Yuuki Morimoto

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Yuuki Morimoto is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuuki Morimoto has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Surgery and 4 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Yuuki Morimoto's work include Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (4 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (4 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (3 papers). Yuuki Morimoto is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (4 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (4 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (3 papers). Yuuki Morimoto collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. Yuuki Morimoto's co-authors include Shosaku Numa, Masaharu Noda, Seiichi Inayama, Hideo Takahashi, Tadaaki Hirose, Michiko Asai, Yasuji Furutani, Shigetada Nakanishi, Hitoshi Kakidani and Takeshi Shimomura and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications and FEBS Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yuuki Morimoto

28 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA for porcine β-neo-endorphin/dynorphin precursor

1982 634 citations Hitoshi Kakidani, Yasuji Furutani et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuuki Morimoto Japan	15	1.2k	801	265	247	174	28	1.9k
Akihiko Mishima Japan	4	964 0.8×	389 0.5×	115 0.4×	84 0.3×	185 1.1×	7	1.6k
Yasuhide Miyamoto Japan	28	1.1k 0.9×	407 0.5×	211 0.8×	319 1.3×	336 1.9×	60	2.7k
Brian J. Knoll United States	31	1.7k 1.4×	589 0.7×	32 0.1×	129 0.5×	513 2.9×	60	2.4k
Ueli Schibler Switzerland	10	1.6k 1.3×	230 0.3×	158 0.6×	413 1.7×	694 4.0×	11	3.3k
Kim S. Sugamori Canada	18	664 0.5×	518 0.6×	83 0.3×	91 0.4×	54 0.3×	48	1.3k
H Stukenbrok United States	18	1.5k 1.2×	513 0.6×	55 0.2×	401 1.6×	538 3.1×	22	2.6k
Vadim Iourgenko United States	13	898 0.7×	196 0.2×	67 0.3×	98 0.4×	185 1.1×	14	1.5k
Arnaud Nicot France	28	908 0.7×	715 0.9×	11 0.0×	118 0.5×	125 0.7×	51	1.9k
Cory Abate United States	16	2.0k 1.6×	347 0.4×	20 0.1×	78 0.3×	260 1.5×	16	2.7k
K. Naito Japan	6	980 0.8×	446 0.6×	19 0.1×	88 0.4×	186 1.1×	14	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuuki Morimoto

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yuuki Morimoto. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yuuki Morimoto 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 Yuuki Morimoto. Yuuki Morimoto is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Takahashi, Tetsuyuki, et al.. (2019). Inhibition of EP2/EP4 prostanoid receptor-mediated signaling suppresses IGF-1-induced proliferation of pancreatic cancer BxPC-3 cells via upregulating γ-glutamyl cyclotransferase expression. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 516(2). 388–396. 8 indexed citations

Ogawa, Hirohisa, Masahiko Azuma, Takaaki Tsunematsu, et al.. (2018). Neutrophils induce smooth muscle hyperplasia via neutrophil elastase‐induced FGF‐2 in a mouse model of asthma with mixed inflammation. Clinical & Experimental Allergy. 48(12). 1715–1725. 24 indexed citations

Hishida, Asahi, Yoshinaga Okugawa, Yuuki Morimoto, et al.. (2017). Clinical Impact of the AKT1 rs1130233 SNP in Japanese Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients with Palliative Care. Journal of Palliative Care & Medicine. 7(4). 1 indexed citations

Ueki, Toru, Motowo Mizuno, Tsuneyoshi Ogawa, et al.. (2010). Carbon dioxide insufflation is useful for obtaining clear images of the bile duct during peroral cholangioscopy (with video). Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 71(6). 1046–1051. 19 indexed citations

Mohri, Yasuhiko, Hitoshi Tonouchi, Koji Tanaka, et al.. (2007). Ultrasonically Activated Shears in Gastrectomy for Large Gastric Cancers. Surgery Today. 37(12). 1060–1063. 8 indexed citations

Suetake, Isao, et al.. (2006). Stimulation Effect of Dnmt3L on the DNA Methylation Activity of Dnmt3a2. The Journal of Biochemistry. 140(4). 553–559. 21 indexed citations

Ohi, Masaki, et al.. (2005). A Case of G-CSF-producing Metastatic Gastric Cancer from Lung Carcinoma. The Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery. 38(6). 620–625. 1 indexed citations

Shimomura, Takeshi, Keiji Miyazawa, Yutaka Komiyama, et al.. (1995). Activation of Hepatocyte Growth Factor by two Homologous Proteases, Blood-Coagulation Factor XIIa and Hepatocyte Growth Factor Activator. European Journal of Biochemistry. 229(1). 257–261. 112 indexed citations

Yamagishi, Masahiro, et al.. (1995). Purification and Characterization of Cycloinulooligosaccharide Fructanotransferase (CFTase) fromBacillus circulansMCI-2554. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 59(1). 31–34. 12 indexed citations

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Ueda, Makoto, et al.. (1994). Purification of Inulin Fructotransferase (DFA I-producing) fromArthrobacterMCI2493 and Production of DFA I from Inulin by the Enzyme. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 58(3). 574–575. 14 indexed citations

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Saku, Keijiro, Rui Liu, Huai Bai, et al.. (1993). In vivo conversion of recombinant human proapolipoprotein AI (rh-Met-proapo AI) to apolipoprotein AI in rabbits. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism. 1167(3). 257–263. 17 indexed citations

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Morimoto, Yuuki, et al.. (1993). High-level production and secretion of a mouse-human chimeric Fab fragment with specificity to human carcino embryonic antigen in Escherichia coli. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 38(6). 770–775. 12 indexed citations

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Morimoto, Yuuki, et al.. (1993). High level production of human proapo A-I by fed-batch culture of recombinant Escherichia coli. Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering. 75(2). 155–157. 10 indexed citations

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Tashiro, Jun, Kohji Shirai, Yasushi Saito, et al.. (1992). Effects of substitutions of glycine and asparagine for serine¹³² on activity and binding of human lipoprotein lipase to very low density lipoproteins. FEBS Letters. 298(1). 36–38. 4 indexed citations

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Tashiro, Jun, Junji Kobayashi, Kohji Shirai, et al.. (1992). Trypsin Treatment May Impair the Interfacial Activation Action of Lipoprotein Lipase1. The Journal of Biochemistry. 111(4). 509–514. 4 indexed citations

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Shimomura, Takeshi, Masanori Ochiai, Jun Kondo, & Yuuki Morimoto. (1992). A novel protease obtained from FBS-containing culture supernatant, that processes single chain form hepatocyte growth factor to two chain form in serum-free culture. Cytotechnology. 8(3). 219–229. 78 indexed citations

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Okazaki, H, Jun Kondo, S. Murayama, et al.. (1991). High-level secretion of human apolipoprotein E produced in Escherichia coli: use of a secretion plasmid containing tandemly polymerized ompF-hybrid gene. Journal of Biotechnology. 17(2). 109–120. 11 indexed citations

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Mishina, Masayoshi, Takamasa Tobimatsu, Keiji Imoto, et al.. (1985). Location of functional regions of acetylcholine receptor α-subunit by site-directed mutagenesis. Nature. 313(6001). 364–369. 308 indexed citations

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Mishina, Masayoshi, Tomohiro Kurosaki, Takamasa Tobimatsu, et al.. (1984). Expression of functional acetylcholine receptor from cloned cDNAs. Nature. 307(5952). 604–608. 285 indexed citations

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Kakidani, Hitoshi, Yasuji Furutani, Hideo Takahashi, et al.. (1982). Cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA for porcine β-neo-endorphin/dynorphin precursor. Nature. 298(5871). 245–249. 634 indexed citations breakdown →

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