Yusuke Hirata

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Yusuke Hirata is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yusuke Hirata has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 12 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Yusuke Hirata's work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (7 papers), Inflammasome and immune disorders (7 papers) and interferon and immune responses (6 papers). Yusuke Hirata is often cited by papers focused on Cell death mechanisms and regulation (7 papers), Inflammasome and immune disorders (7 papers) and interferon and immune responses (6 papers). Yusuke Hirata collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Switzerland and Nepal. Yusuke Hirata's co-authors include Atsushi Matsuzawa, Takuya Noguchi, Miki Takahashi, Hiroaki Miki, Yosuke Funato, Ruiqi Cai, Yu Takano, Sergio Grinstein, Benjamin E. Steinberg and Yoshiro Saito and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Yusuke Hirata

57 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Lipid peroxidation increases membrane tension, Piezo1 gating, and cation permeability to execute ferroptosis

2023 149 citations Yusuke Hirata, Ruiqi Cai et al. Current Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yusuke Hirata Japan	18	652	235	181	166	137	61	1.1k
Meriç A. Altinoz Türkiye	21	532 0.8×	217 0.9×	90 0.5×	99 0.6×	55 0.4×	89	1.2k
Jianhua Zhu China	18	595 0.9×	349 1.5×	116 0.6×	187 1.1×	47 0.3×	27	1.3k
Lauren Diebold United States	13	1.0k 1.6×	356 1.5×	89 0.5×	185 1.1×	53 0.4×	14	1.7k
Diane Moujalled Australia	14	682 1.0×	146 0.6×	154 0.9×	186 1.1×	68 0.5×	22	1.1k
Ángel Hernández‐Hernández Spain	19	682 1.0×	211 0.9×	91 0.5×	215 1.3×	56 0.4×	49	1.4k
Meng Yuan China	21	503 0.8×	166 0.7×	88 0.5×	120 0.7×	66 0.5×	68	1.2k
John J. LaPres United States	22	721 1.1×	452 1.9×	129 0.7×	135 0.8×	41 0.3×	46	1.4k
Eungseok Kim South Korea	20	707 1.1×	158 0.7×	159 0.9×	97 0.6×	48 0.4×	41	1.1k
Nicolas Coant United States	20	785 1.2×	144 0.6×	115 0.6×	187 1.1×	44 0.3×	30	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yusuke Hirata

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Suzuki, Satoshi, et al.. (2025). Benzalkonium chloride initiates proinflammatory responses via NLRP3 inflammasome activation. The Journal of Toxicological Sciences. 50(1). 11–21. 1 indexed citations

Hirata, Yusuke, et al.. (2025). Destruction of virus particles via mechanical and chemical virucidal activity of nanocolumnar copper thin films. Materials Today Bio. 32. 101803–101803.

Yamada, Yutaro, Takuya Noguchi, Tatsuya Shimada, et al.. (2025). Truncated LKB1 nonenzymatically enhances Fas-induced apoptosis by acting as a surrogate of Smac. Cell Death Discovery. 11(1). 285–285.

Hirata, Yusuke, et al.. (2024). Industrially produced <i>trans</i>-fatty acids are potent promoters of DNA damage-induced apoptosis. The Journal of Toxicological Sciences. 49(1). 27–36. 5 indexed citations

Hirata, Yusuke, et al.. (2024). The E3 Ubiquitin Protein Ligase LINCR Amplifies the TLR-Mediated Signals through Direct Degradation of MKP1. Cells. 13(8). 687–687. 3 indexed citations

Inoue, Aya, et al.. (2024). The NLRP3 Inflammasome Is a Major Cause of Acute Renal Failure Induced by Polypeptide Antibiotics. The Journal of Immunology. 212(11). 1807–1818. 6 indexed citations

Noguchi, Takuya, Ryo Ito, Aya Inoue, et al.. (2024). Aggregability of the SQSTM1/p62-based aggresome-like induced structures determines the sensitivity to parthanatos. Cell Death Discovery. 10(1). 74–74. 2 indexed citations

Sakai, Kosuke, Hiroaki Nishimura, Satoshi Kikuchi, et al.. (2023). Impact of Locoregional Therapies for Brain Lesions on Survival in Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer With Multiple Extrathoracic Metastases. Anticancer Research. 43(11). 5107–5114. 1 indexed citations

Hirata, Yusuke, Ruiqi Cai, Allen Volchuk, et al.. (2023). Lipid peroxidation increases membrane tension, Piezo1 gating, and cation permeability to execute ferroptosis. Current Biology. 33(7). 1282–1294.e5. 149 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hirata, Yusuke, et al.. (2023). A comprehensive toxicological analysis of trans-fatty acids (TFAs) reveals a pro-apoptotic action specific to industrial TFAs counteracted by polyunsaturated FAs. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 5883–5883. 9 indexed citations

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Noguchi, Takuya, et al.. (2021). Gefitinib initiates sterile inflammation by promoting IL-1β and HMGB1 release via two distinct mechanisms. Cell Death and Disease. 12(1). 49–49. 38 indexed citations

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Funato, Yosuke, Atsushi Yoshida, Yusuke Hirata, et al.. (2020). The Oncogenic PRL Protein Causes Acid Addiction of Cells by Stimulating Lysosomal Exocytosis. Developmental Cell. 55(4). 387–397.e8. 31 indexed citations

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Hirata, Yusuke, Aya Inoue, Miki Takahashi, et al.. (2020). trans-Fatty acids facilitate DNA damage-induced apoptosis through the mitochondrial JNK-Sab-ROS positive feedback loop. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 2743–2743. 32 indexed citations

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Noguchi, Takuya, et al.. (2019). Pro-caspase-3 protects cells from polymyxin B-induced cytotoxicity by preventing ROS accumulation. The Journal of Antibiotics. 72(11). 848–852. 16 indexed citations

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Sakai, Kosuke, Hiroaki Nishimura, Yumiko Kobayashi, et al.. (2019). Validation of prognostic impact of number of extrathoracic metastases according to the eighth TNM classification: a single-institution retrospective study in Japan. International Journal of Clinical Oncology. 24(12). 1549–1557. 4 indexed citations

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Hirata, Yusuke, Miki Takahashi, Kuniyuki Kano, et al.. (2017). trans-Fatty acids promote proinflammatory signaling and cell death by stimulating the apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1)-p38 pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(20). 8174–8185. 43 indexed citations

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Hirata, Yusuke, Kosuke Sakai, Yuriko Saito, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of pulmonary function using single-breath-hold dual-energy computed tomography with xenon. Medicine. 96(3). e5937–e5937. 7 indexed citations

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Hirata, Yusuke, Yosuke Funato, & Hiroaki Miki. (2014). Basolateral sorting of the Mg2+ transporter CNNM4 requires interaction with AP-1A and AP-1B. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 455(3-4). 184–189. 10 indexed citations

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Hirata, Yusuke, et al.. (2001). An Epidemiological Study for Fungus Isolation during the Twenty-five Year Periods from 1976 to 2000 in Kitasato University Hospital. Kansenshogaku zasshi. 75(10). 863–869. 3 indexed citations

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Hirata, Yusuke, Y Matsukado, Yosuke Mihara, et al.. (1985). Occlusion of the internal carotid artery after radiation therapy for the chiasmal lesion. Acta Neurochirurgica. 74(3-4). 141–147. 35 indexed citations

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