Tarō Toyoda

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Tarō Toyoda is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tarō Toyoda has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Surgery and 12 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Tarō Toyoda's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (35 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (19 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (16 papers). Tarō Toyoda is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (35 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (19 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (16 papers). Tarō Toyoda collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Denmark. Tarō Toyoda's co-authors include Laurie J. Goodyear, Kenji Osafune, Michael F. Hirshman, Niels Jessen, Shinya Yamanaka, Nobuharu Fujii, An Ding, Yoshinori Yoshida, Seishi Ogawa and Kiyotoshi Sekiguchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Tarō Toyoda

46 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A novel efficient feeder-free culture system for the derivation of human induced pluripotent stem cells

2014 480 citations Yoshinori Yoshida, Tarō Toyoda et al. Scientific Reports profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tarō Toyoda Japan	25	2.0k	925	805	297	295	48	2.8k
Masakatsu Sone Japan	32	1.4k 0.7×	695 0.8×	498 0.6×	132 0.4×	326 1.1×	100	3.2k
Melinda Snitow United States	11	2.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	282 0.4×	267 0.9×	672 2.3×	13	3.4k
Karl Swärd Sweden	32	1.9k 1.0×	523 0.6×	678 0.8×	807 2.7×	268 0.9×	119	3.6k
Chung‐Hyun Cho South Korea	32	1.8k 0.9×	375 0.4×	431 0.5×	179 0.6×	233 0.8×	87	3.5k
W. Matthijs Blankesteijn Netherlands	32	2.2k 1.1×	815 0.9×	253 0.3×	223 0.8×	225 0.8×	80	4.0k
Atsuhiko T. Naito Japan	26	1.9k 1.0×	692 0.7×	284 0.4×	140 0.5×	135 0.5×	68	2.8k
Anjali K. Nath United States	20	1.4k 0.7×	302 0.3×	702 0.9×	224 0.8×	128 0.4×	38	3.2k
Michael P. Czubryt Canada	28	1.8k 0.9×	415 0.4×	500 0.6×	239 0.8×	191 0.6×	74	3.0k
Edward C. Carlson United States	30	1.1k 0.6×	508 0.5×	419 0.5×	317 1.1×	197 0.7×	85	3.1k
Florian P. Limbourg Germany	23	1.5k 0.8×	443 0.5×	316 0.4×	175 0.6×	217 0.7×	56	2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tarō Toyoda

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Mima, Atsushi, Ryo Ito, Yu Hatano, et al.. (2025). Mechanistic elucidation of human pancreatic acinar development using single-cell transcriptome analysis on a human iPSC differentiation model. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 4668–4668.

Suzuki, Tomoharu, et al.. (2025). Oxygen dynamics and delivery strategies to enhance beta cell replacement therapy. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 328(5). C1667–C1684. 1 indexed citations

Fujikura, Junji, et al.. (2024). Toward a cure for diabetes: iPSC and ESC‐derived islet cell transplantation trials. Journal of Diabetes Investigation. 16(3). 384–388. 2 indexed citations

Sakuma, Kensuke, Nozomu Sakai, Takeshi Watanabe, et al.. (2023). CDK8/19 inhibition plays an important role in pancreatic β-cell induction from human iPSCs. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 14(1). 1–1. 8 indexed citations

Sakuma, Kensuke, et al.. (2022). Characterization and reduction of non-endocrine cells accompanying islet-like endocrine cells differentiated from human iPSC. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 4740–4740. 10 indexed citations

Ito, Ryo, et al.. (2022). Microwell bag culture for large-scale production of homogeneous islet-like clusters. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 5221–5221. 9 indexed citations

Hatani, Takeshi, Chikako Okubo, Ryo Ito, et al.. (2022). Purification of human iPSC-derived cells at large scale using microRNA switch and magnetic-activated cell sorting. Stem Cell Reports. 17(7). 1772–1785. 23 indexed citations

Toyoda, Tarō, et al.. (2020). Combined Omics Approaches Reveal the Roles of Non-canonical WNT7B Signaling and YY1 in the Proliferation of Human Pancreatic Progenitor Cells. Cell chemical biology. 27(12). 1561–1572.e7. 11 indexed citations

Matsui, Satoshi, et al.. (2019). Differentiation and isolation of iPSC-derived remodeling ductal plate-like cells by use of an AQP1-GFP reporter human iPSC line. Stem Cell Research. 35. 101400–101400. 5 indexed citations

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Toyoda, Tarō, Katsutaro Yasuda, Yuko Kitano, et al.. (2017). Adrenergic receptor agonists induce the differentiation of pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatoblasts into hepatocyte-like cells. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 16734–16734. 12 indexed citations

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Mae, Shin-Ichi, et al.. (2017). Generation of branching ureteric bud tissues from human pluripotent stem cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 495(1). 954–961. 51 indexed citations

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Toyoda, Tarō, et al.. (2017). Small molecule AT7867 proliferates PDX1-expressing pancreatic progenitor cells derived from human pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cell Research. 24. 61–68. 15 indexed citations

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Toyohara, Takafumi, Tatsuyuki Inoue, Yukiko Yamagishi, et al.. (2015). Cell Therapy Using Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Renal Progenitors Ameliorates Acute Kidney Injury in Mice. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 4(9). 980–992. 116 indexed citations

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Toyoda, Tarō, Shin-Ichi Mae, Hiromi Tanaka, et al.. (2015). Cell aggregation optimizes the differentiation of human ESCs and iPSCs into pancreatic bud-like progenitor cells. Stem Cell Research. 14(2). 185–197. 86 indexed citations

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Gotoh, Shimpei, Isao Ito, Tadao Nagasaki, et al.. (2014). Generation of Alveolar Epithelial Spheroids via Isolated Progenitor Cells from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cell Reports. 3(3). 394–403. 211 indexed citations

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Shono, Akemi, Tetsuhiko Yasuno, Masatoshi Kajiwara, et al.. (2013). Monitoring and robust induction of nephrogenic intermediate mesoderm from human pluripotent stem cells. Nature Communications. 4(1). 1367–1367. 212 indexed citations

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Witczak, Carol A., Niels Jessen, Tarō Toyoda, et al.. (2010). CaMKII regulates contraction- but not insulin-induced glucose uptake in mouse skeletal muscle. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 298(6). E1150–E1160. 67 indexed citations

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Toyoda, Tarō, An Ding, Carol A. Witczak, et al.. (2010). Myo1c Regulates Glucose Uptake in Mouse Skeletal Muscle. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(6). 4133–4140. 51 indexed citations

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Brandauer, Josef, Niels Jessen, Tarō Toyoda, et al.. (2009). Effects of exercise training on subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue in normal- and high-fat diet-fed rats. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 297(2). E495–E504. 180 indexed citations

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Miyamoto, Licht, Tarō Toyoda, Tatsuya Hayashi, et al.. (2006). Effect of acute activation of 5′-AMP-activated protein kinase on glycogen regulation in isolated rat skeletal muscle. Journal of Applied Physiology. 102(3). 1007–1013. 59 indexed citations

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