Masahito Yoshihara

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 991 citations indexed

About

Masahito Yoshihara is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Masahito Yoshihara has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 991 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Masahito Yoshihara's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (8 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers) and Corneal Surgery and Treatments (6 papers). Masahito Yoshihara is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (8 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers) and Corneal Surgery and Treatments (6 papers). Masahito Yoshihara collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Sweden and Finland. Masahito Yoshihara's co-authors include Yasuhiro Murakawa, Yoshihide Hayashizaki, Juha Kere, Shintaro Katayama, Hideya Kawaji, Fredrik Lanner, Sophie Petropoulos, Anastasios Damdimopoulos, Magdalena Wagner and Pauliina Damdimopoulou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Masahito Yoshihara

34 papers receiving 984 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.

Brown-fat-mediated tumour suppression by cold-altered global metabolism

2022 148 citations Takahiro Seki, Yunlong Yang et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masahito Yoshihara Japan	13	595	185	134	122	115	36	991
Corinna Warburton Canada	13	649 1.1×	93 0.5×	69 0.5×	179 1.5×	124 1.1×	16	1.1k
Jaime Meléndez Chile	16	734 1.2×	109 0.6×	79 0.6×	113 0.9×	89 0.8×	25	1.3k
Chunbo Yang China	17	595 1.0×	60 0.3×	90 0.7×	75 0.6×	92 0.8×	46	915
Allison C. Sharrow United States	12	559 0.9×	86 0.5×	73 0.5×	208 1.7×	110 1.0×	16	1.0k
Louise Hyslop United Kingdom	11	1.0k 1.7×	334 1.8×	66 0.5×	132 1.1×	51 0.4×	17	1.4k
Daniel T. Meehan United States	21	605 1.0×	66 0.4×	65 0.5×	181 1.5×	167 1.5×	34	1.5k
Anthony Thomas United States	9	873 1.5×	45 0.2×	87 0.6×	195 1.6×	99 0.9×	9	1.2k
Nobuaki Kikyo United States	24	1.5k 2.6×	276 1.5×	123 0.9×	309 2.5×	170 1.5×	46	1.8k
Mark V. Sauer United States	17	990 1.7×	360 1.9×	97 0.7×	212 1.7×	52 0.5×	28	1.3k
Mark Kibschull Canada	21	746 1.3×	166 0.9×	49 0.4×	126 1.0×	50 0.4×	34	1.3k

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Yoshihara, Masahito, Susumu Hara, Takahiro Nemoto, et al.. (2025). PAX6-dependent differentiation landscape of ocular surface epithelium via single-cell RNA sequencing in hiPSC-derived ocular developmental organoid. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1220–1220. 1 indexed citations

Yoshihara, Masahito, Mariangela Pucci, Haonan Li, et al.. (2025). Transcriptional enhancers in human neuronal differentiation provide clues to neuronal disorders. EMBO Reports. 26(5). 1212–1237. 2 indexed citations

Kvist, Jouni, Masahito Yoshihara, Jere Weltner, et al.. (2025). Trophoblast stem cell derivation from naive and primed hPSC enables ELF5 functional analysis. Stem Cell Reports. 20(10). 102637–102637.

Konno, Ryo, Masahito Yoshihara, Atsushi Ito, et al.. (2024). Host-derived protein profiles of human neonatal meconium across gestational ages. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5543–5543. 2 indexed citations

Yoshihara, Masahito, Meryam Beniazza, James Ashmore, et al.. (2023). B1 SINE-binding ZFP266 impedes mouse iPSC generation through suppression of chromatin opening mediated by reprogramming factors. Nature Communications. 14(1). 488–488. 12 indexed citations

Yoshihara, Masahito, Elísabet Einarsdóttir, Sini Ezer, et al.. (2022). Viral infection‐related gene upregulation in monocytes in children with signs of β‐cell autoimmunity. Pediatric Diabetes. 23(6). 703–713. 1 indexed citations

Seki, Takahiro, Yunlong Yang, Xiaoting Sun, et al.. (2022). Brown-fat-mediated tumour suppression by cold-altered global metabolism. Nature. 608(7922). 421–428. 148 indexed citations breakdown →

Åkesson, Elisabet, Masahito Yoshihara, Elizabeth Oliver, et al.. (2021). Spermatogonia Loss Correlates with LAMA 1 Expression in Human Prepubertal Testes Stored for Fertility Preservation. Cells. 10(2). 241–241. 22 indexed citations

Sasamoto, Yuzuru, Catherine Lee, Masahito Yoshihara, et al.. (2021). High expression of SARS-CoV2 viral entry-related proteins in human limbal stem cells. The Ocular Surface. 23. 197–200. 6 indexed citations

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Yamamura, Yuta, Kengo Furuichi, Yasuhiro Murakawa, et al.. (2021). Identification of candidate PAX2-regulated genes implicated in human kidney development. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 9123–9123. 10 indexed citations

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Tegelberg, Saara, Masahito Yoshihara, Christopher B. Jackson, et al.. (2021). Cystatin B-deficiency triggers ectopic histone H3 tail cleavage during neurogenesis. Neurobiology of Disease. 156. 105418–105418. 12 indexed citations

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Kaukonen, Maria, Meharji Arumilli, Jonas Donner, et al.. (2021). A missense variant in IFT122 associated with a canine model of retinitis pigmentosa. Human Genetics. 140(11). 1569–1579. 3 indexed citations

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Lauter, Gilbert, Masahito Yoshihara, Sini Ezer, et al.. (2020). Differentiation of ciliated human midbrain-derived LUHMES neurons. Journal of Cell Science. 133(21). 9 indexed citations

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Yoshihara, Masahito, Shintaro Katayama, Kaarel Krjutškov, et al.. (2020). Dyslexia Candidate Gene and Ciliary Gene Expression Dynamics During Human Neuronal Differentiation. Molecular Neurobiology. 57(7). 2944–2958. 9 indexed citations

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Wagner, Magdalena, Masahito Yoshihara, Iyadh Douagi, et al.. (2020). Single-cell analysis of human ovarian cortex identifies distinct cell populations but no oogonial stem cells. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1147–1147. 224 indexed citations

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Hara, Susumu, et al.. (2018). Transcription factor TFAP2B up-regulates human corneal endothelial cell–specific genes during corneal development and maintenance. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(7). 2460–2469. 16 indexed citations

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Yoshihara, Masahito, Ryoko Araki, Misato Sunayama, et al.. (2017). Hotspots of De Novo Point Mutations in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Cell Reports. 21(2). 308–315. 32 indexed citations

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Murakawa, Yasuhiro, Masahito Yoshihara, Hideya Kawaji, et al.. (2016). Enhanced Identification of Transcriptional Enhancers Provides Mechanistic Insights into Diseases. Trends in Genetics. 32(2). 76–88. 72 indexed citations

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Yoshihara, Masahito, Hiroko Ohmiya, Susumu Hara, et al.. (2015). Discovery of Molecular Markers to Discriminate Corneal Endothelial Cells in the Human Body. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0117581–e0117581. 25 indexed citations

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Yoshihara, Masahito, Naoyuki Maeda, Takeshi Soma, et al.. (2014). Corneal Topographic Analysis of Patients With Mooren Ulcer Using 3-Dimensional Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography. Cornea. 34(1). 54–59. 10 indexed citations

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