Miho Iijima

8.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
87 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Miho Iijima is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Miho Iijima has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Cell Biology and 14 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Miho Iijima's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (39 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (25 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (23 papers). Miho Iijima is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (39 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (25 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (23 papers). Miho Iijima collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Miho Iijima's co-authors include Hiromi Sesaki, Peter N. Devreotes, Yi Elaine Huang, Kie Itoh, Yasushi Tamura, Yoshihiro Adachi, Ken Nakamura, Junko Wakabayashi, Nobunao Wakabayashi and Thomas W. Kensler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Miho Iijima

86 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

Tumor Suppressor PTEN Mediates Sensing of Chemoattractant Gradients

2002 563 citations Miho Iijima, Peter N. Devreotes profile →
The dynamin-related GTPase Drp1 is required for embryonic and brain development in mice

2009 526 citations Junko Wakabayashi, Zhongyan Zhang et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Miho Iijima

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Dual regulation of mitochondrial fusion by Parkin–PINK1 and OMA1 2025 ·Nature ·Tatsuya Yamada, (unknown), Daisuke Murata, Hu Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Yoshihiro Adachi, Fumiya Ito, Pedro M. Quirós, Seth Blackshaw, Carlos López-Otı́n, Thomas Langer, David C. Chan, Anne Le, Valina L. Dawson, Ted M. Dawson, Miho Iijima, Hiromi Sesaki	12
2	Prevention and regression of megamitochondria and steatosis by blocking mitochondrial fusion in the liver 2022 ·iScience ·Tatsuya Yamada, Daisuke Murata, David E. Kleiner, Robert A. Anders, Avi Z. Rosenberg, Jeffrey Kaplan, James P. Hamilton, Mariam Aghajan, Moshe Levi, Nae‐Yuh Wang, Ted M. Dawson, Toru Yanagawa, Andrew F. Powers, Miho Iijima, Hiromi Sesaki	31
3	Phosphorylated Rho–GDP directly activates mTORC2 kinase towards AKT through dimerization with Ras–GTP to regulate cell migration 2019 ·Nature Cell Biology ·(unknown), Yoichiro Kamimura, (unknown), Akihiko Nakajima, Satoshi Sawai, Hiromi Sesaki, Miho Iijima	55
4	Brain-specific Drp1 regulates postsynaptic endocytosis and dendrite formation independently of mitochondrial division 2019 ·eLife ·Kie Itoh, Daisuke Murata, Takashi Kato, Tatsuya Yamada, Yoichi Araki, Atsushi Saito, Yoshihiro Adachi, Atsushi Igarashi, Shuo Li, Mikhail V. Pletnikov, Richard L. Huganir, Shigeki Watanabe, Atsushi Kamiya, Miho Iijima, Hiromi Sesaki	34
5	Extracellular vesicles direct migration by synthesizing and releasing chemotactic signals 2018 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Paul Kriebel, Ritankar Majumdar, Lisa M. Jenkins, (unknown), Weiye Wang, (unknown), Song Chen, Kedar Narayan, Miho Iijima, Carole A. Parent	56
6	A brain-enriched Drp1 isoform associates with lysosomes, late endosomes, and the plasma membrane 2018 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Kie Itoh, Yoshihiro Adachi, Tatsuya Yamada, (unknown), Takanobu Otomo, Heidi M. McBride, Tamotsu Yoshimori, Miho Iijima, Hiromi Sesaki	46
7	Assay to Measure Interactions between Purified Drp1 and Synthetic Liposomes 2017 ·BIO-PROTOCOL ·Yoshihiro Adachi, Kie Itoh, Miho Iijima, Hiromi Sesaki	4
8	p62/sequestosome-1 knockout delays neurodegeneration induced by Drp1 loss 2017 ·Neurochemistry International ·Tatsuya Yamada, Yoshihiro Adachi, Toru Yanagawa, Miho Iijima, Hiromi Sesaki	13
9	Dynamin-Related Protein 1 Deficiency Leads to Receptor-Interacting Protein Kinase 3–Mediated Necroptotic Neurodegeneration 2016 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Tatsuya Yamada, Yoshihiro Adachi, Masahiro Fukaya, Miho Iijima, Hiromi Sesaki	25
10	Mechanism of human PTEN localization revealed by heterologous expression in Dictyostelium 2013 ·Oncogene ·Ha Nam Nguyen, (unknown), Haruki Senoo, Hiromi Sesaki, Peter N. Devreotes, Miho Iijima	49
11	Effects of Fcj1-Mos1 and mitochondrial division on aggregation of mitochondrial DNA nucleoids and organelle morphology 2013 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Kie Itoh, Yasushi Tamura, Miho Iijima, Hiromi Sesaki	44
12	Mitochondrial dynamics in neurodegeneration 2012 ·Trends in Cell Biology ·Kie Itoh, Ken Nakamura, Miho Iijima, Hiromi Sesaki	392
13	Dictyostelium huntingtin controls chemotaxis and cytokinesis through the regulation of myosin II phosphorylation 2011 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Yu Wang, Paul A. Steimle, Yixin Ren, Christopher A. Ross, Douglas N. Robinson, Thomas Egelhoff, Hiromi Sesaki, Miho Iijima	32
14	The dynamin-related GTPase Opa1 is required for glucose-stimulated ATP production in pancreatic beta cells 2011 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Zhongyan Zhang, Nobunao Wakabayashi, Junko Wakabayashi, Yasushi Tamura, Woo‐Jin Song, (unknown), Pascaline Clerc, Brian M. Polster, Susan Aja, Mikhail V. Pletnikov, Thomas W. Kensler, Orian S. Shirihai, Miho Iijima, Mehboob A. Hussain, Hiromi Sesaki	132
15	Proteomic identification of phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5) triphosphate-binding proteins in Dictyostelium discoideum 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Pingbo Zhang, (unknown), Hiromi Sesaki, Miho Iijima	35
16	Disruption of PKB signaling restores polarity to cells lacking tumor suppressor PTEN 2010 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Ming‐Jer Tang, Miho Iijima, Yoichiro Kamimura, Lingfeng Chen, Long Yu, Peter N. Devreotes	37
17	Mdm35p imports Ups proteins into the mitochondrial intermembrane space by functional complex formation 2010 ·The EMBO Journal ·Yasushi Tamura, Miho Iijima, Hiromi Sesaki	58
18	Single-molecule analysis of chemoattractant-stimulated membrane recruitment of a PH-domain-containing protein 2006 ·Journal of Cell Science ·Satomi Matsuoka, Miho Iijima, Tomonobu M. Watanabe, Hidekazu Kuwayama, Toshio Yanagida, Peter N. Devreotes, Masahiro Ueda	37
19	Temporal and Spatial Regulation of Phosphoinositide Signaling Mediates Cytokinesis 2005 ·Developmental Cell ·Chris Janetopoulos, Jane Borleis, Francisca Vázquez, Miho Iijima, Peter N. Devreotes	119
20	Receptor-mediated Regulation of PI3Ks Confines PI(3,4,5)P₃to the Leading Edge of Chemotaxing Cells 2003 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Yi Elaine Huang, Miho Iijima, Carole A. Parent, Satoru Funamoto, Richard Firtel, Peter N. Devreotes	174

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