Masato Morikawa

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Masato Morikawa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Masato Morikawa has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Masato Morikawa's work include TGF-β signaling in diseases (10 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (3 papers). Masato Morikawa is often cited by papers focused on TGF-β signaling in diseases (10 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (3 papers). Masato Morikawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Sweden and United States. Masato Morikawa's co-authors include Kohei Miyazono, Rik Derynck, Yuji Kamiya, Daizo Koinuma, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Shogo Ehata, Carl‐Henrik Heldin, Shuichi Tsutsumi, Eleftheria Vasilaki and Yoko Katsuno and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Oncogene.

In The Last Decade

Masato Morikawa

32 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

TGF-β and the TGF-β Family: Context-Dependent Roles in Cell and Tissue Physiology

2016 1.0k citations Masato Morikawa, Rik Derynck et al. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology profile →
Bone morphogenetic protein receptors and signal transduction

2009 815 citations Kohei Miyazono, Yuji Kamiya et al. The Journal of Biochemistry profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masato Morikawa Japan	23	2.1k	745	524	335	289	33	3.2k
Yuuki Imai Japan	32	2.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	511 1.0×	209 0.6×	484 1.7×	125	4.0k
Yi Tang United States	23	1.7k 0.8×	740 1.0×	467 0.9×	142 0.4×	324 1.1×	36	2.7k
Athena M. Cherry United States	29	2.2k 1.0×	654 0.9×	322 0.6×	396 1.2×	304 1.1×	81	4.7k
Naushin Waseem United Kingdom	31	2.4k 1.2×	795 1.1×	393 0.8×	515 1.5×	315 1.1×	55	4.6k
Nobuyuki Kamata Japan	32	2.5k 1.2×	1.7k 2.2×	523 1.0×	323 1.0×	356 1.2×	107	4.3k
Jinhu Xiong United States	20	2.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.6×	399 0.8×	140 0.4×	294 1.0×	30	3.3k
Pierre‐Emmanuel Gleizes France	39	4.1k 2.0×	693 0.9×	504 1.0×	308 0.9×	296 1.0×	69	5.1k
Tetsuichiro Inai Japan	25	1.6k 0.8×	533 0.7×	478 0.9×	303 0.9×	132 0.5×	72	2.7k
Francisco José Nicolás Spain	23	2.1k 1.0×	550 0.7×	232 0.4×	178 0.5×	193 0.7×	44	3.4k
Andrés F. Muro Italy	34	2.1k 1.0×	483 0.6×	480 0.9×	409 1.2×	392 1.4×	91	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Masato Morikawa

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masato Morikawa

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

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Tanabe, Ryo, Kohei Miyazono, Tomoki Todo, et al.. (2021). PRRX1 induced by BMP signaling decreases tumorigenesis by epigenetically regulating glioma‐initiating cell properties via DNA methyltransferase 3A. Molecular Oncology. 16(1). 269–288. 6 indexed citations

Ozawa, Takayuki, Masato Morikawa, Yasuyuki Morishita, et al.. (2021). Systemic administration of monovalent follistatin-like 3-Fc-fusion protein increases muscle mass in mice. iScience. 24(5). 102488–102488. 16 indexed citations

Maeda, Shingo, Masato Morikawa, Daizo Koinuma, et al.. (2020). BMP-induced Atoh8 attenuates osteoclastogenesis by suppressing Runx2 transcriptional activity and reducing the Rankl/Opg expression ratio in osteoblasts. Bone Research. 8(1). 32–32. 36 indexed citations

Tamura, Yusuke, Masato Morikawa, Ryo Tanabe, Kohei Miyazono, & Daizo Koinuma. (2020). Anti‐pyroptotic function of TGF‐β is suppressed by a synthetic dsRNA analogue in triple negative breast cancer cells. Molecular Oncology. 15(5). 1289–1307. 15 indexed citations

Sundqvist, Anders, Eleftheria Vasilaki, Oleksandr Voytyuk, et al.. (2020). TGFβ and EGF signaling orchestrates the AP-1- and p63 transcriptional regulation of breast cancer invasiveness. Oncogene. 39(22). 4436–4449. 69 indexed citations

Morikawa, Masato, Yoshihide Mitani, Katarina Holmborn, et al.. (2019). The ALK-1/SMAD/ATOH8 axis attenuates hypoxic responses and protects against the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Science Signaling. 12(607). 20 indexed citations

Richter, Anne, et al.. (2019). EGFL7 Mediates BMP9-Induced Sprouting Angiogenesis of Endothelial Cells Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells. Stem Cell Reports. 12(6). 1250–1259. 28 indexed citations

Hokari, Satoshi, Yusuke Tamura, Atsushi Kaneda, et al.. (2019). Comparative analysis of TTF‐1 binding DNA regions in small‐cell lung cancer and non‐small‐cell lung cancer. Molecular Oncology. 14(2). 277–293. 22 indexed citations

Kawasaki, Natsumi, Kazunobu Isogaya, Shingo Dan, et al.. (2018). TUFT1 interacts with RABGAP1 and regulates mTORC1 signaling. Cell Discovery. 4(1). 1–1. 42 indexed citations

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Miyazono, Kohei, Yoko Katsuno, Daizo Koinuma, Shogo Ehata, & Masato Morikawa. (2018). Intracellular and extracellular TGF-β signaling in cancer: some recent topics. Frontiers of Medicine. 12(4). 387–411. 119 indexed citations

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Raja, Erna, Akiyoshi Komuro, Ryo Tanabe, et al.. (2017). Bone morphogenetic protein signaling mediated by ALK-2 and DLX2 regulates apoptosis in glioma-initiating cells. Oncogene. 36(35). 4963–4974. 31 indexed citations

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Sakurai, Toshihiro, Kazunobu Isogaya, Satoshi Sakai, et al.. (2016). RNA-binding motif protein 47 inhibits Nrf2 activity to suppress tumor growth in lung adenocarcinoma. Oncogene. 35(38). 5000–5009. 62 indexed citations

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Morikawa, Masato, Rik Derynck, & Kohei Miyazono. (2016). TGF-β and the TGF-β Family: Context-Dependent Roles in Cell and Tissue Physiology. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 8(5). a021873–a021873. 1001 indexed citations breakdown →

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Morikawa, Masato, Daizo Koinuma, Anna Mizutani, et al.. (2016). BMP Sustains Embryonic Stem Cell Self-Renewal through Distinct Functions of Different Krüppel-like Factors. Stem Cell Reports. 6(1). 64–73. 53 indexed citations

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Morikawa, Masato, Daizo Koinuma, Kohei Miyazono, & Heldin Ch. (2012). Genome-wide mechanisms of Smad binding. Oncogene. 32(13). 1609–1615. 91 indexed citations

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Kaneda, Atsushi, Takanori Fujita, Motonobu Anai, et al.. (2011). Activation of Bmp2-Smad1 Signal and Its Regulation by Coordinated Alteration of H3K27 Trimethylation in Ras-Induced Senescence. PLoS Genetics. 7(11). e1002359–e1002359. 58 indexed citations

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Morikawa, Masato, Daizo Koinuma, Shuichi Tsutsumi, et al.. (2011). ChIP-seq reveals cell type-specific binding patterns of BMP-specific Smads and a novel binding motif. Nucleic Acids Research. 39(20). 8712–8727. 176 indexed citations

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Mizutani, Anna, Daizo Koinuma, Shuichi Tsutsumi, et al.. (2011). Cell Type-specific Target Selection by Combinatorial Binding of Smad2/3 Proteins and Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4α in HepG2 Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(34). 29848–29860. 40 indexed citations

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Miyazono, Kohei, Yuji Kamiya, & Masato Morikawa. (2009). Bone morphogenetic protein receptors and signal transduction. The Journal of Biochemistry. 147(1). 35–51. 815 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ishiura, Hiroyuki, Masato Morikawa, Masashi Hamada, et al.. (2008). Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis Involving Central Nervous System Successfully Treated With Rituximab Alone. Archives of Neurology. 65(5). 662–5. 28 indexed citations

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