Atsushi Asakura

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
73 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Atsushi Asakura is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Atsushi Asakura has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Surgery and 20 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Atsushi Asakura's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (54 papers), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (21 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (16 papers). Atsushi Asakura is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (54 papers), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (21 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (16 papers). Atsushi Asakura collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Atsushi Asakura's co-authors include Michael A. Rudnicki, Patrick Seale, Motohiro Komaki, Adele Girgis-Gabardo, Norio Motohashi, Yoko Asakura, Stephen J. Tapscott, Mayank Verma, Boris Kablar and Luc A. Sabourin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Atsushi Asakura

73 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Muscle satellite cells are multipotential stem cells that exhibit myogenic, osteogenic, and adipogenic differentiation

2001 641 citations Atsushi Asakura, Michael A. Rudnicki et al. profile →
Myogenic specification of side population cells in skeletal muscle

2002 529 citations Atsushi Asakura, Michael A. Rudnicki et al. profile →

Peers

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Fabien Le Grand France

Akiyoshi Uezumi Japan

So‐ichiro Fukada Japan

Yuko Miyagoe‐Suzuki Japan

Didier Montarras France

C. Florian Bentzinger Canada

Emanuela Gussoni United States

Rita C. R. Perlingeiro United States

Andrew S. Brack United States

Yu Xin Wang United States

Fabien Le Grand France

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Countries citing papers authored by Atsushi Asakura

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Fields of papers citing papers by Atsushi Asakura

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Atsushi Asakura

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Asakura, Yoko, et al.. (2023). Tissue Clearing and Confocal Microscopic Imaging for Skeletal Muscle. Methods in molecular biology. 2640. 453–462. 3 indexed citations

Kim, Kyutae, et al.. (2023). Three-Dimensional Imaging Analysis for Skeletal Muscle. Methods in molecular biology. 2640. 463–477. 3 indexed citations

Draper, Isabelle, et al.. (2022). The Notch signaling pathway in skeletal muscle health and disease. Muscle & Nerve. 66(5). 530–544. 26 indexed citations

Fujimaki, Shin, Tomohiro Matsumoto, Masashi Muramatsu, et al.. (2022). The endothelial Dll4–muscular Notch2 axis regulates skeletal muscle mass. Nature Metabolism. 4(2). 180–189. 26 indexed citations

Asakura, Atsushi & Nobuaki Kikyo. (2022). Immunofluorescence analysis of myogenic differentiation. Methods in cell biology. 170. 117–125. 2 indexed citations

Motohashi, Norio, Akiyoshi Uezumi, Atsushi Asakura, et al.. (2018). Tbx1 regulates inherited metabolic and myogenic abilities of progenitor cells derived from slow- and fast-type muscle. Cell Death and Differentiation. 26(6). 1024–1036. 27 indexed citations

Verma, Mayank, et al.. (2016). Skeletal Muscle Tissue Clearing for LacZ and Fluorescent Reporters, and Immunofluorescence Staining. Methods in molecular biology. 1460. 129–140. 14 indexed citations

Shimizu‐Motohashi, Yuko, et al.. (2015). Pregnancy-Induced Amelioration of Muscular Dystrophy Phenotype in mdx Mice via Muscle Membrane Stabilization Effect of Glucocorticoid. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0120325–e0120325. 8 indexed citations

Asakura, Atsushi. (2014). Grand challenges in the field of stem cell research. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 2. 2–2. 3 indexed citations

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Verma, Mayank, et al.. (2013). Vascular-targeted therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Skeletal Muscle. 3(1). 9–9. 40 indexed citations

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Asakura, Atsushi, et al.. (2012). A New Look at an Immortal DNA Hypothesis for Stem Cell Self-Renewal. Journal of Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 2(1). 2 indexed citations

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Hirai, Hiroyuki, et al.. (2011). Myosin light chain 3f attenuates age‐induced decline in contractile velocity in MHC type II single muscle fibers. Aging Cell. 11(2). 203–212. 15 indexed citations

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Asakura, Atsushi, Hiroyuki Hirai, Boris Kablar, et al.. (2007). Increased survival of muscle stem cells lacking the MyoD gene after transplantation into regenerating skeletal muscle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(42). 16552–16557. 98 indexed citations

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McLoon, Linda K., et al.. (2005). Extraocular Muscles Contain More Satellite Cells and More Multipotent Precursor Cells than Limb Muscle. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 46(13). 4679–4679. 2 indexed citations

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Asakura, Atsushi & Michael A. Rudnicki. (2003). Rhabdomyosarcomagenesis—Novel pathway found. Cancer Cell. 4(6). 421–422. 6 indexed citations

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Asakura, Atsushi & Michael A. Rudnicki. (2002). Side population cells from diverse adult tissues are capable of in vitro hematopoietic differentiation. Experimental Hematology. 30(11). 1339–1345. 242 indexed citations

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Olson, James M., Atsushi Asakura, Lauren Snider, et al.. (2001). NeuroD2 Is Necessary for Development and Survival of Central Nervous System Neurons. Developmental Biology. 234(1). 174–187. 121 indexed citations

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Asakura, Atsushi & Stephen J. Tapscott. (1998). Apoptosis of Epaxial Myotome inDanforth's short-tail(Sd) Mice in Somites That Form Following Notochord Degeneration. Developmental Biology. 203(2). 276–289. 27 indexed citations

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McCormick, Mary, Rulla M. Tamimi, Lauren Snider, et al.. (1996). neuroD2 and neuroD3 : Distinct Expression Patterns and Transcriptional Activation Potentials within the neuroD Gene Family. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 16(10). 5792–5800. 144 indexed citations

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Asakura, Atsushi, Atsuko Fujisawa‐Sehara, Tohru Komiya, Yoko Nabeshima, & Yo-ichi Nabeshima. (1993). MyoD and Myogenin Act on the Chicken Myosin Light-Chain 1 Gene as Distinct Transcriptional Factors. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 13(11). 7153–7162. 8 indexed citations

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