Yoshiki Sasai

34.5k total citations · 15 hit papers
147 papers, 26.4k citations indexed

About

Yoshiki Sasai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoshiki Sasai has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 26.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 126 papers in Molecular Biology, 46 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 28 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Yoshiki Sasai's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (59 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (52 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (28 papers). Yoshiki Sasai is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (59 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (52 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (28 papers). Yoshiki Sasai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Yoshiki Sasai's co-authors include Edward M. De Robertis, Mototsugu Eiraku, Shigetada Nakanishi, Keiko Muguruma, Bin Lü, Kiichi Watanabe, Kenji Mizuseki, Ayaka Nishiyama, Masako Kawada and Takafumi Wataya and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yoshiki Sasai

147 papers receiving 25.9k citations

Hit Papers

A ROCK inhibitor permits survival of dissociated... 1992 2026 2003 2014 2007 2011 2008 2012 2000 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. A ROCK inhibitor permits survival of dissociated human embryonic stem cells
    2007 1.6k citations Kiichi Watanabe, Morio Ueno et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
  2. Self-organizing optic-cup morphogenesis in three-dimensional culture
    2011 1.5k citations Mototsugu Eiraku, Masako Kawada et al. Nature profile →
  3. Self-Organized Formation of Polarized Cortical Tissues from ESCs and Its Active Manipulation by Extrinsic Signals
    2008 1.1k citations Mototsugu Eiraku, Kiichi Watanabe et al. profile →
  4. Self-Formation of Optic Cups and Storable Stratified Neural Retina from Human ESCs
    2012 1.1k citations Masako Kawada, Keiko Muguruma et al. profile →
  5. Induction of Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons from ES Cells by Stromal Cell–Derived Inducing Activity
    2000 1.0k citations Hiroshi Kawasaki, Shigetada Nakanishi et al. Neuron profile →
  6. Xenopus chordin: A novel dorsalizing factor activated by organizer-specific homeobox genes
    1994 933 citations Yoshiki Sasai Cell profile →
  7. Dorsoventral Patterning in Xenopus: Inhibition of Ventral Signals by Direct Binding of Chordin to BMP-4
    1996 917 citations Yoshiki Sasai, Bin Lü et al. Cell profile →
  8. Self-organization of axial polarity, inside-out layer pattern, and species-specific progenitor dynamics in human ES cell–derived neocortex
    2013 721 citations Mototsugu Eiraku, Yoshiki Sasai et al. profile →
  9. Directed differentiation of telencephalic precursors from embryonic stem cells
    2005 631 citations Kiichi Watanabe, Daisuke KAMIYA et al. profile →
  10. Cerberus is a head-inducing secreted factor expressed in the anterior endoderm of Spemann's organizer
    1996 627 citations Yoshiki Sasai, Bin Lü et al. Nature profile →
  11. Regulation of neural induction by the Chd and Bmp-4 antagonistic patterning signals in Xenopus
    1995 596 citations Yoshiki Sasai, Bin Lü et al. Nature profile →
  12. Two mammalian helix-loop-helix factors structurally related to Drosophila hairy and Enhancer of split.
    1992 572 citations Yoshiki Sasai, Ryoichiro Kageyama et al. profile →
  13. A common plan for dorsoventral patterning in Bilateria
    1996 555 citations Edward M. De Robertis, Yoshiki Sasai Nature profile →
  14. Self-Organization of Polarized Cerebellar Tissue in 3D Culture of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
    2015 498 citations Keiko Muguruma, Ayaka Nishiyama et al. Cell Reports profile →
  15. Cytosystems dynamics in self-organization of tissue architecture
    2013 354 citations Yoshiki Sasai Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yoshiki Sasai Japan 71 22.5k 6.2k 4.0k 3.9k 2.6k 147 26.4k
Juergen A. Knoblich Austria 74 19.3k 0.9× 4.6k 0.7× 5.1k 1.3× 2.8k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 149 27.3k
Marius Wernig United States 62 27.4k 1.2× 4.1k 0.7× 2.5k 0.6× 3.2k 0.8× 3.6k 1.4× 126 31.3k
Ronald D.G. McKay United States 71 15.3k 0.7× 6.4k 1.0× 1.5k 0.4× 7.8k 2.0× 2.1k 0.8× 159 24.9k
Koji Tanabe Japan 24 17.7k 0.8× 2.7k 0.4× 3.3k 0.8× 1.3k 0.3× 2.1k 0.8× 29 21.1k
Madeline A. Lancaster United Kingdom 35 9.2k 0.4× 2.3k 0.4× 4.3k 1.1× 2.1k 0.5× 1.8k 0.7× 55 13.7k
Hans R. Schöler Germany 87 27.5k 1.2× 1.7k 0.3× 2.5k 0.6× 1.4k 0.4× 5.9k 2.3× 330 32.6k
Evan Y. Snyder United States 61 9.5k 0.4× 5.3k 0.9× 1.3k 0.3× 7.1k 1.8× 1.3k 0.5× 180 17.7k
Norio Nakatsuji Japan 66 11.9k 0.5× 1.8k 0.3× 1.6k 0.4× 950 0.2× 2.8k 1.1× 210 16.3k
Ryoichiro Kageyama Japan 95 20.8k 0.9× 4.2k 0.7× 486 0.1× 6.0k 1.5× 4.0k 1.5× 277 28.3k
Wieland Β. Huttner Germany 103 24.7k 1.1× 7.3k 1.2× 1.0k 0.2× 7.6k 1.9× 4.1k 1.6× 345 35.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ishida, Yoshihito, Hideshi Kawakami, Ayaka Nishiyama, et al.. (2016). Vulnerability of Purkinje Cells Generated from Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 Patient-Derived iPSCs. Cell Reports. 17(6). 1482–1490. 79 indexed citations
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Okuda, Satoru, Yasuhiro Inoue, Mototsugu Eiraku, Taiji ADACHI, & Yoshiki Sasai. (2015). Modeling cell apoptosis for simulating three-dimensional multicellular morphogenesis based on a reversible network reconnection framework. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. 15(4). 805–816. 17 indexed citations
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Okumura, Naoki, Makiko Nakahara, Morio Ueno, et al.. (2014). Cultivation of Corneal Endothelial Cells on a Pericellular Matrix Prepared from Human Decidua-Derived Mesenchymal Cells. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e88169–e88169. 18 indexed citations
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Shofuda, Tomoko, Daisuke Kanematsu, Atsuyo Yamamoto, et al.. (2013). Feeder-Free Generation and Long-Term Culture of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Using Pericellular Matrix of Decidua Derived Mesenchymal Cells. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e55226–e55226. 18 indexed citations
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Doi, Daisuke, Asuka Morizane, Tetsuhiro Kikuchi, et al.. (2012). Prolonged Maturation Culture Favors a Reduction in the Tumorigenicity and the Dopaminergic Function of Human ESC‐Derived Neural Cells in a Primate Model of Parkinson's Disease. Stem Cells. 30(5). 935–945. 132 indexed citations
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Ohgushi, Masatoshi & Yoshiki Sasai. (2011). Lonely death dance of human pluripotent stem cells: ROCKing between metastable cell states. Trends in Cell Biology. 21(5). 274–282. 63 indexed citations
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Eiraku, Mototsugu & Yoshiki Sasai. (2011). Self-organizing optic-cup morphogenesis in three-dimensional culture. Neuroscience Research. 71. e127–e128. 81 indexed citations
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Ueno, Morio, et al.. (2010). Induction Of Ocular Tissues From Human-induced Pluripotent Stem Cells On The Amniotic Membrane Matrix. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 51(13). 3142–3142. 1 indexed citations
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Osakada, Fumitaka, Hanako Ohashi Ikeda, Yoshiki Sasai, & Masayo Takahashi. (2009). Stepwise differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into retinal cells. Nature Protocols. 4(6). 811–824. 212 indexed citations
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Sasai, Noriaki, et al.. (2008). Ectodermal Factor Restricts Mesoderm Differentiation by Inhibiting p53. Cell. 133(5). 878–890. 38 indexed citations
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Ikeya, Makoto, Tetsuya Nosaka, Masako Kawada, et al.. (2008). Twisted gastrulation mutation suppresses skeletal defect phenotypes in Crossveinless 2 mutant mice. Mechanisms of Development. 125(9-10). 832–842. 14 indexed citations
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Osakada, Fumitaka, Hanako Ohashi Ikeda, Michiko Mandai, et al.. (2008). Toward the generation of rod and cone photoreceptors from mouse, monkey and human embryonic stem cells. Nature Biotechnology. 26(2). 215–224. 470 indexed citations
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Morizane, Asuka, Jun Takahashi, Mizuya Shinoyama, et al.. (2006). Generation of graftable dopaminergic neuron progenitors from mouse ES cells by a combination of coculture and neurosphere methods. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 83(6). 1015–1027. 52 indexed citations
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Haruta, Masatoshi, Yoshiki Sasai, Hiroshi Kawasaki, et al.. (2004). In Vitro and In Vivo Characterization of Pigment Epithelial Cells Differentiated from Primate Embryonic Stem Cells. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(3). 1020–1020. 167 indexed citations
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Onai, Takayuki, Noriaki Sasai, Masaru Matsui, & Yoshiki Sasai. (2004). Xenopus XsalF. Developmental Cell. 7(1). 95–106. 41 indexed citations
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Haruta, Masatoshi, Hiroshi Kawasaki, Yoshiki Sasai, et al.. (2003). Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells Differentiated from Primate Embryonic Stem Cells. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 44(13). 381–381. 2 indexed citations
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Tsuda, Hiroshi, Noriaki Sasai, Mami Matsuo‐Takasaki, et al.. (2002). Dorsalization of the Neural Tube by Xenopus Tiarin, a Novel Patterning Factor Secreted by the Flanking Nonneural Head Ectoderm. Neuron. 33(4). 515–528. 45 indexed citations
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Sasai, Yoshiki, Bin Lü, Herbert Steinbeißer, & Edward M. De Robertis. (1995). Regulation of neural induction by the Chd and Bmp-4 antagonistic patterning signals in Xenopus. Nature. 376(6538). 333–336. 596 indexed citations breakdown →
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Takebayashi, Koichi, Yoshiki Sasai, Yoshiharu Sakai, et al.. (1994). Structure, chromosomal locus, and promoter analysis of the gene encoding the mouse helix-loop-helix factor HES-1. Negative autoregulation through the multiple N box elements.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269(7). 5150–5156. 262 indexed citations

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