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Hironobu Fujii

Hironobu Fujii

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Materials Science

D-Index
68
Citations
15713
World Ranking
4894
National Ranking
232

Overview

Hironobu Fujii is affiliated with Hiroshima University in Japan and has made significant contributions across multiple fields related to medicine and biochemistry. Their work spans the domains of molecular biology, organic chemistry, cellular and molecular neuroscience, materials chemistry, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their research is notably focused on several key topics, including:

  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

Fujii's publication record indicates frequent contributions to journals such as:

  • European Heart Journal
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemical Biology & Drug Design
  • Molecules
  • Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Fujii include:

  • "The Japanese herbal medicine Hangeshashinto enhances oral keratinocyte migration to facilitate healing of chemotherapy-induced oral ulcerative mucositis" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Japanese Herbal Medicine Ninjinyoeito Mediates Its Orexigenic Properties Partially by Activating Orexin 1 Receptors" (2020, Frontiers in Nutrition)
  • "Oxytocin Is a Positive Allosteric Modulator of κ-Opioid Receptors but Not δ-Opioid Receptors in the G Protein Signaling Pathway" (2021, Cells)
  • "In Vitro Analyses of Spinach-Derived Opioid Peptides, Rubiscolins: Receptor Selectivity and Intracellular Activities through G Protein- and β-Arrestin-Mediated Pathways" (2021, Molecules)
  • "The Japanese Herbal Medicine Hangeshashinto Induces Oral Keratinocyte Migration by Mediating the Expression of CXCL12 Through the Activation of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase" (2022, Frontiers in Pharmacology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Fujii include:

  • Shigeto Hirayama
  • Takaaki Mizuguchi
  • Fumika Karaki
  • Kennosuke Itoh
  • Noriko Sato

Fujii's research is multidisciplinary, bridging clinical medicine and molecular science. The focus on traditional Japanese herbal medicines in some studies intersects with receptor pharmacology and signaling pathways, reflecting an integration of natural product research with molecular and cellular biology techniques.

The scientist's contributions also extend to structural studies, as indicated by publications in crystallography and chemical biology venues, suggesting involvement in understanding molecular interactions at an atomic level.

Best Publications

  • Catalytic effect of nanoparticle 3d-transition metals on hydrogen storage properties in magnesium hydride MgH2 prepared by mechanical milling.

    Nobuko Hanada;Takayuki Ichikawa;Hironobu Fujii

  • New Metal−N−H System Composed of Mg(NH2)2 and LiH for Hydrogen Storage

    Haiyan Y. Leng;Takayuki Ichikawa;Satoshi Hino;Nobuko Hanada

  • Formation of an anisotropic energy gap in the valence-fluctuating system of CeNiSn.

    T. Takabatake;F. Teshima;H. Fujii;S. Nishigori

  • Mechanism of Novel Reaction from LiNH2 and LiH to Li2NH and H2 as a Promising Hydrogen Storage System

    Takayuki Ichikawa;Nobuko Hanada;Shigehito Isobe;Haiyan Leng

  • Hydrogen in the mechanically prepared nanostructured graphite

    S. Orimo;S. Orimo;G. Majer;T. Fukunaga;A. Züttel

  • Hydrogen desorption property of mechanically prepared nanostructured graphite

    S. Orimo;T. Matsushima;H. Fujii;T. Fukunaga

  • Reentrant ferromagnetism observed in SmMn2Ge2

    H. Fujii;T. Okamoto;T. Shigeoka;N. Iwata

  • Remarkable hydrogen storage properties in three-layered Pd/Mg/Pd thin films

    K. Higuchi;K. Yamamoto;H. Kajioka;K. Toiyama

  • Crystallographic, Magnetic, and Superconductive Transitions in (La1-xBax)2CuO4-y

    Toshizo Fujita;Yuji Aoki;Yoshiteru Maeno;Junji Sakurai

  • Structural and hydriding properties of the MgNiH system with nano- and/or amorphous structures

    S. Orimo;K. Ikeda;H. Fujii;Y. Fujikawa

  • Correlation between hydrogen storage properties and structural characteristics in mechanically milled magnesium hydride MgH2

    Nobuko Hanada;Takayuki Ichikawa;Shin Ichi Orimo;Hironobu Fujii

  • Catalytic effect of Ni nano-particle and Nb oxide on H-desorption properties in MgH2 prepared by ball milling

    N. Hanada;T. Ichikawa;H. Fujii

  • Hydrogen in mechanically prepared nanostructured h-BN: a critical comparison with that in nanostructured graphite

    P. Wang;S. Orimo;T. Matsushima;H. Fujii

  • Ce- and Yb-based Kondo semiconductors

    T. Takabatake;F. Iga;T. Yoshino;Y. Echizen

  • Effects of nanometer-scale structure on hydriding properties of MgNi alloys: a review

    Shin Ichi Orimo;Hironobu Fujii

  • Tunneling Evidence for the Quasiparticle Gap in Kondo Semiconductors CeNiSn and CeRhSb

    Toshikazu Ekino;Toshiro Takabatake;Hiroaki Tanaka;Hironobu Fujii

  • Hydrogen storage properties in Ti catalyzed Li–N–H system

    T. Ichikawa;N. Hanada;S. Isobe;H.Y. Leng

  • NMR Investigation of Energy Gap Formation in the Valence Fluctuating Compound CeNiSn

    Masafumi Kyogaku;Yoshio Kitaoka;Hiroyuki Nakamura;Kunisuke Asayama

  • Hydrogen storage properties of Li-Mg-N-H systems with different ratios of LiH/Mg(NH2)2.

    Haiyan Leng;Takayuki Ichikawa;Hironobu Fujii

  • Effect of Ti catalyst with different chemical form on Li–N–H hydrogen storage properties

    S. Isobe;T. Ichikawa;N. Hanada;H.Y. Leng

  • Crystal Growth and Characterization of the Kondo Semimetal CeNiSn

    Go Nakamoto;Toshiro Takabatake;Hironobu Fujii;Asao Minami

  • SEM and TEM characterization of magnesium hydride catalyzed with Ni nano-particle or Nb2O5

    Nobuko Hanada;Enoki Hirotoshi;Takayuki Ichikawa;Etsuo Akiba;Etsuo Akiba

  • Magnetic Properties of Rare Earth Copper Intermetallic Compounds, RCu 2 . II. Light Rare Earth

    Yuzo Hashimoto;Hironobu Fujii;Hiroshi Fujiwara;Tetsuhiko Okamoto

  • Physical properties of nitrogenated RFe11Ti intermetallic compounds (R=Ce, Pr and Nd) with ThMn12-type structure

    M. Akayama;H. Fujii;K. Yamamoto;K. Tatami

Frequent Co-Authors

Takayuki Ichikawa
Takayuki Ichikawa Hiroshima University
Shin-ichi Orimo
Shin-ichi Orimo Tohoku University
Yoshitsugu Kojima
Yoshitsugu Kojima Hiroshima University
Yuji Aoki
Yuji Aoki Tokyo Metropolitan University
Kozo Osamura
Kozo Osamura Kyoto University
Yoshiteru Maeno
Yoshiteru Maeno Kyoto University
W.E. Wallace
W.E. Wallace University of Pittsburgh
Bjørn C. Hauback
Bjørn C. Hauback University of Oslo
Paul C. Canfield
Paul C. Canfield Iowa State University
Masato Sagawa
Masato Sagawa Tohoku University

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