Yohei Shimono

7.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
70 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Yohei Shimono is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Yohei Shimono has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Oncology and 16 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Yohei Shimono's work include Cancer Cells and Metastasis (21 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (13 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (8 papers). Yohei Shimono is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Cells and Metastasis (21 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (13 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (8 papers). Yohei Shimono collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and India. Yohei Shimono's co-authors include Dalong Qian, Michael F. Clarke, Neethan A. Lobo, Masahide Takahashi, Hironobu Minami, Piero Dalerba, Maider Zabala, Toru Mukohara, Hideki Murakami and Shintaro Takao and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yohei Shimono

70 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Downregulation of miRNA-200c Links Breast Cancer Stem Cells with Normal Stem Cells

2009 971 citations Yohei Shimono, Maider Zabala et al. Cell profile →
The Biology of Cancer Stem Cells

2007 811 citations Neethan A. Lobo, Yohei Shimono et al. profile →
Comparison of 2D- and 3D-culture models as drug-testing platforms in breast cancer

2015 639 citations Yoshinori Imamura, Toru Mukohara et al. Oncology Reports profile →

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Elena Binda Italy

Bo Hu United States

Laurie E. Littlepage United States

Zhi Huang China

Benjamin Purow United States

Noriko Gotoh Japan

You‐Hong Cui China

Brad St. Croix United States

Monica Venere United States

Dong Yin China

Elena Binda Italy

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Countries citing papers authored by Yohei Shimono

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yohei Shimono

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

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Hayashi, Takanori, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Shizuko Nagao, et al.. (2025). Estrogen synthesized in the central nervous system enhances MC 4 R expression and reduces food intake. FEBS Journal. 292(15). 3900–3909. 1 indexed citations

Shimono, Yohei, et al.. (2023). Adipocyte regulation of cancer stem cells. Cancer Science. 114(11). 4134–4144. 16 indexed citations

Munetsuna, Eiji, Hiroya Yamada, Mirai Yamazaki, et al.. (2022). Effects of High-Fructose Corn Syrup Intake on Glucocorticoid Metabolism in Rats During Childhood, Adolescence and Adulthood. Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes. 130(12). 814–820. 3 indexed citations

Yamada, Hiroya, Eiji Munetsuna, Mirai Yamazaki, et al.. (2022). Differential effects of excess high-fructose corn syrup on the DNA methylation of hippocampal neurotrophic factor in childhood and adolescence. PLoS ONE. 17(6). e0270144–e0270144. 14 indexed citations

Hisamori, Shigeo, Sanjay Koul, Takanori Hayashi, et al.. (2022). Upregulation of BMI1-suppressor miRNAs (miR-200c, miR-203) during terminal differentiation of colon epithelial cells. Journal of Gastroenterology. 57(6). 407–422. 5 indexed citations

Ishihara, Satoru, Yohei Sasagawa, Hayato Yamashita, et al.. (2021). Local states of chromatin compaction at transcription start sites control transcription levels. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(14). 8007–8023. 17 indexed citations

Watanabe, Takashi, Tatsunori Nishimura, Takanori Hayashi, et al.. (2020). Upregulation of S100A10 in metastasized breast cancer stem cells. Cancer Science. 111(12). 4359–4370. 22 indexed citations

Isobe, Taichi, Qingjiang Hu, Takanori Hayashi, et al.. (2019). miR-221 Targets QKI to Enhance the Tumorigenic Capacity of Human Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells. Cancer Research. 79(20). 5151–5158. 54 indexed citations

Nishio, Eiji, Takanori Hayashi, Masashi Nakatani, et al.. (2019). Lack of association of ovariectomy-induced obesity with overeating and the reduction of physical activities. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports. 20. 100671–100671. 14 indexed citations

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Goto, Hideaki, Yohei Shimono, Yohei Funakoshi, et al.. (2018). Adipose-derived stem cells enhance human breast cancer growth and cancer stem cell-like properties through adipsin. Oncogene. 38(6). 767–779. 97 indexed citations

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Mukohara, Toru, Rina Tanaka, Yohei Shimono, et al.. (2018). 3D Culture Represents Apoptosis Induced by Trastuzumab Better than 2D Monolayer Culture. Anticancer Research. 38(5). 2831–2839. 12 indexed citations

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Kunimasa, Kei, Tatsuya Nagano, Yohei Shimono, et al.. (2017). Glucose metabolism‐targeted therapy and withaferin A are effective for epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor‐induced drug‐tolerant persisters. Cancer Science. 108(7). 1368–1377. 27 indexed citations

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Sakaguchi, Masazumi, Shigeo Hisamori, Nobu Oshima, et al.. (2016). miR-137 Regulates the Tumorigenicity of Colon Cancer Stem Cells through the Inhibition of DCLK1. Molecular Cancer Research. 14(4). 354–362. 63 indexed citations

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Imamura, Yoshinori, Toru Mukohara, Yohei Shimono, et al.. (2015). Comparison of 2D- and 3D-culture models as drug-testing platforms in breast cancer. Oncology Reports. 33(4). 1837–1843. 639 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mandai, Kenji, Yoshiyuki Rikitake, Yohei Shimono, & Yoshimi Takai. (2013). Afadin/AF-6 and Canoe. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 116. 433–454. 63 indexed citations

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Kato, Takuya, Yohei Shimono, Masaki Hasegawa, et al.. (2009). Characterization of the HDAC1 Complex That Regulates the Sensitivity of Cancer Cells to Oxidative Stress. Cancer Research. 69(8). 3597–3604. 53 indexed citations

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Shimono, Yohei, Maider Zabala, Robert W. Cho, et al.. (2009). Downregulation of miRNA-200c Links Breast Cancer Stem Cells with Normal Stem Cells. Cell. 138(3). 592–603. 971 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kato, Takuya, Atsushi Enomoto, Nobuhisa Nakamura, et al.. (2009). Expression of Ret finger protein correlates with outcomes in endometrial cancer. Cancer Science. 100(10). 1895–1901. 28 indexed citations

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Kee, Hae Jin, Ju‐Ryoung Kim, Kwang Il Nam, et al.. (2006). Enhancer of Polycomb1, a Novel Homeodomain Only Protein-binding Partner, Induces Skeletal Muscle Differentiation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(10). 7700–7709. 57 indexed citations

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Shimono, Yohei, et al.. (2005). Microspherule Protein 1, Mi-2β, and RET Finger Protein Associate in the Nucleolus and Up-regulate Ribosomal Gene Transcription. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(47). 39436–39447. 56 indexed citations

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