Misako Watabe

4.3k total citations
42 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Misako Watabe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Misako Watabe has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Cancer Research and 9 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Misako Watabe's work include Mechanisms of cancer metastasis (10 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (7 papers) and Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (6 papers). Misako Watabe is often cited by papers focused on Mechanisms of cancer metastasis (10 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (7 papers) and Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (6 papers). Misako Watabe collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Misako Watabe's co-authors include Kounosuke Watabe, Shigeru Hirota, Sudha K. Pai, Sadahiro Hosobe, Sucharita Bandyopadhyay, Hiroshi Okuda, Ken Saito, Fei Xing, Kunio Miura and Puspa R. Pandey and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Misako Watabe

42 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Misako Watabe United States 24 2.4k 1.1k 1.1k 444 416 42 3.4k
Sudha K. Pai United States 20 2.1k 0.9× 945 0.9× 916 0.8× 389 0.9× 400 1.0× 31 2.9k
Youyong Lu China 35 2.8k 1.2× 1.5k 1.4× 1.4k 1.3× 443 1.0× 360 0.9× 122 4.4k
Stefan Grünert Austria 14 2.6k 1.1× 925 0.8× 1.5k 1.4× 324 0.7× 241 0.6× 20 3.7k
Hiroshi Okuda Japan 24 1.7k 0.7× 739 0.7× 794 0.7× 333 0.8× 155 0.4× 80 2.9k
Frances Kittrell United States 32 1.9k 0.8× 735 0.7× 1.8k 1.7× 208 0.5× 151 0.4× 61 3.3k
Margit A. Huber Germany 13 2.3k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 1.8k 1.7× 329 0.7× 215 0.5× 21 3.7k
Pran K. Datta United States 32 2.6k 1.1× 851 0.8× 1.3k 1.2× 316 0.7× 416 1.0× 69 3.5k
Emma Shtivelman United States 33 2.4k 1.0× 602 0.6× 931 0.9× 261 0.6× 399 1.0× 42 4.2k
Wen Yang China 24 2.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 887 0.8× 193 0.4× 186 0.4× 42 3.2k
Paola Parrella Italy 29 2.3k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 773 0.7× 363 0.8× 368 0.9× 79 3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Misako Watabe

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Fields of papers citing papers by Misako Watabe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Misako Watabe

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xing, Fei, Aya Kobayashi, Hiroshi Okuda, et al.. (2013). Reactive astrocytes promote the metastatic growth of breast cancer stem‐like cells by activating Notch signalling in brain. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 5(3). 384–396. 146 indexed citations
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Liu, Wen, Fei Xing, Hiroshi Okuda, et al.. (2012). N‐myc downstream regulated gene 1 modulates Wnt‐β‐catenin signalling and pleiotropically suppresses metastasis. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 4(2). 93–108. 173 indexed citations
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Pandey, Prabhakar, Fei Xing, Sambad Sharma, et al.. (2012). Elevated lipogenesis in epithelial stem-like cell confers survival advantage in ductal carcinoma in situ of breast cancer. Oncogene. 32(42). 5111–5122. 79 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Aya, Hiroshi Okuda, Fei Xing, et al.. (2012). Bone morphogenetic protein 7 in dormancy and metastasis of prostate cancer stem-like cells in bone. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 209(3). 639–639. 11 indexed citations
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Okuda, Hiroshi, Aya Kobayashi, Bo Xia, et al.. (2011). Hyaluronan Synthase HAS2 Promotes Tumor Progression in Bone by Stimulating the Interaction of Breast Cancer Stem–Like Cells with Macrophages and Stromal Cells. Cancer Research. 72(2). 537–547. 160 indexed citations
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Xing, Fei, Hiroshi Okuda, Misako Watabe, et al.. (2011). Hypoxia-induced Jagged2 promotes breast cancer metastasis and self-renewal of cancer stem-like cells. Oncogene. 30(39). 4075–4086. 187 indexed citations
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Liu, Wen, Eiji Furuta, Kazutoshi Shindo, et al.. (2010). Cacalol, a natural sesquiterpene, induces apoptosis in breast cancer cells by modulating Akt-SREBP-FAS signaling pathway. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 128(1). 57–68. 29 indexed citations
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Iiizumi, Megumi, Sucharita Bandyopadhyay, Sudha K. Pai, et al.. (2008). RhoC Promotes Metastasis via Activation of the Pyk2 Pathway in Prostate Cancer. Cancer Research. 68(18). 7613–7620. 85 indexed citations
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Liu, Wen, Eiji Furuta, Misako Watabe, et al.. (2008). Inhibition of Fatty acid synthase and induction of apoptosis in human breast cancer cells by Cacalia deliphiniifolia. Cancer Research. 68. 629–629. 2 indexed citations
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Bandyopadhyay, Sucharita, Sudha K. Pai, Shigeru Hirota, et al.. (2004). Role of the putative tumor metastasis suppressor gene Drg-1 in breast cancer progression. Oncogene. 23(33). 5675–5681. 156 indexed citations
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Bandyopadhyay, Sucharita, Sudha K. Pai, Steven Gross, et al.. (2003). The Drg-1 gene suppresses tumor metastasis in prostate cancer.. PubMed. 63(8). 1731–6. 267 indexed citations
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Gross, Steven, Goodarz Goodarzi, Misako Watabe, et al.. (2002). Antineoplastic Activity of Solidago virgaurea on Prostatic Tumor Cells in an SCID Mouse Model. Nutrition and Cancer. 43(1). 76–81. 23 indexed citations
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Goodarzi, Goodarz, Tomoyuki Mashimo, Misako Watabe, et al.. (2001). Identification of tumor metastasis suppressor region on the short arm of human chromosome 20. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 32(1). 33–42. 9 indexed citations
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Mashimo, Tomoyuki, Misako Watabe, Andrew Cuthbert, et al.. (1998). Human chromosome 16 suppresses metastasis but not tumorigenesis in rat prostatic tumor cells.. PubMed. 58(20). 4572–6. 32 indexed citations
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Lawyer, Carl, et al.. (1996). Effects of synthetic form of tracheal antimicrobial peptide on respiratory pathogens. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 37(3). 599–604. 15 indexed citations
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Watabe, Misako, et al.. (1993). Characterization of the 5′-Flanking Region of the Hepatocyte Growth Factor Gene. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 195(1). 346–353. 12 indexed citations
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Goodarzi, Goodarz, Misako Watabe, & Kounosuke Watabe. (1992). Organ distribution and stability of phosphorothioated oligodeoxyribonucleotides in mice. Biopharmaceutics & Drug Disposition. 13(3). 221–227. 32 indexed citations
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Goodarzi, Goodarz, Misako Watabe, & Kounosuke Watabe. (1991). Binding of oligonucleotides to cell membranes at acidic pH. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 181(3). 1343–1351. 30 indexed citations
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Gross, Steven, Misako Watabe, Goodarz Goodarzi, Ali Darabi, & Kounosuke Watabe. (1990). Organ-specific distribution of isozymes of 5′-nucleotide phosphodiesterase in mouse. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Comparative Biochemistry. 95(4). 821–824. 4 indexed citations
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Darabi, Ali, et al.. (1989). Identification and nucleotide sequence of the minimal replicon of the low-copy-number plasmid pBS2. Plasmid. 22(3). 281–286. 6 indexed citations

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