Akira Higashibata

1.7k total citations
57 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

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Akira Higashibata is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Aging. According to data from OpenAlex, Akira Higashibata has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Physiology, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 20 papers in Aging. Recurrent topics in Akira Higashibata's work include Spaceflight effects on biology (35 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (20 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (15 papers). Akira Higashibata is often cited by papers focused on Spaceflight effects on biology (35 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (20 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (15 papers). Akira Higashibata collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Akira Higashibata's co-authors include Noriaki Ishioka, Atsushi Higashitani, Toru Shimazu, Nathaniel J. Szewczyk, Takashi Yamazaki, Catharine A. Conley, Katsuya Hirasaka, Motoshi Kamada, Yuushi Okumura and Takeshi Nikawa and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Journal of Neurophysiology.

In The Last Decade

Akira Higashibata

57 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akira Higashibata Japan	20	630	447	355	197	83	57	1.1k
Svantje Tauber Switzerland	20	544 0.9×	223 0.5×	161 0.5×	36 0.2×	76 0.9×	31	973
Alamelu Sundaresan United States	15	535 0.8×	190 0.4×	75 0.2×	13 0.1×	55 0.7×	37	842
Xi‐Qing Sun China	16	377 0.6×	138 0.3×	42 0.1×	16 0.1×	38 0.5×	61	672
Susana B. Zanello United States	14	256 0.4×	110 0.2×	18 0.1×	28 0.1×	48 0.6×	30	544
Luisa Coletto Italy	12	527 0.8×	1.0k 2.3×	43 0.1×	17 0.1×	295 3.6×	12	1.5k
Viktor Lukacs United States	11	1.2k 1.9×	973 2.2×	22 0.1×	66 0.3×	301 3.6×	12	1.9k
Ryutaro Izumi Japan	10	172 0.3×	288 0.6×	19 0.1×	38 0.2×	73 0.9×	14	512
Kerry Cameron United Kingdom	11	582 0.9×	369 0.8×	237 0.7×	19 0.1×	32 0.4×	15	944
Ruth Marx United States	20	258 0.4×	688 1.5×	25 0.1×	46 0.2×	261 3.1×	38	1.2k
Giorgia Pallafacchina Italy	19	666 1.1×	2.1k 4.8×	90 0.3×	20 0.1×	336 4.0×	28	2.5k

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Higashitani, Atsushi, Nahoko Higashitani, Timothy Etheridge, et al.. (2023). Comparative Analysis of Muscle Atrophy During Spaceflight, Nutritional Deficiency and Disuse in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(16). 12640–12640. 3 indexed citations

Hagio, Shota, Akihiko Ishihara, Masahiro Terada, et al.. (2022). Muscle synergies of multidirectional postural control in astronauts on Earth after a long-term stay in space. Journal of Neurophysiology. 127(5). 1230–1239. 4 indexed citations

Yamazaki, Chiaki, Tomokazu Yamazaki, Mikiko Kojima, et al.. (2022). Comprehensive analyses of plant hormones in etiolated pea and maize seedlings grown under microgravity conditions in space: Relevance to the International Space Station experiment “Auxin Transport”. Life Sciences in Space Research. 36. 138–146. 4 indexed citations

Higashitani, Atsushi, et al.. (2021). Histone deacetylase HDA-4-mediated epigenetic regulation in space-flown C. elegans. npj Microgravity. 7(1). 33–33. 9 indexed citations

Furukawa, Satoshi, Masahiro Chatani, Atsushi Higashitani, et al.. (2021). Findings from recent studies by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency examining musculoskeletal atrophy in space and on Earth. npj Microgravity. 7(1). 18–18. 15 indexed citations

Kamada, Motoshi, Mariko Oka, Kensuke Miyamoto, et al.. (2019). Gravity-regulated localization of PsPIN1 is important for polar auxin transport in etiolated pea seedlings: Relevance to the International Space Station experiment. Life Sciences in Space Research. 22. 29–37. 8 indexed citations

Fujii, Nobuharu, Akie Kobayashi, Chiaki Yamazaki, et al.. (2018). Root-tip-mediated inhibition of hydrotropism is accompanied with the suppression of asymmetric expression of auxin-inducible genes in response to moisture gradients in cucumber roots. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0189827–e0189827. 16 indexed citations

Wakabayashi, Kazuyuki, Kouichi Soga, Takayuki Hoson, et al.. (2017). Persistence of plant hormone levels in rice shoots grown under microgravity conditions in space: its relationship to maintenance of shoot growth. Physiologia Plantarum. 161(2). 285–293. 21 indexed citations

Morohashi, Keita, Chiaki Yamazaki, Nobuharu Fujii, et al.. (2017). Gravitropism interferes with hydrotropism via counteracting auxin dynamics in cucumber roots: clinorotation and spaceflight experiments. New Phytologist. 215(4). 1476–1489. 39 indexed citations

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Yamazaki, Chiaki, Nobuharu Fujii, Yutaka Miyazawa, et al.. (2016). The gravity-induced re-localization of auxin efflux carrier CsPIN1 in cucumber seedlings: spaceflight experiments for immunohistochemical microscopy. npj Microgravity. 2(1). 16030–16030. 23 indexed citations

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Higashibata, Akira, et al.. (2015). Caenorhabditis elegans displays different adaptations to single vs. multigenerational growth during spaceflight. The FASEB Journal. 29(S1). 3 indexed citations

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Terada, Masahiro, Akira Higashibata, Shin Yamada, et al.. (2013). Genetic analysis of the human hair roots as a tool for spaceflight experiments. Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology. 4(10). 75–88. 5 indexed citations

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Higashibata, Akira, Nahoko Higashitani, Timothy Etheridge, et al.. (2013). Space Flight Induces Reduction of Paramyosin and Troponin T: Proteomic Analysis of Space-Flown Caenorhabditis elegans. Current Biotechnology. 999(999). 19–24. 1 indexed citations

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Etheridge, Timothy, Chihiro Mori, Tomoko Sugimoto, et al.. (2011). The next phase of life-sciences spaceflight research: Harnessing the power of functional genomics. Communicative & Integrative Biology. 4(6). 668–669. 3 indexed citations

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Nakao, Reiko, Katsuya Hirasaka, Kazumi Ishidoh, et al.. (2009). Ubiquitin Ligase Cbl-b Is a Negative Regulator for Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Signaling during Muscle Atrophy Caused by Unloading. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 29(17). 4798–4811. 151 indexed citations

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Wang, Chi, Chen Sang, Akira Higashibata, et al.. (2008). Changes of Muscle-related Genes and Proteins after Spaceflight in Caenorhabditis elegans. PROGRESS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS. 35(10). 1195–1201. 6 indexed citations

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Higashibata, Akira, Atsushi Higashitani, Hiroaki Kagawa, et al.. (2007). Biochemical and molecular biological analyses of space-flown nematodes in Japan, the first international caenorhabditis elegans experiment (ICE-First). Microgravity Science and Technology. 19(5-6). 159–163. 12 indexed citations

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Higashibata, Akira, et al.. (2007). Genomic response of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to spaceflight. Advances in Space Research. 41(5). 807–815. 41 indexed citations

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Hirasaka, Katsuya, Takeshi Nikawa, Louis Yuge, et al.. (2004). Clinorotation prevents differentiation of rat myoblastic L6 cells in association with reduced NF-κB signaling. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1743(1-2). 130–140. 38 indexed citations

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Ishioka, Noriaki, Hiromi Suzuki, Makoto Asashima, et al.. (2004). Development and verification of hardware for life science experiments in the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" on the International Space Station.. PubMed. 11(1). 81–91. 17 indexed citations

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