Hitomi Watanabe

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Hitomi Watanabe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Reproductive Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Hitomi Watanabe has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Immunology and 13 papers in Reproductive Medicine. Recurrent topics in Hitomi Watanabe's work include Reproductive Biology and Fertility (9 papers), Sperm and Testicular Function (9 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (8 papers). Hitomi Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive Biology and Fertility (9 papers), Sperm and Testicular Function (9 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (8 papers). Hitomi Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Hitomi Watanabe's co-authors include Gen Kondoh, Hiromu Kameoka, Mitsuo Miyazawa, Yoshiki Omatsu, Takashi Nagasawa, Keiji Hirota, Mitsuo Miyazawa, Chisa Shukunami, Yuji Hiraki and Aki Takimoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Hitomi Watanabe

67 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Autoimmune Th17 Cells Induced Synovial Stromal and Innate Lymphoid Cell Secretion of the Cytokine GM-CSF to Initiate and Augment Autoimmune Arthritis

2018 135 citations Keiji Hirota, Motomu Hashimoto et al. Immunity profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hitomi Watanabe Japan	23	523	334	218	211	207	70	1.7k
Wei‐Shiung Lian Taiwan	26	951 1.8×	147 0.4×	187 0.9×	137 0.6×	46 0.2×	94	2.0k
Soo‐Cheon Chae South Korea	26	1.1k 2.0×	738 2.2×	176 0.8×	371 1.8×	205 1.0×	106	2.4k
Peng Xue China	27	892 1.7×	127 0.4×	265 1.2×	454 2.2×	80 0.4×	79	2.1k
Lijun Tan China	24	1.2k 2.2×	176 0.5×	144 0.7×	347 1.6×	123 0.6×	87	2.3k
Ping He China	25	975 1.9×	248 0.7×	142 0.7×	199 0.9×	144 0.7×	95	2.2k
Chi-Meng Tzeng China	20	800 1.5×	138 0.4×	62 0.3×	161 0.8×	108 0.5×	63	1.4k
Yumiko Oishi Japan	24	1.5k 2.8×	539 1.6×	266 1.2×	146 0.7×	72 0.3×	51	2.7k
Sung Ho Lee South Korea	22	1.0k 2.0×	170 0.5×	110 0.5×	210 1.0×	111 0.5×	119	1.8k
Suresh Mishra Canada	29	1.3k 2.5×	316 0.9×	171 0.8×	128 0.6×	92 0.4×	84	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hitomi Watanabe

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

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Miyazaki, Kazuko, Kenta Horie, Hitomi Watanabe, et al.. (2025). A feedback amplifier circuit with Notch and E2A orchestrates T-cell fate and suppresses the innate lymphoid cell lineages during thymic ontogeny. Genes & Development. 39(5-6). 384–400. 1 indexed citations

Yokota, Takafumi, Masahiro Tokunaga, Mikiro Takaishi, et al.. (2024). A newly identified gene Ahed plays essential roles in murine haematopoiesis. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5090–5090. 1 indexed citations

Tani‐ichi, Shizue, A. Yoshikawa, Hitomi Watanabe, et al.. (2024). A RORE-dependent Intronic Enhancer in the IL-7 Receptor-α Locus Controls Glucose Metabolism via Vγ4+ γδT17 Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 213(3). 283–295. 1 indexed citations

Takimoto, Aki, Kenta Uchibe, Shigenori Miura, et al.. (2024). Sclerostin modulates mineralization degree and stiffness profile in the fibrocartilaginous enthesis for mechanical tissue integrity. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 12. 1360041–1360041. 3 indexed citations

Watanabe, S., et al.. (2023). Tissue-resident macrophages are major tumor-associated macrophage resources, contributing to early TNBC development, recurrence, and metastases. Communications Biology. 6(1). 144–144. 33 indexed citations

Tsukita, Kazuto, Tomoki Yano, Ikuko Fujiwara, et al.. (2023). Phase separation of an actin nucleator by junctional microtubules regulates epithelial function. Science Advances. 9(7). eadf6358–eadf6358. 11 indexed citations

Watanabe, Hitomi, et al.. (2023). Synchronization of the ovulation and copulation timings increased the number of in vivo fertilized oocytes in superovulated female mice. PLoS ONE. 18(2). e0281330–e0281330. 3 indexed citations

Omatsu, Yoshiki, Kazunari Aoki, Hitomi Watanabe, et al.. (2022). Runx1 and Runx2 inhibit fibrotic conversion of cellular niches for hematopoietic stem cells. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2654–2654. 26 indexed citations

Watanabe, Hitomi, Junko Kurisu, Mineko Kengaku, et al.. (2020). ABCA13 dysfunction associated with psychiatric disorders causes impaired cholesterol trafficking. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 296. 100166–100166. 21 indexed citations

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Takimoto, Aki, Chikara Kokubu, Hitomi Watanabe, et al.. (2019). Differential transactivation of the upstream aggrecan enhancer regulated by PAX1/9 depends on SOX9-driven transactivation. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 4605–4605. 17 indexed citations

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Miyata, Hironori, Hideyuki Hara, Junji Chida, et al.. (2019). The N-Terminal Polybasic Region of Prion Protein Is Crucial in Prion Pathogenesis Independently of the Octapeptide Repeat Region. Molecular Neurobiology. 57(2). 1203–1216. 10 indexed citations

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Shukunami, Chisa, Aki Takimoto, Yuriko Nishizaki, et al.. (2018). Scleraxis is a transcriptional activator that regulates the expression of Tenomodulin, a marker of mature tenocytes and ligamentocytes. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 3155–3155. 96 indexed citations

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Hirota, Keiji, Motomu Hashimoto, Yoshinaga Ito, et al.. (2018). Autoimmune Th17 Cells Induced Synovial Stromal and Innate Lymphoid Cell Secretion of the Cytokine GM-CSF to Initiate and Augment Autoimmune Arthritis. Immunity. 48(6). 1220–1232.e5. 135 indexed citations breakdown →

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Miyata, Hironori, Hideyuki Hara, Keiji Uchiyama, et al.. (2017). Effects of prion protein devoid of the N-terminal residues 25-50 on prion pathogenesis in mice. Archives of Virology. 162(7). 1867–1876. 4 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Hitomi, Takehiro Kawashiri, Soichiro Ushio, et al.. (2014). Neurotropin® relieves oxaliplatin-induced neuropathy via Gi protein-coupled receptors in the monoaminergic descending pain inhibitory system. Life Sciences. 98(1). 49–54. 22 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Hitomi, Maki Kamoshita, Kazuaki Matsumura, et al.. (2013). Efficient Production of Live Offspring from Mouse Oocytes Vitrified with a Novel Cryoprotective Agent, Carboxylated ε-poly-L-lysine. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e83613–e83613. 28 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Hitomi, et al.. (2012). Difference in the Effect of Time-Expanded and Time-Contracted Speech on Intelligibility by Phonetic Feature and Adaptive Rate Control Strategy. The Journal of The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers. 66(10). J377–J384. 1 indexed citations

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Eiki, Jun‐ichi, Norihiro Nagano, Tomoharu Iino, et al.. (2009). A selective small molecule glucagon-like peptide-1 secretagogue acting via depolarization-coupled Ca2+ influx. Journal of Endocrinology. 201(3). 361–367. 16 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Hitomi, et al.. (2007). Dipeptidase-Inactivated tACE Action In Vivo: Selective Inhibition of Sperm-Zona Pellucida Binding in the Mouse1. Biology of Reproduction. 77(5). 794–802. 28 indexed citations

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Kasuno, Kenji, Takahiko Ono, Akira Matsumori, et al.. (2003). Hepatitis C virus-associated tubulointerstitial injury. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 41(4). 767–775. 51 indexed citations

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