Ryutaro Shirakawa

2.0k total citations
51 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Ryutaro Shirakawa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryutaro Shirakawa has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Cell Biology and 17 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Ryutaro Shirakawa's work include Cellular transport and secretion (12 papers), Platelet Disorders and Treatments (11 papers) and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (6 papers). Ryutaro Shirakawa is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (12 papers), Platelet Disorders and Treatments (11 papers) and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (6 papers). Ryutaro Shirakawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and Canada. Ryutaro Shirakawa's co-authors include Hisanori Horiuchi, Toru Kita, Tomohito Higashi, Arata Tabuchi, Akira Yoshioka, Hiroaki Nishioka, Mitsunori Fukuda, Tomohiro Kimura, Mitsunori Kawato and Tomoyuki Ikeda and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Journal of Cell Biology and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Ryutaro Shirakawa

51 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ryutaro Shirakawa Japan 23 673 492 323 305 167 51 1.5k
Stéphane Bodin France 21 845 1.3× 562 1.1× 140 0.4× 210 0.7× 178 1.1× 33 1.5k
Ghada S. Hassan Canada 24 702 1.0× 440 0.9× 361 1.1× 111 0.4× 144 0.9× 51 1.7k
Kohji Kasahara Japan 22 1.1k 1.6× 520 1.1× 173 0.5× 210 0.7× 262 1.6× 60 1.6k
Kirstine Roepstorff Denmark 17 1.1k 1.6× 754 1.5× 198 0.6× 115 0.4× 262 1.6× 24 1.7k
James Ashcom United States 11 670 1.0× 270 0.5× 196 0.6× 268 0.9× 192 1.1× 12 1.6k
Béla Z. Schmidt United States 17 504 0.7× 435 0.9× 247 0.8× 165 0.5× 145 0.9× 32 1.3k
Florence Schaffner United States 22 1.1k 1.6× 231 0.5× 270 0.8× 680 2.2× 94 0.6× 26 2.1k
L. Taylor United States 13 633 0.9× 342 0.7× 259 0.8× 108 0.4× 144 0.9× 21 1.3k
Fujio Sekiya Japan 22 656 1.0× 191 0.4× 201 0.6× 351 1.2× 144 0.9× 41 1.4k
Mario Gonzalez–Gronow United States 28 997 1.5× 637 1.3× 374 1.2× 321 1.1× 67 0.4× 59 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Ryutaro Shirakawa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ryutaro Shirakawa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryutaro Shirakawa

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All Works

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Tateishi, Masaki, et al.. (2025). Use of Biotin-Labeled Geranyl Pyrophosphate for Analysis of Ykt6 Geranylgeranylation. Methods in molecular biology. 2887. 93–102. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Ming‐xin, Xinming Li, Masaharu Ishida, et al.. (2023). Ral GTPase promotes metastasis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma via elevation of TGF-β1 production. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(6). 104754–104754. 3 indexed citations
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Shirakawa, Ryutaro, Sakurako Goto‐Ito, Atsushi Yamagata, et al.. (2020). A SNARE geranylgeranyltransferase essential for the organization of the Golgi apparatus. The EMBO Journal. 39(8). e104120–e104120. 54 indexed citations
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Shirakawa, Ryutaro, et al.. (2020). Double prenylation of SNARE protein Ykt6 is required for lysosomal hydrolase trafficking. The Journal of Biochemistry. 169(3). 363–370. 14 indexed citations
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Shirakawa, Ryutaro, et al.. (2019). Inhibitor of Growth 4 (ING4) is a positive regulator of rRNA synthesis. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 17235–17235. 11 indexed citations
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Iida, Tomoya, Daisuke Hirayama, Naoki Minami, et al.. (2019). Down-regulation of RalGTPase-Activating Protein Promotes Colitis-Associated Cancer via NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 9(2). 277–293. 10 indexed citations
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Ma, Ke, Siyan Wang, Dan Zhu, et al.. (2018). C2 Domains of Munc13-4 Are Crucial for Ca2+-Dependent Degranulation and Cytotoxicity in NK Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 201(2). 700–713. 15 indexed citations
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Horiuchi, Takahiro, Tomohiro Kimura, Takashi Hayashi, et al.. (2017). Metformin directly binds the alarmin HMGB1 and inhibits its proinflammatory activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(20). 8436–8446. 103 indexed citations
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Hori, Masayuki, Takahiro Yasumi, Hirofumi Shibata, et al.. (2016). A CD57+ CTL Degranulation Assay Effectively Identifies Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Type 3 Patients. Journal of Clinical Immunology. 37(1). 92–99. 7 indexed citations
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Yaoita, Nobuhiro, Ryutaro Shirakawa, Yoshihiro Fukumoto, et al.. (2014). Platelets Are Highly Activated in Patients of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 34(11). 2486–2494. 56 indexed citations
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Kimura, Tomohiro, Ryutaro Shirakawa, Nobuhiro Yaoita, et al.. (2014). The antimalarial drugs chloroquine and primaquine inhibit pyridoxal kinase, an essential enzyme for vitamin B6 production. FEBS Letters. 588(20). 3673–3676. 14 indexed citations
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Basagiannis, Dimitris, Ryutaro Shirakawa, Hisanori Horiuchi, et al.. (2012). Rab-genome analysis reveals novel insights in Weibel-Palade body exocytosis. Journal of Cell Science. 125(Pt 20). 4780–90. 72 indexed citations
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Shirakawa, Ryutaro, et al.. (2010). Production of Active MMP7 in E. coli and Its Application for Metalloproteinase Inhibitors Screening. Protein and Peptide Letters. 17(5). 568–572. 4 indexed citations
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Yamashita, Masahiro, Tomohito Higashi, Shiro Suetsugu, et al.. (2008). Crystal structure of human DAAM1 formin homology 2 domain. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 64(a1). C325–C325. 1 indexed citations
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Yamashita, Masami, Tomohito Higashi, Shiro Suetsugu, et al.. (2007). Crystal structure of human DAAM1 formin homology 2 domain. Genes to Cells. 12(11). 1255–1265. 41 indexed citations
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Kondo, Hirokazu, Ryutaro Shirakawa, Tomohito Higashi, et al.. (2006). Constitutive GDP/GTP Exchange and Secretion-dependent GTP Hydrolysis Activity for Rab27 in Platelets. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(39). 28657–28665. 48 indexed citations
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Mizumoto, Hiroshi, Daisuke Hata, Ken Yamamoto, et al.. (2006). Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with the MUNC13-4 mutation: a case report. European Journal of Pediatrics. 165(6). 384–388. 9 indexed citations
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Higashi, Tomohito, Akira Yoshioka, Ryutaro Shirakawa, et al.. (2004). Direct demonstration of involvement of the adaptor protein ShcA in the regulation of Ca2+-induced platelet aggregation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 322(2). 700–704. 2 indexed citations
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Yoshioka, Akira, Ryutaro Shirakawa, Hiroaki Nishioka, et al.. (2001). Identification of Protein Kinase Cα as an Essential, but Not Sufficient, Cytosolic Factor for Ca2+-induced α- and Dense-core Granule Secretion in Platelets. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(42). 39379–39385. 43 indexed citations
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Yoshioka, Akira, Hisanori Horiuchi, Ryutaro Shirakawa, et al.. (2001). Molecular Dissection of α‐ and Dense‐Core Granule Secretion of Platelets. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 947(1). 403–406. 14 indexed citations

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