Mitsuo Oshimura

22.8k citations

432 papers · 19.2k · 1 hit paper · h-index 69

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Genetics top 0.5%
- Virus-based gene therapy research
- Animal Genetics and Reproduction
- Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
- Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
Geriatrics and Gerontology top 0.5%

Papers in

Genetics 153
- Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities 48
- Virus-based gene therapy research 47
- Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting 35
- Animal Genetics and Reproduction 32
Molecular Biology 129
- DNA Repair Mechanisms 27

Co-authors: Yasuhiro Kazuki (110 shared papers)J. Carl Barrett (28 shared papers)Toshiaki Inoue (31 shared papers)Avery A. Sandberg (12 shared papers)Hiroyuki Kugoh (45 shared papers)Mitsuhiko Osaki (29 shared papers)Akihiro Kurimasa (17 shared papers)Minoru Koi (10 shared papers)
Journals: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (21 papers)PLoS ONE (14 papers)Scientific Reports (13 papers)Genomics (12 papers)Molecular Carcinogenesis (9 papers)
Partner nations: Japan United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Mitsuo Oshimura

428 papers receiving 18.4k citations

Mitsuo Oshimura's Hit Papers

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Allogeneic transplantation of iPS cell-derived cardiomyocytes regenerates primate hearts 2016 · 641 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2016 Nature

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Mitsuo Oshimura, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Generation of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Neonatal Mouse Testis Cell ·Mito Kanatsu‐Shinohara, Kimiko Inoue, Jiyoung Lee, Momoko Yoshimoto, Narumi Ogonuki, Hiromi Miki, Shiro Baba, Takeo Kato	2004	661
2	Allogeneic transplantation of iPS cell-derived cardiomyocytes regenerates primate hearts Nature ·Yuji Shiba, Toshihito Gomibuchi, Tatsuichiro Seto, Yuko Wada, Hajime Ichimura, Yuki Tanaka, Tatsuki Ogasawara, Kenji Okada Hit paper breakdown →	2016	641
3	Dicer is essential for formation of the heterochromatin structure in vertebrate cells Nature Cell Biology ·Tatsuo Fukagawa, Masahiro Nogami, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Masashi Ikeno, Tuneko Okazaki, Yasunari Takami, Tatsuo Nakayama, Mitsuo Oshimura	2004	396
4	Dynamics of epigenetic regulation at the single-cell level Science ·Lacramioara Bintu, John Yong, Yaron E. Antebi, Kayla McCue, Yasuhiro Kazuki, Narumi Uno, Mitsuo Oshimura, Michael B. Elowitz	2016	334
5	Loss of imprinting of a paternally expressed transcript, with antisense orientation to K V LQT1, occurs frequently in Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome and is independent of insulin-like growth factor II imprinting Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Maxwell P. Lee, Michael Rutledge DeBaun, Kohzoh Mitsuya, Heidi L. Galonek, Sheri A. Brandenburg, Mitsuo Oshimura, Andrew P. Feinberg	1999	294
6	LRRTM1 on chromosome 2p12 is a maternally suppressed gene that is associated paternally with handedness and schizophrenia Molecular Psychiatry ·Clyde Francks, Shinji Maegawa, Juha Laurén, Brett S. Abrahams, Antonio Velayos‐Baeza, Sarah Elizabeth Medland, Stefano Colella, Matthias Groszer	2007	279
7	\nPositional cloning of the gene for Nijmegen breakage syndrome Radboud Repository (Radboud University) ·Shinya Matsuura, Hiroshi Tauchi, Asako Nakamura, Noriko Kondo, Shuichi Sakamoto, Satoru Endo, Dominique Smeets, Brigitte Sölder	1998	266
8	Telomere lengths are characteristic in each human individual Experimental Gerontology ·Kaiyo Takubo, Naotaka Izumiyama‐Shimomura, Naoko Honma, Motoji Sawabe, Tomio Arai, Motonobu Kato, Mitsuo Oshimura, Kenichi Nakamura	2002	253
9	Loss of the catalytic subunit of the DNA-dependent protein kinase in DNA double-strand-break-repair mutant mammalian cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Scott Peterson, Akihiro Kurimasa, Mitsuo Oshimura, William S. Dynan, E. Morton Bradbury, D.J. Chen	1995	252
10	FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF ABCG2 (BCRP) GENE POLYMORPHISMS TO PROTEIN EXPRESSION IN HUMAN PLACENTA Drug Metabolism and Disposition ·Daisuke Kobayashi, Ichiro Ieiri, Takeshi Hirota, Hiroshi Takane, Shinji Maegawa, Junzo Kigawa, Eiji Nanba, Mitsuo Oshimura	2004	239
11	Transplantation of Genetically Corrected Human iPSC-Derived Progenitors in Mice with Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Science Translational Medicine ·Francesco Saverio Tedesco, M Gerli, Laura Perani, Sara Benedetti, Federica Ungaro, Marco Cassano, Stefania Antonini, Enrico Tagliafico	2012	239
12	MicroRNA-143 Regulates Human Osteosarcoma Metastasis by Regulating Matrix Metalloprotease-13 Expression Molecular Therapy ·Mitsuhiko Osaki, Fumitaka Takeshita, Yui Sugimoto, Nobuyoshi Kosaka, Yusuke Yamamoto, Yusuke Yoshioka, Eisuke Kobayashi, Tesshi Yamada	2011	233
13	Chemically induced aneuploidy in mammalian cells: Mechanisms and biological significance in cancer Environmental Mutagenesis ·Mitsuo Oshimura, J. Carl Barrett	1986	225
14	Functional expression and germline atransmission of a human chromosome fragment in chimaeric mice Nature Genetics ·Kazuma Tomizuka, Hitoshi Yoshida, Hiroshi Uejima, Hiroyuki Kugoh, Kaoru Sato, Atsuko Ohguma, Michiko Hayasaka, Kazunori Hanaoka	1997	223
15	Proteomics-based identification of differentially expressed genes in human gliomas: down-regulation of SIRT2 gene Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Masaharu Hiratsuka, Toshiaki Inoue, Tosifusa Toda, Narimichi Kimura, Yasuaki Shirayoshi, Hideki Kamitani, Takashi Watanabe, Eisaku Ohama	2003	223
16	Complete Genetic Correction of iPS Cells From Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Molecular Therapy ·Yasuhiro Kazuki, Masaharu Hiratsuka, Masato Takiguchi, Mitsuhiko Osaki, Naoyo Kajitani, Hidetoshi Hoshiya, Kei Hiramatsu, Toko Yoshino	2009	216
17	CTCF-Dependent Chromatin Insulator Is Linked to Epigenetic Remodeling Molecular Cell ·Ko Ishihara, Mitsuo Oshimura, Mitsuyoshi Nakao	2006	213
18	SIRT2, a tubulin deacetylase, acts to block the entry to chromosome condensation in response to mitotic stress Oncogene ·Toshiaki Inoue, Mitsuhiko Osaki, Hiroshi Y. Yamada, Itsuko Kishimoto, Shigeyuki Yamaguchi, M Katoh, Hisao Ito, Mitsuo Oshimura +2 others	2006	207
19	Genetic and epigenetic properties of mouse male germline stem cells during long-term culture Development ·Mito Kanatsu‐Shinohara, Narumi Ogonuki, Tomohiko Iwano, Jiyoung Lee, Yasuhiro Kazuki, Kimiko Inoue, Hiromi Miki, Masanori Takehashi	2005	202
20	The Molecular Biology of Mammalian SIRT Proteins: SIRT2 Functions on Cell Cycle Regulation Cell Cycle ·Toshiaki Inoue, Masaharu Hiratsuka, Mitsuhiko Osaki, Mitsuo Oshimura	2007	177

About Mitsuo Oshimura

Mitsuo Oshimura is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Oncology and Pharmacology, having authored 432 papers that have together received 19.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (53 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (48 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (47 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (35 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (32 papers), Animal Genetics and Reproduction (32 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (27 papers) and Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (21 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (4.6k citations), Geriatrics and Gerontology (521 citations), Cancer Research (1.5k citations), Molecular Biology (6.6k citations) and Aging (122 citations). Mitsuo Oshimura has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Yasuhiro Kazuki, J. Carl Barrett, Toshiaki Inoue, Avery A. Sandberg, Hiroyuki Kugoh, Mitsuhiko Osaki, Akihiro Kurimasa, Minoru Koi, Masaharu Hiratsuka and J. Carl Barrett. Their work appears in journals such as Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports, Genomics and Molecular Carcinogenesis.

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