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Akira Watanabe

Active 1955–2025

271
Papers
27,828
Citations
95
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Citations

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Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 2,789 citing papers, 25% of this breakdownJapan: 1,250 citing papers, 11.2% of this breakdownChina: 1,169 citing papers, 10.5% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 691 citing papers, 6.2% of this breakdownGermany: 622 citing papers, 5.6% of this breakdownFrance: 344 citing papers, 3.1% of this breakdownItaly: 308 citing papers, 2.7% of this breakdownCanada: 299 citing papers, 2.7% of this breakdownAustralia: 257 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownSpain: 251 citing papers, 2.2% of this breakdownNetherlands: 236 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownSouth Korea: 232 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdown
0%25%Other 24.3%

Institutions

Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology38.9%
  • Medicine35.6%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
  • Neuroscience5.1%
  • Immunology and Microbiology4.7%
  • Engineering2.2%
  • Other8.1%

Topics

  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research4.6%
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering3.3%
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies1.5%
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility1.3%
  • Respiratory viral infections research1.3%
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research1.2%
  • Other86.8%

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  1. Autologous Induced Stem-Cell–Derived Retinal Cells for Macular Degeneration

    Authors: Michiko Mandai, Akira Watanabe, Yasuo Kurimoto, Yasuhiko Hirami, Chikako Morinaga, Takashi Daimon, Masashi Fujihara, Hiroshi Akimaru, Noriko Sakai, Yumiko Shibata, Motoki Terada, Yui Nomiya, Shigeki Tanishima, Masahiro Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kamao, Sunao Sugita, Akishi Onishi, Tomoko Ito, Kanako Fujita, Shin Kawamata, Masahiro J. Go, Chikara Shinohara, Ken‐ichiro Hata, Masanori Sawada, Midori Yamamoto, Sachiko Ohta, Yasuo Ohara, Kenichi Yoshida, Junko Kuwahara, Yuko Kitano, Naoki Amano, Masafumi Umekage, Fumiyo Kitaoka, Azusa Tanaka, Chihiro Okada, Naoko Takasu, Seishi Ogawa, Shinya Yamanaka, Masayo Takahashi - New England Journal of Medicine 2017 cited by 1,527

  2. Baloxavir Marboxil for Uncomplicated Influenza in Adults and Adolescents

    Authors: Frederick G. Hayden, Norio Sugaya, Nobuo Hirotsu, Nelson Lee, Menno D. de Jong, Aeron C. Hurt, Tadashi Ishida, Hisakuni Sekino, Kota Yamada, Simon Portsmouth, Keiko Kawaguchi, Takao Shishido, Masatsugu Arai, Kenji J. Tsuchiya, Takeki Uehara, Akira Watanabe - New England Journal of Medicine 2018 cited by 929

  3. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Their Use in Human Models of Disease and Development

    Authors: Peter Karagiannis, Kazutoshi Takahashi, Megumu K. Saito, Yoshinori Yoshida, Keisuke Okita, Akira Watanabe, Haruhisa Inoue, Jun K. Yamashita, Masaya Todani, Masato Nakagawa, Mitsujiro Osawa, Yoshimi Yashiro, Shinya Yamanaka, Kenji Osafune - Physiological Reviews 2018 cited by 371

  4. Tumour-mediated upregulation of chemoattractants and recruitment of myeloid cells predetermines lung metastasis

    Authors: Sachie Hiratsuka, Akira Watanabe, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Yoshiro Maru - Nature Cell Biology 2006 cited by 997

  5. An Efficient Nonviral Method to Generate Integration-Free Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Cord Blood and Peripheral Blood Cells

    Authors: Keisuke Okita, Tatsuya Yamakawa, Yasuko Matsumura, Yoshiko Sato, Naoki Amano, Akira Watanabe, Naoki Goshima, Shinya Yamanaka - Stem Cells 2012 cited by 753

  6. Optimization of the proliferation and persistency of CAR T cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells

    Authors: Tatsuki Ueda, Sara Shiina, Shoichi Iriguchi, Seitaro Terakura, Yohei Kawai, Ryotaro Kabai, Satoko Sakamoto, Akira Watanabe, Kohei Ohara, Bo Wang, Huaigeng Xu, Atsutaka Minagawa, Akitsu Hotta, Knut Woltjen, Yasushi Uemura, Yuzo Kodama, Hiroshi Seno, Tetsuya Nakatsura, Koji Tamada, Shin Kaneko - Nature Biomedical Engineering 2022 cited by 60

  7. Modeling Alzheimer’s Disease with iPSCs Reveals Stress Phenotypes Associated with Intracellular Aβ and Differential Drug Responsiveness

    Authors: Takayuki Kondo, Masashi Asai, Kayoko Tsukita, Yumiko Kutoku, Yutaka Ohsawa, Yoshihide Sunada, Keiko Imamura, Naohiro Egawa, Naoki Yahata, Keisuke Okita, Kazutoshi Takahashi, Isao Asaka, Takashi Aoi, Akira Watanabe, Kaori Watanabe, Chie Kadoya, Rie Nakano, Dai Watanabe, Kei Maruyama, Osamu Hori, Satoshi Hibino, Tominari Choshi, Tatsutoshi Nakahata, Hiroyuki Hioki, Takeshi Kaneko, Motoko Naitoh, Katsuhiro Yoshikawa, Satoko Yamawaki, Shigehiko Suzuki, Ryuji Hata, Shu-ichi Ueno, Tsuneyoshi Seki, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Tatsushi Toda, Kazuma Murakami, Kazuhiro Irie, William L. Klein, Hiroshi Mori, Takashi Asada, Ryōsuke Takahashi, Nobuhisa Iwata, Shinya Yamanaka, Haruhisa Inoue - Cell stem cell 2013 cited by 752

  8. The S100A8–serum amyloid A3–TLR4 paracrine cascade establishes a pre-metastatic phase

    Authors: Sachie Hiratsuka, Akira Watanabe, Yoshiko Sakurai, Sachiko Akashi‐Takamura, Sachie Ishibashi, Kensuke Miyake, Masabumi Shibuya, Shizuo Akira, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Yoshiro Maru - Nature Cell Biology 2008 cited by 645

  9. The Src/c-Abl pathway is a potential therapeutic target in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Authors: Keiko Imamura, Yuishin Izumi, Akira Watanabe, Kayoko Tsukita, Knut Woltjen, Takuya Yamamoto, Akitsu Hotta, Takayuki Kondo, Shiho Kitaoka, Akira Ohta, Akito Tanaka, Dai Watanabe, Mitsuya Morita, Hiroshi Takuma, Akira Tamaoka, Tilo Kunath, Selina Wray, Hirokazu Furuya, Takumi Era, Kouki Makioka, Koichi Okamoto, Takao Fujisawa, Hideki Nishitoh, Kengo Homma, Hidenori Ichijo, Jean‐Pierre Julien, Nanako Obata, Masato Hosokawa, Haruhiko Akiyama, Satoshi Kaneko, Takashi Ayaki, Hidefumi Ito, Ryuji Kaji, Ryōsuke Takahashi, Shinya Yamanaka, Haruhisa Inoue - Science Translational Medicine 2017 cited by 256

  10. Dynamic regulation of human endogenous retroviruses mediates factor-induced reprogramming and differentiation potential

    Authors: Mari Ohnuki, Koji Tanabe, Kenta Sutou, Ito Teramoto, Yuka Sawamura, Megumi Narita, Michiko Nakamura, Yumie Tokunaga, Masahiro Nakamura, Akira Watanabe, Shinya Yamanaka, Kazutoshi Takahashi - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2014 cited by 282

  11. Immersive Virtual Reality Reminiscence Reduces Anxiety in the Oldest-Old Without Causing Serious Side Effects: A Single-Center, Pilot, and Randomized Crossover Study

    Authors: Kazuyuki Niki, Megumi Yahara, Michiya Inagaki, Nana Takahashi, Akira Watanabe, Takeshi Okuda, Mikiko Ueda, Daisuke Iwai, Kosuke Sato, Toshinori Ito - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2021 cited by 86

  12. Home High-Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen Therapy for Stable Hypercapnic COPD: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Authors: Kazuma Nagata, Takeo Horie, Naohiko Chohnabayashi, Torahiko Jinta, Ryosuke Tsugitomi, Akira Shiraki, Fumiaki Tokioka, Toru Kadowaki, Akira Watanabe, Motonari Fukui, Takamasa Kitajima, Susumu Satô, Toru Tsuda, Nobuhito Kishimoto, Hideo Kita, Yoshihiro Mori, Masayuki Nakayama, Ken­ichi Takahashi, Tomomasa Tsuboi, Makoto Yoshida, Osamu Hataji, Satoshi Fuke, Michiko Kagajo, Hiroki Nishine, Hiroyasu Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Miyuki Okuda, Sayaka Tachibana, Shohei Takata, Hisayuki Osoreda, Kenichi Minami, Takashi Nishimura, Tadashi Ishida, Jiro Terada, Naoko Takeuchi, Yasuo Kohashi, Hiromasa Inoue, Yoko Nakagawa, Takashi Kikuchi, Keisuke Tomii - American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2022 cited by 109

  13. Enhancing T Cell Receptor Stability in Rejuvenated iPSC-Derived T Cells Improves Their Use in Cancer Immunotherapy

    Authors: Atsutaka Minagawa, Toshiaki Yoshikawa, Masaki Yasukawa, Akitsu Hotta, Mihoko Kunitomo, Shoichi Iriguchi, Maiko Takiguchi, Yoshiaki Kassai, Eri Imai, Yutaka Yasui, Yohei Kawai, Rong Zhang, Yasushi Uemura, Hiroyuki Miyoshi, Mahito Nakanishi, Akira Watanabe, Akira Hayashi, Kei Kawana, Tomoyuki Fujii, Tetsuya Nakatsura, Shin Kaneko - Cell stem cell 2018 cited by 158

  14. A Modular Differentiation System Maps Multiple Human Kidney Lineages from Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Authors: Hiraku Tsujimoto, Tomoko Kasahara, Shinichi Sueta, Toshikazu Araoka, Satoko Sakamoto, Chihiro Okada, Shin-Ichi Mae, Taiki Nakajima, Natsumi Okamoto, Daisuke Taura, Makoto Nasu, Tatsuya Shimizu, Makoto Ryosaka, Zhongwei Li, Masakatsu Sone, Makoto Ikeya, Akira Watanabe, Kenji Osafune - Cell Reports 2020 cited by 110

  15. Expansion of Human iPSC-Derived Ureteric Bud Organoids with Repeated Branching Potential

    Authors: Shin-Ichi Mae, Makoto Ryosaka, Satoko Sakamoto, Kyoko Matsuse, Aya Nozaki, Maiko Igami, Ryotaro Kabai, Akira Watanabe, Kenji Osafune - Cell Reports 2020 cited by 104

  16. Drug Screening for ALS Using Patient-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Authors: Naohiro Egawa, Shiho Kitaoka, Kayoko Tsukita, Motoko Naitoh, Kazutoshi Takahashi, Takuya Yamamoto, Fumihiko Adachi, Takayuki Kondo, Keisuke Okita, Isao Asaka, Takashi Aoi, Akira Watanabe, Yasuhiro Yamada, Asuka Morizane, Jun Takahashi, Takashi Ayaki, Hidefumi Ito, Katsuhiro Yoshikawa, Satoko Yamawaki, Shigehiko Suzuki, Dai Watanabe, Hiroyuki Hioki, Takeshi Kaneko, Kouki Makioka, Koichi Okamoto, Hiroshi Takuma, Akira Tamaoka, Kazuko Hasegawa, Takashi Nonaka, Masato Hasegawa, Akihiro Kawata, Minoru Yoshida, Tatsutoshi Nakahata, Ryōsuke Takahashi, Maria C. Marchetto, Fred H. Gage, Shinya Yamanaka, Haruhisa Inoue - Science Translational Medicine 2012 cited by 562

  17. Non-cyp51AAzole-ResistantAspergillus fumigatusIsolates with Mutation in HMG-CoA Reductase

    Authors: Daisuke Hagiwara, Teppei Arai, Hiroki Takahashi, Yoko Kusuya, Akira Watanabe, Katsuhiko Kamei - Emerging infectious diseases 2018 cited by 101

  18. Precise Correction of the Dystrophin Gene in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Patient Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells by TALEN and CRISPR-Cas9

    Authors: Hongmei Lisa Li, Naoko Fujimoto, Noriko Sasakawa, Saya Shirai, Tokiko Ohkame, Tetsushi Sakuma, Michihiro Tanaka, Naoki Amano, Akira Watanabe, Hidetoshi Sakurai, Takashi Yamamoto, Shinya Yamanaka, Akitsu Hotta - Stem Cell Reports 2014 cited by 521

  19. Epigenetic Variation between Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines Is an Indicator of Differentiation Capacity

    Authors: Masatoshi Nishizawa, Kazuhisa Chonabayashi, Masaki Nomura, Azusa Tanaka, Masahiro Nakamura, Azusa Inagaki, Misato Nishikawa, Ikue Takei, Akiko Oishi, Koji Tanabe, Mari Ohnuki, Hidaka Yokota, Michiyo Koyanagi‐Aoi, Keisuke Okita, Akira Watanabe, Akifumi Takaori‐Kondo, Shinya Yamanaka, Yoshinori Yoshida - Cell stem cell 2016 cited by 233

  20. Baloxavir Marboxil in Japanese Pediatric Patients With Influenza: Safety and Clinical and Virologic Outcomes

    Authors: Nobuo Hirotsu, Hiroki Sakaguchi, Chisako Sato, Tôru Ishibashi, Keiko Baba, Shinya Omoto, Takao Shishido, Kenji J. Tsuchiya, Frederick G. Hayden, Takeki Uehara, Akira Watanabe - Clinical Infectious Diseases 2019 cited by 153

  21. Cellular Adjuvant Properties, Direct Cytotoxicity of Re-differentiated Vα24 Invariant NKT-like Cells from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Authors: Shuichi Kitayama, Rong Zhang, Tianyi Liu, Norihiro Ueda, Shoichi Iriguchi, Yutaka Yasui, Yohei Kawai, Minako Tatsumi, Norihito Hirai, Yasutaka Mizoro, Tatsuaki Iwama, Akira Watanabe, Mahito Nakanishi, Kiyotaka Kuzushima, Yasushi Uemura, Shin Kaneko - Stem Cell Reports 2016 cited by 98

  22. A Novel Zn2-Cys6 Transcription Factor AtrR Plays a Key Role in an Azole Resistance Mechanism of Aspergillus fumigatus by Co-regulating cyp51A and cdr1B Expressions

    Authors: Daisuke Hagiwara, Daisuke Miura, Kiminori Shimizu, Sanjoy Paul, Ayumi Ohba, Tohru Gonoi, Akira Watanabe, Katsuhiko Kamei, Takahiro Shintani, W. Scott Moye‐Rowley, Susumu Kawamoto, Katsuya Gomi - PLoS Pathogens 2017 cited by 156

  23. Global Landscape and Regulatory Principles of DNA Methylation Reprogramming for Germ Cell Specification by Mouse Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Authors: Kenjiro Shirane, Kazuki Kurimoto, Yukihiro Yabuta, Masashi Yamaji, Junko Satoh, Shinji Ito, Akira Watanabe, Katsuhiko Hayashi, Mitinori Saitou, Hiroyuki Sasaki - Developmental Cell 2016 cited by 135

  24. Downregulation of Securin by the variant RNF213 R4810K (rs112735431, G>A) reduces angiogenic activity of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived vascular endothelial cells from moyamoya patients

    Authors: Toshiaki Hitomi, Toshiyuki Habu, Hatasu Kobayashi, Hiroko Okuda, Kouji H. Harada, Kenji Osafune, Daisuke Taura, Masakatsu Sone, Isao Asaka, Tomonaga Ameku, Akira Watanabe, Tomoko Kasahara, Tomomi Sudo, Fumihiko Shiota, Hirokuni Hashikata, Yasushi Takagi, Daisuke Morito, Susumu Miyamoto, Kazuwa Nakao, Akio Koizumi - Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2013 cited by 127