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Ikumi Tamai is affiliated with Kanazawa University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research portfolio covers a wide range of biomedical topics, with a particular focus on drug transport and resistance mechanisms.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader areas, Ikumi Tamai has conducted research across several subfields, including:

  • Oncology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Physiology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Surgery

The topics that often appear in their work are:

  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Drug Solubility and Delivery Systems
  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism

Ikumi Tamai has published papers in several recurring venues, including:

  • Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
  • Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Drug Metabolism and Disposition
  • Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
  • Pharmaceutical Research

Some of the recent papers associated with their research are:

  • "Uric acid in health and disease: From physiological functions to pathogenic mechanisms" (2024), Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • "3CL Protease Inhibitors with an Electrophilic Arylketone Moiety as Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Agents" (2021), Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "ABCG2 requires a single aromatic amino acid to 'clamp' substrates and inhibitors into the binding pocket" (2020), The FASEB Journal
  • "Renal Reabsorptive Transport of Uric Acid Precursor Xanthine by URAT1 and GLUT9" (2020), Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
  • "Uptake Pathway of Apple-derived Nanoparticle by Intestinal Cells to Deliver its Cargo" (2021), Pharmaceutical Research

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Yoshiyuki Shirasaka
  • Hiroshi Arakawa
  • Takeo Nakanishi
  • Qiunan Zhu
  • Masato Kobayashi

Best Publications

  • Molecular and functional identification of sodium ion-dependent, high affinity human carnitine transporter OCTN2.

    Ikumi Tamai;Rikiya Ohashi;Jun-ichi Nezu;Hikaru Yabuuchi

  • Molecular identification and characterization of novel members of the human organic anion transporter (OATP) family.

    Ikumi Tamai;Jun-ichi Nezu;Hiroshi Uchino;Yoshimichi Sai

  • Cloning and characterization of a novel human pH-dependent organic cation transporter, OCTN1

    Ikumi Tamai;Hikaru Yabuuchi;Jun Ichi Nezu;Yoshimichi Sai

  • Primary systemic carnitine deficiency is caused by mutations in a gene encoding sodium ion-dependent carnitine transporter

    Jun-ichi Nezu;Ikumi Tamai;Asuka Oku;Rikiya Ohashi

  • Involvement of human organic anion transporting polypeptide OATP-B (SLC21A9) in pH-dependent transport across intestinal apical membrane

    Daisuke Kobayashi;Takashi Nozawa;Kozue Imai;Jun Ichi Nezu

  • Transporter-mediated permeation of drugs across the blood-brain barrier

    Ikumi Tamai;Akira Tsuji

  • Functional Characterization of pH-Sensitive Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide OATP-B in Human

    Takashi Nozawa;Kozue Imai;Jun Ichi Nezu;Akira Tsuji

  • Genetic polymorphisms of human organic anion transporters OATP-C (SLC21A6) and OATP-B (SLC21A9): allele frequencies in the Japanese population and functional analysis.

    Takashi Nozawa;Miki Nakajima;Ikumi Tamai;Kumiko Noda

  • Novel membrane transporter OCTN1 mediates multispecific, bidirectional, and pH-dependent transport of organic cations.

    Hikaru Yabuuchi;Ikumi Tamai;Jun-Ichi Nezu;Kazuki Sakamoto

  • Role of organic anion transporter OATP1B1 (OATP-C) in hepatic uptake of irinotecan and its active metabolite, 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin : in vitro evidence and effect of single nucleotide polymorphisms

    Takashi Nozawa;Hironobu Minami;Shigeki Sugiura;Akira Tsuji

  • Molecular and functional characterization of organic cation/carnitine transporter family in mice.

    Ikumi Tamai;Rikiya Ohashi;Jun-ichi Nezu;Yoshimichi Sai

  • Identification of MRP2 as a targetable factor limiting oxaliplatin accumulation and response in gastrointestinal cancer.

    Khine Myint;Riya Biswas;Yan Li;Nancy Jong

  • SGLT2 inhibitor lowers serum uric acid through alteration of uric acid transport activity in renal tubule by increased glycosuria

    Yukihiro Chino;Yukihiro Chino;Yoshishige Samukawa;Soichi Sakai;Yasuhiro Nakai

  • P-glycoprotein as the drug efflux pump in primary cultured bovine brain capillary endothelial cells.

    Akira Tsuji;Tetsuya Terasaki;Yasushi Takabatake;Yoshiyuki Tenda

  • Na(+)-dependent carnitine transport by organic cation transporter (OCTN2): its pharmacological and toxicological relevance.

    Rikiya Ohashi;Ikumi Tamai;Hikaru Yabuuchi;Jun-Ichi Nezu

  • Active Secretion of Drugs from the Small Intestinal Epithelium in Rats by P-Glycoprotein Functioning as an Absorption Barrier

    Toshimitsu Terao;Etsuko Hisanaga;Yoshimichi Sai;Ikumi Tamai

  • Functional characterization of human organic anion transporting polypeptide B (OATP-B) in comparison with liver-specific OATP-C.

    Ikumi Tamai;Takashi Nozawa;Minako Koshida;Jun-ichi Nezu

  • Direct evidence for peptide transporter (PepT1)-mediated uptake of a nonpeptide prodrug, valacyclovir.

    Praveen V. Balimane;Ikumi Tamai;Ailan Guo;Takeo Nakanishi

  • Cellular and molecular mechanisms of dietary regulation on rat intestinal H+/peptide transporter PepT1☆☆☆★

    Toshiyuki Shiraga;Ken-Ichi Miyamoto;Hiroko Tanaka;Hironori Yamamoto

  • Function and expression of multidrug resistance-associated protein family in human colon adenocarcinoma cells (Caco-2).

    Tomoko Hirohashi;Hiroshi Suzuki;Xiao-Yan Chu;Ikumi Tamai

Frequent Co-Authors

Tetsuya Terasaki
Tetsuya Terasaki Tohoku University
Haruhiro Higashida
Haruhiro Higashida Kanazawa University
Naoki Ishiguro
Naoki Ishiguro Nagoya University
Eiji Takeda
Eiji Takeda University of Tokushima
Ken-ichi Hosoya
Ken-ichi Hosoya University of Toyama
Miki Nakajima
Miki Nakajima Kanazawa University
Hiroshi Suzuki
Hiroshi Suzuki Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Masanori Tachikawa
Masanori Tachikawa University of Tokushima
Naohiko Anzai
Naohiko Anzai Chiba University
Mitsuru Akashi
Mitsuru Akashi Osaka University

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