Akira Nagafuchi

18.8k citations
79 papers · 16.1k · 8 hit papers · h-index 53

Impact in

  • Neurology top 0.05%
    • Barrier Structure and Function Studies
  • Cell Biology top 0.05%
    • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
    • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ

Papers in

    • Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer 57
    • Cancer-related gene regulation 40
    • Kruppel-like factors research 10
    • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions 11
    • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ 8
    • Skin and Cellular Biology Research 7

Akira Nagafuchi

77 papers receiving 15.8k citations

Akira Nagafuchi's Hit Papers

α-Catenin as a tension transducer that induces adherens junction development 2010 · 749 citations
7490+13+26Years since publication50010001.5k2.0k

Peers

Akira Nagafuchi
Comparison fields: 5 of 137
  • Neurology 3.3k
  • Cell Biology 5.1k
  • Immunology and Allergy 1.8k
  • Molecular Biology 11.3k
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1.2k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Akira Nagafuchi, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Occludin: a novel integral membrane protein localizing at tight junctions.
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19932064
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Direct association of occludin with ZO-1 and its possible involvement in the localization of occludin at tight junctions.
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1994799
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α-Catenin as a tension transducer that induces adherens junction development
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2010749
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Cell binding function of E‐cadherin is regulated by the cytoplasmic domain.
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1988712
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Transformation of cell adhesion properties by exogenously introduced E-cadherin cDNA
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1987652
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Expressed recombinant cadherins mediate cell sorting in model systems
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1988581
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Involvement of ZO-1 in Cadherin-based Cell Adhesion through Its Direct Binding to α Catenin and Actin Filaments
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1997572
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The 220-kD protein colocalizing with cadherins in non-epithelial cells is identical to ZO-1, a tight junction-associated protein in epithelial cells: cDNA cloning and immunoelectron microscopy.
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Cadherin dysfunction in a human cancer cell line: possible involvement of loss of alpha-catenin expression in reduced cell-cell adhesiveness.
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About Akira Nagafuchi

Akira Nagafuchi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Neurology, Immunology and Allergy and Oncology, having authored 79 papers that have together received 16.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (57 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (40 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (11 papers), Kruppel-like factors research (10 papers), Barrier Structure and Function Studies (9 papers), Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (8 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (8 papers) and Skin and Cellular Biology Research (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (3.3k citations), Cell Biology (5.1k citations), Immunology and Allergy (1.8k citations), Molecular Biology (11.3k citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (1.2k citations). Akira Nagafuchi has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Shöichiro Tsukita, Masatoshi Takeichi, Shigenobu Yonemura, Masahiko Itoh, Mikio Furuse, Tetsuaki Hirase, Sachiko Tsukita, Akinao Nose, Kohei Hatta and Toshiyuki Watanabe. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Cell Biology, Cell Structure and Function, Journal of Cell Science, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications and Cell.

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