Masahiro Narimatsu

4.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
36 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Masahiro Narimatsu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masahiro Narimatsu has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Oncology and 8 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Masahiro Narimatsu's work include Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (7 papers), Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (6 papers) and Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (5 papers). Masahiro Narimatsu is often cited by papers focused on Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (7 papers), Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (6 papers) and Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (5 papers). Masahiro Narimatsu collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Canada and United States. Masahiro Narimatsu's co-authors include Jeffrey L. Wrana, Toshio Hirano, Masahiko Hibi, Payman Samavarchi‐Tehrani, Xaralabos Varelas, Alexander Weiß, Keigo Nishida, Shigeyuki Ebisu, Brett Larsen and Katie Cockburn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Masahiro Narimatsu

35 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

The Crumbs Complex Couples Cell Density Sensing to Hippo-Dependent Control of the TGF-β-SMAD Pathway

2010 553 citations Xaralabos Varelas, Payman Samavarchi‐Tehrani et al. Developmental Cell profile →
Image-based genome-wide siRNA screen identifies selective autophagy factors

2011 385 citations Anthony Orvedahl, Rhea Sumpter et al. Nature profile →
YAP/TAZ Are Mechanoregulators of TGF-β-Smad Signaling and Renal Fibrogenesis

2016 350 citations Masahiro Narimatsu, Jeffrey L. Wrana et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Chromatin remodelling in damaged intestinal crypts orchestrates redundant TGFβ and Hippo signalling to drive regeneration 2024 ·Nature Cell Biology ·Mardi Fink, Kizito Njah, Samir N. Patel, David P. Cook, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Masahiro Narimatsu, (unknown), Melanie Pye, Daniel Trcka, Kin Chan, Arshad Ayyaz, Jeffrey L. Wrana	10
2	The E3 ubiquitin ligase SMURF1 regulates cell-fate specification and outflow tract septation during mammalian heart development 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Klaus Koefoed, (unknown), Peter Andersen, (unknown), Melanie Pye, Troels Andersen, (unknown), Eske Bendsen, Masahiro Narimatsu, Frederik Vilhardt, Lotte B. Pedersen, Jeffrey L. Wrana, Robert H. Anderson, Kjeld Møllgård, Søren T. Christensen, Lars Allan Larsen	21
3	Crucial Role of Postsynaptic Syntaxin 4 in Mediating Basal Neurotransmission and Synaptic Plasticity in Hippocampal CA1 Neurons 2018 ·Cell Reports ·Na‐Ryum Bin, Ke Ma, Hidekiyo Harada, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Masahiro Narimatsu, Zhengping Jia, Jeffrey L. Wrana, Philippe P. Monnier, Liang Zhang, Kenichi Okamoto, Shuzo Sugita	19
4	A feed forward loop enforces YAP/TAZ signaling during tumorigenesis 2018 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Tania Christova, (unknown), Alex Gregorieff, Liang Zhang, Masahiro Narimatsu, Siyuan Song, Shawn Xiong, Amber L. Couzens, Jiefei Tong, Jonathan R. Krieger, Michael F. Moran, Alexandre R. Zlotta, Theodorus van der Kwast, Anne‐Claude Gingras, Frank Sicheri, Jeffrey L. Wrana, Liliana Attisano	76
5	Analysis of Hippo and TGFβ signaling in polarizing epithelial cells and mouse embryos 2016 ·Differentiation ·Masahiro Narimatsu, (unknown), Jeffrey L. Wrana, Liliana Attisano	8
6	Distinct Polarity Cues Direct Taz/Yap and TGFβ Receptor Localization to Differentially Control TGFβ-Induced Smad Signaling 2015 ·Developmental Cell ·Masahiro Narimatsu, Payman Samavarchi‐Tehrani, Xaralabos Varelas, Jeffrey L. Wrana	59
7	The TGFβ superfamily in stem cell biology and early mammalian embryonic development 2012 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects ·Tobias A. Beyer, Masahiro Narimatsu, Alexander Weiß, Laurent David, Jeffrey L. Wrana	71
8	Image-based genome-wide siRNA screen identifies selective autophagy factors breakdown → 2011 ·Nature ·Anthony Orvedahl, Rhea Sumpter, Guanghua Xiao, Aylwin Ng, Zhongju Zou, Yi Tang, Masahiro Narimatsu, Christopher J. Gilpin, Qihua Sun, Michael G. Roth, Christian V. Forst, Jeffrey L. Wrana, Ying E. Zhang, Katherine Luby‐Phelps, Ramnik J. Xavier, Yang Xie, Beth Levine	385
9	The Crumbs Complex Couples Cell Density Sensing to Hippo-Dependent Control of the TGF-β-SMAD Pathway breakdown → 2010 ·Developmental Cell ·Xaralabos Varelas, Payman Samavarchi‐Tehrani, Masahiro Narimatsu, Alexander Weiß, Katie Cockburn, Brett Larsen, Janet Rossant, Jeffrey L. Wrana	553
10	Regulation of Planar Cell Polarity by Smurf Ubiquitin Ligases 2009 ·Cell ·Masahiro Narimatsu, Rohit Bose, Melanie Pye, Liang Zhang, Bryan W. Miller, (unknown), Rui Sakuma, Valbona Luga, Luba Roncari, Liliana Attisano, Jeffrey L. Wrana	268
11	Genome-Wide Identification of Smad/Foxh1 Targets Reveals a Role for Foxh1 in Retinoic Acid Regulation and Forebrain Development 2008 ·Developmental Cell ·Cristoforo Silvestri, Masahiro Narimatsu, Ingo von Both, Ching‐Ti Liu, (unknown), Luisa Izzi, Peter McCaffery, Jeffrey L. Wrana, Liliana Attisano	2
12	Sumoylation differentially regulates Goosecoid-mediated transcriptional repression 2008 ·Experimental Cell Research ·Luisa Izzi, Masahiro Narimatsu, Liliana Attisano	2
13	Gab family proteins are essential for postnatal maintenance of cardiac function via neuregulin-1/ErbB signaling 2007 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Yoshikazu Nakaoka, Keigo Nishida, Masahiro Narimatsu, Atsunori Kamiya, Takashi Minami, Hirofumi Sawa, Katsuya Okawa, Yasushi Fujio, (unknown), Makiko Maeda, (unknown), Satoru Yamasaki, Yuji Arai, Gou Young Koh, Tatsuhiko Kodama, Hisao Hirota, Kinya Otsu, Toshio Hirano, Naoki Mochizuki	55
14	Zinc finger gene fez‐like functions in the formation of subplate neurons and thalamocortical axons 2004 ·Developmental Dynamics ·(unknown), Yoko Suda, Kazuki Nakao, Masahiro Narimatsu, Toshio Hirano, Masahiko Hibi	97
15	Relationship between bacterial infection and evaluation using a laser fluorescence device, DIAGNOdent 2004 ·European Journal Of Oral Sciences ·(unknown), Ayako Shimizu, Masahiro Narimatsu, Mikako Hayashi, Fumio Takeshige, Shigeyuki Ebisu	29
16	Adapter Molecule Grb2-Associated Binder 1 Is Specifically Expressed in Marginal Zone B Cells and Negatively Regulates Thymus-Independent Antigen-2 Responses 2002 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Shousaku Itoh, Motoyuki Itoh, Keigo Nishida, Satoru Yamasaki, Yuichi Yoshida, Masahiro Narimatsu, (unknown), Masahiko Hibi, Katsuhiko Ishihara, Toshio Hirano	24
17	Dissection of Signaling Cascades through gp130 In Vivo 2000 ·Immunity ·Takuya Ohtani, Katsuhiko Ishihara, Toru Atsumi, Keigo Nishida, Yukiko Kaneko, Takaki Miyata, Shousaku Itoh, Masahiro Narimatsu, H. Maeda, Toshiyuki Fukada, Motoyuki Itoh, Hideyuki Okano, Masahiko Hibi, Toshio Hirano	195
18	Role of Gab1 in Heart, Placenta, and Skin Development and Growth Factor- and Cytokine-Induced Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation 2000 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Motoyuki Itoh, Yuichi Yoshida, Keigo Nishida, Masahiro Narimatsu, Masahiko Hibi, Toshio Hirano	230
19	シンポジウム抄録 1998 ·Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology ·Toshio Hirano, Toshiyuki Fukada, (unknown), Yuichi Yoshida, (unknown), Masahiro Narimatsu, Takahiro Shirogane, (unknown), Toru Atsumi, Katsuhiko Ishihara, Koichi Nakajima, Masahiko Hibi	3
20	Association of Stat3-Dependent Transcriptional Activation of p19INK4Dwith IL-6-Induced Growth Arrest 1997 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Masahiro Narimatsu, Koichi Nakajima, Makoto Ichiba, (unknown)	35

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