Naoaki Saito

10.6k total citations
245 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Naoaki Saito is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Naoaki Saito has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 188 papers in Molecular Biology, 86 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 37 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Naoaki Saito's work include Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (71 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (61 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (59 papers). Naoaki Saito is often cited by papers focused on Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (71 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (61 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (59 papers). Naoaki Saito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Naoaki Saito's co-authors include Yasuhito Shirai, Chikako Tanaka, Norio Sakai, Ushio Kikkawa, Takehiko Ueyama, Yasutomi Nishizuka, Norio Sakai, Yoshitaka Ono, Yutaka Shirai and Kaori Kashiwagi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Naoaki Saito

245 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Naoaki Saito Japan 53 5.7k 3.0k 1.4k 1.2k 884 245 9.1k
Hisatake Kondo Japan 55 6.2k 1.1× 3.0k 1.0× 1.8k 1.4× 1.1k 0.9× 585 0.7× 297 9.5k
Randy A. Hall United States 55 6.1k 1.1× 4.0k 1.3× 1.2k 0.9× 744 0.6× 394 0.4× 133 8.5k
Paola Pizzo Italy 52 5.7k 1.0× 1.7k 0.6× 1.6k 1.1× 1.8k 1.5× 704 0.8× 115 8.7k
Zhengui Xia United States 46 8.4k 1.5× 4.3k 1.4× 1.2k 0.9× 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.2× 93 13.4k
Dermot M.F. Cooper United States 61 7.8k 1.4× 3.6k 1.2× 987 0.7× 1.5k 1.3× 374 0.4× 163 10.7k
Marisa Brini Italy 54 8.9k 1.6× 3.4k 1.1× 1.9k 1.4× 1.7k 1.5× 309 0.3× 141 12.2k
Yasunobu Okada Japan 54 8.0k 1.4× 3.2k 1.1× 701 0.5× 1.5k 1.3× 497 0.6× 228 11.5k
Georg Reiser Germany 50 5.2k 0.9× 2.4k 0.8× 820 0.6× 1.7k 1.5× 583 0.7× 267 9.9k
Geert Bultynck Belgium 66 9.0k 1.6× 1.6k 0.5× 2.7k 2.0× 1.4k 1.2× 768 0.9× 238 12.7k
Bo Xiao China 35 5.0k 0.9× 4.4k 1.5× 825 0.6× 855 0.7× 1.7k 1.9× 121 9.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Naoaki Saito

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Fields of papers citing papers by Naoaki Saito

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Naoaki Saito. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Naoaki Saito. The network helps show where Naoaki Saito may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Naoaki Saito

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Naoaki Saito. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Naoaki Saito 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 Naoaki Saito. Naoaki Saito 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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Takeuchi, Seiji, et al.. (2022). Cell migration is impaired in XPA‐deficient cells. FASEB BioAdvances. 5(2). 53–61. 5 indexed citations
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Morioka, Shigefumi, Hirofumi Sakaguchi, Mariko Taniguchi‐Ikeda, et al.. (2020). Congenital hearing impairment associated with peripheral cochlear nerve dysmyelination in glycosylation-deficient muscular dystrophy. PLoS Genetics. 16(5). e1008826–e1008826. 8 indexed citations
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Ueyama, Takehiko, et al.. (2019). Rac-Dependent Signaling from Keratinocytes Promotes Differentiation of Intradermal White Adipocytes. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 140(1). 75–84.e6. 8 indexed citations
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Ueyama, Takehiko, Xuexin Zhang, Margarida Barroso, et al.. (2017). Golgi-Associated Protein Kinase C-ε Is Delivered to Phagocytic Cups: Role of Phosphatidylinositol 4-Phosphate. The Journal of Immunology. 199(1). 271–277. 8 indexed citations
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Sakuma, Megumi, Yasuhito Shirai, K. Yoshino, et al.. (2012). Novel PKCα-mediated phosphorylation site(s) on cofilin and their potential role in terminating histamine release. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23(18). 3707–3721. 23 indexed citations
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Kodama, Noriko, Shigeto Mizuno, Hiroaki Nanba, & Naoaki Saito. (2010). Potential Antitumor Activity of a Low-Molecular-Weight Protein Fraction from Grifola frondosa Through Enhancement of Cytokine Production. Journal of Medicinal Food. 13(1). 20–30. 16 indexed citations
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Kazoe, Yutaka, Yohei Sato, Yuko Suzuki, et al.. (2009). A technique for monitoring multiple signals with a combination of prism-based total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy and epifluorescence microscopy. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 459(1). 227–234. 4 indexed citations
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Merino, Ernesto, Antonia Ávila‐Flores, Yasuhito Shirai, et al.. (2008). Lck-Dependent Tyrosine Phosphorylation of Diacylglycerol Kinase α Regulates Its Membrane Association in T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 180(9). 5805–5815. 31 indexed citations
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Ueyama, Takehiko, S. Karasawa, Takumi Kawasaki, et al.. (2008). Sequential Binding of Cytosolic Phox Complex to Phagosomes through Regulated Adaptor Proteins: Evaluation Using the Novel Monomeric Kusabira-Green System and Live Imaging of Phagocytosis. The Journal of Immunology. 181(1). 629–640. 48 indexed citations
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Taniguchi, Taizo, Miho Sumida, Koji Tomoo, et al.. (2005). Effects of different anti‐tau antibodies on tau fibrillogenesis: RTA‐1 and RTA‐2 counteract tau aggregation. FEBS Letters. 579(6). 1399–1404. 29 indexed citations
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Shirai, Yasuhito, Keiko Yagi, Naoko Adachi, et al.. (2005). Importance of chroman ring and tyrosine phosphorylation in the subtype‐specific translocation and activation of diacylglycerol kinase α by d‐α‐tocopherol. Genes to Cells. 10(4). 311–319. 48 indexed citations
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Ueyama, Takehiko, Keiichiro Kami, Toshihiro Kobayashi, et al.. (2005). Isoform-Specific Membrane Targeting Mechanism of Rac during FcγR-Mediated Phagocytosis: Positive Charge-Dependent and Independent Targeting Mechanism of Rac to the Phagosome. The Journal of Immunology. 175(4). 2381–2390. 45 indexed citations
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Abdel‐Raheem, Ihab T., Izumi Hide, Yuhki Yanase, et al.. (2005). Protein kinase C‐αmediates TNF release process in RBL‐2H3 mast cells. British Journal of Pharmacology. 145(4). 415–423. 39 indexed citations
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Ueyama, Takehiko, Michelle R. Lennartz, Yukiko Noda, et al.. (2004). Superoxide Production at Phagosomal Cup/Phagosome through βI Protein Kinase C during FcγR-Mediated Phagocytosis in Microglia. The Journal of Immunology. 173(7). 4582–4589. 55 indexed citations
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Yagi, Keiko, Yasuhito Shirai, Midori Hirai, Norio Sakai, & Naoaki Saito. (2004). Phospholipase A2 products retain a neuron specific γ isoform of PKC on the plasma membrane through the C1 domain—a molecular mechanism for sustained enzyme activity. Neurochemistry International. 45(1). 39–47. 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xinli, Shun’ichi Kuroda, Dale Carpenter, et al.. (2002). Craniosynostosis in transgenic mice overexpressing Nell-1. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 110(6). 861–870. 4 indexed citations
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Saito, Naoaki, et al.. (2000). Differential Requirement for Classic and Novel PKC Isoforms in Respiratory Burst and Phagocytosis in RAW 264.7 Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 165(5). 2809–2817. 144 indexed citations
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Sakaue, Motoyoshi, Naoaki Saito, Hiroshi Taniguchi, Shigeaki Baba, & Chikako Tanaka. (1988). Immunohistochemical localization of γ-aminobutyric acid in the rat pituitary gland and related hypothalamic regions. Brain Research. 446(2). 343–353. 39 indexed citations
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Saito, Naoaki, et al.. (1984). The distribution of GABA immunoreactivity in the rat brain. ACTA HISTOCHEMICA ET CYTOCHEMICA. 17(6). 728. 1 indexed citations
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Saito, Naoaki, et al.. (1984). Characterization and purification of GABA antibody.. ACTA HISTOCHEMICA ET CYTOCHEMICA. 17(6). 728. 3 indexed citations

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