Yūko Fujioka

6.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
55 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Yūko Fujioka is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yūko Fujioka has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Epidemiology, 36 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Yūko Fujioka's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (36 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (16 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (8 papers). Yūko Fujioka is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (36 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (16 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (8 papers). Yūko Fujioka collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Yūko Fujioka's co-authors include Yoshinori Ohsumi, Fuyuhiko Inagaki, Nobuo N. Noda, Nobuo Suzuki, Takao Hanada, Yoshinobu Ichimura, Hiroyuki Kumeta, Toshifumi Takao, Yoshinori Satomi and Kenji Satoo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yūko Fujioka

54 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Atg12-Atg5 Conjugate Has a Novel E3-like Activity for... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2008 2009 2020 2014 250 500 750
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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.

  1. The Atg12-Atg5 Conjugate Has a Novel E3-like Activity for Protein Lipidation in Autophagy
    2007 884 citations Takao Hanada, Nobuo N. Noda et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  2. Structural basis of target recognition by Atg8/LC3 during selective autophagy
    2008 335 citations Nobuo N. Noda, Hiroyuki Kumeta et al. Genes to Cells profile →
  3. The structure of Atg4B–LC3 complex reveals the mechanism of LC3 processing and delipidation during autophagy
    2009 306 citations Kenji Satoo, Nobuo N. Noda et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
  4. Phase separation organizes the site of autophagosome formation
    2020 284 citations Yūko Fujioka, Jahangir Md. Alam et al. profile →
  5. Structural basis of starvation-induced assembly of the autophagy initiation complex
    2014 174 citations Yūko Fujioka, Hayashi Yamamoto et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology profile →
  6. The Intrinsically Disordered Protein Atg13 Mediates Supramolecular Assembly of Autophagy Initiation Complexes
    2016 173 citations Hayashi Yamamoto, Yūko Fujioka et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yūko Fujioka Japan 32 3.3k 2.6k 1.5k 517 513 55 4.8k
Misuzu Baba Japan 28 3.8k 1.1× 2.7k 1.1× 2.3k 1.5× 458 0.9× 499 1.0× 47 5.1k
Nobuo N. Noda Japan 45 5.2k 1.6× 3.9k 1.5× 2.5k 1.7× 635 1.2× 829 1.6× 127 7.5k
Kuninori Suzuki Japan 30 5.4k 1.6× 3.5k 1.4× 2.7k 1.8× 686 1.3× 774 1.5× 50 7.1k
Hayashi Yamamoto Japan 34 2.5k 0.8× 2.6k 1.0× 1.5k 1.0× 232 0.4× 499 1.0× 54 4.5k
Hitoshi Nakatogawa Japan 37 5.5k 1.6× 4.2k 1.6× 2.7k 1.8× 603 1.2× 845 1.6× 67 7.9k
Michael Thumm Germany 36 2.4k 0.7× 2.1k 0.8× 1.8k 1.2× 393 0.8× 306 0.6× 61 3.8k
Tomohiro Yorimitsu Japan 17 2.3k 0.7× 1.9k 0.7× 1.5k 1.0× 238 0.5× 300 0.6× 29 3.7k
Nicholas T. Ktistakis United Kingdom 47 3.8k 1.1× 4.6k 1.8× 3.5k 2.4× 522 1.0× 935 1.8× 100 8.4k
Alexandra Stolz Germany 18 2.3k 0.7× 1.7k 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 128 0.2× 305 0.6× 31 3.5k
Hesso Farhan Switzerland 33 1.1k 0.3× 2.1k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 118 0.2× 232 0.5× 81 4.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yūko Fujioka

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fujioka, Yūko & Nobuo N. Noda. (2025). Mechanisms of autophagosome formation. Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B. 101(1). 32–40. 1 indexed citations
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Noshiro, Daisuke, Hideaki Morishita, Shun Kageyama, et al.. (2023). Phosphorylation of phase‐separated p62 bodies by ULK1 activates a redox‐independent stress response. The EMBO Journal. 42(14). e113349–e113349. 27 indexed citations
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Cui, Jin, Yuta Ogasawara, Kazuaki Matoba, et al.. (2022). Targeting the ATG5-ATG16L1 Protein–Protein Interaction with a Hydrocarbon-Stapled Peptide Derived from ATG16L1 for Autophagy Inhibition. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(38). 17671–17679. 19 indexed citations
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Kodera, Noriyuki, Daisuke Noshiro, Tetsuya Mori, et al.. (2020). Structural and dynamics analysis of intrinsically disordered proteins by high-speed atomic force microscopy. Nature Nanotechnology. 16(2). 181–189. 74 indexed citations
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Yamasaki, Akinori, Jahangir Md. Alam, Daisuke Noshiro, et al.. (2020). Liquidity Is a Critical Determinant for Selective Autophagy of Protein Condensates. Molecular Cell. 77(6). 1163–1175.e9. 126 indexed citations
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Yamaguchi, Masaya, Kazuaki Matoba, Yūko Fujioka, et al.. (2012). Noncanonical recognition and UBL loading of distinct E2s by autophagy-essential Atg7. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 19(12). 1250–1256. 52 indexed citations
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Noda, Nobuo N., Kenji Satoo, Yūko Fujioka, et al.. (2011). Structural Basis of Atg8 Activation by a Homodimeric E1, Atg7. Molecular Cell. 44(3). 462–475. 148 indexed citations
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Kabeya, Yukiko, Nobuo N. Noda, Yūko Fujioka, et al.. (2009). Characterization of the Atg17–Atg29–Atg31 complex specifically required for starvation-induced autophagy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 389(4). 612–615. 90 indexed citations
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Noda, Nobuo N., Yūko Fujioka, Yoshinori Ohsumi, & Fuyuhiko Inagaki. (2008). Crystallization of the Atg12–Atg5 conjugate bound to Atg16 by the free-interface diffusion method. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 15(3). 266–268. 7 indexed citations
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Noda, Nobuo N., Hiroyuki Kumeta, Hitoshi Nakatogawa, et al.. (2008). Structural basis of target recognition by Atg8/LC3 during selective autophagy. Genes to Cells. 13(12). 1211–1218. 335 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fujioka, Yūko, Nobuo N. Noda, Kiyonaga Fujii, et al.. (2007). In Vitro Reconstitution of Plant Atg8 and Atg12 Conjugation Systems Essential for Autophagy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(4). 1921–1928. 101 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Nobuo, Takao Hanada, Yoshinobu Ichimura, et al.. (2007). The Crystal Structure of Atg3, an Autophagy-related Ubiquitin Carrier Protein (E2) Enzyme that Mediates Atg8 Lipidation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(11). 8036–8043. 123 indexed citations
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Hanada, Takao, Nobuo N. Noda, Yoshinori Satomi, et al.. (2007). The Atg12-Atg5 Conjugate Has a Novel E3-like Activity for Protein Lipidation in Autophagy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(52). 37298–37302. 884 indexed citations breakdown →
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Suzuki, Nobuo, et al.. (2006). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of Atg3. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 62(10). 1016–1017. 7 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Nobuo, et al.. (2006). Structure of Atg5·Atg16, a Complex Essential for Autophagy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(9). 6763–6772. 209 indexed citations
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Honbou, Kazuya, Satoru Yuzawa, Nobuo Suzuki, et al.. (2006). Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of p40phox, a regulatory subunit of NADPH oxidase. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 62(10). 1018–1020. 3 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Nobuo, et al.. (2006). Expression, purification and crystallization of the Atg5–Atg16 complex essential for autophagy. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 62(10). 1021–1023. 12 indexed citations
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Ushimaru, Takashi, et al.. (2005). Transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing the rice dehydroascorbate reductase gene are resistant to salt stress. Journal of Plant Physiology. 163(11). 1179–1184. 122 indexed citations
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Yuzawa, Satoru, Nobuo Suzuki, Yūko Fujioka, et al.. (2004). Binding of FAD to Cytochrome b558 Is Facilitated during Activation of the Phagocyte NADPH Oxidase, Leading to Superoxide Production. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(25). 26378–26386. 35 indexed citations
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Yuzawa, Satoru, Kenji Ogura, Masataka Horiuchi, et al.. (2004). Solution Structure of the Tandem Src Homology 3 Domains of p47 in an Autoinhibited Form. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(28). 29752–29760. 52 indexed citations

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