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Masaki Otagiri

Masaki Otagiri

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Chemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
26594
World Ranking
4177
National Ranking
231

Overview

Masaki Otagiri is affiliated with Sojo University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses various subfields, including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Physiology, and Epidemiology.

Their research covers main topics such as:

  • Protein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis
  • Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Hemoglobin Structure and Function
  • Neonatal Health and Biochemistry
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Otagiri's publications have appeared in several frequent venues, including:

  • Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
  • Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Pharmaceutics
  • Journal of Hepatology

Recent papers by Masaki Otagiri illustrate a focus on albumin interactions, drug delivery systems, and liver disease research. Some of the notable papers include:

  • "The New Delivery Strategy of Albumin Carrier Utilizing the Interaction with Albumin Receptors," 2022, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
  • "When Albumin Meets Liposomes: A Feasible Drug Carrier for Biomedical Applications," 2021, Pharmaceuticals
  • "Serum Albumin, Lipid and Drug Binding," 2020, Sub-cellular Biochemistry/Subcellular Biochemistry
  • "Carbon Monoxide Rescues the Developmental Lethality of Experimental Rat Models of Rhabdomyolysis-Induced Acute Kidney Injury," 2020, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  • "Identification of a novel long-acting 4'-modified nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor against HBV," 2020, Journal of Hepatology

In collaboration, Otagiri frequently coauthors with:

  • Keishi Yamasaki
  • Kazuaki Taguchi
  • Koji Nishi
  • Hiroshi Watanabe
  • Toru Maruyama

Best Publications

  • Structural Basis of the Drug-Binding Specificity of Human Serum Albumin.

    Jamie Ghuman;Patricia A. Zunszain;Isabelle Petitpas;Ananyo A. Bhattacharya

  • Practical Aspects of the Ligand-Binding and Enzymatic Properties of Human Serum Albumin

    Ulrich Kragh-Hansen;Victor Tuan Giam Chuang;Masaki Otagiri

  • Albumin-drug interaction and its clinical implication.

    Keishi Yamasaki;Victor Tuan Giam Chuang;Toru Maruyama;Masaki Otagiri

  • p-Cresyl sulfate causes renal tubular cell damage by inducing oxidative stress by activation of NADPH oxidase

    Hiroshi Watanabe;Yohei Miyamoto;Daisuke Honda;Hisae Tanaka

  • Pharmaceutical Strategies Utilizing Recombinant Human Serum Albumin

    Victor Tuan Giam Chuang;Ulrich Kragh-Hansen;Masaki Otagiri

  • Species Differences of Serum Albumins: I. Drug Binding Sites

    Takamitsu Kosa;Toru Maruyama;Masaki Otagiri

  • Role of arg-410 and tyr-411 in human serum albumin for ligand binding and esterase-like activity.

    Hiroshi Watanabe;Sumio Tanase;Keisuke Nakajou;Toru Maruyama

  • Characterization of uremic toxin transport by organic anion transporters in the kidney.

    Tsuneo Deguchi;Hiroyuki Kusuhara;Akira Takadate;Hitoshi Endou

  • A Molecular Functional Study on the Interactions of Drugs with Plasma Proteins

    Masaki Otagiri

  • Study of interaction of carprofen and its enantiomers with human serum albumin--I. Mechanism of binding studied by dialysis and spectroscopic methods

    Mohammed Habibur Rahman;Toru Maruyama;Tomoko Okada;Keishi Yamasaki

  • Inclusi on complexations of steroid hormones with cyclodextrins in water and in solid phase

    K Uekama;T Fujinaga;F Hirayama;M Otagiri

  • Role of blood–brain barrier organic anion transporter 3 (OAT3) in the efflux of indoxyl sulfate, a uremic toxin: its involvement in neurotransmitter metabolite clearance from the brain

    Sumio Ohtsuki;Hiroshi Asaba;Hitomi Takanaga;Tsuneo Deguchi

  • Nitrosothiol formation catalyzed by ceruloplasmin. Implication for cytoprotective mechanism in vivo.

    Katsuhisa Inoue;Takaaki Akaike;Yoichi Miyamoto;Tatsuya Okamoto

  • Cyclodextrin-induced hemolysis and shape changes of human erythrocytes in vitro.

    Tetsumi Irie;Masaki Otagiri;Miki Sunada;Kaneto Uekama

  • Controlled release of indomethacin by chitosan-polyelectrolyte complex: optimization and in vivo/in vitro evaluation

    S. Shiraishi;T. Imai;M. Otagiri

  • Redox properties of serum albumin

    Makoto Anraku;Victor Tuan Giam Chuang;Toru Maruyama;Masaki Otagiri

  • The effect of glycation on the structure, function and biological fate of human serum albumin as revealed by recombinant mutants.

    Keisuke Nakajou;Hiroshi Watanabe;Ulrich Kragh-Hansen;Toru Maruyama

  • Effects of Absorption Enhancers on the Transport of Model Compounds in Caco-2 Cell Monolayers: Assessment by Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy

    Michinori Sakai;Teruko Imai;Hiroshi Ohtake;Hidekazu Azuma

  • Major role of organic anion transporter 3 in the transport of indoxyl sulfate in the kidney

    Tsuneo Deguchi;Sumio Ohtsuki;Sumio Ohtsuki;Masaki Otagiri;Masaki Otagiri;Hitomi Takanaga;Hitomi Takanaga

  • Indoxyl sulfate potentiates skeletal muscle atrophy by inducing the oxidative stress-mediated expression of myostatin and atrogin-1

    Yuki Enoki;Hiroshi Watanabe;Riho Arake;Ryusei Sugimoto

  • Esterase-like activity of serum albumin: characterization of its structural chemistry using p-nitrophenyl esters as substrates.

    Yuji Sakurai;Shen Feng Ma;Hiroshi Watanabe;Noriyuki Yamaotsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Toru Maruyama
Toru Maruyama Kumamoto University
Kaneto Uekama
Kaneto Uekama Sojo University
Fumitoshi Hirayama
Fumitoshi Hirayama Sojo University
Takaaki Akaike
Takaaki Akaike Tohoku University
Masafumi Fukagawa
Masafumi Fukagawa Tokai University
Ryoji Nagai
Ryoji Nagai Tokai University
Hiroshi Maeda
Hiroshi Maeda Kumamoto University
Hiroaki Mitsuya
Hiroaki Mitsuya Kumamoto University
Eishun Tsuchida
Eishun Tsuchida Waseda University
Janusz M. Gebicki
Janusz M. Gebicki Macquarie University

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