Toshiaki Furuta

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Toshiaki Furuta is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Toshiaki Furuta has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Materials Chemistry, 39 papers in Organic Chemistry and 26 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Toshiaki Furuta's work include Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (38 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (15 papers) and Click Chemistry and Applications (8 papers). Toshiaki Furuta is often cited by papers focused on Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (38 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (15 papers) and Click Chemistry and Applications (8 papers). Toshiaki Furuta collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Toshiaki Furuta's co-authors include Roger Y. Tsien, Michiko Iwamura, Hitoshi Okamoto, Hideki Ando, Timothy M. Dore, Edward M. Callaway, Winfried Denk, Samuel S.‐H. Wang, Atsushi Miyawaki and Hideaki Mizuno and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Toshiaki Furuta

77 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Brominated 7-hydroxycoumarin-4-ylmethyls: Photolabile protecting groups with biologically useful cross-sections for two photon photolysis

1999 540 citations Toshiaki Furuta, Samuel S.‐H. Wang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Toshiaki Furuta Japan	27	1.5k	1.3k	985	872	514	80	3.1k
Thomas Gensch Germany	35	1.0k 0.7×	2.0k 1.6×	275 0.3×	1.3k 1.5×	500 1.0×	106	4.0k
Alexandre Specht France	26	1.3k 0.9×	942 0.7×	523 0.5×	695 0.8×	552 1.1×	65	2.5k
Volker Hagen Germany	38	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	974 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	426 0.8×	88	3.6k
Mayeul Collot France	31	1.1k 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	687 0.7×	343 0.4×	592 1.2×	96	3.4k
Andres Jäschke Germany	41	734 0.5×	4.1k 3.1×	1.1k 1.1×	378 0.4×	401 0.8×	154	5.3k
David Ogden France	30	820 0.6×	740 0.6×	274 0.3×	1.1k 1.3×	357 0.7×	62	2.2k
Ronak Patel United States	16	666 0.4×	1.9k 1.5×	400 0.4×	1.4k 1.6×	625 1.2×	21	4.4k
Arnaud Gautier France	28	542 0.4×	2.1k 1.6×	955 1.0×	438 0.5×	340 0.7×	67	3.2k
Sophie Vriz France	29	473 0.3×	1.4k 1.1×	237 0.2×	484 0.6×	224 0.4×	72	2.4k
Cristina Flors Spain	32	1.0k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	287 0.3×	460 0.5×	810 1.6×	71	3.2k

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Yoshida, Hiroto, et al.. (2024). Design, Synthesis, and Photochemical Properties of Gene‐directed Caged RyR Probes for Photopharmacological Studies. ChemPhotoChem. 8(8).

Ohta, Yusaku, Toshiaki Furuta, Takeharu Nagai, & Kazuki Horikawa. (2018). Red fluorescent cAMP indicator with increased affinity and expanded dynamic range. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 1866–1866. 50 indexed citations

Ieda, Naoya, Kei Eto, Mitsuyasu Kawaguchi, et al.. (2015). A double bond-conjugated dimethylnitrobenzene-type photolabile nitric oxide donor with improved two-photon cross section. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 25(16). 3172–3175. 9 indexed citations

Nakagawa, Hidehiko, Toshiaki Furuta, Kiyoshi Fukuhara, et al.. (2009). Multiple bond-conjugated photoinduced nitric oxide releaser working with two-photon excitation. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 20(1). 302–305. 12 indexed citations

Tsukiji, Shinya, et al.. (2008). A bromocoumarin-based linker for synthesis of photocleavable peptidoconjugates with high photosensitivity. Chemical Communications. 5399–5399. 21 indexed citations

Specht, Alexandre, et al.. (2008). Synthesis and photochemical properties of a light-activated fluorophore to label His-tagged proteins. Chemical Communications. 1217–1217. 28 indexed citations

Wood, Christopher D., Takuya Nishigaki, Toshiaki Furuta, Shoji A. Baba, & Alberto Darszon. (2005). Real-time analysis of the role of Ca2+ in flagellar movement and motility in single sea urchin sperm. The Journal of Cell Biology. 169(5). 725–731. 103 indexed citations

Ando, Hideki, Toshiaki Furuta, & Hitoshi Okamoto. (2004). Photo-Mediated Gene Activation by Using Caged mRNA in Zebrafish Embryos. Methods in cell biology. 77. 159–171. 28 indexed citations

Furuta, Toshiaki, et al.. (2004). Controlling cellular systems with Bhc-caged compounds. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 23(7). 511–519. 25 indexed citations

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Mizuno, Hideaki, Tapas K. Mal, Kit I. Tong, et al.. (2003). Photo-Induced Peptide Cleavage in the Green-to-Red Conversion of a Fluorescent Protein. Molecular Cell. 12(4). 1051–1058. 230 indexed citations

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Ando, Hideki, Toshiaki Furuta, Roger Y. Tsien, & Hitoshi Okamoto. (2001). Photo-mediated gene activation using caged RNA/DNA in zebrafish embryos. Nature Genetics. 28(4). 317–325. 321 indexed citations

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Furuta, Toshiaki, Samuel S.‐H. Wang, Timothy M. Dore, et al.. (1999). Brominated 7-hydroxycoumarin-4-ylmethyls: Photolabile protecting groups with biologically useful cross-sections for two photon photolysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96(4). 1193–1200. 540 indexed citations breakdown →

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Furuta, Toshiaki, et al.. (1996). Acyloxycoumarinylmethyl-Caged cAMP, the Photolabile and Membrane-Permeable Derivative of cAMP That Effectively Stimulates Pigment-Dispersion Response of Melanophores. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 228(1). 193–198. 26 indexed citations

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Furuta, Toshiaki, et al.. (1995). Synthesis of Caged Compounds of L-Leucyl-L-Leucine Methyl Ester, an Apoptosis Inducer, and Their Cytotoxic Activity. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 213(2). 652–656. 12 indexed citations

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Furuta, Toshiaki, et al.. (1993). Cleavage of esters under nearly neutral conditions at high pressure. High Pressure Research. 11(1-3). 93–106. 5 indexed citations

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Furuta, Toshiaki, et al.. (1992). Relationship between the Effects on Bactericidal Activity of Selected Disinfectants and the Hydrophobic Characters of Dibasic Acid Diesters.. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 40(5). 1309–1312. 5 indexed citations

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Furuta, Toshiaki & Yoshinori Yamamoto. (1992). Very high diastereofacial stereoselectivity in the α-methoxy organolead–aldehyde condensation. Stereocontrol of three contiguous chiral centres. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 863–864. 1 indexed citations

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Furuta, Toshiaki & Yoshinori Yamamoto. (1992). Stereocontrol of three contiguous chiral centers of brassinosteroid side chain by using .alpha.-alkoxy organoleads. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 57(11). 2981–2982. 11 indexed citations

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Uyehara, Tadao, J. Yamada, Toshiaki Furuta, Tadahiro Kato, & Yoshinori Yamamoto. (1987). Rearrangement approaches to cyclic skeletons. V.. Tetrahedron. 43(23). 5605–5620. 7 indexed citations

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Uyehara, Tadao, J. Yamada, Toshiaki Furuta, & Tadahiro Kato. (1986). A TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF (±)-WIDDROL. SYNTHETIC APPLICATION OF THE FORMAL BRIDGEHEAD SUBSTITUTION OF 1-METHOXYBICYCLO[3.2.2]NON-6-EN-2-ONES WITH ALKYL GROUPS. Chemistry Letters. 15(4). 609–612. 5 indexed citations

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