Toshitaka Oohashi

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Toshitaka Oohashi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Allergy and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Toshitaka Oohashi has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Immunology and Allergy and 30 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Toshitaka Oohashi's work include Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (39 papers), Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (27 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (14 papers). Toshitaka Oohashi is often cited by papers focused on Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (39 papers), Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (27 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (14 papers). Toshitaka Oohashi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Toshitaka Oohashi's co-authors include Yoshifumi Ninomiya, Tommaso Pizzorusso, James W. Fawcett, Yoko Bekku, Manabu Sugimoto, Y Ninomiya, Uwe Rauch, Ichiro Naito, Reinhard Fässler and Yoshikazu Sado and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Toshitaka Oohashi

94 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

The roles of perineuronal nets and the perinodal extracellular matrix in neuronal function

2019 371 citations James W. Fawcett, Toshitaka Oohashi et al. Nature reviews. Neuroscience profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Toshitaka Oohashi Japan	34	1.7k	1.1k	1000	836	441	99	3.7k
Michael R. Bösl Germany	25	1.5k 0.9×	499 0.5×	694 0.7×	396 0.5×	463 1.0×	37	3.3k
Eri Arikawa‐Hirasawa Japan	31	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	400 0.4×	560 0.7×	512 1.2×	85	3.3k
Dale D. Hunter United States	30	2.7k 1.6×	810 0.8×	1.5k 1.5×	1.2k 1.5×	207 0.5×	56	4.3k
Bruce L. Patton United States	27	2.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	270 0.6×	36	3.7k
Holly Colognato United States	29	2.0k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	834 0.8×	1.4k 1.6×	221 0.5×	43	3.8k
Willi Halfter United States	46	2.8k 1.7×	2.1k 2.0×	1.3k 1.3×	1.6k 1.9×	505 1.1×	103	5.9k
Atsuhiko Oohira Japan	32	1.7k 1.0×	1.9k 1.7×	1.3k 1.3×	405 0.5×	397 0.9×	112	3.4k
Frederick S. Jones United States	36	2.3k 1.3×	912 0.8×	624 0.6×	983 1.2×	618 1.4×	82	4.1k
Gregory J. Cole United States	36	2.4k 1.4×	1.7k 1.6×	797 0.8×	774 0.9×	298 0.7×	81	4.0k
Ernst R. Tamm Germany	56	4.8k 2.8×	1.4k 1.3×	907 0.9×	340 0.4×	862 2.0×	200	8.9k

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Nguyen, Hung, Haruko Miyazaki, Ziyi Wang, et al.. (2025). Alteration of perineuronal nets and parvalbumin interneurons in prefrontal cortex and hippocampus, and correlation with blood corticosterone in activity-based anorexia model mice. Neuroscience Research. 218. 104922–104922.

Wang, Ziyi, Maiko Kimura, Kei Ishibashi, et al.. (2025). BMP-2 generates a functional bone marrow niche by inducing the differentiation of local mesenchymal cells into CAR cells. Blood Advances. 9(14). 3598–3612. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Ziyi, et al.. (2024). O ‐ GlcNAcylation regulates osteoblast differentiation through the morphological changes in mitochondria, cytoskeleton, and endoplasmic reticulum. BioFactors. 51(1). e2131–e2131.

Mukai, Tomoyuki, Mitsuaki Ono, Mizuho Kittaka, et al.. (2021). Imatinib has minimal effects on inflammatory and osteopenic phenotypes in a murine cherubism model. Oral Diseases. 29(3). 1089–1101. 3 indexed citations

Fawcett, James W., Toshitaka Oohashi, & Tommaso Pizzorusso. (2019). The roles of perineuronal nets and the perinodal extracellular matrix in neuronal function. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 20(8). 451–465. 371 indexed citations breakdown →

Yamada, Daisuke, Kenji Kawabe, Ryota Nakazato, et al.. (2019). Inhibition of the glutamine transporter SNAT1 confers neuroprotection in mice by modulating the mTOR-autophagy system. Communications Biology. 2(1). 346–346. 26 indexed citations

Bekku, Yoko & Toshitaka Oohashi. (2019). Under the ECM Dome: The Physiological Role of the Perinodal Extracellular Matrix as an Ion Diffusion Barrier. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1190. 107–122. 7 indexed citations

Sado, Yoshikazu, Satoko Inoue, Yasuko Tomono, et al.. (2017). Monoclonal Suncus Antibodies: Generation of Fusion Partners to Produce <i>Suncus</i>-<i>Suncus</i> Hybridomas. ACTA HISTOCHEMICA ET CYTOCHEMICA. 50(2). 71–84. 2 indexed citations

Susuki, Keiichiro, Kae-Jiun Chang, Daniel R. Zollinger, et al.. (2013). Three Mechanisms Assemble Central Nervous System Nodes of Ranvier. Neuron. 78(3). 469–482. 139 indexed citations

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Bekku, Yoko, Markus Moser, Masaru Nakayama, et al.. (2011). Bral2 is indispensable for the proper localization of brevican and the structural integrity of the perineuronal net in the brainstem and cerebellum. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 520(8). 1721–1736. 52 indexed citations

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Bekku, Yoko, Lýdia Vargová, Yoshinobu Goto, et al.. (2010). Bral1: Its Role in Diffusion Barrier Formation and Conduction Velocity in the CNS. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(8). 3113–3123. 96 indexed citations

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Bekku, Yoko & Toshitaka Oohashi. (2010). Neurocan contributes to the molecular heterogeneity of the perinodal ECM. Archives of Histology and Cytology. 73(2). 95–102. 32 indexed citations

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Inagawa, Kiichi, Toshitaka Oohashi, Keiichiro Nishida, et al.. (2009). Optical imaging of mouse articular cartilage using the glycosaminoglycans binding property of fluorescent-labeled octaarginine. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 17(9). 1209–1218. 18 indexed citations

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Bekku, Yoko, Uwe Rauch, Yoshifumi Ninomiya, & Toshitaka Oohashi. (2009). Brevican distinctively assembles extracellular components at the large diameter nodes of Ranvier in the CNS. Journal of Neurochemistry. 108(5). 1266–1276. 80 indexed citations

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Kang, Jeong Suk, Toshitaka Oohashi, Yasuhiko Kawakami, et al.. (2004). Characterization of dermacan, a novel zebrafish lectican gene, expressed in dermal bones. Mechanisms of Development. 121(3). 301–312. 33 indexed citations

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Oohashi, Toshitaka, Satoshi Hirakawa, Yoko Bekku, et al.. (2002). Bral1, a Brain-Specific Link Protein, Colocalizing with the Versican V2 Isoform at the Nodes of Ranvier in Developing and Adult Mouse Central Nervous Systems. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 19(1). 43–57. 103 indexed citations

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Nomoto, Hiroyuki, Toshitaka Oohashi, Satoshi Hirakawa, et al.. (2002). Human BRAL1 and BCAN genes that belong to the link-module superfamily are tandemly arranged on chromosome 1q21-23.. PubMed. 56(1). 25–9. 7 indexed citations

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MURAKAMI, Takuro, Aiji Ohtsuka, Weidong Su, et al.. (1999). The Extracellular Matrix in the Mouse Brain. Its Reactions to Endo-Alpha-N-Acetylgalactosaminidase and Certain Other Enzymes.. Archives of Histology and Cytology. 62(3). 273–281. 19 indexed citations

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Kusachi, Shozo, Yoshifumi Ninomiya, Toshitaka Oohashi, et al.. (1998). Hypoxia Increases Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Concomitantly with Types I and III Collagen without Further Enhancement by Reoxygenation in Cultured Rat Cardiac Fibroblasts. 30(3). 207–211. 3 indexed citations

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Oohashi, Toshitaka, Yasuyoshi Ueki, Manabu Sugimoto, & Yoshifumi Ninomiya. (1995). Isolation and Structure of the COL4A6 Gene Encoding the Human α6(IV) Collagen Chain and Comparison with Other Type IV Collagen Genes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(45). 26863–26867. 15 indexed citations

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