Takashi Sasaki

21.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
244 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Takashi Sasaki is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Takashi Sasaki has authored 244 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Molecular Biology, 61 papers in Genetics and 45 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Takashi Sasaki's work include Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (28 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (21 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (17 papers). Takashi Sasaki is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (28 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (21 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (17 papers). Takashi Sasaki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Takashi Sasaki's co-authors include Masahiro Yano, Keiichi Hiramatsu, Nobuyoshi Shimizu, Satoshi Minoshima, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Aiko Shiohama, Kenji Omori, Jun Kotera, Shuichi Asakawa and Atsushi Shimizu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Takashi Sasaki

235 papers receiving 10.6k 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.

Role of TBX1 in human del22q11.2 syndrome

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Takashi Sasaki Japan	57	5.0k	2.8k	2.7k	1.6k	810	244	10.9k
Nisse Kalkkinen Finland	66	6.5k 1.3×	2.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	837 0.5×	860 1.1×	226	14.2k
Tadashi Baba Japan	47	5.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.4×	1.3k 0.5×	2.4k 1.5×	385 0.5×	156	8.8k
David Schlessinger United States	65	10.1k 2.0×	962 0.3×	3.9k 1.4×	726 0.5×	990 1.2×	362	15.8k
Hubert Kalbacher Germany	60	7.2k 1.4×	411 0.1×	860 0.3×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.5×	282	14.3k
Jürgen Kopp Germany	33	6.2k 1.2×	1.0k 0.4×	928 0.3×	521 0.3×	699 0.9×	70	10.2k
Steffan N. Ho United States	31	9.6k 1.9×	1.1k 0.4×	2.0k 0.7×	688 0.4×	854 1.1×	51	14.6k
Jürgen Berger Germany	50	4.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	337 0.2×	1.0k 1.3×	117	11.6k
William R. Brown United States	53	4.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	512 0.3×	665 0.8×	169	8.8k
Dieter Deforce Belgium	52	4.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	577 0.4×	529 0.7×	392	10.2k
Donna M. Muzny United States	49	5.1k 1.0×	738 0.3×	2.7k 1.0×	518 0.3×	651 0.8×	163	8.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Takashi Sasaki

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Takashi Sasaki

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

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Inamo, Jun, Masaru Takeshita, Kazuyuki Tsunoda, et al.. (2025). Comparative single-cell and spatial profiling of anti-SSA-positive and anti-centromere-positive Sjögren’s disease reveals common and distinct immune activation and fibroblast-mediated inflammation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8299–8299. 2 indexed citations

Sasaki, Takashi, Hiroko Bannai, Koichi Saito, et al.. (2024). MAPT-A152T mutation drives neuronal hyperactivity through Fyn-NMDAR signaling in human iPSC-Derived neurons: Insights into Alzheimer's pathogenesis. Regenerative Therapy. 28. 201–213. 2 indexed citations

Ando, Takayuki, Takashi Sasaki, Yukiko Abe, et al.. (2024). Determinants of polydoctoring among multimorbid older adults; a cross‐sectional study in an urban area of Japan. Journal of General and Family Medicine. 25(6). 376–383.

Ando, Takayuki, Takashi Sasaki, Yukiko Abe, et al.. (2023). Measurement of polydoctoring as a crucial component of fragmentation of care among patients with multimorbidity: Cross‐sectional study in Japan. Journal of General and Family Medicine. 24(6). 343–349. 6 indexed citations

Kurata, Hideaki, Shu Meguro, Yukiko Abe, et al.. (2023). Dietary protein intake and all-cause mortality: results from The Kawasaki Aging and Wellbeing Project. BMC Geriatrics. 23(1). 479–479. 8 indexed citations

Sasaki, Takashi, Yoshinori Nishimoto, Takumi Hirata, et al.. (2023). Status and physiological significance of circulating adiponectin in the very old and centenarians: an observational study. eLife. 12. 4 indexed citations

Sasaki, Takashi, Kenjiro Kosaki, Bunya Kuze, et al.. (2022). Neurofibromatosis type 2 with mild Pierre-Robin sequence showing a heterozygous chromosome 22q12 microdeletion encompassing NF2 and MN1. Journal of Human Genetics. 67(11). 675–678.

Sasaki, Takashi, Tamotsu Ebihara, Hiroshi Matsunaka, et al.. (2021). Filaggrin‐gene mutation has minimal effect on the disease severity in the lesions of atopic dermatitis. The Journal of Dermatology. 48(11). 1688–1699. 6 indexed citations

Sasaki, Takashi, Yoshinori Nishimoto, Takumi Hirata, et al.. (2021). ALDH2 p.E504K Variation and Sex Are Major Factors Associated with Current and Quitting Alcohol Drinking in Japanese Oldest Old. Genes. 12(6). 799–799. 3 indexed citations

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Hisata, Ken, Nobuaki Matsunaga, Yuki Uehara, et al.. (2020). Epidemiology of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Japanese neonatal intensive care unit. Pediatrics International. 62(8). 911–919. 12 indexed citations

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Kubo, Akiharu, Takashi Sasaki, Hisato Suzuki, et al.. (2019). Clonal Expansion of Second-Hit Cells with Somatic Recombinations or C>T Transitions Form Porokeratosis in MVD or MVK Mutant Heterozygotes. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 139(12). 2458–2466.e9. 33 indexed citations

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Okada, Yukinori, Yukihide Momozawa, Saori Sakaue, et al.. (2018). Deep whole-genome sequencing reveals recent selection signatures linked to evolution and disease risk of Japanese. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1631–1631. 84 indexed citations

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Sato, Ryo, Mari Hosonaga, Oltea Sampetrean, et al.. (2017). RNA Sequencing Analysis Reveals Interactions between Breast Cancer or Melanoma Cells and the Tissue Microenvironment during Brain Metastasis. BioMed Research International. 2017. 1–10. 29 indexed citations

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Nakajima, Akihito, Naoko Kaga, Yumiko Nakanishi, et al.. (2017). Maternal High Fiber Diet during Pregnancy and Lactation Influences Regulatory T Cell Differentiation in Offspring in Mice. The Journal of Immunology. 199(10). 3516–3524. 105 indexed citations

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Ishida, Kentaro, et al.. (2013). Dpysl4 Is Involved in Tooth Germ Morphogenesis through Growth Regulation, Polarization and Differentiation of Dental Epithelial Cells. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 9(4). 382–390. 5 indexed citations

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Iwanami, Norimasa, Toshinobu Fujiwara, Minoru Okada, et al.. (2008). Correction: WDR55 Is a Nucleolar Modulator of Ribosomal RNA Synthesis, Cell Cycle Progression, and Teleost Organ Development. PLoS Genetics. 4(9). 1 indexed citations

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Ekker, Marc, Mario Chevrette, Atsushi Shimizu, et al.. (2007). Radiation Hybrid Maps of Medaka Chromosomes LG 12, 17, and 22. DNA Research. 14(3). 135–140. 6 indexed citations

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Shimizu, Nobuyoshi, Takashi Sasaki, Shuichi Asakawa, et al.. (2006). Comparative genomics of medaka and fugu. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D Genomics and Proteomics. 1(1). 6–12. 9 indexed citations

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Harushima, Yoshiaki, N. Kurata, Masahiro Yano, et al.. (1996). Detection of segregation distortions in an indica-japonica rice cross using a high-resolution molecular map. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 92(2). 145–150. 97 indexed citations

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Nishihira, T, Morio Kasai, Shozo Mori, et al.. (1979). Characteristics of two cell lines (TE-1 and TE-2) derived from human squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus.. PubMed. 70(5). 575–84. 69 indexed citations

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