Nobuo Sasaki

12.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
59 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Nobuo Sasaki is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nobuo Sasaki has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Oncology and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Nobuo Sasaki's work include Cancer Cells and Metastasis (11 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (7 papers) and Digestive system and related health (5 papers). Nobuo Sasaki is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Cells and Metastasis (11 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (7 papers) and Digestive system and related health (5 papers). Nobuo Sasaki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Netherlands. Nobuo Sasaki's co-authors include Hans Clevers, Alexander van Oudenaarden, Anna Lyubimova, Marc van de Wetering, Johan H. van Es, Toshiro Sato, Kay Wiebrands, Onur Başak, Lennart Kester and Dominic Grün and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nobuo Sasaki

49 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

In vitro expansion of single Lgr5+ liver stem cells induced by Wnt-driven regeneration

2013 1.1k citations Johan H. van Es, Vivian Li et al. profile →
Functional Repair of CFTR by CRISPR/Cas9 in Intestinal Stem Cell Organoids of Cystic Fibrosis Patients

2013 1.0k citations Valentina Sasselli, Nobuo Sasaki et al. profile →
Single-cell messenger RNA sequencing reveals rare intestinal cell types

2015 847 citations Anna Lyubimova, Kay Wiebrands et al. profile →
Dll1+ secretory progenitor cells revert to stem cells upon crypt damage

2012 584 citations Johan H. van Es, Anna Lyubimova et al. profile →
Intra-tumour diversification in colorectal cancer at the single-cell level

2018 376 citations Nobuo Sasaki, Sam Behjati et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nobuo Sasaki Japan	26	3.4k	1.8k	943	936	869	59	5.9k
Robert G. Vries Netherlands	16	3.0k 0.9×	2.5k 1.4×	945 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	25	6.1k
Stieneke van den Brink Netherlands	17	3.4k 1.0×	2.7k 1.5×	911 1.0×	1.5k 1.6×	1.8k 2.1×	19	6.9k
Christopher N. Mayhew United States	28	3.1k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	637 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	1.4k 1.6×	60	5.1k
Miranda Cozijnsen Netherlands	11	3.3k 1.0×	2.9k 1.6×	1.2k 1.3×	771 0.8×	370 0.4×	13	5.9k
Christodoulos Xinaris Italy	24	2.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	490 0.5×	883 0.9×	731 0.8×	54	4.3k
Rex C. Haydon United States	40	4.4k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	829 0.9×	971 1.0×	843 1.0×	83	7.5k
Ruben van Boxtel Netherlands	30	2.7k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	700 0.7×	329 0.4×	640 0.7×	84	5.0k
Henner F. Farin Germany	30	2.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	934 1.0×	492 0.5×	545 0.6×	47	4.1k
Meritxell Huch United Kingdom	35	4.0k 1.2×	3.1k 1.7×	1.3k 1.3×	2.5k 2.6×	2.2k 2.5×	61	8.7k
Robert G.J. Vries Netherlands	17	4.4k 1.3×	4.8k 2.7×	1.6k 1.7×	1.3k 1.4×	2.4k 2.7×	24	9.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nobuo Sasaki

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

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Oda, Tsukasa, Tetsuhiro Kasamatsu, Akira Matsumoto, et al.. (2025). Role of Rac1 in p53-Related Proliferation and Drug Sensitivity in Multiple Myeloma. Cancers. 17(3). 461–461.

Miyauchi, Eiji, Takashi Taida, Kan Uchiyama, et al.. (2025). Smoking affects gut immune system of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases by modulating metabolomic profiles and mucosal microbiota. Gut. 75(1). 46–56. 1 indexed citations

Miyauchi, Eiji, Kyoko Yamazaki, Kyoko Yamazaki, et al.. (2025). Patients with periodontitis exhibit persistent dysbiosis of the gut microbiota and distinct serum metabolome. Journal of Oral Microbiology. 17(1). 2499284–2499284. 2 indexed citations

Takeuchi, Tadashi, Eiji Miyauchi, Yumiko Nakanishi, et al.. (2025). Acetylated cellulose suppresses body mass gain through gut commensals consuming host-accessible carbohydrates. Cell Metabolism. 37(8). 1682–1697.e6.

Gotoh, Nanami, Tsukasa Oda, Akiko Omori, et al.. (2024). APEX1 Polymorphisms Affect Acute Myeloid Leukemia Risk, and Its Expression Is Involved in Cell Proliferation and Differentiation. International Journal of Laboratory Hematology. 47(2). 276–287.

Oda, Tsukasa, Nanami Gotoh, Tetsuhiro Kasamatsu, et al.. (2023). DNA damage‐induced cellular senescence is regulated by 53BP1 accumulation in the nuclear foci and phase separation. Cell Proliferation. 56(6). e13398–e13398. 25 indexed citations

Oda, Tsukasa, Yuki Murakami, Nanami Gotoh, et al.. (2023). Myeloma Microenvironmental TIMP1 Induces the Invasive Phenotype in Fibroblasts to Modulate Disease Progression. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 2216–2216. 5 indexed citations

Yamazaki, Kyoko, Kyoko Yamazaki, Eiji Miyauchi, et al.. (2022). Dysbiotic human oral microbiota alters systemic metabolism via modulation of gut microbiota in germ-free mice. Journal of Oral Microbiology. 14(1). 2110194–2110194. 11 indexed citations

Drost, Jarno, Ruben van Boxtel, Francis Blokzijl, et al.. (2017). Use of CRISPR-modified human stem cell organoids to study the origin of mutational signatures in cancer. Science. 358(6360). 234–238. 312 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Nobuo, Norman Sachs, Kay Wiebrands, et al.. (2016). Reg4 ⁺ deep crypt secretory cells function as epithelial niche for Lgr5 ⁺ stem cells in colon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(37). E5399–407. 206 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Nobuo. (2016). Reg4+ Deep Crypt Secretory cells function as epithelial niche for Lgr5+ stem cells in colon. Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University). 17 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Nobuo, Peter Grobara, Tiffany Woo, et al.. (2015). Effects of sugammadex on incidence of postoperative residual neuromuscular blockade: a randomized, controlled study. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 115(5). 743–751. 145 indexed citations

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Imamura, Takeaki, et al.. (2014). Pheochromocytoma crisis with acute heart failure and multiple organ failure. Nihon Kyukyu Igakukai Zasshi Journal of Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. 25(7). 313–318.

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Sasaki, Nobuo, Makoto Kiso, Motoo Kitagawa, & Yumiko Saga. (2010). The repression of Notch signaling occurs via the destabilization of mastermind-like 1 by Mesp2 and is essential for somitogenesis. Development. 138(1). 55–64. 35 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Nobuo, et al.. (2010). . Journal of the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine. 17(3). 303–308.

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Cornier, Alberto S., Karen Staehling-Hampton, Kym Delventhal, et al.. (2008). Mutations in the MESP2 Gene Cause Spondylothoracic Dysostosis/Jarcho-Levin Syndrome. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 82(6). 1334–1341. 55 indexed citations

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Kojima, Naoki, et al.. (2008). A Case of Septic Shock due to an Acute Prostatitis Caused by Extended-Spectrum .BETA.-Lactamase (ESBL) Producing Escherichia coli. Nihon Kyukyu Igakukai Zasshi Journal of Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. 19(4). 208–213. 1 indexed citations

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Nishimura, Ryohei, et al.. (2007). Relationship between Treatment and Prognosis of Canine Insulinoma: 22 Cases (1997-2006). 38(2). 19–24. 1 indexed citations

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Sasamura, Takeshi, Nobuo Sasaki, Hiroyuki Ishikawa, et al.. (2003). neurotic , a novel maternal neurogenic gene, encodes an O -fucosyltransferase that is essential for Notch-Delta interactions. Development. 130(20). 4785–4795. 139 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Toshio, et al.. (1982). Application of Flow Visualization and Image Processing Techniques to Flow around a Cylinder. 2(Supplement). 41–46. 3 indexed citations

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