Yoko Nakatsuru

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
73 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Yoko Nakatsuru is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoko Nakatsuru has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Cancer Research and 24 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Yoko Nakatsuru's work include Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (17 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (16 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (14 papers). Yoko Nakatsuru is often cited by papers focused on Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (17 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (16 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (14 papers). Yoko Nakatsuru collaborates with scholars based in Japan, India and United Kingdom. Yoko Nakatsuru's co-authors include Takatoshi Ishikawa, Hideaki Oda, Hidehito Kotani, Yoshiaki Fujii‐Kuriyama, Yoshihisa Takahashi, Hiroshi Sootome, Hiroshi Hirai, Shunsuke Taguchi, Bo‐Sheng Pan and Yoko Ueno and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Yoko Nakatsuru

73 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

MK-2206, an Allosteric Akt Inhibitor, Enhances Antitumor Efficacy by Standard Chemotherapeutic Agents or Molecular Targeted Drugs In vitro and In vivo

2010 760 citations Hiroshi Hirai, Hiroshi Sootome et al. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics profile →
Benzo[ a ]pyrene carcinogenicity is lost in mice lacking the aryl hydrocarbon receptor

2000 525 citations Yoko Nakatsuru, Yoshihisa Takahashi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yoko Nakatsuru Japan	27	2.5k	1.1k	878	459	418	73	3.8k
Theodora R. Devereux United States	39	2.4k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	271 0.6×	267 0.6×	105	4.0k
Alakananda Basu United States	36	3.3k 1.3×	606 0.6×	1.4k 1.6×	447 1.0×	179 0.4×	109	5.1k
Stephen Hiscox United Kingdom	36	2.1k 0.8×	629 0.6×	1.4k 1.7×	201 0.4×	226 0.5×	93	3.8k
Macus Tien Kuo United States	34	1.9k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	228 0.5×	163 0.4×	55	3.8k
Bernard W. Futscher United States	43	3.6k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	171 0.4×	195 0.5×	91	4.9k
Da‐Tian Bau Taiwan	34	2.1k 0.8×	921 0.8×	691 0.8×	409 0.9×	129 0.3×	163	3.6k
Maen Abdelrahim United States	40	2.7k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	228 0.5×	362 0.9×	157	5.2k
G. Tim Bowden United States	33	2.3k 0.9×	930 0.8×	828 0.9×	225 0.5×	118 0.3×	91	3.9k
Robert F. Newbold United Kingdom	36	3.0k 1.2×	849 0.8×	634 0.7×	201 0.4×	468 1.1×	84	4.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yoko Nakatsuru

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Hirai, Hiroshi, Hiroshi Sootome, Yoko Nakatsuru, et al.. (2010). MK-2206, an Allosteric Akt Inhibitor, Enhances Antitumor Efficacy by Standard Chemotherapeutic Agents or Molecular Targeted Drugs In vitro and In vivo. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 9(7). 1956–1967. 760 indexed citations breakdown →

Shimomura, Toshiyasu, Yoko Nakatsuru, Takashi Mita, et al.. (2010). MK-5108, a Highly Selective Aurora-A Kinase Inhibitor, Shows Antitumor Activity Alone and in Combination with Docetaxel. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 9(1). 157–166. 100 indexed citations

Hirai, Hiroshi, Toshiyasu Shimomura, Kazuhiro Fukasawa, et al.. (2010). Potent anti-tumor activity of a macrocycle-quinoxalinone class pan-Cdk inhibitor in vitro and in vivo. Investigational New Drugs. 29(4). 534–543. 14 indexed citations

Satô, Yoshiyuki, T Sugimoto, Kaori Kamijo, et al.. (2009). Imidazopyridine derivatives as potent and selective Polo-like kinase (PLK) inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 19(16). 4673–4678. 46 indexed citations

Ide, Fumio, Hideaki Oda, Yoko Nakatsuru, et al.. (2001). Xeroderma pigmentosum group A gene action as a protection factor against 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide-induced tongue carcinogenesis. Carcinogenesis. 22(4). 567–572. 34 indexed citations

Ishikawa, Takatoshi, Fumio Ide, Xiusheng Qin, et al.. (2001). Importance of DNA repair in carcinogenesis: evidence from transgenic and gene targeting studies. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 477(1-2). 41–49. 27 indexed citations

Nakatsuru, Yoko, et al.. (2000). Eel WT1 sequence and expression in spontaneous nephroblastomas in Japanese eel. Gene. 245(2). 245–251. 9 indexed citations

Ide, Fumio, Naoko Iida, Yoko Nakatsuru, et al.. (2000). In Vivo Detection of Ultraviolet Photoproducts and Their Repair in Purkinje Cells. Laboratory Investigation. 80(4). 465–470. 3 indexed citations

Imai, Yasuo, Hideaki Oda, Naomi Tsurutani, et al.. (1997). Frequent Somatic Mutations of the APC and p53 Genes in Sporadic Ampullary Carcinomas. Japanese Journal of Cancer Research. 88(9). 846–854. 27 indexed citations

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Imai, Yasuo, et al.. (1997). P16INK4Gene Mutations Are Relatively Frequent in Ampullary Carcinomas. Japanese Journal of Cancer Research. 88(10). 941–946. 9 indexed citations

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Oda, H., et al.. (1996). Somatic mutations of the APC gene in sporadic hepatoblastomas.. PubMed. 56(14). 3320–3. 108 indexed citations

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Qin, Xiusheng, Shaomin Zhang, Yoko Nakatsuru, et al.. (1996). Detection of Ultraviolet Photoproducts in Mouse Skin Exposed to Natural Sunlight. Japanese Journal of Cancer Research. 87(7). 685–690. 19 indexed citations

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Imai, Yasuo, Masami Arai, Seiichiro Shimizu, et al.. (1996). Mutational Analysis of the p53 and K‐ras Genes and Allelotype Study of the Rb‐1 Gene for Investigating the Pathogenesis of Combined Hepatocellular‐Cholangiocellular Carcinomas. Japanese Journal of Cancer Research. 87(10). 1056–1062. 30 indexed citations

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Qin, Xiusheng, Shaomin Zhang, Hideaki Oda, et al.. (1995). Inhibitory effect of probucol on nephrotoxicity induced by ferric nitrilotriacetate (Fe-NTA) in rats. Carcinogenesis. 16(10). 2549–2552. 19 indexed citations

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Oda, Hideaki, Yoko Nakatsuru, Yasuo Imai, Haruhiko Sugimura, & Takatoshi Ishikawa. (1995). A mutational hot spot in the p53 gene is associated with hepatoblastomas. International Journal of Cancer. 60(6). 786–790. 15 indexed citations

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Qin, Xiusheng, Shaomin Zhang, Hideaki Oda, et al.. (1995). Quantitative Detection of Ultraviolet Light‐induced Photoproducts in Mouse Skin by Immunohistochemistry. Japanese Journal of Cancer Research. 86(11). 1041–1048. 26 indexed citations

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Nakatsuru, Yoko, Eiju Tsuchiya, Ken Nakagawa, et al.. (1994). O<sup>6</sup>-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase Activity in the Human Lung Persists with Advancing Age. Gerontology. 40(2). 3–9. 12 indexed citations

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Nakatsuru, Yoko, Susumu Matsukuma, Nobuo Nemoto, et al.. (1993). O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase protects against nitrosamine-induced hepatocarcinogenesis.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90(14). 6468–6472. 126 indexed citations

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Qin, Xiusheng, Yoko Nakatsuru, Mariko Tada, & Takatoshi Ishikawa. (1990). Species and Organ Differences in DNA Adduct Formation and Repair after Treatment with 4‐Hydroxyaminoquinoline 1‐Oxide. Japanese Journal of Cancer Research. 81(6-7). 613–619. 7 indexed citations

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Matsukuma, Shoichi, Yoko Nakatsuru, Kazuhiko Nakagawa, et al.. (1989). Enhanced O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase activity in transgenic mice containing an integrated E. coli ada repair gene. Mutation Research/DNA Repair. 218(3). 197–206. 25 indexed citations

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