Masahide Oku

2.9k total citations
64 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Masahide Oku is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masahide Oku has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Epidemiology and 19 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Masahide Oku's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (31 papers), Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (15 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (13 papers). Masahide Oku is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (31 papers), Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (15 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (13 papers). Masahide Oku collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Masahide Oku's co-authors include Yasuyoshi Sakai, Hiroya Yurimoto, Ida J. van der Klei, Jan A.K.W. Kiel, Shun‐ichi Yamashita, Jun Hoseki, M. Tsuda, Yuichiro Maéda, Marten Veenhuis and Andriy А. Sibirny and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Journal of Cell Biology and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Masahide Oku

62 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Masahide Oku Japan 22 1.3k 1.2k 576 310 166 64 2.2k
Hagai Abeliovich Israel 26 1.6k 1.2× 1.3k 1.1× 757 1.3× 284 0.9× 106 0.6× 43 2.5k
Nadine Camougrand France 30 2.0k 1.5× 850 0.7× 422 0.7× 248 0.8× 139 0.8× 64 2.6k
Takayuki Sekito Japan 19 1.6k 1.2× 1.7k 1.5× 1.1k 2.0× 324 1.0× 51 0.3× 47 2.8k
Ravi Manjithaya India 23 1.2k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 442 0.8× 116 0.4× 72 0.4× 62 2.2k
Koichiro Takeshige Japan 8 848 0.6× 931 0.8× 589 1.0× 167 0.5× 61 0.4× 11 1.5k
Michael Thumm Germany 36 2.1k 1.6× 2.4k 2.1× 1.8k 3.2× 393 1.3× 82 0.5× 61 3.8k
Ewald H. Hettema United Kingdom 31 3.1k 2.4× 602 0.5× 624 1.1× 180 0.6× 68 0.4× 51 3.6k
Zhiyuan Yao United States 7 902 0.7× 1.3k 1.1× 396 0.7× 119 0.4× 24 0.1× 17 1.8k
Hui-Ling Chiang United States 19 1.3k 1.0× 563 0.5× 836 1.5× 81 0.3× 56 0.3× 28 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Masahide Oku

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Fields of papers citing papers by Masahide Oku

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masahide Oku

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

All Works

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Abe, Yuichi, Masanori Honsho, Takashi Matsuzaki, et al.. (2020). A peroxisome deficiency–induced reductive cytosol state up-regulates the brain-derived neurotrophic factor pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(16). 5321–5334. 12 indexed citations
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Oku, Masahide, et al.. (2019). Peroxisomal Fba2p and Tal2p complementally function in the rearrangement pathway for xylulose 5-phosphate in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 128(1). 33–38. 12 indexed citations
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Yamashita, Shun‐ichi, Masahide Oku, Yasuyoshi Sakai, & Yukio Fujiki. (2017). Experimental Systems to Study Yeast Pexophagy. Methods in molecular biology. 1595. 249–255. 5 indexed citations
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Abe, Masato, et al.. (2016). Mechanism for Remodeling of the Acyl Chain Composition of Cardiolipin Catalyzed by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Tafazzin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(30). 15491–15502. 27 indexed citations
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Oku, Masahide & Yasuyoshi Sakai. (2015). Pexophagy in yeasts. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1863(5). 992–998. 53 indexed citations
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Oku, Masahide, et al.. (2015). Regulation of nitrate and methylamine metabolism by multiple nitrogen sources in the methylotrophic yeastCandida boidinii. FEMS Yeast Research. 15(7). fov084–fov084. 4 indexed citations
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Aihara, M., Yusuke Kurihara, Yutaka Yoshida, et al.. (2014). The Tor and Sin3-Rpd3 complex regulate expression of the mitophagy receptor protein Atg32. Journal of Cell Science. 127(Pt 14). 3184–96. 38 indexed citations
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Tamura, Naoki, et al.. (2013). Atg18 phosphoregulation controls organellar dynamics by modulating its phosphoinositide-binding activity. The Journal of Cell Biology. 202(4). 685–698. 40 indexed citations
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Oku, Masahide, et al.. (2013). Hyper-Activation of the Target of Rapamycin (Tor) Kinase 1 Decreases Intracellular Glutathione Content inSaccharomyces cerevisiaeas Revealed by LC-MS/MS Analysis. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 77(7). 1608–1611. 2 indexed citations
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Oku, Masahide & Yasuyoshi Sakai. (2010). Peroxisomes as dynamic organelles: autophagic degradation. FEBS Journal. 277(16). 3289–3294. 70 indexed citations
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Yamashita, Shun‐ichi, et al.. (2009). Lag‐phase autophagy in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. Genes to Cells. 14(7). 861–870. 17 indexed citations
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Yamashita, Shun‐ichi, Masahide Oku, & Yasuyoshi Sakai. (2007). Functions of PI4P and Sterol Glucoside Necessary for the Synthesis of a Nascent Membrane Structure During Pexophagy. Autophagy. 3(1). 35–37. 13 indexed citations
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Sakai, Yasuyoshi, Masahide Oku, Ida J. van der Klei, & Jan A.K.W. Kiel. (2006). Pexophagy: Autophagic degradation of peroxisomes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1763(12). 1767–1775. 187 indexed citations
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Oku, Masahide, Taku Nishimura, Takeshi Hattori, et al.. (2006). Role of Vac8 in Formation of the Vacuolar Sequestering Membrane during Micropexophagy. Autophagy. 2(4). 272–279. 18 indexed citations
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Oku, Masahide. (2003). Peroxisome degradation requires catalytically active sterol glucosyltransferase with a GRAM domain. The EMBO Journal. 22(13). 3231–3241. 88 indexed citations
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Sato, Satoshi B., et al.. (1998). Poly(ethylene glycol) Derivative of Cholesterol Reduces Binding Step of Liposome Uptake by Murine Macrophage-like Cell Line J774 and Human Hepatoma Cell Line HepG2.. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 46(12). 1907–1913. 16 indexed citations
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Iioka, H, et al.. (1987). [The study on human placental DHA-S transport mechanism (using placental microvillous membrane vesicles)].. PubMed. 39(10). 1756–60. 2 indexed citations
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Oku, Masahide, et al.. (1987). [Intraperitoneal high-dose cisplatinum chemotherapy (CDDP-ip) in patients with carcinomatous peritonitis].. PubMed. 14(4). 1025–32. 4 indexed citations

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