Ko Ishihara

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Ko Ishihara is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ko Ishihara has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 2 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Ko Ishihara's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (9 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (3 papers). Ko Ishihara is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (9 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (3 papers). Ko Ishihara collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and Austria. Ko Ishihara's co-authors include Mitsuyoshi Nakao, Shuichi Tsutsumi, Tsuyoshi Mishiro, Katsuhiko Shirahige, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Mitsuo Oshimura, Masashige Bando, Naoko Imamoto, Keisuke Yoshida and Genta Nagae 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

Ko Ishihara

14 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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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.

Cohesin mediates transcriptional insulation by CCCTC-binding factor

2008 900 citations Kerstin S. Wendt, Keisuke Yoshida et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ko Ishihara Japan	11	1.4k	395	274	172	123	14	1.7k
Maria Strazzullo Italy	19	596 0.4×	241 0.6×	133 0.5×	152 0.9×	116 0.9×	42	905
Jason G. Knott United States	25	1.3k 0.9×	448 1.1×	70 0.3×	97 0.6×	116 0.9×	53	2.0k
Jeffrey W. Pollard United States	10	888 0.6×	299 0.8×	115 0.4×	616 3.6×	162 1.3×	11	1.6k
Edward J. Grow United States	12	1.8k 1.2×	427 1.1×	560 2.0×	146 0.8×	241 2.0×	17	2.2k
Terri D. Bryson United States	8	1.7k 1.2×	237 0.6×	502 1.8×	179 1.0×	180 1.5×	9	2.1k
Monica Di Giacomo Italy	17	1.7k 1.2×	219 0.6×	469 1.7×	107 0.6×	585 4.8×	20	2.0k
Kerry J. Schimenti United States	18	1.1k 0.8×	344 0.9×	216 0.8×	46 0.3×	184 1.5×	24	1.4k
Zhuqiang Zhang China	20	1.4k 1.0×	206 0.5×	149 0.5×	219 1.3×	178 1.4×	35	1.7k
Dave Tang Australia	14	883 0.6×	363 0.9×	94 0.3×	32 0.2×	215 1.7×	18	1.2k
Gabrielle Mengus France	24	1.3k 0.9×	419 1.1×	98 0.4×	164 1.0×	145 1.2×	37	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ko Ishihara

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Ishihara, Ko, Takehisa Watanabe, Akiyuki Hirosue, et al.. (2017). The Glucocorticoid Receptor Regulates the ANGPTL4 Gene in a CTCF-Mediated Chromatin Context in Human Hepatic Cells. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0169225–e0169225. 13 indexed citations

Satou, Yorifumi, Paola Miyazato, Ko Ishihara, et al.. (2016). The retrovirus HTLV-1 inserts an ectopic CTCF-binding site into the human genome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(11). 3054–3059. 97 indexed citations

Ishihara, Ko, et al.. (2016). DNA methylation-independent removable insulator controls chromatin remodeling at theHOXAlocus via retinoic acid signaling. Human Molecular Genetics. 25(24). ddw354–ddw354. 7 indexed citations

Wagatsuma, Keisuke, Shizue Tani‐ichi, Ko Ishihara, et al.. (2015). STAT5 Orchestrates Local Epigenetic Changes for Chromatin Accessibility and Rearrangements by Direct Binding to the TCRγ Locus. The Journal of Immunology. 195(4). 1804–1814. 14 indexed citations

Satou, Yorifumi, Paola Miyazato, Ko Ishihara, et al.. (2015). HTLV-1 inserts an ectopic CTCF-binding site into the human genome. Retrovirology. 12(S1). 2 indexed citations

Hirosue, Akiyuki, Ko Ishihara, Kazuaki Tokunaga, et al.. (2012). Quantitative assessment of higher‐order chromatin structure of the INK4/ARF locus in human senescent cells. Aging Cell. 11(3). 553–556. 37 indexed citations

Watanabe, Takehisa, Ko Ishihara, Akiyuki Hirosue, et al.. (2012). Higher-Order Chromatin Regulation and Differential Gene Expression in the Human Tumor Necrosis Factor/Lymphotoxin Locus in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 32(8). 1529–1541. 23 indexed citations

Mishiro, Tsuyoshi, Ko Ishihara, Shinjiro Hino, et al.. (2009). Architectural roles of multiple chromatin insulators at the human apolipoprotein gene cluster. The EMBO Journal. 28(9). 1234–1245. 165 indexed citations

Liu, Lifeng, Ko Ishihara, Takaya Ichimura, et al.. (2008). MCAF1/AM Is Involved in Sp1-mediated Maintenance of Cancer-associated Telomerase Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(8). 5165–5174. 45 indexed citations

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Wendt, Kerstin S., Keisuke Yoshida, Takehiko Itoh, et al.. (2008). Cohesin mediates transcriptional insulation by CCCTC-binding factor. Nature. 451(7180). 796–801. 900 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ishihara, Ko, Yasuhiro Uchimura, Sugiko Watanabe, et al.. (2006). Inhibition of DNA binding of Sox2 by the SUMO conjugation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 351(4). 920–926. 101 indexed citations

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Ishihara, Ko, Mitsuo Oshimura, & Mitsuyoshi Nakao. (2006). CTCF-Dependent Chromatin Insulator Is Linked to Epigenetic Remodeling. Molecular Cell. 23(5). 733–742. 205 indexed citations

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Ishihara, Ko, Naoya Hatano, Hiroyasu Furuumi, et al.. (2000). Comparative Genomic Sequencing Identifies Novel Tissue-Specific Enhancers and Sequence Elements for Methylation-Sensitive Factors Implicated in Igf2/H19 Imprinting. Genome Research. 10(5). 664–671. 69 indexed citations

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Shinohara, Takeshi, Hideo Sasaki, Yoshio Morimatsu, & Ko Ishihara. (1976). Thalamic Lesions during the Development Period and Their Clinical Correlation. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 39(3-4). 251–256. 3 indexed citations

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