Taka-Aki Ichu

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 903 citations indexed

About

Taka-Aki Ichu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Taka-Aki Ichu has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 903 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Surgery and 2 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Taka-Aki Ichu's work include Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (3 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (2 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (2 papers). Taka-Aki Ichu is often cited by papers focused on Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (3 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (2 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (2 papers). Taka-Aki Ichu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Taka-Aki Ichu's co-authors include Benjamin F. Cravatt, José Olucha, Alex Reed, Radu M. Suciu, Matthew M. Hayward, Melissa M. Dix, Hugh Rosen, Steven J Brown, Bruno E. Correia and Micah J. Niphakis and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Taka-Aki Ichu

10 papers receiving 896 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.

LPCAT3 Inhibitors Remodel the Polyunsaturated Phospholipid Content of Human Cells and Protect from Ferroptosis

2022 105 citations Alex Reed, Taka-Aki Ichu et al. ACS Chemical Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Taka-Aki Ichu United States	10	644	251	160	132	129	10	903
Eric T. Sun United States	16	596 0.9×	264 1.1×	265 1.7×	75 0.6×	37 0.3×	20	1.0k
Ching-Shih Chen United States	11	468 0.7×	217 0.9×	180 1.1×	67 0.5×	134 1.0×	12	1.1k
Mai Uesugi Japan	12	1.0k 1.6×	116 0.5×	297 1.9×	101 0.8×	134 1.0×	17	1.5k
John L. Herrmann United States	19	582 0.9×	186 0.7×	259 1.6×	104 0.8×	146 1.1×	34	1.2k
Nadège Loaëc France	21	534 0.8×	391 1.6×	161 1.0×	45 0.3×	28 0.2×	37	1.1k
William J. Placzek United States	19	947 1.5×	83 0.3×	290 1.8×	146 1.1×	199 1.5×	42	1.3k
Tian Shao China	10	567 0.9×	188 0.7×	89 0.6×	142 1.1×	498 3.9×	23	1.2k
Beate Schölermann Germany	13	571 0.9×	130 0.5×	114 0.7×	34 0.3×	39 0.3×	23	764
Alfonso León‐Del‐Río Mexico	16	882 1.4×	220 0.9×	178 1.1×	50 0.4×	103 0.8×	39	1.5k
Gelin Wang China	13	900 1.4×	120 0.5×	150 0.9×	24 0.2×	53 0.4×	19	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Taka-Aki Ichu

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10 of 10 papers shown

Reed, Alex, Taka-Aki Ichu, Natalia Milosevich, et al.. (2022). LPCAT3 Inhibitors Remodel the Polyunsaturated Phospholipid Content of Human Cells and Protect from Ferroptosis. ACS Chemical Biology. 17(6). 1607–1618. 105 indexed citations breakdown →

Abbasov, Mikail E., Madeline E. Kavanagh, Taka-Aki Ichu, et al.. (2021). A proteome-wide atlas of lysine-reactive chemistry. Nature Chemistry. 13(11). 1081–1092. 156 indexed citations

Ichu, Taka-Aki, Alex Reed, Daisuke Ogasawara, et al.. (2020). ABHD12 and LPCAT3 Interplay Regulates a Lyso-phosphatidylserine-C20:4 Phosphatidylserine Lipid Network Implicated in Neurological Disease. Biochemistry. 59(19). 1793–1799. 22 indexed citations

Ogasawara, Daisuke, Taka-Aki Ichu, Hui Jing, et al.. (2019). Discovery and Optimization of Selective and in Vivo Active Inhibitors of the Lysophosphatidylserine Lipase α/β-Hydrolase Domain-Containing 12 (ABHD12). Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 62(3). 1643–1656. 30 indexed citations

Ogasawara, Daisuke, Taka-Aki Ichu, Vincent F. Vartabedian, et al.. (2018). Selective blockade of the lyso-PS lipase ABHD12 stimulates immune responses in vivo. Nature Chemical Biology. 14(12). 1099–1108. 54 indexed citations

Bar‐Peled, Liron, Esther K. Kemper, Radu M. Suciu, et al.. (2017). Chemical Proteomics Identifies Druggable Vulnerabilities in a Genetically Defined Cancer. Cell. 171(3). 696–709.e23. 195 indexed citations

Ichu, Taka-Aki, Nik Veldhoen, Linghong Lu, et al.. (2016). Rethinking the biological relationships of the thyroid hormones, l-thyroxine and 3,5,3′-triiodothyronine. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D Genomics and Proteomics. 18. 44–53. 37 indexed citations

Niphakis, Micah J., Kenneth M. Lum, Armand B. Cognetta, et al.. (2015). A Global Map of Lipid-Binding Proteins and Their Ligandability in Cells. Cell. 161(7). 1668–1680. 178 indexed citations

Ichu, Taka-Aki, Jun Han, Christoph H. Borchers, Mary Lesperance, & Caren C. Helbing. (2014). Metabolomic insights into system-wide coordination of vertebrate metamorphosis. BMC Developmental Biology. 14(1). 5–5. 35 indexed citations

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Cheng, Siwei, Michael A. Kuzyk, Annie Moradian, et al.. (2012). Interaction of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 12/CrkRS with Cyclin K1 Is Required for the Phosphorylation of the C-Terminal Domain of RNA Polymerase II. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 32(22). 4691–4704. 91 indexed citations

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