Genta Ito

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Genta Ito is a scholar working on Neurology, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Genta Ito has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Neurology, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Genta Ito's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (25 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (14 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (7 papers). Genta Ito is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (25 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (14 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (7 papers). Genta Ito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Genta Ito's co-authors include Takeshi Iwatsubo, Dario R. Alessi, Alastair D. Reith, Francesca Tonelli, Graham Duddy, Marco A. S. Baptista, Paul Davies, Martin Steger, Stefanie Wachter and Matthias Mann and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Genta Ito

39 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Phosphoproteomics reveals that Parkinson's disease kinase LRRK2 regulates a subset of Rab GTPases

2016 705 citations Genta Ito, Dario R. Alessi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Genta Ito Japan	20	1.7k	917	715	707	418	43	2.3k
Jinhui Ding United States	29	1.6k 1.0×	1.5k 1.6×	602 0.8×	323 0.5×	832 2.0×	58	3.2k
Ravindran Kumaran United States	23	727 0.4×	1.0k 1.1×	369 0.5×	388 0.5×	260 0.6×	30	1.8k
Jeff Blackinton United States	10	1.1k 0.7×	818 0.9×	385 0.5×	212 0.3×	421 1.0×	11	1.7k
Jacqueline C. Mitchell United Kingdom	21	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	430 0.6×	443 0.6×	369 0.9×	41	2.4k
Aaron Voigt Germany	24	742 0.4×	1.0k 1.1×	362 0.5×	329 0.5×	526 1.3×	44	1.9k
Holger Hummerich United Kingdom	20	531 0.3×	1.2k 1.4×	496 0.7×	334 0.5×	321 0.8×	40	2.1k
Jef Swerts Belgium	20	395 0.2×	912 1.0×	462 0.6×	487 0.7×	517 1.2×	27	1.8k
Jeehye Park South Korea	19	745 0.4×	994 1.1×	321 0.4×	198 0.3×	452 1.1×	39	1.8k
Nobuhiro Fujikake Japan	22	501 0.3×	1.3k 1.4×	352 0.5×	405 0.6×	746 1.8×	30	1.9k
Elena Ziviani Italy	22	692 0.4×	1.3k 1.4×	409 0.6×	300 0.4×	400 1.0×	32	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Genta Ito

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Genta Ito. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Genta Ito 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 Genta Ito. Genta Ito 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

Hsiao, Li Li, Chih‐Hsuan Lee, Genta Ito, et al.. (2025). Impacts of D-aspartate on the Aggregation Kinetics and Structural Polymorphism of Amyloid β Peptide 1–42. Journal of Molecular Biology. 437(12). 169092–169092. 1 indexed citations

Ito, Genta & Naoko Utsunomiya‐Tate. (2025). Discovery and biochemical characterization of the D-aspartyl endopeptidase activity of the serine protease LACTB. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(6). 108549–108549.

Yoshida, Fumiaki, Y. Kato, Ryuta Koyama, et al.. (2024). Soluble form of Lingo2, an autism spectrum disorder-associated molecule, functions as an excitatory synapse organizer in neurons. Translational Psychiatry. 14(1). 448–448.

Nao, Naganori, Michito Shimozuru, Mariko Sashika, et al.. (2024). No Evidence of SARS‐CoV‐2 Infection in Urban Wildlife of Hokkaido, Japan. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2024(1). 1204825–1204825. 1 indexed citations

Ito, Genta, Taisuke Tomita, & Naoko Utsunomiya‐Tate. (2024). Effects of bound nucleotides on the secondary structure, thermal stability, and phosphorylation of Rab3A. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 723. 150199–150199.

Ito, Genta, Taisuke Tomita, & Naoko Utsunomiya‐Tate. (2023). LRRK2-mediated phosphorylation and thermal stability of Rab12 are regulated by bound nucleotides. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 667. 43–49. 4 indexed citations

Ito, Genta & Naoko Utsunomiya‐Tate. (2023). Overview of the Impact of Pathogenic LRRK2 Mutations in Parkinson’s Disease. Biomolecules. 13(5). 845–845. 8 indexed citations

Ito, Genta, S. Tabata, Aya Matsuu, et al.. (2023). Detection of feline morbillivirus in cats with symptoms of acute febrile infection. Veterinary Research Communications. 48(1). 569–578. 1 indexed citations

Murata, Takuya, Genta Ito, & Naoko Utsunomiya‐Tate. (2023). Site-specific amino acid D-isomerization of Tau R2 and R3 peptides changes the fibril morphology, resulting in attenuation of Tau aggregation inhibitor potency. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 654. 18–25. 5 indexed citations

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Iguchi, Akihiro, Sho Takatori, Kai Wang, et al.. (2023). INPP5D modulates TREM2 loss-of-function phenotypes in a β-amyloidosis mouse model. iScience. 26(4). 106375–106375. 19 indexed citations

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Takatori, Sho, et al.. (2021). BORCS6 is involved in the enlargement of lung lamellar bodies in Lrrk2 knockout mice. Human Molecular Genetics. 30(17). 1618–1631. 10 indexed citations

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Fan, Ying, Andrew J.M. Howden, Adil R. Sarhan, et al.. (2017). Interrogating Parkinson's disease LRRK2 kinase pathway activity by assessing Rab10 phosphorylation in human neutrophils. Biochemical Journal. 475(1). 23–44. 100 indexed citations

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Ito, Genta & Taisuke Tomita. (2017). Rab10 Phosphorylation Detection by LRRK2 Activity Using SDS-PAGE with a Phosphate-binding Tag. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 6 indexed citations

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Ito, Genta, et al.. (2015). Gene analysis of signal-joint T cell receptor excision circles and their relationship to age in dogs. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 166(1-2). 1–7. 4 indexed citations

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Perry, George, Xiongwei Zhu, Sandra L. Siedlak, et al.. (2008). Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 Colocalizes with α-Synuclein in Parkinson’s Disease, but Not Tau-Containing Deposits in Tauopathies. Neurodegenerative Diseases. 5(3-4). 222–224. 25 indexed citations

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Ikemura, Masako, Yuko Saito, Renpei Sengoku, et al.. (2007). Analysis of the Adrenal Gland Is Useful for Evaluating Pathology of the Peripheral Autonomic Nervous System in Lewy Body Disease. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 66(5). 354–362. 107 indexed citations

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Takatori, Sho, Genta Ito, & Takeshi Iwatsubo. (2007). Cytoplasmic localization and proteasomal degradation of N-terminally cleaved form of PINK1. Neuroscience Letters. 430(1). 13–17. 95 indexed citations

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Kaneko, Hiroyuki, Akiyoshi Kakita, Kensaku Kasuga, et al.. (2007). Enhanced Accumulation of Phosphorylated α-Synuclein and Elevated β-Amyloid 42/40 Ratio Caused by Expression of the Presenilin-1 ΔT440 Mutant Associated with Familial Lewy Body Disease and Variant Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(48). 13092–13097. 34 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xiongwei, Sandra L. Siedlak, Qiwei Yang, et al.. (2006). LRRK2 in Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 1(1). 17–17. 48 indexed citations

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Iwatsubo, Takeshi, et al.. (2005). [Pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease: implications from familial Parkinson's disease].. PubMed. 45(11). 899–901. 3 indexed citations

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