Yuji Yamaguchi

11.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
271 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Yuji Yamaguchi is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Dermatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuji Yamaguchi has authored 271 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Cell Biology, 55 papers in Molecular Biology and 43 papers in Dermatology. Recurrent topics in Yuji Yamaguchi's work include melanin and skin pigmentation (47 papers), Skin Protection and Aging (29 papers) and Wound Healing and Treatments (14 papers). Yuji Yamaguchi is often cited by papers focused on melanin and skin pigmentation (47 papers), Skin Protection and Aging (29 papers) and Wound Healing and Treatments (14 papers). Yuji Yamaguchi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Yuji Yamaguchi's co-authors include Vincent J. Hearing, Kunihiko Yoshikawa, Michaela Brenner, Toshio Suda, Janusz Z. Beer, Sharon A. Miller, Tadashi Kasahara, Barbara Z. Zmudzka, Satoshi Itami and Yasusada Miura and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yuji Yamaguchi

255 papers receiving 8.2k citations

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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.

Highly purified murine interleukin 5 (IL-5) stimulates eosinophil function and prolongs in vitro survival. IL-5 as an eosinophil chemotactic factor.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuji Yamaguchi Japan	50	2.6k	2.1k	2.0k	1.4k	1.0k	271	8.5k
James Varani United States	50	2.1k 0.8×	3.6k 1.7×	4.9k 2.5×	1.2k 0.9×	667 0.7×	229	12.0k
Joost Schalkwijk Netherlands	59	1.7k 0.7×	3.3k 1.6×	3.3k 1.7×	2.6k 1.8×	797 0.8×	259	11.2k
Barbara A. Gilchrest United States	65	3.9k 1.5×	3.5k 1.7×	7.1k 3.6×	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	230	13.4k
Ken Hashimoto Japan	58	2.8k 1.1×	3.8k 1.8×	2.8k 1.4×	940 0.7×	1.4k 1.3×	505	12.6k
Hiroshi Shimizu Japan	59	4.4k 1.7×	3.7k 1.8×	2.9k 1.5×	1.3k 0.9×	634 0.6×	538	14.2k
Thomas Schwarz Germany	57	1.1k 0.4×	2.2k 1.1×	4.7k 2.4×	4.5k 3.1×	751 0.7×	204	10.6k
Jan C. Simon Germany	55	1.9k 0.7×	2.6k 1.3×	1.5k 0.8×	3.0k 2.1×	569 0.6×	205	9.9k
Marjana Tomic‐Canic United States	50	1.5k 0.6×	4.1k 2.0×	2.1k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	475 0.5×	166	17.6k
Shigeru Kinoshita Japan	87	927 0.4×	3.8k 1.8×	2.0k 1.0×	1.9k 1.3×	935 0.9×	790	27.7k
Boon‐Huat Bay Singapore	61	741 0.3×	4.3k 2.0×	849 0.4×	790 0.5×	761 0.7×	306	12.6k

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Li, Xi, Elena Peeva, Yuji Yamaguchi, et al.. (2025). Multiomics Analysis of the Response to Ritlecitinib in Alopecia Areata Subtypes and Correlation With Efficacy. Allergy. 80(8). 2348–2360.

Yamaguchi, Yuji, Elena Peeva, Lynne Napatalung, et al.. (2024). Response to ritlecitinib with or without narrow-band ultraviolet B add-on therapy in patients with active nonsegmental vitiligo: Results from a phase 2b extension study. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 92(4). 781–789.

Peeva, Elena, Yuji Yamaguchi, Zhan Ye, et al.. (2024). Efficacy and safety of ritlecitinib in vitiligo patients across Fitzpatrick skin types with biomarker analyses. Experimental Dermatology. 33(9). e15177–e15177. 2 indexed citations

Sato, Kazuomi, et al.. (2024). Desmodesmus pannonicus Water Extract Inhibits Melanin Synthesis and Promotes Wound Healing. Life. 14(12). 1542–1542.

Yamaguchi, Yuji, Elena Peeva, Ester Del Duca, et al.. (2024). Ritlecitinib, a JAK3/TEC family kinase inhibitor, stabilizes active lesions and repigments stable lesions in vitiligo. Archives of Dermatological Research. 316(7). 478–478. 7 indexed citations

Guttman‐Yassky, Emma, Ester Del Duca, Joel Corrêa da Rosa, et al.. (2023). Improvements in immune/melanocyte biomarkers with JAK3/TEC family kinase inhibitor ritlecitinib in vitiligo. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 153(1). 161–172.e8. 27 indexed citations

Yamaguchi, Yuji, et al.. (2023). Role of Innate Immunity in Allergic Contact Dermatitis: An Update. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(16). 12975–12975. 25 indexed citations

Kamiya, Tetsuro, et al.. (2022). Combined action of FOXO1 and superoxide dismutase 3 promotes MDA-MB-231 cell migration. Free Radical Research. 56(1). 106–114. 4 indexed citations

Yamaguchi, Yuji, et al.. (2021). Population pressure and prehistoric violence in the Yayoi period of Japan. Journal of Archaeological Science. 132. 105420–105420. 12 indexed citations

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Yamashita, Yukari, et al.. (2020). Dietary Supplementation with Dunaliella Tertiolecta Prevents Whitening of Brown Fat and Controls Diet-Induced Obesity at Thermoneutrality in Mice. Nutrients. 12(6). 1686–1686. 6 indexed citations

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Yamaguchi, Yuji. (2020). Electrical Stimulation via the Scrambler Device as a Treatment for Refractory Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis Ekbom Disease. 9(5). 1–7. 2 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Motoki, Mizuho Fukunaga‐Kalabis, Yuji Yamaguchi, et al.. (2015). Site-specific migration of human fetal melanocytes in volar skin. Journal of Dermatological Science. 78(2). 143–148. 3 indexed citations

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Hashimoto, Eri, Yukinori Yabuta, Minoru Morimoto, et al.. (2012). Purification and Characterization of Phycobiliproteins from Edible Cyanobacterium Nostochopsis sp.. Food Science and Technology Research. 18(3). 485–490. 7 indexed citations

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Miller, Sharon A., Sergio G. Coelho, Scott W. Miller, et al.. (2012). Evidence for a new paradigm for ultraviolet exposure: a universal schedule that is skin phototype independent. Photodermatology Photoimmunology & Photomedicine. 28(4). 187–195. 7 indexed citations

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Shimizu, Kazuhiro, Kozo Katsumura, Tsunehiko Ikeda, et al.. (2010). Effects of All-Trans Retinoic Acid Nanoparticles (NANOEGG® -atRA) on Corneal Epithelial Wound Healing. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 51(13). 382–382. 1 indexed citations

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Nakayama, Masaaki, Toshinobu Sato, Hiroshi Sato, et al.. (2010). Different clinical outcomes for cardiovascular events and mortality in chronic kidney disease according to underlying renal disease: the Gonryo study. Clinical and Experimental Nephrology. 14(4). 333–339. 45 indexed citations

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Kornhauser, Andrija, Rongrong Wei, Yuji Yamaguchi, et al.. (2009). The effects of topically applied glycolic acid and salicylic acid on ultraviolet radiation-induced erythema, DNA damage and sunburn cell formation in human skin. Journal of Dermatological Science. 55(1). 10–17. 41 indexed citations

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Yamaguchi, Yuji, Yasuyuki Sumikawa, Shuro Yoshida, et al.. (2005). Prevention of amputation caused by rheumatic diseases following a novel therapy of exposing bone marrow, occlusive dressing and subsequent epidermal grafting. British Journal of Dermatology. 152(4). 664–672. 19 indexed citations

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Falanga, Vincent, et al.. (1998). Stimulation of Collagen Synthesis by the Anabolic Steroid Stanozolol. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 111(6). 1193–1197. 52 indexed citations

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Yoshida, Satoshi, et al.. (1997). [A surgical case of aggressive fibromatosis].. PubMed. 45(12). 2016–20. 2 indexed citations

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