Tetsuya Imura

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Tetsuya Imura is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Tetsuya Imura has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Tetsuya Imura's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (13 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (7 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (6 papers). Tetsuya Imura is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (13 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (7 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (6 papers). Tetsuya Imura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Bulgaria. Tetsuya Imura's co-authors include Michael V. Sofroniew, A. Denise R. Garcia, Ngan Doan, Toby G. Bush, Harley I. Kornblum, Jingwei Qi, Julia Herrmann, Bingbing Song, Shizuo Akira and Yan Ao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, The Journal of Cell Biology and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Tetsuya Imura

38 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

GFAP-expressing progenitors are the principal source of constitutive neurogenesis in adult mouse forebrain

2004 770 citations A. Denise R. Garcia, Ngan Doan et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
STAT3 is a Critical Regulator of Astrogliosis and Scar Formation after Spinal Cord Injury

2008 738 citations Julia Herrmann, Tetsuya Imura et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tetsuya Imura Japan	21	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	740	353	41	3.0k
Fraser J. Sim United States	29	1.6k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	893 0.8×	836 1.1×	525 1.5×	58	3.4k
Nobutaka Kawahara Japan	32	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	736 1.0×	315 0.9×	87	4.4k
Adán Aguirre United States	27	2.2k 1.7×	1.5k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	918 1.2×	662 1.9×	32	3.4k
Pascale Durbec France	32	1.7k 1.3×	2.0k 1.6×	1.5k 1.4×	409 0.6×	300 0.8×	59	4.3k
Kunlin Jin United States	17	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	939 0.9×	697 0.9×	226 0.6×	30	2.7k
Sjef Copray Netherlands	29	801 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	521 0.5×	431 0.6×	340 1.0×	55	2.6k
Bastian G. Brinkmann Germany	9	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	575 0.8×	230 0.7×	10	2.8k
Clara Alfaro‐Cervelló Spain	21	874 0.7×	969 0.8×	636 0.6×	359 0.5×	335 0.9×	42	2.1k
Xiaoqin Zhu China	15	1.3k 1.0×	950 0.8×	713 0.7×	744 1.0×	541 1.5×	46	2.4k
Thor Ostenfeld United Kingdom	15	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	508 0.7×	124 0.4×	24	2.6k

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Imura, Tetsuya, et al.. (2025). Activation of S1PR2 on macrophages and the hepatocyte S1PR2/RhoA/ROCK1/MLC2 pathway in vanishing bile duct syndrome. PLoS ONE. 20(1). e0317568–e0317568. 2 indexed citations

Katada, Kazuhiro, et al.. (2024). Intracholecystic papillary neoplasm misdiagnosed as adenomyomatosis on imaging: a case report. Abdominal Radiology. 50(3). 1153–1157.

Sugimoto, Kotaro, Naoki Ichikawa‐Tomikawa, Keisuke Nishiura, et al.. (2020). Serotonin/5-HT1A Signaling in the Neurovascular Unit Regulates Endothelial CLDN5 Expression. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(1). 254–254. 8 indexed citations

Miyagawa‐Hayashino, Aya, Yukiko Shishido‐Hara, Naoya Nakamura, et al.. (2020). Mantle cell lymphoma with EBV‐positive Hodgkin and Reed–Sternberg‐like cells in a patient after autologous PBSCT: Phenotypically distinct but genetically related tumors. Pathology International. 71(1). 96–101. 4 indexed citations

Kodo, Kazuki, et al.. (2019). A case of pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ia with a novel frameshift mutation in the <i>GNAS</i> gene: early diagnosis of osteoma cutis by skin biopsy. Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology. 28(1). 15–18. 4 indexed citations

Kodo, Kazuki, Kenichi Sakamoto, Mitsuru Miyachi, et al.. (2018). Cytomegalovirus-associated biliary atresia. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports. 35. 17–20. 4 indexed citations

Sowa, Yoshihiro, Tsunao Kishida, Tetsuya Imura, et al.. (2016). Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Promote Peripheral Nerve Regeneration In Vivo without Differentiation into Schwann-Like Lineage. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 137(2). 318e–330e. 91 indexed citations

Sakamoto, Masayuki, Nao Ieki, Goichi Miyoshi, et al.. (2014). Continuous Postnatal Neurogenesis Contributes to Formation of the Olfactory Bulb Neural Circuits and Flexible Olfactory Associative Learning. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(17). 5788–5799. 93 indexed citations

Seki, Tatsunori, et al.. (2013). Distinctive population of Gfap‐expressing neural progenitors arising around the dentate notch migrate and form the granule cell layer in the developing hippocampus. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 522(2). 1 indexed citations

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Sowa, Yoshihiro, Tetsuya Imura, Toshiaki Numajiri, et al.. (2013). Adipose Stromal Cells Contain Phenotypically Distinct Adipogenic Progenitors Derived from Neural Crest. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e84206–e84206. 46 indexed citations

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Cushman, Jesse D., J. Maldonado, Eunice E. Kwon, et al.. (2012). Juvenile neurogenesis makes essential contributions to adult brain structure and plays a sex-dependent role in fear memories. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 6. 3–3. 36 indexed citations

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Sowa, Yoshihiro, Tetsuya Imura, Toshiaki Numajiri, Kenichi Nishino, & Shinji Fushiki. (2011). Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Produce Factors Enhancing Peripheral Nerve Regeneration: Influence of Age and Anatomic Site of Origin. Stem Cells and Development. 21(11). 1852–1862. 92 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaohong, Tetsuya Imura, Michael V. Sofroniew, & Shinji Fushiki. (2011). Loss of adenomatous polyposis coli in Bergmann glia disrupts their unique architecture and leads to cell nonautonomous neurodegeneration of cerebellar Purkinje neurons. Glia. 59(6). 857–868. 40 indexed citations

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Imura, Tetsuya, et al.. (2008). Endothelial cell‐derived bone morphogenetic proteins regulate glial differentiation of cortical progenitors. European Journal of Neuroscience. 27(7). 1596–1606. 27 indexed citations

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Herrmann, Julia, Tetsuya Imura, Bingbing Song, et al.. (2008). STAT3 is a Critical Regulator of Astrogliosis and Scar Formation after Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(28). 7231–7243. 738 indexed citations breakdown →

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Garcia, A. Denise R., Ngan Doan, Tetsuya Imura, Toby G. Bush, & Michael V. Sofroniew. (2004). GFAP-expressing progenitors are the principal source of constitutive neurogenesis in adult mouse forebrain. Nature Neuroscience. 7(11). 1233–1241. 770 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kageyama, Takashi, Tetsuya Imura, Akinori Matsuo, Nagahiro Minato, & Shun Shimohama. (2000). Distribution of the 4F2 light chain, LAT1, in the mouse brain. Neuroreport. 11(17). 3663–3666. 22 indexed citations

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Imura, Tetsuya & Shun Shimohama. (2000). Opposing effects of adenosine on the survival of glial cells exposed to chemical ischemia. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 62(4). 539–546. 7 indexed citations

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Imura, Tetsuya, Shun Shimohama, Takashi Kageyama, & Jun Kimura. (1999). Selective Induction of Glial Glutamate Transporter GLT-1 by Hypertonic Stress in C6 Glioma Cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 265(1). 240–245. 9 indexed citations

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Shimohama, Shun, Shinji Kamiya, Makoto Fujii, et al.. (1998). Mutation in the Pleckstrin Homology Domain of the Human Phospholipase C-δ1 Gene Is Associated with Loss of Function. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 245(3). 722–728. 11 indexed citations

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