Tomohiro Yamazaki

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Tomohiro Yamazaki is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomohiro Yamazaki has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cancer Research and 8 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Tomohiro Yamazaki's work include RNA Research and Splicing (29 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (18 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (10 papers). Tomohiro Yamazaki is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (29 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (18 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (10 papers). Tomohiro Yamazaki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Tomohiro Yamazaki's co-authors include Tetsuro Hirose, Shinichi Nakagawa, Takeshi Chujo, Kensuke Ninomiya, Gérard Pierron, Sylvie Souquère, Taiho Kambe, Archa H. Fox, Simon Kobelke and Charles S. Bond and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Tomohiro Yamazaki

55 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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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.

Functional Domains of NEAT1 Architectural lncRNA Induce Paraspeckle Assembly through Phase Separation

2018 422 citations Tomohiro Yamazaki, Sylvie Souquère et al. Molecular Cell profile →
A guide to membraneless organelles and their various roles in gene regulation

2022 272 citations Tetsuro Hirose, Kensuke Ninomiya et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Biophysical Aspect of Assembly and Regulation of Nuclear Bodies Scaffolded by Architectural RNA 2025 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Tetsuya Yamamoto, Tomohiro Yamazaki, Kensuke Ninomiya, Shinichi Nakagawa, Tetsuro Hirose	1
2	Concealed pancreatic cancer in acute pancreatitis: Early MRCP and EUS surveillance improves prognosis and identifies high-risk patients 2025 ·Pancreatology ·Kentaro Yamao, Mamoru Takenaka, Akihiro Yoshida, Tomohiro Yamazaki, Shunsuke Omoto, Kosuke Minaga, Ken Kamata, Yoshihisa Takada, (unknown), Tadashi Iida, Yasuyuki Mizutani, Takuya Ishikawa, Hiroki Kawashima, Masatoshi Kudo	2
3	Structural differences between the closely related RNA helicases, UAP56 and URH49, fashion distinct functional apo-complexes 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Ken‐ichi Fujita, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Naoko Fujiwara, (unknown), (unknown), Tomohiro Yamazaki, Masaki Kojima, Bunzo Mikami, Akila Mayeda, Seiji Masuda	7
4	Utility of Contrast-Enhanced Harmonic Endoscopic Ultrasonography to Diagnose Pancreaticobiliary Maljunction 2024 ·Digestive Diseases and Sciences ·Tomohiro Yamazaki, Ken Kamata, Tomoko Hyodo, (unknown), Hidekazu Tanaka, Akihiro Yoshida, (unknown), Shunsuke Omoto, Kosuke Minaga, Mamoru Takenaka, Masatoshi Kudo	0
5	Shell protein composition specified by the lncRNA NEAT1 domains dictates the formation of paraspeckles as distinct membraneless organelles 2023 ·Nature Cell Biology ·(unknown), Tomohiro Yamazaki, Sylvie Souquère, Shungo Adachi, (unknown), Naoko Fujiwara, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Tohru Natsume, Shinichi Nakagawa, Gérard Pierron, Tetsuro Hirose	25
6	Detailed analyses of the crucial functions of Zn transporter proteins in alkaline phosphatase activation 2020 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Takaaki Takeda, Yukina Nishito, Yuki Tanaka, Takashi Fujiwara, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tokuji Tsuji, Ayako Fukunaka, Tomohiro Yamazaki, KM Taylor, Yasumitsu Ogra, Taiho Kambe	22
7	CRISPR-Mediated Mutagenesis of Long Noncoding RNAs 2020 ·Methods in molecular biology ·Tomohiro Yamazaki, Tetsuro Hirose	2
8	Cross-Regulation between TDP-43 and Paraspeckles Promotes Pluripotency-Differentiation Transition 2019 ·Molecular Cell ·Miha Modic, Markus Grosch, Gregor Rot, Silvia Schirge, (unknown), Tomohiro Yamazaki, Flora Lee, Ejona Rusha, Dmitry Shaposhnikov, Michael Z. Palo, Juliane Merl‐Pham, Davide Cacchiarelli, Boris Rogelj, Stefanie M. Hauck, Christian von Mering, Alexander Meissner, Heiko Lickert, Tetsuro Hirose, Jernej Ule, Micha Drukker	92
9	Functional Domains of NEAT1 Architectural lncRNA Induce Paraspeckle Assembly through Phase Separation breakdown → 2018 ·Molecular Cell ·Tomohiro Yamazaki, Sylvie Souquère, Takeshi Chujo, Simon Kobelke, (unknown), Archa H. Fox, Charles S. Bond, Shinichi Nakagawa, Gérard Pierron, Tetsuro Hirose	422
10	Unusual semi‐extractability as a hallmark of nuclear body‐associated architectural noncoding RNA s 2017 ·The EMBO Journal ·Takeshi Chujo, Tomohiro Yamazaki, Tetsuya Kawaguchi, Satoshi Kurosaka, Toru Takumi, Shinichi Nakagawa, Tetsuro Hirose	102
11	Direct Comparison of Manganese Detoxification/Efflux Proteins and Molecular Characterization of ZnT10 Protein as a Manganese Transporter 2016 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Yukina Nishito, (unknown), Hitomi Fujishiro, (unknown), Tomohiro Yamazaki, (unknown), Fumiko Okazaki, (unknown), Karin Tuschl, Rajini Rao, Satoshi Kono, Hiroaki Miyajima, Hiroshi Narita, Seiichiro Himeno, Taiho Kambe	80
12	A characteristic of polymorphic membrane protein F of Chlamydia trachomatis isolated from male urogenital tracts in Japan 2015 ·Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy ·Tomohiro Yamazaki, Junji Matsuo, Satoshi Takahashi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hiroyuki Yamaguchi	0
13	Architectural RNAs (arcRNAs): A class of long noncoding RNAs that function as the scaffold of nuclear bodies 2015 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms ·Takeshi Chujo, Tomohiro Yamazaki, Tetsuro Hirose	126
14	Amoebal Endosymbiont Parachlamydia acanthamoebae Bn9 Can Grow in Immortal Human Epithelial HEp-2 Cells at Low Temperature; An In Vitro Model System to Study Chlamydial Evolution 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Tomohiro Yamazaki, Shinji Nakamura, Junji Matsuo, (unknown), (unknown), Satoshi Oguri, (unknown), Yasuhiro Hayashi, Mitsutaka Yoshida, Yimin, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi	9
15	Action mechanism of 6, 6′-dihydroxythiobinupharidine from Nuphar japonicum, which showed anti-MRSA and anti-VRE activities 2015 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects ·(unknown), Eri Nishiyama, Tomohiro Yamazaki, Nao Otsuka, Shoko Taniguchi, Wakano Ogawa, Tsutomu Hatano, Tomofusa Tsuchiya, Teruo Kuroda	19
16	Effect of Ureaplasma parvum co-incubation on Chlamydia trachomatis maturation in human epithelial HeLa cells treated with interferon-γ 2014 ·Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy ·Tomohiro Yamazaki, Junji Matsuo, Shinji Nakamura, Satoshi Oguri, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi	9
17	Amoebal Endosymbiont Neochlamydia Genome Sequence Illuminates the Bacterial Role in the Defense of the Host Amoebae against Legionella pneumophila 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Kyoko Hayashida, Junji Matsuo, Fumihiko Takeuchi, Makoto Kuroda, Shinji Nakamura, Tomohiro Yamazaki, Mitsutaka Yoshida, Kaori Takahashi, Hiroki Nagai, Chihiro Sugimoto, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi	38
18	Protochlamydia Induces Apoptosis of Human HEp-2 Cells through Mitochondrial Dysfunction Mediated by Chlamydial Protease-Like Activity Factor 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Junji Matsuo, Shinji Nakamura, Atsushi Ito, Tomohiro Yamazaki, (unknown), Yasuhiro Hayashi, Mitsutaka Yoshida, Kaori Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Fumihiko Takeuchi, Makoto Kuroda, Hiroki Nagai, Kyoko Hayashida, Chihiro Sugimoto, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi	12
19	FUS-SMN Protein Interactions Link the Motor Neuron Diseases ALS and SMA 2012 ·Cell Reports ·Tomohiro Yamazaki, Shi Chen, Yong Yu, Biao Yan, (unknown), Mónica A. Carrasco, Juan Carlos Tapia, Bo Zhai, Rita Das, Mélanie Lalancette–Hébert, Aarti Sharma, Siddharthan Chandran, Gareth J. Sullivan, Agnes L. Nishimura, Christopher E. Shaw, Steve P. Gygi, Neil A. Shneider, Tom Maniatis, Robin Reed	204
20	Demonstration and Characterization of the Heterodimerization of ZnT5 and ZnT6 in the Early Secretory Pathway 2009 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Ayako Fukunaka, Tomoyuki Suzuki, (unknown), Tomohiro Yamazaki, Naoko Fujiwara, Kaori Ishihara, (unknown), Katsuzumi Okumura, Seiji Masuda, Yuko Yamaguchi‐Iwai, Masaya Nagao, Taiho Kambe	91

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