Yosuke Tanaka

13.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
61 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Yosuke Tanaka is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yosuke Tanaka has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 37 papers in Cell Biology and 14 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yosuke Tanaka's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (33 papers), Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (12 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (11 papers). Yosuke Tanaka is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (33 papers), Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (12 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (11 papers). Yosuke Tanaka collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Saudi Arabia and United States. Yosuke Tanaka's co-authors include Nobutaka Hirokawa, Yasushi Okada, Shinsuke Niwa, Sén Takeda, Shigenori Nonaka, Yoshimitsu Kanai, Yasuko Noda, Akihiro Harada, Yosuke Takei and Mizuho A. Kido and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yosuke Tanaka

58 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Kinesin superfamily motor proteins and intracellular transport

2009 1.3k citations Nobutaka Hirokawa, Yasuko Noda et al. profile →
Randomization of Left–Right Asymmetry due to Loss of Nodal Cilia Generating Leftward Flow of Extraembryonic Fluid in Mice Lacking KIF3B Motor Protein

1998 1.2k citations Shigenori Nonaka, Yosuke Tanaka et al. Cell profile →
Molecular Motors in Neurons: Transport Mechanisms and Roles in Brain Function, Development, and Disease

2010 846 citations Nobutaka Hirokawa, Shinsuke Niwa et al. Neuron profile →
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2A Caused by Mutation in a Microtubule Motor KIF1Bβ

2001 565 citations Chunjie Zhao, Junko Takita et al. Cell profile →
Targeted Disruption of Mouse Conventional Kinesin Heavy Chain kif5B, Results in Abnormal Perinuclear Clustering of Mitochondria

1998 524 citations Yosuke Tanaka, Yoshimitsu Kanai et al. Cell profile →
Mitochondrial Damage Causes Inflammation via cGAS-STING Signaling in Acute Kidney Injury

2019 419 citations Yosuke Tanaka, Nobutaka Hirokawa et al. Cell Reports profile →

Peers

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Kristen J. Verhey United States

Yoshimitsu Kanai Japan

Anna Akhmanova Netherlands

Carsten Janke France

Akihiro Harada Japan

Richard B. Vallee United States

Vladimir I. Gelfand United States

Koichi Kawakami Japan

H. Joseph Yost United States

Trina A. Schroer United States

Kristen J. Verhey United States

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Citations per year, relative to Yosuke Tanaka Yosuke Tanaka (= 1×) peers Kristen J. Verhey

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yosuke Tanaka

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

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Tanaka, Yosuke, et al.. (2025). Mutations in the kinesin KIF12 promote MASH in humans and mice by disrupting lipogenic enzyme turnover. The EMBO Journal. 44(6). 1608–1640.

Tanaka, Yosuke, et al.. (2024). Kinesin-1 mediates proper ER folding of the CaV1.2 channel and maintains mouse glucose homeostasis. EMBO Reports. 25(11). 4777–4802. 1 indexed citations

Tanaka, Yosuke, et al.. (2023). Nodal flow transfers polycystin to determine mouse left-right asymmetry. Developmental Cell. 58(16). 1447–1461.e6. 17 indexed citations

Jiang, Xuguang, T. Ogawa, Hirooki Yabe, et al.. (2021). Betaine ameliorates schizophrenic traits by functionally compensating for KIF3-based CRMP2 transport. Cell Reports. 35(2). 108971–108971. 21 indexed citations

Tanaka, Yosuke, Yasunori Horikoshi, Yasufumi Murakami, et al.. (2021). Replication-stress-associated DSBs induced by ionizing radiation risk genomic destabilization and associated clonal evolution. iScience. 24(4). 102313–102313. 10 indexed citations

Tanaka, Yosuke, et al.. (2019). Kinesin Kif3b mutation reduces NMDAR subunit NR 2A trafficking and causes schizophrenia‐like phenotypes in mice. The EMBO Journal. 39(1). e101090–e101090. 42 indexed citations

Goyama, Susumu, Shuhei Asada, Takeshi Fujino, et al.. (2019). Mutant ASXL1 Disrupts Paraspeckle Formation through Aberrant Interaction with Nono in Hematopoietic Cells. Blood. 134(Supplement_1). 2514–2514.

Fukushima, Tsuyoshi, Yosuke Tanaka, Fiona Hamey, et al.. (2019). Discrimination of Dormant and Active Hematopoietic Stem Cells by G0 Marker Reveals Dormancy Regulation by Cytoplasmic Calcium. Cell Reports. 29(12). 4144–4158.e7. 23 indexed citations

Tanaka, Yosuke, et al.. (2018). The Molecular Motor KIF21B Mediates Synaptic Plasticity and Fear Extinction by Terminating Rac1 Activation. Cell Reports. 23(13). 3864–3877. 37 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Hirotaka, Shiori Shikata, Shuhei Asada, et al.. (2017). The ubiquitin ligase STUB1 regulates stability and activity of RUNX1 and RUNX1–RUNX1T1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(30). 12528–12541. 22 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Yosuke, et al.. (2016). The Molecular Motor KIF1A Transports the TrkA Neurotrophin Receptor and Is Essential for Sensory Neuron Survival and Function. Neuron. 90(6). 1215–1229. 64 indexed citations

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Hirokawa, Nobutaka & Yosuke Tanaka. (2015). Kinesin superfamily proteins (KIFs): Various functions and their relevance for important phenomena in life and diseases. Experimental Cell Research. 334(1). 16–25. 172 indexed citations

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Yang, Wenxing, Yosuke Tanaka, Miki Bundo, & Nobutaka Hirokawa. (2014). Antioxidant Signaling Involving the Microtubule Motor KIF12 Is an Intracellular Target of Nutrition Excess in Beta Cells. Developmental Cell. 31(2). 202–214. 27 indexed citations

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Teng, Junlin, Tatemitsu Rai, Yosuke Tanaka, et al.. (2005). The KIF3 motor transports N-cadherin and organizes the developing neuroepithelium. Nature Cell Biology. 7(5). 474–482. 150 indexed citations

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Homma, Noriko, Yosuke Takei, Yosuke Tanaka, et al.. (2003). Kinesin Superfamily Protein 2A (KIF2A) Functions in Suppression of Collateral Branch Extension. Cell. 114(2). 229–239. 228 indexed citations

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Setou, Mitsutoshi, Yosuke Tanaka, Yoshimitsu Kanai, et al.. (2002). Glutamate-receptor-interacting protein GRIP1 directly steers kinesin to dendrites. Nature. 417(6884). 83–87. 408 indexed citations

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Zhao, Chunjie, Junko Takita, Yosuke Tanaka, et al.. (2001). Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2A Caused by Mutation in a Microtubule Motor KIF1Bβ. Cell. 105(5). 587–597. 565 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nonaka, Shigenori, Yosuke Tanaka, Yasushi Okada, et al.. (1999). Randomization of Left–Right Asymmetry due to Loss of Nodal Cilia Generating Leftward Flow of Extraembryonic Fluid in Mice Lacking KIF3B Motor Protein. Cell. 99(1). 116–116. 41 indexed citations

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Okada, Yasushi, Shigenori Nonaka, Yosuke Tanaka, et al.. (1999). Abnormal Nodal Flow Precedes Situs Inversus in iv and inv mice. Molecular Cell. 4(4). 459–468. 348 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Yosuke, Kimito Kawahata, Takao Nakata, & Nobutaka Hirokawa. (1992). Chronological expression of microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) in EC cell P19 after neuronal induction by retinoic acid. Brain Research. 596(1-2). 269–278. 48 indexed citations

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