Mikio Furuse

Overview

Best Publications

• Multifunctional strands in tight junctions.

  Shoichiro Tsukita;Mikio Furuse;Masahiko Itoh

  3547
  Citations

• Occludin: a novel integral membrane protein localizing at tight junctions.

  M Furuse;T Hirase;M Itoh;A Nagafuchi

  3157
  Citations

• Claudin-1 and -2: Novel Integral Membrane Proteins Localizing at Tight Junctions with No Sequence Similarity to Occludin

  Mikio Furuse;Kohji Fujita;Takashi Hiiragi;Kazushi Fujimoto

  2627
  Citations

• Size-selective loosening of the blood-brain barrier in claudin-5–deficient mice

  Takehiro Nitta;Masaki Hata;Shimpei Gotoh;Yoshiteru Seo

  2038
  Citations

• Claudin-based tight junctions are crucial for the mammalian epidermal barrier a lesson from claudin-1–deficient mice

  Mikio Furuse;Masaki Hata;Kyoko Furuse;Yoko Yoshida

  1846
  Citations

• Claudin multigene family encoding four-transmembrane domain protein components of tight junction strands

  Kazumasa Morita;Mikio Furuse;Kazushi Fujimoto;Shoichiro Tsukita

  1670
  Citations

• Direct Binding of Three Tight Junction-Associated Maguks, Zo-1, Zo-2, and Zo-3, with the Cooh Termini of Claudins

  Masahiko Itoh;Mikio Furuse;Kazumasa Morita;Koji Kubota

  1582
  Citations

• Complex Phenotype of Mice Lacking Occludin, a Component of Tight Junction Strands

  Mitinori Saitou;Mikio Furuse;Hiroyuki Sasaki;Jörg-Dieter Schulzke

  1400
  Citations

• A single gene product, claudin-1 or -2, reconstitutes tight junction strands and recruits occludin in fibroblasts.

  Mikio Furuse;Hiroyuki Sasaki;Kazushi Fujimoto;Shoichiro Tsukita

  1346
  Citations

• Endothelial Claudin: Claudin-5/Tmvcf Constitutes Tight Junction Strands in Endothelial Cells

  Kazumasa Morita;Hiroyuki Sasaki;Mikio Furuse;Shoichiro Tsukita

  1192
  Citations

• Direct association of occludin with ZO-1 and its possible involvement in the localization of occludin at tight junctions.

  M Furuse;M Itoh;T Hirase;A Nagafuchi

  1147
  Citations

• Manner of Interaction of Heterogeneous Claudin Species within and between Tight Junction Strands

  Mikio Furuse;Hiroyuki Sasaki;Shoichiro Tsukita

  1043
  Citations

• Conversion of zonulae occludentes from tight to leaky strand type by introducing claudin-2 into Madin-Darby canine kidney I cells.

  Mikio Furuse;Kyoko Furuse;Hiroyuki Sasaki;Shoichiro Tsukita

  1038
  Citations

• ZO-1 and ZO-2 Independently Determine Where Claudins Are Polymerized in Tight-Junction Strand Formation

  Kazuaki Umeda;Junichi Ikenouchi;Sayaka Katahira-Tayama;Kyoko Furuse

  939
  Citations

• Occludin is a functional component of the tight junction

  Karin M. McCarthy;Ilze B. Skare;Michael C. Stankewich;Mikio Furuse

  935
  Citations

• Tricellulin constitutes a novel barrier at tricellular contacts of epithelial cells

  Junichi Ikenouchi;Mikio Furuse;Kyoko Furuse;Hiroyuki Sasaki

  901
  Citations

• Regulation of tight junctions during the epithelium-mesenchyme transition:direct repression of the gene expression of claudins/occludin by Snail

  Junichi Ikenouchi;Miho Matsuda;Mikio Furuse;Shoichiro Tsukita

  875
  Citations

• Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin fragment removes specific claudins from tight junction strands: Evidence for direct involvement of claudins in tight junction barrier.

  Noriyuki Sonoda;Mikio Furuse;Hiroyuki Sasaki;Shigenobu Yonemura

  871
  Citations

• Possible Involvement of Phosphorylation of Occludin in Tight Junction Formation

  Akira Sakakibara;Mikio Furuse;Mitinori Saitou;Yuhko Ando-Akatsuka

  836
  Citations

• Occludin and claudins in tight-junction strands: leading or supporting players?

  Shoichiro Tsukita;Mikio Furuse

  832
  Citations