Morio Ueno

7.9k citations

103 papers · 5.5k · 2 hit papers · h-index 28

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Ophthalmology top 0.5%
- Glaucoma and retinal disorders
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 0.5%
- Corneal surgery and disorders
- Corneal Surgery and Treatments

Papers in

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 63
- Corneal surgery and disorders 54
- Corneal Surgery and Treatments 42
Ophthalmology 43
- Glaucoma and retinal disorders 39
- Retinal Diseases and Treatments 10

Co-authors: Shigeru Kinoshita (80 shared papers)Junji Hamuro (41 shared papers)Noriko Koizumi (20 shared papers)Naoki Okumura (18 shared papers)Yoshiki Sasai (6 shared papers)Michiru Matsumura (5 shared papers)Keiko Muguruma (3 shared papers)Ayaka Nishiyama (2 shared papers)
Journals: Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (28 papers)Scientific Reports (6 papers)Cornea (6 papers)Colloid & Polymer Science (4 papers)Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology (4 papers)
Partner nations: Japan United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Morio Ueno

101 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Morio Ueno's Hit Papers

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Injection of Cultured Cells with a ROCK Inhibitor for Bullous Keratopathy 2018 · 354 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 New England Journal of Medicine
2007 Nature Biotechnology

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1	A ROCK inhibitor permits survival of dissociated human embryonic stem cells Nature Biotechnology ·Kiichi Watanabe, Morio Ueno, Daisuke KAMIYA, Ayaka Nishiyama, Michiru Matsumura, Takafumi Wataya, Jun Takahashi, Satomi Nishikawa, Shin‐Ichi Nishikawa, Keiko Muguruma, Yoshiki Sasai Hit paper breakdown →	2007	1598
2	Injection of Cultured Cells with a ROCK Inhibitor for Bullous Keratopathy New England Journal of Medicine ·Shigeru Kinoshita, Noriko Koizumi, Morio Ueno, Naoki Okumura, Kojiro Imai, Hiroshi Tanaka, Yuji Yamamoto, Takahiro Nakamura, Tsutomu Inatomi, John Bush, Munetoyo Toda, Michio Hagiya, Isao Yokota, Satoshi Teramukai, Chie Sotozono, Junji Hamuro Hit paper breakdown →	2018	354
3	Molecular Pathway and Cell State Responsible for Dissociation-Induced Apoptosis in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Cell stem cell ·Masatoshi Ohgushi, Michiru Matsumura, Mototsugu Eiraku, Kazuhiro Murakami, Toshihiro Aramaki, Ayaka Nishiyama, Keiko Muguruma, Tokushige Nakano, Hidetaka Suga, Morio Ueno, Toshimasa Ishizaki, Hirofumi Suemori, Shuh Narumiya, Hitoshi Niwa, Yoshiki Sasai	2010	336
4	Development of a novel systemic gene delivery system for cancer therapy with a tumor-specific cleavable PEG-lipid Gene Therapy ·Hiroto Hatakeyama, Hidetaka Akita, Kentaro Kogure, Motoi Oishi, Yukio Nagasaki, Yoshitaka Kihira, Morio Ueno, H. Kobayashi, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Hideyoshi Harashima	2006	327
5	Enhancement on Primate Corneal Endothelial Cell Survival In Vitro by a ROCK Inhibitor Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Naoki Okumura, Morio Ueno, Noriko Koizumi, Yuji Sakamoto, K. Hirata, Junji Hamuro, Shigeru Kinoshita	2009	233
6	ROCK Inhibitor Converts Corneal Endothelial Cells into a Phenotype Capable of Regenerating In Vivo Endothelial Tissue American Journal Of Pathology ·Naoki Okumura, Noriko Koizumi, Morio Ueno, Yuji Sakamoto, Hiroaki Takahashi, Hideaki Tsuchiya, Junji Hamuro, Shigeru Kinoshita	2012	208
7	The ROCK Inhibitor Eye Drop Accelerates Corneal Endothelium Wound Healing Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Naoki Okumura, Noriko Koizumi, EunDuck P. Kay, Morio Ueno, Yuji Sakamoto, Shinichiro Nakamura, Junji Hamuro, Shigeru Kinoshita	2013	187
8	Octaarginine-modified multifunctional envelope-type nanoparticles for gene delivery Gene Therapy ·Ikramy A. Khalil, Kentaro Kogure, Shiroh Futaki, Susumu Hama, Hidetaka Akita, Morio Ueno, Haruo Kishida, Masafumi Kudoh, Yuji Mishina, Ken Kataoka, Mitsuo Yamada, Hideyoshi Harashima	2007	153
9	Derivation of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells from Pluripotent Stem Cells through a Neural Crest Lineage using Small Molecule Compounds with Defined Media PLoS ONE ·Fukuta Makoto, Yoshinori Nakai, Kosuke Kirino, Masato Nakagawa, Kazuya Sekiguchi, Sanae Nagata, Yoshihisa Matsumoto, Takuya Yamamoto, Katsutsugu Umeda, Toshio Heike, Naoki Okumura, Noriko Koizumi, Takahiko Sato, Tatsutoshi Nakahata, Megumu K. Saito, Takanobu Otsuka, Shigeru Kinoshita, Morio Ueno, Makoto Ikeya, Junya Toguchida	2014	138
10	Rho kinase inhibitor enables cell-based therapy for corneal endothelial dysfunction Scientific Reports ·Naoki Okumura, Yuji Sakamoto, Keita Fujii, Junji Kitano, Shinichiro Nakano, Yuki Tsujimoto, Shin-ichiro Nakamura, Morio Ueno, Michio Hagiya, Junji Hamuro, Akifumi Matsuyama, Shingo Suzuki, Takashi Shiina, Shigeru Kinoshita, Noriko Koizumi	2016	136
11	Enhancement of corneal endothelium wound healing by Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) inhibitor eye drops British Journal of Ophthalmology ·Naoki Okumura, Noriko Koizumi, Morio Ueno, Yuji Sakamoto, Hiroaki Takahashi, K. Hirata, Ryuzo Torii, Junji Hamuro, Shigeru Kinoshita	2011	136
12	Rho-Associated Kinase Inhibitor Eye Drop Treatment as a Possible Medical Treatment for Fuchs Corneal Dystrophy Cornea ·Noriko Koizumi, Naoki Okumura, Morio Ueno, Hiroko Nakagawa, Junji Hamuro, Shigeru Kinoshita	2013	109
13	Five-Year Follow-up of First 11 Patients Undergoing Injection of Cultured Corneal Endothelial Cells for Corneal Endothelial Failure Ophthalmology ·Kohsaku Numa, Kojiro Imai, Morio Ueno, Koji Kitazawa, Hiroshi Tanaka, John Bush, Satoshi Teramukai, Naoki Okumura, Noriko Koizumi, Junji Hamuro, Chie Sotozono, Shigeru Kinoshita	2020	95
14	Involvement of Cyclin D and p27 in Cell Proliferation Mediated by ROCK Inhibitors Y-27632 and Y-39983 During Corneal Endothelium Wound Healing Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Naoki Okumura, Shinichiro Nakano, EunDuck P. Kay, Ryohei Numata, Aya Ota, Yoshihiro Sowa, Toshiyuki Sakai, Morio Ueno, Shigeru Kinoshita, Noriko Koizumi	2013	94
15	New Therapeutic Modality for Corneal Endothelial Disease Using Rho-Associated Kinase Inhibitor Eye Drops Cornea ·Noriko Koizumi, Naoki Okumura, Morio Ueno, Shigeru Kinoshita	2014	77
16	Common Variants in CDKN2B-AS1 Associated with Optic-Nerve Vulnerability of Glaucoma Identified by Genome-Wide Association Studies in Japanese PLoS ONE ·Masakazu Nakano, Yoko Ikeda, Yuichi Tokuda, Masahiro Fuwa, Natsue Omi, Morio Ueno, Kojiro Imai, Hiroko Adachi, Masaaki Kageyama, Kazuhiko Mori, Shigeru Kinoshita, Kei Tashiro	2012	68
17	Neural conversion of ES cells by an inductive activity on human amniotic membrane matrix Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Morio Ueno, Michiru Matsumura, Kiichi Watanabe, Takahiro Nakamura, Fumitaka Osakada, Masayo Takahashi, Hiroshi Kawasaki, Shigeru Kinoshita, Yoshiki Sasai	2006	64
18	The New Therapeutic Concept of Using a Rho Kinase Inhibitor for the Treatment of Corneal Endothelial Dysfunction Cornea ·Naoki Okumura, Noriko Koizumi, Morio Ueno, Yuji Sakamoto, Hiroaki Takahashi, Junji Hamuro, Shigeru Kinoshita	2011	59
19	OVOL2 Maintains the Transcriptional Program of Human Corneal Epithelium by Suppressing Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Cell Reports ·Koji Kitazawa, Takafusa Hikichi, Takahiro Nakamura, Kanae Mitsunaga, Azusa Tanaka, Masahiro Nakamura, Tatsuya Yamakawa, Shiori Furukawa, Mieko Takasaka, Naoki Goshima, Akira Watanabe, Keisuke Okita, Satoshi Kawasaki, Morio Ueno, Shigeru Kinoshita, Shinji Masui	2016	58
20	Cell Surface Markers of Functional Phenotypic Corneal Endothelial Cells Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Naoki Okumura, Hiroatsu Hirano, Ryohei Numata, Makiko Nakahara, Morio Ueno, Junji Hamuro, Shigeru Kinoshita, Noriko Koizumi	2014	55

About Morio Ueno

Morio Ueno is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Ophthalmology, Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Surgery, having authored 103 papers that have together received 5.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Corneal surgery and disorders (54 papers), Corneal Surgery and Treatments (42 papers), Glaucoma and retinal disorders (39 papers), Ocular Surface and Contact Lens (12 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (10 papers), Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (7 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (7 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ophthalmology (1.2k citations), Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (2.2k citations), Molecular Biology (2.9k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (129 citations) and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (731 citations). Morio Ueno has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Shigeru Kinoshita, Junji Hamuro, Noriko Koizumi, Naoki Okumura, Yoshiki Sasai, Michiru Matsumura, Keiko Muguruma, Ayaka Nishiyama, Kiichi Watanabe and Takafumi Wataya. Their work appears in journals such as Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Scientific Reports, Cornea, Colloid & Polymer Science and Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology.

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