Yurai Okaji

1.9k total citations
40 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Yurai Okaji is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yurai Okaji has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Immunology and 9 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Yurai Okaji's work include Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (12 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (7 papers) and Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects (6 papers). Yurai Okaji is often cited by papers focused on Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (12 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (7 papers) and Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects (6 papers). Yurai Okaji collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Yurai Okaji's co-authors include Nelson H. Tsuno, Hirokazu Nagawa, Koki Takahashi, Kazushige Kawai, Joji Kitayama, Masahiro Asakage, Joji Kitayama, Yasutaka Shuno, Eiji Sunami and Toshiaki Watanabe and has published in prestigious journals such as Blood, The Journal of Immunology and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Yurai Okaji

39 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yurai Okaji Japan 21 910 314 286 248 243 40 1.6k
Arianna L. Kim United States 26 1.4k 1.5× 515 1.6× 285 1.0× 215 0.9× 247 1.0× 39 2.3k
Xudong Tang China 21 776 0.9× 390 1.2× 198 0.7× 148 0.6× 520 2.1× 46 1.7k
Eduardo Cremonese Filippi‐Chiela Brazil 20 920 1.0× 237 0.8× 490 1.7× 172 0.7× 225 0.9× 59 1.8k
Baljinder Salh Canada 21 647 0.7× 216 0.7× 190 0.7× 242 1.0× 197 0.8× 48 1.2k
Jana Jakubı́ková Slovakia 28 1.4k 1.6× 554 1.8× 144 0.5× 224 0.9× 174 0.7× 78 2.2k
Ya Wang China 26 1.2k 1.3× 378 1.2× 122 0.4× 246 1.0× 467 1.9× 89 2.0k
Valerio Izzi Finland 22 706 0.8× 268 0.9× 167 0.6× 205 0.8× 198 0.8× 59 1.5k
Shu‐Xiang Cui China 24 1.0k 1.1× 428 1.4× 152 0.5× 299 1.2× 546 2.2× 69 1.8k
Lihui Wei China 24 790 0.9× 407 1.3× 290 1.0× 122 0.5× 290 1.2× 123 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Yurai Okaji

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yurai Okaji

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yurai Okaji

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yurai Okaji. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yurai Okaji 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 Yurai Okaji. Yurai Okaji is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McWhinney, Sean R., Markéta Fialová, Marián Kolenič, et al.. (2024). Trajectories of daily antipsychotic use and weight gain in people hospitalized for the first episode of psychosis. European Psychiatry. 67(1). e59–e59.
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McWhinney, Sean R., Markéta Fialová, Marián Kolenič, et al.. (2023). Weight and metabolic changes in early psychosis―association with daily quantification of medication exposure during the first hospitalization. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 148(3). 265–276. 7 indexed citations
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Nishikawa, Takeshi, Nelson H. Tsuno, Yurai Okaji, et al.. (2010). The inhibition of autophagy potentiates anti-angiogenic effects of sulforaphane by inducing apoptosis. Angiogenesis. 13(3). 227–238. 47 indexed citations
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Nishikawa, Takeshi, Nelson H. Tsuno, Yurai Okaji, et al.. (2009). Inhibition of Autophagy Potentiates Sulforaphane-Induced Apoptosis in Human Colon Cancer Cells. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 17(2). 592–602. 69 indexed citations
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Okaji, Yurai, Nelson H. Tsuno, Minoru Tanaka, et al.. (2008). Pilot study of anti-angiogenic vaccine using fixed whole endothelium in patients with progressive malignancy after failure of conventional therapy. European Journal of Cancer. 44(3). 383–390. 42 indexed citations
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Nishikawa, Takeshi, Nelson H. Tsuno, Takeshi Tsuchiya, et al.. (2008). Sulforaphane Stimulates Activation of Proapoptotic Protein Bax Leading to Apoptosis of Endothelial Progenitor Cells. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 16(2). 534–543. 18 indexed citations
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Yamada, Jun, Nelson H. Tsuno, Joji Kitayama, et al.. (2008). Anti-Angiogenic Property of Zoledronic Acid by Inhibition of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Differentiation. Journal of Surgical Research. 151(1). 115–120. 52 indexed citations
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Yoneyama, Satomi, Kazushige Kawai, Nelson H. Tsuno, et al.. (2007). Epigallocatechin gallate affects human dendritic cell differentiation and maturation. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 121(1). 209–214. 56 indexed citations
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Yamada, Jun, Kazushige Kawai, Nelson H. Tsuno, et al.. (2007). Plaunotol Induces Apoptosis of Gastric Cancer Cells. Planta Medica. 73(10). 1068–1073. 7 indexed citations
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Yamada, Jun, Joji Kitayama, Satomi Yoneyama, et al.. (2006). Zoledronic acid inhibits gastric cancer cells by induction of apoptosis. Cancer Research. 66. 895–895. 2 indexed citations
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Okaji, Yurai, Nelson H. Tsuno, Joji Kitayama, et al.. (2006). Effects of down-regulating the Id genes in human colorectal cancer cells on early steps of haematogenous metastasis. European Journal of Cancer. 42(5). 668–673. 6 indexed citations
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Okaji, Yurai, Nelson H. Tsuno, Seiichi Saito, et al.. (2006). Vaccines targeting tumour angiogenesis—a novel strategy for cancer immunotherapy. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 32(4). 363–370. 37 indexed citations
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Sakurai, Daisuke, Naoyuki Tsuchiya, Akihiro Yamaguchi, et al.. (2005). Crucial Role of Inhibitor of DNA Binding/Differentiation in the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-Induced Activation and Angiogenic Processes of Human Endothelial Cells.. The Journal of Immunology. 174(6). 3818–3818. 7 indexed citations
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Tsuchiya, Takeshi, Yurai Okaji, Nelson H. Tsuno, et al.. (2005). Targeting Id1 and Id3 inhibits peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer. Cancer Science. 96(11). 784–790. 50 indexed citations
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Kawai, Kazushige, Nelson H. Tsuno, Joji Kitayama, et al.. (2005). Epigallocatechin gallate induces apoptosis of monocytes. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 115(1). 186–191. 47 indexed citations
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Okaji, Yurai, et al.. (2005). [Development of a novel anti-cancer therapy based on targeting of tumor microvessel endothelial cells].. PubMed. 63 Suppl 9. 527–33. 1 indexed citations
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Yazawa, Kentaro, Nelson H. Tsuno, Joji Kitayama, et al.. (2005). Selective inhibition of cyclooxygenase‐2 inhibits colon cancer cell adhesion to extracellular matrix by decreased expression of β1 integrin. Cancer Science. 96(2). 93–99. 22 indexed citations
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Asakage, Masahiro, Nelson H. Tsuno, Joji Kitayama, et al.. (2005). Early-outgrowth of endothelial progenitor cells can function as antigen-presenting cells. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 55(6). 708–716. 15 indexed citations
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Yazawa, Kentaro, Nelson H. Tsuno, Joji Kitayama, et al.. (2004). Selective inhibition of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 inhibits endothelial cell proliferation by induction of cell cycle arrest. International Journal of Cancer. 113(4). 541–548. 17 indexed citations
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Saito, Shinsuke, Nelson H. Tsuno, Eiji Sunami, et al.. (2003). Expression of platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor in inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Gastroenterology. 38(3). 229–237. 33 indexed citations

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