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Hiroshi Furukawa

Hiroshi Furukawa

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Overview

Hiroshi Furukawa is affiliated with Meijo University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly focusing on rheumatology and pulmonary diseases. Their research spans a variety of interrelated disciplines, including inflammatory and autoimmune conditions as well as infectious diseases.

The main fields of study covered by Furukawa include:

  • Medicine

Within this broad category, their work is concentrated in several subfields:

  • Rheumatology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Epidemiology
  • Surgery

Furukawa's research topics emphasize complex disease mechanisms and clinical implications in chronic and acute conditions. Key areas of focus include:

  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment

Their recent publications reflect this diversity of interests, with selected works including:

  • "Genetic risk factors for autoimmune hepatitis: implications for phenotypic heterogeneity and biomarkers for drug response" (2021), Human Genomics
  • "The attenuation of insulin-like growth factor signaling may be responsible for relative reduction in matrix synthesis in degenerated areas of osteoarthritic cartilage" (2021), BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • "Serum rheumatoid factor IgA, anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies with secretory components, and anti-carbamylated protein antibodies associate with interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis" (2022), BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • "Biomarkers for interstitial lung disease and acute-onset diffuse interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis" (2021), Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease
  • "Serum Metabolomic Profiling in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease: A Case-Control Study" (2020), Frontiers in Medicine

Furukawa has published frequently in venues such as Research Square, Scientific Reports, International Journal of Surgical Wound Care, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, and Vaccines.

  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Scientific Reports
  • International Journal of Surgical Wound Care
  • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Vaccines

The scientist has collaborated regularly with a number of peers in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Shigeto Tohma
  • Shomi Oka
  • Takashi Higuchi
  • Naoshi Fukui
  • Kota Shimada

Best Publications

  • Anti-HIV benzylisoquinoline alkaloids and flavonoids from the leaves of Nelumbo nucifera, and structure-activity correlations with related alkaloids.

    Yoshiki Kashiwada;Akihiro Aoshima;Yasumasa Ikeshiro;Yuh Pan Chen

  • Removal of nitrogen monoxide through a novel catalytic process. 2. Infrared study on surface reaction of nitrogen monoxide adsorbed on copper ion-exchanged ZSM-5 zeolites

    Masakazu Iwamoto;Hidenori Yahiro;Noritaka Mizuno;Wen Xiang Zhang

  • Cancer chemopreventive agents, 4-phenylcoumarins from Calophyllum inophyllum.

    Masataka Itoigawa;Masataka Itoigawa;Chihiro Ito;Hugh T.-W Tan;Masashi Kuchide

  • Aripiprazole ameliorates phencyclidine-induced impairment of recognition memory through dopamine D1 and serotonin 5-HT1A receptors.

    Taku Nagai;Rina Murai;Kanae Matsui;Hiroyuki Kamei

  • Antitumor agents. 203. Carbazole alkaloid murrayaquinone A and related synthetic carbazolequinones as cytotoxic agents.

    Masataka Itoigawa;Yoshiki Kashiwada;Chihiro Ito;Hiroshi Furukawa

  • Alkaloidal Constituents of Murraya koenigii. Isolation and Structural Elucidation of Novel Binary Carbazolequinones and Carbazole Alkaloids

    Chihiro Ito;Yukiko Thoyama;Mitsuo Omura;Ichiro Kajiura

  • Clozapine, but not haloperidol, reverses social behavior deficit in mice during withdrawal from chronic phencyclidine treatment.

    H Qiao;Y Noda;H Kamei;T Nagai

  • Induction of apoptosis by carbazole alkaloids isolated from Murraya koenigii

    C. Ito;M. Itoigawa;K. Nakao;T. Murata

  • Quantitative study of flavonoids in leaves of Citrus plants

    Satoru Kawaii;Yasuhiko Tomono;Eriko Katase;Kazunori Ogawa

  • Chemical Constituents of Murraya Euchrestifolia Hayata. Structures of Novel Carbazolequinones and Other New Carbazole Alkaloids

    Hiroshi Furukawa;Tianshung Wu;Tomoko Ohta;Changsheng Kuoh

  • Chemical constituents of Glycosmis arborea: three new carbazole alkaloids and their biological activity.

    Chihiro Ito;Masataka Itoigawa;Atsuko Sato;Choudhury M. Hasan

  • Diffuse reflectance infrared and photoluminescence spectra of surface vanadyl groups. Direct evidence for change of bond strength and electronic structure of metal-oxygen bond upon supporting oxide

    Masakazu Iwamoto;Hiroshi Furukawa;Kazuto Matsukami;Toshihisa Takenaka

  • Catalytic effects in oxygen permeation through mixed-conductive LSCF perovskite membranes

    Y Teraoka;Y Honbe;J Ishii;H Furukawa

  • 1,1-Dimethylallylcoumarins potently supress both lipopolysaccharide- and interferon-γ-induced nitric oxide generation in mouse macrophage RAW 264.7 cells

    Akira Murakami;Guanxin Gao;Mitsuo Omura;Masamichi Yano

  • Repeated Phencyclidine Treatment Induces Negative Symptom-like Behavior in Forced Swimming Test in Mice: Imbalance of Prefrontal Serotonergic and Dopaminergic Functions

    Yukihiro Noda;Hiroyuki Kamei;Takayoshi Mamiya;Hiroshi Furukawa

  • Involvement of a dysfunctional dopamine-D1/N-methyl-d-aspartate-NR1 and Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II pathway in the impairment of latent learning in a model of schizophrenia induced by phencyclidine.

    Akihiro Mouri;Yukihiro Noda;Yukihiro Noda;Akihiro Noda;Tomonobu Nakamura

  • Polyprenylated Benzophenones from Garcinia assigu and Their Potential Cancer Chemopreventive Activities

    Chihiro Ito;Masataka Itoigawa;Yoshiaki Miyamoto;Saori Onoda

  • Cancer chemopreventive activity of naphthoquinones and their analogs from Avicennia plants

    Masataka Itoigawa;Masataka Itoigawa;Chihiro Ito;Hugh T.-W Tan;Masato Okuda

  • Chemical constituents of Calophyllum brasiliensis: structure elucidation of seven new xanthones and their cancer chemopreventive activity.

    Chihiro Ito;Masataka Itoigawa;Yoshitaka Mishina;Valdir Cechinel Filho

  • Chemical constituents of Calophyllum brasiliense. 2. Structure of three new coumarins and cancer chemopreventive activity of 4-substituted coumarins.

    Chihiro Ito;Masataka Itoigawa;Yoshitaka Mishina;Valdir Cechinel Filho

  • New carbazole alkaloids from Clausena anisata with antitumor promoting activity

    Chihiro Ito;Shinya Katsuno;Masataka Itoigawa;Nijsiri Ruangrungsi

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshitaka Nabeshima
Toshitaka Nabeshima Meijo University
Yukihiro Noda
Yukihiro Noda Meijo University
Mitsuo Omura
Mitsuo Omura Shizuoka University
Harukuni Tokuda
Harukuni Tokuda Kyoto University
Hoyoku Nishino
Hoyoku Nishino Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Tian Shung Wu
Tian Shung Wu National Cheng Kung University
Kiyofumi Yamada
Kiyofumi Yamada Nagoya University
Kuo Hsiung Lee
Kuo Hsiung Lee University of Minnesota
Makoto Suzuki
Makoto Suzuki Meijo University
Taku Nagai
Taku Nagai Nagoya University

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