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Mikio Furuse

Active 1992–2025

106
Papers
37,216
Citations
79
h-index
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Citations

Citations per year for Mikio Furuse1900: 8 citations1932: 1 citations1992: 1 citations1993: 2 citations1994: 4 citations1995: 18 citations1996: 44 citations1997: 75 citations1998: 190 citations1999: 362 citations2000: 502 citations2001: 433 citations2002: 490 citations2003: 713 citations2004: 712 citations2005: 605 citations2006: 530 citations2007: 679 citations2008: 604 citations2009: 580 citations2010: 572 citations2011: 475 citations2012: 490 citations2013: 430 citations2014: 430 citations2015: 351 citations2016: 345 citations2017: 346 citations2018: 223 citations2019: 873 citations2020: 1,019 citations2021: 852 citations2022: 736 citations2023: 549 citations2024: 852 citations2025: 340 citations2026: 1 citations1901–1931: no citations, so these years are not shown1933–1991: no citations, so these years are not shown

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 2,418 citing papers, 28.8% of this breakdownChina: 1,038 citing papers, 12.3% of this breakdownJapan: 756 citing papers, 9% of this breakdownGermany: 671 citing papers, 8% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 447 citing papers, 5.3% of this breakdownFrance: 326 citing papers, 3.9% of this breakdownCanada: 261 citing papers, 3.1% of this breakdownItaly: 242 citing papers, 2.9% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 196 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownSouth Korea: 151 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdownAustralia: 148 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdownNetherlands: 145 citing papers, 1.7% of this breakdown
0%28.8%Other 19.1%

Institutions

Fields

  • Neuroscience39.7%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24.6%
  • Medicine23.4%
  • Immunology and Microbiology3.6%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.3%
  • Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.6%
  • Other4.8%

Topics

  • Barrier Structure and Function Studies15.5%
  • Gut microbiota and health4.1%
  • Connexins and lens biology3.7%
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments2.7%
  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer2.3%
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research1.9%
  • Other69.8%

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  1. Tight Junction Structure and Function Revisited

    Authors: Tetsuhisa Otani, Mikio Furuse - Trends in Cell Biology 2020 cited by 649

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

    Authors: Takehiro Nitta, Masaki Hata, Shimpei Gotoh, Yoshiteru Seo, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Nobuo Hashimoto, Mikio Furuse, Shöichiro Tsukita - The Journal of Cell Biology 2003 cited by 1,904

  3. Multifunctional strands in tight junctions

    Authors: Shöichiro Tsukita, Mikio Furuse, Masahiko Itoh - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 2001 cited by 2,475

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

    Authors: Mikio Furuse, Tetsuaki Hirase, Masahiko Itoh, Akira Nagafuchi, Shigenobu Yonemura, Shöichiro Tsukita, Shöichiro Tsukita - The Journal of Cell Biology 1993 cited by 2,541

  5. Claudin-based tight junctions are crucial for the mammalian epidermal barrier

    Authors: Mikio Furuse, Masaki Hata, Kyoko Furuse, Yoko Yoshida, Akinori Haratake, Yoshinobu Sugitani, Tetsuo Noda, Akiharu Kubo, Shöichiro Tsukita - The Journal of Cell Biology 2002 cited by 1,488

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

    Authors: Mikio Furuse, Kohji Fujita, Takashi Hiiragi, Kazushi Fujimoto, Shöichiro Tsukita - The Journal of Cell Biology 1998 cited by 2,067

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

    Authors: Kazuaki Umeda, Junichi Ikenouchi, Sayaka Katahira-Tayama, Kyoko Furuse, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Mayumi Nakayama, Takeshi Matsui, Sachiko Tsukita, Sachiko Tsukita, Mikio Furuse, Shöichiro Tsukita, Shöichiro Tsukita - Cell 2006 cited by 829

  8. Claudins and JAM-A coordinately regulate tight junction formation and epithelial polarity

    Authors: Tetsuhisa Otani, Thanh Phuong Nguyen, Shinsaku Tokuda, Kei Sugihara, T. Sugawara, Kyoko Furuse, Takashi Miura, Klaus Ebnet, Mikio Furuse - The Journal of Cell Biology 2019 cited by 245

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

    Authors: Mitinori Saitou, Mikio Furuse, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Jörg–Dieter Schulzke, Michael Fromm, Hiroshi Takano, Tetsuo Noda, Shöichiro Tsukita - Molecular Biology of the Cell 2000 cited by 1,175

  10. Endothelial Claudin

    Authors: Kazumasa Morita, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Mikio Furuse, Shöichiro Tsukita - The Journal of Cell Biology 1999 cited by 856

  11. Tricellulin constitutes a novel barrier at tricellular contacts of epithelial cells

    Authors: Junichi Ikenouchi, Mikio Furuse, Kyoko Furuse, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Sachiko Tsukita, Shöichiro Tsukita - The Journal of Cell Biology 2005 cited by 768

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

    Authors: Masahiko Itoh, Mikio Furuse, Kazumasa Morita, Kôji Kubota, Mitinori Saitou, Shöichiro Tsukita - The Journal of Cell Biology 1999 cited by 1,128

  13. Molecular Basis of the Core Structure of Tight Junctions

    Authors: Mikio Furuse - Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology 2009 cited by 401

  14. A short guide to the tight junction

    Authors: Sandra Citi, Michael Fromm, Mikio Furuse, Lorenza González‐Mariscal, Asma Nusrat, Sachiko Tsukita, Jerrold R. Turner - Journal of Cell Science 2024 cited by 123

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

    Authors: Kazumasa Morita, Mikio Furuse, Kazushi Fujimoto, Shöichiro Tsukita - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1999 cited by 1,120

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

    Authors: Junichi Ikenouchi, Miho Matsuda, Mikio Furuse, Shöichiro Tsukita - Journal of Cell Science 2003 cited by 657

  17. ZO-1 Guides Tight Junction Assembly and Epithelial Morphogenesis via Cytoskeletal Tension-Dependent and -Independent Functions

    Authors: A Haas, Ceniz Zihni, Susanne M. Krug, Riccardo Maraspini, Tetsuhisa Otani, Mikio Furuse, Alf Honigmann, María S. Balda, Karl Matter - Cells 2022 cited by 54

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

    Authors: Shoichiro Tsukita, Shoichiro Tsukita, Mikio Furuse, Mikio Furuse - Trends in Cell Biology 1999 cited by 598

  19. LSR defines cell corners for tricellular tight junction formation in epithelial cells

    Authors: Sayuri Masuda, Yukako Oda, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Junichi Ikenouchi, Tomohito Higashi, Masaya Akashi, Eiichiro Nishi, Mikio Furuse - Journal of Cell Science 2011 cited by 263

  20. Nanoscale segregation of channel and barrier claudins enables paracellular ion flux

    Authors: Hannes Gonschior, Christopher Schmied, Rozemarijn E. van der Veen, Jenny Eichhorst, Nina Himmerkus, Jörg Piontek, Dorothee Günzel, Markus Bleich, Mikio Furuse, Volker Haucke, Martin Lehmann - Nature Communications 2022 cited by 68

  21. A Single Gene Product, Claudin-1 or -2, Reconstitutes Tight Junction Strands and Recruits Occludin in Fibroblasts

    Authors: Mikio Furuse, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Kazushi Fujimoto, Shöichiro Tsukita - The Journal of Cell Biology 1998 cited by 952

  22. Contribution of Tight Junction Proteins to Ion, Macromolecule, and Water Barrier in Keratinocytes

    Authors: Nina Kirschner, Rita Rosenthal, Mikio Furuse, Ingrid Moll, Michael Fromm, Johanna M. Brandner - Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2013 cited by 185

  23. Occludin and tricellulin facilitate formation of anastomosing tight-junction strand network to improve barrier function

    Authors: Akira Saitō, Tomohito Higashi, Yugo Fukazawa, Tetsuhisa Otani, Masashi Tauchi, Atsuko Y. Higashi, Mikio Furuse, Hideki Chiba - Molecular Biology of the Cell 2021 cited by 110

  24. Analysis of the ‘angulin’ proteins LSR, ILDR1 and ILDR2 – tricellulin recruitment, epithelial barrier function and implication in deafness pathogenesis

    Authors: Tomohito Higashi, Shinsaku Tokuda, Shin‐ichiro Kitajiri, Sayuri Masuda, Hiroki Nakamura, Yukako Oda, Mikio Furuse - Journal of Cell Science 2013 cited by 106