Maho Hamasaki

19.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
41 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Maho Hamasaki is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maho Hamasaki has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Epidemiology, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Maho Hamasaki's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (32 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (12 papers) and Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (5 papers). Maho Hamasaki is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (32 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (12 papers) and Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (5 papers). Maho Hamasaki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Maho Hamasaki's co-authors include Tamotsu Yoshimori, Takeshi Noda, Akitsugu Yamamoto, Akiko Nezu, Tsuyoshi Kawabata, Naonobu Fujita, Richard J. Youle, Jose Norberto S. Vargas, Nobumichi Furuta and Atsushi Matsuda and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Maho Hamasaki

41 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Autophagosomes form at ER–mitochondria contact sites

2013 1.4k citations Maho Hamasaki, Nobumichi Furuta et al. Nature profile →
The mechanisms and roles of selective autophagy in mammals

2022 579 citations Jose Norberto S. Vargas, Maho Hamasaki et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
Autophagy sequesters damaged lysosomes to control lysosomal biogenesis and kidney injury

2013 467 citations Hiroko Omori, Akitsugu Yamamoto et al. The EMBO Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maho Hamasaki Japan	23	3.0k	2.5k	1.5k	648	581	41	4.9k
Christian Behrends Germany	36	3.1k 1.0×	3.3k 1.3×	1.9k 1.2×	705 1.1×	695 1.2×	85	6.1k
Elena Shvets Israel	18	3.5k 1.2×	2.4k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	583 0.9×	622 1.1×	20	5.0k
Serhiy Pankiv Norway	15	4.3k 1.4×	2.9k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	711 1.1×	595 1.0×	18	5.9k
Eisuke Itakura Japan	24	4.0k 1.3×	2.3k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	698 1.1×	845 1.5×	41	5.4k
Peter K. Kim Canada	33	2.4k 0.8×	3.2k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	578 0.9×	329 0.6×	70	5.1k
Yukiko Kabeya Japan	17	3.8k 1.3×	2.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	447 0.7×	561 1.0×	21	4.9k
David G. McEwan United Kingdom	20	4.1k 1.4×	3.0k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	589 0.9×	696 1.2×	27	5.8k
Claudine Kraft Austria	33	2.9k 1.0×	3.0k 1.2×	2.2k 1.4×	388 0.6×	557 1.0×	63	5.1k
Tassula Proikas‐Cezanne Germany	28	2.5k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	578 0.9×	490 0.8×	55	4.0k
Zhongju Zou United States	22	3.3k 1.1×	2.5k 1.0×	827 0.5×	610 0.9×	444 0.8×	30	5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Maho Hamasaki

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maho Hamasaki

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Maho Hamasaki. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Maho Hamasaki based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Maho Hamasaki. Maho Hamasaki is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Oketani, Ryosuke, Kazunori Sugiura, Tomoki Matsuda, et al.. (2024). Selective-plane-activation structured illumination microscopy. Nature Methods. 21(5). 889–896. 13 indexed citations

Tabata, Keisuke, Kenta Imai, K. Yamamoto, et al.. (2024). Palmitoylation of ULK1 by ZDHHC13 plays a crucial role in autophagy. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7194–7194. 19 indexed citations

Minami, Satoshi, et al.. (2023). Autophagy and kidney aging. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 179(2). 10–15. 11 indexed citations

Tosi, Sébastien, Akiko Nezu, Baldomero Oliva, et al.. (2023). The P4‐ATPase Drs2 interacts with and stabilizes the multisubunit tethering complex TRAPPIII in yeast. EMBO Reports. 24(5). e56134–e56134. 7 indexed citations

Kaminishi, Tatsuya, Takayuki Shima, Keisuke Tabata, et al.. (2023). Microautophagy regulated by STK38 and GABARAPs is essential to repair lysosomes and prevent aging. EMBO Reports. 24(12). e57300–e57300. 19 indexed citations

Tabata, Keisuke, Tomohisa Hatta, Takanobu Otomo, et al.. (2022). Identification of CUL4A-DDB1-WDFY1 as an E3 ubiquitin ligase complex involved in initiation of lysophagy. Cell Reports. 40(11). 111349–111349. 31 indexed citations

Yamamuro, Tadashi, Shuhei Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Kawabata, et al.. (2022). Loss of RUBCN/rubicon in adipocytes mediates the upregulation of autophagy to promote the fasting response. Autophagy. 18(11). 2686–2696. 18 indexed citations

Vargas, Jose Norberto S., Maho Hamasaki, Tsuyoshi Kawabata, Richard J. Youle, & Tamotsu Yoshimori. (2022). The mechanisms and roles of selective autophagy in mammals. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 24(3). 167–185. 579 indexed citations breakdown →

Kawabata, Tsuyoshi, Rei Unno, Tadashi Yamamuro, et al.. (2021). Autophagy Protects Integrity of Tumor Suppressors From Replication Stress. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Bhargava, Hersh K., Keisuke Tabata, Maho Hamasaki, et al.. (2020). Structural basis for autophagy inhibition by the human Rubicon–Rab7 complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(29). 17003–17010. 23 indexed citations

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Omori, Hiroko, Maho Hamasaki, Tomohisa Hatta, et al.. (2020). ERdj8 governs the size of autophagosomes during the formation process. The Journal of Cell Biology. 219(8). 21 indexed citations

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Leal, Nuno Santos, Giacomo Dentoni, Bernadette Schreiner, et al.. (2020). Amyloid β-Peptide Increases Mitochondria-Endoplasmic Reticulum Contact Altering Mitochondrial Function and Autophagosome Formation in Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Models. Cells. 9(12). 2552–2552. 56 indexed citations

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Yoshida, Yukiko, Sayaka Yasuda, Maho Hamasaki, et al.. (2017). Ubiquitination of exposed glycoproteins by SCF FBXO27 directs damaged lysosomes for autophagy. 9 indexed citations

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Hasegawa, Junya, et al.. (2016). Autophagosome–lysosome fusion in neurons requires INPP 5E, a protein associated with Joubert syndrome. The EMBO Journal. 35(17). 1853–1867. 95 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Satoshi, Hayato Hikita, Tomohide Tatsumi, et al.. (2016). Rubicon inhibits autophagy and accelerates hepatocyte apoptosis and lipid accumulation in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in mice. Hepatology. 64(6). 1994–2014. 287 indexed citations

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Hamasaki, Maho, Nobumichi Furuta, Atsushi Matsuda, et al.. (2013). Autophagosomes form at ER–mitochondria contact sites. Nature. 495(7441). 389–393. 1351 indexed citations breakdown →

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Taguchi‐Atarashi, Naoko, Maho Hamasaki, Kohichi Matsunaga, et al.. (2010). Modulation of Local PtdIns3P Levels by the PI Phosphatase MTMR3 Regulates Constitutive Autophagy. Traffic. 11(4). 468–478. 156 indexed citations

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Neri, Paola, Pierfrancesco Tassone, Masood A. Shammas, et al.. (2007). Biological pathways and in vivo antitumor activity induced by Atiprimod in myeloma. Leukemia. 21(12). 2519–2526. 18 indexed citations

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Hamasaki, Maho, Takeshi Noda, Misuzu Baba, & Yoshinori Ohsumi. (2004). Starvation Triggers the Delivery of the Endoplasmic Reticulum to the Vacuole via Autophagy in Yeast. Traffic. 6(1). 56–65. 138 indexed citations

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Hamasaki, Maho, et al.. (2003). Induction of tube formation by angiopoietin‐1 in endothelial cell/fibroblast co‐culture is dependent on endogenous VEGF. Cancer Science. 94(9). 782–790. 61 indexed citations

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