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Kazumasa Wakamatsu

Kazumasa Wakamatsu

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
27862
World Ranking
2130
National Ranking
123

Overview

Kazumasa Wakamatsu is affiliated with Fujita Health University in Japan. Their research is primarily positioned at the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a strong focus on cellular and molecular mechanisms. Key subfields include cell biology, dermatology, molecular biology, nutrition and dietetics, and biochemistry.

The scientist's work addresses diverse but interconnected topics such as melanin and skin pigmentation, skin protection and aging, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, phytochemicals and antioxidant activities, olfactory and sensory function studies, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, and animal behavior and reproduction.

Wakamatsu's publication record highlights contributions to several prominent scientific journals. Frequent venues include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Preprints.org

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Wakamatsu or in closely related collaboration include:

  • Chemical Reactivities of ortho-Quinones Produced in Living Organisms: Fate of Quinonoid Products Formed by Tyrosinase and Phenoloxidase Action on Phenols and Catechols (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Neuromelanin in Parkinson's Disease: Tyrosine Hydroxylase and Tyrosinase (2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Chemical and biochemical control of skin pigmentation with special emphasis on mixed melanogenesis (2021, Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research)
  • NNT mediates redox-dependent pigmentation via a UVB- and MITF-independent mechanism (2021, Cell)
  • The role of tyrosine hydroxylase as a key player in neuromelanin synthesis and the association of neuromelanin with Parkinson's disease (2023, Journal of Neural Transmission)

Frequent collaborators in Wakamatsu's research include Shosuke Ito, Tadeusz Sarna, Hitomi Tanaka, Tomoko Nishimaki-Mogami, and Krystian Mokrzyński.

Best Publications

  • Okadaic acid: an additional non-phorbol-12-tetradecanoate-13-acetate-type tumor promoter

    Masami Suganuma;Hirota Fujiki;Hiroko Suguri;Shigeru Yoshizawa

  • Quantitative Analysis of Eumelanin and Pheomelanin in Humans, Mice, and Other Animals: a Comparative Review

    Shosuke Ito;Kazumasa Wakamatsu

  • Chemiexcitation of melanin derivatives induces DNA photoproducts long after UV exposure

    Sanjay Premi;Silvia Wallisch;Camila M. Mano;Adam B. Weiner

  • Chemistry of mixed melanogenesis--pivotal roles of dopaquinone.

    Shosuke Ito;Kazumasa Wakamatsu

  • Melanins and melanogenesis: from pigment cells to human health and technological applications.

    Marco d'Ischia;Kazumasa Wakamatsu;Fabio Cicoira;Eduardo Di Mauro

  • Melanins and melanogenesis: methods, standards, protocols

    Marco D'Ischia;Kazumasa Wakamatsu;Alessandra Napolitano;Stefania Briganti

  • Current challenges in understanding melanogenesis: bridging chemistry, biological control, morphology, and function.

    John D Simon;Dana Peles;Kazumasa Wakamatsu;Shosuke Ito

  • Advanced chemical methods in melanin determination.

    Kazumasa Wakamatsu;Shosuke Ito

  • Inactivation of Drosophila DJ-1 leads to impairments of oxidative stress response and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt signaling

    Yufeng Yang;Stephan Gehrke;Md. Emdadul Haque;Yuzuru Imai

  • UV-induced DNA damage and melanin content in human skin differing in racial/ethnic origin

    Taketsugu Tadokoro;Nobuhiko Kobayashi;Barbara Z. Zmudzka;Shosuke Ito

  • Pheomelanin as well as eumelanin is present in human epidermis

    Anthony J Thody;Elisabeth M Higgins;Kazumasa Wakamatsu;Shosuke Ito

  • Topical drug rescue strategy and skin protection based on the role of Mc1r in UV-induced tanning

    John A. D'Orazio;Tetsuji Nobuhisa;Tetsuji Nobuhisa;Rutao Cui;Rutao Cui;Michelle Arya;Michelle Arya

  • Melanosomal pH controls rate of melanogenesis, eumelanin/phaeomelanin ratio and melanosome maturation in melanocytes and melanoma cells.

    Janis Ancans;Desmond J. Tobin;Martin J. Hoogduijn;Nico P. Smit

  • Usefulness of alkaline hydrogen peroxide oxidation to analyze eumelanin and pheomelanin in various tissue samples: application to chemical analysis of human hair melanins

    Shosuke Ito;Yukiko Nakanishi;Robert K. Valenzuela;Murray H. Brilliant

  • Regulation of human skin pigmentation and responses to ultraviolet radiation.

    Yoshinori Miyamura;Sergio G. Coelho;Rainer Wolber;Sharon A. Miller

  • Spectrophotometric Characterization of Eumelanin and Pheomelanin in Hair

    Hiroyuki Ozeki;Shosuke Ito;Kazumasa Wakamatsu;Anthony J. Thody

  • Identification of glypican-3 as a novel tumor marker for melanoma.

    Tetsuya Nakatsura;Toshiro Kageshita;Shosuke Ito;Kazumasa Wakamatsu

  • Chemical Characterization of Hair Melanins in Various Coat-Color Mutants of Mice

    Hiroyuki Ozeki;Shosuke Ito;Kazumasa Wakamatsu;Tomohisa Hirobe

  • Human melanocortin 1 receptor variants, receptor function and melanocyte response to UV radiation.

    M. Cathy Scott;Kazumasa Wakamatsu;Shosuke Ito;Ana Luisa Kadekaro

  • Characterisation of ACTH Peptides in Human Skin and Their Activation of the Melanocortin‐1 Receptor

    Kazumasa Wakamatsu;Alison Graham;David Cook;Anthony J. Thody

Frequent Co-Authors

Shosuke Ito
Shosuke Ito Fujita Health University
Makoto Ojika
Makoto Ojika Nagoya University
Kiyoyuki Yamada
Kiyoyuki Yamada Nagoya University
John D. Simon
John D. Simon Duke University
Hiroyuki Honda
Hiroyuki Honda Nagoya University
Akira Ito
Akira Ito Nagoya University
Vincent J. Hearing
Vincent J. Hearing National Institutes of Health
Tadeusz Sarna
Tadeusz Sarna Jagiellonian University
Alexandre Roulin
Alexandre Roulin University of Lausanne
Luigi Zecca
Luigi Zecca National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

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