105 0.8× 23 2.2k
Albert Boosman United States 11 339 0.4× 589 1.0× 271 0.9× 73 0.3× 179 1.4× 13 1.1k
James I. Rearick United States 22 336 0.4× 1.6k 2.7× 148 0.5× 185 0.8× 208 1.7× 29 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nobukazu Kashima

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nobukazu Kashima

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Yano, Toshiro, et al.. (2000). Structure–activity relationships of carboxymethylpullulan-peptide-doxorubicin conjugates—systematic modification of peptide spacers. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 10(3). 227–230. 16 indexed citations
2.
Taniguchi, T, Hiroshi Matsui, Teizo Fujita, et al.. (1992). Structure and expression of a cloned cDNA for human interleukin-2. 1983.. PubMed. 24. 304–9. 3 indexed citations
3.
Tonouchi, Naoto, Nobukazu Kashima, Misako Kawai, et al.. (1988). High-Level Expression of Human BSF-2/IL-6 cDNA in Escherichia coli Using a New Type of Expression-Preparation System. The Journal of Biochemistry. 104(1). 30–34. 56 indexed citations
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Sato, Takaaki, Hiroshi Matsui, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, et al.. (1987). New Approaches for the High-Level Expression of Human Interleukin-2 cDNA in Escherichia coli. The Journal of Biochemistry. 101(2). 525–534. 20 indexed citations
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Kashima, Nobukazu, et al.. (1987). Expression of Murine Interleukin-2 cDNA in E. coli and Biological Activities of Recombinant Murine Interleukin-2. The Journal of Biochemistry. 102(4). 715–724. 2 indexed citations
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Taniguchi, Tadatsugu, Hiroshi Matsui, Takashi Fujita, et al.. (1986). Molecular Analysis of the Interleukin‐2 System. Immunological Reviews. 92(1). 121–134. 73 indexed citations
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Kashima, Nobukazu, Takashi Fujita, Shinsuke Taki, et al.. (1985). Unique structure of murine interleukin-2 as deduced from cloned cDNAs. Nature. 313(6001). 402–404. 177 indexed citations
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Yoshimoto, Ryota, et al.. (1985). Recombinant interleukin 2 differentiates alloantigen‐primed Lyt‐2+ T cells into the activated cytotoxic state. European Journal of Immunology. 15(4). 325–331. 11 indexed citations
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Fuse, Akira, Takashi Fujita, Hidetaro Yasumitsu, et al.. (1984). Organization and structure of the mouse interleukin-2 gene. Nucleic Acids Research. 12(24). 9323–9331. 67 indexed citations
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Taniguchi, Tadatsugu, Hiroshi Matsui, Takashi Fujita, et al.. (1983). Structure and expression of a cloned cDNA for human interleukin-2. Nature. 302(5906). 305–310. 961 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kashima, Nobukazu, et al.. (1982). Augmentation of lymphokines mediated natural killer cells activation by antitumor polysaccharide, lentinan. International Journal of Immunopharmacology. 4(4). 269–269. 2 indexed citations
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Akiyama, Yoshinobu, et al.. (1982). Augmented induction of antitumor effector macrophages by antitumor polysaccharide, lentinan through augmentation of macrophages reactivity to macrophage activating factor(s). International Journal of Immunopharmacology. 4(4). 268–268. 1 indexed citations
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Hamuro, Junji, et al.. (1980). Lentinan induced augmented killer T cell generation from thymocytes is due to the elevated susceptibility to helper factor(s). International Journal of Immunopharmacology. 2(3). 171–171. 6 indexed citations
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Kashima, Nobukazu, Shigeru Yamanaka, Kôji Mitsugi, & Yoshio Hirose. (1976). Inhibition of bacteriophages of amino acid producing bacteria by N-acylamino acids.. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry. 40(1). 41–47. 3 indexed citations
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Shiio, Isamu, Ryuichi MIYAJIMA, & Nobukazu Kashima. (1973). Na+-dependent Transport of Threonine in Brevibacterium flavum. The Journal of Biochemistry. 73(6). 1185–1193. 10 indexed citations
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Yamada, Hideaki, Hidehiko Kumagai, Nobukazu Kashima, et al.. (1972). Synthesis of L-tyrosine from pyruvate, ammonia and phenol by crystalline tyrosine phenol lyase. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 46(2). 370–374. 72 indexed citations
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Kumagai, Hidehiko, et al.. (1972). Purification, Crystallization and Properties of Tyrosine Phenol Lyase fromErwinia herbicola. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry. 36(3). 472–482. 16 indexed citations
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Kumagai, Hidehiko, Nobukazu Kashima, & Hideaki Yamada. (1970). Racemization of D- or L-alanine by crystalline tyrosine phenol-lyase from Eshherichia intermedia. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 39(5). 796–801. 44 indexed citations

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