Kenjiro Shirane

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Kenjiro Shirane is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenjiro Shirane has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Kenjiro Shirane's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (20 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (10 papers) and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (9 papers). Kenjiro Shirane is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (20 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (10 papers) and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (9 papers). Kenjiro Shirane collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Canada and Germany. Kenjiro Shirane's co-authors include Hiroyuki Sasaki, Hidehiro Toh, Mikita Suyama, Tetsuya Sato, Takahiro Arima, Hiroaki Okae, Hitoshi Hiura, Matthew C. Lorincz, Sota Takahashi and Yuka Kabayama and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Kenjiro Shirane

32 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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Derivation of Human Trophoblast Stem Cells

2017 631 citations Hiroaki Okae, Hidehiro Toh et al. profile →

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Takema Kato Japan

Quinton A. Winger United States

Xiaoxi Sun China

Jason G. Knott United States

Carolina J. Jorgez United States

Geraldine Hartshorne United Kingdom

Michiko Hirose Japan

Patricia A. Martin‐DeLeon United States

Gerrit J. Bouma United States

Keiichiro Kizaki Japan

Takema Kato Japan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenjiro Shirane

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shirane, Kenjiro, et al.. (2026). Reconstitution of sex determination and the testicular niche using mouse pluripotent stem cells. Science. 391(6788). eaea0296–eaea0296.

Hayashi, Yohei, et al.. (2024). Control of epigenomic landscape and development of fetal male germ cells through L-serine metabolism. iScience. 27(9). 110702–110702. 1 indexed citations

Toh, Hidehiro, Hiroaki Okae, Kenjiro Shirane, et al.. (2024). Epigenetic dynamics of partially methylated domains in human placenta and trophoblast stem cells. BMC Genomics. 25(1). 1050–1050. 3 indexed citations

Lu, Yonggang, Ippei Nagamori, Hisato Kobayashi, et al.. (2023). ADAD2 functions in spermiogenesis and piRNA biogenesis in mice. Andrology. 11(4). 698–709. 10 indexed citations

Yeung, Wan Kin Au, Naoki Kubo, Hidehiro Toh, et al.. (2023). The DNMT3A ADD domain is required for efficient de novo DNA methylation and maternal imprinting in mouse oocytes. PLoS Genetics. 19(8). e1010855–e1010855. 11 indexed citations

Chan, Donovan, Kenjiro Shirane, Sanne Janssen, et al.. (2021). Paternal MTHFR deficiency leads to hypomethylation of young retrotransposons and reproductive decline across two successive generations. Development. 148(13). 15 indexed citations

Mochizuki, Kentaro, Jafar Sharif, Kenjiro Shirane, et al.. (2021). Repression of germline genes by PRC1.6 and SETDB1 in the early embryo precedes DNA methylation-mediated silencing. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7020–7020. 39 indexed citations

Shirane, Kenjiro, Fumihito Miura, Takashi Ito, & Matthew C. Lorincz. (2020). NSD1-deposited H3K36me2 directs de novo methylation in the mouse male germline and counteracts Polycomb-associated silencing. Nature Genetics. 52(10). 1088–1098. 108 indexed citations

Yamashiro, Chika, Kotaro Sasaki, Yukihiro Yabuta, et al.. (2019). Generation of Human Oogonia From Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells In Vitro. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 74(3). 158–159. 2 indexed citations

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Yamashiro, Chika, Kotaro Sasaki, Yukihiro Yabuta, et al.. (2018). Generation of human oogonia from induced pluripotent stem cells in vitro. Science. 362(6412). 356–360. 211 indexed citations

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Brind’Amour, Julie, Hisato Kobayashi, Kenjiro Shirane, et al.. (2018). LTR retrotransposons transcribed in oocytes drive species-specific and heritable changes in DNA methylation. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3331–3331. 56 indexed citations

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Ohta, Hiroshi, Kazuki Kurimoto, Ikuhiro Okamoto, et al.. (2017). In vitro expansion of mouse primordial germ cell‐like cells recapitulates an epigenetic blank slate. The EMBO Journal. 36(13). 1888–1907. 85 indexed citations

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Toh, Hidehiro, Kenjiro Shirane, Fumihito Miura, et al.. (2017). Software updates in the Illumina HiSeq platform affect whole-genome bisulfite sequencing. BMC Genomics. 18(1). 31–31. 26 indexed citations

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Ikematsu, Hideyuki, Yong Chong, Kenjiro Shirane, et al.. (2016). Neuraminidase Amino Acid Sequences of Influenza A/H3N2 and B Viruses Isolated from Influenza Patients in the 2014/15 Japanese Influenza Season.. PubMed. 107(5). 98–104. 2 indexed citations

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Shirane, Kenjiro, Kazuki Kurimoto, Yukihiro Yabuta, et al.. (2016). Global Landscape and Regulatory Principles of DNA Methylation Reprogramming for Germ Cell Specification by Mouse Pluripotent Stem Cells. Developmental Cell. 39(1). 87–103. 101 indexed citations

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Kubo, Naoki, Hidehiro Toh, Kenjiro Shirane, et al.. (2015). DNA methylation and gene expression dynamics during spermatogonial stem cell differentiation in the early postnatal mouse testis. BMC Genomics. 16(1). 624–624. 102 indexed citations

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Liu, Sheng, Julie Brind’Amour, Mohammad M. Karimi, et al.. (2014). Setdb1 is required for germline development and silencing of H3K9me3-marked endogenous retroviruses in primordial germ cells. Genes & Development. 28(18). 2041–2055. 206 indexed citations

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Li, Yufeng, Yusuke Miyanari, Kenjiro Shirane, et al.. (2013). Sequence-specific microscopic visualization of DNA methylation status at satellite repeats in individual cell nuclei and chromosomes. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(19). e186–e186. 30 indexed citations

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Shirane, Kenjiro, Hidehiro Toh, Hisato Kobayashi, et al.. (2013). Mouse Oocyte Methylomes at Base Resolution Reveal Genome-Wide Accumulation of Non-CpG Methylation and Role of DNA Methyltransferases. PLoS Genetics. 9(4). e1003439–e1003439. 236 indexed citations

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Guo, Shanchun, Toshiaki Sato, Kenjiro Shirane, & Kiyoshi Furukawa. (2001). Galactosylation of N-linked oligosaccharides by human -1,4-galactosyltransferases I, II, III, IV, V, and VI expressed in Sf-9 cells. Glycobiology. 11(10). 813–820. 68 indexed citations

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