Yukihiro Baba

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Yukihiro Baba is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Yukihiro Baba has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Yukihiro Baba's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (15 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers) and Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (5 papers). Yukihiro Baba is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (15 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers) and Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (5 papers). Yukihiro Baba collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Panama. Yukihiro Baba's co-authors include Andrew V. Schally, Akira Arimura, R.M.G. Nair, H. Matsuo, W. F. White, Tommie W. Redding, Luciano Debéljuk, Sumiko Watanabe, Abba J. Kastin and Atsumi Iida and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Yukihiro Baba

36 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone: One Polypeptide Regulates Secretion of Luteinizing and Follicle-Stimulating Hormones

1971 522 citations Andrew V. Schally, Akira Arimura et al. profile →
Isolation and properties of the FSH and LH-releasing hormone

1971 437 citations Andrew V. Schally, Akira Arimura et al. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yukihiro Baba Japan	16	628	601	357	271	155	37	1.6k
B. K. Lucas France	9	822 1.3×	205 0.3×	386 1.1×	340 1.3×	58 0.4×	10	1.7k
Gail Grossman United States	19	637 1.0×	263 0.4×	100 0.3×	199 0.7×	170 1.1×	42	1.2k
Michael H. Melner United States	25	828 1.3×	448 0.7×	607 1.7×	701 2.6×	324 2.1×	57	2.1k
Shuji Hirata Japan	25	591 0.9×	788 1.3×	268 0.8×	718 2.6×	120 0.8×	101	2.1k
Mariusz W. Szkudlinski United States	25	911 1.5×	493 0.8×	873 2.4×	295 1.1×	246 1.6×	62	1.9k
Barbara Incerti Italy	16	830 1.3×	577 1.0×	93 0.3×	570 2.1×	152 1.0×	18	1.6k
Robert E. Fellows United States	28	1.2k 1.8×	542 0.9×	640 1.8×	410 1.5×	368 2.4×	67	2.7k
Margarita Kamenetsky United States	12	1.3k 2.1×	310 0.5×	126 0.4×	145 0.5×	337 2.2×	13	2.1k
James F. Catterall United States	30	1.3k 2.1×	371 0.6×	854 2.4×	704 2.6×	101 0.7×	56	2.5k
Karen Akinsanya United States	16	395 0.6×	206 0.3×	204 0.6×	122 0.5×	383 2.5×	31	1.0k

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Baba, Yukihiro, et al.. (2020). Apigenin Regulates Activation of Microglia and Counteracts Retinal Degeneration. Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 36(5). 311–319. 19 indexed citations

Baba, Yukihiro, et al.. (2019). Sall1 plays pivotal roles for lens fiber cell differentiation in mouse. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 512(4). 927–933. 8 indexed citations

Baba, Yukihiro, et al.. (2018). Roles of Nmnat1 in the survival of retinal progenitors through the regulation of pro-apoptotic gene expression via histone acetylation. Cell Death and Disease. 9(9). 891–891. 24 indexed citations

Baba, Yukihiro, et al.. (2017). Forkhead Box Protein P1 Is Dispensable for Retina but Essential for Lens Development. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 58(4). 1916–1916. 9 indexed citations

Ueno, Kazuko, Toshiro Iwagawa, Yukihiro Baba, et al.. (2016). Transition of differential histone H3 methylation in photoreceptors and other retinal cells during retinal differentiation. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 29264–29264. 31 indexed citations

Baba, Yukihiro, et al.. (2015). MicroRNA-7a regulates Müller glia differentiation by attenuating Notch3 expression. Experimental Eye Research. 138. 59–65. 18 indexed citations

Baba, Yukihiro, et al.. (2014). BMP signaling participates in late phase differentiation of the retina, partly via upregulation of Hey2. Developmental Neurobiology. 74(12). 1172–1183. 7 indexed citations

Iida, Atsumi, Toshiro Iwagawa, Shinya Satoh, et al.. (2014). Histone demethylase Jmjd3 is required for the development of subsets of retinal bipolar cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(10). 3751–3756. 44 indexed citations

Iida, Atsumi, Yoko Tabata, Yukihiro Baba, Tomoaki Fujii, & Sumiko Watanabe. (2014). Critical roles of DNase1l3l in lens nuclear degeneration in zebrafish. Biochimie. 106. 68–74. 10 indexed citations

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Razak, Siti Razila Abdul, Yukihiro Baba, Hiromitsu Nakauchi, Makoto Otsu, & Sumiko Watanabe. (2014). DNA Methylation Is Involved in the Expression of miR-142-3p in Fibroblasts and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cells International. 2014. 1–8. 9 indexed citations

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Ouchi, Yasuo, Yukihiro Baba, Takashi Iwamoto, & Sumiko Watanabe. (2012). The Nucleolar Phosphoprotein Npm1 Regulates Retinal Progenitor Cell-specific Chx10 Gene Expression By Binding To Evolutionarily Conserved Enhancer Elements. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 53(14). 422–422. 2 indexed citations

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Baba, Yukihiro, Shinya Satoh, Makoto Otsu, et al.. (2012). In vitro cell subtype-specific transduction of adeno-associated virus in mouse and marmoset retinal explant culture. Biochimie. 94(12). 2716–2722. 12 indexed citations

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Baba, Yukihiro, et al.. (2011). The role of Zic family zinc finger transcription factors in the proliferation and differentiation of retinal progenitor cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 415(1). 42–47. 21 indexed citations

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Ouchi, Yasuo, Yukihiro Baba, Hideto Koso, et al.. (2011). β-Catenin signaling regulates the timing of cell differentiation in mouse retinal progenitor cells. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 46(4). 770–780. 10 indexed citations

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Baba, Yukihiro, Atsumi Iida, & Sumiko Watanabe. (2011). Sall3 plays essential roles in horizontal cell maturation through regulation of neurofilament expression levels. Biochimie. 93(6). 1037–1046. 5 indexed citations

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Iida, Atsumi, Toru Shinoe, Yukihiro Baba, Hiroyuki Mano, & Sumiko Watanabe. (2011). Dicer Plays Essential Roles for Retinal Development by Regulation of Survival and Differentiation. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 52(6). 3008–3008. 72 indexed citations

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Baba, Yukihiro, Hidenari Nakayama, Akira Yasoshima, et al.. (2006). Thymic Granulomatous Lesions in Pigs. Veterinary Pathology. 43(6). 1037–1040. 2 indexed citations

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Yamabe, Hideaki, Hiroshi Osawa, Mitsuaki Kaizuka, et al.. (1997). Thrombin stimulates production of transforming growth factor-beta by cultured human mesangial cells. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 12(3). 438–442. 37 indexed citations

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Baba, Yukihiro, et al.. (1982). Comparative Anatomy of Intervertebral Didcs and Relate4d Structures in the cat (Felis catus) and Jaguar (Panthera once). Anatomia Histologia Embryologia. 11(4). 334–342.

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Schally, Andrew V., Yukihiro Baba, Akira Arimura, Tommie W. Redding, & W. F. White. (1971). Evidence for peptide nature of LH and FSH-releasing hormones. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 42(1). 50–56. 50 indexed citations

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