Tomoko Ichisaka

39.4k total citations · 12 hit papers
31 papers, 27.1k citations indexed

About

Tomoko Ichisaka is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomoko Ichisaka has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 27.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Physiology and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Tomoko Ichisaka's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (26 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (23 papers) and Renal and related cancers (14 papers). Tomoko Ichisaka is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (26 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (23 papers) and Renal and related cancers (14 papers). Tomoko Ichisaka collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Pakistan. Tomoko Ichisaka's co-authors include Shinya Yamanaka, Kazutoshi Takahashi, Koji Tanabe, Megumi Narita, Mari Ohnuki, Kiichiro Tomoda, Keisuke Okita, Masato Nakagawa, Takashi Aoi and Hyenjong Hong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Tomoko Ichisaka

31 papers receiving 26.4k citations

Hit Papers

Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Adult Human Fibr... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2007 2007 2007 2008 2009 4.0k 8.0k 12.0k
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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.

  1. Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Adult Human Fibroblasts by Defined Factors
    2007 14.5k citations Kazutoshi Takahashi, Koji Tanabe et al. Cell profile →
  2. Generation of germline-competent induced pluripotent stem cells
    2007 3.1k citations Keisuke Okita, Tomoko Ichisaka et al. Nature profile →
  3. Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells without Myc from mouse and human fibroblasts
    2007 2.0k citations Masato Nakagawa, Koji Tanabe et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
  4. Generation of Mouse Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Without Viral Vectors
    2008 1.4k citations Keisuke Okita, Masato Nakagawa et al. Science profile →
  5. Suppression of induced pluripotent stem cell generation by the p53–p21 pathway
    2009 1.0k citations Hyenjong Hong, Kazutoshi Takahashi et al. Nature profile →
  6. Generation of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Adult Mouse Liver and Stomach Cells
    2008 757 citations Takashi Aoi, Kojiro Yae et al. Science profile →
  7. Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells From Adult Human Fibroblasts by Defined Factors
    2008 674 citations Kazutoshi Takahashi, Koji Tanabe et al. profile →
  8. Hypoxia Enhances the Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
    2009 582 citations Yoshinori Yoshida, Kazutoshi Takahashi et al. Cell stem cell profile →
  9. mTOR Is Essential for Growth and Proliferation in Early Mouse Embryos and Embryonic Stem Cells
    2004 494 citations Mirei Murakami, Tomoko Ichisaka et al. Molecular and Cellular Biology profile →
  10. A novel efficient feeder-free culture system for the derivation of human induced pluripotent stem cells
    2014 480 citations Masato Nakagawa, Yukimasa Taniguchi et al. Scientific Reports profile →
  11. Promotion of direct reprogramming by transformation-deficient Myc
    2010 299 citations Masato Nakagawa, Nanako Takizawa et al. profile →
  12. Direct reprogramming of somatic cells is promoted by maternal transcription factor Glis1
    2011 294 citations Kei Yamaguchi, Tomonori Nakamura et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Tomoko Ichisaka
Koji Tanabe Japan
Joseph Itskovitz‐Eldor Israel
Keisuke Okita Japan
Gordon Keller United States
Konrad Hochedlinger United States
Hans R. Schöler Germany
Kiichiro Tomoda Japan
Mari Ohnuki Japan
Megumi Narita Japan
Marius Wernig United States
Koji Tanabe Japan
Tomoko Ichisaka
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tomoko Ichisaka

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sun, Liang, et al.. (2014). Nanog co-regulated by Nodal/Smad2 and Oct4 is required for pluripotency in developing mouse epiblast. Developmental Biology. 392(2). 182–192. 26 indexed citations
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Amano, Naoki, et al.. (2014). Generation and Characterization of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Aid-Deficient Mice. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e94735–e94735. 15 indexed citations
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Nakagawa, Masato, Yukimasa Taniguchi, Sho Senda, et al.. (2014). A novel efficient feeder-free culture system for the derivation of human induced pluripotent stem cells. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 3594–3594. 480 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yamaguchi, Kei, Tomonori Nakamura, Ran Shibukawa, et al.. (2011). Direct reprogramming of somatic cells is promoted by maternal transcription factor Glis1. Nature. 474(7350). 225–229. 294 indexed citations breakdown →
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Denda, Kimitoshi, Naomi Kitamura, Yoh‐ichi Tagawa, et al.. (2011). Nrk, an X-linked Protein Kinase in the Germinal Center Kinase Family, Is Required for Placental Development and Fetoplacental Induction of Labor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(33). 28802–28810. 23 indexed citations
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Iwabuchi, Kumiko A., Yoshiko Sato, Tomoko Ichisaka, et al.. (2011). ECAT11/L1td1 Is Enriched in ESCs and Rapidly Activated During iPSCGeneration, but It Is Dispensable for the Maintenance and Induction of Pluripotency. PLoS ONE. 6(5). e20461–e20461. 20 indexed citations
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Yoshida, Yoshinori, Kazutoshi Takahashi, Keisuke Okita, Tomoko Ichisaka, & Shinya Yamanaka. (2009). Hypoxia Enhances the Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Cell stem cell. 5(3). 237–241. 582 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hong, Hyenjong, Kazutoshi Takahashi, Tomoko Ichisaka, et al.. (2009). Suppression of induced pluripotent stem cell generation by the p53–p21 pathway. Nature. 460(7259). 1132–1135. 1036 indexed citations breakdown →
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Takahashi, Kazutoshi, et al.. (2009). Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells on Autologous Feeders. PLoS ONE. 4(12). e8067–e8067. 72 indexed citations
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Ichisaka, Tomoko, et al.. (2009). Roles of Sall4 in the generation of pluripotent stem cells from blastocysts and fibroblasts. Genes to Cells. 14(6). 683–694. 117 indexed citations
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Aoi, Takashi, Kojiro Yae, Masato Nakagawa, et al.. (2008). Generation of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Adult Mouse Liver and Stomach Cells. Science. 321(5889). 699–702. 757 indexed citations breakdown →
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Takahashi, Kazutoshi, Koji Tanabe, Mari Ohnuki, et al.. (2007). Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Adult Human Fibroblasts by Defined Factors. Cell. 131(5). 861–872. 14494 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nakagawa, Masato, Koji Tanabe, Kazutoshi Takahashi, et al.. (2007). Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells without Myc from mouse and human fibroblasts. Nature Biotechnology. 26(1). 101–106. 2021 indexed citations breakdown →
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Okita, Keisuke, Tomoko Ichisaka, & Shinya Yamanaka. (2007). Generation of germline-competent induced pluripotent stem cells. Nature. 448(7151). 313–317. 3131 indexed citations breakdown →
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Imamura, Masanori, Kyoko Miura, Kumiko A. Iwabuchi, et al.. (2006). Transcriptional repression and DNA hypermethylation of a small set of ES cell marker genes in male germline stem cells. BMC Developmental Biology. 6(1). 34–34. 103 indexed citations
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Amano, H., Ken Itakura, Masayoshi Maruyama, et al.. (2006). Identification and targeted disruption of the mouse gene encoding ESG1 (PH34/ECAT2/DPPA5). BMC Developmental Biology. 6(1). 11–11. 32 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Kazutoshi, Tomoko Ichisaka, & Shinya Yamanaka. (2006). Identification of Genes Involved in Tumor-Like Properties of Embryonic Stem Cells. Humana Press eBooks. 329. 449–458. 27 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Kazutoshi, Masayoshi Maruyama, Yoshimi Tokuzawa, et al.. (2005). Evolutionarily conserved non-AUG translation initiation in NAT1/p97/DAP5 (EIF4G2). Genomics. 85(3). 360–371. 49 indexed citations
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Maruyama, Masayoshi, Tomoko Ichisaka, Masato Nakagawa, & Shinya Yamanaka. (2005). Differential Roles for Sox15 and Sox2 in Transcriptional Control in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(26). 24371–24379. 100 indexed citations
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Murakami, Mirei, Tomoko Ichisaka, Mitsuyo Maeda, et al.. (2004). mTOR Is Essential for Growth and Proliferation in Early Mouse Embryos and Embryonic Stem Cells. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 24(15). 6710–6718. 494 indexed citations breakdown →

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