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Kenjiro Hanaoka

Kenjiro Hanaoka

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Chemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
14996
World Ranking
6951
National Ranking
449

Overview

Kenjiro Hanaoka is affiliated with Keio University in Japan and has conducted extensive research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their scholarly output includes work primarily focused on molecular biology, biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, biochemistry, and organic chemistry.

Their research addresses various topics such as:

  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Sulfur compounds in biology
  • Click chemistry and applications
  • Luminescence and fluorescent materials
  • Peptidase inhibition and analysis
  • Cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism
  • Molecular sensors and ion detection

Kenjiro Hanaoka has published frequently in journals including:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Scientific Reports
  • Chemical Communications
  • RSC Chemical Biology
  • Communications Chemistry

Some of the recent papers authored by Hanaoka are:

  • General Design Strategy to Precisely Control the Emission of Fluorophores via a Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer (TICT) Process, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Sulfide catabolism ameliorates hypoxic brain injury, 2021, Nature Communications
  • A Fluorescent Probe for Rapid, High-Contrast Visualization of Folate-Receptor-Expressing Tumors In Vivo, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha maintains mouse articular cartilage through suppression of NF-κB signaling, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Real-time in vivo imaging of extracellular ATP in the brain with a hybrid-type fluorescent sensor, 2020, eLife

Kenjiro Hanaoka collaborates with several co-authors frequently, including:

  • Yasuteru Urano
  • Toru Komatsu
  • Eita Sasaki
  • Tasuku Ueno
  • Takayuki Ikeno

Best Publications

  • Development of an Si-Rhodamine-Based Far-Red to Near-Infrared Fluorescence Probe Selective for Hypochlorous Acid and Its Applications for Biological Imaging

    Yuichiro Koide;Yasuteru Urano;Kenjiro Hanaoka;Takuya Terai

  • Development of a highly selective fluorescence probe for hydrogen sulfide.

    Kiyoshi Sasakura;Kenjiro Hanaoka;Norihiro Shibuya;Yoshinori Mikami

  • Evolution of group 14 rhodamines as platforms for near-infrared fluorescence probes utilizing photoinduced electron transfer.

    Yuichiro Koide;Yasuteru Urano;Kenjiro Hanaoka;Takuya Terai

  • Hypoxia-Sensitive Fluorescent Probes for in Vivo Real-Time Fluorescence Imaging of Acute Ischemia

    Kazuki Kiyose;Kenjiro Hanaoka;Daihi Oushiki;Tomomi Nakamura

  • Development and application of a near-infrared fluorescence probe for oxidative stress based on differential reactivity of linked cyanine dyes.

    Daihi Oushiki;Hirotatsu Kojima;Takuya Terai;Makoto Arita

  • N-Acetyl Cysteine Functions as a Fast-Acting Antioxidant by Triggering Intracellular H 2 S and Sulfane Sulfur Production

    Daria Ezeriņa;Yoko Takano;Kenjiro Hanaoka;Yasuteru Urano

  • Development of a Zinc Ion-Selective Luminescent Lanthanide Chemosensor for Biological Applications

    Kenjiro Hanaoka;Kazuya Kikuchi;Hirotatsu Kojima;Yasuteru Urano

  • Development of a highly sensitive fluorescence probe for hydrogen peroxide.

    Masahiro Abo;Yasuteru Urano;Kenjiro Hanaoka;Takuya Terai

  • Rational design of ratiometric near-infrared fluorescent pH probes with various pKa values, based on aminocyanine

    Takuya Myochin;Kazuki Kiyose;Kenjiro Hanaoka;Hirotatsu Kojima

  • Development of NIR Fluorescent Dyes Based on Si–rhodamine for in Vivo Imaging

    Yuichiro Koide;Yasuteru Urano;Kenjiro Hanaoka;Wen Piao

  • Development of azo-based fluorescent probes to detect different levels of hypoxia.

    Wen Piao;Satoru Tsuda;Yuji Tanaka;Satoshi Maeda

  • A Single Fluorescent Probe to Visualize Hydrogen Sulfide and Hydrogen Polysulfides with Different Fluorescence Signals.

    Wei Chen;Armando Pacheco;Yoko Takano;Jacob J. Day

  • Time-Resolved Long-Lived Luminescence Imaging Method Employing Luminescent Lanthanide Probes with a New Microscopy System

    Kenjiro Hanaoka;Kazuya Kikuchi;Shigeru Kobayashi;Tetsuo Nagano

  • Rational Design of Highly Sensitive Fluorescence Probes for Protease and Glycosidase Based on Precisely Controlled Spirocyclization

    Masayo Sakabe;Daisuke Asanuma;Mako Kamiya;Ryu J. Iwatate

  • Development of an Azo-Based Photosensitizer Activated under Mild Hypoxia for Photodynamic Therapy

    Wen Piao;Kenjiro Hanaoka;Tomotsumi Fujisawa;Satoshi Takeuchi

  • Design and synthesis of a highly sensitive off-on fluorescent chemosensor for zinc ions utilizing internal charge transfer

    Kenjiro Hanaoka;Yasuaki Muramatsu;Yasuteru Urano;Takuya Terai

  • Selective detection of zinc ions with novel luminescent lanthanide probes.

    Kenjiro Hanaoka;Kazuya Kikuchi;Kazuya Kikuchi;Hirotatsu Kojima;Yasuteru Urano

  • Development of a Far-Red to Near-Infrared Fluorescence Probe for Calcium Ion and its Application to Multicolor Neuronal Imaging

    Takahiro Egawa;Kenjiro Hanaoka;Yuichiro Koide;Sakiko Ujita

  • Silicon-substituted xanthene dyes and their applications in bioimaging

    Yu Kushida;Tetsuo Nagano;Kenjiro Hanaoka

  • A reversible near-infrared fluorescence probe for reactive oxygen species based on Te–rhodamine

    Yuichiro Koide;Mitsuyasu Kawaguchi;Yasuteru Urano;Kenjiro Hanaoka

  • Development of a fluorescein analogue, TokyoMagenta, as a novel scaffold for fluorescence probes in red region

    Takahiro Egawa;Yuichiro Koide;Kenjiro Hanaoka;Toru Komatsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Tetsuo Nagano
Tetsuo Nagano University of Tokyo
Yasuteru Urano
Yasuteru Urano University of Tokyo
Toru Komatsu
Toru Komatsu University of Tokyo
Takuya Terai
Takuya Terai University of Tokyo
Hirotatsu Kojima
Hirotatsu Kojima University of Tokyo
Kazuya Kikuchi
Kazuya Kikuchi Osaka University
Hideo Kimura
Hideo Kimura University of Tokyo
Yuji Ikegaya
Yuji Ikegaya University of Tokyo
Masanobu Uchiyama
Masanobu Uchiyama University of Tokyo
Yasunobu Hirata
Yasunobu Hirata University of Tokyo

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