Akihiro Ito

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
130 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Akihiro Ito is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Akihiro Ito has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Oncology and 16 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Akihiro Ito's work include Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research (39 papers), Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (24 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (23 papers). Akihiro Ito is often cited by papers focused on Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research (39 papers), Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (24 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (23 papers). Akihiro Ito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Akihiro Ito's co-authors include Minoru Yoshida, Yoshiharu Kawaguchi, Tso‐Pang Yao, Tso-Pang Yao, Charlotte Hubbert, Andrew B. Nixon, Rong Shao, Xiao‐Fan Wang, Amaris R. Guardiola and Jeffery M. Vance and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Akihiro Ito

124 papers receiving 6.5k 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.

HDAC6 is a microtubule-associated deacetylase

2002 1.9k citations Akihiro Ito, Minoru Yoshida et al. profile →
The Deacetylase HDAC6 Regulates Aggresome Formation and Cell Viability in Response to Misfolded Protein Stress

2003 1.2k citations Akihiro Ito et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A Novel PROTAC G9a/GLP Degrader that Inhibits, Similar to G9a siRNA, the Migration of MCF-7 Breast-Cancer Cells without Affecting Proliferation 2025 ·Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Ryo Maeda, (unknown), (unknown), Yuri Takada, Hiroki Tsumoto, (unknown), Akihiro Ito, Fumiyuki Shirai, Makoto Tachibana, Yukihiro Itoh, Takayoshi Suzuki	1
2	Identification of substituted acetanilide compounds as small molecule CBX2 inhibitors via in silico screening 2025 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·(unknown), Ashutosh Kumar, (unknown), (unknown), Koji Aoki, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Young Sook Yun, Hideshi Inoue, Makiko Hamamoto, Minoru Yoshida, Kam Y. J. Zhang, Akihiro Ito	0
3	Identification of benzimidazole-6-carboxamide based inhibitors of secretory glutaminyl cyclase for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease 2024 ·International Journal of Biological Macromolecules ·K.V. Dileep, Naoki Sakai, Kentaro Ihara, (unknown), Akihiro Ito, Divya M. Sivaraman, Chi Wai Yip, Jay W. Shin, Minoru Yoshida, Mikako Shirouzu, Kam Y. J. Zhang	0
4	Epigenetic Regulation of CXC Chemokine Expression by Environmental Electrophiles Through DNA Methyltransferase Inhibition 2024 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·(unknown), Sho Kubota, (unknown), Nobumasa Takasugi, Akihiro Ito, Yoshito Kumagai, Takashi Uehara	1
5	Reduction of H3K9 methylation by G9a inhibitors improves the development of mouse SCNT embryos 2024 ·Stem Cell Reports ·Shogo Matoba, (unknown), Fumiyuki Shirai, (unknown), Michiko Hirose, (unknown), Naomi Watanabe, Ayumi Hasegawa, Akihiro Ito, Minoru Yoshida, Atsuo Ogura	4
6	Development of an Artificial Nucleic Acid Skeleton Allowing for Unnatural-Type Triplex DNA Formation with Duplex DNA Having a TA Inversion Site 2023 ·Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin ·Akihiro Ito, Lei Wang, (unknown), Shigeki Sasaki, Yosuke Taniguchi	0
7	Visualization of the dynamic interaction between nucleosomal histone H3K9 tri-methylation and HP1α chromodomain in living cells 2022 ·Cell chemical biology ·Kazuki Sasaki, (unknown), (unknown), Tilman Schneider‐Poetsch, Akihiro Ito, Motoki Takagi, Shinya Fujishiro, Yoshihiro Sohtome, Kosuke Dodo, Takashi Umehara, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Kazuo Shin‐ya, Yoichi Nakao, Mikiko Sodeoka, Minoru Yoshida	4
8	Neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction in association with severity of degenerative spinal diseases: Short‐term outcomes of decompression surgery 2022 ·LUTS Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms ·(unknown), (unknown), Naoki Kawamorita, Takashige Namima, Naoki Morozumi, Akihiro Ito	3
9	Improving reactivity of naphthalimide-based GST probe by imparting TPP cation: Development and application for live cell imaging 2022 ·Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Yuuta Fujikawa, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Akihiro Ito, Hideshi Inoue	2
10	PP1C and PP2A are p70S6K Phosphatases Whose Inhibition Ameliorates HLD12-Associated Inhibition of Oligodendroglial Cell Morphological Differentiation 2020 ·Biomedicines ·Naoto Matsumoto, Yuki Miyamoto, (unknown), Akihiro Ito, Hironori Harada, Hiroaki Oizumi, Katsuya Ohbuchi, Kazushige Mizoguchi, Junji Yamauchi	11
11	UBE1a Suppresses Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Replication 2020 ·Viruses ·(unknown), Akihiro Ito, Yuichi Sekine, Masahiro Fujimuro	3
12	Synthesis of All Stereoisomers of Monomeric Spectomycin A1/A2 and Evaluation of Their Protein SUMOylation‐Inhibitory Activity 2019 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), Daisuke Sekine, Akihiro Ito, Satoko Maeda, Hiroyuki Koshino, Daisuke Hashizume, Atsuya Muranaka, Thomas Cruchter, Masanobu Uchiyama, Satoshi Ichikawa, Akira Matsuda, Minoru Yoshida, Go Hirai, Mikiko Sodeoka	6
13	A Simple Red Tide Monitoring Method using Sentinel-2 Data for Sustainable Management of Brackish Lake Koyama-ike, Japan 2019 ·Water ·Yuji Sakuno, (unknown), Akihiro Mori, (unknown), Akihiro Ito	16
14	Cascade Reaction in Human Live Tissue Allows Clinically Applicable Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Morphology 2018 ·Advanced Science ·Tomonori Tanei, Ambara R. Pradipta, Koji Morimoto, (unknown), (unknown), Akihiro Ito, Minoru Yoshida, (unknown), Almira R. Kurbangalieva, Jun‐ichiro Ikeda, Eiichi Morii, Shinzaburo Noguchi, Katsunori Tanaka	39
15	Unveiling epidithiodiketopiperazine as a non-histone arginine methyltransferase inhibitor by chemical protein methylome analyses 2018 ·Chemical Communications ·Yoshihiro Sohtome, Tadahiro Shimazu, (unknown), Shinya Fujishiro, Mai Akakabe, (unknown), Kosuke Dodo, Akihiro Ito, Minoru Yoshida, Yoichi Shinkai, Mikiko Sodeoka	9
16	Temporal changes in the response of SVZ neural stem cells to intraventricular administration of growth factors 2016 ·Brain Research ·Takashi Ochi, Hirofumi Nakatomi, Akihiro Ito, Hideaki Imai, Shigeo Okabe, Nobuhito Saito	8
17	Receptor-Independent Ectopic Activity of Prolactin Predicts Aggressive Lung Tumors and Indicates HDACi-Based Therapeutic Strategies 2014 ·Antioxidants and Redox Signaling ·(unknown), Anne-Laure Vitte, Alexandra Debernardi, Sandrine Curtet, Thierry Buchou, (unknown), Aurélien de Reyniès, Akihiro Ito, Philippe Guardiola, Christian Brambilla, Minoru Yoshida, Élisabeth Brambilla, Sophie Rousseaux, Saadi Khochbin	13
18	Depression of mitochondrial metabolism by downregulation of cytoplasmic deacetylase, HDAC6 2012 ·FEBS Letters ·Kazuo Kamemura, Mitsutaka Ogawa, (unknown), Yasuhiro Ohtsuka, (unknown), Tohru Komiya, Satoko Maeda, Akihiro Ito, Minoru Yoshida	22
19	Real-Time Imaging of Histone H4K12–Specific Acetylation Determines the Modes of Action of Histone Deacetylase and Bromodomain Inhibitors 2011 ·Chemistry & Biology ·(unknown), Takashi Umehara, Kazuki Sasaki, Yoshihiro Nakamura, Norikazu Nishino, Takaho Terada, Mikako Shirouzu, Balasundaram Padmanabhan, Shigeyuki Yokoyama, Akihiro Ito, Minoru Yoshida	80
20	Synthesis and Properties of Polysilazanes from Phenyltriisocyanatosilane. 1992 ·NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI ·Yoshimoto Abe, Akihiro Ito, (unknown), Yukinori Nagao, Takahisa MISONO	1

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