Shigeki Iwase

4.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
49 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Shigeki Iwase is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shigeki Iwase has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Shigeki Iwase's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (23 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (20 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (6 papers). Shigeki Iwase is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (23 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (20 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (6 papers). Shigeki Iwase collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Shigeki Iwase's co-authors include Yang Shi, Fei Lan, Tadashi Baba, Peter Bayliss, Thomas M. Roberts, Johnathan R. Whetstine, Christina N. Vallianatos, Hank H. Qi, Maite Huarte and Azad Bonni and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Shigeki Iwase

49 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Regulation of LSD1 Histone Demethylase Activity by Its As... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2007 2007 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. Regulation of LSD1 Histone Demethylase Activity by Its Associated Factors
    2005 705 citations Fei Lan, Shigeki Iwase et al. profile →
  2. A histone H3 lysine 27 demethylase regulates animal posterior development
    2007 621 citations Fei Lan, Peter Bayliss et al. Nature profile →
  3. The X-Linked Mental Retardation Gene SMCX/JARID1C Defines a Family of Histone H3 Lysine 4 Demethylases
    2007 529 citations Shigeki Iwase, Fei Lan et al. profile →

Peers

Shigeki Iwase
Benoı̂t Arveiler France
Maurizio D’Esposito Italy
Renata Z. Jurkowska Germany
Maha S. Zaki Egypt
Bernard Jost France
Chih‐Lin Hsieh United States
Seung‐Gi Jin United States
Zoë Webster United Kingdom
Raffaele Geremia Italy
Karl Agger Denmark
Benoı̂t Arveiler France
Shigeki Iwase
Citations per year, relative to Shigeki Iwase Shigeki Iwase (= 1×) peers Benoı̂t Arveiler

Countries citing papers authored by Shigeki Iwase

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shigeki Iwase

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shigeki Iwase. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shigeki Iwase 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 Shigeki Iwase. Shigeki Iwase 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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Yang, Wentao, Mengrou Shan, Li Zhang, et al.. (2024). Quiescence enables unrestricted cell fate in naive embryonic stem cells. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1721–1721. 8 indexed citations
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Porter, Robert S., et al.. (2024). Neuronal splicing of the unmethylated histone H3K4 reader, PHF21A, prevents excessive synaptogenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(11). 107881–107881. 3 indexed citations
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Choi, Eun‐Kyung, et al.. (2024). Neuronal SLC39A8 deficiency impairs cerebellar development by altering manganese homeostasis. JCI Insight. 9(20). 3 indexed citations
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Xie, Huirong, et al.. (2024). CRISPR-based genome editing of a diurnal rodent, Nile grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus). BMC Biology. 22(1). 144–144. 1 indexed citations
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Rivero-Ríos, Pilar, et al.. (2023). Recruitment of the SNX17-Retriever recycling pathway regulates synaptic function and plasticity. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(7). 5 indexed citations
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Vallianatos, Christina N., et al.. (2023). P353: KDM5C-related X-linked intellectual disability: A review of natural history and expansion of the phenotype. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 100381–100381. 1 indexed citations
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Choi, Eun‐Kyung, Kelsie J. Green, JuOae Chang, et al.. (2022). A small molecule redistributes iron in ferroportin-deficient mice and patient-derived primary macrophages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(26). e2121400119–e2121400119. 11 indexed citations
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Link, Jenny C., Carrie B. Wiese, Xuqi Chen, et al.. (2020). X chromosome dosage of histone demethylase KDM5C determines sex differences in adiposity. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 130(11). 5688–5702. 69 indexed citations
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Chen, Alex, et al.. (2020). RAI1 Regulates Activity-Dependent Nascent Transcription and Synaptic Scaling. Cell Reports. 32(6). 108002–108002. 19 indexed citations
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Vallianatos, Christina N., Robert S. Porter, Young Ah Seo, et al.. (2020). Mutually suppressive roles of KMT2A and KDM5C in behaviour, neuronal structure, and histone H3K4 methylation. Communications Biology. 3(1). 278–278. 33 indexed citations
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Seo, Young Ah, et al.. (2020). Transcriptome Analysis of the Cerebellum of Mice Fed a Manganese-Deficient Diet. Frontiers in Genetics. 11. 558725–558725. 5 indexed citations
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Porter, Robert S., et al.. (2017). Transcriptome Analysis Revealed Impaired cAMP Responsiveness in PHF21A-Deficient Human Cells. Neuroscience. 370. 170–180. 8 indexed citations
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Porter, Robert S., et al.. (2017). Neuron-specific alternative splicing of transcriptional machineries: Implications for neurodevelopmental disorders. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 87. 35–45. 51 indexed citations
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Iwase, Shigeki, Nathalie G. Bérubé, Zhaolan Zhou, et al.. (2017). Epigenetic Etiology of Intellectual Disability. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(45). 10773–10782. 91 indexed citations
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Iwase, Shigeki, Emily Brookes, Saurabh Agarwal, et al.. (2016). A Mouse Model of X-linked Intellectual Disability Associated with Impaired Removal of Histone Methylation. Cell Reports. 14(5). 1000–1009. 93 indexed citations
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Deng, Xinxian, et al.. (2016). Patient Mutations of the Intellectual Disability Gene KDM5C Downregulate Netrin G2 and Suppress Neurite Growth in Neuro2a Cells. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 60(1). 33–45. 18 indexed citations
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Iwase, Shigeki, Bin Xiang, Sharmistha Ghosh, et al.. (2011). ATRX ADD domain links an atypical histone methylation recognition mechanism to human mental-retardation syndrome. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 18(7). 769–776. 205 indexed citations
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Rujirabanjerd, Sinitdhorn, John W. Nelson, Patrick Tarpey, et al.. (2009). Identification and characterization of two novel JARID1C mutations: suggestion of an emerging genotype–phenotype correlation. European Journal of Human Genetics. 18(3). 330–335. 50 indexed citations
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Lan, Fei, Peter Bayliss, John L. Rinn, et al.. (2007). A histone H3 lysine 27 demethylase regulates animal posterior development. Nature. 449(7163). 689–694. 621 indexed citations breakdown →
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Iwase, Shigeki, Arata Honda, Tomoko Nakanishi, et al.. (2006). A component of BRAF‐HDAC complex, BHC80, is required for neonatal survival in mice. FEBS Letters. 580(13). 3129–3135. 12 indexed citations

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