Motoyuki Itoh

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Motoyuki Itoh is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Motoyuki Itoh has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Cell Biology and 10 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Motoyuki Itoh's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (26 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (20 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (10 papers). Motoyuki Itoh is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (26 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (20 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (10 papers). Motoyuki Itoh collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Motoyuki Itoh's co-authors include Ajay Chitnis, Toshio Hirano, Masahiko Hibi, Cheol‐Hee Kim, Keigo Nishida, Katsuhiko Ishihara, Settara C. Chandrasekharappa, Takaya Oda, Yuichi Yoshida and Masahiro Narimatsu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Motoyuki Itoh

76 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Mind Bomb Is a Ubiquitin Ligase that Is Essential for Efficient Activation of Notch Signaling by Delta

2003 643 citations Motoyuki Itoh, Ajay Chitnis et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Motoyuki Itoh Japan	31	2.8k	837	660	625	391	77	4.1k
Francesco Argenton Italy	39	3.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	342 0.5×	375 0.6×	859 2.2×	113	4.8k
Anming Meng China	40	3.9k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	431 0.7×	367 0.6×	804 2.1×	126	5.2k
Aidas Nasevicius United States	12	2.8k 1.0×	1.6k 1.9×	541 0.8×	504 0.8×	545 1.4×	12	4.0k
Stefano Stifani Canada	47	4.6k 1.6×	479 0.6×	697 1.1×	687 1.1×	975 2.5×	99	7.1k
Yoshihito Taniguchi Japan	34	2.4k 0.8×	516 0.6×	343 0.5×	499 0.8×	604 1.5×	53	3.5k
Weilan Ye United States	27	3.2k 1.1×	701 0.8×	375 0.6×	413 0.7×	436 1.1×	43	4.3k
Takahiro Nagase Japan	42	4.4k 1.6×	971 1.2×	538 0.8×	650 1.0×	716 1.8×	105	6.2k
Vasso Episkopou United Kingdom	30	3.1k 1.1×	434 0.5×	1.0k 1.6×	493 0.8×	785 2.0×	53	4.9k
Kryn Stankunas United States	27	3.4k 1.2×	537 0.6×	437 0.7×	351 0.6×	388 1.0×	40	4.3k
Yi Zhou United States	46	4.7k 1.7×	2.0k 2.4×	822 1.2×	423 0.7×	805 2.1×	133	8.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Motoyuki Itoh

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Itoh, Motoyuki, et al.. (2025). Synergistic effects of mutation and glycosylation on disease progression. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 12. 1550815–1550815. 1 indexed citations

Mizoguchi, Takamasa, et al.. (2025). Neurological function is restored post-ischemic stroke in zebrafish, with aging exerting a deleterious effect on its pathology. Brain Research Bulletin. 221. 111225–111225.

Okawara, S, et al.. (2024). The N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase Radical fringe contributes to defects in JAG1-dependent turnover and signaling of NOTCH3 CADASIL mutants. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(10). 107787–107787. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Jingyu, et al.. (2023). The E3 ubiquitin ligase MIB1 suppresses breast cancer cell migration through regulating CTNND1 protein level. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 667. 73–80. 1 indexed citations

Mizoguchi, Takamasa, Masaya Nakajima, Hiroyuki Nakamura, et al.. (2021). Py ₃ -FITC: a new fluorescent probe for live cell imaging of collagen-rich tissues and ionocytes. Open Biology. 11(2). 200241–200241. 4 indexed citations

Takahashi, Hiro, et al.. (2021). Zebrafish behavior feature recognition using three-dimensional tracking and machine learning. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 13492–13492. 24 indexed citations

Tonoki, Ayako, et al.. (2017). Successive and discrete spaced conditioning in active avoidance learning in young and aged zebrafish. Neuroscience Research. 130. 1–7. 10 indexed citations

Itoh, Motoyuki, et al.. (2017). Age-Related Changes in Insulin-like Signaling Lead to Intermediate-Term Memory Impairment in Drosophila. Cell Reports. 18(7). 1598–1605. 23 indexed citations

Sun, Yuchen, Motoyuki Itoh, Motohiko Oshima, et al.. (2017). A New Conditionally Immortalized Human Fetal Brain Pericyte Cell Line: Establishment and Functional Characterization as a Promising Tool for Human Brain Pericyte Studies. Molecular Neurobiology. 55(7). 5993–6006. 31 indexed citations

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Kawakami, Koichi, Kazuhide Asakawa, Masahiko Hibi, et al.. (2016). Gal4 Driver Transgenic Zebrafish. Advances in genetics. 95. 65–87. 47 indexed citations

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Ota, Satoshi, Shizuka Ishitani, Nobuyuki Shimizu, et al.. (2012). NLK positively regulates Wnt/β‐catenin signalling by phosphorylating LEF1 in neural progenitor cells. The EMBO Journal. 31(8). 1904–1915. 62 indexed citations

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Ishitani, Tohru, Tomoko Hirao, Miho Isoda, et al.. (2010). Nemo-like kinase suppresses Notch signalling by interfering with formation of the Notch active transcriptional complex. Nature Cell Biology. 12(3). 278–285. 90 indexed citations

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Ishitani, Tohru, et al.. (2010). Delta1 family members are involved in filopodial actin formation and neuronal cell migration independent of Notch signaling. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 398(1). 118–124. 2 indexed citations

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Yamasaki, Satoru, Keigo Nishida, Yuichi Yoshida, et al.. (2003). Gab1 is required for EGF receptor signaling and the transformation by activated ErbB2. Oncogene. 22(10). 1546–1556. 58 indexed citations

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Dorsky, Richard I., Motoyuki Itoh, Randall T. Moon, & Ajay Chitnis. (2003). Twotcf3genes cooperate to pattern the zebrafish brain. Development. 130(9). 1937–1947. 125 indexed citations

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Itoh, Shousaku, Motoyuki Itoh, Keigo Nishida, et al.. (2002). Adapter Molecule Grb2-Associated Binder 1 Is Specifically Expressed in Marginal Zone B Cells and Negatively Regulates Thymus-Independent Antigen-2 Responses. The Journal of Immunology. 168(10). 5110–5116. 24 indexed citations

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Itoh, Motoyuki, M Adachi, Hiroshi Yasui, et al.. (2002). Nuclear Export of Glucocorticoid Receptor is Enhanced by c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase-Mediated Phosphorylation. Molecular Endocrinology. 16(10). 2382–2392. 190 indexed citations

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Ohtani, Takuya, Katsuhiko Ishihara, Toru Atsumi, et al.. (2000). Dissection of Signaling Cascades through gp130 In Vivo. Immunity. 12(1). 95–105. 195 indexed citations

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Hashimoto, Hisashi, Motoyuki Itoh, Yojiro Yamanaka, et al.. (2000). Zebrafish Dkk1 Functions in Forebrain Specification and Axial Mesendoderm Formation. Developmental Biology. 217(1). 138–152. 155 indexed citations

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Ishihara, Katsuhiko, Yoshiko Kobune, Yoshiki Okuyama, et al.. (1996). Stage-specific expression of mouse BST-1/BP-3 on the early B and T cell progenitors prior to gene rearrangement of antigen receptor. International Immunology. 8(9). 1395–1404. 24 indexed citations

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