Shun Sato

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Shun Sato is a scholar working on Reproductive Medicine, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shun Sato has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Reproductive Medicine, 24 papers in Molecular Biology and 22 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Shun Sato's work include Endometriosis Research and Treatment (23 papers), Reproductive System and Pregnancy (22 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (11 papers). Shun Sato is often cited by papers focused on Endometriosis Research and Treatment (23 papers), Reproductive System and Pregnancy (22 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (11 papers). Shun Sato collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Shun Sato's co-authors include Ryo Maekawa, Kenichiro Hata, Hiroshi Tamura, Isao Tamura, Toshiaki Taketani, Norihiro Sugino, Hiromi Asada, Sébastien A. Smallwood, Anne Segonds-Pichon and Norihiro Sugino and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Genetics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Shun Sato

59 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Dynamic CpG island methylation landscape in oocytes and preimplantation embryos

2011 500 citations Shun Sato et al. profile →
Contribution of Intragenic DNA Methylation in Mouse Gametic DNA Methylomes to Establish Oocyte-Specific Heritable Marks

2012 399 citations Shun Sato et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shun Sato Japan	23	1.4k	699	689	525	504	60	2.4k
Toshio Hamatani Japan	24	1.6k 1.2×	436 0.6×	840 1.2×	500 1.0×	406 0.8×	52	3.0k
Zhaolian Wei China	27	772 0.6×	391 0.6×	1.5k 2.2×	452 0.9×	362 0.7×	140	2.7k
Huirong Xie United States	22	592 0.4×	248 0.4×	675 1.0×	264 0.5×	876 1.7×	40	1.9k
Hiromi Asada Japan	24	471 0.3×	272 0.4×	980 1.4×	349 0.7×	595 1.2×	36	2.1k
Lisa M. Halvorson United States	23	624 0.5×	499 0.7×	604 0.9×	249 0.5×	175 0.3×	53	1.9k
Carlos Stocco United States	26	705 0.5×	845 1.2×	872 1.3×	175 0.3×	644 1.3×	56	2.7k
Luigi Devoto Chile	32	391 0.3×	412 0.6×	1.4k 2.0×	297 0.6×	920 1.8×	90	2.8k
Aritro Sen United States	24	518 0.4×	341 0.5×	852 1.2×	227 0.4×	275 0.5×	53	2.0k
Yingying Qin China	34	1.6k 1.2×	1.2k 1.7×	1.4k 2.1×	545 1.0×	619 1.2×	136	4.0k
Talia Eldar‐Geva Israel	32	924 0.7×	781 1.1×	1.8k 2.6×	1.0k 2.0×	376 0.7×	124	3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shun Sato

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shun Sato. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shun Sato 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 Shun Sato. Shun Sato is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Tamura, Isao, et al.. (2025). Establishment of an in vitro implantation model using a newly developed mouse endometrial organoid. Development. 152(9). 3 indexed citations

Sakai, Takahiro, et al.. (2025). Establishment of a 3D spheroid culture system to evaluate the responsiveness of uterine leiomyoma cells to female hormones. Reproductive Medicine and Biology. 24(1). e12627–e12627. 1 indexed citations

Tamura, Isao, Kei Miyamoto, Yuichiro Shirafuta, et al.. (2024). Nuclear actin assembly is an integral part of decidualization in human endometrial stromal cells. Communications Biology. 7(1). 830–830. 3 indexed citations

Sato, Shun, et al.. (2024). Identification of long noncoding RNAs downregulated specifically in ovarian high‐grade serous carcinoma. Reproductive Medicine and Biology. 23(1). e12572–e12572. 3 indexed citations

Sato, Shun, Takahiro Sakai, Ryo Maekawa, et al.. (2023). Establishment of Noninvasive Prediction Models for the Diagnosis of Uterine Leiomyoma Subtypes. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 143(3). 358–365. 2 indexed citations

Tanaka, Mizuki, Shun Sato, Yuko Sugiyama, et al.. (2023). Physiological ER stress caused by amylase production induces regulated Ire1-dependent mRNA decay in Aspergillus oryzae. Communications Biology. 6(1). 1009–1009. 2 indexed citations

Tamura, Isao, et al.. (2023). Glucose and lipid metabolisms in human endometrial stromal cells during decidualization. Endocrine Journal. 70(5). 465–472. 7 indexed citations

Maekawa, Ryo, Ikuko Ota, Yumiko Mihara, et al.. (2023). Combined histological and DNA methylome profiling approaches may provide insights into the pathophysiology of ovarian endometriomas. Reproductive Medicine and Biology. 22(1). e12548–e12548. 3 indexed citations

Tamura, Hiroshi, Manabu Tanabe, Yuichiro Shirafuta, et al.. (2020). Importance of Melatonin in Assisted Reproductive Technology and Ovarian Aging. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(3). 1135–1135. 148 indexed citations

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Mihara, Yumiko, Ryo Maekawa, Shun Sato, et al.. (2020). An Integrated Genomic Approach Identifies HOXC8 as an Upstream Regulator in Ovarian Endometrioma. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 105(12). e4474–e4489. 14 indexed citations

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Tamura, Isao, Yuichiro Shirafuta, Yumiko Mihara, et al.. (2020). Wilms tumor 1 regulates lipid accumulation in human endometrial stromal cells during decidualization. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(14). 4673–4683. 19 indexed citations

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Tamura, Isao, Ryo Maekawa, Kosuke Jozaki, et al.. (2020). Transcription factor C/EBPβ induces genome-wide H3K27ac and upregulates gene expression during decidualization of human endometrial stromal cells. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 520. 111085–111085. 24 indexed citations

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Maekawa, Ryo, Yumiko Mihara, Shun Sato, et al.. (2019). Aberrant DNA methylation suppresses expression of estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) in ovarian endometrioma. Journal of Ovarian Research. 12(1). 14–14. 32 indexed citations

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Maekawa, Ryo, Isao Tamura, Masahiro Shinagawa, et al.. (2019). Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis revealed stable DNA methylation status during decidualization in human endometrial stromal cells. BMC Genomics. 20(1). 324–324. 27 indexed citations

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Shinagawa, Masahiro, Isao Tamura, Ryo Maekawa, et al.. (2019). C/EBPβ regulates Vegf gene expression in granulosa cells undergoing luteinization during ovulation in female rats. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 714–714. 22 indexed citations

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Sato, Shun, et al.. (2019). Overexpression of carbonyl reductase 1 inhibits malignant behaviors and epithelial mesenchymal transition by suppressing TGF‑β signaling in uterine leiomyosarcoma cells. Oncology Letters. 18(2). 1503–1512. 10 indexed citations

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Sato, Shun, Ryo Maekawa, Isao Tamura, et al.. (2019). SATB2 and NGR1: potential upstream regulatory factors in uterine leiomyomas. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 36(11). 2385–2397. 19 indexed citations

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Maekawa, Ryo, Toshiaki Taketani, Yumiko Mihara, et al.. (2017). Thin endometrium transcriptome analysis reveals a potential mechanism of implantation failure. Reproductive Medicine and Biology. 16(2). 206–227. 48 indexed citations

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Maekawa, Ryo, Shun Sato, Maki Okada, et al.. (2015). Tissue-Specific Expression of Estrogen Receptor 1 Is Regulated by DNA Methylation in a T-DMR. Molecular Endocrinology. 30(3). 335–347. 31 indexed citations

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Yamagata, Yoshiaki, Koichiro Nishino, Eiichi Takaki, et al.. (2014). Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Profiling in Cultured Eutopic and Ectopic Endometrial Stromal Cells. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e83612–e83612. 54 indexed citations

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