Chieko Saito

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Chieko Saito is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Chieko Saito has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Cell Biology and 15 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Chieko Saito's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (15 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (13 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (11 papers). Chieko Saito is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (15 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (13 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (11 papers). Chieko Saito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and Germany. Chieko Saito's co-authors include Akihiko Nakano, Takashi Ueda, Noboru Mizushima, Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa, Kazuo Ebine, Tomohiro Uemura, Ikuko Koyama‐Honda, Chie Awai, Yuriko Sakamaki and Masaki Furuya and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Chieko Saito

44 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Wetting regulates autophagy of phase-separated compartments and the cytosol

2021 173 citations Jaime Agudo‐Canalejo, Sebastian W. Schultz et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chieko Saito Japan	20	1.2k	762	501	198	106	45	1.7k
Masaya Yamamoto Japan	15	1.1k 0.9×	216 0.3×	676 1.3×	62 0.3×	55 0.5×	24	1.6k
Bing He United States	18	871 0.7×	245 0.3×	890 1.8×	50 0.3×	60 0.6×	35	1.6k
Martin Bayer Germany	23	1.7k 1.4×	1.3k 1.7×	417 0.8×	75 0.4×	53 0.5×	43	2.1k
Kazuko Iida Japan	20	994 0.8×	799 1.0×	558 1.1×	33 0.2×	37 0.3×	36	1.8k
Lindsey N. Young United States	12	654 0.5×	143 0.2×	349 0.7×	731 3.7×	33 0.3×	16	1.3k
Xin Xiang United States	33	2.6k 2.1×	362 0.5×	2.3k 4.6×	93 0.5×	36 0.3×	95	3.3k
Audra J. Charron United States	16	522 0.4×	242 0.3×	90 0.2×	172 0.9×	102 1.0×	26	970
Noriyuki Kinoshita Japan	26	2.5k 2.0×	453 0.6×	1.1k 2.3×	61 0.3×	17 0.2×	62	3.1k
Janet B. Meehl United States	19	1.2k 1.0×	460 0.6×	760 1.5×	34 0.2×	19 0.2×	24	1.5k
Piotr P. Stępień Poland	28	2.2k 1.8×	250 0.3×	130 0.3×	113 0.6×	23 0.2×	78	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chieko Saito

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Shimura, Tsutomu, Yui Takahashi, Chieko Saito, et al.. (2025). Ionizing radiation triggers the release of mitochondrial DNA into the cytosol as a signal of mitochondrial damage. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 23191–23191. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Wenxin, Taki Nishimura, Chieko Saito, et al.. (2023). Autophagosome membrane expansion is mediated by the N-terminus and cis-membrane association of human ATG8s. eLife. 12. 22 indexed citations

Saito, Chieko, Jumpei Kondo, Kunishige Onuma, et al.. (2023). De-differentiation in cultures of organoids from luminal-type breast cancer is restored by inhibition of NOTCH signaling. Human Cell. 36(6). 2099–2112. 7 indexed citations

Eguchi, Tomoya, Maria Sakurai, Chieko Saito, et al.. (2023). The V-ATPase–ATG16L1 axis recruits LRRK2 to facilitate the lysosomal stress response. The Journal of Cell Biology. 223(3). 22 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Hayashi, et al.. (2022). NCOA4 drives ferritin phase separation to facilitate macroferritinophagy and microferritinophagy. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221(10). 86 indexed citations

Agudo‐Canalejo, Jaime, Sebastian W. Schultz, Haruka Chino, et al.. (2021). Wetting regulates autophagy of phase-separated compartments and the cytosol. Nature. 591(7848). 142–146. 173 indexed citations breakdown →

Sawada, Yuki, Takeshi Sato, Chieko Saito, et al.. (2017). Clinical utility of decorin in follicular fluid as a biomarker of oocyte potential. Reproductive Biology. 18(1). 33–39. 10 indexed citations

Takahashi, Toshiyuki, Tomoki Nishida, Akihiro Tuji, et al.. (2016). Delineation of six species of the primitive algal genus Glaucocystis based on in situ ultrastructural characteristics. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 29209–29209. 6 indexed citations

Takahashi, Toshiyuki, Tomoki Nishida, Chieko Saito, Hidehiro Yasuda, & Hisayoshi Nozaki. (2015). Ultra-high voltage electron microscopy of primitive algae illuminates 3D ultrastructures of the first photosynthetic eukaryote. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 14735–14735. 6 indexed citations

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Hattori, Yukio, Takeshi Sato, Hideki Okada, Chieko Saito, & Mayumi Sugiura‐Ogasawara. (2013). Comparison of follicular fluid and serum anti-Mullerian hormone levels as predictors of the outcome of assisted reproductive treatment. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. 169(2). 252–256. 13 indexed citations

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Okamoto, Michiyo, Kazuo Kurokawa, Kumi Matsuura, et al.. (2012). High-curvature domains of the ER are important for the organization of ER exit sites in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Cell Science. 125(Pt 14). 3412–20. 71 indexed citations

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Hamamura, Yuki, Chieko Saito, Chie Awai, et al.. (2011). Live-Cell Imaging Reveals the Dynamics of Two Sperm Cells during Double Fertilization in Arabidopsis thaliana. Current Biology. 21(6). 497–502. 154 indexed citations

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Uemura, Tomohiro, Miyo Terao Morita, Kazuo Ebine, et al.. (2010). Vacuolar/pre-vacuolar compartment Qa-SNAREs VAM3/SYP22 and PEP12/SYP21 have interchangeable functions in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 64(5). 864–873. 62 indexed citations

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Fujimoto, Masaru, Shin‐ichi Arimura, Shoji Mano, et al.. (2009). Arabidopsis dynamin‐related proteins DRP3A and DRP3B are functionally redundant in mitochondrial fission, but have distinct roles in peroxisomal fission. The Plant Journal. 58(3). 388–400. 78 indexed citations

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Saito, Chieko & Takashi Ueda. (2009). Chapter 4 Functions of RAB and SNARE Proteins in Plant Life. International review of cell and molecular biology. 274. 183–233. 81 indexed citations

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Niihama, Mitsuru, Tomohiro Uemura, Chieko Saito, et al.. (2005). Conversion of Functional Specificity in Qb-SNARE VTI1 Homologues of Arabidopsis. Current Biology. 15(6). 555–560. 36 indexed citations

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Saito, Chieko, Takashi Ueda, Hiroshi Abe, et al.. (2002). A complex and mobile structure forms a distinct subregion within the continuous vacuolar membrane in young cotyledons of Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 29(3). 245–255. 166 indexed citations

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Saito, Chieko, et al.. (1999). Improved Sensitivity for High Resolution in Situ Hybridization Using Resin Extraction of Methyl Methacrylate Embedded Material. Biotechnic & Histochemistry. 74(1). 40–48. 11 indexed citations

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Takeuchi, Masaki, Masayoshi Tada, Chieko Saito, Hideki Yashiroda, & Akihiko Nakano. (1998). Isolation of a Tobacco cDNA Encoding Sar1 GTPase and Analysis of Its Dominant Mutations in Vesicular Traffic Using a Yeast Complementation System. Plant and Cell Physiology. 39(6). 590–599. 47 indexed citations

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Sakai, Ayako, Chieko Saito, Noriko Inada, & Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa. (1998). Transcriptional Activities of the Chloroplast-Nuclei and Proplastid-Nuclei Isolated from Tobacco Exhibit Different Sensitivities to Tagetitoxin: Implication of the Presence of Distinct RNA Polymerases. Plant and Cell Physiology. 39(9). 928–934. 20 indexed citations

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