Makoto Ito

9.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
267 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Makoto Ito is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Makoto Ito has authored 267 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 176 papers in Molecular Biology, 56 papers in Organic Chemistry and 48 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Makoto Ito's work include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (66 papers), Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (59 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (48 papers). Makoto Ito is often cited by papers focused on Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (66 papers), Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (59 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (48 papers). Makoto Ito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and India. Makoto Ito's co-authors include Nozomu Okino, Motohiro Tani, Toshio Yamagata, Stephen M. Highstein, Katsuhiro Kita, Yasuyuki Igarashi, Masatoshi Yoshida, Keishi Sakaguchi, Yasuhiro Hayashi and Jun Fukuda and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Makoto Ito

264 papers receiving 7.3k 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.

Cerebellar Control of the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex--Around the Flocculus Hypothesis

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Makoto Ito Japan	47	4.4k	1.1k	1.1k	1.0k	957	267	7.5k
S. S. Spicer United States	47	4.0k 0.9×	365 0.3×	393 0.4×	1.1k 1.1×	1.4k 1.5×	191	8.6k
Eberhard Krause Germany	59	7.2k 1.6×	1.5k 1.3×	356 0.3×	537 0.5×	934 1.0×	252	11.5k
Masatoshi Hagiwara Japan	62	11.6k 2.7×	601 0.5×	349 0.3×	1.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.6×	301	16.4k
Ludo Van Den Bosch Belgium	64	8.6k 2.0×	326 0.3×	1.9k 1.7×	1.9k 1.9×	1.1k 1.2×	283	15.3k
Yoshitaka Nagai Japan	55	7.0k 1.6×	866 0.8×	399 0.4×	1.5k 1.5×	1.5k 1.6×	364	10.4k
Joseph P. Y. Kao United States	43	4.2k 1.0×	724 0.6×	306 0.3×	747 0.7×	479 0.5×	153	9.1k
Jürgen Roth Switzerland	62	6.9k 1.6×	1.1k 1.0×	230 0.2×	1.2k 1.2×	2.7k 2.8×	200	11.3k
Randall T. Peterson United States	58	11.0k 2.5×	594 0.5×	575 0.5×	654 0.7×	5.6k 5.8×	155	17.2k
Peter S. Klein United States	57	9.5k 2.2×	490 0.4×	306 0.3×	1.5k 1.5×	1.7k 1.8×	125	14.7k
Philip Lazarovici Israel	48	4.0k 0.9×	229 0.2×	547 0.5×	753 0.7×	599 0.6×	227	8.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Makoto Ito

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Watanabe, Ryosuke, Daisuke Tsuji, Hiroki Tanaka, et al.. (2023). Lysoglycosphingolipids have the ability to induce cell death through direct PI3K inhibition. Journal of Neurochemistry. 167(6). 753–765.

Ito, Makoto, et al.. (2023). Vibrio-binding gangliosides in fish intestinal tracts. Glycoconjugate Journal. 40(3). 315–322. 1 indexed citations

Kamata, Masahiro, Teruo Shimizu, Hideaki Uchida, et al.. (2022). Serum levels of angiogenesis‐related factors in patients with psoriasis. The Journal of Dermatology. 50(2). 222–228. 10 indexed citations

Hayashi, Yasuhiro, et al.. (2021). Lack of ∆5 Desaturase Activity Impairs EPA and DHA Synthesis in Fish Cells from Red Sea Bream and Japanese Flounder. Marine Biotechnology. 23(3). 472–481. 7 indexed citations

Okino, Nozomu, Tomoko Nakagawa, Yasuhiro Hayashi, et al.. (2020). Two bacterial glycosphingolipid synthases responsible for the synthesis of glucuronosylceramide and α-galactosylceramide. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(31). 10709–10725. 13 indexed citations

younsun, Lee, Jae‐Myung Yoo, Yong-Moon Lee, et al.. (2018). N-oleoyl-D-erythro-sphingosine-based analysis of ceramide by high performance liquid chromatography and its application to determination in diverse biological samples. Molecular & Cellular Toxicology. 3(4). 273. 1 indexed citations

Watanabe, Takashi, Yohei Ishibashi, & Makoto Ito. (2015). Physiological Significance of Glycolipid Catabolism in <i>Cryptococcus neoformans</i>. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 27(157). E21–E31. 1 indexed citations

Matsuda, Takanori, Keishi Sakaguchi, T Kobayashi, et al.. (2012). Analysis of Δ12-fatty acid desaturase function revealed that two distinct pathways are active for the synthesis of PUFAs in T. aureum ATCC 34304. Journal of Lipid Research. 53(6). 1210–1222. 58 indexed citations

Fujitani, Naoki, Yasuhiro Takegawa, Yohei Ishibashi, et al.. (2011). Qualitative and Quantitative Cellular Glycomics of Glycosphingolipids Based on Rhodococcal Endoglycosylceramidase-assisted Glycan Cleavage, Glycoblotting-assisted Sample Preparation, and Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Tandem Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry Analysis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(48). 41669–41679. 38 indexed citations

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Ishibashi, Y., Yuki Nagamatsu, Sandra De Meyer, et al.. (2009). Transglycosylation-based fluorescent labeling of 6-gala series glycolipids by endogalactosylceramidase. Glycobiology. 19(7). 797–807. 11 indexed citations

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Ishibashi, Yohei, Masashi Kiyohara, Yasuhiro Horibata, et al.. (2007). A Novel Endoglycoceramidase Hydrolyzes Oligogalactosylceramides to Produce Galactooligosaccharides and Ceramides. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(15). 11386–11396. 49 indexed citations

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Xu, Xu, M. Inagaki, Yoichiro Hama, et al.. (2006). Fucosyl-GM1a, an Endoglycoceramidase-resistant Ganglioside of Porcine Brain. The Journal of Biochemistry. 141(1). 1–7. 7 indexed citations

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Ito, Makoto, et al.. (2000). Therapeutic and Bacterial Effect of CDTR-PI to Acute Otitis Media.. Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica. 93(6). 509–516. 1 indexed citations

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Sano, Kenji, Chunyan Liu, Naoshi Nakamura, et al.. (2000). Application of short tandem repeat of genomic DNA and mitochondrial DNA for identification of mixed‐up tissue specimens. Pathology International. 50(1). 1–6. 4 indexed citations

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Ito, Makoto, et al.. (1999). Incidence of Penicillin Resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae in a Nursery School.. Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica. 92(10). 1071–1079. 3 indexed citations

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Tani, Motohiro, et al.. (1998). Enzymatic Synthesis of ω-Amino-Ceramide: Preparation of a Sensitive Fluorescent Substrate for Ceramidase. Analytical Biochemistry. 263(2). 183–188. 32 indexed citations

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Ito, Makoto. (1996). Glycobiology and Glycotechnology in Marine Life Science. Glycoscience in Marine Life Science.. NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI. 62(2). 297–298. 2 indexed citations

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Aoyama, Yasunori, Akimori Wada, Susumu Uchiyama, et al.. (1994). Synthesis of 9E- and 9Z-Locked Retinoic Acid Analogs As Ligands for RAR and RXR.. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 42(12). 2659–2661. 5 indexed citations

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Ito, Makoto. (1990). Simple Method for Obtaining Intact Oligosaccharides from Glycosphingolipids by Endoglycoceramidase. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 2(7). 399–402. 2 indexed citations

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Ito, Makoto, et al.. (1982). Occurrence of keratan sulfate in connective tissues of teleost.. NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI. 48(10). 1445–1452. 1 indexed citations

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