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Yuichi Sugiyama

Yuichi Sugiyama

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Medicine
Japan
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
140
Citations
71794
World Ranking
1698
National Ranking
33

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Yuichi Sugiyama is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has produced a significant body of research primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Oncology, Pharmacology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Molecular Biology, and Infectious Diseases.

Their research spans several interconnected topics, including:

  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management

Yuichi Sugiyama has contributed multiple papers to a variety of scientific journals. Some recent publications include:

  • "Phase 0/microdosing approaches: time for mainstream application in drug development?" (2020) in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
  • "Transporters in Drug Development: International Transporter Consortium Update on Emerging Transporters of Clinical Importance" (2022) in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • "Intestinal P-gp and Putative Hepatic OATP1B Induction: International Transporter Consortium Perspective on Drug Development Implications" (2020) in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • "Identification of Appropriate Endogenous Biomarker for Risk Assessment of Multidrug and Toxin Extrusion Protein-Mediated Drug-Drug Interactions in Healthy Volunteers" (2020) in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • "Post-translational regulation of the major drug transporters in the families of organic anion transporters and organic anion-transporting polypeptides" (2020) in Journal of Biological Chemistry

Their work frequently appears in several publication venues, mainly:

  • Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • CPT Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology
  • Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
  • Drug Metabolism and Disposition
  • Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Collaborations with other researchers have been a notable aspect of Sugiyama's career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Hiroyuki Kusuhara
  • Wooin Lee
  • Yasunori Aoki
  • Xiaoyan Chu
  • Kazuya Maeda

Best Publications

  • Membrane transporters in drug development.

    Kathleen M. Giacomini;Shiew Mei Huang;Donald J. Tweedie;Leslie Z. Benet

  • Recent advances in 2D and 3D in vitro systems using primary hepatocytes, alternative hepatocyte sources and non-parenchymal liver cells and their use in investigating mechanisms of hepatotoxicity, cell signaling and ADME.

    Patricio Godoy;Nicola J. Hewitt;Ute Albrecht;Melvin E. Andersen

  • Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic alterations of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors: Drug–drug interactions and interindividual differences in transporter and metabolic enzyme functions

    Yoshihisa Shitara;Yuichi Sugiyama

  • Novel Cisplatin-Incorporated Polymeric Micelles Can Eradicate Solid Tumors in Mice

    Nobuhiro Nishiyama;Souichiro Okazaki;Horacio Cabral;Masaki Miyamoto

  • Polymorphisms of OATP-C (SLC21A6) and OAT3 (SLC22A8) genes: consequences for pravastatin pharmacokinetics.

    Yohei Nishizato;Ichiro Ieiri;Hiroshi Suzuki;Miyuki Kimura

  • Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a New Multispecific Organic Anion Transporter from Rat Brain

    Hiroyuki Kusuhara;Takashi Sekine;Naoko Utsunomiya-Tate;Minoru Tsuda

  • Impact of Drug Transporter Studies on Drug Discovery and Development

    Naomi Mizuno;Takuro Niwa;Yoshihisa Yotsumoto;Yuichi Sugiyama

  • Transporters as a determinant of drug clearance and tissue distribution.

    Yoshihisa Shitara;Toshiharu Horie;Yuichi Sugiyama

  • Prediction of pharmacokinetic alterations caused by drug-drug interactions: metabolic interaction in the liver.

    K. Ito;T. Iwatsubo;S. Kanamitsu;K. Ueda

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of multispecific organic anion transporter 4 expressed in the placenta.

    Seok Ho Cha;Takashi Sekine;Hiroyuki Kusuhara;Hiroyuki Kusuhara;Erkang Yu

  • Prediction of in vivo drug metabolism in the human liver from in vitro metabolism data

    Takafumi Iwatsubo;Noriko Hirota;Tsuyoshi Ooie;Hiroshi Suzuki

  • Gemfibrozil and Its Glucuronide Inhibit the Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide 2 (OATP2/OATP1B1:SLC21A6)-Mediated Hepatic Uptake and CYP2C8-Mediated Metabolism of Cerivastatin: Analysis of the Mechanism of the Clinically Relevant Drug-Drug Interaction between Cerivastatin and Gemfibrozil

    Yoshihisa Shitara;Masaru Hirano;Hitoshi Sato;Yuichi Sugiyama

  • Involvement of Organic Cation Transporter 1 in Hepatic and Intestinal Distribution of Metformin

    De-Sheng Wang;Johan W. Jonker;Yukio Kato;Hiroyuki Kusuhara

  • Long-circulating poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(D,L-lactide) block copolymer micelles with modulated surface charge.

    Yuji Yamamoto;Yukio Nagasaki;Yukio Kato;Yuichi Sugiyama

  • Contribution of OATP2 (OATP1B1) and OATP8 (OATP1B3) to the hepatic uptake of pitavastatin in humans

    Masaru Hirano;Kazuya Maeda;Yoshihisa Shitara;Yuichi Sugiyama

  • Characterization of the transport properties of cloned rat multidrug resistance-associated protein 3 (MRP3).

    Tomoko Hirohashi;Hiroshi Suzuki;Yuichi Sugiyama

  • EVALUATION OF DRUG-DRUG INTERACTION IN THE HEPATOBILIARY AND RENAL TRANSPORT OF DRUGS

    Yoshihisa Shitara;Hitoshi Sato;Yuichi Sugiyama

  • ATP-dependent transport of bile salts by rat multidrug resistance-associated protein 3 (Mrp3).

    Tomoko Hirohashi;Hiroshi Suzuki;Hajime Takikawa;Yuichi Sugiyama

  • Clinical significance of organic anion transporting polypeptides (OATPs) in drug disposition: their roles in hepatic clearance and intestinal absorption.

    Yoshihisa Shitara;Kazuya Maeda;Kazuaki Ikejiri;Kenta Yoshida

  • Inhibition of Transporter-Mediated Hepatic Uptake as a Mechanism for Drug-Drug Interaction between Cerivastatin and Cyclosporin A

    Yoshihisa Shitara;Tomoo Itoh;Hitoshi Sato;Albert P. Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroyuki Kusuhara
Hiroyuki Kusuhara University of Tokyo
Hiroshi Suzuki
Hiroshi Suzuki Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Tetsuya Terasaki
Tetsuya Terasaki Tohoku University
Hitoshi Endou
Hitoshi Endou Kyorin University
Yasuyoshi Watanabe
Yasuyoshi Watanabe Osaka Metropolitan University
Naoki Ishiguro
Naoki Ishiguro Nagoya University
John D. Schuetz
John D. Schuetz St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Alfred H. Schinkel
Alfred H. Schinkel Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Bruno Stieger
Bruno Stieger University of Zurich
Tetsuya Suhara
Tetsuya Suhara National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology

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