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D-Index
73
Citations
28215
World Ranking
2012
National Ranking
919

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1985 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1981 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Susumu Ohno was affiliated with the City Of Hope National Medical Center in the United States. Their research spanned various domains, primarily focused on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. The scientist's work contributed to several key subfields including molecular biology, oncology, cancer research, cell biology, and surgery.

The main topics addressed in their publications included cancer cells and metastasis, Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ, cancer-related molecular pathways, cancer hypoxia and metabolism, metabolism linked to diabetes and cancer, pancreatic function and diabetes, as well as epigenetics and DNA methylation.

Frequent publication venues for Susumu Ohno featured:

  • Anticancer Research
  • Cancer Diagnosis & Prognosis
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • PLoS ONE
  • Oncology Letters

The scientist collaborated repeatedly with several researchers, notably:

  • Shoma Tamori
  • Kazunori Akimoto
  • Ayaka Ozaki
  • Kazunori Sasaki
  • Chotaro Onaga

Among the recent publications made by Susumu Ohno's team were:

  • Distinct types of stem cell divisions determine organ regeneration and aging in hair follicles (2021) in Nature Aging
  • Shank2 Binds to aPKC and Controls Tight Junction Formation with Rap1 Signaling during Establishment of Epithelial Cell Polarity (2020) in Cell Reports
  • High PKCλ expression is required for ALDH1-positive cancer stem cell function and indicates a poor clinical outcome in late-stage breast cancer patients (2020) in PLoS ONE
  • High Expression of p62 and ALDH1A3 Is Associated With Poor Prognosis in Luminal B Breast Cancer (2022) in Anticancer Research
  • Glyoxalase 1 and protein kinase Cλ as potential therapeutic targets for late-stage breast cancer (2021) in Oncology Letters

Susumu Ohno was recognized by several scientific honors during their career including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1985 and being elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1981.

Best Publications

  • Evolution by gene duplication

    Susumu Ohno

  • Sex Chromosomes and Sex-Linked Genes

    Susumu Ohno

  • EVOLUTION FROM FISH TO MAMMALS BY GENE DUPLICATION

    Susumu Ohno;Ulrich Wolf;Niels B. Atkin

  • So much "junk" DNA in our genome.

    Ohno S

  • Possible role for H--Y antigen in the primary determination of sex.

    Stephen S. Wachtel;Susumu Ohno;Gloria C. Koo;Edward A. Boyse

  • Formation of the sex chromatin by a single X-chromosome in liver cells of Rattus norvegicus.

    S. Ohno;W.D. Kaplan;R. Kinosita

  • Monophyletic origin and unique dispersal patterns of domestic fowls.

    Akishinonomiya Fumihito;Tetsuo Miyake;Masaru Takada;Ryosuke Shingu

  • Diploid-tetraploid relationship among old-world members of the fish family Cyprinidae

    Susumu Ohno;Junichi Muramoto;Lawrence Christian;Niels B. Atkin

  • Antigen-binding specificities of antibodies are primarily determined by seven residues of VH

    Susumu Ohno;Nozomu Mori;Takeshi Matsunaga

  • Major sex-determining genes

    Susumu Ohno

  • NUCLEOLUS-ORGANISERS IN THE CAUSATION OF CHROMOSOMAL ANOMALIES IN MAN

    Susumu Ohno;JoseM. Trujillo;WilliamD. Kaplan;Riojun Kinosita

  • X-AUTOSOME RATIO AND THE BEHAVIOR PATTERN OF INDIVIDUAL X-CHROMOSOMES IN PLACENTAL MAMMALS.

    Susumu Ohno;Willy Beçak;Maria Luiza Beçak

  • Comparative DNA values and chromosome complements of eight species of fishes.

    Susumu Ohno;Susumu Ohno;N. B. Atkin;N. B. Atkin

  • Effect of the Androgen-insensitivity Mutation on a Cytoplasmic Receptor for Dihydrotestosterone

    Ulrich Gehring;Gordon M. Tomkins;Susumu Ohno

  • Major regulatory genes for mammalian sexual development.

    Susumu Ohno

  • Base sequence of a cloned snake W-chromosome DNA fragment and identification of a male-specific putative mRNA in the mouse

    Joerg Thomas Epplen;John R. McCarrey;Shizuyo Sutou;Susumu Ohno

  • Allocycly of the x-chromosome in tumors and normal tissues.

    S Ohno;T S Hauschka

  • The comparative DNA content of 19 species of placental mammals, reptiles and birds.

    N. B. Atkin;N. B. Atkin;N. B. Atkin;Gail Mattinson;Gail Mattinson;Gail Mattinson;Willy Beçak;Willy Beçak;Willy Beçak;Susumu Ohno;Susumu Ohno;Susumu Ohno

  • Polyploidization in the fish family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes

    U. Wolf;H. Ritter;N. B. Atkin;S. Ohno

  • A MOUSE TRANSLOCATION SUPPRESSING SEX-LINKED VARIEGATION.

    Mary F. Lyon;A.G. Searle;C.E. Ford;S. Ohno

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernest Beutler
Ernest Beutler Scripps Research Institute
Gloria C. Koo
Gloria C. Koo Hospital for Special Surgery
Mary F. Lyon
Mary F. Lyon Medical Research Council
Gideon Rechavi
Gideon Rechavi Sheba Medical Center
Gordon M. Tomkins
Gordon M. Tomkins University of California, San Francisco
Tetsuya Yomo
Tetsuya Yomo East China Normal University
George Klein
George Klein Karolinska Institute
John R. McCarrey
John R. McCarrey The University of Texas at San Antonio
Jörg T. Epplen
Jörg T. Epplen Ruhr University Bochum
Keiichi Itakura
Keiichi Itakura City Of Hope National Medical Center

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