Yusuke Oku

948 total citations
19 papers, 741 citations indexed

About

Yusuke Oku is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yusuke Oku has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 741 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Yusuke Oku's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (4 papers), Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (4 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (3 papers). Yusuke Oku is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (4 papers), Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (4 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (3 papers). Yusuke Oku collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and Italy. Yusuke Oku's co-authors include Kazuhisa Sekimizu, Kenji Kurokawa, Naoyuki Nishiya, Yoshimasa Uehara, Norikazu Ichihashi, Miki Matsuo, Sakuo Yamada, Bok‐Luel Lee, Yasufumi Yamamoto and Tomoyuki Tanaka and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Nature Cell Biology and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Yusuke Oku

17 papers receiving 735 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yusuke Oku Japan 12 484 305 98 73 70 19 741
Keehwan Kwon United States 20 668 1.4× 280 0.9× 74 0.8× 107 1.5× 42 0.6× 39 1.1k
Hongjing Qu United States 10 694 1.4× 172 0.6× 123 1.3× 71 1.0× 47 0.7× 14 1000
Christopher Aquino United States 11 389 0.8× 140 0.5× 48 0.5× 54 0.7× 33 0.5× 13 695
Jasna Ćurak Canada 10 484 1.0× 100 0.3× 123 1.3× 81 1.1× 65 0.9× 10 789
Donald E. Awrey Canada 16 653 1.3× 137 0.4× 77 0.8× 110 1.5× 35 0.5× 17 912
Lalitha Guruprasad India 15 520 1.1× 84 0.3× 105 1.1× 35 0.5× 61 0.9× 38 724
Hannes Loferer Switzerland 17 737 1.5× 124 0.4× 60 0.6× 234 3.2× 85 1.2× 30 1.0k
Nancy Su United States 9 576 1.2× 97 0.3× 43 0.4× 168 2.3× 40 0.6× 13 840
Tam Dang United States 14 588 1.2× 74 0.2× 61 0.6× 40 0.5× 84 1.2× 31 956
Nien‐Jen Hu Taiwan 14 471 1.0× 49 0.2× 66 0.7× 98 1.3× 41 0.6× 33 742

Countries citing papers authored by Yusuke Oku

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yusuke Oku

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yusuke Oku

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yusuke Oku. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yusuke Oku based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Yusuke Oku. Yusuke Oku is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Murakami, Yoko, Kouhei Hashizume, Yusuke Oku, et al.. (2024). Inhibition of Connective Tissue Growth Factor Expression in Adult Retinal Pigment Epithelial-19 Cells by Blocking Yes-Associated Protein/Transcriptional Coactivator with PDZ-Binding Motif Activity. Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 40(4). 246–252.
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Oku, Yusuke, Federica Madia, Pierre Lau, et al.. (2022). Analyses of Transcriptomics Cell Signalling for Pre-Screening Applications in the Integrated Approach for Testing and Assessment of Non-Genotoxic Carcinogens. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(21). 12718–12718. 10 indexed citations
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Fukuda, Tsutomu, Kentaro Yamashita, Fumito Ishibashi, et al.. (2021). Synthesis and evaluation of azalamellarin N and its A-ring-modified analogues as non-covalent inhibitors of the EGFR T790M/L858R mutant. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 34. 116039–116039. 9 indexed citations
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Nishiya, Naoyuki, Yusuke Oku, Chie Ishikawa, et al.. (2021). Lamellarin 14, a derivative of marine alkaloids, inhibits the T790M/C797S mutant epidermal growth factor receptor. Cancer Science. 112(5). 1963–1974. 17 indexed citations
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Shimizu, Yui, et al.. (2018). Clotrimazole inhibits the Wnt/β-catenin pathway by activating two eIF2α kinases: The heme-regulated translational inhibitor and the double-stranded RNA-induced protein kinase. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 506(1). 183–188. 3 indexed citations
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Oku, Yusuke, et al.. (2018). Sensitisation of Cancer Cells to MLN8237, an Aurora-A Inhibitor, by YAP/TAZ Inactivation. Anticancer Research. 38(6). 3471–3476. 7 indexed citations
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Fukuda, Tsutomu, Xiang Gao, Yuki Yoshida, et al.. (2017). Design, synthesis, and evaluation of A-ring-modified lamellarin N analogues as noncovalent inhibitors of the EGFR T790M/L858R mutant. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 25(24). 6563–6580. 22 indexed citations
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Nishiya, Naoyuki, Yusuke Oku, Yuki Sato, et al.. (2014). A Zebrafish Chemical Suppressor Screening Identifies Small Molecule Inhibitors of the Wnt/β-catenin Pathway. Chemistry & Biology. 21(4). 530–540. 30 indexed citations
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Oku, Yusuke, et al.. (2014). Multimodal Effects of Small Molecule ROCK and LIMK Inhibitors on Mitosis, and Their Implication as Anti-Leukemia Agents. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e92402–e92402. 20 indexed citations
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Sato, Yuji, Yusuke Oku, & Masanori Fukuda. (2014). Applying GA with local search by taking hamming distances into consideration to credit erasure processing problems. 1183–1190. 1 indexed citations
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Oku, Yusuke, et al.. (2012). A Case of Lingual Thyroid Resected by a Lateral Pharyngotomy Approach. Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica. 105(8). 773–778.
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Bock, Lucy J., Cinzia Pagliuca, Norihiko Kobayashi, et al.. (2012). Cnn1 inhibits the interactions between the KMN complexes of the yeast kinetochore. Nature Cell Biology. 14(6). 614–624. 82 indexed citations
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Maure, Jean-François, Shinya Komoto, Yusuke Oku, et al.. (2011). The Ndc80 Loop Region Facilitates Formation of Kinetochore Attachment to the Dynamic Microtubule Plus End. Current Biology. 21(3). 207–213. 74 indexed citations
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Oku, Yusuke, Kenji Kurokawa, Miki Matsuo, et al.. (2008). Pleiotropic Roles of Polyglycerolphosphate Synthase of Lipoteichoic Acid in Growth of Staphylococcus aureus Cells. Journal of Bacteriology. 191(1). 141–151. 135 indexed citations
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Morimoto, Yoshiharu, et al.. (2007). High oxygen atmosphere improves human follicle development in organ cultures of ovarian cortical tissues in vitro. Human Reproduction. 22(12). 3170–3177. 21 indexed citations
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Oku, Yusuke, Akashi Ohtaki, S. Kamitori, et al.. (2004). Structure and direct electrochemistry of cytochrome P450 from the thermoacidophilic crenarchaeon, Sulfolobus tokodaii strain 7. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 98(7). 1194–1199. 38 indexed citations
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Oku, Yusuke, Kenji Kurokawa, Norikazu Ichihashi, & Kazuhisa Sekimizu. (2003). Characterization of the Staphylococcus aureus mprF gene, involved in lysinylation of phosphatidylglycerol. Microbiology. 150(1). 45–51. 104 indexed citations

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