Tohru Ishitani

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Tohru Ishitani is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Tohru Ishitani has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Cell Biology and 8 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Tohru Ishitani's work include Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (21 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (16 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (11 papers). Tohru Ishitani is often cited by papers focused on Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (21 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (16 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (11 papers). Tohru Ishitani collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and South Korea. Tohru Ishitani's co-authors include Jun Ninomiya‐Tsuji, Kunihiro Matsumoto, Kunihiro Matsumoto, Hiroshi Shibuyà, Marian L. Waterman, Shizuka Ishitani, Bruce Bowerman, Marc D. Meneghini, Nobuyuki Shimizu and Motoyuki Itoh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Tohru Ishitani

64 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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The TAK1–NLK–MAPK-related pathway antagonizes signalling between β-catenin and transcription factor TCF

1999 507 citations Tohru Ishitani, Jun Ninomiya‐Tsuji et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Sex-dependent regulation of vertebrate somatic growth and aging by germ cells 2024 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Takashi Nishimura, Chihiro Mogi, (unknown), Masaru Ishii, Kaori Tanaka, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, Tohru Ishitani	5
2	Mechano-gradients drive morphogen-noise correction to ensure robust patterning 2024 ·Science Advances ·Kana Aoki, (unknown), (unknown), K Matsubara, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, Tohru Ishitani	4
3	Single housing of juveniles accelerates early-stage growth but extends adult lifespan in African turquoise killifish 2024 ·Aging ·Chika Takahashi, Emiko Okabe, (unknown), Saya Kishimoto, Hideaki Matsui, Tohru Ishitani, Takuya Yamamoto, Masaharu Uno, Eisuke Nishida	1
4	Determining zebrafish dorsal organizer size by a negative feedback loop between canonical/non-canonical Wnts and Tlr4/NFκB 2023 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Satoshi Ota, Shizuka Ishitani, Masayuki Oginuma, Tohru Ishitani	4
5	De novo non-synonymous CTR9 variants are associated with motor delay and macrocephaly: human genetic and zebrafish experimental evidence 2022 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Hisato Suzuki, Kana Aoki, Kenji Kurosawa, Kazuo Imagawa, Tatsuyuki Ohto, Mamiko Yamada, Toshiki Takenouchi, Kenjiro Kosaki, Tohru Ishitani	1
6	Rapid reverse genetics systems for Nothobranchius furzeri, a suitable model organism to study vertebrate aging 2022 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Chihiro Mogi, Hideaki Matsui, Tohru Ishitani	11
7	β-catenin-promoted cholesterol metabolism protects against cellular senescence in naked mole-rat cells 2021 ·Communications Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kyoko Miura, Daisuke Okuzaki, Tohru Ishitani, Kentaro Kajiwara, Shigeyuki Nada, Hideyuki Okano, Masato Okada	15
8	Biallelic CDK9 variants as a cause of a new multiple-malformation syndrome with retinal dystrophy mimicking the CHARGE syndrome 2021 ·Journal of Human Genetics ·Sachiko Nishina, Katsuhiro Hosono, Shizuka Ishitani, Kenjiro Kosaki, Tadashi Yokoi, (unknown), (unknown), Maki Fukami, Hirotomo Saitsu, Tsutomu Ogata, Tohru Ishitani, Yoshihiro Hotta, Noriyuki Azuma	3
9	A novel method to purify neutrophils enables functional analysis of zebrafish hematopoiesis 2020 ·Genes to Cells ·(unknown), Kasem Kulkeaw, (unknown), Takenobu Nii, (unknown), Tohru Ishitani, Fumio Arai, Daisuke Sugiyama	3
10	Cell competition corrects noisy Wnt morphogen gradients to achieve robust patterning in the zebrafish embryo 2019 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Shizuka Ishitani, (unknown), Jumpei Nogami, (unknown), Nobuyuki Shimizu, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, Tohru Ishitani	54
11	Pharmacological enhancement of retinoid-related orphan receptor α function mitigates spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 pathology 2018 ·Neurobiology of Disease ·(unknown), (unknown), Ayumu Konno, (unknown), Yasunori Matsuzaki, Tohru Ishitani, Hirokazu Hirai	15
12	Purification of zebrafish erythrocytes as a means of identifying a novel regulator of haematopoiesis 2017 ·British Journal of Haematology ·Kasem Kulkeaw, Tomoko Inoue, Tohru Ishitani, Yoichi Nakanishi, Leonard I. Zon, Daisuke Sugiyama	11
13	Induction of intrinsic apoptosis in leukaemia stem cells and in vivo zebrafish model by betulonic acid isolated from Walsura pinnata Hassk (Meliaceae) 2017 ·Phytomedicine ·Kok Hoong Leong, (unknown), (unknown), Khalijah Awang, Yuka Tanaka, Kasem Kulkeaw, Tohru Ishitani, Daisuke Sugiyama	19
14	Wip1 directly dephosphorylates NLK and increases Wnt activity during germ cell development 2017 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jisun Lim, Dong‐Myung Shin, Dong‐Wook Han, Tohru Ishitani, Eek‐hoon Jho, Albert J. Fornace, Hyuk‐Jin Cha	10
15	Wnt/Dkk Negative Feedback Regulates Sensory Organ Size in Zebrafish 2013 ·Current Biology ·Hironori Wada, Alain Ghysen, Kazuhide Asakawa, Gembu Abe, Tohru Ishitani, Koichi Kawakami	55
16	Visualization and exploration of Tcf/Lef function using a highly responsive Wnt/β-catenin signaling-reporter transgenic zebrafish 2012 ·Developmental Biology ·Nobuyuki Shimizu, Koichi Kawakami, Tohru Ishitani	96
17	Nemo-like kinase, a multifaceted cell signaling regulator 2012 ·Cellular Signalling ·Tohru Ishitani, Shizuka Ishitani	59
18	Cold exposure down-regulates zebrafish hematopoiesis 2010 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Kasem Kulkeaw, Tohru Ishitani, Takaaki Kanemaru, Suthat Fucharoen, Daisuke Sugiyama	18
19	Delta1 family members are involved in filopodial actin formation and neuronal cell migration independent of Notch signaling 2010 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tohru Ishitani, Kunihiro Matsumoto, Motoyuki Itoh	2
20	Wnt-1 signal induces phosphorylation and degradation of c-Myb protein via TAK1, HIPK2, and NLK 2004 ·Genes & Development ·Chie Kanei‐Ishii, Jun Ninomiya‐Tsuji, Jun Tanikawa, Teruaki Nomura, Tohru Ishitani, Satoshi Kishida, Kenji Kokura, Toshihiro Kurahashi, Emi Ichikawa-Iwata, Yongsok Kim, Kunihiro Matsumoto, Shunsuke Ishii	145

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