Yukio Matsuba

3.5k citations

25 papers · 2.3k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 14

Physiology top 1%
Molecular Biology top 10%
Neurology top 1%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 5%
Pharmacology top 5%

Co-authors: Takaomi C. Saido Nobuhisa Iwata Takashi Saito Per Nilsson Naomi Mihira Jiro Takano Shigeyoshi Itohara Makoto Higuchi
Topics: Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (15 papers)Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (4 papers)Calpain Protease Function and Regulation (3 papers)
Cited by: Biological Psychiatry Neurology Physiology
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry Nature Communications Journal of Neuroscience
Partner nations: Japan United States Qatar

In The Last Decade

Yukio Matsuba

25 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Single App knock-in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

2014 803 citations Takashi Saito, Yukio Matsuba et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Aβ Secretion and Plaque Formation Depend on Autophagy

2013 386 citations Per Nilsson, Misaki Sekiguchi et al. Cell Reports profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Role of Neprilysin and Insulin-Degrading Enzyme in the Etiology of Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease 2025 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·(unknown),Shoko Hashimoto,(unknown),Naoto Watamura,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Misaki Sekiguchi,(unknown),Naoko Kamano,(unknown),Yukio Matsuba,Satoshi Tsubuki,Takashi Saito,Nobuhisa Iwata,Hiroki Sasaguri,Takaomi C. Saido	2
2	Rod-shaped microglia represent a morphologically distinct subpopulation of disease-associated microglia 2025 ·Journal of Neuroinflammation ·Yukio Matsuba,Kenichi Nagata,(unknown),Naruhiko Sahara,Takaomi C. Saido,Shoko Hashimoto	2
3	Tau Accumulation Induces Microglial State Alterations in Alzheimer's Disease Model Mice 2024 ·eNeuro ·Kenichi Nagata,Shoko Hashimoto,(unknown),(unknown),Yukio Matsuba,Misaki Sekiguchi,Naomi Mihira,Daisuke Motooka,Yu‐Chen Liu,Daisuke Okuzaki,Masataka Kikuchi,Shigeo Murayama,Takaomi C. Saido,Hiroshi Kiyama,Hiroki Sasaguri	5
4	Neuronal glutathione depletion elevates the Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio and tau aggregation in Alzheimer's disease mice 2024 ·FEBS Letters ·(unknown),Yukio Matsuba,Mika Takahashi,Naoko Kamano,Ikuo Tooyama,Takaomi C. Saido,Shoko Hashimoto	3
5	Metabolic resistance of Aβ3pE-42, a target epitope of the anti-Alzheimer therapeutic antibody, donanemab 2024 ·Life Science Alliance ·Nobuhisa Iwata,Satoshi Tsubuki,Misaki Sekiguchi,(unknown),Yukio Matsuba,Naoko Kamano,(unknown),(unknown),Naoto Watamura,(unknown),Naomi Mihira,(unknown),Keiro Shirotani,David Mann,Andrew Robinson,Shoko Hashimoto,Hiroki Sasaguri,Takashi Saito,Makoto Higuchi,Takaomi C. Saido	2
6	Neuronal glutathione loss leads to neurodegeneration involving gasdermin activation 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·Shoko Hashimoto,Yukio Matsuba,Mika Takahashi,Naoko Kamano,Naoto Watamura,Hiroki Sasaguri,Yuhei Takado,Yoshihiro Yoshihara,Takashi Saito,Takaomi C. Saido	18
7	Endothelial expression of human amyloid precursor protein leads to amyloid β in the blood and induces cerebral amyloid angiopathy in knock-in mice 2022 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Yuriko Tachida,Saori Miura,Y. Muto,Hiroyuki Takuwa,Naruhiko Sahara,Akihiro Shindo,Yukio Matsuba,Takashi Saito,Naoyuki Taniguchi,Yasushi Kawaguchi,Hidekazu Tomimoto,Takaomi C. Saido,Shinobu Kitazume	11
8	Difference in the malignancy between RAS and GLI1-transformed astrocytes is associated with frequency of p27KIP1–positive cells in xenograft tissues 2021 ·Pathology - Research and Practice ·Ken Sasai,Kouichi Tabu,Takashi Saito,Yukio Matsuba,Takaomi C. Saido,Shinya Tanaka	1
9	Humanization of the entire murine Mapt gene provides a murine model of pathological human tau propagation 2019 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Takashi Saito,Naomi Mihira,Yukio Matsuba,Hiroki Sasaguri,Shoko Hashimoto,Sneha Narasimhan,Bin Zhang,Shigeo Murayama,Makoto Higuchi,Virginia M.‐Y. Lee,John Q. Trojanowski,Takaomi C. Saido	132
10	Tau binding protein CAPON induces tau aggregation and neurodegeneration 2019 ·Nature Communications ·Shoko Hashimoto,Yukio Matsuba,Naoko Kamano,Naomi Mihira,Naruhiko Sahara,Jiro Takano,Shin‐ichi Muramatsu,Takaomi C. Saido,Takashi Saito	61
11	Generation of App knock-in mice reveals deletion mutations protective against Alzheimer’s disease-like pathology 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Kenichi Nagata,Mika Takahashi,Yukio Matsuba,(unknown),Kaori Sato,Shoko Hashimoto,Takashi Saito,Takaomi C. Saido	37
12	Introduction of pathogenic mutations into the mouse Psen1 gene by Base Editor and Target-AID 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Hiroki Sasaguri,Kenichi Nagata,Misaki Sekiguchi,(unknown),Yukio Matsuba,Shoko Hashimoto,Kaori Sato,(unknown),Takanori Yokota,Takaomi C. Saido	53
13	Calpain Activation in Alzheimer's Model Mice Is an Artifact of APP and Presenilin Overexpression 2016 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Takashi Saito,Yukio Matsuba,Naomi Yamazaki,Shoko Hashimoto,Takaomi C. Saido	84
14	Single App knock-in mouse models of Alzheimer's diseasebreakdown → 2014 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Takashi Saito,Yukio Matsuba,Naomi Mihira,Jiro Takano,Per Nilsson,Shigeyoshi Itohara,Nobuhisa Iwata,Takaomi C. Saido	803
15	Soft-diet feeding after weaning affects behavior in mice: Potential increase in vulnerability to mental disorders 2014 ·Neuroscience ·(unknown),(unknown),Keiko Yamada,Motoko Maekawa,Akiko Watanabe,Gou Yamamoto,Ayako Enomoto,Yukio Matsuba,(unknown),T. Taguchi,(unknown),Takaomi C. Saido,Kenji Mishima,Yoko Yamaguchi,Takeo Yoshikawa,K. Maki	23
16	Aβ Secretion and Plaque Formation Depend on Autophagybreakdown → 2013 ·Cell Reports ·Per Nilsson,(unknown),Misaki Sekiguchi,Yukio Matsuba,Kelvin K. Hui,Satoshi Tsubuki,Motomasa Tanaka,Nobuhisa Iwata,Takashi Saito,Takaomi C. Saido	386
17	Cell Surface Expression of the Major Amyloid-β Peptide (Aβ)-degrading Enzyme, Neprilysin, Depends on Phosphorylation by Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase/Extracellular Signal-regulated Kinase Kinase (MEK) and Dephosphorylation by Protein Phosphatase 1a 2012 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown),Takashi Saito,Per Nilsson,Yukio Matsuba,Satoshi Tsubuki,Nobuyuki Takei,Hiroyuki Nawa,Takaomi C. Saido	34
18	Potent amyloidogenicity and pathogenicity of Aβ43 2011 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Takashi Saito,Takahiro Suemoto,Nathalie Brouwers,Kristel Sleegers,Satoru Funamoto,Naomi Mihira,Yukio Matsuba,Kazuyuki Yamada,Per Nilsson,Jiro Takano,Masaki Nishimura,Nobuhisa Iwata,Christine Van Broeckhoven,Yasuo Ihara,Takaomi C. Saido	222
19	19F and 1H MRI detection of amyloid β plaques in vivo 2005 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Makoto Higuchi,Nobuhisa Iwata,Yukio Matsuba,Kumi Sato,Kazumi Sasamoto,Takaomi C. Saido	289
20	Cerebrospinal fluid neprilysin is reduced in prodromal Alzheimer's disease 2005 ·Annals of Neurology ·Masahiro Maruyama,Makoto Higuchi,Yoshie Takaki,Yukio Matsuba,Haruko Tanji,Miyako Nemoto,Naoki Tomita,Toshifumi Matsui,Nobuhisa Iwata,Hiroaki Mizukami,Shin‐ichi Muramatsu,Keiya Ozawa,Takaomi C. Saido,Hiroyuki Arai,Hidetada Sasaki	76

About Yukio Matsuba

Yukio Matsuba is a scholar working on Biological Psychiatry, Physiology and Aging, having authored 25 papers that have together received 2.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (15 papers), Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (4 papers) and Calpain Protease Function and Regulation (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biological Psychiatry (169 citations), Neurology (556 citations) and Physiology (1.6k citations). Yukio Matsuba has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and Qatar. Frequent co-authors include Takaomi C. Saido, Nobuhisa Iwata, Takashi Saito, Per Nilsson, Naomi Mihira, Jiro Takano, Shigeyoshi Itohara, Makoto Higuchi, Kumi Sato and Kazumi Sasamoto. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

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