Masafumi Inui

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Masafumi Inui is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Masafumi Inui has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Masafumi Inui's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (9 papers), Tendon Structure and Treatment (5 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers). Masafumi Inui is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (9 papers), Tendon Structure and Treatment (5 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers). Masafumi Inui collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Italy. Masafumi Inui's co-authors include Stefano Piccolo, Graziano Martello, Sirio Dupont, Michelangelo Cordenonsi, Marco Montagner, Luca Azzolin, Francesca Zanconato, Alessandro Poletti, A. Parenti and Maria Grazia Daidone and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Masafumi Inui

38 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Hippo Transducer TAZ Confers Cancer Stem Cell-Related Traits on Breast Cancer Cells

2011 1.0k citations Michelangelo Cordenonsi, Masafumi Inui et al. profile →
MicroRNA control of signal transduction

2010 1.0k citations Masafumi Inui, Graziano Martello et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masafumi Inui

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Masafumi Inui. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Masafumi Inui 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 Masafumi Inui. Masafumi Inui is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Complement Factor B Deficiency Is Dispensable for Female Fertility but Affects Microbiome Diversity and Complement Activity 2025 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Ban Sato, (unknown), Masafumi Inui, Mitsutoshi Yamada, Kenji Miyado, Natsuko Kawano	0
2	Epigenome editing revealed the role of DNA methylation of T-DMR/CpG island shore on Runx2 transcription 2024 ·Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), Jun Ohgane, Masafumi Inui	2
3	Automated xeno-free chondrogenic differentiation from human embryonic stem cells: Enhancing efficiency and ensuring high-quality mass production 2024 ·Regenerative Therapy ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Makoto Komura, (unknown), (unknown), Masafumi Inui, Shin Enosawa, (unknown), Yasushi Fuchimoto, Akihiro Umezawa	0
4	Digoxigenin‐labeled RNA probes for untranslated regions enable the isoform‐specific gene expression analysis of myosin heavy chains in whole‐mount in situ hybridization 2022 ·Development Growth & Differentiation ·(unknown), (unknown), Keita Sakamoto, (unknown), Masafumi Inui	2
5	Protocadherin-1 is expressed in the notochord of mouse embryo but is dispensable for its formation 2021 ·Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hiroki Kuroda, Masafumi Inui	2
6	Lin28a/let-7 pathway modulates the Hox code via Polycomb regulation during axial patterning in vertebrates 2020 ·eLife ·Tempei Sato, Kensuke Kataoka, Yoshiaki Ito, Shigetoshi Yokoyama, Masafumi Inui, Masaki Mori, Satoru Takahashi, Keiichi Akita, Shuji Takada, (unknown), Hiroshi Asahara	10
7	Generation of a Quantitative Luciferase Reporter for Sox9 SUMOylation 2020 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Atsushi Kubo, Masafumi Inui	4
8	Comparative analysis demonstrates cell type-specific conservation of SOX9 targets between mouse and chicken 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Satoshi Yamashita, Kensuke Kataoka, (unknown), Tomoko Kato, Satoshi Hara, Katsushi Yamaguchi, Claire Renard-Guillet, Yuki Katou, Katsuhiko Shirahige, Haruki Ochi, Hajime Ogino, Tokujiro Uchida, Masafumi Inui, Shuji Takada, Shuji Shigenobu, Hiroshi Asahara	23
9	Wwp2 maintains cartilage homeostasis through regulation of Adamts5 2019 ·Nature Communications ·Sho Mokuda, Ryo Nakamichi, Tokio Matsuzaki, Yoshiaki Ito, Tempei Sato, Kohei Miyata, Masafumi Inui, Merissa Olmer, Eiji Sugiyama, Martin Lotz, Hiroshi Asahara	78
10	Creation of CRISPR-based germline-genome-engineered mice without ex vivo handling of zygotes by i-GONAD 2019 ·Nature Protocols ·Channabasavaiah B. Gurumurthy, Masahiro Sato, Ayaka Nakamura, Masafumi Inui, Natsuko Kawano, Md Atiqul Islam, Sanae Ogiwara, Shuji Takabayashi, Makoto Matsuyama, Shinichi Nakagawa, Hiromi Miura, Masato Ohtsuka	92
11	Deletion of a Seminal Gene Cluster Reinforces a Crucial Role of SVS2 in Male Fertility 2019 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·(unknown), Masafumi Inui, Woojin Kang, Moe Tamano, Tingwei Cai, Shuji Takada, Taku Hibino, Manabu Yoshida, Kaoru Yoshida, Hiroshi Okada, Teruaki Iwamoto, Kenji Miyado, Natsuko Kawano	11
12	Rapid generation of mouse models with defined point mutations by the CRISPR/Cas9 system 2014 ·Scientific Reports ·Masafumi Inui, Mami Miyado, Maki Igarashi, Moe Tamano, Atsushi Kubo, Satoshi Yamashita, Hiroshi Asahara, Maki Fukami, Shuji Takada	177
13	Regulation of TGF‐β signal transduction by mono‐ and deubiquitylation of Smads 2012 ·FEBS Letters ·Sirio Dupont, Masafumi Inui, Stuart J. Newfeld	33
14	miRNAs and morphogen gradients 2011 ·Current Opinion in Cell Biology ·Masafumi Inui, Marco Montagner, Stefano Piccolo	20
15	MicroRNA control of Nodal signalling 2007 ·Nature ·Graziano Martello, Luca Zacchigna, Masafumi Inui, Marco Montagner, Maddalena Adorno, Anant Mamidi, Leonardo Morsut, Sandra Soligo, Uyen Tran, Sirio Dupont, Michelangelo Cordenonsi, Oliver Wessely, Stefano Piccolo	159
16	Tbx6, Thylacine1, and E47 synergistically activate bowline expression in Xenopus somitogenesis 2007 ·Developmental Biology ·Keisuke Hitachi, Akiko Kondow, Hiroki Danno, Masafumi Inui, Hideho Uchiyama, Makoto Asashima	20
17	Xapelin and Xmsr are required for cardiovascular development in Xenopus laevis 2006 ·Developmental Biology ·Masafumi Inui, Akimasa Fukui, Yuzuru Ito, Makoto Asashima	66
18	Surgical Treatment of Distal Clavicle Fractures Using the Clavicular Hook Plate 2006 ·Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research ·Masafumi Kashii, Masafumi Inui, Kouji Yamamoto	154
19	Identification and characterization of Xenopus OMP25 2004 ·Development Growth & Differentiation ·Masafumi Inui, Makoto Asashima	5
20	Axial Protocadherin Is a Mediator of Prenotochord Cell Sorting in Xenopus 2002 ·Developmental Biology ·Hiroki Kuroda, Masafumi Inui, Kaoru Sugimoto, Tadayoshi Hayata, Makoto Asashima	49

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