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Isao Saito

Isao Saito

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Chemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
18903
World Ranking
4720
National Ranking
265

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Isao Saito is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Orthodontics, Physiology, and Plant Science.

Saito's research topics cover multiple areas related to dental and craniofacial sciences, as well as environmental health concerns. These topics include:

  • Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
  • Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments
  • Dental development and anomalies
  • Cleft Lip and Palate Research
  • Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
  • Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments
  • Dental Radiography and Imaging

Some of the recent scholarly works authored or co-authored by Saito are:

  • Extracellular Matrix-Oriented Proteomic Analysis of Periodontal Ligament Under Mechanical Stress, 2022, Frontiers in Physiology
  • ROCK inhibitors enhance bone healing by promoting osteoclastic and osteoblastic differentiation, 2020, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • Temporal trend and cross-sectional characterization of urinary concentrations of glyphosate in Japanese children from 2006 to 2015, 2022, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
  • Effects of Pesticide Intake on Gut Microbiota and Metabolites in Healthy Adults, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Optimization and validation of a highly sensitive method for determining glyphosate in human urine by solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry: a methodological study, 2020, Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Saito include:

  • Jun Nihara (14 publications)
  • Tadaharu Kobayashi (10 publications)
  • Lay Thant (8 publications)
  • Jun Ueyama (8 publications)
  • Kojiro Takahashi (8 publications)

Saito's research has been published repeatedly in several key venues, including:

  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (3 publications)
  • Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine (3 publications)
  • The Japanese Journal of Jaw Deformities (3 publications)
  • International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health (2 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (2 publications)

In recognition of contributions to science, Saito was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Theoretical Studies of GG-Specific Photocleavage of DNA via Electron Transfer: Significant Lowering of Ionization Potential and 5‘-Localization of HOMO of Stacked GG Bases in B-Form DNA

    Hiroshi Sugiyama;Isao Saito

  • Photoinduced DNA Cleavage via Electron Transfer: Demonstration That Guanine Residues Located 5' to Guanine Are the Most Electron-Donating Sites

    Isao Saito;Masami Takayama;Hiroshi Sugiyama;Kazuhiko Nakatani

  • Mapping of the Hot Spots for DNA Damage by One-Electron Oxidation: Efficacy of GG Doublets and GGG Triplets as a Trap in Long-Range Hole Migration

    Isao Saito;Takashi Nakamura;Kazuhiko Nakatani;Yasunori Yoshioka

  • Pyrene-Labeled Base-Discriminating Fluorescent DNA Probes for Homogeneous SNP Typing

    Akimitsu Okamoto;Keiichiro Kanatani;Isao Saito

  • DNA Logic Gates

    Akimitsu Okamoto;Kazuo Tanaka;Isao Saito

  • Biradical formation from acyclic conjugated eneyne-allene system related to neocarzinostatin and esperamicin-calichemicin

    Ryu Nagata;Hidenori Yamanaka;Eiichi Okazaki;Isao Saito

  • Scanning of guanine-guanine mismatches in DNA by synthetic ligands using surface plasmon resonance.

    Kazuhiko Nakatani;Shinsuke Sando;Isao Saito

  • Design of base-discriminating fluorescent nucleosides

    Akimitsu Okamoto;Yoshio Saito;Isao Saito

  • Product Analysis of GG-Specific Photooxidation of DNA via Electron Transfer: 2-Aminoimidazolone as a Major Guanine Oxidation Product

    Katsuhito Kino;Isao Saito;Hiroshi Sugiyama

  • Recognition of a single guanine bulge by 2-acylamino-1,8-naphthyridine

    Kazuhiko Nakatani;and Shinsuke Sando;Isao Saito

  • EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL STUDIES ON THE SELECTIVITY OF GGG TRIPLETS TOWARD ONE-ELECTRON OXIDATION IN B-FORM DNA

    Yasunori Yoshioka;Yasutaka Kitagawa;Yu Takano;Kizashi Yamaguchi

  • Pyrene-labeled oligodeoxynucleotide probe for detecting base insertion by excimer fluorescence emission.

    Akimitsu Okamoto;Tomohisa Ichiba;Isao Saito

  • Highly sequence-selective photoreaction of 5-bromouracil-containing deoxyhexanucleotides

    Hiroshi Sugiyama;Yasushi Tsutsumi;Isao Saito

  • Formation of superoxide ion via one-electron transfer from electron donors to singlet oxygen

    Isao Saito;Teruo Matsuura;Kenzo Inoue

  • Photoactivatable DNA-Cleaving Amino Acids: Highly Sequence-Selective DNA Photocleavage by Novel L-Lysine Derivatives

    Isao Saito;Masami Takayama;Shosuke Kawanishi

  • Peroxidic intermediates in photosensitized oxygenation of tryptophan derivatives

    Isao Saito;Teruo Matsuura;Masako Nakagawa;Tohru Hino

  • Template-Directed Photoreversible Ligation of Deoxyoligonucleotides via 5-Vinyldeoxyuridine

    Kenzo Fujimoto;Shigeo Matsuda;Nobuaki Takahashi;Isao Saito

  • Hydroxyl radical mediated damage to proteins, with special reference to the crystallins.

    Purnananda Guptasarma;Dorairajan Balasubramanian;Seichii Matsugo;Isao Saito

  • Site-specific DNA methylation and apoptosis: induction by diabetogenic streptozotocin.

    Mariko Murata;Ayako Takahashi;Isao Saito;Shosuke Kawanishi

  • Formation of superoxide ion from singlet oxygen. Use of a water-soluble singlet oxygen source

    Isao Saito;Teruo Matsuura;Kenzo Inoue

  • Chemistry of Sequence-Dependent Remote Guanine Oxidation: Photoreaction of Duplex DNA Containing Cyanobenzophenone-Substituted Uridine

    Kazuhiko Nakatani;Chikara Dohno;Isao Saito

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroshi Sugiyama
Hiroshi Sugiyama Kyoto University
Kazuhiko Nakatani
Kazuhiko Nakatani Osaka University
Shosuke Kawanishi
Shosuke Kawanishi Suzuka University of Medical Science
Kizashi Yamaguchi
Kizashi Yamaguchi Osaka University
Keiichi Fukuyama
Keiichi Fukuyama Osaka University
Kazuo Tanaka
Kazuo Tanaka Kyoto University
Andrew H.-J. Wang
Andrew H.-J. Wang Academia Sinica
Kazuya Yamaguchi
Kazuya Yamaguchi University of Tokyo
Yueh-Hsiung Kuo
Yueh-Hsiung Kuo China Medical University
Yusuke Hiraku
Yusuke Hiraku University of Fukui

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