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Masaki Inagaki

Masaki Inagaki

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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Japan
2024

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
87
Citations
27539
World Ranking
800
National Ranking
59

Masaki Inagaki publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Masaki Inagaki sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 253 publications — 72nd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Masaki Inagaki D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Masaki Inagaki is affiliated with Mie University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research outputs span multiple subfields, including genetics, cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, and neurology. The primary focus has been on a variety of topics such as genetic and kidney cyst diseases, microtubule and mitosis dynamics, hedgehog signaling pathway studies, lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, protist diversity and phylogeny, epigenetics and DNA methylation, and caveolin-1 and cellular processes.

Recent papers by Masaki Inagaki include:

  • Primary ciliary signaling: links with the cell cycle (2021), published in Trends in Cell Biology
  • Primary cilia-dependent lipid raft/caveolin dynamics regulate adipogenesis (2021), published in Cell Reports
  • Cilia-Mediated Insulin/Akt and ST2/JNK Signaling Pathways Regulate the Recovery of Muscle Injury (2022), published in Advanced Science
  • Targeting E3 Ubiquitin Ligases and Deubiquitinases in Ciliopathy and Cancer (2020), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Aurora A and AKT Kinase Signaling Associated with Primary Cilia (2021), published in Cells

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Yuhei Nishimura
  • Daishi Yamakawa
  • Takashi Shiromizu
  • Kousuke Kasahara
  • Masatoshi Watanabe

Masaki Inagaki's work has appeared in several publication venues, with a notable number of papers featured in the Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society. Other important venues include Trends in Cell Biology, Cell Reports, Advanced Science, and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Isoquinolinesulfonamides, novel and potent inhibitors of cyclic nucleotide dependent protein kinase and protein kinase C.

    Hiroyoshi Hidaka;Masaki Inagaki;Sachiyo Kawamoto;Yasuharu Sasaki

  • Biochemical and Cellular Effects of Roscovitine, a Potent and Selective Inhibitor of the Cyclin‐Dependent Kinases cdc2, cdk2 and cdk5

    Laurent Meijer;Annie Borgne;Odile Mulner;James P.J. Chong

  • Phosphorylation of Myosin-Binding Subunit (Mbs) of Myosin Phosphatase by Rho-Kinase in Vivo

    Yoji Kawano;Yuko Fukata;Noriko Oshiro;Mutsuki Amano

  • Identification of a novel phosphorylation site on histone H3 coupled with mitotic chromosome condensation.

    Hidemasa Goto;Yasuko Tomono;Kozo Ajiro;Hidetaka Kosako

  • Site-specific phosphorylation induces disassembly of vimentin filaments in vitro.

    Masaki Inagaki;Yoshimi Nishi;Kimiko Nishizawa;Mutsushi Matsuyama

  • Tissue-specific expression of three distinct types of rabbit protein kinase C

    Shigeo Ohno;Hiroshi Kawasaki;Shinobu Imajoh;Koichi Suzuki

  • Requirement of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate for alpha-actinin function.

    Kiyoko Fukami;Kiyoshi Furuhashi;Masaki Inagaki;Takeshi Endo

  • Aurora-B phosphorylates Histone H3 at serine28 with regard to the mitotic chromosome condensation.

    Hidemasa Goto;Yoshihiro Yasui;Erich A. Nigg;Masaki Inagaki

  • Identification of a Gs activator region of the β2-adrenergic receptor that is autoregulated via protein kinase A-dependent phosphorylation

    Takashi Okamoto;Yoshitake Murayama;Yujiro Hayashi;Masaki Inagaki

  • Phosphorylation by Aurora B Converts MgcRacGAP to a RhoGAP during Cytokinesis

    Yukinori Minoshima;Toshiyuki Kawashima;Koichi Hirose;Koichi Hirose;Yukio Tonozuka

  • Autophosphorylation of a Newly Identified Site of Aurora-B Is Indispensable for Cytokinesis

    Yoshihiro Yasui;Takeshi Urano;Aie Kawajiri;Koh Ichi Nagata

  • PKCε‐mediated phosphorylation of vimentin controls integrin recycling and motility

    Johanna Ivaska;Karoliina Vuoriluoto;Tuomas Huovinen;Ichiro Izawa

  • Rho-kinase/ROCK is involved in cytokinesis through the phosphorylation of myosin light chain and not ezrin/radixin/moesin proteins at the cleavage furrow.

    Hidetaka Kosako;Toshimichi Yoshida;Fumio Matsumura;Toshimasa Ishizaki

  • Phosphorylation by Rho kinase regulates CRMP-2 activity in growth cones.

    Nariko Arimura;Céline Ménager;Yoji Kawano;Yoji Kawano;Takeshi Yoshimura

  • Phosphorylation of vimentin by Rho-associated kinase at a unique amino-terminal site that is specifically phosphorylated during cytokinesis.

    Hidemasa Goto;Hidetaka Kosako;Kazushi Tanabe;Maki Yanagida

  • Role of phosphorylation on the structural dynamics and function of types III and IV intermediate filaments.

    Ram K. Sihag;Masaki Inagaki;Tomoya Yamaguchi;Thomas B. Shea

  • Vimentin organization modulates the formation of lamellipodia

    Brian T. Helfand;Melissa G. Mendez;S. N.Prasanna Murthy;Dale K. Shumaker

  • Direct interaction of Plk4 with STIL ensures formation of a single procentriole per parental centriole

    Midori Ohta;Tomoko Ashikawa;Yuka Nozaki;Hiroko Kozuka-Hata

  • Filament Formation of MSF-A, a Mammalian Septin, in Human Mammary Epithelial Cells Depends on Interactions with Microtubules

    Koh ichi Nagata;Aie Kawajiri;Seiya Matsui;Mihoko Takagishi

  • Aurora-B regulates the cleavage furrow-specific vimentin phosphorylation in the cytokinetic process

    Hidemasa Goto;Yoshihiro Yasui;Aie Kawajiri;Erich A. Nigg

Frequent Co-Authors

Hidemasa Goto
Hidemasa Goto Mie University
Hiroyoshi Hidaka
Hiroyoshi Hidaka D. Western Therapeutics Institute (Japan)
Tohru Kiyono
Tohru Kiyono National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Kozo Kaibuchi
Kozo Kaibuchi Nagoya University
Toshio Tanaka
Toshio Tanaka Mie University
Masatoshi Hagiwara
Masatoshi Hagiwara Kyoto University
Mutsuki Amano
Mutsuki Amano Nagoya University
Hidetaka Kosako
Hidetaka Kosako University of Tokushima
Louis Lim
Louis Lim University College London
Milos Pekny
Milos Pekny University of Gothenburg

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