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Sumio Sugano

Sumio Sugano

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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Japan
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
93
Citations
44975
World Ranking
955
National Ranking
35

Molecular Biology

D-Index
93
Citations
44975
World Ranking
665
National Ranking
47

Medicine

D-Index
92
Citations
44154
World Ranking
11102
National Ranking
318

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Sumio Sugano is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has a research background spanning multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine. Their work primarily addresses topics related to cancer biology, genomics, and molecular mechanisms underlying cellular processes.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • MCM10 compensates for Myc-induced DNA replication stress in breast cancer stem-like cells, 2020, Cancer Science
  • FXYD3 functionally demarcates an ancestral breast cancer stem cell subpopulation with features of drug-tolerant persisters, 2023, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • The Origin and Composition of Korean Ethnicity Analyzed by Ancient and Present-Day Genome Sequences, 2020, Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Comparative genomic analyses illuminate the distinct evolution of megabats within Chiroptera, 2020, DNA Research
  • Networking and Specificity-Changing DNA Methyltransferases in Helicobacter pylori, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

Sumio Sugano's research contribution spans the following main fields:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Their work is further detailed in subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Oncology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Cell Biology

Key research topics frequently addressed include:

  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Sumio Sugano has collaborated extensively with colleagues in their research community. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Yutaka Suzuki
  • Masahide Seki
  • Tatsunori Nishimura
  • Yasuto Takeuchi
  • Asako Sasahara

Research output by venue highlights Sumio Sugano's involvement in several scientific journals, notably:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Cancer Science

Best Publications

  • Frequent pathway mutations of splicing machinery in myelodysplasia

    Kenichi Yoshida;Masashi Sanada;Yuichi Shiraishi;Daniel Nowak

  • The Physcomitrella Genome Reveals Evolutionary Insights into the Conquest of Land by Plants

    Stefan A. Rensing;Daniel Lang;Andreas D. Zimmer;Astrid Terry

  • The genome of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum

    L. Eichinger;J. A. Pachebat;J. A. Pachebat;G. Glöckner;M.-A. Rajandream

  • The medaka draft genome and insights into vertebrate genome evolution

    Masahiro Kasahara;Kiyoshi Naruse;Shin Sasaki;Yoichiro Nakatani

  • Insights into Land Plant Evolution Garnered from the Marchantia polymorpha Genome

    John L Bowman;Takayuki Kohchi;Katsuyuki T Yamato;Jerry Jenkins

  • Integrated molecular analysis of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma.

    Yusuke Sato;Tetsuichi Yoshizato;Yuichi Shiraishi;Shigekatsu Maekawa

  • Genome sequence of the ultrasmall unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D

    Motomichi Matsuzaki;Osami Misumi;Tadasu Shin-I;Shinichiro Maruyama

  • Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs

    Toshio Ota;Yutaka Suzuki;Tetsuo Nishikawa;Tetsuji Otsuki

  • A transcription factor response element for gene expression during circadian night

    Hiroki R. Ueda;Wenbin Chen;Akihito Adachi;Hisanori Wakamatsu

  • Collection, Mapping, and Annotation of Over 28,000 cDNA Clones from japonica Rice

    Shoshi Kikuchi;Kouji Satoh;Toshifumi Nagata;Nobuyuki Kawagashira

  • Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides.

    K Maruyama;S Sugano

  • Phosphate-activated glutaminase (GLS2), a p53-inducible regulator of glutamine metabolism and reactive oxygen species

    Sawako Suzuki;Tomoaki Tanaka;Masha V. Poyurovsky;Hidekazu Nagano

  • Mapping human genetic diversity in Asia

    Mahmood Ameen Abdulla;Ikhlak Ahmed;Anunchai Assawamakin;Anunchai Assawamakin;Jong Bhak

  • Efficient gene activation in mammalian cells by using recombinant adenovirus expressing site-specific Cre recombinase.

    Y Kanegae;G Lee;Y Sato;M Tanaka

  • The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: The Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)

    Daniela S. Gerhard;Lukas Wagner;Elise A. Feingold;Carolyn M. Shenmen

  • DKK1, a negative regulator of Wnt signaling, is a target of the beta-catenin/TCF pathway.

    Atsushi Niida;Takatoshi Hiroko;Mana Kasai;Yoichi Furukawa

  • Draft Assembly of the Symbiodinium minutum Nuclear Genome Reveals Dinoflagellate Gene Structure

    Eiichi Shoguchi;Chuya Shinzato;Takeshi Kawashima;Fuki Gyoja

  • Diversification of transcriptional modulation: Large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes

    Kouichi Kimura;Ai Wakamatsu;Yutaka Suzuki;Toshio Ota

  • Thyrotrophin in the pars tuberalis triggers photoperiodic response

    Nobuhiro Nakao;Hiroko Ono;Takashi Yamamura;Tsubasa Anraku

  • Frequent Pathway Mutations of Splicing Machinery in Myelodysplasia

    Kenichi Yoshida;Masashi Sanada;Yuichi Shiraishi;Daniel Nowak

Frequent Co-Authors

Yutaka Suzuki
Yutaka Suzuki University of Tokyo
Kenta Nakai
Kenta Nakai University of Tokyo
Asao Fujiyama
Asao Fujiyama National Institute of Genetics
Susumu Katsuma
Susumu Katsuma University of Tokyo
Shin-ichi Hashimoto
Shin-ichi Hashimoto Kanazawa University
Shinichi Morishita
Shinichi Morishita University of Tokyo
Mikako Shirouzu
Mikako Shirouzu RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Atsushi Toyoda
Atsushi Toyoda National Institute of Genetics
Toru Shimada
Toru Shimada Gakushuin University
Takashi Gojobori
Takashi Gojobori King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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