Yoshiro Saito

14.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
306 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Yoshiro Saito is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoshiro Saito has authored 306 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Molecular Biology, 58 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 57 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Yoshiro Saito's work include Selenium in Biological Systems (42 papers), Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (38 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (22 papers). Yoshiro Saito is often cited by papers focused on Selenium in Biological Systems (42 papers), Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (38 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (22 papers). Yoshiro Saito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Yoshiro Saito's co-authors include Yasukazu Yoshida, Etsuo Niki, Noriko Noguchi, Kazuhiko Takahashi, Hiroyoshi Ariga, Keiko Nishio, Sanae M.M. Iguchi‐Ariga, Takeshi Niki, Takahiro Taira and Yoko Ogawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yoshiro Saito

286 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

DJ‐1 has a role in antioxidative stress to prevent cell death

2004 717 citations Yoshiro Saito et al. profile →
Lipid peroxidation: Mechanisms, inhibition, and biological effects

2005 686 citations Etsuo Niki, Yasukazu Yoshida et al. profile →
Lipid peroxidation increases membrane tension, Piezo1 gating, and cation permeability to execute ferroptosis

2023 149 citations Yoshiro Saito et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yoshiro Saito

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Lactoferrin attenuates renal fibrosis and uremic sarcopenia in a mouse model of adenine-induced chronic kidney disease 2025 ·The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry ·Yukihide Iwamoto, (unknown), Akiyo Sekimoto, (unknown), Takashi Toyama, Yoshiro Saito, Jun Kunisawa, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Eikan Mishima, Emiko Sato	0
2	NRF2-dependent suppression of selenoprotein P expression promotes intracellular selenium metabolic remodeling and upregulation of antioxidant selenoproteins in hepatocellular carcinoma 2025 ·Redox Biology ·(unknown), Michiya Natori, Toyokazu Hiranuma, (unknown), Yuto Yamazaki, Yasuhiro Miki, Tadashi Toyama, Yoshiro Saito	1
3	The selenoprotein P/ApoER2 axis facilitates selenium accumulation in selenoprotein P-accepting cells and confers prolonged resistance to ferroptosis 2025 ·Redox Biology ·(unknown), Takashi Toyama, Hiroki Taguchi, (unknown), (unknown), Kazuaki W. TAKAHASHI, Yasumitsu Ogra, (unknown), (unknown), Yoshiro Saito	4
4	Lipid peroxidation, ferroptosis, and antioxidants 2025 ·Free Radical Biology and Medicine ·Noriko Noguchi, Yoshiro Saito, Etsuo Niki	7
5	Impact of selenium content in fetal bovine serum on ferroptosis susceptibility and selenoprotein expression in cultured cells 2024 ·The Journal of Toxicological Sciences ·(unknown), Tadashi Toyama, Eikan Mishima, Kei Ishida, Yinuo Wang, (unknown), Junya Ito, (unknown), Stephanie Siu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Marcus Conrad, Yoshiro Saito	5
6	Differential associations between selenoprotein P and distal sensorimotor polyneuropathy in people with and without diabetes: KORA F4/FF4 study 2024 ·Free Radical Biology and Medicine ·Christian Herder, Yoshiro Saito, (unknown), Haïfa Maalmi, (unknown), Gidon J. Bönhof, Keita Suzuki, Wolfgang Rathmann, Annette Peters, Michael Roden, Dan Ziegler, Barbara Thorand, Toshinari Takamura	0
7	Inhibition of selenium supply function of selenoprotein p through adduct formation by sulforaphane 2024 ·The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry ·(unknown), Takashi Toyama, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yoshiro Saito	1
8	The Role of Supersulfide in Methylmercury Detoxification 2023 ·YAKUGAKU ZASSHI ·Takashi Toyama, (unknown), Yoshiro Saito	0
9	Actions of Thiols, Persulfides, and Polysulfides as Free Radical Scavenging Antioxidants 2023 ·Antioxidants and Redox Signaling ·Noriko Noguchi, Yoshiro Saito, Etsuo Niki	26
10	Effects of Selenium and Vitamin E on Ferroptosis, a Form of Cell Death Associated with Iron-dependent Lipid Peroxidation 2022 ·KAGAKU TO SEIBUTSU ·(unknown), Yoshiro Saito	1
11	Identification of a novel endogenous long non-coding RNA that inhibits selenoprotein P translation 2021 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Yuichiro Mita, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Takayuki Hoshi, Yoshitaka Matsuo, (unknown), (unknown), Takashi Toyama, Yasuomi Urano, Toshifumi Inada, Noriko Noguchi, Yoshiro Saito	13
12	A Study of 100 Cases of Cervical Schwannoma Treated with Inter-Capsular Resection 2020 ·International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head &amp Neck Surgery ·Toshikazu Shimane, (unknown), (unknown), Hitoshi Sato, Yoshiro Saito, (unknown), Takashi Moriya, (unknown), (unknown), Kenichiro Ikeda	3
13	Pleckstrin homology domain of p210 BCR‐ABL interacts with cardiolipin to regulate its mitochondrial translocation and subsequent mitophagy 2017 ·Genes to Cells ·(unknown), (unknown), Masato Umeda, Satoru Funamoto, Yoshiro Saito, Noriko Noguchi, Keigo Kumagai, Kentaro Hanada, Fujiko Tsukahara, Yoshiro Maru, Norihito Shibata, Mikihiko Naito, Kiyotaka Nishikawa	9
14	Antioxidant action of sugar-pendant C60 fullerenes 2009 ·Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Masanori Horie, Akiko Fukuhara, Yoshiro Saito, Yasukazu Yoshida, (unknown), Hiromi Ohi, Makoto Obata, Yuji Mikata, Shigenobu Yano, Etsuo Niki	27
15	Assessment of antioxidative activity of extract from fermented grain food mixture using chemical and cellular systems 2007 ·BioFactors ·Yoko Ogawa, Yo Omata, Keiko Nishio, Yoshiro Saito, Yasukazu Yoshida, Etsuo Niki	10
16	Mechanisms involved in the stimulatory effect of advanced glycation end products on growth of rat aortic smooth muscle cells 2003 ·Metabolism ·Norio Seki, Naotake Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Sano, Seikoh Horiuchi, Kazuo Yagui, Hideichi Makino, Yoshiro Saito	30
17	Maxadilan Is a Specific Agonist and Its Deleted Peptide (M65) Is a Specific Antagonist for PACAP Type 1 Receptor 1998 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Daigaku Uchida, Ichiro Tatsuno, Tomoaki Tanaka, Aizan Hirai, Yoshiro Saito, Osamu Moro, Masahiro Tajima	60
18	The ‘midband’ lipoprotein is a coronary risk factor in Japanese patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia 1993 ·Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation ·Jun Tashiro, Toshio NISHIDE, Masaki Shinomiya, Kohji Shirai, Yoshiro Saito, S. Yoshida, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	10
19	Studies on the Reaction of Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) and Isocyanic Acid 1971 ·Kobunshi Kagaku ·(unknown), (unknown), Yoshiro Saito, Takashi Yamauchi, (unknown)	2
20	THE OXIDATIVE AGING OF BR 1965 ·NIPPON GOMU KYOKAISHI ·Koshi Komuro, Yoshiro Saito	0

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