Hirataka Ito

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Hirataka Ito is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Hirataka Ito has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Physiology and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Hirataka Ito's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (6 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (4 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (4 papers). Hirataka Ito is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (6 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (4 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (4 papers). Hirataka Ito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Hirataka Ito's co-authors include Satoshi Shiojiri, Nobuya Kitaguchi, Yasuyuki Takahashi, Yasuo Tokushima, Keiichi Itakura, Takashi Shirai, R. Bruce Wallace, C. W. Todd, Hiroshi Yamaguchi and Satoshi Ikuta and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Hirataka Ito

22 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Novel precursor of Alzheimer's disease amyloid protein shows protease inhibitory activity

1988 905 citations Nobuya Kitaguchi, Yasuyuki Takahashi et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hirataka Ito Japan	18	1.6k	1.1k	360	276	242	22	2.4k
Sheila P. Little United States	27	1.0k 0.7×	397 0.4×	400 1.1×	346 1.3×	311 1.3×	41	2.7k
Susan M. Molineaux United States	22	1.3k 0.8×	270 0.2×	519 1.4×	328 1.2×	254 1.0×	25	2.3k
Regina Fluhrer Germany	30	1.5k 0.9×	948 0.8×	344 1.0×	250 0.9×	158 0.7×	51	2.5k
Astrid Kehlen Germany	32	1.3k 0.8×	431 0.4×	448 1.2×	345 1.3×	154 0.6×	71	2.9k
Marta Sanna United States	26	3.0k 1.9×	574 0.5×	579 1.6×	329 1.2×	180 0.7×	38	3.8k
Karin Battmer Germany	24	1.6k 1.0×	647 0.6×	519 1.4×	171 0.6×	522 2.2×	40	3.1k
Graeme W. Carlile Canada	29	1.9k 1.2×	277 0.2×	308 0.9×	272 1.0×	236 1.0×	48	2.9k
Silvia Biocca Italy	32	2.0k 1.2×	180 0.2×	637 1.8×	195 0.7×	166 0.7×	70	2.9k
Yoshihiko Miyata Japan	32	2.7k 1.7×	207 0.2×	376 1.0×	239 0.9×	251 1.0×	78	3.4k
Ingrid W. Caras United States	36	2.2k 1.4×	431 0.4×	692 1.9×	577 2.1×	244 1.0×	60	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Hirataka Ito

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hirataka Ito

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20 of 20 papers shown

Matsuzaki, Osamu, et al.. (1997). Cell display library for gene cloning of variable regions of human antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen. Journal of Immunological Methods. 202(2). 193–204. 22 indexed citations

Kitaguchi, Nobuya, Yasuo Tokushima, Yasuyuki Takahashi, et al.. (1990). Determination of amyloid β protein precursors harboring active form of proteinase inhibitor domains in cerebrospinal fluid of Alzheimer's disease patients by trypsin-antibody sandwich ELISA. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 166(3). 1453–1459. 36 indexed citations

Kitaguchi, Nobuya, et al.. (1990). Enzyme specificity of proteinase inhibitor region in amyloid precursor protein of Alzheimer's disease: different properties compared with protease nexin I. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1038(1). 105–113. 48 indexed citations

Tanaka, Shigeru, Satoshi Shiojiri, Nobuya Kitaguchi, et al.. (1989). Tissue-specific expression of three types of β-protein precursor mRNA: Enhancement of protease inhibitor-harboring types in Alzheimer's disease brain. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 165(3). 1406–1414. 124 indexed citations

Shirai, Takashi, et al.. (1989). Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of the gene for rat tumor necrosis factor.. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry. 53(6). 1733–1736. 56 indexed citations

Toma, Keiichiro, Nobuya Kitaguchi, & Hirataka Ito. (1989). Structure prediction of protease inhibitor region in amyloid precursor protein of Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Molecular Graphics. 7(4). 202–205. 6 indexed citations

Shirai, Takashi, et al.. (1989). Cloning and Expression inEscherichiacoliof the Gene for Rat Tumor Necrosis Factor. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry. 53(6). 1733–1736. 4 indexed citations

Shirai, Takashi, et al.. (1988). Cloning and Expression in Escherichia coli of the Gene for Mouse Tumor Necrosis Factor. DNA. 7(3). 193–201. 26 indexed citations

Kitaguchi, Nobuya, Yasuyuki Takahashi, Yasuo Tokushima, Satoshi Shiojiri, & Hirataka Ito. (1988). Novel precursor of Alzheimer's disease amyloid protein shows protease inhibitory activity. Nature. 331(6156). 530–532. 905 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tanaka, Seigo, Shigenobu Nakamura, Kunihiro Ueda, et al.. (1988). Three types of amyloid protein precursor mRNA in human brain: Their differential expression in Alzheimer's disease. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 157(2). 472–479. 114 indexed citations

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Shirai, Takashi, Satoshi Shiojiri, Hirataka Ito, et al.. (1988). Gene Structure of Human Thrombomodulin, a Cofactor for Thrombin Catalyzed Activation of Protein C1. The Journal of Biochemistry. 103(2). 281–285. 46 indexed citations

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Ito, Hirataka, Takashi Shirai, Shuji Yamamoto, et al.. (1986). Molecular Cloning of the Gene Encoding Rabbit Tumor Necrosis Factor. DNA. 5(2). 157–165. 40 indexed citations

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Ito, Hirataka, et al.. (1986). Molecular Cloning and Expression in Escherichia coli of the cDNA Coding for Rabbit Tumor Necrosis Factor. DNA. 5(2). 149–156. 34 indexed citations

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Shirai, Takashi, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hirataka Ito, C. W. Todd, & R. Bruce Wallace. (1985). Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of the gene for human tumour necrosis factor. Nature. 313(6005). 803–806. 396 indexed citations

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Shirai, Toshihiro, et al.. (1985). CLONING AND EXPRESSION IN E.COLI OF THE GENE FOR HUMAN TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR. 313. 803–806. 9 indexed citations

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Vlasuk, G P, S Inouye, Hirataka Ito, Keiichi Itakura, & Masayori Inouye. (1983). Effects of the complete removal of basic amino acid residues from the signal peptide on secretion of lipoprotein in Escherichia coli.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 258(11). 7141–7148. 189 indexed citations

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Larson, Garrett P., Keiichi Itakura, Hirataka Ito, & John J. Rossi. (1983). Saccharomyces cerevisiae actin-Escherichia coli lacZ gene fusions: Synthetic-oligonucleotide-mediated deletion of the 309 base pair intervening sequence in the actin gene. Gene. 22(1). 31–39. 48 indexed citations

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Ito, Hirataka, Yoshimasa Ike, Satoshi Ikuta, & Keiichi Itakura. (1982). Solid phase synthesis of polynucleotides. VI. Farther studies on polystyrene copolymers for the solid support. Nucleic Acids Research. 10(5). 1755–1769. 204 indexed citations

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Reyes, Antonio A., Hirataka Ito, Yoshimasa Ike, et al.. (1981). Identification of an H-2Kb-related molecule by molecular cloning. Immunogenetics. 14(5). 383–392. 20 indexed citations

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Kierzek, Ryszard, et al.. (1981). Selective N-deacylation of N,O-protected nucleosides by zinc bromide. Tetrahedron Letters. 22(38). 3761–3764. 38 indexed citations

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