Junko Sasaki

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Junko Sasaki is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Junko Sasaki has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Cell Biology and 10 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Junko Sasaki's work include Cellular transport and secretion (14 papers), PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (8 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (8 papers). Junko Sasaki is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (14 papers), PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (8 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (8 papers). Junko Sasaki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Junko Sasaki's co-authors include Takehiko Sasaki, Akira Suzuki, Yasuo Horie, Shunsuke Takasuga, Tak W. Mak, Masakazu Yamazaki, Satoshi Eguchi, Toru Nakano, Go Hasegawa and Hiroyuki Kishimoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Junko Sasaki

50 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hepatocyte-specific Pten deficiency results in steatohepatitis and hepatocellular carcinomas

2004 547 citations Yasuo Horie, Akira Suzuki et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junko Sasaki

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The significance of electrical signals in maturing spermatozoa for phosphoinositide regulation through voltage-sensing phosphatase 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Takafumi Kawai, Shin Morioka, Haruhiko Miyata, (unknown), Sharmin Akter, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Junko Sasaki, Masahiko Watanabe, Kenji Sakimura, Masahito Ikawa, Takehiko Sasaki, Yasushi Okamura	4
2	Attenuated cerebellar phenotypes in Inpp4a truncation mutants with preserved phosphatase activity 2023 ·Disease Models & Mechanisms ·(unknown), Nozomu Yoshioka, (unknown), (unknown), Masato Yano, (unknown), Junya Hasegawa, Satoshi Miyashita, Mikio Hoshino, Junko Sasaki, Takehiko Sasaki, Hirohide Takebayashi	0
3	Tissue flow regulates planar cell polarity independently of the Frizzled core pathway 2022 ·Cell Reports ·Tomonori Ayukawa, (unknown), Yasukazu Hozumi, Kenta Ishimoto, Junko Sasaki, Haruki Senoo, Takehiko Sasaki, Masakazu Yamazaki	3
4	PI4P/PS countertransport by ORP10 at ER–endosome membrane contact sites regulates endosome fission 2021 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Asami Kawasaki, A. Sakai, Hiroki Nakanishi, Junya Hasegawa, Tomohiko Taguchi, Junko Sasaki, Hiroyuki Arai, Takehiko Sasaki, Michihiro Igarashi, Fubito Nakatsu	47
5	Increased fatty acyl saturation of phosphatidylinositol phosphates in prostate cancer progression 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Atsushi Koizumi, Shintaro Narita, Hiroki Nakanishi, M. Ishikawa, Satoshi Eguchi, Hirotaka Kimura, Shunsuke Takasuga, Mingguo Huang, Takamitsu Inoue, Junko Sasaki, Toshiaki Yoshioka, Tomonori Habuchi, Takehiko Sasaki	22
6	Vps34 regulates myofibril proteostasis to prevent hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 2017 ·JCI Insight ·Hirotaka Kimura, Satoshi Eguchi, Junko Sasaki, Keiji Kuba, Hiroki Nakanishi, Shunsuke Takasuga, Masakazu Yamazaki, Akiteru Goto, Hiroyuki Watanabe, (unknown), Yumiko Imai, Akira Suzuki, Noboru Mizushima, Takehiko Sasaki	19
7	In Vivo Role of INPP4B in Tumor and Metastasis Suppression through Regulation of PI3K–AKT Signaling at Endosomes 2015 ·Cancer Discovery ·Chen Li Chew, Andrea Lunardi, Federico Gulluni, Daniel T. Ruan, Ming Chen, Leonardo Salmena, Michiya Nishino, Antonella Papa, Christopher Ng, Jacqueline Fung, John G. Clohessy, Junko Sasaki, Takehiko Sasaki, Roderick T. Bronson, Emilio Hirsch, Pier Paolo Pandolfi	72
8	INPP4B Is a PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 Phosphatase That Can Act as a Tumor Suppressor 2015 ·Cancer Discovery ·Satoshi Kofuji, Hirotaka Kimura, Hiroki Nakanishi, Hiroshi Nanjo, Shunsuke Takasuga, Hui Liu, Satoshi Eguchi, Ryotaro Nakamura, Reietsu Itoh, Noriko Ueno, Ken Asanuma, Mingguo Huang, Atsushi Koizumi, Tomonori Habuchi, Masakazu Yamazaki, Akira Suzuki, Junko Sasaki, Takehiko Sasaki	57
9	Dachsous-Dependent Asymmetric Localization of Spiny-Legs Determines Planar Cell Polarity Orientation in Drosophila 2014 ·Cell Reports ·Tomonori Ayukawa, (unknown), (unknown), Thomas Stoeger, Junko Sasaki, Juergen A. Knoblich, Haruki Senoo, Takehiko Sasaki, Masakazu Yamazaki	49
10	Deletion of Autophagy-related 5 (Atg5) and Pik3c3 Genes in the Lens Causes Cataract Independent of Programmed Organelle Degradation 2013 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Hideaki Morishita, Satoshi Eguchi, Hirotaka Kimura, Junko Sasaki, Yuriko Sakamaki, Michael L. Robinson, Takehiko Sasaki, Noboru Mizushima	114
11	LPIAT1 regulates arachidonic acid content in phosphatidylinositol and is required for cortical lamination in mice 2012 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Hyeon‐Cheol Lee, Takao Inoué, Junko Sasaki, Takuya Kubo, Shinji Matsuda, (unknown), Mitsuharu Hattori, (unknown), Osamu Udagawa, Nozomu Kono, Toshiki Itoh, Hideo Ogiso, Ryo Taguchi, Makoto Arita, Takehiko Sasaki, Hiroyuki Arai	117
12	The Ras–PI3K Signaling Pathway Is Involved in Clathrin-Independent Endocytosis and the Internalization of Influenza Viruses 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Yoichiro Fujioka, Masumi Tsuda, (unknown), Junko Sasaki, Takehiko Sasaki, Tadaaki Miyazaki, Yusuke Ohba	65
13	Phosphatidylinositol-4-Phosphate 5-Kinases and Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate Synthesis in the Brain 2010 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Laura A. Volpicelli‐Daley, Louise Lucast, Liang‐Wei Gong, Lijuan Liu, Junko Sasaki, Takehiko Sasaki, Charles S. Abrams, Yasunori Kanaho, Pietro De Camilli	45
14	Sex difference in the liver of hepatocyte‐specific Pten‐deficient mice: A model of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis 2009 ·Hepatology Research ·(unknown), Shigetoshi Ohshima, Hajime Ishii, (unknown), Takahiro Dohmen, Ei Kataoka, Wataru Sato, Masahiro Iizuka, Takashi Goto, Junko Sasaki, Takehiko Sasaki, Akira Suzuki, Hirohide Ohnishi, Yasuo Horie	27
15	Mammalian Type III Phosphatidylinositol Phosphate Kinase is Dispensable for Cell Growth and Survival 2008 ·(unknown), Shunsuke Takasuga, Yoshiko Sato, Ken Asanuma, Junko Sasaki, Takehiko Sasaki	1
16	The PTEN/PI3K pathway governs normal vascular development and tumor angiogenesis 2005 ·Genes & Development ·Koichi Hamada, Takehiko Sasaki, Pandelakis A. Koni, Miyuki Natsui, Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Junko Sasaki, Nobuyuki Yajima, Yasuo Horie, Go Hasegawa, Makoto Naito, Jun‐ichi Miyazaki, Toshio Suda, Hiroshi Itoh, Kazuwa Nakao, Tak W. Mak, Toru Nakano, Akira Suzuki	236
17	Hepatocyte-specific Pten deficiency results in steatohepatitis and hepatocellular carcinomas breakdown → 2004 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Yasuo Horie, Akira Suzuki, Ei Kataoka, Takehiko Sasaki, Koichi Hamada, Junko Sasaki, Katsunori Mizuno, Go Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Masahiro Iizuka, Makoto Naito, Katsuhiko Enomoto, Sumio Watanabe, Tak W. Mak, Toru Nakano	547
18	Phosphoinositide 3-Kinases in Inunimity: Lessons from Knockout Mice 2002 ·The Journal of Biochemistry ·Takehiko Sasaki, Akira Suzuki, Junko Sasaki, Josef Penninger	41
19	Hymenolepis nana: Immunity against oncosphere challenge in mice previously given viable or non-viable oncospheres of H. nana, H. diminuta, H. microstoma and Taenia taeniaeformis 1991 ·International Journal for Parasitology ·Akira Ito, Kazuo Onitake, Junko Sasaki, Tsuyoshi Takami	18
20	Hymenolepis microstoma: oncospheres invade the intestinal tissue of the definitive host 1990 ·Journal of Helminthology ·Kazuo Onitake, Junko Sasaki, Jørn Andreassen, Akira Ito	7

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