Nobuyuki Nukina

18.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
206 papers, 14.6k citations indexed

About

Nobuyuki Nukina is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nobuyuki Nukina has authored 206 papers receiving a total of 14.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Molecular Biology, 111 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 55 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Nobuyuki Nukina's work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (89 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (58 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (37 papers). Nobuyuki Nukina is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (89 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (58 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (37 papers). Nobuyuki Nukina collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and India. Nobuyuki Nukina's co-authors include Masaru Kurosawa, Yasuo Ihara, Nihar Ranjan Jana, Asano Odaka, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Takeshi Iwatsubo, Gen Matsumoto, Kumi Kaneko, Yoshiaki Furukawa and Motomasa Tanaka and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Nobuyuki Nukina

206 papers receiving 14.4k citations

Hit Papers

Visualization of Aβ42(43) and Aβ40 in senile plaques with... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 2004 2011 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Visualization of Aβ42(43) and Aβ40 in senile plaques with end-specific Aβ monoclonals: Evidence that an initially deposited species is Aβ42(43)
    1994 1.5k citations Nobuyuki Nukina et al. profile →
  2. Trehalose alleviates polyglutamine-mediated pathology in a mouse model of Huntington disease
    2004 631 citations Motomasa Tanaka, Nihar Ranjan Jana et al. profile →
  3. Serine 403 Phosphorylation of p62/SQSTM1 Regulates Selective Autophagic Clearance of Ubiquitinated Proteins
    2011 550 citations Masaru Kurosawa, Nobuyuki Nukina et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nobuyuki Nukina Japan 62 9.1k 4.9k 4.3k 3.4k 2.3k 206 14.6k
Dimitri Krainc United States 57 8.3k 0.9× 4.8k 1.0× 4.5k 1.0× 5.0k 1.5× 2.4k 1.0× 135 15.5k
Lloyd A. Greene United States 85 13.6k 1.5× 9.1k 1.9× 2.4k 0.6× 2.9k 0.8× 4.2k 1.8× 240 22.4k
Mel Β. Feany United States 54 5.4k 0.6× 4.8k 1.0× 4.8k 1.1× 5.2k 1.5× 2.0k 0.9× 106 13.4k
Gail V.W. Johnson United States 68 7.6k 0.8× 4.0k 0.8× 5.9k 1.4× 1.8k 0.5× 2.8k 1.2× 228 15.5k
Elena Cattaneo Italy 66 12.7k 1.4× 9.8k 2.0× 2.0k 0.5× 3.1k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 218 19.2k
Erich E. Wanker Germany 59 12.5k 1.4× 8.1k 1.7× 3.6k 0.8× 3.3k 1.0× 2.0k 0.9× 178 17.1k
Veerle Baekelandt Belgium 58 5.3k 0.6× 3.4k 0.7× 2.7k 0.6× 4.7k 1.4× 1.1k 0.5× 218 11.7k
Michael K. Lee United States 61 8.0k 0.9× 5.6k 1.2× 7.6k 1.7× 8.0k 2.3× 2.9k 1.3× 155 20.0k
Jie Shen United States 50 6.5k 0.7× 5.0k 1.0× 4.8k 1.1× 6.8k 2.0× 1.9k 0.8× 112 14.7k
Mathias Bähr Germany 76 9.2k 1.0× 5.9k 1.2× 1.7k 0.4× 2.5k 0.7× 1.0k 0.5× 356 17.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nobuyuki Nukina

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Imamura, Yukio, Ayami Okuzumi, Yoshiaki Furukawa, et al.. (2022). Quantum-dot-labeled synuclein seed assay identifies drugs modulating the experimental prion-like transmission. Communications Biology. 5(1). 636–636. 6 indexed citations
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Yamanaka, Tomoyuki, et al.. (2018). Biochemical and morphological classification of disease-associated alpha-synuclein mutants aggregates. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 508(3). 729–734. 15 indexed citations
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Nomura, Takao, Shôji Watanabe, Kumi Kaneko, et al.. (2013). Intranuclear Aggregation of Mutant FUS/TLS as a Molecular Pathomechanism of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(2). 1192–1202. 109 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Hai M., Haruko Miyazaki, Naoto Hoshi, et al.. (2012). Modulation of voltage-gated K + channels by the sodium channel β1 subunit. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(45). 18577–18582. 58 indexed citations
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Doi, Hiroshi, Kunihiro Yoshida, Takao Yasuda, et al.. (2011). Exome Sequencing Reveals a Homozygous SYT14 Mutation in Adult-Onset, Autosomal-Recessive Spinocerebellar Ataxia with Psychomotor Retardation. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 89(2). 320–327. 57 indexed citations
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Nekooki-Machida, Yoko, Masaru Kurosawa, Nobuyuki Nukina, et al.. (2009). Distinct conformations of in vitro and in vivo amyloids of huntingtin-exon1 show different cytotoxicity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(24). 9679–9684. 182 indexed citations
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Patiño, Gustavo A., Lieve Claes, Luis F. Lopez‐Santiago, et al.. (2009). A Functional Null Mutation ofSCN1Bin a Patient with Dravet Syndrome. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(34). 10764–10778. 203 indexed citations
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Iwata, Atsushi, Yu Nagashima, Lumine Matsumoto, et al.. (2009). Intranuclear Degradation of Polyglutamine Aggregates by the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(15). 9796–9803. 75 indexed citations
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Ito, Hikaru, Natsue Yoshimura, Masaru Kurosawa, et al.. (2009). Knock-down of PQBP1 impairs anxiety-related cognition in mouse. Human Molecular Genetics. 18(22). 4239–4254. 24 indexed citations
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Nukina, Nobuyuki. (2008). Pathomechanism of polyglutamine diseases and strategic design for their therapies. Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 48(11). 913–914. 1 indexed citations
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Fei, Erkang, Nali Jia, Tao Zhang, et al.. (2007). Phosphorylation of ataxin-3 by glycogen synthase kinase 3β at serine 256 regulates the aggregation of ataxin-3. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 357(2). 487–492. 45 indexed citations
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Mitsui, Kenichi, Hiroshi Doi, & Nobuyuki Nukina. (2006). Proteomics of Polyglutamine Aggregates. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 63–76. 29 indexed citations
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Iwata, Atsushi, John C. Christianson, Mirella Bucci, et al.. (2005). Increased susceptibility of cytoplasmic over nuclear polyglutamine aggregates to autophagic degradation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(37). 13135–13140. 260 indexed citations
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Dohmae, Naoshi, et al.. (2003). Identification of a novel amino-terminal fragment of amyloid precursor protein in mouse neuroblastoma Neuro2a cell. Neuroscience Letters. 353(2). 135–138. 2 indexed citations
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Zemskov, Evgeny A., Nihar Ranjan Jana, Masaru Kurosawa, et al.. (2003). Pro‐apoptotic protein kinase Cδ is associated with intranuclear inclusions in a transgenic model of Huntington's disease. Journal of Neurochemistry. 87(2). 395–406. 20 indexed citations
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Sekine, Taichi, Seido Ooka, Híromichi Nishimura, et al.. (2003). Targets of anti-endothelial cell antibodies in patients with systemic vasculitis: Identification by the proteomic approach.. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 48(9). 391. 29 indexed citations
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Yamashita, Akira, Yoshinori Watanabe, Nobuyuki Nukina, & Masayuki Yamamoto. (1998). RNA-Assisted Nuclear Transport of the Meiotic Regulator Mei2p in Fission Yeast. Cell. 95(1). 115–123. 97 indexed citations
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Yazawa, Ikuru, Nobuyuki Nukina, & Ichiro Kanazawa. (1996). Characterization of dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy proteins using two-dimensional electrophoretic analysis. Brain Research. 732(1-2). 154–158. 3 indexed citations
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Hitoshi, Seiji, Susumu Kusunoki, Yoshihide Sunada, et al.. (1994). Cerebellar ataxia and polyneuropathy in a patient with IgM M-protein specific to the Gal(β1-3) GalNAc epitope. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 126(2). 219–224. 16 indexed citations
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Nukina, Nobuyuki & Yasuo Ihara. (1983). Immunocytochemical study on senile plaques in Alzheimer's disease. I. Preparation of an antimicrotubule-associated proteins (MAPs) antiserum and its specificity.:Preparation of an Antimicrotubule-associated Proteins (MAPs) Antiserum and its Specificity. Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B. 59(8). 284–287. 10 indexed citations

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