Ritsuko Takada

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
44 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Ritsuko Takada is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ritsuko Takada has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cell Biology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ritsuko Takada's work include Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (20 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (12 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (8 papers). Ritsuko Takada is often cited by papers focused on Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (20 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (12 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (8 papers). Ritsuko Takada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Ritsuko Takada's co-authors include Shinji Takada, Andrew P. McMahon, David Bumcrot, Elisa Martı́, Hisato Kondoh, Robert G. Roeder, Naoto Ueno, Toshifumi Takao, Yoshinori Satomi and Tomoko Kurata and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Ritsuko Takada

44 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Monounsaturated Fatty Acid Modification of Wnt Protein: I... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2006 2003 200 400 600
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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. Monounsaturated Fatty Acid Modification of Wnt Protein: Its Role in Wnt Secretion
    2006 606 citations Ritsuko Takada, Yoshinori Satomi et al. Developmental Cell profile →
  2. The receptor tyrosine kinase Ror2 is involved in non‐canonical Wnt5a/JNK signalling pathway
    2003 605 citations Isao Oishi, Hiroaki Suzuki et al. Genes to Cells profile →

Peers

Ritsuko Takada
Masanori Taira Japan
Lídia Pérez Spain
William C. Skarnes United Kingdom
Thomas D. Sargent United States
Joan Galcerán Spain
Andrei Glinka Germany
Akira Imamoto United States
Michel Cohen‐Tannoudji France
Ingolf Bach United States
Carol A. Erickson United States
Masanori Taira Japan
Ritsuko Takada
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ritsuko Takada

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ritsuko Takada. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ritsuko Takada 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 Ritsuko Takada. Ritsuko Takada 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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Takada, Ritsuko, Elena Krayukhina, Takahiro Maruno, et al.. (2024). Soluble Frizzled-related proteins promote exosome-mediated Wnt re-secretion. Communications Biology. 7(1). 254–254. 6 indexed citations
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Saito, Nen, Yusuke Mii, Ritsuko Takada, et al.. (2023). Intercellular exchange of Wnt ligands reduces cell population heterogeneity during embryogenesis. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1924–1924. 8 indexed citations
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Takada, Ritsuko, Yusuke Mii, Elena Krayukhina, et al.. (2018). Assembly of protein complexes restricts diffusion of Wnt3a proteins. Communications Biology. 1(1). 165–165. 21 indexed citations
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Kikuchi, Mariko, T. Nishimura, Daisuke Saito, et al.. (2018). Novel components of germline sex determination acting downstream of foxl3 in medaka. Developmental Biology. 445(1). 80–89. 16 indexed citations
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Mii, Yusuke, Takayoshi Yamamoto, Ritsuko Takada, et al.. (2017). Roles of two types of heparan sulfate clusters in Wnt distribution and signaling in Xenopus. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1973–1973. 40 indexed citations
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Chen, Qiuhong, Ritsuko Takada, Chiyo Noda, Satoru Kobayashi, & Shinji Takada. (2016). Different populations of Wnt-containing vesicles are individually released from polarized epithelial cells. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 35562–35562. 57 indexed citations
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Takada, Shinji, et al.. (2016). Differences in the secretion and transport of Wnt proteins. The Journal of Biochemistry. 161(1). 1–7. 35 indexed citations
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Ishioka, Toshiyasu, Ryohei Katayama, Ryo Kikuchi, et al.. (2007). Impairment of the ubiquitin‐proteasome system by cellular FLIP. Genes to Cells. 12(6). 735–744. 21 indexed citations
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Takada, Ritsuko, Yoshinori Satomi, Tomoko Kurata, et al.. (2006). Monounsaturated Fatty Acid Modification of Wnt Protein: Its Role in Wnt Secretion. Developmental Cell. 11(6). 791–801. 606 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hayashi, Toshinori, Nobuhiko Mizuno, Ritsuko Takada, Shinji Takada, & Hisato Kondoh. (2006). Determinative role of Wnt signals in dorsal iris-derived lens regeneration in newt eye. Mechanisms of Development. 123(11). 793–800. 38 indexed citations
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Takada, Ritsuko, Hiroko Hijikata, Hisato Kondoh, & Shinji Takada. (2005). Analysis of combinatorial effects of Wnts and Frizzleds on β‐catenin/armadillo stabilization and Dishevelled phosphorylation. Genes to Cells. 10(9). 919–928. 47 indexed citations
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Nakagawa, Shinichi, Shinji Takada, Ritsuko Takada, & Masatoshi Takeichi. (2003). Identification of the laminar-inducing factor: Wnt-signal from the anterior rim induces correct laminar formation of the neural retina in vitro. Developmental Biology. 260(2). 414–425. 58 indexed citations
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Oishi, Isao, Hiroaki Suzuki, Nobuyuki Onishi, et al.. (2003). The receptor tyrosine kinase Ror2 is involved in non‐canonical Wnt5a/JNK signalling pathway. Genes to Cells. 8(7). 645–654. 605 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yamanaka, Hiroaki, Tetsuo Moriguchi, Norihisa Masuyama, et al.. (2002). JNK functions in the non‐canonical Wnt pathway to regulate convergent extension movements in vertebrates. EMBO Reports. 3(1). 69–75. 365 indexed citations
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Takeda, Kazuhisa, Ken‐ichi Yasumoto, Ritsuko Takada, et al.. (2000). Induction of Melanocyte-specific Microphthalmia-associated Transcription Factor by Wnt-3a. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(19). 14013–14016. 258 indexed citations
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Bumcrot, David, Ritsuko Takada, & Andrew P. McMahon. (1995). Proteolytic Processing Yields Two Secreted Forms of Sonic hedgehog. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(4). 2294–2303. 247 indexed citations
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Hisatake, Koji, et al.. (1993). The p250 subunit of native TATA box-binding factor TFIID is the cell-cycle regulatory protein CCG1. Nature. 362(6416). 179–181. 169 indexed citations
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Mori, Shigehisa, Ritsuko Takada, Kunitada Shimotohno, & Takashi Okamoto. (1990). Repressive Effect of the nef cDNA of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 on the Promoter Activity of the Viral Long Terminal Repeat. Japanese Journal of Cancer Research. 81(11). 1124–1131. 7 indexed citations

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