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50
Citations
11677
World Ranking
17500
National Ranking
1265

Overview

Gen Yamada is affiliated with Wakayama Medical University in Japan, contributing extensively to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research focuses primarily on sexual function and dysfunction, sexual differentiation and disorders, and urological disorders and treatments. Other notable areas of study include the lymphatic system and diseases, hormonal and reproductive studies, sexuality, behavior and technology, and genetic and clinical aspects of sex determination and chromosomal abnormalities.

Their scholarly output includes a range of publications in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Reproductive Medicine and Biology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • Congenital Anomalies
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Gen Yamada's recent papers cover topics from molecular mechanisms in sexual characteristics to congenital conditions and cell migration studies. Key recent works include:

  • Evolutionary differentiation of androgen receptor is responsible for sexual characteristic development in a teleost fish, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Congenital Micropenis: Etiology And Management, 2021, Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • Androgen-regulated MafB drives cell migration via MMP11-dependent extracellular matrix remodeling in mice, 2022, iScience
  • 3D reconstruction and histopathological analyses on murine corporal body, 2021, Reproductive Medicine and Biology
  • Sexual fate of murine external genitalia development: Conserved transcriptional competency for male-biased genes in both sexes, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist collaborates frequently with a set of researchers, indicating a sustained network of academic partnership. Frequent co-authors are:

  • Kentaro Suzuki
  • Kota Fujimoto
  • Shinichi Asamura
  • Daiki Hashimoto
  • Shinji Kumegawa

Gen Yamada's body of work largely contributes to the subfields of molecular biology, oncology, surgery, urology, and psychiatry and mental health, as reflected in the thematic spread of their publications.

Best Publications

  • The receptor tyrosine kinase Ror2 is involved in non‐canonical Wnt5a/JNK signalling pathway

    Isao Oishi;Hiroaki Suzuki;Nobuyuki Onishi;Ritsuko Takada

  • TAK1, but not TAB1 or TAB2, plays an essential role in multiple signaling pathways in vivo

    Jae-Hyuck Shim;Changchun Xiao;Amber E. Paschal;Shannon T. Bailey

  • Requirement of CD9 on the egg plasma membrane for fertilization.

    Kenji Miyado;Gen Yamada;Shuichi Yamada;Hidetoshi Hasuwa

  • Transgenic expression of Helicobacter pylori CagA induces gastrointestinal and hematopoietic neoplasms in mouse

    Naomi Ohnishi;Hitomi Yuasa;Shinya Tanaka;Hirofumi Sawa

  • A histone lysine methyltransferase activated by non-canonical Wnt signalling suppresses PPAR-gamma transactivation.

    Ichiro Takada;Masatomo Mihara;Masatomo Mihara;Miyuki Suzawa;Fumiaki Ohtake

  • Development of Autoimmunity against Transcriptionally Unrepressed Target Antigen in the Thymus of Aire-Deficient Mice

    Noriyuki Kuroda;Tasuku Mitani;Naoki Takeda;Naozumi Ishimaru

  • Six1 controls patterning of the mouse otic vesicle

    Hidenori Ozaki;Kazuaki Nakamura;Jun-ichi Funahashi;Keiko Ikeda

  • Unique functions of Sonic hedgehog signaling during external genitalia development

    Ryuma Haraguchi;Rong Mo;Chi-chung Hui;Jun Motoyama

  • Wnt5a regulates directional cell migration and cell proliferation via Ror2-mediated noncanonical pathway in mammalian palate development.

    Fenglei He;Wei Xiong;Wei Xiong;Xueyan Yu;Ramon Espinoza-Lewis;Ramon Espinoza-Lewis

  • A BMP-inducible gene, dlx5, regulates osteoblast differentiation and mesoderm induction

    Katsuyoshi Miyama;Gen Yamada;Takamasa S. Yamamoto;Chiyo Takagi

  • Cellular and molecular mechanisms of development of the external genitalia

    Gen Yamada;Yoshihiko Satoh;Laurence S. Baskin;Gerald R. Cunha

  • Molecular analysis of external genitalia formation: the role of fibroblast growth factor (Fgf) genes during genital tubercle formation.

    R. Haraguchi;K. Suzuki;R. Murakami;M. Sakai

  • Mice with defects in HB-EGF ectodomain shedding show severe developmental abnormalities

    Satoru Yamazaki;Ryo Iwamoto;Kazuko Saeki;Masanori Asakura

  • A high-resolution anatomical ontology of the developing murine genitourinary tract

    Melissa H. Little;Jane Brennan;Kylie Georgas;Jamie A. Davies

  • The cellular and molecular etiology of the cleft secondary palate in Fgf10 mutant mice

    Sylvia R. Alappat;Zunyi Zhang;Kentaro Suzuki;Xiaoyun Zhang

  • Bapx1 regulates patterning in the middle ear: altered regulatory role in the transition from the proximal jaw during vertebrate evolution

    Abigail S. Tucker;Robert P. Watson;Laura A. Lettice;Gen Yamada

  • CXorf6 is a causative gene for hypospadias.

    Maki Fukami;Yuka Wada;Kanako Miyabayashi;Ichizo Nishino

  • Genetic Interactions of the Androgen and Wnt/β-Catenin Pathways for the Masculinization of External Genitalia

    Shinichi Miyagawa;Yoshihiko Satoh;Ryuma Haraguchi;Kentaro Suzuki

  • Molecular analysis of coordinated bladder and urogenital organ formation by Hedgehog signaling.

    Ryuma Haraguchi;Jun Motoyama;Hiroshi Sasaki;Yoshihiko Satoh

  • Androgens and mammalian male reproductive tract development.

    Aki Murashima;Satoshi Kishigami;Axel Thomson;Gen Yamada

Frequent Co-Authors

Naomi Nakagata
Naomi Nakagata Kumamoto University
Taisen Iguchi
Taisen Iguchi National Institute for Basic Biology
Anne M. Moon
Anne M. Moon University of Utah
Yasuhiro Minami
Yasuhiro Minami Kobe University
Shigeaki Kato
Shigeaki Kato University of Tokyo
Yuji Mishina
Yuji Mishina University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Tsutomu Ogata
Tsutomu Ogata Hamamatsu University
YiPing Chen
YiPing Chen Tulane University
Makoto Mark Taketo
Makoto Mark Taketo Kyoto University
Ryuichi Nishinakamura
Ryuichi Nishinakamura Kumamoto University

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