| The immunoglobulin superfamily protein Izumo is required for sperm to fuse with eggs N Inoue, M Ikawa, A Isotani, M Okabe Nature 434 (7030), 234-238, 2005 | 994 | 2005 |
| Fertilization: a sperm’s journey to and interaction with the oocyte M Ikawa, N Inoue, AM Benham, M Okabe The Journal of clinical investigation 120 (4), 984-994, 2010 | 411 | 2010 |
| The ubiquitin ligase Riplet is essential for RIG-I-dependent innate immune responses to RNA virus infection H Oshiumi, M Miyashita, N Inoue, M Okabe, M Matsumoto, T Seya Cell host & microbe 8 (6), 496-509, 2010 | 307 | 2010 |
| Genetic basis of cell–cell fusion mechanisms PS Aguilar, MK Baylies, A Fleissner, L Helming, N Inoue, B Podbilewicz, ... Trends in Genetics 29 (7), 427-437, 2013 | 257 | 2013 |
| Molecular cloning and functional characterization of chicken toll-like receptors: a single chicken toll covers multiple molecular patterns A Fukui, N Inoue, M Matsumoto, M Nomura, K Yamada, Y Matsuda, ... Journal of Biological Chemistry 276 (50), 47143-47149, 2001 | 245 | 2001 |
| Visualization of the moment of mouse sperm–egg fusion and dynamic localization of IZUMO1 Y Satouh, N Inoue, M Ikawa, M Okabe Journal of cell science 125 (21), 4985-4990, 2012 | 225 | 2012 |
| Calsperin is a testis-specific chaperone required for sperm fertility M Ikawa, K Tokuhiro, R Yamaguchi, AM Benham, T Tamura, I Wada, ... Journal of Biological Chemistry 286 (7), 5639-5646, 2011 | 180 | 2011 |
| SPACA1-deficient male mice are infertile with abnormally shaped sperm heads reminiscent of globozoospermia Y Fujihara, Y Satouh, N Inoue, A Isotani, M Ikawa, M Okabe Development 139 (19), 3583-3589, 2012 | 178 | 2012 |
| Acrosome-reacted mouse spermatozoa recovered from the perivitelline space can fertilize other eggs N Inoue, Y Satouh, M Ikawa, M Okabe, R Yanagimachi Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (50), 20008-20011, 2011 | 176 | 2011 |
| Disruption of mouse CD46 causes an accelerated spontaneous acrosome reaction in sperm N Inoue, M Ikawa, T Nakanishi, M Matsumoto, M Nomura, T Seya, ... Molecular and cellular biology 23 (7), 2614-2622, 2003 | 164 | 2003 |
| Structure of IZUMO1–JUNO reveals sperm–oocyte recognition during mammalian fertilization U Ohto, H Ishida, E Krayukhina, S Uchiyama, N Inoue, T Shimizu Nature 534 (7608), 566-569, 2016 | 152 | 2016 |
| Molecular dissection of IZUMO1, a sperm protein essential for sperm-egg fusion N Inoue, D Hamada, H Kamikubo, K Hirata, M Kataoka, M Yamamoto, ... Development 140 (15), 3221-3229, 2013 | 144 | 2013 |
| Sperm equatorial segment protein 1, SPESP1, is required for fully fertile sperm in mouse Y Fujihara, M Murakami, N Inoue, Y Satouh, K Kaseda, M Ikawa, M Okabe Journal of cell science 123 (9), 1531-1536, 2010 | 122 | 2010 |
| Oocyte-triggered dimerization of sperm IZUMO1 promotes sperm–egg fusion in mice N Inoue, Y Hagihara, D Wright, T Suzuki, I Wada Nature communications 6 (1), 1-12, 2015 | 119 | 2015 |
| Lineage-specific cell disruption in living mice by Cre-mediated expression of diphtheria toxin A chain H Matsumura, H Hasuwa, N Inoue, M Ikawa, M Okabe Biochemical and biophysical research communications 321 (2), 275-279, 2004 | 103 | 2004 |
| Genetic dissection of pheromone processing reveals main olfactory system-mediated social behaviors in mice T Matsuo, T Hattori, A Asaba, N Inoue, N Kanomata, T Kikusui, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (3), E311-E320, 2015 | 101 | 2015 |
| The mechanism of sperm–egg interaction and the involvement of IZUMO1 in fusion N Inoue, M Ikawa, M Okabe Asian journal of andrology 13 (1), 81, 2011 | 94 | 2011 |
| Putative sperm fusion protein IZUMO and the role of N-glycosylation N Inoue, M Ikawa, M Okabe Biochemical and biophysical research communications 377 (3), 910-914, 2008 | 80 | 2008 |
| Production of mouse pups from germline transmission-failed knockout chimeras Y Fujihara, K Kaseda, N Inoue, M Ikawa, M Okabe Transgenic research 22 (1), 195-200, 2013 | 78 | 2013 |
| Wild-type measles virus infection in human CD46/CD150-transgenic mice: CD11c-positive dendritic cells establish systemic viral infection M Shingai, N Inoue, T Okuno, M Okabe, T Akazawa, Y Miyamoto, M Ayata, ... The Journal of Immunology 175 (5), 3252-3261, 2005 | 72 | 2005 |
Masaru OkabeProfessor Emeritus, Osaka UniversityVerified email at biken.osaka-u.ac.jp