Toshihiro Sekimoto

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Toshihiro Sekimoto is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Toshihiro Sekimoto has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cell Biology and 3 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Toshihiro Sekimoto's work include Nuclear Structure and Function (20 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (14 papers) and Renal and related cancers (4 papers). Toshihiro Sekimoto is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear Structure and Function (20 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (14 papers) and Renal and related cancers (4 papers). Toshihiro Sekimoto collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Switzerland and Austria. Toshihiro Sekimoto's co-authors include Yoshihiro Yoneda, Minoru Yoshida, Sueharu Horinouchi, Erwin Schreiner, N. Kudo, Barbara Wolff, Mitsuhiro Yanagida, Taro Tachibana, Masahiro Fukumoto and Naoko Imamoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Toshihiro Sekimoto

27 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Leptomycin B Inhibition of Signal-Mediated Nuclear Export by Direct Binding to CRM1

1998 714 citations N. Kudo, Barbara Wolff et al. Experimental Cell Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Toshihiro Sekimoto Japan	20	2.1k	391	381	208	191	27	2.4k
Bruno Chatton France	28	1.9k 0.9×	304 0.8×	582 1.5×	283 1.4×	102 0.5×	53	2.3k
David G. Skalnik United States	35	3.1k 1.5×	284 0.7×	525 1.4×	631 3.0×	149 0.8×	64	3.8k
Sylvain Daujat France	21	2.6k 1.3×	304 0.8×	301 0.8×	208 1.0×	89 0.5×	24	3.0k
Giovanna Grimaldi Italy	22	1.5k 0.7×	274 0.7×	462 1.2×	194 0.9×	163 0.9×	44	2.0k
Yegor Vassetzky France	35	2.7k 1.3×	456 1.2×	404 1.1×	232 1.1×	168 0.9×	160	3.4k
Matthias Gautschi Switzerland	21	1.1k 0.5×	216 0.6×	211 0.6×	209 1.0×	289 1.5×	55	1.8k
Andrew P. Laudano United States	18	1.6k 0.8×	203 0.5×	326 0.9×	117 0.6×	138 0.7×	19	2.3k
Gérard Gâcon France	28	1.4k 0.7×	244 0.6×	313 0.8×	390 1.9×	679 3.6×	93	2.4k
Ian G. Cowell United Kingdom	29	2.7k 1.3×	778 2.0×	297 0.8×	215 1.0×	118 0.6×	65	3.2k
F.M.A. van Schaik Netherlands	19	2.1k 1.0×	277 0.7×	618 1.6×	102 0.5×	95 0.5×	25	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Toshihiro Sekimoto

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Toshihiro Sekimoto

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Choi, Saehae, Eiki Yamashita, Noriko Yasuhara, et al.. (2014). Structural basis for the selective nuclear import of the C2H2 zinc-finger protein Snail by importin β. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 70(4). 1050–1060. 25 indexed citations

Sekimoto, Toshihiro, et al.. (2013). Cell Density-dependent Nuclear Accumulation of ELK3 is Involved in Suppression of PAI-1 Expression. Cell Structure and Function. 38(2). 145–154. 5 indexed citations

Sekimoto, Toshihiro & Yoshihiro Yoneda. (2012). Intrinsic and extrinsic negative regulators of nuclear protein transport processes. Genes to Cells. 17(7). 525–535. 25 indexed citations

Sekimoto, Toshihiro, et al.. (2011). Importin α Protein Acts as a Negative Regulator for Snail Protein Nuclear Import. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(17). 15126–15131. 22 indexed citations

Miki, Takashi, Katsuya Okawa, Toshihiro Sekimoto, et al.. (2009). mDia2 Shuttles between the Nucleus and the Cytoplasm through the Importin-α/β- and CRM1-mediated Nuclear Transport Mechanism. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(9). 5753–5762. 48 indexed citations

Tachibana, Taro, Naoko Sakaguchi, Yoichi Miyamoto, et al.. (2008). Generation and Characterization of a Monoclonal Antibody Against NPI-1 Subfamily of Importin α. Hybridoma. 27(4). 285–289. 6 indexed citations

Bradatsch, Bettina, Jun Katahira, Eva Kowalinski, et al.. (2007). Arx1 Functions as an Unorthodox Nuclear Export Receptor for the 60S Preribosomal Subunit. Molecular Cell. 27(5). 767–779. 98 indexed citations

Nakamura, Toshinobu, Yoshikazu Arai, Hiroki Umehara, et al.. (2006). PGC7/Stella protects against DNA demethylation in early embryogenesis. Nature Cell Biology. 9(1). 64–71. 439 indexed citations

Miyauchi, Yoshiteru, Toshimi Michigami, Naoko Sakaguchi, et al.. (2005). Importin 4 Is Responsible for Ligand-independent Nuclear Translocation of Vitamin D Receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(49). 40901–40908. 41 indexed citations

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Yamasaki, Hideki, Toshihiro Sekimoto, Tadashi Ohkubo, et al.. (2005). Zinc finger domain of Snail functions as a nuclear localization signal for importin β‐mediated nuclear import pathway. Genes to Cells. 10(5). 455–464. 65 indexed citations

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Sakaguchi, Naoko, Arihiro Kano, Atsushi Maruyama, et al.. (2005). Extracellular signal-dependent nuclear import of STAT3 is mediated by various importin αs. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 330(3). 880–886. 46 indexed citations

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Kotera, Ippei, Toshihiro Sekimoto, Yoichi Miyamoto, et al.. (2005). Importin α transports CaMKIV to the nucleus without utilizing importin β. The EMBO Journal. 24(5). 942–951. 75 indexed citations

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Sekimoto, Toshihiro, Masahiro Fukumoto, & Yoshihiro Yoneda. (2004). 14‐3‐3 suppresses the nuclear localization of threonine 157‐phosphorylated p27Kip1. The EMBO Journal. 23(9). 1934–1942. 123 indexed citations

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Lee, Soo Jae, Toshihiro Sekimoto, Eiki Yamashita, et al.. (2003). Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of the importin-β–SREBP-2 complex. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 59(10). 1866–1868. 3 indexed citations

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Tajima, Yoshitaka, Kouichiro Goto, Minoru Yoshida, et al.. (2003). Chromosomal Region Maintenance 1 (CRM1)-dependent Nuclear Export of Smad Ubiquitin Regulatory Factor 1 (Smurf1) Is Essential for Negative Regulation of Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling by Smad7. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(12). 10716–10721. 69 indexed citations

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Abe, Koji, Manabu Hirai, Katsunori Mizuno, et al.. (2001). The YXXQ motif in gp 130 is crucial for STAT3 phosphorylation at Ser727 through an H7-sensitive kinase pathway. Oncogene. 20(27). 3464–3474. 58 indexed citations

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Kudo, N., Barbara Wolff, Toshihiro Sekimoto, et al.. (1998). Leptomycin B Inhibition of Signal-Mediated Nuclear Export by Direct Binding to CRM1. Experimental Cell Research. 242(2). 540–547. 714 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sekimoto, Toshihiro & Yoshihiro Yoneda. (1998). Nuclear Import and Export of Proteins: The Molecular Basis for Intracellular Signaling. Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews. 9(3-4). 205–211. 21 indexed citations

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Sekimoto, Toshihiro, Koichi Nakajima, Taro Tachibana, Toshio Hirano, & Yoshihiro Yoneda. (1996). Interferon-γ-dependent Nuclear Import of Stat1 Is Mediated by the GTPase Activity of Ran/TC4. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(49). 31017–31020. 100 indexed citations

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Tachibana, Taro, Miki Hieda, Toshihiro Sekimoto, & Yoshihiro Yoneda. (1996). Exogenously injected nuclear import factor p10/NTF2 inhibits signal‐mediated nuclear import and export of proteins in living cells. FEBS Letters. 397(2-3). 177–182. 47 indexed citations

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