Tadao Usui

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Tadao Usui is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tadao Usui has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Tadao Usui's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (14 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (7 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (5 papers). Tadao Usui is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (14 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (7 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (5 papers). Tadao Usui collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Austria. Tadao Usui's co-authors include Tadashi Uemura, Masatoshi Takeichi, Shinji Hirano, Yuko Shimada, Yasuyuki Shima, Thomas L. Schwarz, Robert W. Burgess, Ruth Steward, Youichi Iwai and Kohei Shimono and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Neuron and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Tadao Usui

24 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Flamingo, a Seven-Pass Transmembrane Cadherin, Regulates ... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Flamingo, a Seven-Pass Transmembrane Cadherin, Regulates Planar Cell Polarity under the Control of Frizzled
    1999 589 citations Tadao Usui, Yasuyuki Shima et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tadao Usui Japan 17 1.4k 852 763 188 146 24 1.9k
Susan Younger United States 14 811 0.6× 833 1.0× 571 0.7× 138 0.7× 129 0.9× 16 1.5k
Ulrich Thomas Germany 25 1.6k 1.2× 1.2k 1.5× 888 1.2× 113 0.6× 234 1.6× 59 2.4k
Emma Rushton United States 18 1.2k 0.9× 749 0.9× 462 0.6× 122 0.6× 202 1.4× 25 1.6k
Jasprina N. Noordermeer Netherlands 22 1.4k 1.0× 1.2k 1.5× 540 0.7× 97 0.5× 178 1.2× 36 2.1k
Hung–Hsiang Yu United States 20 989 0.7× 1.3k 1.5× 484 0.6× 197 1.0× 182 1.2× 34 1.9k
Joseph B. Duffy United States 13 1.6k 1.2× 588 0.7× 601 0.8× 261 1.4× 245 1.7× 20 2.1k
Arash Bashirullah United States 21 1.8k 1.3× 414 0.5× 643 0.8× 216 1.1× 261 1.8× 38 2.3k
Iris Salecker United Kingdom 21 1.3k 1.0× 1.5k 1.7× 371 0.5× 142 0.8× 173 1.2× 30 2.0k
Karl‐Friedrich Fischbach Germany 22 981 0.7× 751 0.9× 451 0.6× 98 0.5× 172 1.2× 33 1.5k
Nicholas Harden Canada 21 1.4k 1.1× 487 0.6× 1.1k 1.4× 111 0.6× 232 1.6× 37 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tadao Usui

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tadao Usui

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

All Works

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Furuya, Kanji, et al.. (2022). E‐cadherin‐dependent coordinated epithelial rotation on a two‐dimensional discoidal pattern. Genes to Cells. 28(3). 175–187. 2 indexed citations
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Tsuyama, Taiichi, Asako Tsubouchi, Tadao Usui, Hiromi Imamura, & Tadashi Uemura. (2017). Mitochondrial dysfunction induces dendritic loss via eIF2α phosphorylation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 216(3). 815–834. 37 indexed citations
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Terada, Shin-Ichiro, Daisuke Matsubara, Koun Onodera, et al.. (2016). Neuronal processing of noxious thermal stimuli mediated by dendritic Ca2+ influx in Drosophila somatosensory neurons. eLife. 5. 33 indexed citations
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Usui, Tadao, et al.. (2016). Nutrient‐dependent increased dendritic arborization of somatosensory neurons. Genes to Cells. 22(1). 105–114. 14 indexed citations
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Shimono, Kohei, Kazuto Fujishima, Tadao Usui, et al.. (2014). An evolutionarily conserved protein CHORD regulates scaling of dendritic arbors with body size. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 4415–4415. 28 indexed citations
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Hattori, Yukako, Tadao Usui, Daisuke Satoh, et al.. (2013). Sensory-Neuron Subtype-Specific Transcriptional Programs Controlling Dendrite Morphogenesis: Genome-wide Analysis of Abrupt and Knot/Collier. Developmental Cell. 27(5). 530–544. 51 indexed citations
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Yanagihashi, Yuichi, Tadao Usui, Yasushi Izumi, et al.. (2012). A novel smooth septate junction-associated membrane protein, Snakeskin, is required for intestinal barrier function inDrosophila. Journal of Cell Science. 125(Pt 8). 1980–90. 35 indexed citations
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Matsubara, Daisuke, Shinya Horiuchi, Kohei Shimono, Tadao Usui, & Tadashi Uemura. (2011). The seven-pass transmembrane cadherin Flamingo controls dendritic self-avoidance via its binding to a LIM domain protein, Espinas, in Drosophila sensory neurons. Genes & Development. 25(18). 1982–1996. 72 indexed citations
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Hakeda‐Suzuki, Satoko, et al.. (2011). Golden Goal collaborates with Flamingo in conferring synaptic-layer specificity in the visual system. Nature Neuroscience. 14(3). 314–323. 49 indexed citations
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Shimono, Kohei, Taiichi Tsuyama, Motohiko Sato, et al.. (2009). Multidendritic sensory neurons in the adult Drosophila abdomen: origins, dendritic morphology, and segment- and age-dependent programmed cell death. Neural Development. 4(1). 37–37. 75 indexed citations
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Senti, Kirsten-André, Tadao Usui, Karin Boucke, et al.. (2003). Flamingo Regulates R8 Axon-Axon and Axon-Target Interactions in the Drosophila Visual System. Current Biology. 13(10). 828–832. 111 indexed citations
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Penton, Andrea, Pierre Billuart, Ethan K. Scott, et al.. (2003). A mosaic genetic screen for genes necessary forDrosophilamushroom body neuronal morphogenesis. Development. 130(6). 1203–1213. 85 indexed citations
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Shimada, Yuko, Tadao Usui, Shin-ichi Yanagawa, Masatoshi Takeichi, & Tadashi Uemura. (2001). Asymmetric colocalization of Flamingo, a seven-pass transmembrane cadherin, and Dishevelled in planar cell polarization. Current Biology. 11(11). 859–863. 155 indexed citations
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Usui, Tadao, Yasuyuki Shima, Yuko Shimada, et al.. (1999). Flamingo, a Seven-Pass Transmembrane Cadherin, Regulates Planar Cell Polarity under the Control of Frizzled. Cell. 98(5). 585–595. 589 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lu, Bingwei, Tadao Usui, Tadashi Uemura, Lily Yeh Jan, & Yuh Nung Jan. (1999). Flamingo controls the planar polarity of sensory bristles and asymmetric division of sensory organ precursors in Drosophila. Current Biology. 9(21). 1247–S1. 99 indexed citations
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Iwai, Youichi, Tadao Usui, Shinji Hirano, et al.. (1997). Axon Patterning Requires D N-cadherin, a Novel Neuronal Adhesion Receptor, in the Drosophila Embryonic CNS. Neuron. 19(1). 77–89. 264 indexed citations
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Iwai, Youichi, Tadao Usui, Shinji Hirano, et al.. (1997). 1015 Axon patterning requires DN-cadherin, a novel neuronal adhesion receptor, in the drosophila embryonic CNS. Neuroscience Research. 28. S121–S121. 7 indexed citations

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