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

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Epoxide hydrolases JHEH1 and JHEH2 deficiency impairs glucose metabolism in Drosophila 2025 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·(unknown), Manabu Tsuda, Satomi Takeo, Tsunaki Asano, Takaomi Sakai, Toshiro Aigaki	1
2	Characterization of a Drosophila model to study functions of guarana seeds 2025 ·PLoS ONE ·Maria Fernanda Mânica-Cattani, (unknown), Yukiko Sato‐Miyata, (unknown), (unknown), Euler Esteves Ribeiro, Manabu Tsuda, Toshiro Aigaki	0
3	Inhibition of low-density lipoprotein uptake by Helicobacter pylori virulence factor CagA 2021 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·(unknown), Shuichi Kubo, (unknown), (unknown), Akinori Tokunaga, Hiroaki Nabeka, (unknown), Tetsuya Shimokawa, Seiji Matsuda, Kazunari Murakami, Toshiro Aigaki, Yoshio Yamaoka, Fumihiko Hamada	11
4	Instantaneous detection of α_s-casein in cow's milk using fluorogenic peptide aptamers 2020 ·Analytical Methods ·(unknown), Seiichi Tada, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Toshiro Aigaki, Yoshihiro Ito, Takanori Uzawa	11
5	Guarana improves behavior and inflammatory alterations triggered by methylmercury exposure: an in vivo fruit fly and in vitro neural cells study 2019 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·(unknown), Charles Elias Assmann, Francine Carla Cadoná, Alencar Kolinski Machado, Maria Fernanda Mânica-Cattani, Yukiko Sato‐Miyata, Tsunaki Asano, Marta Maria Medeiros Frescura Duarte, Euler Esteves Ribeiro, Toshiro Aigaki, Ivana Beatrice Mânica da Cruz	19
6	Wash-free and selective imaging of epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) expressing cells with fluorogenic peptide ligands 2018 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·(unknown), Kanako Suga, Takashi Isoshima, Toshiro Aigaki, Yoshihiro Ito, Kiyotaka Shiba, Takanori Uzawa	6
7	In vitro selection of electrochemical peptide probes using bioorthogonal tRNA for influenza virus detection 2018 ·Chemical Communications ·(unknown), Seiichi Tada, Li Zhu, Takanori Uzawa, (unknown), Shyh‐Chyang Luo, Haichao Zhao, Hsiao‐hua Yu, Toshiro Aigaki, Yoshihiro Ito	10
8	Thiophene-Conjugated Ligand Probe for Nonenzymatic Turn-On Electrochemical Protein Detection 2018 ·Analytical Chemistry ·(unknown), Hideyuki Miyatake, Toshiro Aigaki, Masuki Kawamoto, Yoshihiro Ito	2
9	A novel classification system for evolutionary aging theories 2013 ·Frontiers in Genetics ·(unknown), Toshiro Aigaki, Alexandre A. Peixoto, Alex Balduíno, Ivana Beatrice Mânica da Cruz, Jonathan G. Heddle	31
10	A fluorogenic peptide probe developed by in vitro selection using tRNA carrying a fluorogenic amino acid 2013 ·Chemical Communications ·Wei Wang, Takanori Uzawa, N. Tochio, (unknown), Yoshinori Hirano, Seiichi Tada, Hisao Saneyoshi, T. Kigawa, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Yutaka Ito, Makoto Taiji, Toshiro Aigaki, Yoshihiro Ito	25
11	Cationic cholesterol-modified gelatin as an in vitro siRNA delivery vehicle 2012 ·Molecular BioSystems ·(unknown), Toshiro Aigaki, Hiroshi Abe, Yoshihiro Ito	7
12	D-JNK signaling in visceral muscle cells controls the laterality of the Drosophila gut 2007 ·Developmental Biology ·Kiichiro Taniguchi, Shunya Hozumi, Reo Maeda, (unknown), Takeshi Sasamura, Toshiro Aigaki, Kenji Matsuno	20
13	An NRSF/REST‐like repressor downstream of Ebi/SMRTER/Su(H) regulates eye development in Drosophila 2006 ·The EMBO Journal ·Leo Tsuda, Masako Kaido, Young‐Mi Lim, Kagayaki Kato, Toshiro Aigaki, Shigeo Hayashi	46
14	Neurotic, a GDP-fucose O-fucosyltransferase, regulates Notch turnover and endocytic transportation independently of its enzymatic activity. 2004 ·Glycobiology ·Kuniharu Matsuno, Naoyuki Taniguchi, Kazuo Noda, Toshiro Aigaki, (unknown), Norihiko Sasaki, (unknown), Maiko Kanai, Satoru Higashi, (unknown), (unknown)	1
15	Overexpression of a pattern-recognition receptor, peptidoglycan-recognition protein-LE, activates imd/relish-mediated antibacterial defense and the prophenoloxidase cascade in Drosophila larvae 2002 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Tomonori Katsuyama, Tamaki Yano, Yoshiteru Oshima, Haruhiko Takada, Toshiro Aigaki, Shoichiro Kurata	278
16	Forked end: a novel transmembrane protein involved in neuromuscular specificity in drosophila identified by gain‐of‐function screening 2002 ·Journal of Neurobiology ·(unknown), Etsuko Takasu, Masatoshi Takeichi, Toshiro Aigaki, Akinao Nose	10
17	BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF DROSOPHILA SEX-PEPTIDE EXPRESSED IN E. COLI. 1995 ·The Japanese Journal of Genetics ·Toshiro Aigaki, (unknown), (unknown), Yoshiaki Fuyama	1
18	The spermatophore and its structural changes with time in the bursa copulatrix of the silkworm, Bombyx mori 1987 ·Journal of Morphology ·Minoru Osanai, Hiroko Kasuga, Toshiro Aigaki	34
19	BI34 PURIFICATION OF ARGINASE FROM THE SILKMOTH, BOMBYX MORI.(Biochemistry)(Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan) 1984 ·ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE ·Toshiro Aigaki, Minoru Osanai	1
20	Sex and strain differences in arginase activity of the adult silkworm, Bombyx mori 1984 ·Nihon sanshigaku zasshi ·Minoru Osanai, Toshiro Aigaki	10

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