Shin-ichi Usami

Overview

Best Publications

• Congenital hearing loss.

  Anna M.H. Korver;Richard J.H. Smith;Guy Van Camp;Mark R. Schleiss

  550
  Citations

• Prevalent connexin 26 gene (GJB2) mutations in Japanese

  Satoko Abe;Shin-ichi Usami;Hideichi Shinkawa;Philip M Kelley

  524
  Citations

• Organization of AMPA Receptor Subunits at a Glutamate Synapse: A Quantitative Immunogold Analysis of Hair Cell Synapses in the Rat Organ of Corti

  Atsushi Matsubara;Jon H. Laake;Svend Davanger;Shin Ichi Usami

  490
  Citations

• Non-syndromic hearing loss associated with enlarged vestibular aqueduct is caused by PDS mutations

  Shin Ichi Usami;Satoko Abe;Mike D. Weston;Hideichi Shinkawa

  412
  Citations

• Origins and frequencies of SLC26A4 (PDS) mutations in east and south Asians: global implications for the epidemiology of deafness

  Park Hj;Shaukat S;Liu Xz;Hahn Sh

  402
  Citations

• Differential Localization of δ Glutamate Receptors in the Rat Cerebellum: Coexpression with AMPA Receptors in Parallel Fiber–Spine Synapses and Absence from Climbing Fiber–Spine Synapses

  Alf Sommer Landsend;Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam;Atsushi Matsubara;Linda Bergersen

  395
  Citations

• Distribution and frequencies of PDS (SLC26A4) mutations in Pendred syndrome and nonsyndromic hearing loss associated with enlarged vestibular aqueduct: a unique spectrum of mutations in Japanese

  Koji Tsukamoto;Hiroaki Suzuki;Daisuke Harada;Atsushi Namba

  329
  Citations

• Prevalence of mitochondrial gene mutations among hearing impaired patients.

  Shin-ichi Usami;Satoko Abe;Jiro Akita;Atsushi Namba

  251
  Citations

• Expression of the P2X(2) receptor subunit of the ATP-gated ion channel in the cochlea: implications for sound transduction and auditory neurotransmission.

  Gary D. Housley;Refik Kanjhan;Nicholas P. Raybould;Denise Greenwood

  218
  Citations

• Genomic structure and identification of novel mutations in Usherin, the gene responsible for Usher syndrome type IIa.

  M. D. Weston;J. D. Eudy;S. Fujita;S.-F. Yao

  218
  Citations

• GJB2 deafness gene shows a specific spectrum of mutations in Japan, including a frequent founder mutation

  Akihiro Ohtsuka;Isamu Yuge;Shinobu Kimura;Atsushi Namba

  218
  Citations

• Towards a consensus on a hearing preservation classification system.

  H. Skarz̈yński;P.H. Van De Heyning;S. Agrawal;S.L. Arauz

  216
  Citations

• A New Autosomal Recessive Form of Stickler Syndrome Is Caused by a Mutation in the COL9A1 Gene

  Guy Van Camp;Rikkert L. Snoeckx;Nele Hilgert;Jenneke van den Ende

  206
  Citations

• Exacerbation of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Mice Lacking the Glutamate Transporter GLAST

  Nobuhiro Hakuba;Kenichiro Koga;Kiyofumi Gyo;Shin-ichi Usami

  204
  Citations

• Genetic and clinical features of sensorineural hearing loss associated with the 1555 mitochondrial mutation

  Shin Ichi Usami;Satoko Abe;Miyo Kasai;Hideichi Shinkawa

  200
  Citations

• Identification of CRYM as a Candidate Responsible for Nonsyndromic Deafness, through cDNA Microarray Analysis of Human Cochlear and Vestibular Tissues*

  Satoko Abe;Toyomasa Katagiri;Akihiko Saito-Hisaminato;Shin-ichi Usami

  177
  Citations

• Utilizing Ethnic-Specific Differences in Minor Allele Frequency to Recategorize Reported Pathogenic Deafness Variants

  A. Eliot Shearer;Robert W. Eppsteiner;Kevin T. Booth;Sean S. Ephraim

  168
  Citations

• Mutations in the gene encoding KIAA1199 protein, an inner-ear protein expressed in Deiters’ cells and the fibrocytes, as the cause of nonsyndromic hearing loss

  Satoko Abe;Shin-ichi Usami;Yusuke Nakamura

  162
  Citations

• A large cohort study of GJB2 mutations in Japanese hearing loss patients.

  K Tsukada;S Nishio;S Usami

  159
  Citations

• Molecular organization of a type of peripheral glutamate synapse: the afferent synapses of hair cells in the inner ear

  Ole P Ottersen;Yutaka Takumi;Atsushi Matsubara;Alf S Landsend

  137
  Citations