Tomokazu Murakawa

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Tomokazu Murakawa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomokazu Murakawa has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Epidemiology and 6 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Tomokazu Murakawa's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (14 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (3 papers). Tomokazu Murakawa is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (14 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (3 papers). Tomokazu Murakawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and United States. Tomokazu Murakawa's co-authors include Kinya Otsu, Osamu Yamaguchi, Manabu Taneike, Kazuhiko Nishida, Toshihiro Takeda, Takafumi Oka, Shungo Hikoso, Jota Oyabu, Hiroyuki Nakayama and Issei Komuro and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Tomokazu Murakawa

24 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Mitochondrial DNA that escapes from autophagy causes inflammation and heart failure

2012 928 citations Takafumi Oka, Shungo Hikoso et al. Nature profile →
Bcl-2-like protein 13 is a mammalian Atg32 homologue that mediates mitophagy and mitochondrial fragmentation

2015 390 citations Tomokazu Murakawa, Osamu Yamaguchi et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tomokazu Murakawa Japan	15	1.4k	1.1k	384	339	281	24	2.3k
Manabu Taneike Japan	19	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	422 1.1×	388 1.1×	283 1.0×	32	2.5k
Takafumi Oka Japan	16	1.1k 0.8×	893 0.8×	356 0.9×	623 1.8×	225 0.8×	57	2.3k
Jota Oyabu Japan	10	842 0.6×	571 0.5×	358 0.9×	415 1.2×	157 0.6×	13	1.8k
Takahito Tamai Japan	6	816 0.6×	529 0.5×	337 0.9×	273 0.8×	155 0.6×	10	1.5k
Yun Zhong China	25	1.2k 0.9×	559 0.5×	219 0.6×	213 0.6×	137 0.5×	66	2.3k
Fumio Terasaki Japan	29	839 0.6×	362 0.3×	157 0.4×	823 2.4×	461 1.6×	109	2.1k
Hiromi Iwahashi Japan	28	893 0.7×	390 0.3×	377 1.0×	169 0.5×	317 1.1×	111	2.9k
AnneMarie Gagnon Canada	29	866 0.6×	579 0.5×	233 0.6×	277 0.8×	781 2.8×	66	2.5k
Pingnian He United States	31	866 0.6×	200 0.2×	239 0.6×	270 0.8×	597 2.1×	79	2.1k

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Murakawa, Tomokazu & Kinya Otsu. (2025). Phosphorylation of BCL2L13 by PRKAA2/AMPKα2 activates mitophagy in pressure-overloaded heart. Autophagy. 21(6). 1382–1383. 2 indexed citations

Murakawa, Tomokazu, Jumpei Ito, Manabu Taneike, et al.. (2024). AMPK regulates Bcl2-L-13-mediated mitophagy induction for cardioprotection. Cell Reports. 43(12). 115001–115001. 7 indexed citations

Taneike, Manabu, Tomokazu Murakawa, Takahito Tamai, et al.. (2023). Lysophosphatidylserine induces necrosis in pressure overloaded male mouse hearts via G protein coupled receptor 34. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4494–4494. 3 indexed citations

Akazawa, Yasuhiro, Manabu Taneike, Hiromichi Ueda, et al.. (2022). Rubicon-regulated beta-1 adrenergic receptor recycling protects the heart from pressure overload. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 41–41. 5 indexed citations

Ito, Jumpei, Shigemiki Omiya, Hiromichi Ueda, et al.. (2021). Iron derived from autophagy-mediated ferritin degradation induces cardiomyocyte death and heart failure in mice. eLife. 10. 106 indexed citations

Abe, Hajime, Yohei Tanada, Shigemiki Omiya, et al.. (2021). NF-κB activation in cardiac fibroblasts results in the recruitment of inflammatory Ly6C ^hi monocytes in pressure-overloaded hearts. Science Signaling. 14(704). eabe4932–eabe4932. 19 indexed citations

Omiya, Shigemiki, Yosuke Omori, Manabu Taneike, et al.. (2020). Cytokine mRNA Degradation in Cardiomyocytes Restrains Sterile Inflammation in Pressure-Overloaded Hearts. Circulation. 141(8). 667–677. 22 indexed citations

Kaludercic, Nina, Maria Chiara Maiuri, Susmita Kaushik, et al.. (2019). Comprehensive autophagy evaluation in cardiac disease models. Cardiovascular Research. 116(3). 483–504. 48 indexed citations

Murakawa, Tomokazu, Koji Okamoto, Shigemiki Omiya, et al.. (2019). A Mammalian Mitophagy Receptor, Bcl2-L-13, Recruits the ULK1 Complex to Induce Mitophagy. Cell Reports. 26(2). 338–345.e6. 101 indexed citations

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Ueda, Hiromichi, Osamu Yamaguchi, Manabu Taneike, et al.. (2019). Administration of a TLR9 Inhibitor Attenuates the Development and Progression of Heart Failure in Mice. JACC Basic to Translational Science. 4(3). 348–363. 29 indexed citations

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Misaka, Tomofumi, Tomokazu Murakawa, Kazuhiko Nishida, et al.. (2017). FKBP8 protects the heart from hemodynamic stress by preventing the accumulation of misfolded proteins and endoplasmic reticulum-associated apoptosis in mice. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 114. 93–104. 32 indexed citations

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Yamaguchi, Osamu, Tomokazu Murakawa, Kazuhiko Nishida, & Kinya Otsu. (2016). Receptor-mediated mitophagy. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 95. 50–56. 61 indexed citations

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Murakawa, Tomokazu, Osamu Yamaguchi, Ayako Hashimoto, et al.. (2015). Bcl-2-like protein 13 is a mammalian Atg32 homologue that mediates mitophagy and mitochondrial fragmentation. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7527–7527. 390 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tamai, Takahito, Osamu Yamaguchi, Shungo Hikoso, et al.. (2013). Rheb (Ras Homologue Enriched in Brain)-dependent Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 (mTORC1) Activation Becomes Indispensable for Cardiac Hypertrophic Growth after Early Postnatal Period. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(14). 10176–10187. 39 indexed citations

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Oka, Takafumi, Shungo Hikoso, Osamu Yamaguchi, et al.. (2012). Mitochondrial DNA that escapes from autophagy causes inflammation and heart failure. Nature. 485(7397). 251–255. 928 indexed citations breakdown →

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Taneike, Manabu, Isamu Mizote, Takashi Morita, et al.. (2011). Calpain Protects the Heart from Hemodynamic Stress. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(37). 32170–32177. 45 indexed citations

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Taneike, Manabu, Osamu Yamaguchi, Atsuko Nakai, et al.. (2010). Inhibition of autophagy in the heart induces age-related cardiomyopathy. Autophagy. 6(5). 600–606. 369 indexed citations

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Kashiwase, Kazunori, Yasunori Ueda, Nobuyuki Ogasawara, et al.. (2008). A large dissecting sub-epicardial hematoma and cardiac tamponade following elective percutaneous coronary intervention. Journal of Cardiology. 52(2). 163–166. 9 indexed citations

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Ueda, Yasunori, Katsuki Okada, Nobuyuki Ogasawara, et al.. (2008). PJ-138 Process of Neointima Coverage over Sirolimus Drug-Eluting Stent and Maturation in Anti-thrombogenic Potential(Intravascular endoscopy/Intravascular ultrasound(05)(I),Poster Session(Japanese),The 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society). Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition. 72(5). 545–546. 1 indexed citations

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Ueda, Yasunori, Jota Oyabu, Katsuki Okada, et al.. (2006). Angioscopically-determined extent of coronary atherosclerosis is associated with severity of acute coronary syndrome.. PubMed. 18(5). 220–4. 6 indexed citations

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