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Masahiro Sokabe

Masahiro Sokabe

Nagoya University
Japan

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
14826
World Ranking
5755
National Ranking
371

Masahiro Sokabe publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Masahiro Sokabe sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 484 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Masahiro Sokabe D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Masahiro Sokabe sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Masahiro Sokabe is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan, contributing to research primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, alongside medicine. Their work spans various subfields, including molecular biology, cell biology, physiology, neurology, and plant science.

Their research covers a range of topics, with significant focus on cellular mechanics and interactions, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, tendon structure and treatment, muscle physiology and disorders, sphingolipid metabolism and signaling, adenosine and purinergic signaling, and plant molecular biology research.

Masahiro Sokabe has published in multiple scientific journals, with several papers listed among their recent works:

  • Synaptic pruning of murine adult-born neurons by microglia depends on phosphatidylserine, 2022, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • The gravistimulation-induced very slow Ca2+ increase in Arabidopsis seedlings requires MCA1, a Ca2+-permeable mechanosensitive channel, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Coordination between Cell Motility and Cell Cycle Progression in Keratinocyte Sheets via Cell-Cell Adhesion and Rac1, 2020, iScience
  • Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Induces ATP Release via Volume-Regulated Anion Channels in Breast Cell Lines, 2021, Life
  • Actin crosslinking by α-actinin averts viscous dissipation of myosin force transmission in stress fibers, 2023, iScience

Frequent coauthors in Sokabe's publications include:

  • Hiroaki Hirata
  • Motoki Tanaka
  • Masato Asai
  • Takeshi Kobayashi
  • Kishio Furuya

Their research is often published in specific venues, with repeated contributions in:

  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • iScience
  • Frontiers in Chemistry
  • Translational Stroke Research
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Best Publications

  • Arabidopsis plasma membrane protein crucial for Ca2+ influx and touch sensing in roots

    Yuko Nakagawa;Takeshi Katagiri;Kazuo Shinozaki;Zhi Qi

  • Involvement of stretch-activated ion channels in Ca2+ mobilization to mechanical stretch in endothelial cells

    K. Naruse;M. Sokabe

  • Actin filaments function as a tension sensor by tension-dependent binding of cofilin to the filament

    Kimihide Hayakawa;Hitoshi Tatsumi;Masahiro Sokabe

  • Quantitative video microscopy of patch clamped membranes stress, strain, capacitance, and stretch channel activation

    M. Sokabe;F. Sachs;Zhonggi Jing

  • Involvement of SA channels in orienting response of cultured endothelial cells to cyclic stretch

    Keiji Naruse;Takako Yamada;Masahiro Sokabe

  • Actin stress fibers transmit and focus force to activate mechanosensitive channels

    Kimihide Hayakawa;Hitoshi Tatsumi;Masahiro Sokabe

  • Mechanical forces facilitate actin polymerization at focal adhesions in a zyxin-dependent manner

    Hiroaki Hirata;Hitoshi Tatsumi;Masahiro Sokabe;Masahiro Sokabe

  • Molecular identification of a eukaryotic, stretch-activated nonselective cation channel.

    Makoto Kanzaki;Masahiro Nagasawa;Itaru Kojima;Chikara Sato

  • P2X4 receptors mediate ATP-induced calcium influx in human vascular endothelial cells

    Kimiko Yamamoto;Risa Korenaga;Akira Kamiya;Zhi Qi

  • Differential effects of lipids and lyso-lipids on the mechanosensitivity of the mechanosensitive channels MscL and MscS.

    Takeshi Nomura;Charles G. Cranfield;Evelyne Deplazes;Dylan M. Owen

  • Roles of disrupted-in-schizophrenia 1-interacting protein girdin in postnatal development of the dentate gyrus.

    Atsushi Enomoto;Naoya Asai;Takashi Namba;Yun Wang

  • Sensing substrate rigidity by mechanosensitive ion channels with stress fibers and focal adhesions.

    Takeshi Kobayashi;Masahiro Sokabe

  • A Non‐Peptidic Ion Channel with K+ Selectivity

    Yasutaka Tanaka;Yoshiaki Kobuke;Masahiro Sokabe

  • Impairments of long-term potentiation in hippocampal slices of β-amyloid-infused rats

    Akio Itoh;Tadashi Akaike;Tadashi Akaike;Masahiro Sokabe;Atsumi Nitta

  • Mechanoregulation and pathology of YAP/TAZ via Hippo and non-Hippo mechanisms

    Oleg Dobrokhotov;Mikhail Samsonov;Masahiro Sokabe;Hiroaki Hirata

  • Artificial non-peptide single ion channels

    Y. Kobuke;K. Ueda;M. Sokabe

  • Behavioral alterations associated with targeted disruption of exons 2 and 3 of the Disc1 gene in the mouse

    Keisuke Kuroda;Shinnosuke Yamada;Motoki Tanaka;Michiro Iizuka

  • The structure and dynamics of patch-clamped membranes: a study using differential interference contrast light microscopy.

    M Sokabe;F Sachs

  • Two different molecular mechanisms underlying progesterone neuroprotection against ischemic brain damage.

    Weiyan Cai;Ying Zhu;Kishio Furuya;Zhen Li

  • Visualization of flow-induced ATP release and triggering of Ca2+ waves at caveolae in vascular endothelial cells.

    Kimiko Yamamoto;Kishio Furuya;Makiko Nakamura;Eiry Kobatake

Frequent Co-Authors

Keiji Naruse
Keiji Naruse Okayama University
Ling Chen
Ling Chen Nanjing University
Yoshinori Hasegawa
Yoshinori Hasegawa Nagoya University
Masaki Hojo
Masaki Hojo Kyoto University
Boris Martinac
Boris Martinac Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Kiyofumi Yamada
Kiyofumi Yamada Nagoya University
Takeshi Kobayashi
Takeshi Kobayashi Chubu University
Chwee Teck Lim
Chwee Teck Lim National University of Singapore
Taku Nagai
Taku Nagai Nagoya University
Toshitaka Nabeshima
Toshitaka Nabeshima Meijo University

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