Chikara Meno

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Chikara Meno is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Chikara Meno has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Chikara Meno's work include Congenital heart defects research (20 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (17 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (8 papers). Chikara Meno is often cited by papers focused on Congenital heart defects research (20 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (17 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (8 papers). Chikara Meno collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Chikara Meno's co-authors include Hiroshi Hamada, Yukio Saijoh, Kyoko Mochida, Hideta Fujii, Masamichi Yamamoto, Daisuke Watanabe, Shinya Oki, Sachiko Oh‐ishi, Hidetaka Shiratori and Yasuo Sakai and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Chikara Meno

42 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Ch IP ‐Atlas: a data‐mining suite powered by full integration of public Ch IP ‐seq data

2018 472 citations Shinya Oki, Tazro Ohta et al. EMBO Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chikara Meno Japan	29	4.6k	1.2k	456	439	262	44	5.2k
Michael R. Kuehn United States	33	5.4k 1.2×	1.8k 1.6×	377 0.8×	474 1.1×	304 1.2×	58	6.1k
Yukio Saijoh Japan	39	5.7k 1.3×	2.0k 1.7×	741 1.6×	655 1.5×	387 1.5×	77	6.8k
M. Albert Basson United Kingdom	34	3.2k 0.7×	758 0.7×	514 1.1×	431 1.0×	381 1.5×	73	4.6k
Aimee K. Ryan Canada	22	4.0k 0.9×	1.9k 1.6×	298 0.7×	351 0.8×	204 0.8×	48	5.7k
E. Bryan Crenshaw United States	32	4.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	667 1.5×	445 1.0×	108 0.4×	51	5.9k
Concepción Rodrı́guez-Esteban United States	24	3.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	352 0.8×	422 1.0×	146 0.6×	29	4.3k
Hidetaka Shiratori Japan	26	3.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	299 0.7×	392 0.9×	115 0.4×	37	3.6k
Mark Lewandoski United States	38	6.8k 1.5×	1.7k 1.5×	618 1.4×	800 1.8×	96 0.4×	74	8.0k
Suzanne L. Mansour United States	26	3.0k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	314 0.7×	296 0.7×	99 0.4×	45	3.9k
Rebecca D. Burdine United States	34	2.7k 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	233 0.5×	771 1.8×	331 1.3×	53	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Chikara Meno

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chikara Meno

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chikara Meno

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

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Noda, Teppei, Takahiro Manabe, Marie Kubota, et al.. (2025). Sustained Wnt signaling in the mouse inner ear after morphogenesis: In hair cells, supporting cells, and spiral ganglion neurons. Hearing Research. 462. 109282–109282.

Kitajima, Keiko, Takenobu Nii, Kaori Tanaka, et al.. (2024). Hyperglycaemia induces diet-dependent defects of the left-right axis by lowering intracellular pH. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1871(1). 167550–167550.

Koga, Tomoaki, F Sasaki, Kazuko Saeki, et al.. (2020). Expression of leukotriene B4 receptor 1 defines functionally distinct DCs that control allergic skin inflammation. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 18(6). 1437–1449. 15 indexed citations

Saba, Rie, Keiko Kitajima, Lucille Rainbow, et al.. (2019). Endocardium differentiation through Sox17 expression in endocardium precursor cells regulates heart development in mice. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 11953–11953. 24 indexed citations

Oki, Shinya, Tazro Ohta, Go Shioi, et al.. (2018). Ch IP ‐Atlas: a data‐mining suite powered by full integration of public Ch IP ‐seq data. EMBO Reports. 19(12). 472 indexed citations breakdown →

Semba, Yuichiro, Akihito Harada, Kazumitsu Maehara, et al.. (2017). Chd2 regulates chromatin for proper gene expression toward differentiation in mouse embryonic stem cells. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(15). 8758–8772. 28 indexed citations

Oki, Shinya, Kazumitsu Maehara, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, & Chikara Meno. (2014). SraTailor: Graphical user interface software for processing and visualizing Ch IP ‐seq data. Genes to Cells. 19(12). 919–926. 14 indexed citations

Hashimoto, Masakazu, Kyosuke Shinohara, Jianbo Wang, et al.. (2010). Planar polarization of node cells determines the rotational axis of node cilia. Nature Cell Biology. 12(2). 170–176. 177 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Masamichi, Hideyuki Beppu, Katsuyoshi Takaoka, et al.. (2009). Antagonism between Smad1 and Smad2 signaling determines the site of distal visceral endoderm formation in the mouse embryo. The Journal of Cell Biology. 184(2). 323–334. 78 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Tetsuya, Naoki Mine, Etsushi Nakaguchi, et al.. (2006). Generation of Robust Left-Right Asymmetry in the Mouse Embryo Requires a Self-Enhancement and Lateral-Inhibition System. Developmental Cell. 11(4). 495–504. 172 indexed citations

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Takaoka, Katsuyoshi, Masamichi Yamamoto, Hidetaka Shiratori, et al.. (2006). The Mouse Embryo Autonomously Acquires Anterior-Posterior Polarity at Implantation. Developmental Cell. 10(4). 451–459. 100 indexed citations

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Hamada, Hiroshi, Chikara Meno, Daisuke Watanabe, & Yukio Saijoh. (2002). Establishment of vertebrate left–right asymmetry. Nature Reviews Genetics. 3(2). 103–113. 433 indexed citations

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Perea-Gómez, Aitana, William Shawlot, Mustapha Oulad‐Abdelghani, et al.. (2002). Nodal Antagonists in the Anterior Visceral Endoderm Prevent the Formation of Multiple Primitive Streaks. Developmental Cell. 3(5). 745–756. 301 indexed citations

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Sakuma, Rui, Yu‐ichiro Ohnishi, Chikara Meno, et al.. (2002). Inhibition of Nodal signalling by Lefty mediated through interaction with common receptors and efficient diffusion. Genes to Cells. 7(4). 401–412. 153 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Masamichi, Chikara Meno, Yasuo Sakai, et al.. (2001). The transcription factor FoxH1 (FAST) mediates Nodal signaling during anterior-posterior patterning and node formation in the mouse. Genes & Development. 15(10). 1242–1256. 185 indexed citations

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Meno, Chikara, Jun Takeuchi, Rui Sakuma, et al.. (2001). Diffusion of Nodal Signaling Activity in the Absence of the Feedback Inhibitor Lefty2. Developmental Cell. 1(1). 127–138. 108 indexed citations

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Meno, Chikara, Kira Gritsman, Sachiko Oh‐ishi, et al.. (1999). Mouse Lefty2 and Zebrafish Antivin Are Feedback Inhibitors of Nodal Signaling during Vertebrate Gastrulation. Molecular Cell. 4(3). 287–298. 325 indexed citations

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Meno, Chikara, Akihiko Shimono, Yukio Saijoh, et al.. (1998). lefty-1 Is Required for Left-Right Determination as a Regulator of lefty-2 and nodal. Cell. 94(3). 287–297. 434 indexed citations

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Saijoh, Yukio, Hideta Fujii, Chikara Meno, et al.. (1996). Identification of putative downstream genes of Oct‐3, a pluripotent cell‐specific transcription factor. Genes to Cells. 1(2). 239–252. 52 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Yuji, Chikara Meno, Eimei Sato, & Yutaka Toyoda. (1995). Synchronous Sperm Penetration of Zona-Free Mouse Eggs in Vitro1. Biology of Reproduction. 53(2). 424–430. 11 indexed citations

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