Sho Morioka

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Sho Morioka is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Sho Morioka has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Immunology, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Sho Morioka's work include Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation (11 papers), NF-κB Signaling Pathways (8 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (5 papers). Sho Morioka is often cited by papers focused on Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation (11 papers), NF-κB Signaling Pathways (8 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (5 papers). Sho Morioka collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Belgium. Sho Morioka's co-authors include Kodi S. Ravichandran, Jun Ninomiya‐Tsuji, Christian Maueröder, Justin S. A. Perry, Christopher B. Medina, Kunihiro Matsumoto, Emily Omori, Brady Barron, Sanja Arandjelovic and Michael H. Raymond and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Sho Morioka

23 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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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.

Metabolites released from apoptotic cells act as tissue messengers

2020 345 citations Christopher B. Medina, Parul Mehrotra et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sho Morioka United States	15	945	773	279	229	199	24	1.7k
Seung‐Yoon Park South Korea	24	614 0.6×	878 1.1×	434 1.6×	352 1.5×	206 1.0×	57	1.8k
Ghada Alsaleh France	22	533 0.6×	824 1.1×	463 1.7×	226 1.0×	214 1.1×	36	1.8k
H. Eric Canada	14	539 0.6×	752 1.0×	345 1.2×	176 0.8×	222 1.1×	21	1.5k
Emily F. Mason United States	12	1.2k 1.3×	833 1.1×	519 1.9×	175 0.8×	310 1.6×	32	2.3k
Qiujing Yu China	18	541 0.6×	941 1.2×	447 1.6×	171 0.7×	257 1.3×	30	1.7k
Fabrizio Antonangeli Italy	22	736 0.8×	663 0.9×	260 0.9×	237 1.0×	135 0.7×	38	1.7k
Jacques Behmoaras United Kingdom	22	502 0.5×	808 1.0×	142 0.5×	184 0.8×	165 0.8×	57	1.6k
Fei He China	18	543 0.6×	766 1.0×	276 1.0×	89 0.4×	137 0.7×	33	1.4k
Askar M. Akimzhanov United States	16	1.4k 1.5×	669 0.9×	194 0.7×	193 0.8×	124 0.6×	25	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sho Morioka

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20 of 20 papers shown

Morioka, Sho, Seigo Sanoh, Yuji Ishida, et al.. (2025). Development of human growth hormone-treated chimeric mice with humanized livers for an evaluation model of drug-induced fatty liver disease. Archives of Toxicology. 99(5). 2133–2142.

Ishida, Yuji, Sho Morioka, Chihiro Yamasaki, et al.. (2023). Persistent hepatic IFN system activation in HBV-HDV infection determines viral replication dynamics and therapeutic response. JCI Insight. 8(9). 7 indexed citations

Raymond, Michael H., Andrew J. Davidson, Yi Shen, et al.. (2022). Live cell tracking of macrophage efferocytosis during Drosophila embryo development in vivo. Science. 375(6585). 1182–1187. 44 indexed citations

Morioka, Sho, Turan Tufan, Shinji Tanaka, et al.. (2022). Chimeric efferocytic receptors improve apoptotic cell clearance and alleviate inflammation. Cell. 185(26). 4887–4903.e17. 38 indexed citations

Medina, Christopher B., Parul Mehrotra, Sanja Arandjelovic, et al.. (2020). Metabolites released from apoptotic cells act as tissue messengers. Nature. 580(7801). 130–135. 345 indexed citations breakdown →

Perry, Justin S. A., Sho Morioka, Christopher B. Medina, et al.. (2019). Interpreting an apoptotic corpse as anti-inflammatory involves a chloride sensing pathway. Nature Cell Biology. 21(12). 1532–1543. 73 indexed citations

Rival, Claudia, Wenhao Xu, Laura S. Shankman, et al.. (2019). Phosphatidylserine on viable sperm and phagocytic machinery in oocytes regulate mammalian fertilization. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4456–4456. 57 indexed citations

Morioka, Sho, Christian Maueröder, & Kodi S. Ravichandran. (2019). Living on the Edge: Efferocytosis at the Interface of Homeostasis and Pathology. Immunity. 50(5). 1149–1162. 260 indexed citations

Perry, Justin S. A., Sho Morioka, Christopher B. Medina, Michael H. Raymond, & Kodi S. Ravichandran. (2019). Abstract A098: SLC12A2 as a novel “brake” on immunogenic apoptotic cell clearance. Cancer Immunology Research. 7(2_Supplement). A098–A098. 1 indexed citations

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Morioka, Sho, Justin S. A. Perry, Michael H. Raymond, et al.. (2018). Efferocytosis induces a novel SLC program to promote glucose uptake and lactate release. Nature. 563(7733). 714–718. 253 indexed citations

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Michaels, Alex D., Timothy E. Newhook, Sara J. Adair, et al.. (2017). CD47 Blockade as an Adjuvant Immunotherapy for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 24(6). 1415–1425. 81 indexed citations

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Morioka, Sho, et al.. (2017). TAK1 regulates resident macrophages by protecting lysosomal integrity. Cell Death and Disease. 8(2). e2598–e2598. 13 indexed citations

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Ninomiya‐Tsuji, Jun, et al.. (2017). Noncanonical cell death program independent of caspase activation cascade and necroptotic modules is elicited by loss of TGFβ-activated kinase 1. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 8 indexed citations

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Morioka, Sho, Giichi Takaesu, Nagendran Muthusamy, et al.. (2016). TAK1 determines susceptibility to endoplasmic reticulum stress and leptin resistance in the hypothalamus. Journal of Cell Science. 129(9). 1855–1865. 11 indexed citations

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Morioka, Sho, Kimie Sai, Emily Omori, et al.. (2016). TAK1 regulates hepatic lipid homeostasis through SREBP. Oncogene. 35(29). 3829–3838. 23 indexed citations

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Morioka, Sho, et al.. (2014). Activated Macrophage Survival Is Coordinated by TAK1 Binding Proteins. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e94982–e94982. 21 indexed citations

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Ninomiya‐Tsuji, Jun, et al.. (2014). TAK1 control of cell death. Cell Death and Differentiation. 21(11). 1667–1676. 221 indexed citations

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Ikeda, Yuka, Sho Morioka, Kunihiro Matsumoto, & Jun Ninomiya‐Tsuji. (2014). TAK1 Binding Protein 2 Is Essential for Liver Protection from Stressors. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e88037–e88037. 10 indexed citations

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Morioka, Sho, Emily Omori, Toshitaka Kajino, et al.. (2009). TAK1 kinase determines TRAIL sensitivity by modulating reactive oxygen species and cIAP. Oncogene. 28(23). 2257–2265. 33 indexed citations

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Omori, Emily, Sho Morioka, Kunihiro Matsumoto, & Jun Ninomiya‐Tsuji. (2008). TAK1 Regulates Reactive Oxygen Species and Cell Death in Keratinocytes, Which Is Essential for Skin Integrity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(38). 26161–26168. 84 indexed citations

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