Yushi Ito

9.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
335 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Yushi Ito is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yushi Ito has authored 335 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Molecular Biology, 93 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 73 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Yushi Ito's work include Ion channel regulation and function (94 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (41 papers) and Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (35 papers). Yushi Ito is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (94 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (41 papers) and Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (35 papers). Yushi Ito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Yushi Ito's co-authors include Ryuji Inoue, Masahiro Oike, H Kuriyama, Yasuo Mori, Hiromitsu Morita, Juan Shi, Takeshi Yoshitomi, Chiwaka Kimura, Tetsuya Koyama and Hitoshi Onoue and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Yushi Ito

319 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

The Transient Receptor Potential Protein Homologue TRP6 Is the Essential Component of Vascular α₁-Adrenoceptor–Activated Ca²⁺-Permeable Cation Channel

2001 534 citations Ryuji Inoue, Yuji Hara et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yushi Ito Japan	41	3.4k	1.9k	1.6k	1.4k	1.0k	335	7.8k
Miguel A. Valverde Spain	51	4.3k 1.3×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	129	7.9k
Douglas C. Eaton United States	57	6.4k 1.9×	1.6k 0.8×	753 0.5×	644 0.5×	2.1k 2.1×	249	9.4k
Peter Ruth Germany	59	7.2k 2.1×	3.5k 1.8×	2.3k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	461 0.5×	232	11.0k
Y. S. Prakash United States	59	3.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	2.9k 1.8×	1.0k 0.7×	3.2k 3.1×	298	10.4k
Jackie D. Wood United States	50	2.3k 0.7×	2.8k 1.4×	1.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	304 0.3×	219	8.1k
Haoxing Xu United States	53	4.5k 1.3×	1.9k 1.0×	2.0k 1.2×	3.5k 2.5×	275 0.3×	97	12.5k
Eberhard Weihe Germany	67	4.0k 1.2×	5.0k 2.6×	2.0k 1.2×	720 0.5×	304 0.3×	247	12.9k
Sean M. Ward United States	73	5.4k 1.6×	2.0k 1.0×	3.3k 2.1×	3.2k 2.2×	764 0.8×	223	15.8k
Susan D. Brain United Kingdom	59	3.9k 1.1×	5.4k 2.8×	4.5k 2.8×	1.8k 1.3×	513 0.5×	246	13.9k
Peter McIntyre Australia	40	2.0k 0.6×	2.3k 1.2×	2.6k 1.6×	5.0k 3.6×	640 0.6×	91	8.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yushi Ito

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Nakajima, Tomoki, et al.. (2025). Co-Cr-W-Pt alloys with high X-ray visibility for next-generation balloon-expandable stents. Materials Science and Engineering A. 931. 148216–148216.

Ito, Yushi, Masayo Kokubo, Hidehiko Nakanishi, et al.. (2024). Erythropoietin and retinopathy of prematurity: a retrospective cohort study in Japan, 2008–2018. Journal of Perinatology. 44(6). 886–891. 1 indexed citations

Sankoda, Akiko, Naoko Arata, Shiori Sato, et al.. (2023). Association of Isolated Hypothyroxinemia and Subclinical Hypothyroidism With Birthweight: A Cohort Study in Japan. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 7(5). bvad045–bvad045. 2 indexed citations

Kanamori, Yutaka, Kazunori Tahara, Akihiro Fujino, et al.. (2020). Prenatal diagnosis of congenital thyroid teratoma. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 57. 101459–101459. 1 indexed citations

Funaki, Takanori, et al.. (2020). Low vancomycin trough concentration in neonates and young infants. Pediatrics International. 63(5). 556–560. 1 indexed citations

Wada, Yuka, et al.. (2019). Effects of Domperidone in Increasing Milk Production in Mothers with Insufficient Lactation for Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Breastfeeding Medicine. 14(10). 744–747. 4 indexed citations

Fujiwara, Takeo, et al.. (2016). Respiratory Stabilization after Delivery in Term Infants after the Update of the Japan Resuscitation Council Guidelines in 2010. Neonatology. 110(1). 1–7. 3 indexed citations

Sugibayashi, Rika, K Ozawa, Masahiro Sumie, et al.. (2016). Forty cases of twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence treated with radio frequency ablation using the multistep coagulation method: a single-center experience. Prenatal Diagnosis. 36(5). 437–443. 33 indexed citations

Ito, Yushi, Junzo Watada, Masahiro Nakano, et al.. (2015). Effects of hot pack treatment on serum cortisol and lactate in students preparing for the national license examination. ICIC express letters. Part B, Applications. 6(5). 1329–1335. 1 indexed citations

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Ohta, Yoshinori, Masayuki Hayashi, Takaaki Kanemaru, et al.. (2008). Dual Modulation of Airway Smooth Muscle Contraction by Th2 Cytokines via Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 Production. The Journal of Immunology. 180(6). 4191–4199. 28 indexed citations

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Hara, Yuji, Juan Shi, Hiromitsu Morita, et al.. (2004). Involvement of TRPM7 in Cell Growth as a Spontaneously Activated Ca2+ Entry Pathway in Human Retinoblastoma Cells. Journal of Pharmacological Sciences. 95(4). 403–419. 162 indexed citations

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Teramoto, Noriyoshi, Alison F. Brading, & Yushi Ito. (2003). Multiple effects of mefenamic acid on K⁺ currents in smooth muscle cells from pig proximal urethra. British Journal of Pharmacology. 140(8). 1341–1350. 8 indexed citations

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Ito, Yushi, Carolyn L. Kerr, Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen, et al.. (1998). Effects of Ventilation Strategies on the Efficacy of Exogenous Surfactant Therapy in a Rabbit Model of Acute Lung Injury. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 157(1). 149–155. 32 indexed citations

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Murai, Yoshinaka, Hitoshi Ishibashi, Norio Akaike, & Yushi Ito. (1998). Acetylcholine modulation of high‐voltage‐activated calcium channels in the neurones acutely dissociated from rat paratracheal ganglia. British Journal of Pharmacology. 123(7). 1441–1449. 22 indexed citations

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Ito, Yushi, et al.. (1997). Ventilation Strategies Affect Surfactant Aggregate Conversion in Acute Lung Injury. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 155(2). 493–499. 75 indexed citations

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Matsumoto, Koichiro, Hisamichi Aizawa, Ryuji Inoue, et al.. (1994). Effects of Epithelial Cell Supernatant on Membrane Potential and Contraction of Dog Airway Smooth Muscles. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 10(3). 322–330. 5 indexed citations

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Aizawa, Hisamichi, et al.. (1990). Effects of azelastine on vagal neuroeffector transmission in canine and human airway smooth muscle. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 86(2). 171–176. 9 indexed citations

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Ito, Yushi, et al.. (1982). Induction of action potentials in fish red muscle by denervation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 217(1206). 89–99. 1 indexed citations

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MAGARIBUCHI, Tetsuo, Yushi Ito, & H Kuriyama. (1973). Effects of Rapid Cooling on the Mechanical and Electrical Activities of Smooth Muscles of Guinea Pig Stomach and Taenia Coli. The Journal of General Physiology. 61(3). 323–341. 34 indexed citations

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Ito, Yushi & H Kuriyama. (1971). Caffeine and Excitation-Contraction Coupling in the Guinea Pig Taenia Coli. The Journal of General Physiology. 57(4). 448–463. 43 indexed citations

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