Junken Aoki

29.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
396 papers, 21.5k citations indexed

About

Junken Aoki is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Junken Aoki has authored 396 papers receiving a total of 21.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 308 papers in Molecular Biology, 96 papers in Cell Biology and 87 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Junken Aoki's work include Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (207 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (68 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (57 papers). Junken Aoki is often cited by papers focused on Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (207 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (68 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (57 papers). Junken Aoki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Ireland. Junken Aoki's co-authors include Hiroyuki Arai, Asuka Inoue, Kotaro Hama, Keizo Inoue, Kuniyuki Kano, Yasuhiro Kishi, Yutaka Yatomi, Shinichi Okudaira, Masafumi Tsujimoto and Kumiko Makide and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Junken Aoki

390 papers receiving 21.2k citations

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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.

Autotaxin has lysophospholipase D activity leading to tumor cell growth and motility by lysophosphatidic acid production

2002 794 citations Kotaro Hama, Junken Aoki et al. profile →
Update on LIPID MAPS classification, nomenclature, and shorthand notation for MS-derived lipid structures

2020 518 citations Junken Aoki et al. profile →
Illuminating G-Protein-Coupling Selectivity of GPCRs

2019 396 citations Asuka Inoue, Akiharu Uwamizu et al. profile →
Structure of SARS-CoV-2 membrane protein essential for virus assembly

2022 108 citations Junken Aoki et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Andrew J. Morris United States

Timothy Hla United States

Lina M. Obeid United States

Richard Kolesnick United States

Michael J.O. Wakelam United Kingdom

Sue Goo Rhee United States

Erich Gulbins Germany

Daria Mochly‐Rosen United States

Christopher G. Proud United Kingdom

Pierluigi Nicotera Germany

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junken Aoki

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Shinjo, Yuji, Kuniyuki Kano, Kumiko Makide, et al.. (2025). Autocrine/paracrine lysophosphatidylserine signaling suppresses B cell aggregation and tertiary lymphoid structure formation. iScience. 28(5). 112420–112420. 1 indexed citations

Hori, Tetsuya, et al.. (2025). Synaptic vesicle fusion promotes phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate synthesis for efficient synaptic transmission. Cell Reports. 44(5). 115634–115634. 1 indexed citations

Ohno, Osamu, Michiko Saito, Shinichi Kato, et al.. (2024). Suppression of Mast Cell Activation by GPR35: GPR35 Is a Primary Target of Disodium Cromoglycate. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 389(1). 76–86. 2 indexed citations

Izume, Tamaki, Akiharu Uwamizu, Hiroki Kawana, et al.. (2024). Structural basis for lysophosphatidylserine recognition by GPR34. Nature Communications. 15(1). 902–902. 9 indexed citations

Kano, Kuniyuki, et al.. (2023). Lysophospholipids and their producing enzymes: Their pathological roles and potential as pathological biomarkers. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 246. 108415–108415. 15 indexed citations

Taneike, Manabu, Tomokazu Murakawa, Takahito Tamai, et al.. (2023). Lysophosphatidylserine induces necrosis in pressure overloaded male mouse hearts via G protein coupled receptor 34. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4494–4494. 3 indexed citations

Kajitani, Naoto, Mami Okada‐Tsuchioka, Asuka Inoue, et al.. (2023). G protein-biased LPAR1 agonism of prototypic antidepressants: Implication in the identification of novel therapeutic target for depression. Neuropsychopharmacology. 49(3). 561–572. 10 indexed citations

Okuno, Toshiaki, Daisuke Saigusa, Kuniyuki Kano, et al.. (2022). Lysophosphatidic acid receptor_1/3 antagonist inhibits the activation of satellite glial cells and reduces acute nociceptive responses. Kyushu University Institutional Repository (QIR) (Kyushu University). 6 indexed citations

Ohue‐Kitano, Ryuji, Akari Nishida, Daisuke Takahashi, et al.. (2022). Medium-chain fatty acids suppress lipotoxicity-induced hepatic fibrosis via the immunomodulating receptor GPR84. JCI Insight. 8(2). 19 indexed citations

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Hata, Saori, Kuniyuki Kano, Kazunori Kikuchi, et al.. (2021). Suppression of amyloid‐β secretion from neurons by cis ‐9, trans ‐11‐octadecadienoic acid, an isomer of conjugated linoleic acid. Journal of Neurochemistry. 159(3). 603–617. 6 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Sho, Akiharu Uwamizu, Yuko Otani, et al.. (2020). Non-naturally Occurring Regio Isomer of Lysophosphatidylserine Exhibits Potent Agonistic Activity toward G Protein-Coupled Receptors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 63(17). 9990–10029. 11 indexed citations

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Uwamizu, Akiharu, Yuko Otani, Asuka Inoue, et al.. (2020). Membrane Phospholipid Analogues as Molecular Rulers to Probe the Position of the Hydrophobic Contact Point of Lysophospholipid Ligands on the Surface of G-Protein-Coupled Receptor during Membrane Approach. Biochemistry. 59(11). 1173–1201. 4 indexed citations

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Fujii, T., Takeshi Nagamatsu, Danny J. Schust, et al.. (2019). Placental expression of lysophosphatidic acid receptors in normal pregnancy and preeclampsia. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 82(5). e13176–e13176. 11 indexed citations

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Nakanishi, Yoshimitsu, Asuka Inoue, K. Yanagida, et al.. (2018). Stepwise phosphorylation of leukotriene B₄receptor 1 defines cellular responses to leukotriene B₄. Science Signaling. 11(544). 13 indexed citations

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Ohkawa, Ryunosuke, Makoto Kurano, Noboru Sakai, et al.. (2018). Measurement of plasma choline in acute coronary syndrome: importance of suitable sampling conditions for this assay. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 4725–4725. 14 indexed citations

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Kuo, Bryan, Erzsébet Szabó, Sue Çhin Lee, et al.. (2018). The LPA2 receptor agonist Radioprotectin-1 spares Lgr5-positive intestinal stem cells from radiation injury in murine enteroids. Cellular Signalling. 51. 23–33. 19 indexed citations

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O’Hayre, Morgan, Kelsie Eichel, Silvia Avino, et al.. (2017). Genetic evidence that β-arrestins are dispensable for the initiation of β ₂ -adrenergic receptor signaling to ERK. Science Signaling. 10(484). 159 indexed citations

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Guy, Adam T., Yasuko Nagatsuka, Noriko Ooashi, et al.. (2015). Glycerophospholipid regulation of modality-specific sensory axon guidance in the spinal cord. Science. 349(6251). 974–977. 91 indexed citations

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Aoki, Junken. (2003). [Mechanism of lysophosphatidic acid production].. PubMed. 75(7). 609–13. 2 indexed citations

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McIntyre, Thomas M., Adriana Ribeiro Silva, Yong Xu, et al.. (2002). Identification of an intracellular receptor for lysophosphatidic acid (LPA): LPA is a transcellular PPARγ agonist. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(1). 131–136. 462 indexed citations

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