Tomohiro Sawa

19.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
211 papers, 14.9k citations indexed

About

Tomohiro Sawa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomohiro Sawa has authored 211 papers receiving a total of 14.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Molecular Biology, 55 papers in Biochemistry and 39 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Tomohiro Sawa's work include Sulfur Compounds in Biology (49 papers), Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (38 papers) and Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (19 papers). Tomohiro Sawa is often cited by papers focused on Sulfur Compounds in Biology (49 papers), Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (38 papers) and Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (19 papers). Tomohiro Sawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Tomohiro Sawa's co-authors include Hiroshi Maeda, Jun Wu, K. Hori, Yasuhiro Matsumura, Takaaki Akaike, Hiroshi Maeda, Toshimitsu Konno, Masayuki Tatemichi, Hideshi Ihara and Jun Fang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Tomohiro Sawa

202 papers receiving 14.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Tumor vascular permeability and the EPR effect in macromolecular therapeutics: a review

2000 5.3k citations Tomohiro Sawa et al. profile →
Reactive cysteine persulfides and S-polythiolation regulate oxidative stress and redox signaling

2014 768 citations Tomoaki Ida, Tomohiro Sawa et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Mechanism of tumor-targeted delivery of macromolecular drugs, including the EPR effect in solid tumor and clinical overview of the prototype polymeric drug SMANCS

2001 712 citations Tomohiro Sawa et al. profile →
Chemical basis of inflammation-induced carcinogenesis

2003 532 citations Tomohiro Sawa et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Supersulfides: A Promising Therapeutic Approach for Autoinflammatory Diseases 2025 ·Microbiology and Immunology ·Tianli Zhang, (unknown), Tomohiro Sawa, Takaaki Akaike, Tetsuro Matsunaga	1
2	Identification of Fungal Metabolite Gliotoxin as a Potent Inhibitor Against Bacterial O-Acetylserine Sulfhydrylase CysK and CysM 2025 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·(unknown), Katsuhiko Ono, (unknown), Kenjiro Hanaoka, Tomohiro Sawa	0
3	Proposal of Helicobacter higonensis sp. nov. isolated from a human clinical specimen, and emended description of Helicobacter valdiviensis Collado, 2014 2024 ·Microbiology and Immunology ·Junko Tomida, Tohru Miyoshi‐Akiyama, (unknown), Hiroyasu Tsutsuki, Tomohiro Sawa, Margo Cnockaert, Peter Vandamme, Yoshiaki Kawamura	0
4	Acute Kidney Injury Caused by Rhabdomyolysis Is Ameliorated by Serum Albumin-Based Supersulfide Donors through Antioxidative Pathways 2024 ·Pharmaceuticals ·Mayumi Ikeda, Tatsuya Fukuta, Victor Tuan Giam Chuang, Tomohiro Sawa, Toru Maruyama, Masaki Otagiri, Tatsuhiro Ishida, Yu Ishima	3
5	Differential Ability of Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2 Variants to Downregulate ACE2 2024 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Yosuke Maeda, Mako Toyoda, Takeo Kuwata, (unknown), (unknown), Kazuaki Monde, Tomohiro Sawa, Takamasa Ueno, Shuzo Matsushita	1
6	Supersulfide biology and translational medicine for disease control 2023 ·British Journal of Pharmacology ·Uladzimir Barayeu, Tomohiro Sawa, Motohiro Nishida, Fan‐Yan Wei, Hozumi Motohashi, Takaaki Akaike	25
7	Redox Regulation of Xenobiotics by Reactive Sulfur and Supersulfide Species 2023 ·Antioxidants and Redox Signaling ·Tianli Zhang, Takaaki Akaike, Tomohiro Sawa	10
8	Subtilase cytotoxin from Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli impairs the inflammasome and exacerbates enteropathogenic bacterial infection 2022 ·iScience ·Hiroyasu Tsutsuki, Tianli Zhang, Kinnosuke Yahiro, Katsuhiko Ono, Yukio Fujiwara, Sunao Iyoda, Fan‐Yan Wei, Kazuaki Monde, Kazuko Seto, Makoto Ohnishi, Hiroyuki Oshiumi, Takaaki Akaike, Tomohiro Sawa	7
9	Movements of Ancient Human Endogenous Retroviruses Detected in SOX2-Expressing Cells 2022 ·Journal of Virology ·Kazuaki Monde, Yorifumi Satou, Mizuki Goto, Yoshikazu Uchiyama, Jumpei Ito, Taku Kaitsuka, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Fan‐Yan Wei, Ituro Inoue, Kazuhito Tomizawa, Akira Ono, Takumi Era, Tomohiro Sawa, Yosuke Maeda	9
10	Involvement of protein disulfide isomerase in subtilase cytotoxin-induced cell death in HeLa cells 2020 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Hiroyasu Tsutsuki, Tianli Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Katsuhiko Ono, Kinnosuke Yahiro, Takuro Niidome, Tomohiro Sawa	4
11	Incidence of cancers in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases 2017 ·IJC Heart & Vasculature ·Makoto Suzuki, Hitonobu Tomoike, Tetsuya Sumiyoshi, Yuji Nagatomo, Toru Hosoda, Masatoshi Nagayama, Yuichi Ishikawa, Tomohiro Sawa, Satoshi Iimuro, Tsutomu Yoshikawa, Saichi Hosoda	35
12	Reactive cysteine persulfides and S-polythiolation regulate oxidative stress and redox signaling breakdown → 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Tomoaki Ida, Tomohiro Sawa, Hideshi Ihara, Yukihiro Tsuchiya, Yasuo Watanabe, Yoshito Kumagai, Makoto Suematsu, Hozumi Motohashi, Shigemoto Fujii, Tetsuro Matsunaga, Masayuki Yamamoto, Katsuhiko Ono, Nelmi O. Devarie‐Baez, Ming Xian, Jon M. Fukuto, Takaaki Akaike	768
13	Angiopoietin-like Protein 2 Accelerates Carcinogenesis by Activating Chronic Inflammation and Oxidative Stress 2013 ·Molecular Cancer Research ·Jun Aoi, Motoyoshi Endo, Tsuyoshi Kadomatsu, Keishi Miyata, (unknown), Haruki Horiguchi, Haruki Odagiri, Tetsuro Masuda, Satoshi Fukushima, Masatoshi Jinnin, Satoshi Hirakawa, Tomohiro Sawa, Takaaki Akaike, Hironobu Ihn, Yuichi Oike	52
14	Nitrated Cyclic GMP Modulates Guard Cell Signaling in Arabidopsis 2013 ·The Plant Cell ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Takaaki Akaike, Tomohiro Sawa, Jun Yoshitake, Naotaka Yamada, Sumio Iwai	109
15	Nitric oxide promotes recycling of 8-nitro-cGMP, a cytoprotective mediator, into intact cGMP in cells 2012 ·Molecular BioSystems ·Yohei Saito, Tomohiro Sawa, Jun Yoshitake, Chiaki Ito, Shigemoto Fujii, Takaaki Akaike, Hirokazu Arimoto	8
16	S -Guanylation Proteomics for Redox-Based Mitochondrial Signaling 2012 ·Antioxidants and Redox Signaling ·Md. Mizanur Rahaman, Tomohiro Sawa, (unknown), Shahzada Khan, Hirofumi Inoue, (unknown), Shigemoto Fujii, Takaaki Akaike	26
17	Cytoprotective Function of Heme Oxygenase 1 Induced by a Nitrated Cyclic Nucleotide Formed during Murine Salmonellosis 2009 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Hasan Zaki, Shigemoto Fujii, Tatsuya Okamoto, (unknown), Shahzada Khan, Khandaker Ahtesham Ahmed, Tomohiro Sawa, Takaaki Akaike	49
18	Effects of endogenous ligands on the biological role of human serum albumin in S-nitrosylation 2007 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Yu Ishima, Takaaki Akaike, Ulrich Kragh‐Hansen, (unknown), Tomohiro Sawa, Toru Maruyama, Toshiya Kai, Masaki Otagiri	22
19	[Supplemental survey in 2003 concerning life-threatening hemorrhagic events in the operating room]. 2005 ·PubMed ·Kazuo Irita, (unknown), Kiyoshi Morita, Norimasa Seo, Yasuhide Iwao, (unknown), Tomohiro Sawa, (unknown), (unknown), Koichi Tsuzaki, Hidefumi Obara, (unknown)	7
20	PREOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK AND INTRAOPERATIVE BLEEDING: TWO MAIN CAUSES OF SURGICAL DEATHS IN JAPAN 2005 ·Journal of the Japan Society of Blood Transfusion ·(unknown), (unknown), Kiyoshi Morita, (unknown), Tomohiro Sawa	3

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