Yayoi Obata

5.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
54 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Yayoi Obata is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Yayoi Obata has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Genetics and 20 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Yayoi Obata's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (28 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (27 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (20 papers). Yayoi Obata is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (28 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (27 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (20 papers). Yayoi Obata collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and United States. Yayoi Obata's co-authors include Tomohiro Kono, Yuji Hirao, Hidehiko Ogawa, Yusuke Sotomaru, Katsuhiko Hayashi, John Carroll, Yasushi Totoki, M. Azim Surani, Masahiro Kaneda and Satomi Kuramochi‐Miyagawa 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

Yayoi Obata

54 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Endogenous siRNAs from naturally formed dsRNAs regulate transcripts in mouse oocytes

2008 861 citations Yayoi Obata, Tomohiro Kono et al. Nature profile →
Reconstitution in vitro of the entire cycle of the mouse female germ line

2016 401 citations Yayoi Obata, Yuji Hirao et al. Nature profile →
Contribution of Intragenic DNA Methylation in Mouse Gametic DNA Methylomes to Establish Oocyte-Specific Heritable Marks

2012 399 citations Hisato Kobayashi, Takayuki Sakurai et al. PLoS Genetics profile →

Peers

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Mellissa R.W. Mann Canada

Franck Pellestor France

Takashi Sado Japan

Fugaku Aoki Japan

Hatsune Chiba Japan

Valérie Grandjean France

Giovanna Lazzari Italy

Nathalie Beaujean France

J. Egozcue Spain

Shantha K. Mahadevaiah United Kingdom

Mellissa R.W. Mann Canada

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187 ×0.4

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yayoi Obata

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Obata, Yayoi, et al.. (2021). Effect of in vitro growth on mouse oocyte competency, mitochondria and transcriptome. Reproduction. 162(4). 307–318. 15 indexed citations

Murakami, Kazuma, Yayoi Obata, Haruka Ueda, et al.. (2020). An RNA aptamer with potent affinity for a toxic dimer of amyloid β42 has potential utility for histochemical studies of Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(15). 4870–4880. 20 indexed citations

Morohaku, Kanako, Yuji Hirao, & Yayoi Obata. (2017). Differentiation of Mouse Primordial Germ Cells into Functional Oocytes In Vitro. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 45(7). 1608–1619. 6 indexed citations

Morohaku, Kanako, Yuji Hirao, & Yayoi Obata. (2017). Development of fertile mouse oocytes from mitotic germ cells in vitro. Nature Protocols. 12(9). 1817–1829. 21 indexed citations

Hara, Satoshi, et al.. (2014). Forced expression of DNA methyltransferases during oocyte growth accelerates the establishment of methylation imprints but not functional genomic imprinting. Human Molecular Genetics. 23(14). 3853–3864. 24 indexed citations

Obata, Yayoi, Takuya Wakai, Satoshi Hara, & Tomohiro Kono. (2013). Long exposure to mature ooplasm can alter DNA methylation at imprinted loci in non-growing oocytes but not in prospermatogonia. Reproduction. 147(1). H1–H6. 2 indexed citations

Kobayashi, Hisato, Takayuki Sakurai, Misaki Imai, et al.. (2012). Contribution of Intragenic DNA Methylation in Mouse Gametic DNA Methylomes to Establish Oocyte-Specific Heritable Marks. PLoS Genetics. 8(1). e1002440–e1002440. 399 indexed citations breakdown →

Kawahara, Manabu, Yayoi Obata, Yusuke Sotomaru, et al.. (2008). Protocol for the production of viable bimaternal mouse embryos. Nature Protocols. 3(2). 197–209. 13 indexed citations

Sotomaru, Yusuke, Manabu Kawahara, Yukiko Ono, et al.. (2007). Identification of Genes Aberrantly Expressed in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell-Cloned Blastocysts1. Biology of Reproduction. 78(4). 568–576. 17 indexed citations

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Wu, Qiong, Manabu Kawahara, Hidehiko Ogawa, et al.. (2006). Regulated expression of two sets of paternally imprinted genes is necessary for mouse parthenogenetic development to term. Reproduction. 131(3). 481–488. 36 indexed citations

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Hiura, Hitoshi, et al.. (2006). Oocyte growth‐dependent progression of maternal imprinting in mice. Genes to Cells. 11(4). 353–361. 211 indexed citations

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Niwa, Katsutoshi, Riya Takano, Yayoi Obata, et al.. (2004). Nuclei of Oocytes Derived from Mouse Parthenogenetic Embryos Are Competent to Support Development to Term1. Biology of Reproduction. 71(5). 1560–1567. 11 indexed citations

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Kono, Tomohiro, Yayoi Obata, Katsutoshi Niwa, et al.. (2004). Birth of parthenogenetic mice that can develop to adulthood. Nature. 428(6985). 860–864. 347 indexed citations

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Higashimoto, Ken, Hidenobu Soejima, Hitomi Yatsuki, et al.. (2002). Characterization and Imprinting Status of OBPH1/Obph1 Gene: Implications for an Extended Imprinting Domain in Human and Mouse. Genomics. 80(6). 575–584. 26 indexed citations

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Shimoda, Masafumi, Sumiyo Morita, Yayoi Obata, et al.. (2002). Imprinting of a Small Nucleolar RNA Gene on Mouse Chromosome 12. Genomics. 79(4). 483–486. 13 indexed citations

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Obata, Yayoi & Tomohiro Kono. (2002). Maternal Primary Imprinting Is Established at a Specific Time for Each Gene throughout Oocyte Growth. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(7). 5285–5289. 219 indexed citations

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Obata, Yayoi, Tomohiro Kono, & Izuho Hatada. (2002). Maturation of mouse fetal germ cells in vitro. Nature. 418(6897). 497–497. 78 indexed citations

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Hatada, I., S. Morita, Yayoi Obata, et al.. (2001). Identification of a New Imprinted Gene, Rian, on Mouse Chromosome 12 by Fluorescent Differential Display Screening. The Journal of Biochemistry. 130(2). 187–190. 69 indexed citations

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Sotomaru, Yusuke, Yosuke Kawase, Takayuki Ueda, et al.. (2001). Disruption of Imprinted Expression ofU2afbp-rs/U2af1-rs1 Gene in Mouse Parthenogenetic Fetuses. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(28). 26694–26698. 15 indexed citations

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Koyanagi, Takaaki, Yayoi Obata, Koji Matsubara, Hiroshi Takaoka, & Toshiyuki Takagi. (1985). Magnetooptical properties of Cd1-xMnxTe films prepared by ionized cluster beam (ICB) deposition technique.. Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan. 9(2). 141–144. 7 indexed citations

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