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Robert F. Furchgott

Biology

#195

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#360

Historical Rank

#113

USA Rank

Biochemistry

#61

World Rank

#81

Historical Rank

#39

USA Rank

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Robert F. Furchgott's Degrees

PhD Biochemistry Northwestern University
Bachelors Chemistry University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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According to Wikipedia, Robert Francis Furchgott was a Nobel Prize-winning American biochemist who contributed to the discovery of nitric oxide as a transient cellular signal in mammalian systems. Early life and education Furchgott was born in Charleston, South Carolina, to Arthur Furchgott , a department store owner, and Pena Furchgott. He graduated with from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1937 with a degree in chemistry and went on to earn a Ph.D in biochemistry at Northwestern University in 1940.

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Robert F. Furchgott's Published Works

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The obligatory role of endothelial cells in the relaxation of arterial smooth muscle by acetylcholine (1980) (12007)
Role of endothelium in responses of vascular smooth muscle. (1983) (2005)
Selective blockade of endothelium-dependent and glyceryl trinitrate-induced relaxation by hemoglobin and by methylene blue in the rabbit aorta. (1985) (1323)
Endothelium‐derived relaxing and contracting factors (1989) (1180)
The role of endothelium in the responses of vascular smooth muscle to drugs. (1984) (955)
The Classification of Adrenoceptors (Adrenergic Receptors). An Evaluation from the Standpoint of Receptor Theory (1972) (942)
Reactions of strips of rabbit aorta to epinephrine, isopropylarterenol, sodium nitrite and other drugs. (1953) (650)
Endothelium-dependent and -independent vasodilation involving cyclic GMP: relaxation induced by nitric oxide, carbon monoxide and light. (1991) (520)
COMPARISON OF DISSOCIATION CONSTANTS AND OF RELATIVE EFFICACIES OF SELECTED AGONISTS ACTING ON PARASYMPATHETIC RECEPTORS * (1967) (497)
Role of endothelial cells in relaxation of isolated arteries by bradykinin. (1982) (421)
The pharmacology of vascular smooth muscle. (1955) (405)
Depression of contractile responses in rat aorta by spontaneously released endothelium-derived relaxing factor. (1986) (395)
International Union of Pharmacology Nomenclature in Nitric Oxide Research. (1997) (377)
THE PHARMACOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION OF ADRENERGIC RECEPTORS * (1967) (367)
Endothelial cells as mediators of vasodilation of arteries. (1984) (323)
Endothelium-Derived Relaxing Factor: Discovery, Early Studies, and Identifcation as Nitric Oxide (Nobel Lecture). (1999) (239)
The requirement for endothelial cells in the relaxation of arteries by acetylcholine and some other vasodilators (1981) (233)
The 1996 Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards. The discovery of endothelium-derived relaxing factor and its importance in the identification of nitric oxide. (1996) (206)
ACTIONS AND INTERACTIONS OF NOREPINEPHRINE, TYRAMINE AND COCAINE ON AORTIC STRIPS OF RABBIT AND LEFT ATRIA OF GUINEA PIG AND CAT. (1963) (205)
Phosphodiesterase inhibitors induce endothelium-dependent relaxation of rat and rabbit aorta by potentiating the effects of spontaneously released endothelium-derived relaxing factor. (1986) (166)
Dissociation constants and relative efficacies of agonists acting on alpha adrenergic receptors in rabbit aorta. (1976) (165)
THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS DRUGS ON CALCIUM EXCHANGE IN THE ISOLATED GUINEA-PIG LEFT AURICLE. (1964) (163)
Dibenamine blockade in strips of rabbit aorta and its use in differentiating receptors. (1954) (159)
The Photoactivated Relaxation of Smooth Muscle of Rabbit Aorta (1961) (156)
Blockade of endothelium-dependent and glyceryl trinitrate-induced relaxation of rabbit aorta by certain ferrous hemoproteins. (1985) (152)
The 1989 Ulf von Euler lecture. Studies on endothelium-dependent vasodilation and the endothelium-derived relaxing factor. (1990) (149)
Biphasic Vasoconstriction of the Rabbit Ear Artery (1973) (133)
Interactions of light and sodium nitrite in producing relaxation of rabbit aorta. (1989) (125)
Evidence for endothelium-dependent vasodilation of resistance vessels by acetylcholine. (1987) (119)
ON THE OCCURRENCE, SITES AND MODES OF ORIGIN AND DESTRUCTION, OF PRINCIPLES AFFECTING THE COMPENSATORY VASCULAR MECHANISMS IN EXPERIMENTAL SHOCK. (1945) (114)
The receptors for epinephrine and norepinephrine (adrenergic receptors). (1959) (113)
ELECTROPHORETIC STUDIES ON HUMAN RED BLOOD CELLS (1941) (93)
The determination of inorganic phosphate and creatine phosphate in tissue extracts. (1956) (85)
Hepatorenal Factors in Circulatory Homeostasis: IV. Tissue Origins of the Vasotropic Principles, VEM and VDM, Which Appear during Evolution of Hemorrhagic and Tourniquet Shock (1951) (83)
Inhibition by sulfhydryl compounds of vascular relaxation induced by nitric oxide and endothelium-derived relaxing factor. (1993) (81)
Inhibition of adrenergic neurotransmission by parasympathomimetics in the rabbit ear artery. (1973) (78)
Catecholamine content of the cat nicitating membrane following procedures sensitizing it to norepinephrine. (1962) (75)
The high energy phosphate content of cardiac muscle under various experimental conditions which alter contractile strength. (1958) (74)
High Energy Phosphates and the Force of Contraction of Cardiac Muscle (1961) (71)
Relaxation of Mammalian Smooth Muscles by Visible and Ultraviolet Radiation (1968) (60)
Inhibition by sympathomimetic amines of the release of norepinephrine evoked by nerve stimulation in the cat spleen. (1973) (59)
Release of Autonomic Mediators in Cardiac Tissue by Suprathreshold Stimulation (1959) (57)
THE EFFECTS OF FREQUENCY OF STIMULATION AND CALCIUM CONCENTRATION ON CA45 EXCHANGE AND CONTRACTILITY ON THE ISOLATED GUINEA-PIG AURICLE. (1964) (57)
THE EFFECTS OF EXTERNAL CALCIUM CONCENTRATION ON THE DISTRIBUTION AND EXCHANGE OF CALCIUM IN RESTING AND BEATING GUINEA-PIG AURICLES. (1964) (57)
Introduction to EDRF Research (1993) (56)
Effects of inhibition of monoamine oxidase on the actions and interactions of norepinephrine, tyramine and other drugs on guinea-pig left atrium. (1968) (55)
Use of selective antagonists for determining the types of receptors mediating the actions of 5-hydroxytryptamine and tryptamine in the isolated rabbit aorta. (1983) (53)
Disk-Sphere Transformation in Mammalian Red Cells. II.The Nature of the Anti-Sphering Factor. (1940) (48)
A research trail over half a century. (1995) (48)
ACTION POTENTIALS OF GUINEA PIG ATRIA UNDER CONDITIONS WHICH ALTER CONTRACTION. (1964) (46)
Metabolic requirements for the uptake and storage of norepinephrine by the isolated left atrium of the guinea pig. (1968) (43)
Endothelium-dependent relaxation, endothelium-derived relaxing factor and photorelaxation of blood vessels. (1991) (42)
The discovery of endothelium-dependent relaxation (1993) (42)
Endothelium-dependent responses: the last three years. (1984) (39)
Postsynaptic Adrenergic Receptor Mechanisms in Vascular Smooth Muscle1 (1976) (38)
Responses of rabbit aorta to nitric oxide and superoxide generated by ultraviolet irradiation of solutions containing inorganic nitrite. (1991) (38)
HEPATO‐RENAL FACTORS IN CIRCULATORY HOMEOSTASIS: III. THE INFLUENCE OF HUMORAL FACTORS OF HEPATO‐RENAL ORIGIN ON THE VASCULAR REACTIONS TO HEMORRHAGE (1948) (37)
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN POTENTIATING AGENTS OF ADRENERGIC AMINES IN RABBIT AORTIC STRIPS (1970) (36)
Pharmacological characterization of receptors: its relation to radioligand-binding studies. (1978) (34)
THE SYMPATHOMIMETIC ACTION OF BRETYLIUM OF ISOLATED ATRIA AND AORTIC SMOOTH MUSCLE. (1964) (34)
Vasoconstriction of the isolated rabbit ear artery caused by nicotinic agonists acting on adrenergic neurons. (1975) (33)
Disk-Sphere Transformation in Mammalian Red Cells (1940) (33)
Interactions of endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells of arteries. (1985) (32)
Endothelium‐Derived Relaxing Factor: Discovery, Early Studies, and Identification as Nitric Oxide (Nobel Lecture) (1999) (30)
Effects of acetylcholine and epinephrine on the contractile strength and action potential of electrically driven guinea pig atria. (1960) (30)
ANTAGONISM OF PROPRANOLOL TO ISOPROTERENOL IN GUINEA-PIG TRACHEA: SOME CAUTIONARY FINDINGS (1973) (29)
Evidence supporting the proposal that endothelium derived relaxing factor is nitric oxide (1987) (28)
Spiral-cut strip of rabbit aorta for in vitro studies of responses of arterial smooth muscle. (1960) (28)
Vasodilation induced by acetylcholine and by glyceryl trinitrate in rat aortic and mesenteric vasculature. (1992) (27)
Pharmacological characteristics of adrenergic receptors. (1970) (27)
PHOSPHATE EXCHANGE IN RESTING CARDIAC MUSCLE AS INDICATED BY RADIOACTIVITY STUDIES. IV (1943) (27)
Endothelium-derived relaxing and contracting factors. (1989) (26)
Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation in Systemic Arteries (1988) (23)
Desensitization of the adrenergic neurons of the isolated rabbit ear artery to nicotinic agonists. (1975) (23)
Comparison of Properties of Nitric Oxide and Endothelium-Derived Relaxing Factor: Some Cautionary Findings (1990) (23)
Interactions of bretylium and other drugs on guinea-pig atria: evidence for inhibition of neuronal monoamine oxidase by bretylium. (1971) (22)
Metabolic factors that influence contractility of vascular smooth muscle. (1966) (21)
The effect of succinate on respiration and certain metabolic processes of mammalian tissues at low oxygen tensions in vitro. (1948) (20)
OBSERVATIONS ON THE STRUCTURE OF RED CELL GHOSTS (1940) (20)
Utilization of compounds of Krebs cycle for contraction energy by rabbit intestinal smooth muscle. (1952) (17)
Comparison of endothelium-dependent relaxation by acetylcholine and endothelium-independent relaxation by light in the rabbit aorta (1984) (17)
Blockade of endothelium-dependent vasodilation by hemoglobin: a possible factor in vasospasm associated with hemorrhage. (1985) (17)
Blockade of nitric oxide-induced relaxation of rabbit aorta by cysteine and homocysteine. (1997) (17)
Infra-red absorption spectra of steroids; estrogens. (1946) (14)
Comparison of nitric oxide, S-nitrosocysteine and EDRF as relaxants of rabbit aorta. (1992) (14)
An historical survey and prospects of research on EDRF. (1987) (14)
Sources of Energy for Intestinal Smooth Muscle Contraction∗† (1946) (12)
Nitric oxide: from basic research on isolated blood vessels to clinical relevance in diabetes. (1998) (12)
Effect of pH on contractile activity of rabbit intestinal smooth muscle with and without added substrates. (1951) (11)
Infra-red absorption spectra of steroids; adrenal cortical hormones and related steroids. (1947) (11)
Infra-red absorption spectra of steroids; progesterone and pregnane derivatives. (1947) (11)
36 Competition between β-haloalkylamines and norepinephrine for sites in cardiac muscle (1961) (11)
Interaction of tyramine and guanethidine in the spleen of the cat. (1972) (10)
Science Over Politics (1999) (8)
1508 – EVIDENCE FOR BOTH β1 and β2 RECEPTORS IN GUINEA-PIG TRACHEAL SMOOTH MUSCLE AND VARIATION OF THE β1 : β2 RAT10 I N DIFFERENT ANIMALS (1977) (8)
THE ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY OF RABBIT ERYTHROCYTES AND GHOSTS (1939) (8)
Effects of Various Agents on Photorelaxation of Rabbit Aortic Strips1 (1971) (7)
Physiology and Pharmacology of Vascular Neuroeffector Systems: International Symposium, Interlaken, July 1969 (1971) (7)
Effect of anoxia on contractility and metabolism of intestinal smooth muscle. (1948) (5)
Interactions of phenoxybenzamine and nicotinic agonists at the nicotinic receptor in the cat adrenal medulla. (1982) (3)
Nobel laureates' letter to President Bush. (2001) (3)
Endothelium-derived relaxing and contracting (2007) (3)
SOME COMMENTS ON THE NATURE OF THE RESTITUTION PROCESS OCCURRING BETWEEN BEATS IN CARDIAC MUSCLE (1964) (3)
Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilation and the Nature of the Endothelium-Derived Relaxing Factor (1989) (2)
NO news is not necessarily good (1999) (2)
The effect of sodium fluoroacetate on the contractility and metabolism of intestinal smooth muscle. (1950) (2)
Assay of Catechol Amines in Urine by Means of a Strip of Rabbit Aorta (1961) (2)
J. SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION AND COMMENTARY (1966) (2)
History of Discovery How We Learned to Say NO (2009) (2)
NO and diabetic complications (1998) (1)
Furchgott / Role of Endothelium in Responses of Vascular Smooth Muscle (2005) (1)
Robert F. Furchgott: a pharmacologist's pharmacologist. (2004) (1)
Receptors for Sympathomimetic Amines (2008) (1)
Chapter 1 Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation in Systemic Arteries (1988) (0)
Effect of anoxia on contractility and metabolism of intestinal smooth muscle. (1950) (0)
Effects of hydrogen peroxide on rabbit aortic rings*1 (1991) (0)
HighEnergy Phosphates andtheForceof Contraction ofCardiac Muscle (1961) (0)
Experimental shock; the relation of metabolic derangements of liver and kidney to vascular reactions. (1946) (0)
Receptors. Introduction. (1978) (0)
SIMILARITIES IN RELAXING EFFECTS BY PHOTOACTIVATED NaNO_2 AND ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR (EDRF) (1989) (0)
Certain Relations between the Infrared Spectra and Molecular Structure of Steroidal Hormones (1947) (0)
Hepatorenal factors in circulatory homeostasis; an hepatic enzyme system which inactivates an hepatic vaso-depressor. (1947) (0)
A Comparison of the Properties of EDRF, Nitric Oxide, and S-Nitrosocysteine (1994) (0)
Nitric Oxide Leads to Prized NObility Background to the Work of Ferid Murad (0)
Endothelial progenitor cells & translational (2009) (0)
Effect of different oxygen tensions on the nitric oxide-induced relaxation of rabbit aortic rings (1996) (0)

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