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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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.

Hepatocyte-specific Pten deficiency results in steatohepatitis and hepatocellular carcinomas

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

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Junko Sasaki Japan	25	1.7k	647	565	307	287	53	2.8k
Hongzhi Miao United States	24	1.3k 0.8×	882 1.4×	660 1.2×	342 1.1×	339 1.2×	41	2.8k
Tommer Ravid Israel	24	2.1k 1.3×	910 1.4×	461 0.8×	206 0.7×	173 0.6×	49	2.7k
Harold B.J. Jefferies United Kingdom	19	1.9k 1.2×	682 1.1×	679 1.2×	246 0.8×	173 0.6×	22	2.8k
Alex Lipovsky United States	12	1.9k 1.2×	352 0.5×	563 1.0×	458 1.5×	640 2.2×	17	3.0k
Jessie E. King United States	9	2.4k 1.4×	405 0.6×	415 0.7×	391 1.3×	254 0.9×	10	3.4k
Chiharu Tokunaga Japan	20	3.3k 2.0×	574 0.9×	384 0.7×	449 1.5×	285 1.0×	28	4.0k
Kristoffer Rigbolt Denmark	28	1.8k 1.1×	478 0.7×	774 1.4×	142 0.5×	164 0.6×	52	2.8k
Tina Garofalo Italy	34	2.1k 1.3×	623 1.0×	415 0.7×	672 2.2×	159 0.6×	112	3.4k
Ellen Triantafellow United States	7	2.2k 1.3×	404 0.6×	506 0.9×	434 1.4×	895 3.1×	9	3.2k
Emily R. Eden United Kingdom	25	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 1.7×	351 0.6×	257 0.8×	310 1.1×	43	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junko Sasaki

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kawai, Takafumi, Shin Morioka, Haruhiko Miyata, et al.. (2024). The significance of electrical signals in maturing spermatozoa for phosphoinositide regulation through voltage-sensing phosphatase. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7289–7289. 4 indexed citations

Yoshioka, Nozomu, Masato Yano, Junya Hasegawa, et al.. (2023). Attenuated cerebellar phenotypes in Inpp4a truncation mutants with preserved phosphatase activity. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 16(7).

Ayukawa, Tomonori, Yasukazu Hozumi, Kenta Ishimoto, et al.. (2022). Tissue flow regulates planar cell polarity independently of the Frizzled core pathway. Cell Reports. 40(12). 111388–111388. 3 indexed citations

Kawasaki, Asami, A. Sakai, Hiroki Nakanishi, et al.. (2021). PI4P/PS countertransport by ORP10 at ER–endosome membrane contact sites regulates endosome fission. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221(1). 47 indexed citations

Koizumi, Atsushi, Shintaro Narita, Hiroki Nakanishi, et al.. (2019). Increased fatty acyl saturation of phosphatidylinositol phosphates in prostate cancer progression. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 13257–13257. 22 indexed citations

Kimura, Hirotaka, Satoshi Eguchi, Junko Sasaki, et al.. (2017). Vps34 regulates myofibril proteostasis to prevent hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. JCI Insight. 2(1). e89462–e89462. 19 indexed citations

Chew, Chen Li, Andrea Lunardi, Federico Gulluni, et al.. (2015). In Vivo Role of INPP4B in Tumor and Metastasis Suppression through Regulation of PI3K–AKT Signaling at Endosomes. Cancer Discovery. 5(7). 740–751. 72 indexed citations

Kofuji, Satoshi, Hirotaka Kimura, Hiroki Nakanishi, et al.. (2015). INPP4B Is a PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 Phosphatase That Can Act as a Tumor Suppressor. Cancer Discovery. 5(7). 730–739. 57 indexed citations

Ayukawa, Tomonori, Thomas Stoeger, Junko Sasaki, et al.. (2014). Dachsous-Dependent Asymmetric Localization of Spiny-Legs Determines Planar Cell Polarity Orientation in Drosophila. Cell Reports. 8(2). 610–621. 49 indexed citations

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Morishita, Hideaki, Satoshi Eguchi, Hirotaka Kimura, et al.. (2013). Deletion of Autophagy-related 5 (Atg5) and Pik3c3 Genes in the Lens Causes Cataract Independent of Programmed Organelle Degradation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(16). 11436–11447. 114 indexed citations

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Lee, Hyeon‐Cheol, Takao Inoué, Junko Sasaki, et al.. (2012). LPIAT1 regulates arachidonic acid content in phosphatidylinositol and is required for cortical lamination in mice. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23(24). 4689–4700. 117 indexed citations

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Fujioka, Yoichiro, Masumi Tsuda, Junko Sasaki, et al.. (2011). The Ras–PI3K Signaling Pathway Is Involved in Clathrin-Independent Endocytosis and the Internalization of Influenza Viruses. PLoS ONE. 6(1). e16324–e16324. 65 indexed citations

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Volpicelli‐Daley, Laura A., Louise Lucast, Liang‐Wei Gong, et al.. (2010). Phosphatidylinositol-4-Phosphate 5-Kinases and Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate Synthesis in the Brain. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(37). 28708–28714. 45 indexed citations

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Ohshima, Shigetoshi, Hajime Ishii, Takahiro Dohmen, et al.. (2009). Sex difference in the liver of hepatocyte‐specific Pten‐deficient mice: A model of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Hepatology Research. 39(6). 609–618. 27 indexed citations

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Takasuga, Shunsuke, et al.. (2008). Mammalian Type III Phosphatidylinositol Phosphate Kinase is Dispensable for Cell Growth and Survival. 35(1). 41–46. 1 indexed citations

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Hamada, Koichi, Takehiko Sasaki, Pandelakis A. Koni, et al.. (2005). The PTEN/PI3K pathway governs normal vascular development and tumor angiogenesis. Genes & Development. 19(17). 2054–2065. 236 indexed citations

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Horie, Yasuo, Akira Suzuki, Ei Kataoka, et al.. (2004). Hepatocyte-specific Pten deficiency results in steatohepatitis and hepatocellular carcinomas. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 113(12). 1774–1783. 547 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sasaki, Takehiko, Akira Suzuki, Junko Sasaki, & Josef Penninger. (2002). Phosphoinositide 3-Kinases in Inunimity: Lessons from Knockout Mice. The Journal of Biochemistry. 131(4). 495–501. 41 indexed citations

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Ito, Akira, Kazuo Onitake, Junko Sasaki, & Tsuyoshi Takami. (1991). 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. International Journal for Parasitology. 21(2). 241–245. 18 indexed citations

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Onitake, Kazuo, Junko Sasaki, Jørn Andreassen, & Akira Ito. (1990). Hymenolepis microstoma: oncospheres invade the intestinal tissue of the definitive host. Journal of Helminthology. 64(2). 168–170. 7 indexed citations

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