Shunichi Shimasaki

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Best Publications

• Pituitary FSH Is Released by a Heterodimer of the β-Subunits from the Two Forms of Inhibin

  Nicholas Ling;Shao-Yao Ying;Naoto Ueno;Shunichi Shimasaki

  1389
  Citations

• The bone morphogenetic protein system in mammalian reproduction

  Shunichi Shimasaki;R. Kelly Moore;Fumio Otsuka;Gregory F. Erickson

  1014
  Citations

• Identification and molecular characterization of insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (IGFBP-1, -2, -3, -4, -5 and -6).

  Shunichi Shimasaki;Nicholas Ling

  1000
  Citations

• Isolation and partial characterization of follistatin: a single-chain Mr 35,000 monomeric protein that inhibits the release of follicle-stimulating hormone.

  Naoto Ueno;Nicholas Ling;Shao-Yao Ying;Frederick Esch

  627
  Citations

• Bone Morphogenetic Protein-15 IDENTIFICATION OF TARGET CELLS AND BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS

  Fumio Otsuka;Zuxu Yao;Taek Hoo Lee;Shin Yamamoto

  605
  Citations

• Direct binding of follistatin to a complex of bone-morphogenetic protein and its receptor inhibits ventral and epidermal cell fates in early Xenopus embryo

  Shun Ichiro Iemura;Takamasa S. Yamamoto;Chiyo Takagi;Hideho Uchiyama

  557
  Citations

• Molecular Basis of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-15 Signaling in Granulosa Cells *

  R. Kelly Moore;Fumio Otsuka;Shunichi Shimasaki

  476
  Citations

• Identification of five different insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (IGFBPs) from adult rat serum and molecular cloning of a novel IGFBP-5 in rat and human.

  S Shimasaki;M Shimonaka;H P Zhang;N Ling

  469
  Citations

• A functional bone morphogenetic protein system in the ovary

  S. Shimasaki;R. J. Zachow;Danmei Li;H. Kim

  459
  Citations

• Integral role of GDF-9 and BMP-15 in ovarian function.

  Fumio Otsuka;Kirsten J. McTavish;Shunichi Shimasaki

  423
  Citations

• Bone morphogenetic protein-15 inhibits follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) action by suppressing FSH receptor expression.

  Fumio Otsuka;Shin Yamamoto;Gregory F. Erickson;Shunichi Shimasaki

  407
  Citations

• The spatiotemporal expression pattern of the bone morphogenetic protein family in rat ovary cell types during the estrous cycle

  Gregory F Erickson;Shunichi Shimasaki

  380
  Citations

• FOLLISTATIN BINDS TO BOTH ACTIVIN AND INHIBIN THROUGH THE COMMON BETA-SUBUNIT

  Motoyuki Shimonaka;Satoshi Inouye;Shunichi Shimasaki;Nicholas Ling

  364
  Citations

• Molecular cloning of the cDNAs encoding a novel insulin-like growth factor-binding protein from rat and human.

  Shunichi Shimasaki;Fumiaki Uchiyama;Motoyuki Shimonaka;Nicholas Ling

  358
  Citations

• Effect of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-7 on Folliculogenesis and Ovulation in the Rat

  W S Lee;F Otsuka;R K Moore;S Shimasaki

  358
  Citations

• A negative feedback system between oocyte bone morphogenetic protein 15 and granulosa cell kit ligand: its role in regulating granulosa cell mitosis.

  Fumio Otsuka;Shunichi Shimasaki

  350
  Citations

• OOCYTE-DERIVED BMP15 AND FGFS COOPERATE TO PROMOTE GLYCOLYSIS IN CUMULUS CELLS

  Koji Sugiura;You Qiang Su;Francisco J. Diaz;Stephanie A. Pangas

  347
  Citations

• Isolation and molecular cloning of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-6.

  Shunichi Shimasaki;Lin Gao;Motoyuki Shimonaka;Nicholas Ling

  344
  Citations

• Complementary Deoxyribonucleic Acid (cDNA) Cloning and DNA Sequence Analysis of Rat Ovarian Inhibins

  F. S. Esch;S. Shimasaki;K. Cooksey;M. Mercado

  332
  Citations

• Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) in the Central Nervous System: Identification of Specific Loci of Basic FGF Expression in the Rat Brain

  Naoya Emoto;Ana-Maria Gonzalez;Patricia A. Walicke;Etsuko Wada

  330
  Citations