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Yasuteru Urano

Yasuteru Urano

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Chemistry
Japan
2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
98
Citations
39979
World Ranking
1378
National Ranking
63

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

Yasuteru Urano is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work covers several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Oncology, Organic Chemistry, and Biophysics.

The primary research topics explored by Urano encompass:

  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Cancer Research and Treatments
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
  • Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies

Among the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Urano are:

  • "Senescence atlas reveals an aged-like inflamed niche that blunts muscle regeneration," 2022, Nature
  • "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
  • "γ-Glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT)-Activatable Fluorescence Probe for Durable Tumor Imaging," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Multicolor Activatable Raman Probes for Simultaneous Detection of Plural Enzyme Activities," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Consensus Conference Statement on the General Use of Near-infrared Fluorescence Imaging and Indocyanine Green Guided Surgery," 2020, Annals of Surgery

The most frequent co-authors collaborating with Urano include:

  • Mako Kamiya (49 joint publications)
  • Ryosuke Kojima (34 joint publications)
  • Toru Komatsu (32 joint publications)
  • Kenjiro Hanaoka (24 joint publications)
  • Tasuku Ueno (24 joint publications)

Urano's work is frequently published in several prominent scientific journals and venues, such as:

  • Scientific Reports (10 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (8 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (6 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (5 publications)
  • Science Advances (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • New Strategies for Fluorescent Probe Design in Medical Diagnostic Imaging

    Hisataka Kobayashi;Mikako Ogawa;Raphael Alford;Peter L. Choyke

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

    Yuichiro Koide;Yasuteru Urano;Kenjiro Hanaoka;Takuya Terai

  • Rational design of reversible fluorescent probes for live-cell imaging and quantification of fast glutathione dynamics

    Keitaro Umezawa;Masafumi Yoshida;Mako Kamiya;Mako Kamiya;Tatsuya Yamasoba

  • Improvement and biological applications of fluorescent probes for zinc, ZnAFs.

    Tomoya Hirano;Kazuya Kikuchi;Yasuteru Urano;Tetsuo Nagano

  • 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

  • A spontaneously blinking fluorophore based on intramolecular spirocyclization for live-cell super-resolution imaging

    Shin Nosuke Uno;Mako Kamiya;Toshitada Yoshihara;Ko Sugawara

  • Mechanism-based molecular design of highly selective fluorescence probes for nitrative stress.

    Tasuku Ueno;Yasuteru Urano;Hirotatsu Kojima;Tetsuo Nagano

  • Highly Sensitive Near-Infrared Fluorescent Probes for Nitric Oxide and Their Application to Isolated Organs

    Eita Sasaki;Hirotatsu Kojima;Hiroaki Nishimatsu;Yasuteru Urano

Frequent Co-Authors

Tetsuo Nagano
Tetsuo Nagano University of Tokyo
Kenjiro Hanaoka
Kenjiro Hanaoka Keio University
Toru Komatsu
Toru Komatsu University of Tokyo
Takuya Terai
Takuya Terai University of Tokyo
Kazuya Kikuchi
Kazuya Kikuchi Osaka University
Hirotatsu Kojima
Hirotatsu Kojima University of Tokyo
Hisataka Kobayashi
Hisataka Kobayashi National Institutes of Health
Peter L. Choyke
Peter L. Choyke National Institutes of Health
Norihiro Kokudo
Norihiro Kokudo National Center For Global Health and Medicine
Hiroyuki Noji
Hiroyuki Noji University of Tokyo

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