Toru Maruyama

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
183 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Toru Maruyama is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Toru Maruyama has authored 183 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Cell Biology and 40 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Toru Maruyama's work include Protein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis (65 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (35 papers) and Hemoglobin structure and function (34 papers). Toru Maruyama is often cited by papers focused on Protein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis (65 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (35 papers) and Hemoglobin structure and function (34 papers). Toru Maruyama collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Australia and Denmark. Toru Maruyama's co-authors include Masaki Otagiri, Keishi Yamasaki, Hiroshi Watanabe, Victor Tuan Giam Chuang, Ulrich Kragh‐Hansen, Makoto Anraku, Kazuaki Taguchi, Yu Ishima, Keisuke Nakajou and Yuki Enoki and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Toru Maruyama

179 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Albumin–drug interaction and its clinical implication

2013 384 citations Keishi Yamasaki, Victor Tuan Giam Chuang et al. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Toru Maruyama Japan	41	3.6k	1.2k	852	645	626	183	6.0k
Luyong Zhang China	58	6.2k 1.7×	1.8k 1.5×	500 0.6×	715 1.1×	420 0.7×	471	13.0k
Ulrich Kragh‐Hansen Denmark	39	5.4k 1.5×	2.1k 1.8×	862 1.0×	449 0.7×	358 0.6×	116	7.1k
Victor Tuan Giam Chuang Japan	33	2.3k 0.6×	897 0.8×	391 0.5×	203 0.3×	471 0.8×	93	3.8k
Gabriella Fanali Italy	24	2.5k 0.7×	914 0.8×	666 0.8×	236 0.4×	215 0.3×	43	3.6k
Jian Wang China	44	4.5k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	340 0.4×	306 0.5×	258 0.4×	387	8.6k
Gulam Rabbani India	42	3.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	259 0.3×	491 0.8×	382 0.6×	87	5.4k
Ernst Malle Austria	51	3.5k 1.0×	752 0.6×	589 0.7×	1.9k 2.9×	147 0.2×	200	9.7k
Xin Chen China	47	9.3k 2.6×	2.1k 1.8×	495 0.6×	466 0.7×	301 0.5×	255	15.9k
Jiřı́ Neužil Australia	63	7.5k 2.1×	985 0.8×	556 0.7×	802 1.2×	579 0.9×	237	12.0k
Giorgio Minotti Italy	45	2.9k 0.8×	2.7k 2.3×	359 0.4×	427 0.7×	639 1.0×	152	9.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Toru Maruyama

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Toru Maruyama

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Komohara, Yoshihiro, Hiromu Yano, Cheng Pan, et al.. (2025). Abnormal Vessels Potentially Accelerate Glioblastoma Proliferation by Inducing the Protumor Activation of Macrophages. Cancer Science. 116(4). 897–909. 1 indexed citations

Imafuku, Tadashi, Takao Satoh, Tomoaki Inazumi, et al.. (2024). Omega 3 Fatty Acids Attenuate the Acute Kidney Injury to CKD Transition and Renal Fibrosis. Kidney360. 5(10). 1422–1434. 2 indexed citations

Watanabe, Hiroshi, Tadashi Imafuku, Koh‐ichi Yamada, et al.. (2023). Albumin-fused long-acting FGF21 analogue for the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Journal of Controlled Release. 355. 42–53. 22 indexed citations

Kinoshita, Ryo, Yu Ishima, Victor Tuan Giam Chuang, et al.. (2021). The Therapeutic Effect of Human Serum Albumin Dimer-Doxorubicin Complex against Human Pancreatic Tumors. Pharmaceutics. 13(8). 1209–1209. 8 indexed citations

Ikeda, Tokunori, Hiroshi Watanabe, Toru Maruyama, et al.. (2021). The Binding of Aripiprazole to Plasma Proteins in Chronic Renal Failure Patients. Toxins. 13(11). 811–811. 4 indexed citations

Fujiwara, Yukio, Cheng Pan, Shigeyuki Esumi, et al.. (2021). α1-Acid Glycoprotein Enhances the Immunosuppressive and Protumor Functions of Tumor-Associated Macrophages. Cancer Research. 81(17). 4545–4559. 21 indexed citations

Ikeda, Mayumi, Yu Ishima, Victor Tuan Giam Chuang, et al.. (2019). Distribution of Polysulfide in Human Biological Fluids and Their Association with Amylase and Sperm Activities. Molecules. 24(9). 1689–1689. 21 indexed citations

Watanabe, Hiroshi, Hitoshi Maeda, Keisuke Hamasaki, et al.. (2019). Cell-penetrating mechanism of intracellular targeting albumin: Contribution of macropinocytosis induction and endosomal escape. Journal of Controlled Release. 304. 156–163. 23 indexed citations

Watanabe, Hiroshi, Hitoshi Maeda, Keisuke Hamasaki, et al.. (2018). Design and tuning of a cell-penetrating albumin derivative as a versatile nanovehicle for intracellular drug delivery. Journal of Controlled Release. 277. 23–34. 26 indexed citations

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Iohara, Daisuke, Taishi Higashi, Keiichi Motoyama, et al.. (2018). Sacran, a High-molecular Weight Polysaccharide Inhibits Renal Injury and Oxidative Stress in Chronic Renal Failure Model Rats. 4(2). 267–275. 1 indexed citations

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Maruyama, Toru, et al.. (2017). SAG-QC: quality control of single amplified genome information by subtracting non-target sequences based on sequence compositions. BMC Bioinformatics. 18(1). 152–152. 3 indexed citations

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Ikeda, Mayumi, Yu Ishima, Ryo Kinoshita, et al.. (2017). A novel S-sulfhydrated human serum albumin preparation suppresses melanin synthesis. Redox Biology. 14. 354–360. 31 indexed citations

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Odashiro, Keita, et al.. (2014). The effects of lactic acid bacteria-fermented soymilk extract on patients with colonic polyps: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot trial. Journal for the Integrated Study of Dietary Habits. 25(1). 20–25. 1 indexed citations

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Huang, Kevin, Toru Maruyama, & Guoping Fan. (2014). The Naive State of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: A Synthesis of Stem Cell and Preimplantation Embryo Transcriptome Analyses. Cell stem cell. 15(4). 410–415. 116 indexed citations

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Anraku, Makoto, Victor Tuan Giam Chuang, Toru Maruyama, & Masaki Otagiri. (2013). Redox properties of serum albumin. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1830(12). 5465–5472. 187 indexed citations

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Taguchi, Kazuaki, Victor Tuan Giam Chuang, Toru Maruyama, & Masaki Otagiri. (2012). Pharmaceutical Aspects of the Recombinant Human Serum Albumin Dimer: Structural Characteristics, Biological Properties, and Medical Applications. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 101(9). 3033–3046. 52 indexed citations

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Komori, Hisakazu, Hiroshi Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Shuto, et al.. (2012). α1-Acid Glycoprotein Up-regulates CD163 via TLR4/CD14 Protein Pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(36). 30688–30700. 40 indexed citations

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Inoguchi, Toyoshi, Yu Hai, Minako Imamura, et al.. (2001). Altered gap junction activity in cardiovascular tissues of diabetes. PubMed. 34(2). 86–91. 48 indexed citations

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Maruyama, Toru, et al.. (1997). Species Differences of Serum Albumins: I. Drug Binding Sites. Pharmaceutical Research. 14(11). 1607–1612. 251 indexed citations

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Rahman, Mohammed Habibur, Toru Maruyama, Tomoko Okada, Keishi Yamasaki, & Masaki Otagiri. (1993). Study of interaction of carprofen and its enantiomers with human serum albumin—I. Biochemical Pharmacology. 46(10). 1721–1731. 194 indexed citations

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