Masahiro Sokabe

12.1k total citations
252 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Masahiro Sokabe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masahiro Sokabe has authored 252 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Molecular Biology, 63 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 59 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Masahiro Sokabe's work include Ion channel regulation and function (59 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (45 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (38 papers). Masahiro Sokabe is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (59 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (45 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (38 papers). Masahiro Sokabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and United States. Masahiro Sokabe's co-authors include Keiji Naruse, Hitoshi Tatsumi, Hiroaki Hirata, Kimihide Hayakawa, Kishio Furuya, Frederick Sachs, Kenjiro Yoshimura, Ling Chen, Yoshiaki Kobuke and Hidetoshi Iida and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Masahiro Sokabe

249 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Masahiro Sokabe Japan 55 4.6k 2.4k 1.8k 1.5k 941 252 9.5k
Marcel Egli Switzerland 31 4.8k 1.0× 1.9k 0.8× 2.6k 1.4× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 87 10.4k
Tatiana Benavides Damm Switzerland 7 4.5k 1.0× 1.8k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 759 0.8× 7 8.1k
Stine F. Pedersen Denmark 54 6.1k 1.3× 1.3k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 825 0.9× 187 9.6k
Else K. Hoffmann Denmark 54 6.5k 1.4× 2.0k 0.8× 1.9k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 410 0.4× 168 9.6k
Richard A. Steinhardt United States 50 6.4k 1.4× 2.4k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 2.6k 1.7× 688 0.7× 88 10.7k
John Orlowski Canada 52 7.6k 1.7× 1.1k 0.5× 944 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 558 0.6× 116 10.4k
Boris Martinac Australia 55 10.0k 2.2× 1.9k 0.8× 5.3k 2.9× 1.8k 1.2× 1.9k 2.0× 228 13.5k
Hiroyuki Sasaki Japan 50 7.2k 1.6× 2.3k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 616 0.4× 348 0.4× 166 14.5k
Marisa Brini Italy 54 8.9k 1.9× 1.9k 0.8× 1.7k 1.0× 3.4k 2.3× 305 0.3× 141 12.2k
Naoki Mochizuki Japan 64 10.4k 2.3× 4.5k 1.8× 1.5k 0.8× 1.9k 1.2× 403 0.4× 250 17.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Masahiro Sokabe

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Fields of papers citing papers by Masahiro Sokabe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masahiro Sokabe

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

All Works

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Furuya, Kishio, et al.. (2025). Volume-regulated anion channels conduct ATP in undifferentiated mammary cells and promote tumorigenesis in xenograft nude mouse. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 12. 1519642–1519642. 1 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Motoki, Masahiro Sokabe, & Masato Asai. (2024). Progesterone Receptor Agonist, Nestorone, Exerts Long-Term Neuroprotective Effects Against Permanent Focal Cerebral Ischemia in Adult and Aged Male Rats. Translational Stroke Research. 16(4). 1118–1132. 1 indexed citations
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Dong, Ping, Yunqing Mei, Mingxi Tang, et al.. (2024). A synthetic peptide, derived from neurotoxin GsMTx4, acts as a non-opioid analgesic to alleviate mechanical and neuropathic pain through the TRPV4 channel. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 15(3). 1447–1462.
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Shan, Wei, Taku Nagai, Motoki Tanaka, et al.. (2017). Neuronal PAS domain protein 4 (Npas4) controls neuronal homeostasis in pentylenetetrazole‐induced epilepsy through the induction of Homer1a. Journal of Neurochemistry. 145(1). 19–33. 27 indexed citations
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Hayakawa, Kimihide, et al.. (2014). Single-molecule imaging and kinetic analysis of cooperative cofilin–actin filament interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(27). 9810–9815. 49 indexed citations
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Ito, Satoru, Kishio Furuya, Keiji Naruse, et al.. (2014). Real-Time Imaging of ATP Release Induced by Mechanical Stretch in Human Airway Smooth Muscle Cells. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 51(6). 772–782. 44 indexed citations
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Li, Liang, et al.. (2010). DHEA prevents Aβ25–35-impaired survival of newborn neurons in the dentate gyrus through a modulation of PI3K-Akt-mTOR signaling. Neuropharmacology. 59(4-5). 323–333. 80 indexed citations
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Chen, Lei, Lei Chen, Haofei Wang, et al.. (2010). DMXB (GTS‐21) ameliorates the cognitive deficits in beta amyloid injected mice through preventing the dysfunction of alpha7 nicotinic receptor. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 88(8). 1784–1794. 36 indexed citations
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Kawakami, Keisuke, et al.. (2009). Repetitive stretch suppresses denervation‐induced atrophy of soleus muscle in rats. Muscle & Nerve. 39(4). 456–462. 39 indexed citations
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Machiyama, Hiroaki, Hitoshi Tatsumi, & Masahiro Sokabe. (2009). Structural Changes in the Cytoplasmic Domain of the Mechanosensitive Channel MscS During Opening. Biophysical Journal. 97(4). 1048–1057. 34 indexed citations
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Hayakawa, Kimihide, Hitoshi Tatsumi, & Masahiro Sokabe. (2008). Actin stress fibers transmit and focus force to activate mechanosensitive channels. Journal of Cell Science. 121(4). 496–503. 198 indexed citations
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Furuya, Kishio & Masahiro Sokabe. (2008). [Cell responses to mechanical stresses: mechano-sensors and messengers].. PubMed. 18(9). 1295–303. 1 indexed citations
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Nakagawa, Yuko, Takeshi Katagiri, Kazuo Shinozaki, et al.. (2007). Arabidopsis plasma membrane protein crucial for Ca 2+ influx and touch sensing in roots. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(9). 3639–3644. 313 indexed citations
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Sokabe, Masahiro, Ling Chen, & Kishio Furuya. (2007). Potentiation of glutamate transporter GLT-1 by the neurosteroid DHEA in the rat hippocampal dendate gyrus. 84–84. 1 indexed citations
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TAKEDA, H., Kimihiro Komori, Naomichi Nishikimi, et al.. (2006). Bi-phasic activation of eNOS in response to uni-axial cyclic stretch is mediated by differential mechanisms in BAECs. Life Sciences. 79(3). 233–239. 43 indexed citations
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Yokoyama, Shinya, Yukihiro Yokoyama, Tōru Kawai, et al.. (2006). Biphasic activation of liver regeneration-associated signals in an early stage after portal vein branch ligation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 349(2). 732–739. 8 indexed citations
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Qi, Zhi, Akio Kishigami, Yuko Nakagawa, Hidetoshi Iida, & Masahiro Sokabe. (2004). A Mechanosensitive Anion Channel in Arabidopsis thaliana Mesophyll Cells. Plant and Cell Physiology. 45(11). 1704–1708. 31 indexed citations
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Murakami, Taro, Yoshiharu Shimomura, Atsushi Yoshimura, Masahiro Sokabe, & Noriaki Fujitsuka. (1998). Induction of nuclear respiratory factor-1 expression by an acute bout of exercise in rat muscle. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1381(1). 113–122. 72 indexed citations
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Akaike, Tadashi, Jian Wang, Kunihiko Obata, & Masahiro Sokabe. (1996). Optical Recording of Propagation of Neuronal Activities in the CA1 Region of the Rat Hippocampus. 4(4). 157–166. 2 indexed citations

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