Kentaro Sahashi

2.4k citations

36 papers · 1.8k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 15

Genetics top 0.5%
- Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research 18
Molecular Biology top 5%
- RNA Research and Splicing 14
- Muscle Physiology and Disorders 7
- RNA modifications and cancer 7
- Mitochondrial Function and Pathology 3
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 5%
- Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases 11
Neurology top 10%
Surgery top 10%
- Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery 3
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair 3

Co-authors: C. Frank Bennett Yimin Hua Frank Rigo Adrian R. Krainer Gene Hung Guy Horev Marco A. Passini Masahisa Katsuno
Cited by: Genetics Molecular Biology Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Partner nations: Japan United States China

In The Last Decade

Kentaro Sahashi

33 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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2011 Peripheral SMN restoration is essential for long-term rescue of a severe spinal muscular atrophy mouse model
2010 Antisense correction of SMN2 splicing in the CNS rescues necrosis in a type III SMA mouse model

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1	An acyclic nucleic acid-modified siRNA targeting CAG expansions for polyglutamine disease treatment Kentaro Maeda,Tomoki Hirunagi,Kentaro Sahashi,Yukiko Kamiya,Madoka Iida,Kenji Sakakibara,Kazunari Onodera,Manabu Ohyama,Yohei Okada,Hideyuki Okano,Hiroyuki Asanuma,Masahisa Katsuno	2025	0
2	Correcting tau isoform ratios with a long-acting antisense oligonucleotide alleviates 4R-tauopathy phenotypes Kuniyuki Iwata-Endo,Kentaro Sahashi,Kaori Kawai,Yusuke Fujioka,Yohei Okada,Eri Watanabe,Nobuyuki Iwade,Minaka Ishibashi,Md Moniruzzaman,Asraa Faris Aldoghachi,Dilina Tuerde,Tsuyoshi Fujiwara,Shinobu Hirai,Haruo Okado,Masahisa Katsuno,Hirohisa Watanabe,Kayoko Kanamitsu,Masahiro Neya,Shinsuke Ishigaki,Gen Sobue	2025	4
3	A rapid and easy-to-use spinal muscular atrophy screening tool based on primers with high specificity and amplification efficiency for SMN1 combined with single-stranded tag hybridization assay Masaki Hirano,Kentaro Sahashi,Yūki Ichikawa,Masahisa Katsuno,Atsushi Natsume	2024	3
4	Dysregulation of Aldh1a2 underlies motor neuron degeneration in spinal muscular atrophy Mayumi Kataoka,Kentaro Sahashi,Koyo Tsujikawa,Jun‐ichi Takeda,Tomoki Hirunagi,Madoka Iida,Masahisa Katsuno	2023	3
5	Sustained therapeutic benefits by transient reduction of TDP-43 using ENA-modified antisense oligonucleotides in ALS/FTD mice Toshihide Takeuchi,Kazuhiro Maeta,Xin Ding,Yukako Oe,Akiko Takeda,Mana Inoue,Seiichi Nagano,Tsuyoshi Fujihara,Seiji Matsuda,Shinsuke Ishigaki,Kentaro Sahashi,Eiko N. Minakawa,Hideki Mochizuki,Masahiro Neya,Gen Sobue,Yoshitaka Nagai	2023	13
6	Exercise attenuates polyglutamine‐mediated neuromuscular degeneration in a mouse model of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy Tomoki Hirunagi,Hideaki Nakatsuji,Kentaro Sahashi,Mikiyasu Yamamoto,Madoka Iida,Genki Tohnai,Naohide Kondo,Shinichiro Yamada,Ayuka Murakami,Seiya Noda,Hiroaki Adachi,Gen Sobue,Masahisa Katsuno	2023	4
7	V. Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy (SBMA) and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Shinichiro Yamada,Tomoki Hirunagi,Kentaro Sahashi,Masahisa Katsuno	2022	1
8	Mid1 is associated with androgen-dependent axonal vulnerability of motor neurons in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy Yosuke Ogura,Kentaro Sahashi,Tomoki Hirunagi,Madoka Iida,Takaki Miyata,Masahisa Katsuno	2022	5
9	The Japan Registry for Adult Subjects of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (jREACT-SMA): Protocol for a Longitudinal Observational Study Kentaro Sahashi,Atsushi Hashizume,Yachiyo Kuwatsuka,Madoka Chinen,Ai Saotome-Nakamura,Masahiko Ando,Masahisa Katsuno	2022	3
10	Selective suppression of polyglutamine-expanded protein by lipid nanoparticle-delivered siRNA targeting CAG expansions in the mouse CNS Tomoki Hirunagi,Kentaro Sahashi,Kiyoshi Tachikawa,Angel Leu,Michelle Nguyen,Rajesh Mukthavaram,Priya Karmali,Padmanabh Chivukula,Genki Tohnai,Madoka Iida,Kazunari Onodera,Manabu Ohyama,Yohei Okada,Hideyuki Okano,Masahisa Katsuno	2021	27
11	NUS1 mutation in a family with epilepsy, cerebellar ataxia, and tremor Kunihiko Araki,Ryoichi Nakamura,Daisuke Ito,Kohji Kato,Yohei Iguchi,Kentaro Sahashi,Miho Toyama,K Hamada,Nobuhiko Okamoto,Yoshinao Wada,Tomohiko Nakamura,Tomoo Ogi,Masahisa Katsuno	2020	18
12	Src inhibition attenuates polyglutamine-mediated neuromuscular degeneration in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy Madoka Iida,Kentaro Sahashi,Naohide Kondo,Hideaki Nakatsuji,Genki Tohnai,Yutaka Tsutsumi,Seiya Noda,Ayuka Murakami,Kazunari Onodera,Yohei Okada,Masahiro Nakatochi,Yuka Tsukagoshi Okabe,Shinobu Shimizu,Masaaki Mizuno,Hiroaki Adachi,Hideyuki Okano,Gen Sobue,Masahisa Katsuno	2019	15
13	BIIB021, a synthetic Hsp90 inhibitor, induces mutant ataxin-1 degradation through the activation of heat shock factor 1 Ying Ding,Hiroaki Adachi,Masahisa Katsuno,Kentaro Sahashi,Naohide Kondo,Madoka Iida,Genki Tohnai,Hideaki Nakatsuji,Gen Sobue	2016	14
14	Silencing neuronal mutant androgen receptor in a mouse model of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy Kentaro Sahashi,Masahisa Katsuno,Gene Hung,Hiroaki Adachi,Naohide Kondo,Hideaki Nakatsuji,Genki Tohnai,Madoka Iida,C. Frank Bennett,Gen Sobue	2015	46
15	Motor neuron cell-nonautonomous rescue of spinal muscular atrophy phenotypes in mild and severe transgenic mouse models Yimin Hua,Ying Hsiu Liu,Kentaro Sahashi,Frank Rigo,C. Frank Bennett,Adrian R. Krainer	2015	109
16	Pathological impact of SMN 2 mis‐splicing in adult SMA mice Kentaro Sahashi,Karen Ling,Yimin Hua,John E. Wilkinson,Tomoki Nomakuchi,Frank Rigo,Gene Hung,David S. Xu,Yaping Jiang,Richard Z. Lin,Chien‐Ping Ko,C. Frank Bennett,Adrian R. Krainer	2013	34
17	TSUNAMI: an antisense method to phenocopy splicing-associated diseases in animals Kentaro Sahashi,Yimin Hua,Karen Ling,Gene Hung,Frank Rigo,Guy Horev,Masahisa Katsuno,Gen Sobue,Chien‐Ping Ko,C. Frank Bennett,Adrian R. Krainer	2012	30
18	Peripheral SMN restoration is essential for long-term rescue of a severe spinal muscular atrophy mouse modelbreakdown → Yimin Hua,Kentaro Sahashi,Frank Rigo,Gene Hung,Guy Horev,C. Frank Bennett,Adrian R. Krainer	2011	556
19	Antisense correction of SMN2 splicing in the CNS rescues necrosis in a type III SMA mouse modelbreakdown → Yimin Hua,Kentaro Sahashi,Gene Hung,Frank Rigo,Marco A. Passini,C. Frank Bennett,Adrian R. Krainer	2010	501
20	Strong correlation between the number of CAG repeats in androgen receptor genes and the clinical onset of features of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy S. Igarashi,Yoshinori Tanno,Osamu Onodera,Miwa Yamazaki,Kimiyasu Sato,A. Ishikawa,Nobuyuki Miyatani,Masaharu Nagashima,Yoshihiro Ishikawa,Kentaro Sahashi,Tohru Ibi,Takahisa Miyatake,Shunichiro Tsuji	1992	148

About Kentaro Sahashi

Kentaro Sahashi is a scholar working on Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Developmental Neuroscience, having authored 36 papers that have together received 1.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (18 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (14 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (11 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (7 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers), Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery (3 papers) and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (1.0k citations), Molecular Biology (1.5k citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (280 citations). Kentaro Sahashi has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Frequent co-authors include C. Frank Bennett, Yimin Hua, Frank Rigo, Adrian R. Krainer, Gene Hung, Guy Horev, Marco A. Passini, Masahisa Katsuno, Yohei Iguchi and Gen Sobue.

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