Pancreatic Cancer Research

ResearcherInternational Research Center for Medical Sciences, Kumamoto UniversityNo recent work listed

Fumimasa Kitamura

ORCID-verified (high confidence, 0.95), identity_conf@1As of 8 November 2026

Matched on ORCID iD 0000-0002-6717-3788; OpenAlex author ID A5028668436. Sources: OpenAlex.

Their work

Papers
7
Trials
0
Grants
0
Labs led
0
Collaborators
23
Papers, trials and grants by year

2020: 1 paper · 2021: 3 papers · 2022: 2 papers · 2023: 1 paper

Papers 7

  1. Cancer-associated fibroblasts reuse cancer-derived lactate to maintain a fibrotic and immunosuppressive microenvironment in pancreatic cancer. Co-author DOI 10.1172/jci.insight.163022↗
  2. Thrombospondin-1 overexpression stimulates loss of Smad4 and accelerates malignant behavior via TGF-β signal activation in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Co-author DOI 10.1016/j.tranon.2022.101533↗
  3. Tumor microenvironmental 15-PGDH depletion promotes fibrotic tumor formation and angiogenesis in pancreatic cancer. Co-author DOI 10.1111/cas.15495↗
  4. Frailty is associated with poor prognosis after resection for pancreatic cancer. Co-author DOI 10.1007/s10147-021-01983-z↗
  5. Metabolic shift to serine biosynthesis through 3-PG accumulation and PHGDH induction promotes tumor growth in pancreatic cancer. Co-author DOI 10.1016/j.canlet.2021.09.007↗
  6. Proteomic Analysis of Malignant Ascites From Patients With Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Co-author DOI 10.21873/anticanres.15071↗
  7. Prognostic Impact of Coagulation Activity in Patients Undergoing Curative Resection for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Co-author DOI 10.21873/invivo.12111↗

Closest collaborators

The 23 strongest of 23 by collab_strength@1: shared papers, trials and grants, recent and small-team work weighing most.

  1. Hiromitsu Hayashi · 6 shared papers, 2020–2023 · strength 0.69
  2. Katsunori Imai · 6 shared papers, 2020–2023 · strength 0.69
  3. Norio Uemura · 5 shared papers, 2020–2023 · strength 0.60
  4. Rumi Itoyama · 5 shared papers, 2020–2023 · strength 0.55
  5. Hideo Baba · 4 shared papers, 2020–2023 · strength 0.47
  6. Takatsugu Ishimoto · 4 shared papers, 2021–2023 · strength 0.46
  7. Kosuke Mima · 3 shared papers, 2021–2023 · strength 0.37
  8. Kazuki Matsumura · 3 shared papers, 2020–2022 · strength 0.34
  9. Luke Bu · 3 shared papers, 2021–2023 · strength 0.34
  10. Tomoyuki Uchihara · 3 shared papers, 2021–2022 · strength 0.34
  11. Hideo Baba · 2 shared papers, 2021 · strength 0.24
  12. Takayoshi Kaida · 2 shared papers, 2021–2022 · strength 0.24
  13. Shigeki Nakagawa · 2 shared papers, 2021–2022 · strength 0.24
  14. Zhao Liu · 2 shared papers, 2020–2022 · strength 0.23
  15. Tatsunori Miyata · 2 shared papers, 2021 · strength 0.22
  16. Yosuke Nakao · 2 shared papers, 2021 · strength 0.21
  17. Kota Arima · 2 shared papers, 2021–2022 · strength 0.21
  18. Hiroki Sato · 1 shared paper, 2022 · strength 0.13
  19. Takashi Matsumoto · 1 shared paper, 2021 · strength 0.11
  20. Jun Zhang · 1 shared paper, 2022 · strength 0.11
  21. Takanobu Yamao · 1 shared paper, 2020 · strength 0.10
  22. Hideo Baba · 1 shared paper, 2021 · strength 0.09
  23. Yuki Kitano · 1 shared paper, 2021 · strength 0.09

How to reach this person

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