Toshiro Aigaki

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
138 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Toshiro Aigaki is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Aging. According to data from OpenAlex, Toshiro Aigaki has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Molecular Biology, 54 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 18 papers in Aging. Recurrent topics in Toshiro Aigaki's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (50 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (18 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (16 papers). Toshiro Aigaki is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (50 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (18 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (16 papers). Toshiro Aigaki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Switzerland. Toshiro Aigaki's co-authors include Takashi Matsuo, Manabu Tsuda, Minoru Osanai, Hiroko Kasuga, Ki‐Hyeon Seong, Satomi Takeo, P.S. Chen, Marianne Bienz, Elisabeth Stumm‐Zollinger and Peter Böhlen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Toshiro Aigaki

136 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A male accessory gland peptide that regulates reproductive behavior of female D. melanogaster

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Christopher J. Potter United States

Ryusuke Niwa Japan

Daisuke Yamamoto Japan

Carlos Ribeiro Portugal

Mary Bownes United Kingdom

Shu Kondo Japan

Paul Garrity United States

Africa Couto United Kingdom

James W. Fristrom United States

Ryu Ueda Japan

Christopher J. Potter United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Toshiro Aigaki

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Toshiro Aigaki. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Toshiro Aigaki based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Toshiro Aigaki. Toshiro Aigaki is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Tsuda, Manabu, et al.. (2025). Epoxide hydrolases JHEH1 and JHEH2 deficiency impairs glucose metabolism in Drosophila. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 748. 151313–151313. 1 indexed citations

Mânica-Cattani, Maria Fernanda, et al.. (2025). Characterization of a Drosophila model to study functions of guarana seeds. PLoS ONE. 20(7). e0328985–e0328985.

Kubo, Shuichi, Akinori Tokunaga, Hiroaki Nabeka, et al.. (2021). Inhibition of low-density lipoprotein uptake by Helicobacter pylori virulence factor CagA. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 556. 192–198. 11 indexed citations

Tada, Seiichi, et al.. (2020). Instantaneous detection of α_s-casein in cow's milk using fluorogenic peptide aptamers. Analytical Methods. 12(10). 1368–1373. 11 indexed citations

Assmann, Charles Elias, Francine Carla Cadoná, Alencar Kolinski Machado, et al.. (2019). Guarana improves behavior and inflammatory alterations triggered by methylmercury exposure: an in vivo fruit fly and in vitro neural cells study. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26(15). 15069–15083. 19 indexed citations

Suga, Kanako, Takashi Isoshima, Toshiro Aigaki, et al.. (2018). Wash-free and selective imaging of epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) expressing cells with fluorogenic peptide ligands. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 500(2). 283–287. 6 indexed citations

Tada, Seiichi, Li Zhu, Takanori Uzawa, et al.. (2018). In vitro selection of electrochemical peptide probes using bioorthogonal tRNA for influenza virus detection. Chemical Communications. 54(41). 5201–5204. 10 indexed citations

Miyatake, Hideyuki, et al.. (2018). Thiophene-Conjugated Ligand Probe for Nonenzymatic Turn-On Electrochemical Protein Detection. Analytical Chemistry. 90(19). 11179–11182. 2 indexed citations

Aigaki, Toshiro, et al.. (2013). A novel classification system for evolutionary aging theories. Frontiers in Genetics. 4. 25–25. 31 indexed citations

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Wang, Wei, Takanori Uzawa, N. Tochio, et al.. (2013). A fluorogenic peptide probe developed by in vitro selection using tRNA carrying a fluorogenic amino acid. Chemical Communications. 50(22). 2962–2964. 25 indexed citations

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Aigaki, Toshiro, et al.. (2012). Cationic cholesterol-modified gelatin as an in vitro siRNA delivery vehicle. Molecular BioSystems. 9(5). 965–968. 7 indexed citations

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Taniguchi, Kiichiro, Shunya Hozumi, Reo Maeda, et al.. (2007). D-JNK signaling in visceral muscle cells controls the laterality of the Drosophila gut. Developmental Biology. 311(1). 251–263. 20 indexed citations

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Tsuda, Leo, Masako Kaido, Young‐Mi Lim, et al.. (2006). An NRSF/REST‐like repressor downstream of Ebi/SMRTER/Su(H) regulates eye development in Drosophila. The EMBO Journal. 25(13). 3191–3202. 46 indexed citations

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Matsuno, Kuniharu, Naoyuki Taniguchi, Kazuo Noda, et al.. (2004). Neurotic, a GDP-fucose O-fucosyltransferase, regulates Notch turnover and endocytic transportation independently of its enzymatic activity.. Glycobiology. 14(11). 1065–1066. 1 indexed citations

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Katsuyama, Tomonori, Tamaki Yano, Yoshiteru Oshima, et al.. (2002). Overexpression of a pattern-recognition receptor, peptidoglycan-recognition protein-LE, activates imd/relish-mediated antibacterial defense and the prophenoloxidase cascade in Drosophila larvae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(21). 13705–13710. 278 indexed citations

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Takasu, Etsuko, et al.. (2002). Forked end: a novel transmembrane protein involved in neuromuscular specificity in drosophila identified by gain‐of‐function screening. Journal of Neurobiology. 51(3). 205–214. 10 indexed citations

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Aigaki, Toshiro, et al.. (1995). BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF DROSOPHILA SEX-PEPTIDE EXPRESSED IN E. COLI.. The Japanese Journal of Genetics. 70(6). 739. 1 indexed citations

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Osanai, Minoru, Hiroko Kasuga, & Toshiro Aigaki. (1987). The spermatophore and its structural changes with time in the bursa copulatrix of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Journal of Morphology. 193(1). 1–11. 34 indexed citations

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Aigaki, Toshiro & Minoru Osanai. (1984). BI34 PURIFICATION OF ARGINASE FROM THE SILKMOTH, BOMBYX MORI.(Biochemistry)(Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan). ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 1(6). 911. 1 indexed citations

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Osanai, Minoru & Toshiro Aigaki. (1984). Sex and strain differences in arginase activity of the adult silkworm, Bombyx mori. Nihon sanshigaku zasshi. 53(6). 519–526. 10 indexed citations

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