Toshio Hirano

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Toshio Hirano is a scholar working on Oncology, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Toshio Hirano has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Oncology, 6 papers in Immunology and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Toshio Hirano's work include Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (6 papers), Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents (2 papers) and Medicinal Plant Pharmacodynamics Research (2 papers). Toshio Hirano is often cited by papers focused on Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (6 papers), Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents (2 papers) and Medicinal Plant Pharmacodynamics Research (2 papers). Toshio Hirano collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Taiwan and France. Toshio Hirano's co-authors include Masahiko Hibi, Toshiyuki Fukada, Yoshio Fujitani, Mariko Takahashi-Tezuka, T Kishimoto, Takuya Yamaguchi, Koichi Nakajima, Yojiro Yamanaka, Koichi Nakajima and Frank R. Jirik and has published in prestigious journals such as Blood, Immunity and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Toshio Hirano

11 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Two Signals Are Necessary for Cell Proliferation Induced by a Cytokine Receptor gp130: Involvement of STAT3 in Anti-Apoptosis

1996 583 citations Toshiyuki Fukada, Masahiko Hibi et al. Immunity profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Toshio Hirano Japan	9	730	715	584	199	139	11	1.6k
Heidi Schooltink Germany	17	901 1.2×	857 1.2×	527 0.9×	195 1.0×	78 0.6×	22	1.8k
Antonella Rigo Italy	21	432 0.6×	429 0.6×	550 0.9×	195 1.0×	135 1.0×	60	1.4k
Yoshikazu Kawanishi Japan	7	459 0.6×	467 0.7×	345 0.6×	120 0.6×	170 1.2×	16	1.1k
M Tohidast-Akrad Austria	18	851 1.2×	491 0.7×	1.4k 2.4×	389 2.0×	206 1.5×	31	2.5k
Deepa Hammaker United States	27	440 0.6×	534 0.7×	871 1.5×	419 2.1×	190 1.4×	39	1.9k
Elias Gounaris United States	18	411 0.6×	719 1.0×	637 1.1×	148 0.7×	98 0.7×	27	1.5k
Michiyuki Kanai Japan	19	598 0.8×	500 0.7×	651 1.1×	190 1.0×	41 0.3×	44	1.7k
N East United Kingdom	11	695 1.0×	674 0.9×	569 1.0×	545 2.7×	90 0.6×	12	1.6k
Hitoshi Funahashi Japan	25	896 1.2×	385 0.5×	779 1.3×	403 2.0×	46 0.3×	73	2.0k
Samita Bhattacharya United States	11	608 0.8×	439 0.6×	627 1.1×	143 0.7×	61 0.4×	11	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Toshio Hirano

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Toshio Hirano. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Toshio Hirano based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Toshio Hirano. Toshio Hirano is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Fukada, Toshiyuki, Yuichi Yoshida, Takuya Ohtani, et al.. (1999). Signaling Through Gp130: Toward a General Scenario of Cytokine Action. Growth Factors. 17(2). 81–91. 25 indexed citations

Nakajima, Koichi, et al.. (1998). Activation of state3 by v-Src is through a ras-independent pathway. Journal of Biomedical Science. 5(6). 446–450. 7 indexed citations

Fukada, Toshiyuki, Masahiko Hibi, Yojiro Yamanaka, et al.. (1996). Two Signals Are Necessary for Cell Proliferation Induced by a Cytokine Receptor gp130: Involvement of STAT3 in Anti-Apoptosis. Immunity. 5(5). 449–460. 583 indexed citations breakdown →

Hibi, Masahiko, Koichi Nakajima, & Toshio Hirano. (1996). IL-6 cytokine family and signal transduction: a model of the cytokine system. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 74(1). 1–12. 197 indexed citations

Ishihara, Katsuhiko, Yoshiko Kobune, Motoyuki Itoh, et al.. (1996). Elevated levels of the soluble form of bone marrow stromal cell antigen 1 in the sera of patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 39(4). 629–637. 37 indexed citations

Matsuda, Tomoki, Mariko Takahashi-Tezuka, Toshiyuki Fukada, et al.. (1995). Association and activation of Btk and Tec tyrosine kinases by gp130, a signal transducer of the interleukin-6 family of cytokines. Blood. 85(3). 627–633. 134 indexed citations

Murashima, Atsuko, Yoshinari Takasaki, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Toshio Hirano, & Shinichi Hirose. (1992). A case of Raynaud's disease with uterine cancer producing interleukin-6. Clinical Rheumatology. 11(3). 410–412. 4 indexed citations

Taniguchi, Takeshi, Noboru Matsuzaki, Taeho Jo, et al.. (1992). Interleukin-1 (IL-1)-induced IL-6- and IL-6-receptor-mediated release of human chorionic gonadotropin by choriocarcinoma cell lines (Jar and HCCM-5) activates adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate-independent signal transduction pathway.. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 74(6). 1389–1395. 23 indexed citations

Sidell, Neil, Tetsuya Taga, Toshio Hirano, T Kishimoto, & Andrew Saxon. (1991). Retinoic acid-induced growth inhibition of a human myeloma cell line via down-regulation of IL-6 receptors. The Journal of Immunology. 146(11). 3809–3814. 104 indexed citations

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Ohta, Y., I. Katayama, Tadao Funato, et al.. (1991). In situ expression of messenger RNA of interleukin-1 and interleukin-6 in psoriasis: interleukin-6 involved in formation of psoriatic lesions. Archives of Dermatological Research. 283(6). 351–356. 58 indexed citations

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Jirik, Frank R., Thomas J. Podor, Toshio Hirano, et al.. (1989). Bacterial lipopolysaccharide and inflammatory mediators augment IL-6 secretion by human endothelial cells.. The Journal of Immunology. 142(1). 144–147. 396 indexed citations

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