Nobumasa Imura

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

About

Nobumasa Imura is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nobumasa Imura has authored 190 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 82 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 33 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Nobumasa Imura's work include Trace Elements in Health (64 papers), Mercury impact and mitigation studies (59 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (49 papers). Nobumasa Imura is often cited by papers focused on Trace Elements in Health (64 papers), Mercury impact and mitigation studies (59 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (49 papers). Nobumasa Imura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Australia. Nobumasa Imura's co-authors include Akira Naganuma, Masahiko Satoh, Seiichiro Himeno, Kyoko Miura, Haruka Toyoda, Shuntaro Hara, Akio Nomoto, Yukihiro Kondo, Tsuguyoshi Suzuki and Thomas W. Clarkson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nobumasa Imura

188 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Complete nucleotide sequences of all three poliovirus serotype genomes

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nobumasa Imura Japan	42	2.6k	2.1k	1.6k	731	627	190	6.0k
Frank Thévenod Germany	45	2.1k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	2.1k 1.3×	133 0.2×	634 1.0×	127	5.9k
Maria C. Linder United States	39	1.5k 0.6×	3.1k 1.4×	2.0k 1.3×	78 0.1×	896 1.4×	101	6.5k
John L. Gollan United States	34	988 0.4×	2.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	57 0.1×	998 1.6×	108	6.1k
Bhalchandra A. Diwan United States	46	2.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	3.0k 1.9×	39 0.1×	962 1.5×	172	7.3k
Satish K. Srivastava United States	55	713 0.3×	464 0.2×	4.6k 2.9×	212 0.3×	319 0.5×	247	9.5k
Jaekwon Lee United States	32	1.7k 0.7×	3.4k 1.6×	2.3k 1.5×	49 0.1×	1.6k 2.5×	62	6.7k
Bradley A. Carlson United States	54	1.4k 0.5×	5.5k 2.6×	4.2k 2.7×	69 0.1×	656 1.0×	151	9.5k
James T. MacGregor United States	47	2.3k 0.9×	418 0.2×	3.4k 2.1×	200 0.3×	466 0.7×	169	8.9k
Hideki Wanibuchi Japan	40	1.0k 0.4×	445 0.2×	2.7k 1.7×	313 0.4×	946 1.5×	305	6.2k
Saul R. Powell United States	33	469 0.2×	1.0k 0.5×	1.7k 1.1×	453 0.6×	344 0.5×	58	4.1k

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Sakurai, Atsuko, Seiichiro Himeno, Nobumasa Imura, et al.. (2004). Transcriptional regulation of thioredoxin reductase 1 expression by cadmium in vascular endothelial cells: Role of NF‐E2‐related factor‐2. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 203(3). 529–537. 161 indexed citations

Kondo, Yukihiro, Seiichiro Himeno, Masahiko Satoh, et al.. (2003). Citrate enhances the protective effect of orally administered bismuth subnitrate against the nephrotoxicity of cis -diamminedichloroplatinum. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology. 53(1). 33–38. 31 indexed citations

Sakurai, Atsuko, Yasuko Shoji, Seiichiro Himeno, et al.. (2003). Overexpression of thioredoxin reductase 1 regulates NF‐κB activation. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 198(1). 22–30. 63 indexed citations

Toyoda, Haruka, Masahiko Satoh, Narushi Iizuka, et al.. (2000). HeLa Cell Transformants Overproducing Mouse Metallothionein Show in vivo Resistance to cis‐Platinum in Nude Mice. Japanese Journal of Cancer Research. 91(1). 91–98. 12 indexed citations

Hara, Shuntaro, Chie Kobayashi, & Nobumasa Imura. (1999). Molecular cloning of cDNAs encoding hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α and -2α of bovine arterial endothelial cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1445(2). 237–243. 16 indexed citations

Imura, Nobumasa, et al.. (1997). Inhibitory Effect of Selenium on Biliary Secretion of Methyl Mercury in Rats. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 239(3). 862–867. 14 indexed citations

Cherian, M G, Stephen B. Howell, Nobumasa Imura, et al.. (1994). Contemporary Issues in Toxicology. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 126(1). 1–5. 137 indexed citations

Miura, Kyoko, T. W. Clarkson, K Ikeda, Atsushi Naganuma, & Nobumasa Imura. (1994). Establishment and characterization of methylmercury-resistant PC12 cell line.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 102(suppl 3). 313–315. 15 indexed citations

Satoh, Masahiko, et al.. (1993). Protection against lethal toxicity of various anticancer drugs by preinduction of metallothionein synthesis in mice. The Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine. 6(1). 41–44. 8 indexed citations

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Tanaka‐Kagawa, Toshiko, Atsushi Naganuma, & Nobumasa Imura. (1993). Tubular secretion and reabsorption of mercury compounds in mouse kidney.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 264(2). 776–782. 46 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Toshiko, Akira Naganuma, Kazuo Kobayashi, & Nobumasa Imura. (1991). An explanation for strain and sex differences in renal uptake of methylmercury in mice. Toxicology. 69(3). 317–329. 27 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Toshiko, Akira Naganuma, & Nobumasa Imura. (1990). Role of γ-glutamyltranspeptidase in renal uptake and toxicity of inorganic mercury in mice. Toxicology. 60(3). 187–198. 64 indexed citations

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Miura, Kyoko & Nobumasa Imura. (1989). Mechanism of cytotoxicity of methylmercury. Biological Trace Element Research. 21(1). 313–316. 9 indexed citations

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Toyoda, Haruka, Seiichiro Himeno, & Nobumasa Imura. (1989). The regulation of glutathione peroxidase gene expression relevant to species difference and the effects of dietary selenium manipulation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1008(3). 301–308. 41 indexed citations

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Satoh, Masahiko, et al.. (1989). Prevention of adverse effects of γ-ray irradiation after metallothionein induction by bismuth subnitrate in mice. European Journal of Cancer and Clinical Oncology. 25(12). 1727–1731. 37 indexed citations

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Shibuya, Kiyoshi, Masahiko Satoh, Tatsuya Hasegawa, Akira Naganuma, & Nobumasa Imura. (1987). Protective Effect of Chinese Medicines on Toxic Side Effects of cis-Diamminedichloroplatinum in Mice. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI. 107(7). 511–516. 4 indexed citations

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Imura, Nobumasa & Atsushi Naganuma. (1985). Mode of modifying action of selenite on toxicity and behavior of mercury and other metals. Nutrition Research. 5. 8 indexed citations

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Oda, N., Akira Naganuma, & Nobumasa Imura. (1985). ENHANCEMENT OF METHYLMERCURY TOXICITY BY SELENIUM DEFICIENCY. Journal of Pharmacobio-Dynamics. 8(1). 2 indexed citations

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Naganuma, Akira, et al.. (1983). INTERACTION OF INORGANIC MERCURY AND SELENIUM IN RAT KIDNEY. The Journal of Toxicological Sciences. 8(4). 328. 2 indexed citations

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Naganuma, Atsushi, et al.. (1978). In vitro studies on interaction of mercuric mercury and selenite in rabbit blood.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 20(1). 139–56. 16 indexed citations

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