Masaaki Ashida

5.0k total citations
51 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Masaaki Ashida is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Masaaki Ashida has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Immunology, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Masaaki Ashida's work include Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (30 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (16 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (13 papers). Masaaki Ashida is often cited by papers focused on Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (30 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (16 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (13 papers). Masaaki Ashida collaborates with scholars based in Japan, France and Canada. Masaaki Ashida's co-authors include Masanori Ochiai, Hideya Yoshida, Kuninori Kinoshita, P. T. Brey, Kenneth Söderhäll, Kenjiro Dohke, Tsunaki Asano, Won‐Jae Lee, Hidenori Iwahana and Eiji Ohnishi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Analytical Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Masaaki Ashida

51 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Masaaki Ashida Japan 33 3.0k 2.3k 1.4k 1.1k 407 51 4.2k
Marie Lagueux France 29 2.1k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 1.6k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 190 0.5× 41 3.9k
Håkan Steiner Sweden 31 3.4k 1.1× 1.9k 0.8× 903 0.6× 1.9k 1.7× 208 0.5× 40 5.2k
Peter E. Dunn United States 24 805 0.3× 1.3k 0.6× 463 0.3× 918 0.8× 588 1.4× 52 2.1k
Yeon Soo Han South Korea 34 1.2k 0.4× 1.6k 0.7× 426 0.3× 1.7k 1.5× 824 2.0× 185 4.0k
José L. Soulages United States 23 487 0.2× 1.3k 0.6× 918 0.6× 1.5k 1.4× 654 1.6× 51 3.6k
Ioannis Eleftherianos United States 37 1.5k 0.5× 2.8k 1.2× 483 0.3× 1.3k 1.2× 721 1.8× 132 3.8k
Charles Hétru France 48 5.5k 1.8× 5.3k 2.3× 2.0k 1.4× 3.7k 3.3× 654 1.6× 82 10.6k
Sophia Ekengren Sweden 20 1.3k 0.4× 978 0.4× 430 0.3× 813 0.7× 1.0k 2.5× 27 2.7k
Luc Swevers Greece 38 604 0.2× 1.6k 0.7× 959 0.7× 2.0k 1.8× 743 1.8× 135 3.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masaaki Ashida

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All Works

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Jang, In-Hwan, Naoyuki Chosa, Sunghee Kim, et al.. (2006). A Spätzle-Processing Enzyme Required for Toll Signaling Activation in Drosophila Innate Immunity. Developmental Cell. 10(1). 45–55. 228 indexed citations
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Ochiai, Masanori, et al.. (2003). PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CHYMOTRYPSIN-LIKE PROTEASES IN THE INTESTINE OF SEA URCHIN, H. PULCHERRIMUS(Biochemistry,Abstracts of papers presented at the 74^ Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan) :. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 20(12). 1595. 1 indexed citations
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Asano, Tsunaki & Masaaki Ashida. (2001). Cuticular Pro-phenoloxidase of the Silkworm, Bombyx mori. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(14). 11100–11112. 103 indexed citations
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Asano, Tsunaki & Masaaki Ashida. (2001). Transepithelially Transported Pro-phenoloxidase in the Cuticle of the Silkworm, Bombyx mori. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(14). 11113–11125. 37 indexed citations
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Ochiai, Masanori, et al.. (1999). Prophenoloxidase-activating Enzyme of the Silkworm, Bombyx mori. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(11). 7441–7453. 207 indexed citations
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Ochiai, Masanori & Masaaki Ashida. (1999). A Pattern Recognition Protein for Peptidoglycan. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(17). 11854–11858. 154 indexed citations
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Lee, Won‐Jae, A. Ahmed, Alessandra della Torre, et al.. (1998). Molecular cloning and chromosomal localization of a prophenoloxidase cDNA from the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Insect Molecular Biology. 7(1). 41–50. 47 indexed citations
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Ashida, Masaaki, et al.. (1996). Detection of peptidoglycan and β-glucan with silkworm larvae plasma test. FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology. 15(2-3). 129–134. 41 indexed citations
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Katagiri, Chiaki, et al.. (1995). Reexamination of Properties of Prophenoloxidase Isolated from Larval Hemolymph of the Silkworm Bombyx mori. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 320(1). 14–23. 63 indexed citations
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Kawabata, Thomas T., et al.. (1995). Molecular cloning of insect pro-phenol oxidase: a copper-containing protein homologous to arthropod hemocyanin.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(17). 7774–7778. 155 indexed citations
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Brey, P. T., A. Ahmed, Won‐Jae Lee, Masaaki Ashida, & Michael J. Lehane. (1995). Tyrosinase-Type Prophenoloxidase Distribution in the Alimentary Canal of Strains of Anopheles gambiae Refractory and Susceptible to Plasmodium Infection. Experimental Parasitology. 80(4). 654–664. 15 indexed citations
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Ochiai, Masanori, et al.. (1995). A Serine Protease Zymogen in Insect Plasma. Purification and Activation by Microbial Cell Wall Components. European Journal of Biochemistry. 228(3). 870–877. 21 indexed citations
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Ochiai, Masanori, Teruo Niki, & Masaaki Ashida. (1992). Immunocytochemical localization of ?-1,3-glucan recognition protein in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Cell and Tissue Research. 268(3). 431–437. 24 indexed citations
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Ashida, Masaaki. (1990). Biochemistry of the phenoloxidase system in insects with special reference to its activation. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 239–265. 128 indexed citations
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Ashida, Masaaki, Kuninori Kinoshita, & Paul T. Brey. (1990). Studies on prophenoloxidase activation in the mosquito Aedes aegypti L.. European Journal of Biochemistry. 188(3). 507–515. 60 indexed citations
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Ashida, Masaaki. (1990). The prophenoloxidase cascade in insect immunity. Research in Immunology. 141(8). 908–910. 28 indexed citations
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Ashida, Masaaki, et al.. (1986). Biosynthesis of prophenoloxidase in hemocytes of larval hemolymph of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Insect Biochemistry. 16(3). 547–555. 79 indexed citations
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Yoshida, H. & Masaaki Ashida. (1984). BI33 PEPTIDOGLYCAN-INDUCED ACTIVATION OF THE SERINE ENZYMES AND PRO-PHENOLOXIDASE IN PLASMA OF SILKWORM, BOMBYX MORI.(Biochemistry)(Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan). ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 1(6). 910. 1 indexed citations
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Ashida, Masaaki & G.R. Wyatt. (1979). Properties and activation of phosphorylase kinase from silkmoth fat body. Insect Biochemistry. 9(4). 403–409. 18 indexed citations

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