Fumiaki Saito

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
54 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Fumiaki Saito is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Fumiaki Saito has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Physiology and 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Fumiaki Saito's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (35 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (8 papers) and Calpain Protease Function and Regulation (7 papers). Fumiaki Saito is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (35 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (8 papers) and Calpain Protease Function and Regulation (7 papers). Fumiaki Saito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Fumiaki Saito's co-authors include Kevin P. Campbell, Steven A. Moore, Daniel E. Michele, Kiichiro Matsumura, Jakob S. Satz, Ronald D. Cohn, Michael D. Henry, Roger A. Williamson, Teruo Shimizu and Motoi Kanagawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Fumiaki Saito

54 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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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.

Post-translational disruption of dystroglycan–ligand interactions in congenital muscular dystrophies

2002 632 citations Daniel E. Michele, Motoi Kanagawa et al. profile →
A stoichiometric complex of neurexins and dystroglycan in brain

2001 354 citations Fumiaki Saito, Kevin P. Campbell et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fumiaki Saito Japan	22	2.3k	864	644	471	276	54	3.0k
Stephan Kröger Germany	31	2.2k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	962 1.5×	416 0.9×	173 0.6×	63	3.5k
Jakob S. Satz United States	15	1.8k 0.8×	505 0.6×	471 0.7×	299 0.6×	252 0.9×	16	2.2k
Yuko Miyagoe‐Suzuki Japan	36	3.6k 1.6×	430 0.5×	509 0.8×	885 1.9×	612 2.2×	70	4.4k
Stefano C. Previtali Italy	36	1.8k 0.8×	2.1k 2.4×	941 1.5×	338 0.7×	142 0.5×	104	4.0k
Silvia Torelli United Kingdom	29	4.0k 1.7×	737 0.9×	512 0.8×	579 1.2×	597 2.2×	80	4.4k
Eri Arikawa‐Hirasawa Japan	31	1.6k 0.7×	400 0.5×	1.3k 1.9×	207 0.4×	512 1.9×	85	3.3k
S. Carbonetto Canada	25	1.6k 0.7×	1.0k 1.2×	790 1.2×	329 0.7×	176 0.6×	37	2.8k
F S Walsh United Kingdom	32	1.8k 0.8×	809 0.9×	403 0.6×	297 0.6×	282 1.0×	56	2.8k
Jane C. Lee United States	14	1.6k 0.7×	489 0.6×	361 0.6×	340 0.7×	151 0.5×	19	1.9k
Antje Bornemann Germany	28	1.5k 0.6×	624 0.7×	405 0.6×	323 0.7×	173 0.6×	88	3.3k

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Hord, Jeffrey M., David Venzke, Mary E. Anderson, et al.. (2023). N-terminal domain on dystroglycan enables LARGE1 to extend matriglycan on α-dystroglycan and prevents muscular dystrophy. eLife. 12. 9 indexed citations

Taniguchi‐Ikeda, Mariko, Takema Kato, Sonoko Tanaka, et al.. (2020). Unexpected Mutations by CRISPR-Cas9 CTG Repeat Excision in Myotonic Dystrophy and Use of CRISPR Interference as an Alternative Approach. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 18. 131–144. 12 indexed citations

Rader, Erik P., Rolf Turk, Tobias Willer, et al.. (2016). Role of dystroglycan in limiting contraction-induced injury to the sarcomeric cytoskeleton of mature skeletal muscle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(39). 10992–10997. 36 indexed citations

Saito, Fumiaki, et al.. (2011). Secretion of N-terminal domain of α-dystroglycan in cerebrospinal fluid. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 411(2). 365–369. 8 indexed citations

Ohta, Nobuo, Akihiro Ishida, Takatoshi Furukawa, et al.. (2011). Clinical and pathological characteristics of IgG4‐related sclerosing sialadenitis. The Laryngoscope. 122(3). 572–577. 28 indexed citations

Ishihara, Shoichiro, Hiroyuki Tomimitsu, Hiroto Fujigasaki, Fumiaki Saito, & Hidehiro Mizusawa. (2008). UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase in nuclei and rimmed vacuoles of muscle fibers in DMRV (distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles).. PubMed. 55(1). 181–7. 2 indexed citations

Miyagoe‐Suzuki, Yuko, Nami Masubuchi, Michiko Wada, et al.. (2008). Reduced proliferative activity of primary POMGnT1-null myoblasts in vitro. Mechanisms of Development. 126(3-4). 107–116. 31 indexed citations

Saito, Fumiaki, Toshihiro Masaki, Yuko Saito, et al.. (2007). Defective peripheral nerve myelination and neuromuscular junction formation in fukutin‐deficient chimeric mice. Journal of Neurochemistry. 101(6). 1712–1722. 24 indexed citations

Matsunaga, Satoru, Yoshinobu Ide, Shinichi Abe, et al.. (2006). Stress Distribution in Maxillary Alveolar Ridge According to Finite Element Analysis Using Micro-CT. The Bulletin of Tokyo Dental College. 47(4). 149–156. 11 indexed citations

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Zhong, Di, et al.. (2006). Characterization of the protease activity that cleaves the extracellular domain of β-dystroglycan. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 345(2). 867–871. 34 indexed citations

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Kanagawa, Motoi, Fumiaki Saito, Stefan Kunz, et al.. (2004). Molecular Recognition by LARGE Is Essential for Expression of Functional Dystroglycan. Cell. 117(7). 953–964. 214 indexed citations

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Saito, Fumiaki, Steven A. Moore, Rita Barresi, et al.. (2003). Unique Role of Dystroglycan in Peripheral Nerve Myelination, Nodal Structure, and Sodium Channel Stabilization. Neuron. 38(5). 747–758. 212 indexed citations

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Matsumura, Kiichiro, Ken Arai, Di Zhong, et al.. (2003). Disruption of dystroglycan axis by β-dystroglycan processing in cardiomyopathic hamster muscle. Neuromuscular Disorders. 13(10). 796–803. 13 indexed citations

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Saito, Fumiaki, Hiroyuki Tomimitsu, Ken Arai, et al.. (2003). A Japanese patient with distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles: missense mutations in the epimerase domain of the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase (GNE) gene accompanied by hyposialylation of skeletal muscle glycoproteins. Neuromuscular Disorders. 14(2). 158–161. 55 indexed citations

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Sunada, Yoshihide, Fumiaki Saito, Itsuro Higuchi, Kiichiro Matsumura, & Teruo Shimizu. (2002). Deficiency of a 180-kDa extracellular matrix protein in Fukuyama type congenital muscular dystrophy skeletal muscle. Neuromuscular Disorders. 12(2). 117–120. 5 indexed citations

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Masaki, Toshihiro, Kiichiro Matsumura, Fumiaki Saito, et al.. (2000). Expression of dystroglycan and laminin-2 in peripheral nerve under axonal degeneration and regeneration. Acta Neuropathologica. 99(3). 289–295. 32 indexed citations

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Saito, Fumiaki, Toshihiro Masaki, Keiko Kamakura, et al.. (1999). Characterization of the Transmembrane Molecular Architecture of the Dystroglycan Complex in Schwann Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(12). 8240–8246. 66 indexed citations

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Sunada, Yoshihide, Fumiaki Saito, Kiichiro Matsumura, & Teruo Shimizu. (1998). Differential expression of the parkin gene in the human brain and peripheral leukocytes. Neuroscience Letters. 254(3). 180–182. 43 indexed citations

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Matsumura, Kiichiro, Hiroki Yamada, Fumiaki Saito, Yoshihide Sunada, & Teruo Shimizu. (1997). Peripheral nerve involvement in merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy and dy mouse. Neuromuscular Disorders. 7(1). 7–12. 70 indexed citations

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Tsuchiya, Kuniaki, Eisuke Ozawa, Fumiaki Saito, Hiroshi Irie, & Toshio Mizutani. (1994). Neuropathology of Late Cortical Cerebellar Atrophy in Japan: Distribution of Cerebellar Change on an Autopsy Case and Review of Japanese Cases. European Neurology. 34(5). 253–262. 15 indexed citations

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