Yuji Owada

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
178 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Yuji Owada is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuji Owada has authored 178 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Molecular Biology, 47 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 44 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Yuji Owada's work include Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (74 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (31 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (22 papers). Yuji Owada is often cited by papers focused on Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (74 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (31 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (22 papers). Yuji Owada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Australia. Yuji Owada's co-authors include Hisatake Kondo, Yui Yamamoto, Takashi Yoshimoto, Takeo Yoshikawa, Yoshiteru Kagawa, Hiroyuki Sakagami, H. Kondo, Motoko Maekawa, Hirofumi Miyazaki and Kohji Fukunaga and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Neuroscience and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Yuji Owada

175 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

A genome-wide association study identifies RNF213 as the first Moyamoya disease gene

2010 514 citations Naoto Ishii, Yuji Owada et al. Journal of Human Genetics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuji Owada Japan	40	2.8k	1.0k	620	600	594	178	5.1k
Dagmar Galter Sweden	39	2.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.7×	1.1k 1.8×	375 0.6×	496 0.8×	76	5.6k
Yasuki Ishizaki Japan	31	2.7k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	711 1.1×	302 0.5×	429 0.7×	83	5.0k
Stefan Wiese Germany	33	2.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.3×	329 0.5×	225 0.4×	549 0.9×	62	4.4k
Adam J. Shaywitz United States	18	2.9k 1.0×	2.1k 2.1×	791 1.3×	374 0.6×	306 0.5×	41	5.6k
Yu‐ichi Goto Japan	47	7.7k 2.8×	1.0k 1.0×	920 1.5×	343 0.6×	265 0.4×	288	10.2k
Ranjan Dutta United States	30	2.2k 0.8×	767 0.7×	565 0.9×	479 0.8×	1.5k 2.5×	80	6.3k
Fabián Docagne France	41	1.4k 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	564 0.9×	612 1.0×	540 0.9×	74	4.7k
Don Mahad United Kingdom	35	2.3k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	698 1.1×	273 0.5×	1.4k 2.3×	56	6.6k
Sarah E. Ross United States	35	5.5k 2.0×	1.3k 1.3×	3.2k 5.2×	688 1.1×	451 0.8×	84	10.3k
M. Zameel Cader United Kingdom	29	2.0k 0.7×	880 0.8×	1.2k 1.9×	105 0.2×	622 1.0×	80	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Yuji Owada

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuji Owada

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20 of 20 papers shown

Flores, Carlos C., Yuji Owada, Christopher J. Davis, et al.. (2025). Astrocyte Fabp7 modulates nocturnal seizure threshold and activity-dependent gene expression in mouse brain. PNAS Nexus. 4(5). pgaf146–pgaf146.

Khan, Anas, et al.. (2024). The role of fatty acid-binding protein 5 and 7 on locomotor, anxiety and social behavior: Interaction with NMDA signaling. Neuroscience Letters. 836. 137862–137862. 2 indexed citations

Owada, Yuji, Yoshiteru Kagawa, Mark S. Gold, et al.. (2024). Fatty acid binding protein 7 plays an important modulatory sex-dependent role on brain endocannabinoid levels and THC metabolism. PLoS ONE. 19(12). e0313091–e0313091.

Inada, Hitoshi, et al.. (2024). Fatty acid preference for beta‐oxidation in mitochondria of murine cultured astrocytes. Genes to Cells. 29(9). 757–768. 3 indexed citations

Umaru, Banlanjo Abdulaziz, Yui Yamamoto, Hiroki Shima, et al.. (2024). Polyunsaturated fatty acids-induced ferroptosis suppresses pancreatic cancer growth. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 4409–4409. 20 indexed citations

Suzuki, Jun, Yoshiteru Kagawa, Yohei Honkura, et al.. (2023). Effects of <i>Ndufs4</i> Deletion on Hearing after Various Acoustic Exposures. The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 260(3). 181–191. 2 indexed citations

Nagasaka, Arata, et al.. (2023). Integrin expression and extracellular matrix adhesion of septoclasts, pericytes, and endothelial cells at the chondro‐osseous junction and the metaphysis of the proximal tibia in young mice. Journal of Anatomy. 242(5). 831–845. 1 indexed citations

Umaru, Banlanjo Abdulaziz, Yoshiteru Kagawa, Yuki Ohsaki, et al.. (2022). Oleic acid‐bound FABP7 drives glioma cell proliferation through regulation of nuclear lipid droplet formation. FEBS Journal. 290(7). 1798–1821. 15 indexed citations

Tokodai, Kazuaki, Kengo Sasaki, Shigehito Miyagi, et al.. (2022). Usefulness of Thiel-Embalmed Cadavers for Training in Organ Procurement. Transplantation Proceedings. 54(2). 230–232. 3 indexed citations

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Nagasaka, Arata, Koji Sakiyama, Nobuko Tokuda, et al.. (2021). Septoclasts expressing epidermal fatty acid-binding protein (E-FABP, FABP5) in endochondral ossification. Journal of Oral Biosciences. 64(1). 18–25. 4 indexed citations

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Tokuda, Nobuko, et al.. (2021). Expression and enhancement of FABP4 in septoclasts of the growth plate in FABP5-deficient mouse tibiae. Histochemistry and Cell Biology. 155(4). 439–449. 5 indexed citations

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Hara, Tomonori, Manabu Toyoshima, Yasuko Hisano, et al.. (2021). Glyoxalase I disruption and external carbonyl stress impair mitochondrial function in human induced pluripotent stem cells and derived neurons. Translational Psychiatry. 11(1). 275–275. 17 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Shuhei, Takanori So, Atsuko Asao, et al.. (2019). TNF Receptor–Associated Factor 5 Limits Function of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells by Controlling IFN Regulatory Factor 5 Expression. The Journal of Immunology. 203(6). 1447–1456. 7 indexed citations

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Pan, Yijun, Jennifer L. Short, Kwok Ho Christopher Choy, et al.. (2016). Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 5 at the Blood–Brain Barrier Regulates Endogenous Brain Docosahexaenoic Acid Levels and Cognitive Function. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(46). 11755–11767. 61 indexed citations

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Kagawa, Yoshiteru, et al.. (2016). Ultrastructural histometric evidence for expansion of the sustentacular cell envelope in response to hypersecretion of adrenal chromaffin cells in mice. Anatomical Science International. 93(1). 75–81. 2 indexed citations

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Miyazaki, Hirofumi, Tomoo Sawada, Zhiqian Yu, et al.. (2014). Fatty Acid Binding Protein 7 Regulates Phagocytosis and Cytokine Production in Kupffer Cells during Liver Injury. American Journal Of Pathology. 184(9). 2505–2515. 13 indexed citations

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Sharifi, Kazem, Motoko Maekawa, Yuki Yasumoto, et al.. (2011). FABP7 expression in normal and stab-injured brain cortex and its role in astrocyte proliferation. Histochemistry and Cell Biology. 136(5). 501–513. 69 indexed citations

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Maekawa, Motoko, Yoshimi Iwayama, Ryoichi Arai, et al.. (2010). Polymorphism screening of brain-expressed FABP7, 5 and 3 genes and association studies in autism and schizophrenia in Japanese subjects. Journal of Human Genetics. 55(2). 127–130. 33 indexed citations

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Owada, Yuji, et al.. (2000). Localization of mRNAs for Novel, Atypical As Well As Conventional Protein Kinase C (PKC) Isoforms in the Brain of Developing and Mature Rats. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 15(2). 121–136. 29 indexed citations

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Owada, Yuji, et al.. (1997). Changes in gene expression for skin-type fatty acid binding protein in hypoglossal motor neurons following nerve crush. Neuroscience Letters. 223(1). 25–28. 21 indexed citations

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