Nobuyoshi Kosaka

13.0k total citations · 7 hit papers
53 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Nobuyoshi Kosaka is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nobuyoshi Kosaka has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 44 papers in Cancer Research and 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nobuyoshi Kosaka's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (44 papers), Extracellular vesicles in disease (41 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (17 papers). Nobuyoshi Kosaka is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (44 papers), Extracellular vesicles in disease (41 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (17 papers). Nobuyoshi Kosaka collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and Sweden. Nobuyoshi Kosaka's co-authors include Takahiro Ochiya, Yusuke Yoshioka, Haruhisa Iguchi, Fumitaka Takeshita, Takeshi Katsuda, Yasushi Matsuki, Keitaro Hagiwara, Hirohisa Izumi, Naoomi Tominaga and Kazunori Sekine and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Nobuyoshi Kosaka

53 papers receiving 10.4k citations

Hit Papers

Secretory Mechanisms and Intercellular Transfer of MicroR... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2010 2013 2015 2014 500 1000 1.5k
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  1. Secretory Mechanisms and Intercellular Transfer of MicroRNAs in Living Cells
    2010 1.6k citations Nobuyoshi Kosaka, Haruhisa Iguchi et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  2. Circulating microRNA in body fluid: a new potential biomarker for cancer diagnosis and prognosis
    2010 1.1k citations Nobuyoshi Kosaka, Haruhisa Iguchi et al. Cancer Science profile →
  3. Neutral Sphingomyelinase 2 (nSMase2)-dependent Exosomal Transfer of Angiogenic MicroRNAs Regulate Cancer Cell Metastasis
    2013 636 citations Nobuyoshi Kosaka, Haruhisa Iguchi et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  4. Brain metastatic cancer cells release microRNA-181c-containing extracellular vesicles capable of destructing blood–brain barrier
    2015 586 citations Naoomi Tominaga, Nobuyoshi Kosaka et al. Nature Communications profile →
  5. Exosomes from bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells contain a microRNA that promotes dormancy in metastatic breast cancer cells
    2014 582 citations Makiko Ono, Nobuyoshi Kosaka et al. profile →
  6. Ultra-sensitive liquid biopsy of circulating extracellular vesicles using ExoScreen
    2014 475 citations Yusuke Yoshioka, Nobuyoshi Kosaka et al. Nature Communications profile →
  7. Human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells secrete functional neprilysin-bound exosomes
    2013 449 citations Takeshi Katsuda, Nobuyoshi Kosaka et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nobuyoshi Kosaka Japan 37 8.9k 6.8k 924 782 753 53 10.6k
Yusuke Yoshioka Japan 43 8.0k 0.9× 5.8k 0.9× 898 1.0× 744 1.0× 794 1.1× 112 9.5k
Kenneth W. Witwer United States 45 10.2k 1.1× 6.0k 0.9× 1.5k 1.6× 973 1.2× 351 0.5× 129 11.7k
Fumitaka Takeshita Japan 44 8.1k 0.9× 5.7k 0.8× 757 0.8× 896 1.1× 1.1k 1.5× 125 10.9k
David W. Greening Australia 46 7.8k 0.9× 4.2k 0.6× 1.7k 1.8× 1.1k 1.4× 629 0.8× 136 9.5k
Marina Colombo France 11 9.3k 1.0× 4.9k 0.7× 1.6k 1.8× 828 1.1× 384 0.5× 11 10.2k
Derek L. Stirewalt United States 35 10.2k 1.1× 8.5k 1.2× 987 1.1× 383 0.5× 965 1.3× 84 14.2k
Riccardo Alessandro Italy 50 5.2k 0.6× 3.1k 0.5× 1.7k 1.8× 610 0.8× 895 1.2× 184 8.6k
Mercedes Tkach France 20 7.3k 0.8× 3.9k 0.6× 1.6k 1.7× 763 1.0× 506 0.7× 25 8.3k
Era L. Pogosova‐Agadjanyan United States 17 9.0k 1.0× 8.1k 1.2× 673 0.7× 374 0.5× 503 0.7× 35 11.0k
Pieter Mestdagh Belgium 49 7.8k 0.9× 6.1k 0.9× 918 1.0× 287 0.4× 793 1.1× 147 9.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kogure, Akiko, Nobuyoshi Kosaka, & Takahiro Ochiya. (2019). Cross-talk between cancer cells and their neighbors via miRNA in extracellular vesicles: an emerging player in cancer metastasis. Journal of Biomedical Science. 26(1). 7–7. 93 indexed citations
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Kosaka, Nobuyoshi, Akiko Kogure, Tomofumi Yamamoto, et al.. (2019). Exploiting the message from cancer: the diagnostic value of extracellular vesicles for clinical applications. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 51(3). 1–9. 91 indexed citations
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Sasaki, Hideo, Miki Yoshiike, Shiari Nozawa, et al.. (2016). Expression Level of Urinary MicroRNA-146a-5p Is Increased in Patients With Bladder Cancer and Decreased in Those After Transurethral Resection. Clinical Genitourinary Cancer. 14(5). e493–e499. 61 indexed citations
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Fujita, Yu, Shigehiro Yagishita, Keitaro Hagiwara, et al.. (2015). The Clinical Relevance of the miR-197/CKS1B/STAT3-mediated PD-L1 Network in Chemoresistant Non-small-cell Lung Cancer. Molecular Therapy. 23(4). 717–727. 228 indexed citations
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Izumi, Hirohisa, Muneya Tsuda, Yohei Sato, et al.. (2015). Bovine milk exosomes contain microRNA and mRNA and are taken up by human macrophages. Journal of Dairy Science. 98(5). 2920–2933. 278 indexed citations
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Fujita, Yu, Nobuyoshi Kosaka, Jun Araya, Kazuyoshi Kuwano, & Takahiro Ochiya. (2015). Extracellular vesicles in lung microenvironment and pathogenesis. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 21(9). 533–542. 151 indexed citations
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Tominaga, Naoomi, Nobuyoshi Kosaka, Makiko Ono, et al.. (2015). Brain metastatic cancer cells release microRNA-181c-containing extracellular vesicles capable of destructing blood–brain barrier. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6716–6716. 586 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hagiwara, Keitaro, Luc Gailhouste, Ken Yasukawa, Nobuyoshi Kosaka, & Takahiro Ochiya. (2015). A robust screening method for dietary agents that activate tumour-suppressor microRNAs. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 14697–14697. 20 indexed citations
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Yoshioka, Yusuke, Nobuyoshi Kosaka, Yuki Konishi, et al.. (2014). Ultra-sensitive liquid biopsy of circulating extracellular vesicles using ExoScreen. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3591–3591. 475 indexed citations breakdown →
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Izumi, Hirohisa, Nobuyoshi Kosaka, Takashi Shimizu, et al.. (2014). Time-Dependent Expression Profiles of microRNAs and mRNAs in Rat Milk Whey. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e88843–e88843. 65 indexed citations
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Kosaka, Nobuyoshi, Yusuke Yoshioka, Keitaro Hagiwara, Naoomi Tominaga, & Takahiro Ochiya. (2013). Functional Analysis of Exosomal MicroRNA in Cell–Cell Communication Research. Methods in molecular biology. 1024. 1–10. 33 indexed citations
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Kosaka, Nobuyoshi, Yusuke Yoshioka, Keitaro Hagiwara, et al.. (2013). Trash or Treasure: extracellular microRNAs and cell-to-cell communication. Frontiers in Genetics. 4. 173–173. 142 indexed citations
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Hagiwara, Keitaro, Nobuyoshi Kosaka, Yusuke Yoshioka, et al.. (2012). Stilbene derivatives promote Ago2-dependent tumour-suppressive microRNA activity. Scientific Reports. 2(1). 314–314. 115 indexed citations
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Izumi, Hirohisa, Nobuyoshi Kosaka, Takashi Shimizu, et al.. (2012). Bovine milk contains microRNA and messenger RNA that are stable under degradative conditions. Journal of Dairy Science. 95(9). 4831–4841. 309 indexed citations
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Murakami, Yoshiki, Hidenori Toyoda, Toshihito Tanahashi, et al.. (2012). Comprehensive miRNA Expression Analysis in Peripheral Blood Can Diagnose Liver Disease. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e48366–e48366. 133 indexed citations
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Kosaka, Nobuyoshi, Fumitaka Takeshita, Yusuke Yoshioka, et al.. (2012). Exosomal tumor-suppressive microRNAs as novel cancer therapy. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 65(3). 376–382. 61 indexed citations
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Kosaka, Nobuyoshi & Takahiro Ochiya. (2012). Unraveling the Mystery of Cancer by Secretory microRNA: Horizontal microRNA Transfer between Living Cells. Frontiers in Genetics. 2. 97–97. 49 indexed citations
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Kosaka, Nobuyoshi, Haruhisa Iguchi, & Takahiro Ochiya. (2010). Circulating microRNA in body fluid: a new potential biomarker for cancer diagnosis and prognosis. Cancer Science. 101(10). 2087–2092. 1113 indexed citations breakdown →
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Iguchi, Haruhisa, Nobuyoshi Kosaka, & Takahiro Ochiya. (2010). Secretory microRNAs as a versatile communication tool. Communicative & Integrative Biology. 3(5). 478–481. 126 indexed citations
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Kosaka, Nobuyoshi, Haruhisa Iguchi, Yusuke Yoshioka, et al.. (2010). Secretory Mechanisms and Intercellular Transfer of MicroRNAs in Living Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(23). 17442–17452. 1633 indexed citations breakdown →

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