William Matsui

18.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
154 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

William Matsui is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Matsui has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Molecular Biology, 67 papers in Oncology and 62 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in William Matsui's work include Cancer Cells and Metastasis (35 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (28 papers) and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (27 papers). William Matsui is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Cells and Metastasis (35 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (28 papers) and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (27 papers). William Matsui collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. William Matsui's co-authors include Richard J. Jones, Carol Ann Huff, Akil Merchant, Charles G. Eberhart, Zeshaan A. Rasheed, Anirban Maitra, Qiuju Wang, James Barber, Xing Fan and B. Douglas Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

William Matsui

153 papers receiving 10.6k 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.

Characterization of clonogenic multiple myeloma cells

2003 600 citations William Matsui, Carol Ann Huff et al. profile →
Blockade of Hedgehog Signaling Inhibits Pancreatic Cancer Invasion and Metastases: A New Paradigm for Combination Therapy in Solid Cancers

2007 537 citations Georg Feldmann, Surajit Dhara et al. Cancer Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Matsui United States	54	6.1k	5.3k	2.5k	1.7k	1.7k	154	10.8k
Catriona Jamieson United States	42	6.7k 1.1×	4.1k 0.8×	3.4k 1.4×	1.9k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	187	12.2k
Walter Fiedler Germany	45	5.0k 0.8×	2.7k 0.5×	3.9k 1.6×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	299	9.5k
Josef Vormoor Germany	35	3.2k 0.5×	3.5k 0.7×	2.7k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	117	7.8k
Menashe Bar‐Eli United States	68	6.9k 1.1×	4.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	2.9k 1.7×	2.6k 1.6×	186	12.0k
Karin Vanderkerken Belgium	51	4.5k 0.7×	3.2k 0.6×	3.6k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	227	7.9k
Ilan R. Kirsch United States	59	5.7k 0.9×	3.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	2.3k 1.3×	1.3k 0.8×	141	11.8k
Justus Duyster Germany	52	3.9k 0.6×	2.4k 0.5×	3.5k 1.4×	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	261	9.0k
Ralf C. Bargou Germany	55	4.7k 0.8×	6.4k 1.2×	2.3k 0.9×	3.2k 1.9×	918 0.6×	178	11.7k
Veronika Sexl Austria	51	3.3k 0.5×	3.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	4.4k 2.6×	1.1k 0.7×	183	9.5k
Hiroyuki Mano Japan	66	9.4k 1.5×	8.4k 1.6×	1.7k 0.7×	2.3k 1.4×	4.6k 2.8×	262	19.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kamra, Mohini, David A. Castilla‐Casadiego, William Matsui, et al.. (2025). Collagen nanofiber alignment attenuates leader-follower energetic and metabolic differences during collective migration in pancreatic cancer. Acta Biomaterialia. 209. 183–193.

Lu, Mu‐Jie, et al.. (2024). SLC25A51 decouples the mitochondrial NAD+/NADH ratio to control proliferation of AML cells. Cell Metabolism. 36(4). 808–821.e6. 21 indexed citations

Ho, Winson S., Beisi Xu, Raymond Wai‐Yin Sun, et al.. (2023). PP2Ac/STRN4 negatively regulates STING-type I IFN signaling in tumor-associated macrophages. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(6). 25 indexed citations

Chang, Yu-Tai, Ian Chiu, Qiuju Wang, et al.. (2023). Loss of p53 enhances the tumor-initiating potential and drug resistance of clonogenic multiple myeloma cells. Blood Advances. 7(14). 3551–3560. 5 indexed citations

Penchev, Vesselin R., Yu-Tai Chang, Asma Begum, et al.. (2019). Ezrin Promotes Stem Cell Properties in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Molecular Cancer Research. 17(4). 929–936. 12 indexed citations

Gocke, Christian B., Qiuju Wang, Asma Begum, et al.. (2016). IQGAP1 Scaffold–MAP Kinase Interactions Enhance Multiple Myeloma Clonogenic Growth and Self-Renewal. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 15(11). 2733–2739. 7 indexed citations

Matsui, William. (2016). Cancer stem cell signaling pathways. Medicine. 95(1S). S8–S19. 234 indexed citations

Wang, Qiuju, Toshihiko Tanno, Zeshaan A. Rasheed, et al.. (2014). Activation of Liver X Receptors Inhibits Hedgehog Signaling, Clonogenic Growth, and Self-Renewal in Multiple Myeloma. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 13(7). 1873–1881. 22 indexed citations

Mizuma, Masamichi, Zeshaan A. Rasheed, Shinichi Yabuuchi, et al.. (2012). The Gamma Secretase Inhibitor MRK-003 Attenuates Pancreatic Cancer Growth in Preclinical Models. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 11(9). 1999–2009. 72 indexed citations

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Bar, Eli E., Alex Y. Lin, Vasiliki Mahairaki, William Matsui, & Charles G. Eberhart. (2010). Hypoxia Increases the Expression of Stem-Cell Markers and Promotes Clonogenicity in Glioblastoma Neurospheres. American Journal Of Pathology. 177(3). 1491–1502. 278 indexed citations

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Mullendore, Michael E., Yue‐Ming Li, G. J. A. Offerhaus, et al.. (2009). Ligand-dependent Notch Signaling Is Involved in Tumor Initiation and Tumor Maintenance in Pancreatic Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 15(7). 2291–2301. 150 indexed citations

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Jiang, Tianyun, Brendan Collins, Ning Jin, et al.. (2009). Achaete-Scute Complex Homologue 1 Regulates Tumor-Initiating Capacity in Human Small Cell Lung Cancer. Cancer Research. 69(3). 845–854. 149 indexed citations

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Kasamon, Yvette L., Richard J. Jones, Robert A. Brodsky, et al.. (2009). Immunologic recovery following autologous stem-cell transplantation with pre- and posttransplantation rituximab for low-grade or mantle cell lymphoma. Annals of Oncology. 21(6). 1203–1210. 11 indexed citations

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Huff, Carol Ann, Qiuju Wang, Javier Bolaños‐Meade, et al.. (2008). Correlation of clonogenic cancer stem cell (CSC) growth with clinical outcomes in multiple myeloma (MM) patients undergoing treatment with high dose cyclophosphamide (Cy) and rituximab. Cancer Research. 68. 5 indexed citations

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Bolaños‐Meade, Javier, Leo Luznik, William Matsui, et al.. (2008). Salvage transplantation for allograft failure using fludarabine and alemtuzumab as conditioning regimen. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 43(6). 477–480. 10 indexed citations

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Feldmann, Georg, Surajit Dhara, Volker Fendrich, et al.. (2007). Blockade of Hedgehog Signaling Inhibits Pancreatic Cancer Invasion and Metastases: A New Paradigm for Combination Therapy in Solid Cancers. Cancer Research. 67(5). 2187–2196. 537 indexed citations breakdown →

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Matsui, William, Qiuju Wang, Sarah Brennan, et al.. (2007). The novel telomerase inhibitor GRN163L targets drug-resistant cancer stem cells in multiple myeloma. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 6. 1 indexed citations

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Jones, Richard J. & William Matsui. (2007). Cancer Stem Cells: From Bench to Bedside. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 13(Suppl 1). 47–52. 15 indexed citations

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Fan, Xing, William Matsui, Leila Khaki, et al.. (2006). Notch Pathway Inhibition Depletes Stem-like Cells and Blocks Engraftment in Embryonal Brain Tumors. Cancer Research. 66(15). 7445–7452. 480 indexed citations

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Matsui, William. (2005). Expanding the toolbox of myeloma biology. Haematologica. 90(11). 1448–1449. 1 indexed citations

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