# Akihiko Shimono

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/akihiko-shimono/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 5,368 |
| Field | Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer |
| h-index | 32 |
| i10-index | 38 |
| Last Known Institution | Alexion Pharma (Switzerland) |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5031012246 |
| Works | 62 |

## Researcher papers

- [lefty-1 Is Required for Left-Right Determination as a Regulator of lefty-2 and nodal](https://scholariq.org/papers/lefty-1-is-required-for-left-right-determination-as-a-regulator-of-lefty-2-and/)
- [Sfrp5 Is an Anti-Inflammatory Adipokine That Modulates Metabolic Dysfunction in Obesity](https://scholariq.org/papers/sfrp5-is-an-anti-inflammatory-adipokine-that-modulates-metabolic-dysfunction-in/)
- [Polarity-Dependent Distribution of Angiomotin Localizes Hippo Signaling in Preimplantation Embryos](https://scholariq.org/papers/polarity-dependent-distribution-of-angiomotin-localizes-hippo-signaling-in/)
- [Overexpression of a membrane protein, neuropilin, in chimeric mice causes anomalies in the cardiovascular system, nervous system and limbs](https://scholariq.org/papers/overexpression-of-a-membrane-protein-neuropilin-in-chimeric-mice-causes/)
- [Mouse Lefty2 and Zebrafish Antivin Are Feedback Inhibitors of Nodal Signaling during Vertebrate Gastrulation](https://scholariq.org/papers/mouse-lefty2-and-zebrafish-antivin-are-feedback-inhibitors-of-nodal-signaling/)
- [A Tight Junction-Associated Merlin-Angiomotin Complex Mediates Merlin's Regulation of Mitogenic Signaling and Tumor Suppressive Functions](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-tight-junction-associated-merlin-angiomotin-complex-mediates-merlin-s/)
- [bcl-2 deficiency in mice leads to pleiotropic abnormalities: accelerated lymphoid cell death in thymus and spleen, polycystic kidney, hair hypopigmentation, and distorted small intestine.](https://scholariq.org/papers/bcl-2-deficiency-in-mice-leads-to-pleiotropic-abnormalities-accelerated-lymphoid/)
- [Defects of embryonic organogenesis resulting from targeted disruption of the N<i>-myc</i> gene in the mouse](https://scholariq.org/papers/defects-of-embryonic-organogenesis-resulting-from-targeted-disruption-of-the-n-i/)
- [N-myc-dependent repression of Ndr1, a gene identified by direct subtraction of whole mouse embryo cDNAs between wild type and N-myc mutant](https://scholariq.org/papers/n-myc-dependent-repression-of-ndr1-a-gene-identified-by-direct-subtraction-of/)
- [The p130 Isoform of Angiomotin Is Required for Yap-Mediated Hepatic Epithelial Cell Proliferation and Tumorigenesis](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-p130-isoform-of-angiomotin-is-required-for-yap-mediated-hepatic-epithelial/)
- [Interim analysis of post-marketing surveillance of ravulizumab for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria in Japan](https://scholariq.org/papers/interim-analysis-of-post-marketing-surveillance-of-ravulizumab-for-paroxysmal/)

## Researcher topics

- [Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer](https://scholariq.org/topics/wnt-catenin-signaling-in-development-and-cancer/)
- [Complement system in diseases](https://scholariq.org/topics/complement-system-in-diseases/)
- [Pluripotent Stem Cells Research](https://scholariq.org/topics/pluripotent-stem-cells-research/)
- [Escherichia coli research studies](https://scholariq.org/topics/escherichia-coli-research-studies/)
- [Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation](https://scholariq.org/topics/developmental-biology-and-gene-regulation/)

## Researcher university

- [Alexion Pharma (Switzerland)](https://scholariq.org/institutions/alexion-pharma-switzerland/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.