Yuji Mishina

30.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
309 papers, 21.4k citations indexed

About

Yuji Mishina is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuji Mishina has authored 309 papers receiving a total of 21.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 227 papers in Molecular Biology, 79 papers in Genetics and 63 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Yuji Mishina's work include TGF-β signaling in diseases (62 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (36 papers) and Heterotopic Ossification and Related Conditions (29 papers). Yuji Mishina is often cited by papers focused on TGF-β signaling in diseases (62 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (36 papers) and Heterotopic Ossification and Related Conditions (29 papers). Yuji Mishina collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and China. Yuji Mishina's co-authors include Richard R. Behringer, Jian Q. Feng, Linheng Li, Leanne M. Wiedemann, Ling Ye, Jason Ross, Mark C. Hanks, Yoshihiro Komatsu, Stephen E. Harris and Nobuhiro Kamiya and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Yuji Mishina

302 papers receiving 21.1k 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.

Identification of the haematopoietic stem cell niche and control of the niche size

2003 2.3k citations Yuji Mishina et al. profile →
Cardiac progenitor cells from adult myocardium: Homing, differentiation, and fusion after infarction

2003 1.3k citations Hidemasa Oh, Steven B. Bradfute et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
BMP signaling inhibits intestinal stem cell self-renewal through suppression of Wnt–β-catenin signaling

2004 821 citations Yuji Mishina et al. profile →
Bmpr encodes a type I bone morphogenetic protein receptor that is essential for gastrulation during mouse embryogenesis.

1995 645 citations Yuji Mishina, Richard R. Behringer et al. profile →
BMP type I receptor inhibition reduces heterotopic ossification

2008 518 citations Yuji Mishina et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuji Mishina United States	73	13.4k	4.0k	3.3k	3.3k	2.5k	309	21.4k
Bjørn R. Olsen United States	80	14.7k 1.1×	4.9k 1.2×	5.2k 1.6×	3.1k 1.0×	4.7k 1.9×	277	26.7k
Jouni Uitto United States	98	12.0k 0.9×	9.1k 2.3×	3.8k 1.1×	2.3k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	812	37.2k
John M. Wozney United States	83	13.1k 1.0×	3.0k 0.7×	4.7k 1.4×	5.8k 1.8×	2.6k 1.0×	172	28.3k
Ernestina Schipani United States	60	9.2k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.4×	4.4k 1.8×	160	16.6k
Lynda F. Bonewald United States	92	16.3k 1.2×	3.3k 0.8×	4.1k 1.2×	3.3k 1.0×	6.8k 2.7×	286	30.2k
Toshihisa Komori Japan	70	14.7k 1.1×	2.3k 0.6×	5.0k 1.5×	1.5k 0.5×	5.0k 2.0×	187	21.9k
Marian F. Young United States	75	10.0k 0.7×	3.1k 0.8×	5.8k 1.8×	3.1k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	247	22.2k
David W. Rowe United States	64	5.7k 0.4×	2.8k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	2.0k 0.8×	222	13.5k
Henry M. Kronenberg United States	81	17.7k 1.3×	5.0k 1.3×	5.3k 1.6×	1.9k 0.6×	8.1k 3.2×	241	28.9k
André J. van Wijnen United States	94	25.7k 1.9×	3.3k 0.8×	4.1k 1.3×	3.4k 1.0×	6.4k 2.6×	732	36.8k

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Cheung, Fiona Ka Man, et al.. (2025). BMP and STRA8 act collaboratively to ensure correct mitotic-to-meiotic transition in the fetal mouse ovary. Development. 152(3). 4 indexed citations

Turkestani, Najla Al, Lucía Cevidanes, Jonas Bianchi, et al.. (2025). Interpretable machine learning integrates multi-source biomarkers for osteoarthritis diagnosis and mechanistic insights: A temporomandibular joint model. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 33(12). 1522–1533.

Luo, Yongfeng, Joanne Chiu, Hui Chen, et al.. (2024). Defective mesenchymal Bmpr1a-mediated BMP signaling causes congenital pulmonary cysts. eLife. 12.

Wang, Zhonghou, Peng Zhao, Yao Yao, et al.. (2023). Taste papilla cell differentiation requires the regulation of secretory protein production by ALK3-BMP signaling in the tongue mesenchyme. Development. 150(18). 2 indexed citations

Wei, Xiaoxi, Yating Wang, Honghao Zhang, et al.. (2021). Chondrocyte Tsc1 controls cranial base bone development by restraining the premature differentiation of synchondroses. Bone. 153. 116142–116142. 4 indexed citations

Tomayko, Mary M., Begoña Lainez, Laura Conter, et al.. (2021). Roles of Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor 1A in Germinal Centers and Long-Lived Humoral Immunity. ImmunoHorizons. 5(5). 284–297. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Xue, Qilin Liu, Huan Zhao, et al.. (2018). ACVR1 is essential for periodontium development and promotes alveolar bone formation. Archives of Oral Biology. 95. 108–117. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Xue, Ce Shi, Huan Zhao, et al.. (2018). Distinctive role of ACVR1 in dentin formation: requirement for dentin thickness in molars and prevention of osteodentin formation in incisors of mice. Journal of Molecular Histology. 50(1). 43–61. 17 indexed citations

Wang, Xiao, Fengfeng Li, Liang Xie, et al.. (2018). Inhibition of overactive TGF-β attenuates progression of heterotopic ossification in mice. Nature Communications. 9(1). 551–551. 169 indexed citations

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Mishina, Yuji, et al.. (2017). A Review of Orofacial Clefting and Current Genetic Mouse Models. InTech eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Agarwal, Shailesh, Shawn Loder, Cameron Brownley, et al.. (2015). Inhibition of Hif1α prevents both trauma-induced and genetic heterotopic ossification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(3). E338–47. 172 indexed citations

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Schoumacher, Marie, Kristen E. Hurov, Joseph Lehár, et al.. (2014). Inhibiting Tankyrases Sensitizes KRAS-Mutant Cancer Cells to MEK Inhibitors via FGFR2 Feedback Signaling. Cancer Research. 74(12). 3294–3305. 28 indexed citations

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El‐Bizri, Nesrine, Christophe Guignabert, Lingli Wang, et al.. (2008). SM22α-targeted deletion of bone morphogenetic protein receptor 1A in mice impairs cardiac and vascular development, and influences organogenesis. Development. 135(17). 2981–2991. 47 indexed citations

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Sancho, Margarida, Daniel W. Stuckey, Lucy Crompton, et al.. (2007). BMP signalling inhibits premature neural differentiation in the mouse embryo. Development. 134(18). 3359–3369. 127 indexed citations

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Sun, Jianping, Yi‐Hsin Liu, Hui Chen, et al.. (2007). Deficient Alk3-mediated BMP signaling causes prenatal omphalocele-like defect. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 360(1). 238–243. 18 indexed citations

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Ovchinnikov, Dmitry A., et al.. (2005). Bmpr1a and Bmpr1b have overlapping functions and are essential for chondrogenesis in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(14). 5062–5067. 341 indexed citations

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Qi, Xiaoxia, Jing Hao, Jie Hu, et al.. (2004). BMP4 supports self-renewal of embryonic stem cells by inhibiting mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(16). 6027–6032. 333 indexed citations

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Stottmann, Rolf W., Murim Choi, Yuji Mishina, Erik N. Meyers, & John Klingensmith. (2004). BMP receptor IA is required in mammalian neural crest cells for development of the cardiac outflow tract and ventricular myocardium. Development. 131(9). 2205–2218. 138 indexed citations

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Schneider, Michael, Hidemasa Oh, Steven B. Bradfute, et al.. (2003). Cardiac Homing, Differentiation, and Fusion by Progenitor Cells from Adult Heart. Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition. 67. 48. 1 indexed citations

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Shimokawa, Toshibumi, Yuji Mishina, & Hidenori Koyama. (1993). Isolation of multiple activities from mouse FM3A cells which promote homologous pairing of DNA molecules. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1174(1). 54–62. 2 indexed citations

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