Ai Sato

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Ai Sato is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Ai Sato has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Oncology, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Ai Sato's work include Cancer Cells and Metastasis (8 papers), interferon and immune responses (6 papers) and Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (4 papers). Ai Sato is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Cells and Metastasis (8 papers), interferon and immune responses (6 papers) and Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (4 papers). Ai Sato collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Spain. Ai Sato's co-authors include Koji Okamoto, Hirokazu Ohata, Tatsuya Ishiguro, Takayuki Enomoto, Kaoru Yamawaki, Hitoshi Nakagama, Lorenzo Galluzzi, Aitziber Buqué, Takahiro Yamazaki and Giulia Petroni and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The EMBO Journal and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Ai Sato

41 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Tumor‐derived spheroids: Relevance to cancer stem cells and clinical applications

2017 388 citations Tatsuya Ishiguro, Hirokazu Ohata et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ai Sato Japan	16	630	592	352	275	183	45	1.4k
Sonia Alcalá Spain	17	886 1.4×	746 1.3×	362 1.0×	211 0.8×	119 0.7×	30	1.5k
Ernst J.A. Steller Netherlands	15	717 1.1×	741 1.3×	424 1.2×	241 0.9×	228 1.2×	20	1.5k
Xianda Zhao United States	20	631 1.0×	545 0.9×	363 1.0×	306 1.1×	118 0.6×	41	1.3k
Ying Ma China	20	741 1.2×	620 1.0×	310 0.9×	480 1.7×	105 0.6×	81	1.7k
Patrizia Perri Italy	24	817 1.3×	327 0.6×	376 1.1×	287 1.0×	185 1.0×	57	1.6k
Ethel R. Pereira United States	13	398 0.6×	526 0.9×	236 0.7×	282 1.0×	137 0.7×	17	1.1k
Shujie Zhao United States	14	755 1.2×	570 1.0×	317 0.9×	232 0.8×	166 0.9×	17	1.5k
Henning Wege Germany	20	660 1.0×	526 0.9×	345 1.0×	219 0.8×	107 0.6×	64	1.8k
Juliane von der Ohe Germany	24	924 1.5×	649 1.1×	570 1.6×	250 0.9×	128 0.7×	41	1.6k
Wenwei Zhu China	11	650 1.0×	318 0.5×	422 1.2×	239 0.9×	85 0.5×	19	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ai Sato

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sato, Ai, Emma Guilbaud, Christina Y. Yim, et al.. (2025). Partial mitochondrial involvement in the antiproliferative and immunostimulatory effects of PT-112. OncoImmunology. 14(1). 2507245–2507245.

Sato, Ai, Norma Bloy, Peng Liu, et al.. (2024). Flow cytometry-assisted analysis of phenotypic maturation markers on an immortalized dendritic cell line. Methods in cell biology. 189. 153–168.

Klapp, Vanessa, Aitziber Buqué, Norma Bloy, et al.. (2023). Cellular senescence in the response of HR+ breast cancer to radiotherapy and CDK4/6 inhibitors. Journal of Translational Medicine. 21(1). 110–110. 10 indexed citations

Jiménez‐Cortegana, Carlos, Vanessa Klapp, Norma Bloy, et al.. (2022). Cytofluorometric assessment of cell cycle progression in irradiated cells. Methods in cell biology. 172. 1–16. 1 indexed citations

Bloy, Norma, Claudia Galassi, Ai Sato, et al.. (2022). Cytofluorometric assessment of acute cell death responses driven by radiation therapy. Methods in cell biology. 172. 17–36. 1 indexed citations

Ueda, Haruka, Yutaro Mori, Kaoru Yamawaki, et al.. (2021). Establishment of in vitro 3D spheroid cell cultivation from human gynecologic cancer tissues. STAR Protocols. 2(1). 100354–100354. 4 indexed citations

Sato, Ai, Aitziber Buqué, Takahiro Yamazaki, et al.. (2021). Immunofluorescence microscopy-based assessment of cytosolic DNA accumulation in mammalian cells. STAR Protocols. 2(2). 100488–100488. 8 indexed citations

Yamazaki, Takahiro, Alexander Kirchmair, Ai Sato, et al.. (2020). Mitochondrial DNA drives abscopal responses to radiation that are inhibited by autophagy. Nature Immunology. 21(10). 1160–1171. 234 indexed citations

Buqué, Aitziber, María Pérez-Lanzón, Giulia Petroni, et al.. (2020). MPA/DMBA-driven mammary carcinomas. Methods in cell biology. 163. 1–19. 4 indexed citations

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Yamazaki, Takahiro, Aitziber Buqué, Marissa Rybstein, et al.. (2019). Methods to Detect Immunogenic Cell Death In Vivo. Methods in molecular biology. 2055. 433–452. 8 indexed citations

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Mori, Yutaro, Kaoru Yamawaki, Tatsuya Ishiguro, et al.. (2019). ALDH-Dependent Glycolytic Activation Mediates Stemness and Paclitaxel Resistance in Patient-Derived Spheroid Models of Uterine Endometrial Cancer. Stem Cell Reports. 13(4). 730–746. 70 indexed citations

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Ohata, Hirokazu, Daisuke Shiokawa, Yuuki Obata, et al.. (2019). NOX1-Dependent mTORC1 Activation via S100A9 Oxidation in Cancer Stem-like Cells Leads to Colon Cancer Progression. Cell Reports. 28(5). 1282–1295.e8. 35 indexed citations

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Irisawa, Atsushi, Akane Yamabe, Goro Shibukawa, et al.. (2016). Efforts to improve the diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration for pancreatic tumors. Endoscopic Ultrasound. 5(4). 225–225. 23 indexed citations

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Yamabe, Akane, Atsushi Irisawa, Ikuo Wada, et al.. (2016). Application of a silver coating on plastic biliary stents to prevent biofilm formation: an experimental study using electron microscopy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(10). E1090–E1095. 15 indexed citations

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Ishiguro, Tatsuya, Ai Sato, Hirokazu Ohata, et al.. (2015). Establishment and Characterization of an In Vitro Model of Ovarian Cancer Stem-like Cells with an Enhanced Proliferative Capacity. Cancer Research. 76(1). 150–160. 58 indexed citations

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Ohata, Hirokazu, Tatsuya Ishiguro, Ai Sato, et al.. (2012). Induction of the Stem-like Cell Regulator CD44 by Rho Kinase Inhibition Contributes to the Maintenance of Colon Cancer–Initiating Cells. Cancer Research. 72(19). 5101–5110. 93 indexed citations

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Okamoto, Koji, Tatsuya Ishiguro, Yutaka Midorikawa, et al.. (2012). miR‐493 induction during carcinogenesis blocks metastatic settlement of colon cancer cells in liver. The EMBO Journal. 31(7). 1752–1763. 60 indexed citations

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Satō, Masaki, Atsushi Irisawa, Manoop S. Bhutani, et al.. (2007). Gastric bronchogenic cyst diagnosed by endosonographically guided fine needle aspiration biopsy. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound. 36(4). 237–239. 34 indexed citations

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Irisawa, Atsushi, Tadayuki Takagi, Goro Shibukawa, et al.. (2007). Intraductal sonography of biliary varices associated with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound. 35(9). 527–530. 1 indexed citations

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Sato, Ai, Atsushi Takahashi, Hironobu Saito, et al.. (2006). A CASE OF RAPIDLY EXPANDING AND INCREASING FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA. FUKUSHIMA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE. 52(2). 149–155. 4 indexed citations

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