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Hatsumi Nagasawa is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Within these broader areas, their work focuses on specific subfields including Biochemistry, Immunology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Rheumatology, and Epidemiology.

Their scientific contributions cover several main topics, notably Sulfur Compounds in Biology, Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology, Mast cells and histamine, Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects, Folate and B Vitamins Research, and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Recent publications by Hatsumi Nagasawa include:

  • "Sequestration and Elimination of Toxic Aldehydes," 2020, Chemical Research in Toxicology
  • "An Orally Bioavailable (Mice) Prodrug of Glutathione," 2021, Antioxidants
  • "An Orally Bioavailable (Mice) Prodrug of Glutathione," 2021, Preprints.org
  • "l -Cysteine-Glutathione Mixed Disulfide, a Novel Bioavailable Sulfhydryl-Modified Glutathione Precursor, Protects against Early Liver Injury Induced by Short-Term Hypercholesterolemia," 2025, Chemical Research in Toxicology

Hatsumi Nagasawa frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Daune L. Crankshaw, Jacquie E. Briggs, Robert Vince, Robert J. Valentekovich, and Scott G. Nagasawa. Collaboration patterns reflect multiple joint works with some co-authors, particularly with Daune L. Crankshaw and Jacquie E. Briggs.

Their work often appears in a select number of publication venues, with multiple contributions to Chemical Research in Toxicology, as well as papers published in Antioxidants and Preprints.org.

Best Publications

  • Induction of sister chromatid exchanges by extremely low doses of alpha-particles.

    Hatsumi Nagasawa;John B. Little

  • Unexpected sensitivity to the induction of mutations by very low doses of alpha-particle radiation: evidence for a bystander effect.

    Hatsumi Nagasawa;John B. Little

  • Ku70: A Candidate Tumor Suppressor Gene for Murine T Cell Lymphoma

    Gloria C. Li;Honghai Ouyang;Xiaoling Li;Hatsumi Nagasawa

  • Radiation-induced genomic instability: delayed mutagenic and cytogenetic effects of X rays and alpha particles.

    John B. Little;Hatsumi Nagasawa;Tracy Pfenning;Helen Vetrovs

  • Heat-induced lethality and chromosomal damage in synchronized Chinese hamster cells treated with 5-bromodeoxyuridine.

    Dewey Wc;Westra A;Miller Hh;Nagasawa H

  • HPRT mutants induced in bystander cells by very low fluences of alpha particles result primarily from point mutations.

    Lihong Huo;Hatsumi Nagasawa;John B. Little

  • Silencing Expression of the Catalytic Subunit of DNA-dependent Protein Kinase by Small Interfering RNA Sensitizes Human Cells for Radiation-induced Chromosome Damage, Cell Killing, and Mutation

    Yuanlin Peng;Qinming Zhang;Hatsumi Nagasawa;Ryuichi Okayasu

  • Bystander effects: intercellular transmission of radiation damage signals.

    J. B. Little;E. I. Azzam;S. M. de Toledo;H. Nagasawa (Invited)

  • ABSENCE OF RADIATION-INDUCED G1 ARREST IN TWO CLOSELY RELATED HUMAN LYMPHOBLAST CELL LINES THAT DIFFER IN P53 STATUS

    John B. Little;Hatsumi Nagasawa;Peter C. Keng;Yongjia Yu

  • Increased bystander mutagenic effect in DNA double-strand break repair-deficient mammalian cells

    H. Nagasawa;L. Huo;J. B. Little

  • Effect of Confluent Holding on Potentially Lethal Damage Repair, Cell Cycle Progression, and Chromosomal Aberrations in Human Normal and Ataxia-Telangiectasia Fibroblasts

    John B. Little;Hatsumi Nagasawa

  • Bystander effect for chromosomal aberrations induced in wild-type and repair deficient CHO cells by low fluences of alpha particles.

    Hatsumi Nagasawa;John B. Little

  • Comparison of kinetics of X-ray-induced cell killing in normal, ataxia telangiectasia and hereditary retinoblastoma fibroblasts.

    Hatsumi Nagasawa;John B. Little

  • Effect of tumor promoters, protease inhibitors, and repair processes on x-ray-induced sister chromatid exchanges in mouse cells.

    Hatsumi Nagasawa;John B. Little

  • Involvement of membrane signaling in the bystander effect in irradiated cells.

    Hatsumi Nagasawa;Aida Cremesti;Richard Kolesnick;Zvi Fuks

  • Effects of X-irradiation on cell-cycle progression, induction of chromosomal aberrations and cell killing in ataxia telangiectasia (AT) fibroblasts

    Hatsumi Nagasawa;Hatsumi Nagasawa;Samuel A. Latt;Samuel A. Latt;Marc E. Lalande;Marc E. Lalande;John B. Little;John B. Little

  • Involvement of the nonhomologous end joining DNA repair pathway in the bystander effect for chromosomal aberrations.

    John B. Little;Hatsumi Nagasawa;Gloria C. Li;David J. Chen

  • Abrogation of p53 function by transfection of HPV16 E6 gene enhances the resistance of human diploid fibroblasts to ionizing radiation.

    Ngan-Ming Tsang;H. Nagasawa;Chuanyuan Li;J. B. Little

  • Relationship between radiation-induced G1 phase arrest and p53 function in human tumor cells.

    Hatsumi Nagasawa;Chuan-Yuan Li;Carl G. Maki;Amy C. Imrich

  • Increased ultraviolet sensitivity and chromosomal instability related to P53 function in the xeroderma pigmentosum variant.

    James E. Cleaver;Veena Afzal;Veena Afzal;Luzviminda Feeney;Mindy McDowell

Frequent Co-Authors

John B. Little
John B. Little Harvard University
David J. Chen
David J. Chen The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Chuan-Yuan Li
Chuan-Yuan Li Duke University
Gloria C. Li
Gloria C. Li Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Peter C. Keng
Peter C. Keng University of Rochester
Samuel A. Latt
Samuel A. Latt Boston Children's Hospital
Benjamin P C Chen
Benjamin P C Chen The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Larry H. Thompson
Larry H. Thompson Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Albert J. Fornace
Albert J. Fornace Georgetown University
Ralph R. Weichselbaum
Ralph R. Weichselbaum University of Chicago

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