Ayako Isotani

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Ayako Isotani is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Ayako Isotani has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Ayako Isotani's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (15 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (12 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (12 papers). Ayako Isotani is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (15 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (12 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (12 papers). Ayako Isotani collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Ayako Isotani's co-authors include Masahito Ikawa, Masaru Okabe, Naokazu Inoue, Yoshitaka Fujihara, Yuhkoh Satouh, Haruhiko Miyata, Daisuke Mashiko, Tomoko Nakanishi, Yuko Muro and Kazuhiro Kaseda and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ayako Isotani

47 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

The immunoglobulin superfamily protein Izumo is required for sperm to fuse with eggs

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ayako Isotani Japan	23	1.5k	1.1k	1.0k	944	255	48	2.7k
Yoshitaka Fujihara Japan	30	1.5k 1.0×	980 0.9×	888 0.9×	916 1.0×	292 1.1×	67	2.8k
Luca Jovine Sweden	32	1.4k 1.0×	902 0.9×	890 0.9×	751 0.8×	186 0.7×	63	3.1k
Eveline S. Litscher United States	32	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.4×	1.5k 1.5×	887 0.9×	238 0.9×	53	3.1k
Colin M. Clay United States	35	1.6k 1.1×	1.8k 1.7×	971 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	347 1.4×	81	3.6k
Shuiqiao Yuan China	28	1.3k 0.9×	710 0.7×	517 0.5×	500 0.5×	131 0.5×	91	2.3k
Chunsheng Han China	32	1.4k 0.9×	593 0.6×	468 0.5×	572 0.6×	350 1.4×	70	2.3k
Denise Escalier France	29	1.0k 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	132 0.5×	68	2.6k
Keiji Mochida Japan	24	1.6k 1.1×	510 0.5×	948 0.9×	740 0.8×	201 0.8×	70	2.4k
Anne E. O’Connor Australia	30	1.1k 0.7×	742 0.7×	591 0.6×	489 0.5×	234 0.9×	76	2.2k
Yuhkoh Satouh Japan	24	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	658 0.7×	181 0.7×	41	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Ayako Isotani

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ayako Isotani

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Toriyama, Michinori, et al.. (2024). Astrocyte-Specific Inhibition of the Primary Cilium Suppresses C3 Expression in Reactive Astrocyte. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 44(1). 48–48. 2 indexed citations

Takihara, Yoshihiro, et al.. (2023). Acquisition of neural fate by combination of BMP blockade and chromatin modification. iScience. 26(10). 107887–107887. 3 indexed citations

Kawasaki, Takumi, Daisuke Ori, Ken J. Ishii, et al.. (2022). Alveolar macrophages instruct CD8+ T cell expansion by antigen cross-presentation in lung. Cell Reports. 41(11). 111828–111828. 27 indexed citations

Fujiki, Fumihiro, Soyoko Morimoto, Ayako Isotani, et al.. (2022). T Cell-Intrinsic Vitamin A Metabolism and Its Signaling Are Targets for Memory T Cell-Based Cancer Immunotherapy. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 935465–935465. 8 indexed citations

Matsumura, Takafumi, Taichi Noda, Yuhkoh Satouh, et al.. (2022). Sperm IZUMO1 Is Required for Binding Preceding Fusion With Oolemma in Mice and Rats. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 810118–810118. 15 indexed citations

Tsai, C. Y., et al.. (2020). Copine-7 is required for REM sleep regulation following cage change or water immersion and restraint stress in mice. Neuroscience Research. 165. 14–25. 7 indexed citations

Matsumura, Takafumi, Taichi Noda, Masafumi Muratani, et al.. (2019). Male mice, caged in the International Space Station for 35 days, sire healthy offspring. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 13733–13733. 22 indexed citations

Inoue, Naoki, Atsushi Kasai, Takanobu Nakazawa, et al.. (2018). Knockdown of the mitochondria‐localized protein p13 protects against experimental parkinsonism. EMBO Reports. 19(3). 19 indexed citations

Oji, Asami, Taichi Noda, Yoshitaka Fujihara, et al.. (2016). CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome editing in ES cells and its application for chimeric analysis in mice. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 31666–31666. 80 indexed citations

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Isotani, Ayako, Kazuo Yamagata, Masaru Okabe, & Masahito Ikawa. (2016). Generation of Hprt-disrupted rat through mouse←rat ES chimeras. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 24215–24215. 17 indexed citations

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Ohtsuka, Masato, Hiromi Miura, Keiji Mochida, et al.. (2015). One-step generation of multiple transgenic mouse lines using an improved Pronuclear Injection-based Targeted Transgenesis (i-PITT). BMC Genomics. 16(1). 274–274. 18 indexed citations

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Tokuhiro, Keizo, Yuhkoh Satouh, Kaori Nozawa, et al.. (2015). Calreticulin is required for development of the cumulus oocyte complex and female fertility. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 14254–14254. 34 indexed citations

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Mashiko, Daisuke, Yoshitaka Fujihara, Yuhkoh Satouh, et al.. (2013). Generation of mutant mice by pronuclear injection of circular plasmid expressing Cas9 and single guided RNA. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 3355–3355. 333 indexed citations

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Isotani, Ayako, et al.. (2011). Formation of a thymus from rat ES cells in xenogeneic nude mouse↔rat ES chimeras. Genes to Cells. 16(4). 397–405. 85 indexed citations

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Kokubu, Chikara, Kyoji Horie, Koichiro Abe, et al.. (2009). A transposon-based chromosomal engineering method to survey a large cis-regulatory landscape in mice. Nature Genetics. 41(8). 946–952. 48 indexed citations

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Yamaguchi, Ryo, Yuko Muro, Ayako Isotani, et al.. (2009). Disruption of ADAM3 Impairs the Migration of Sperm into Oviduct in Mouse1. Biology of Reproduction. 81(1). 142–146. 127 indexed citations

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Tokuhiro, Keizo, Ayako Isotani, Sadaki Yokota, et al.. (2009). OAZ-t/OAZ3 Is Essential for Rigid Connection of Sperm Tails to Heads in Mouse. PLoS Genetics. 5(11). e1000712–e1000712. 84 indexed citations

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Tokuhiro, Keizo, Mika Hirose, Yasushi Miyagawa, et al.. (2008). Meichroacidin Containing the Membrane Occupation and Recognition Nexus Motif Is Essential for Spermatozoa Morphogenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(27). 19039–19048. 21 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Shin, Ayako Isotani, Nathan Mise, et al.. (2006). Comparison of Gene Expression in Male and Female Mouse Blastocysts Revealed Imprinting of the X-Linked Gene, Rhox5/Pem, at Preimplantation Stages. Current Biology. 16(2). 166–172. 121 indexed citations

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Nakanishi, Tomoko, Ayako Isotani, Ryo Yamaguchi, et al.. (2004). Selective Passage Through the Uterotubal Junction of Sperm from a Mixed Population Produced by Chimeras of Calmegin-Knockout and Wild-Type Male Mice1. Biology of Reproduction. 71(3). 959–965. 54 indexed citations

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