Yuuki Imai

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Yuuki Imai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuuki Imai has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Oncology and 20 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yuuki Imai's work include Bone Metabolism and Diseases (36 papers), Bone health and treatments (20 papers) and Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (14 papers). Yuuki Imai is often cited by papers focused on Bone Metabolism and Diseases (36 papers), Bone health and treatments (20 papers) and Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (14 papers). Yuuki Imai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Yuuki Imai's co-authors include Kunio Takaoka, Shigeaki Kato, Jun Kanno, Katsuhide Igarashi, Kazuki Inoue, Takahiro Μatsumoto, Myles Brown, Hiroshi Takayanagi, Takashi Nakamura and Shu Takeda and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Yuuki Imai

118 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Estrogen Prevents Bone Loss via Estrogen Receptor α and Induction of Fas Ligand in Osteoclasts

2007 777 citations Takashi Nakamura, Yuuki Imai et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuuki Imai Japan	32	2.5k	1.1k	677	511	500	125	4.0k
Baruch Frenkel United States	41	3.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	851 1.3×	611 1.2×	522 1.0×	89	4.9k
Edith Bonnelye France	32	1.9k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	742 1.1×	540 1.1×	420 0.8×	58	3.8k
Ryoko Okamoto United States	20	3.8k 1.5×	1.5k 1.4×	660 1.0×	745 1.5×	374 0.7×	33	5.4k
Baojie Li China	39	2.9k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	386 0.6×	573 1.1×	222 0.4×	121	4.4k
Zhenqiang Yao United States	30	2.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	507 0.7×	759 1.5×	679 1.4×	48	4.0k
Malayannan Subramaniam United States	43	3.5k 1.4×	1.2k 1.1×	1.4k 2.1×	618 1.2×	462 0.9×	124	6.0k
Florian Otto Germany	24	3.1k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	581 0.9×	814 1.6×	260 0.5×	35	4.9k
Gabriel Mbalaviele United States	35	2.7k 1.1×	816 0.8×	302 0.4×	499 1.0×	287 0.6×	78	4.2k
Su‐Li Cheng United States	32	2.4k 1.0×	682 0.6×	732 1.1×	274 0.5×	351 0.7×	53	4.4k
Jae‐Hyuck Shim United States	34	3.0k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	447 0.7×	1.1k 2.2×	328 0.7×	77	5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yuuki Imai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuuki Imai

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Yamashita, Michiko, et al.. (2025). Aromatase in adipose tissue exerts an osteoprotective function in male mice via phosphate regulation. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 41(3). 324–335.

Takahashi, Masatomo, et al.. (2025). Dnmt1 determines bone length by regulating energy metabolism of growth plate chondrocytes. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9492–9492.

Sakai, Hiroshi, Iori Sakakibara, Akiyoshi Uezumi, et al.. (2024). Epidermal growth factor receptor contributes to indirect regulation of skeletal muscle mass by androgen. Endocrine Journal. 72(3). 259–272.

Yoshida, Shuhei, et al.. (2024). Bub1 suppresses inflammatory arthritis–associated bone loss in mice through inhibition of TNFα–mediated osteoclastogenesis. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 39(3). 341–356. 6 indexed citations

Tano, Y., Yuuki Imai, Yoshiaki Norimatsu, et al.. (2024). The H3K9 demethylase plant homeodomain finger protein 2 regulates interleukin 4 production in CD4+ T cells. Cytokine. 175. 156506–156506. 2 indexed citations

Nakata, Takahiro, et al.. (2022). Effect of hormonal therapy on the otoconial changes caused by estrogen deficiency. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 22596–22596. 2 indexed citations

Haraguchi, Ryuma, Riko Kitazawa, Yukihiro Kohara, Yuuki Imai, & Sohei Kitazawa. (2022). Novel animal model of soft tissue tumor due to aberrant hedgehog signaling activation in pericyte lineage. Cell and Tissue Research. 388(1). 63–73. 2 indexed citations

Xia, Yuhan, et al.. (2021). Histone H3K27 demethylase, Utx, regulates osteoblast-to-osteocyte differentiation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 590. 132–138. 9 indexed citations

Yamada, Takeshi, Junpei Suzuki, Kazuki Inoue, et al.. (2019). Histone H3K27 Demethylase Negatively Controls the Memory Formation of Antigen-Stimulated CD8+ T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 202(4). 1088–1098. 13 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Hirotaka, Chikako Takahashi, Shuhei Yoshida, et al.. (2019). The E3 ubiquitin ligase MIB2 enhances inflammation by degrading the deubiquitinating enzyme CYLD. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(38). 14135–14148. 24 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Junpei, Takeshi Yamada, Kazuki Inoue, et al.. (2018). The tumor suppressor menin prevents effector CD8 T-cell dysfunction by targeting mTORC1-dependent metabolic activation. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3296–3296. 64 indexed citations

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Oshima, Yusuke, et al.. (2018). Raman Spectroscopic Analysis to Detect Reduced Bone Quality after Sciatic Neurectomy in Mice. Molecules. 23(12). 3081–3081. 40 indexed citations

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Omata, Yasunori, Shinya Nakamura, Takuma Koyama, et al.. (2016). Identification of Nedd9 as a TGF-β-Smad2/3 Target Gene Involved in RANKL-Induced Osteoclastogenesis by Comprehensive Analysis. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0157992–e0157992. 7 indexed citations

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Imai, Yuuki. (2014). [Bone metabolism by sex hormones and gonadotropins].. PubMed. 24(6). 815–9. 5 indexed citations

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Imai, Yuuki. (2010). Osteoprotective action of estrogens is mediated by osteoclastic estrogen receptor α.. Molecular Endocrinology. 24. 1 indexed citations

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Imai, Yuuki, Shino Kondoh, Takashi Nakamura, et al.. (2009). Estrogens Maintain Bone Mass by Regulating Expression of Genes Controlling Function and Life Span in Mature Osteoclasts. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1173(s1). E31–9. 77 indexed citations

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Asagiri, Masataka, Toshitake Hirai, Toshihiro Kunigami, et al.. (2008). Cathepsin K-Dependent Toll-Like Receptor 9 Signaling Revealed in Experimental Arthritis. Science. 319(5863). 624–627. 290 indexed citations

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Ohta, Yoichi, Keisuke Nakagawa, Yuuki Imai, et al.. (2008). Cyclic AMP enhances Smad-mediated BMP signaling through PKA-CREB pathway. Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism. 26(5). 478–484. 39 indexed citations

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Nakagawa, Keisuke, Yuuki Imai, Yoichi Ohta, & Kunio Takaoka. (2007). Prostaglandin E2 EP4 agonist (ONO-4819) accelerates BMP-induced osteoblastic differentiation. Bone. 41(4). 543–548. 38 indexed citations

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Imai, Yuuki & Kunio Takaoka. (2005). [BMP (bone morphogenetic protein)].. PubMed. 63 Suppl 8. 815–7. 1 indexed citations

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