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Yoshiki Sasai

Yoshiki Sasai

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
85
Citations
41843
World Ranking
3069
National Ranking
192

Overview

Yoshiki Sasai was affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan. Their research contributions included work published in scientific journals, with a focus on stem cell biology and tissue engineering.

Among their recent publications was the paper titled "Publisher Correction: Preconditioning the Initial State of Feeder-free Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Promotes Self-formation of Three-dimensional Retinal Tissue," published in 2020 in the journal Scientific Reports.

Frequent co-authors in their research included:

  • Atsushi Kuwahara
  • Suguru Yamasaki
  • Michiko Mandai
  • Kenji Watari
  • Keizo Matsushita

Their work appeared primarily in the Scientific Reports venue, reflecting their involvement in peer-reviewed scientific discourse.

Best Publications

  • A ROCK inhibitor permits survival of dissociated human embryonic stem cells

    Kiichi Watanabe;Morio Ueno;Daisuke Kamiya;Ayaka Nishiyama

  • Self-organizing optic-cup morphogenesis in three-dimensional culture

    Mototsugu Eiraku;Nozomu Takata;Hiroki Ishibashi;Masako Kawada

  • Induction of midbrain dopaminergic neurons from ES cells by stromal cell-derived inducing activity.

    Hiroshi Kawasaki;Kenji Mizuseki;Satomi Nishikawa;Satoshi Kaneko

  • Self-Organized Formation of Polarized Cortical Tissues from ESCs and Its Active Manipulation by Extrinsic Signals

    Mototsugu Eiraku;Kiichi Watanabe;Mami Matsuo-Takasaki;Masako Kawada

  • Self-formation of optic cups and storable stratified neural retina from human ESCs.

    Tokushige Nakano;Satoshi Ando;Nozomu Takata;Masako Kawada

  • Dorsoventral Patterning in Xenopus: Inhibition of Ventral Signals by Direct Binding of Chordin to BMP-4

    Stefano Piccolo;Yoshiki Sasai;Bin Lu;Eddy M De Robertis

  • Xenopus chordin: A novel dorsalizing factor activated by organizer-specific homeobox genes

    Yoshiki Sasai;Bin Lu;Herbert Steinbeisser;Douglas Geissert

  • A common plan for dorsoventral patterning in Bilateria

    E. M. De Robertis;Yoshiki Sasai

  • Cerberus is a head-inducing secreted factor expressed in the anterior endoderm of Spemann's organizer

    Tewis Bouwmeester;Sung-Hyun Kim;Yoshiki Sasai;Bin Lu

  • Directed differentiation of telencephalic precursors from embryonic stem cells

    Kiichi Watanabe;Daisuke Kamiya;Ayaka Nishiyama;Tomoko Katayama

  • Self-organization of axial polarity, inside-out layer pattern, and species-specific progenitor dynamics in human ES cell–derived neocortex

    Taisuke Kadoshima;Hideya Sakaguchi;Tokushige Nakano;Mika Soen

  • Regulation of neural induction by the Chd and Bmp-4 antagonistic patterning signals in Xenopus

    Yoshiki Sasai;Bin Lu;Herbert Steinbeisser;Eddy M. De Robertis

  • Two mammalian helix-loop-helix factors structurally related to Drosophila hairy and Enhancer of split.

    Y Sasai;R Kageyama;Y Tagawa;R Shigemoto

  • Toward the generation of rod and cone photoreceptors from mouse, monkey and human embryonic stem cells

    Fumitaka Osakada;Hanako Ikeda;Michiko Mandai;Takafumi Wataya

  • Self-Organization of Polarized Cerebellar Tissue in 3D Culture of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Keiko Muguruma;Ayaka Nishiyama;Hideshi Kawakami;Kouichi Hashimoto

  • Retraction: Bidirectional developmental potential in reprogrammed cells with acquired pluripotency

    Haruko Obokata;Yoshiki Sasai;Hitoshi Niwa;Mitsutaka Kadota

  • Dopaminergic neurons generated from monkey embryonic stem cells function in a Parkinson primate model

    Yasushi Takagi;Jun Takahashi;Hidemoto Saiki;Asuka Morizane

  • Ectodermal Patterning in Vertebrate Embryos

    Sasai Y;Sasai Y;De Robertis Em

  • Generation of dopaminergic neurons and pigmented epithelia from primate ES cells by stromal cell-derived inducing activity

    Hiroshi Kawasaki;Hirofumi Suemori;Kenji Mizuseki;Kiichi Watanabe

  • Molecular characterization of a functional cDNA for rat substance P receptor.

    Y Yokota;Y Sasai;K Tanaka;T Fujiwara

Frequent Co-Authors

Masayo Takahashi
Masayo Takahashi Kyoto University
Kenji Mizuseki
Kenji Mizuseki Osaka Metropolitan University
Shigenobu Yonemura
Shigenobu Yonemura University of Tokushima
Shigetada Nakanishi
Shigetada Nakanishi Kyoto University
Shigeru Kinoshita
Shigeru Kinoshita Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Nobuo Hashimoto
Nobuo Hashimoto Kyoto University
Hirofumi Suemori
Hirofumi Suemori Kyoto University
Ryoichiro Kageyama
Ryoichiro Kageyama Kyoto University
Mitsuo Satoh
Mitsuo Satoh Kyowa Kirin (Japan)
Hitoshi Niwa
Hitoshi Niwa Kumamoto University

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