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Tetsuo Nagano

Tetsuo Nagano

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Chemistry
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
115
Citations
49867
World Ranking
634
National Ranking
25

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Tetsuo Nagano is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their scientific work primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions in Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Cancer Research, Organic Chemistry, and Infectious Diseases.

Their research covers a range of topics including Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism; Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies; Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials; Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms; Click Chemistry and Applications; Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics; and Computational Drug Discovery Methods.

Several of their recent publications highlight their research interests and contributions. These include:

  • 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
  • Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha maintains mouse articular cartilage through suppression of NF-κB signaling, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Inhibitors of the protein-protein interaction between phosphorylated p62 and Keap1 attenuate chemoresistance in a human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line, 2020, Free Radical Research
  • Discovery of an F-actin-binding small molecule serving as a fluorescent probe and a scaffold for functional probes, 2021, Science Advances
  • Rational Design of a Near-infrared Fluorescence Probe for Ca2+ Based on Phosphorus-substituted Rhodamines Utilizing Photoinduced Electron Transfer, 2020, Chemistry - An Asian Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Tetsuo Nagano include:

  • Kenjiro Hanaoka
  • Toru Komatsu
  • Tasuku Ueno
  • Yasuteru Urano
  • Hirotatsu Kojima

Their work is often published in a variety of scientific journals such as the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Scientific Reports, Free Radical Research, Science Advances, and Angewandte Chemie.

Best Publications

  • Development of novel fluorescence probes that can reliably detect reactive oxygen species and distinguish specific species.

    Ken-ichi Setsukinai;Yasuteru Urano;Katsuko Kakinuma;Hideyuki J. Majima

  • Detection and Imaging of Nitric Oxide with Novel Fluorescent Indicators: Diaminofluoresceins

    Hirotatsu Kojima;Naoki Nakatsubo;Kazuya Kikuchi;Shigenori Kawahara

  • Highly efficient and photostable photosensitizer based on BODIPY chromophore.

    Takatoshi Yogo;Yasuteru Urano;Yukiko Ishitsuka;Fumio Maniwa

  • Evolution of Fluorescein as a Platform for Finely Tunable Fluorescence Probes

    Yasuteru Urano;Mako Kamiya;Kojiro Kanda;Tasuku Ueno

  • Selective molecular imaging of viable cancer cells with pH-activatable fluorescence probes.

    Yasuteru Urano;Daisuke Asanuma;Yukihiro Hama;Yukihiro Hama;Yoshinori Koyama;Yoshinori Koyama

  • Active Oxygen Species Generated from Photoexcited Fullerene (C60) as Potential Medicines: O2-• versus 1O2

    Yoko Yamakoshi;Naoki Umezawa;Akemi Ryu;Kumi Arakane

  • Fluorescent probes for sensing and imaging

    Tasuku Ueno;Tetsuo Nagano

  • Highly sensitive fluorescence probes for nitric oxide based on boron dipyrromethene chromophore-rational design of potentially useful bioimaging fluorescence probe.

    Yu Gabe;Yasuteru Urano;Kazuya Kikuchi;Hirotatsu Kojima

  • 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 an iminocoumarin-based zinc sensor suitable for ratiometric fluorescence imaging of neuronal zinc.

    Kensuke Komatsu;Yasuteru Urano;Hirotatsu Kojima;Tetsuo Nagano

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

    Kiyoshi Sasakura;Kenjiro Hanaoka;Norihiro Shibuya;Yoshinori Mikami

  • Design and Synthesis of a Library of BODIPY-Based Environmental Polarity Sensors Utilizing Photoinduced Electron-Transfer-Controlled Fluorescence ON/OFF Switching

    Hisato Sunahara;Yasuteru Urano;Hirotatsu Kojima;Tetsuo Nagano

  • Development of a highly specific rhodamine-based fluorescence probe for hypochlorous acid and its application to real-time imaging of phagocytosis.

    Suguru Kenmoku;Yasuteru Urano;Hirotatsu Kojima;Tetsuo Nagano

  • Fluorescent Indicators for Imaging Nitric Oxide Production

    Hirotatsu Kojima;Yasuteru Urano;Kazuya Kikuchi;Tsunehiko Higuchi

  • Bioimaging of nitric oxide.

    Tetsuo Nagano;Tetsuhiko Yoshimura

  • Fluorescent probes for bioimaging applications.

    Takuya Terai;Tetsuo Nagano

  • Amyloid β induces neuronal cell death through ROS-mediated ASK1 activation

    H. Kadowaki;H. Kadowaki;H. Nishitoh;H. Nishitoh;Fumihiko Urano;C. Sadamitsu

  • Selective zinc sensor molecules with various affinities for Zn2+, revealing dynamics and regional distribution of synaptically released Zn2+ in hippocampal slices.

    Kensuke Komatsu;Kazuya Kikuchi;Hirotatsu Kojima;Yasuteru Urano

  • Rational design of fluorescein-based fluorescence probes. Mechanism-based design of a maximum fluorescence probe for singlet oxygen.

    Kumi Tanaka;Tetsuo Miura;Naoki Umezawa;Yasuteru Urano

  • Rapid Cancer Detection by Topically Spraying a γ-Glutamyltranspeptidase–Activated Fluorescent Probe

    Yasuteru Urano;Masayo Sakabe;Nobuyuki Kosaka;Mikako Ogawa

  • Development of a ratiometric fluorescent zinc ion probe in near-infrared region, based on tricarbocyanine chromophore.

    Kazuki Kiyose;Hirotatsu Kojima;Yasuteru Urano;Tetsuo Nagano

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasuteru Urano
Yasuteru Urano University of Tokyo
Kazuya Kikuchi
Kazuya Kikuchi Osaka University
Kenjiro Hanaoka
Kenjiro Hanaoka Keio University
Hirotatsu Kojima
Hirotatsu Kojima University of Tokyo
Toru Komatsu
Toru Komatsu University of Tokyo
Takuya Terai
Takuya Terai University of Tokyo
Yasunobu Hirata
Yasunobu Hirata University of Tokyo
Hisataka Kobayashi
Hisataka Kobayashi National Institutes of Health
Masao Omata
Masao Omata University of Tokyo
Masamitsu Iino
Masamitsu Iino Nihon University

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