Yoko Aoki

9.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
170 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Yoko Aoki is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoko Aoki has authored 170 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Immunology and 28 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yoko Aoki's work include Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases (47 papers), Galectins and Cancer Biology (30 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (16 papers). Yoko Aoki is often cited by papers focused on Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases (47 papers), Galectins and Cancer Biology (30 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (16 papers). Yoko Aoki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Italy. Yoko Aoki's co-authors include Yoichi Matsubara, Tetsuya Niihori, Shigeo Kure, Yoichi Suzuki, Shinichi Inoue, Yoko Narumi, Kenji Kurosawa, Hirofumi Ohashi, Hiroshi Kawame and Yukichi Tanaka and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Yoko Aoki

165 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

A genome-wide association study identifies RNF213 as the first Moyamoya disease gene

2010 514 citations Yoko Aoki, Shoko Komatsuzaki et al. Journal of Human Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yoko Aoki Japan	36	2.9k	891	777	762	581	170	4.8k
Toya Ohashi Japan	38	2.0k 0.7×	256 0.3×	590 0.8×	366 0.5×	372 0.6×	198	4.6k
Sara Mole United Kingdom	41	3.0k 1.0×	282 0.3×	877 1.1×	798 1.0×	565 1.0×	147	7.2k
Vorasuk Shotelersuk Thailand	29	1.6k 0.5×	446 0.5×	1.1k 1.4×	617 0.8×	182 0.3×	230	4.3k
Maja Di Rocco Italy	34	1.5k 0.5×	205 0.2×	860 1.1×	778 1.0×	305 0.5×	147	3.6k
Luisa Bonafé Switzerland	36	1.8k 0.6×	203 0.2×	1.4k 1.8×	502 0.7×	302 0.5×	97	3.5k
Brendan Lee United States	38	2.3k 0.8×	193 0.2×	1.2k 1.5×	592 0.8×	382 0.7×	78	4.1k
Mirella Filocamo Italy	34	1.9k 0.6×	253 0.3×	431 0.6×	547 0.7×	148 0.3×	158	4.3k
Hidenobu Tanihara Japan	54	4.8k 1.6×	496 0.6×	449 0.6×	155 0.2×	340 0.6×	276	10.5k
Joel Charrow United States	46	1.5k 0.5×	166 0.2×	664 0.9×	1.2k 1.6×	105 0.2×	143	7.1k
Uwe Kornak Germany	36	3.3k 1.1×	335 0.4×	1.2k 1.5×	617 0.8×	903 1.6×	136	5.1k

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Nishiyama, Ayumi, Tetsuya Niihori, Naoki Suzuki, et al.. (2024). Updated Genetic Analysis of Japanese Familial ALS Patients Carrying SOD1 Variants Revealed Phenotypic Differences for Common Variants. Neurology Genetics. 10(6). e200196–e200196. 1 indexed citations

Shoji, Yasuko, Eriko Nishi, Shinobu Ida, et al.. (2024). Genetic backgrounds and genotype-phenotype relationships in anthropometric parameters of 116 Japanese individuals with Noonan syndrome. Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology. 33(2). 50–58. 1 indexed citations

Izumi, Rumiko, Kensuke Ikeda, Tetsuya Niihori, et al.. (2023). Nuclear pore pathology underlying multisystem proteinopathy type 3‐related inclusion body myopathy. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 11(3). 577–592. 1 indexed citations

Ichikawa, Yasuhiro, et al.. (2023). Electrocardiographic Changes with Age in Japanese Patients with Noonan Syndrome. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 11(1). 10–10. 1 indexed citations

Niihori, Tetsuya, Akihiko Muto, Yoshikazu Hayashi, et al.. (2023). Mecom mutation related to radioulnar synostosis with amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia reduces HSPCs in mice. Blood Advances. 7(18). 5409–5420. 2 indexed citations

Nakano, Tomohiro, Yoji Sasahara, Atsuo Kikuchi, et al.. (2022). Novel POLE mutations identified in patients with IMAGE-I syndrome cause aberrant subcellular localisation and protein degradation in the nucleus. Journal of Medical Genetics. 59(11). 1116–1122. 3 indexed citations

Leoni, Chiara, et al.. (2022). Multidisciplinary Management of Costello Syndrome: Current Perspectives. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. Volume 15. 1277–1296. 12 indexed citations

Niihori, Tetsuya, Michio Kobayashi, Naoki Suzuki, et al.. (2021). A novel deletion in the C-terminal region of HSPB8 in a family with rimmed vacuolar myopathy. Journal of Human Genetics. 66(10). 965–972. 7 indexed citations

Nozawa, Akifumi, Michio Ozeki, Tetsuya Niihori, et al.. (2020). A somatic activating KRAS variant identified in an affected lesion of a patient with Gorham–Stout disease. Journal of Human Genetics. 65(11). 995–1001. 38 indexed citations

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Tamura, Akihiro, Kousaku Matsubara, Toshiaki Ishida, et al.. (2018). Co‐occurrence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia in a neonate with Noonan syndrome, leading to premature death. Clinical Case Reports. 6(7). 1202–1207. 2 indexed citations

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Ueda, Kimiko, et al.. (2017). Craniosynostosis in patients with RASopathies: Accumulating clinical evidence for expanding the phenotype. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 173(9). 2346–2352. 31 indexed citations

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Hino‐Fukuyo, Naomi, Atsuo Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Yokoyama, et al.. (2017). Long-term outcome of a 26-year-old woman with West syndrome and an nuclear receptor subfamily 2 group F member 1 gene (NR2F1) mutation. Seizure. 50. 144–146. 11 indexed citations

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Narumi, Yoko, Sachiko Nishina, Yoko Aoki, et al.. (2014). Identification of a novel missense mutation of MAF in a Japanese family with congenital cataract by whole exome sequencing: A clinical report and review of literature. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 164(5). 1272–1276. 28 indexed citations

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Maeda, Tomoki, Souichi Suenobu, Miki Shimizu, et al.. (2013). A transient myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasm in a patient with cardio‐facio‐cutaneous syndrome and a germline BRAF mutation. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 161(10). 2600–2603. 2 indexed citations

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Komatsuzaki, Shoko, Yoko Aoki, Tetsuya Niihori, et al.. (2010). Mutation analysis of the SHOC2 gene in Noonan-like syndrome and in hematologic malignancies. Journal of Human Genetics. 55(12). 801–809. 35 indexed citations

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Hosoya, Yoshinori, Seiji Minota, Alan Kawarai Lefor, et al.. (2009). Resolution of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis after resection of gastric cancer. Modern Rheumatology. 20(1). 102–105. 7 indexed citations

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Sakamoto, Osamu, Yoichi Matsubara, Shigeo Kure, et al.. (2004). Mutation spectrum of the PCCA and PCCB genes in Japanese patients with propionic acidemia. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 81(4). 335–342. 29 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Youichi, Xiaoyuan Yang, Atsushi Yamada, et al.. (2002). Lack of evidence for a significant association between nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate and the retinoic acid receptor alpha gene in the Japanese population. Journal of Human Genetics. 47(6). 269–274. 13 indexed citations

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Aoki, Yoko, Osamu Sakamoto, Masahiro Hiratsuka, et al.. (1999). Identification and characterization of mutations in patients with holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency. Human Genetics. 104(2). 143–148. 19 indexed citations

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Aoki, Yoko, et al.. (1986). . Skin Cancer. 1. 144–149. 5 indexed citations

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