Sugiko Watanabe

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Sugiko Watanabe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Sugiko Watanabe has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Sugiko Watanabe's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (11 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (9 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (5 papers). Sugiko Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (11 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (9 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (5 papers). Sugiko Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Denmark. Sugiko Watanabe's co-authors include Eiji Hara, Mitsuyoshi Nakao, Akiko Takahashi, Ryo Okada, Masaki Takasugi, Naoko Ohtani, Shimpei Kawamoto, Takaya Ichimura, Aki Hanyu and Naoyuki Fujita and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Sugiko Watanabe

29 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Exosomes maintain cellular homeostasis by excreting harmful DNA from cells

2017 610 citations Akiko Takahashi, Ryo Okada et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sugiko Watanabe Japan	23	2.1k	747	532	413	366	29	2.7k
Piotr J. Balwierz Switzerland	18	1.6k 0.8×	617 0.8×	384 0.7×	196 0.5×	373 1.0×	22	2.2k
Stefania Dell’Orso United States	18	1.8k 0.9×	511 0.7×	421 0.8×	220 0.5×	426 1.2×	37	2.4k
Yoshiko Maida Japan	29	1.3k 0.6×	443 0.6×	344 0.6×	771 1.9×	531 1.5×	68	2.5k
Gang Huang United States	32	2.1k 1.0×	359 0.5×	708 1.3×	305 0.7×	412 1.1×	112	3.5k
Shuling Ren China	28	1.3k 0.6×	585 0.8×	937 1.8×	212 0.5×	306 0.8×	46	2.5k
Bart‐Jan Kroesen Netherlands	31	2.4k 1.1×	1.6k 2.2×	852 1.6×	226 0.5×	454 1.2×	75	3.6k
Alicia R. Folgueras Spain	20	1.2k 0.6×	922 1.2×	293 0.6×	295 0.7×	735 2.0×	25	2.8k
Oliver Bischof France	20	1.9k 0.9×	475 0.6×	298 0.6×	375 0.9×	519 1.4×	32	2.4k
Yasuhiro Murakawa Japan	23	2.5k 1.2×	559 0.7×	320 0.6×	140 0.3×	314 0.9×	51	3.0k
Suming Huang United States	32	2.9k 1.4×	523 0.7×	346 0.7×	186 0.5×	299 0.8×	95	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sugiko Watanabe

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Kujirai, Tomoya, Yusuke Kishi, Sugiko Watanabe, et al.. (2023). HMGA2 directly mediates chromatin condensation in association with neuronal fate regulation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6420–6420. 6 indexed citations

Takahashi, Akiko, Tze Mun Loo, Ryo Okada, et al.. (2018). Downregulation of cytoplasmic DNases is implicated in cytoplasmic DNA accumulation and SASP in senescent cells. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1249–1249. 258 indexed citations

Watanabe, Sugiko, et al.. (2018). MDC1 methylation mediated by lysine methyltransferases EHMT1 and EHMT2 regulates active ATM accumulation flanking DNA damage sites. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 10888–10888. 17 indexed citations

Takasugi, Masaki, Ryo Okada, Akiko Takahashi, et al.. (2017). Small extracellular vesicles secreted from senescent cells promote cancer cell proliferation through EphA2. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15729–15729. 306 indexed citations

Okuma, Atsushi, Aki Hanyu, Sugiko Watanabe, & Eiji Hara. (2017). p16Ink4a and p21Cip1/Waf1 promote tumour growth by enhancing myeloid-derived suppressor cells chemotaxis. Nature Communications. 8(1). 2050–2050. 56 indexed citations

Iimori, Makoto, Sugiko Watanabe, Shinichi Kiyonari, et al.. (2016). Phosphorylation of EB2 by Aurora B and CDK1 ensures mitotic progression and genome stability. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11117–11117. 28 indexed citations

Moudrý, Pavel, Kenji Watanabe, Kamila Wolanin, et al.. (2016). TOPBP1 regulates RAD51 phosphorylation and chromatin loading and determines PARP inhibitor sensitivity. The Journal of Cell Biology. 212(3). 281–288. 60 indexed citations

Matsuoka, Kazuaki, Makoto Iimori, Hiroshi Tsukihara, et al.. (2015). Trifluridine Induces p53-Dependent Sustained G2 Phase Arrest with Its Massive Misincorporation into DNA and Few DNA Strand Breaks. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 14(4). 1004–1013. 50 indexed citations

Kiyonari, Shinichi, Makoto Iimori, Kazuaki Matsuoka, et al.. (2015). The 1,2-Diaminocyclohexane Carrier Ligand in Oxaliplatin Induces p53-Dependent Transcriptional Repression of Factors Involved in Thymidylate Biosynthesis. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 14(10). 2332–2342. 26 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Sugiko, Kenji Watanabe, Vyacheslav Akimov, et al.. (2013). JMJD1C demethylates MDC1 to regulate the RNF8 and BRCA1–mediated chromatin response to DNA breaks. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 20(12). 1425–1433. 79 indexed citations

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Xi, Yang, et al.. (2011). Hmga1 is differentially expressed and mediates silencing of the CD4/CD8 loci in T cell lineages and leukemic cells. Cancer Science. 103(3). 439–447. 8 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Sugiko, et al.. (2009). HMGA2 Maintains Oncogenic RAS-Induced Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells. American Journal Of Pathology. 174(3). 854–868. 162 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Sugiko, Yuko Hino, Yoko Sekita, et al.. (2009). HMGA1 Is Induced by Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway and Maintains Cell Proliferation in Gastric Cancer. American Journal Of Pathology. 175(4). 1675–1685. 68 indexed citations

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Liu, Lifeng, Ko Ishihara, Takaya Ichimura, et al.. (2008). MCAF1/AM Is Involved in Sp1-mediated Maintenance of Cancer-associated Telomerase Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(8). 5165–5174. 45 indexed citations

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Aoto, Takahiro, Noriko Saitoh, Yasuo Sakamoto, Sugiko Watanabe, & Mitsuyoshi Nakao. (2008). Polycomb Group Protein-associated Chromatin Is Reproduced in Post-mitotic G1 Phase and Is Required for S Phase Progression. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(27). 18905–18915. 57 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Sugiko, et al.. (2007). High mobility group protein HMGA1 inhibits retinoblastoma protein‐mediated cellular G0 arrest. Cancer Science. 98(12). 1893–1901. 24 indexed citations

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Sakamoto, Yasuo, Sugiko Watanabe, Takaya Ichimura, et al.. (2007). Overlapping Roles of the Methylated DNA-binding Protein MBD1 and Polycomb Group Proteins in Transcriptional Repression of HOXA Genes and Heterochromatin Foci Formation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(22). 16391–16400. 34 indexed citations

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Ishihara, Ko, Yasuhiro Uchimura, Sugiko Watanabe, et al.. (2006). Inhibition of DNA binding of Sox2 by the SUMO conjugation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 351(4). 920–926. 101 indexed citations

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Ichimura, Takaya, Sugiko Watanabe, Yasuo Sakamoto, et al.. (2005). Transcriptional Repression and Heterochromatin Formation by MBD1 and MCAF/AM Family Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(14). 13928–13935. 104 indexed citations

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Cai, Jianqiang, Tatsuya Tsuji, Sugiko Watanabe, et al.. (2003). Pancreatic Carcinoma in the Pancreaticogastrostomy site after Pylorus-preserving Pancreatoduodenectomy for Cancer of the Papilla of Vater.. The Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery. 36(3). 213–218. 2 indexed citations

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