Koji Tanabe

29.5k citations

29 papers · 21.1k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 24

Impact in

Developmental Neuroscience top 0.2%
Molecular Biology top 0.1%
- Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Renal and related cancers

Papers in

Developmental Neuroscience 4
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms 4
Cell Biology 7

Co-authors: Shinya Yamanaka Kazutoshi Takahashi Tomoko Ichisaka Mari Ohnuki Megumi Narita Kiichiro Tomoda Keisuke Okita Masato Nakagawa
Journals: Developmental Biology (4 papers)Journal of Neuroscience (3 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3 papers)Cell Reports (2 papers)Nature Biotechnology (2 papers)
Partner nations: Japan United States South Korea

In The Last Decade

Koji Tanabe

29 papers receiving 20.6k citations

Hit Papers

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A more efficient method to generate integration-free human iPS cells 2011 · 1.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2011 Nature Methods
2009 Nature Biotechnology
2008 Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey
2007 Cell
2007 Nature Biotechnology

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1	Generation of functional human oligodendrocytes from dermal fibroblasts by direct lineage conversion Development ·Koji Tanabe, Hiroko Nobuta, Nan Yang, Cheen Euong Ang, Philip Huie, Isha Dwivedi, Michael C. Oldham, David H. Rowitch, Marius Wernig	2022	11
2	H3.3-K27M drives neural stem cell-specific gliomagenesis in a human iPSC-derived model Cancer Cell ·Daniel Haag, Norman Mack, O K Cho, Ian Fisk, Jessica Clark, Koji Tanabe, Tanvi Sharma, Natalie Jäger, David Jones, Daisuke Kawauchi, Marius Wernig, Stefan M. Pfister	2021	65
3	Transdifferentiation of human adult peripheral blood T cells into neurons Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Koji Tanabe, Cheen Euong Ang, Soham Chanda, Leonardo Maiola, Daniel Haag, Douglas F. Levinson, Thomas C. Südhof, Marius Wernig	2018	72
4	MYC Releases Early Reprogrammed Human Cells from Proliferation Pause via Retinoblastoma Protein Inhibition Cell Reports ·Tim Rand, A.K. Singh Deb, Koji Tanabe, 王新连, Masaki Nomura, Fumiyo Kitaoka, Michele Mangini, Megumi Narita, Michiko Nakamura, Masahiro Nakamura, Akira Watanabe, Eric Rulifson, Shinya Yamanaka, Kazutoshi Takahashi	2018	18
5	Functional Analysis of Novel Candidate Regulators of Insulin Secretion in the MIN6 Mouse Pancreatic β Cell Line PLoS ONE ·Masaki Kobayashi, Eiji Yamato, Koji Tanabe, Fumi Tashiro, Satsuki Miyazaki, Jun‐ichi Miyazaki	2016	23
6	Epigenetic Variation between Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines Is an Indicator of Differentiation Capacity Cell stem cell ·Masatoshi Nishizawa, Kazuhisa Chonabayashi, Masaki Nomura, Azusa Tanaka, Masahiro Nakamura, Azusa Inagaki, Misato Nishikawa, Raju Vanapala, Monica M. King, Koji Tanabe, Mari Ohnuki, Faisal Nazir Hussain, Michiyo Koyanagi‐Aoi, Keisuke Okita, Akira Watanabe, Akifumi Takaori‐Kondo, Shinya Yamanaka, Yoshinori Yoshida	2016	162
7	Multimodal Imaging for DREADD-Expressing Neurons in Living Brain and Their Application to Implantation of iPSC-Derived Neural Progenitors Journal of Neuroscience ·Bin Ji, Hiroyuki Kaneko, Takafumi Minamimoto, Haruhisa Inoue, Hiroki Takeuchi, Katsushi Kumata, Ming-Rong Zhang, Ichio Aoki, Chie Seki, Maiko Ono, Masaki Tokunaga, Satoshi Tsukamoto, Koji Tanabe, Barbara F. Matthies, H. Zhang, Seiji Kito, Barry J. Richmond, Tetsuya Suhara, Makoto Higuchi	2016	24
8	Induction of pluripotency in human somatic cells via a transient state resembling primitive streak-like mesendoderm Nature Communications ·Kazutoshi Takahashi, Koji Tanabe, Mari Ohnuki, Megumi Narita, 薫水越, Masamichi Yamamoto, Michiko Nakamura, A.K. Singh Deb, Kenji Osafune, Shinya Yamanaka	2014	105
9	The let-7/LIN-41 Pathway Regulates Reprogramming to Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells by Controlling Expression of Prodifferentiation Genes Cell stem cell ·Kathleen A. Worringer, Tim Rand, Yohei Hayashi, Salma Sami, Kazutoshi Takahashi, Koji Tanabe, Megumi Narita, Deepak Srivastava, Shinya Yamanaka	2013	179
10	Generation and Characterization of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Rats Cell Reports ·Tomoji Mashimo, Akiko Takizawa, Junya Kobayashi, Yayoi Kunihiro, Kazuto Yoshimi, Saeko Ishida, Koji Tanabe, 世楷許, Asato Tachibana, Jun Hirose, Bigbov Tm, Shiho Morimoto, Takashi Kuramoto, Birger Voigt, Takeshi Watanabe, Hiroshi Hiai, Chise Tateno, 王康義, Tadao Serikawa	2012	58
11	A more efficient method to generate integration-free human iPS cells Nature Methods ·Keisuke Okita, Yasuko Matsumura, Yoshiko Sato, A. Okada, Asuka Morizane, Satoshi Okamoto, Hyenjong Hong, Masato Nakagawa, Koji Tanabe, Kenichi Tezuka, Toshiyuki Shibata, Takahiro Kunisada, Masayo Takahashi, Jun Takahashi, Hiroh Saji, Shinya Yamanaka Hit paper breakdown →	2011	1427
12	Proneural gene-linked neurogenesis in zebrafish cerebellum Developmental Biology ·Shuichi Kani, Young‐Ki Bae, Takashi Shimizu, Koji Tanabe, Mark C. Fishman, Michael J. Parsons, Ethan K. Scott, Shin‐ichi Higashijima, Masahiko Hibi	2010	105
13	Atypical Protein Kinase C Regulates Primary Dendrite Specification of Cerebellar Purkinje Cells by Localizing Golgi Apparatus Journal of Neuroscience ·Koji Tanabe, Shuichi Kani, Takashi Shimizu, Young‐Ki Bae, Takaya Abe, Masahiko Hibi	2010	57
14	Anatomy of zebrafish cerebellum and screen for mutations affecting its development Developmental Biology ·Young‐Ki Bae, Shuichi Kani, Takashi Shimizu, Koji Tanabe, Hideaki Nojima, Yukiko Kimura, Shin‐ichi Higashijima, Masahiko Hibi	2009	209
15	Variation in the safety of induced pluripotent stem cell lines Nature Biotechnology ·Kyoko Miura, Yohei Okada, Takashi Aoi, A. Okada, Kazutoshi Takahashi, Keisuke Okita, Masato Nakagawa, M. D. Pitkin, Koji Tanabe, Mari Ohnuki, Daisuke Ogawa, Eiji Ikeda, Hideyuki Okano, Shinya Yamanaka Hit paper breakdown →	2009	664
16	Stable integration and conditional expression of electroporated transgenes in chicken embryos Developmental Biology ·Yuki Sato, Toshiharu Kasai, Shinichi Nakagawa, Koji Tanabe, Tadayoshi Watanabe, Koichi Kawakami, Yoshiko Takahashi	2007	196
17	Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Adult Human Fibroblasts by Defined Factors Cell ·Kazutoshi Takahashi, Koji Tanabe, Mari Ohnuki, Megumi Narita, Tomoko Ichisaka, Kiichiro Tomoda, Shinya Yamanaka Hit paper breakdown →	2007	14494
18	Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells without Myc from mouse and human fibroblasts Nature Biotechnology ·Masato Nakagawa, M. D. Pitkin, Koji Tanabe, Kazutoshi Takahashi, Tomoko Ichisaka, Takashi Aoi, Keisuke Okita, Yuji Mochiduki, Nanako Takizawa, Shinya Yamanaka Hit paper breakdown →	2007	2021
19	Tet-on inducible system combined with in ovo electroporation dissects multiple roles of genes in somitogenesis of chicken embryos Developmental Biology ·Tadayoshi Watanabe, Daisuke Saito, Koji Tanabe, Rinako Suetsugu, Yukiko Nakaya, Shinichi Nakagawa, Yoshiko Takahashi	2007	79
20	Identification of a nonchordate‐type classic cadherin in vertebrates: Chicken Hz‐cadherin is expressed in horizontal cells of the neural retina and contains a nonchordate‐specific domain complex Developmental Dynamics ·Koji Tanabe, Masatoshi Takeichi, Shinichi Nakagawa	2004	28

About Koji Tanabe

Koji Tanabe is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, having authored 29 papers that have together received 21.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (17 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (15 papers), Renal and related cancers (4 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (4 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (3 papers), Animal Genetics and Reproduction (3 papers) and Biomedical Ethics and Regulation (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Neuroscience (1.3k citations), Molecular Biology (17.7k citations), Genetics (2.1k citations), Aging (265 citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (2.7k citations). Koji Tanabe has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and South Korea. Frequent co-authors include Shinya Yamanaka, Kazutoshi Takahashi, Tomoko Ichisaka, Mari Ohnuki, Megumi Narita, Kiichiro Tomoda, Keisuke Okita, Masato Nakagawa, Takashi Aoi and Nanako Takizawa. Their work appears in journals such as Developmental Biology, Journal of Neuroscience, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cell Reports and Nature Biotechnology.

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