Yohei Okada

8.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
69 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Yohei Okada is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yohei Okada has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 16 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yohei Okada's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (27 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (15 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers). Yohei Okada is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (27 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (15 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers). Yohei Okada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Yohei Okada's co-authors include Hideyuki Okano, Shinya Yamanaka, Masaya Nakamura, Wado Akamatsu, Takuya Shimazaki, Gen Sobue, Satoshi Nori, Yoshiaki Toyama, Osahiko Tsuji and Kyoko Miura and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yohei Okada

66 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Variation in the safety of induced pluripotent stem cell lines

2009 664 citations Kyoko Miura, Yohei Okada et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Modeling familial Alzheimer's disease with induced pluripotent stem cells

2011 476 citations Takuya Yagi, Daisuke Ito et al. profile →
Grafted human-induced pluripotent stem-cell–derived neurospheres promote motor functional recovery after spinal cord injury in mice

2011 418 citations Satoshi Nori, Yohei Okada et al. profile →

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Asuka Morizane Japan

Oliver Brüstle Germany

Stuart M. Chambers United States

Su‐Chun Zhang United States

Shinsuke Shibata Japan

Alison C. Lloyd United Kingdom

Philip J. Horner United States

Su-Chun Zhang United States

Jun Takahashi Japan

Asuka Morizane Japan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yohei Okada

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Sahashi, Kentaro, Yukiko Kamiya, Madoka Iida, et al.. (2025). An acyclic nucleic acid-modified siRNA targeting CAG expansions for polyglutamine disease treatment. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 37(1). 102802–102802.

Nakamura, Shinya, Y. Kamei, Aki Matsushima, et al.. (2025). Construction of contractile human iPSC-derived skeletal muscle tissues on 96-well scale microdevices. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 140(2). 98–106.

Okada, Yohei, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of fatigue, load and the quality of chest compressions by bystanders in hot and humid environments. Resuscitation Plus. 20. 100818–100818. 1 indexed citations

Sahashi, Kentaro, Kiyoshi Tachikawa, Michelle Nguyen, et al.. (2021). Selective suppression of polyglutamine-expanded protein by lipid nanoparticle-delivered siRNA targeting CAG expansions in the mouse CNS. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 24. 1–10. 27 indexed citations

Iida, Madoka, Kentaro Sahashi, Naohide Kondo, et al.. (2019). Src inhibition attenuates polyglutamine-mediated neuromuscular degeneration in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4262–4262. 15 indexed citations

Nori, Satoshi, Yohei Okada, Soraya Nishimura, et al.. (2015). Long-Term Safety Issues of iPSC-Based Cell Therapy in a Spinal Cord Injury Model: Oncogenic Transformation with Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition. Stem Cell Reports. 4(3). 360–373. 164 indexed citations

Okada, Yohei, Shinsuke Shibata, Noriyuki Kishi, et al.. (2014). Involvement of ER Stress in Dysmyelination of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease with PLP1 Missense Mutations Shown by iPSC-Derived Oligodendrocytes. Stem Cell Reports. 2(5). 648–661. 97 indexed citations

Kerever, Aurélien, F. Mercier, Risa Nonaka, et al.. (2014). Perlecan is required for FGF-2 signaling in the neural stem cell niche. Stem Cell Research. 12(2). 492–505. 67 indexed citations

Higurashi, Norimichi, Taku Uchida, Christoph Lossin, et al.. (2013). A human Dravet syndrome model from patient induced pluripotent stem cells. Molecular Brain. 6(1). 19–19. 97 indexed citations

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Yagi, Takuya, Arifumi Kosakai, Daisuke Ito, et al.. (2012). Establishment of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Centenarians for Neurodegenerative Disease Research. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e41572–e41572. 66 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Yoshiomi, Yohei Okada, Go Itakura, et al.. (2012). Pre-Evaluated Safe Human iPSC-Derived Neural Stem Cells Promote Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury in Common Marmoset without Tumorigenicity. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e52787–e52787. 227 indexed citations

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Muto, Jun, Takao Imai, Daisuke Ogawa, et al.. (2012). RNA-Binding Protein Musashi1 Modulates Glioma Cell Growth through the Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Notch and PI3 Kinase/Akt Signaling Pathways. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e33431–e33431. 74 indexed citations

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Shiozawa, Seiji, Kenji Kawai, Yohei Okada, et al.. (2010). Gene Targeting and Subsequent Site-Specific Transgenesis at the β- actin ( ACTB ) Locus in Common Marmoset Embryonic Stem Cells. Stem Cells and Development. 20(9). 1587–1599. 20 indexed citations

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Tomioka, Ikuo, Takuji Maeda, Hiroko Shimada, et al.. (2010). Generating induced pluripotent stem cells from common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) fetal liver cells using defined factors, including Lin28. Genes to Cells. 15(9). 959–969. 101 indexed citations

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Kumagai, Gentaro, Yohei Okada, Junichi Yamane, et al.. (2009). Roles of ES Cell-Derived Gliogenic Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells in Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury. PLoS ONE. 4(11). e7706–e7706. 97 indexed citations

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Ishii, Seiji, Yohei Okada, Toshihiko Kadoya, et al.. (2009). Stromal cell‐secreted factors promote the survival of embryonic stem cell‐derived early neural stem/progenitor cells via the activation of MAPK and PI3K‐Akt pathways. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 88(4). 722–734. 23 indexed citations

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Miura, Kyoko, Yohei Okada, Takashi Aoi, et al.. (2009). Variation in the safety of induced pluripotent stem cell lines. Nature Biotechnology. 27(8). 743–745. 664 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nagoshi, Narihito, Shinsuke Shibata, Yoshiaki Kubota, et al.. (2008). Ontogeny and Multipotency of Neural Crest-Derived Stem Cells in Mouse Bone Marrow, Dorsal Root Ganglia, and Whisker Pad. Cell stem cell. 2(4). 392–403. 291 indexed citations

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Okada, Yohei, Takuya Shimazaki, Gen Sobue, & Hideyuki Okano. (2004). Retinoic-acid-concentration-dependent acquisition of neural cell identity during in vitro differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells. Developmental Biology. 275(1). 124–142. 280 indexed citations

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Yokokura, Hisayuki, Yohei Okada, Osamu Terada, & H Hidaka. (1996). HMN-709, a Chlorobenzenesulfonamide Derivative, Is a New Membrane-Permeable Calmodulin Antagonist. The Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. 72(2). 127–135. 4 indexed citations

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