Hitoshi Sakuraba

9.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
238 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Hitoshi Sakuraba is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hitoshi Sakuraba has authored 238 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 187 papers in Physiology, 109 papers in Molecular Biology and 74 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Hitoshi Sakuraba's work include Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (183 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (72 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (69 papers). Hitoshi Sakuraba is often cited by papers focused on Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (183 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (72 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (69 papers). Hitoshi Sakuraba collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Netherlands. Hitoshi Sakuraba's co-authors include Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Kohji Itoh, Ryoichi Kase, Robert J. Desnick, Michie Shimmoto, Kazuki Ohno, Takahiro Tsukimura, Tadayasu Togawa, Toshihide Kobayashi and Marco Spada and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Hitoshi Sakuraba

235 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

High Incidence of Later-Onset Fabry Disease Revealed by Newborn Screening*

2006 713 citations Hitoshi Sakuraba et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →
An Atypical Variant of Fabry's Disease in Men with Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

1995 570 citations Hitoshi Sakuraba et al. profile →
Late endosomal membranes rich in lysobisphosphatidic acid regulate cholesterol transport

1999 542 citations Toshihide Kobayashi, Hitoshi Sakuraba et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Profiles of Globotriaosylsphingosine Analogs and Globotriaosylceramide Isoforms Accumulated in Body Fluids from Various Phenotypic Fabry Patients 2023 ·Internal Medicine ·(unknown), Takahiro Tsukimura, Takao Kubota, Tadayasu Togawa, Hitoshi Sakuraba	0
2	Inhibition of astrocytic adenosine receptor A2A attenuates microglial activation in a mouse model of Sandhoff disease 2018 ·Neurobiology of Disease ·Yasuhiro Ogawa, (unknown), (unknown), Hiroki Sugimoto, (unknown), Shinya Shimizu, (unknown), (unknown), Hitoshi Sakuraba, Kazuhiko Oishi	21
3	Rapid Immunochromatographic Detection of Serum Anti-α-Galactosidase A Antibodies in Fabry Patients after Enzyme Replacement Therapy 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Takahiro Tsukimura, Tadayasu Togawa, Toya Ohashi, Masahisa Kobayashi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), David G. Warnock, Hitoshi Sakuraba, Futoshi Shibasaki	12
4	Structural and clinical implications of amino acid substitutions in α-l-iduronidase: Insight into the basis of mucopolysaccharidosis type I 2013 ·Molecular Genetics and Metabolism ·Seiji Saito, Kazuki Ohno, Nobuo Maita, Hitoshi Sakuraba	17
5	Crystallization, X-ray diffraction analysis and SIRAS phasing of human α-L-iduronidase 2012 ·Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications ·Nobuo Maita, Hisaaki Taniguchi, Hitoshi Sakuraba	2
6	Fabry disease: Biochemical, pathological and structural studies of the α-galactosidase A with E66Q amino acid substitution 2012 ·Molecular Genetics and Metabolism ·Tadayasu Togawa, Takahiro Tsukimura, Takashi Kodama, (unknown), Ikuo Kawashima, Seiji Saito, Kazuki Ohno, Tomoko Fukushige, Takuro Kanekura, Atsushi Satomura, Duk‐Hee Kang, Beom Hee Lee, Han‐Wook Yoo, Kent Doi, Eisei Noiri, Hitoshi Sakuraba	33
7	Use of a Modified α-N-Acetylgalactosaminidase in the Development of Enzyme Replacement Therapy for Fabry Disease 2009 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Youichi Tajima, Ikuo Kawashima, Takahiro Tsukimura, Kanako Sugawara, (unknown), Toshihiro Suzuki, Tadayasu Togawa, Yasunori Chiba, Yoshifumi Jigami, Kazuki Ohno, Tomoko Fukushige, Takuro Kanekura, Kohji Itoh, Toya Ohashi, Hitoshi Sakuraba	41
8	Contribution of sialidase NEU1 to suppression of metastasis of human colon cancer cells through desialylation of integrin β4 2009 ·Oncogene ·Tomohiro Uemura, Kazuhiro Shiozaki, Kazunori Yamaguchi, Shukichi Miyazaki, S. Satomi, Kengo Kato, Hitoshi Sakuraba, T Miyagi	148
9	Structural and clinical implications of amino acid substitutions in N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase: Insight into mucopolysaccharidosis type VI 2008 ·Molecular Genetics and Metabolism ·Seiji Saito, Kazuki Ohno, Kanako Sugawara, Hitoshi Sakuraba	22
10	Structural study on mutant α-l-iduronidases: insight into mucopolysaccharidosis type I 2008 ·Journal of Human Genetics ·Kanako Sugawara, Seiji Saito, Kazuki Ohno, Torayuki Okuyama, Hitoshi Sakuraba	12
11	Therapeutic evaluation of GM2 gangliosidoses by ELISA using anti-GM2 ganglioside antibodies 2006 ·Clinica Chimica Acta ·Daisuke Tsuji, (unknown), Kazuhiko Matsuoka, Hitoshi Sakuraba, Kohji Itoh	15
12	Flow cytometric analysis of mouse neurospheres based on the expression level of RANDAM-2 2006 ·Neuroscience Letters ·Masaharu Kotani, Shiki Okamoto, (unknown), Kouichi Itoh, Atsushi Irie, Hitoshi Sakuraba, Hideo Kubo	3
13	Distal Myopathy with Rimmed Vacuoles 2005 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Youichi Tajima, Eiichiro Uyama, Shinji Go, Chihiro Sato, (unknown), Masaharu Kotani, (unknown), Akemi Suzuki, Yutaka Sanai, Ken Kitajima, Hitoshi Sakuraba	46
14	Distribution and Transport of Cholesterol-rich Membrane Domains Monitored by a Membrane-impermeant Fluorescent Polyethylene Glycol-derivatized Cholesterol 2004 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Satoshi B. Sato, Kumiko Ishii, Asami Makino, Kazuhisa Iwabuchi, Akiko Yamaji‐Hasegawa, (unknown), Isao Nagaoka, Hitoshi Sakuraba, Toshihide Kobayashi	82
15	Increased expression of β-hexosaminidase α chain in cultured skin fibroblasts from patients with carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome type I 1998 ·Brain and Development ·Satoshi Ichisaka, Kinji Ohno, Isao Yuasa, Eiji Nanba, Hitoshi Sakuraba, Yoshiyuki Suzuki	15
16	Protective protein gene mutations in galactosialidosis. 1993 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Michie Shimmoto, Y Fukuhara, Kohji Itoh, Akihiko Oshima, Hitoshi Sakuraba, Yoshiyuki Suzuki	58
17	Splicing defect of the glycoasparaginase gene in two Japanese siblings with apartylglucosamimiria 1992 ·Human Genetics ·Kunihiro Yoshida, (unknown), Akihiro Oshima, Hitoshi Sakuraba, (unknown), Yoshiyuki Suzuki	11
18	Japanese-type adult galactosialidosis. A unique and common splice junction mutation causing exon skipping in the protective protein/carboxypeptidase gene.:A Unique and Common Splice Junction Mutation Causing Exon Skipping in the Protective Protein/Carboxypeptidase Gene 1990 ·Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B ·Michie Shimmoto, Takako Takano, Yukiko Fukuhara, Akihiro Oshima, Hitoshi Sakuraba, Yoshiyuki Suzuki	6
19	[Partial deletion of alpha-galactosidase A gene in a Japanese mutant of Fabry disease]. 1990 ·PubMed ·Hitoshi Sakuraba, (unknown), (unknown), Yu Suzuki, Desnick Rj	0
20	Fabry′s Disease:Detection of Heterozygotes Using Blastoid Lymphocytes Stimulated by Phytohemagglutinin (T.Takuma Memorial Issue) 1981 ·Pediatrics International ·Hitoshi Sakuraba, (unknown), Yoshiyuki Suzuki	0

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