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Kunihiko Sakumi

Kunihiko Sakumi

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
8957
World Ranking
17647
National Ranking
1271

Overview

Kunihiko Sakumi is a researcher affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan. Their scientific work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a particular focus on Alzheimer's disease research and related neurodegenerative disorders.

Sakumi's recent research outputs include the following publications:

  • MTH1 and OGG1 maintain a low level of 8-oxoguanine in Alzheimer's brain, and prevent the progression of Alzheimer's pathogenesis (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • A high-fat diet exacerbates the Alzheimer's disease pathology in the hippocampus of the AppNL−F/NL−F knock-in mouse model (2021, Aging Cell)
  • MUTYH Actively Contributes to Microglial Activation and Impaired Neurogenesis in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease (2021, Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity)
  • Environmental aircraft noise aggravates oxidative DNA damage, granulocyte oxidative burst and nitrate resistance in Ogg1-/- mice (2020, Free Radical Research)
  • Neural stem cell-specific ITPA deficiency causes neural depolarization and epilepsy (2020, JCI Insight)

Their research addresses several main topics, including:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Noise Effects and Management

Sakumi's work is aligned with specific subfields such as Physiology, Neurology, Pharmacology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

They have frequently published research in the following scientific venues:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
  • Free Radical Research
  • Aging Cell
  • JCI Insight

The researcher collaborates regularly with several coauthors including:

  • Yusaku Nakabeppu
  • Nona Abolhassani
  • Guianfranco Mazzei
  • Takashi Saito
  • Takaomi C. Saido

Best Publications

  • Targeted disruption of the Rad51 gene leads to lethality in embryonic mice.

    T Tsuzuki;Y Fujii;K Sakumi;Y Tominaga

  • Cloning and expression of cDNA for a human enzyme that hydrolyzes 8-oxo-dGTP, a mutagenic substrate for DNA synthesis.

    K. Sakumi;M. Furuichi;T. Tsuzuki;T. Kakuma

  • Oxidative damage in nucleic acids and Parkinson's disease.

    Yusaku Nakabeppu;Daisuke Tsuchimoto;Hiroo Yamaguchi;Kunihiko Sakumi

  • Mutagenesis and carcinogenesis caused by the oxidation of nucleic acids

    Yusaku Nakabeppu;Kunihiko Sakumi;Katsumi Sakamoto;Daisuke Tsuchimoto

  • Ogg1 Knockout-associated Lung Tumorigenesis and Its Suppression by Mth1 Gene Disruption

    Kunihiko Sakumi;Yohei Tominaga;Masato Furuichi;Ping Xu

  • Two distinct pathways of cell death triggered by oxidative damage to nuclear and mitochondrial DNAs

    Sugako Oka;Mizuki Ohno;Daisuke Tsuchimoto;Kunihiko Sakumi

  • Hydrogen in Drinking Water Reduces Dopaminergic Neuronal Loss in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease

    Kyota Fujita;Toshihiro Seike;Noriko Yutsudo;Mizuki Ohno

  • Generation and Elimination of 8-Oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine 5'-Triphosphate, a Mutagenic Substrate for DNA Synthesis, in Human Cells

    Hiroshi Hayakawa;Akinobu Taketomi;Kunihiko Sakumi;Michihiko Kuwano

  • Human APE2 protein is mostly localized in the nuclei and to some extent in the mitochondria, while nuclear APE2 is partly associated with proliferating cell nuclear antigen

    Daisuke Tsuchimoto;Yasunari Sakai;Kunihiko Sakumi;Kenichi Nishioka

  • Methylnitrosourea-induced Tumorigenesis in MGMT Gene Knockout Mice

    Kunihiko Sakumi;Akiko Shiraishi;Seiichiro Shimizu;Teruhisa Tsuzuki

  • SEPARATION OF KILLING AND TUMORIGENIC EFFECTS OF AN ALKYLATING AGENT IN MICE DEFECTIVE IN TWO OF THE DNA REPAIR GENES

    Hisaya Kawate;Kunihiko Sakumi;Teruhisa Tsuzuki;Yoko Nakatsuru

  • 8-oxoguanine causes spontaneous de novo germline mutations in mice

    Mizuki Ohno;Kunihiko Sakumi;Ryutaro Fukumura;Masato Furuichi

  • An oxidized purine nucleoside triphosphatase, MTH1 suppresses cell death caused by oxidative stress

    Daisuke Yoshimura;Kunihiko Sakumi;Mizuki Ohno;Yasunari Sakai

  • 8-Oxoguanine Formation Induced by Chronic UVB Exposure Makes Ogg1 Knockout Mice Susceptible to Skin Carcinogenesis

    Makoto Kunisada;Kunihiko Sakumi;Yohei Tominaga;Arief Budiyanto

  • MUTYH-null mice are susceptible to spontaneous and oxidative stress induced intestinal tumorigenesis.

    Katsumi Sakamoto;Yohei Tominaga;Kazumi Yamauchi;Kazumi Yamauchi;Yoshimichi Nakatsu

  • Structures and functions of DNA glycosylases.

    Kunihiko Sakumi;Mutsuo Sekiguchi

  • Comparative profiling of cortical gene expression in Alzheimer's disease patients and mouse models demonstrates a link between amyloidosis and neuroinflammation.

    Erika Castillo;Julio Leon;Julio Leon;Guianfranco Mazzei;Nona Abolhassani

  • 8-Oxoguanine DNA Glycosylase (OGG1) Deficiency Increases Susceptibility to Obesity and Metabolic Dysfunction

    Harini Sampath;Vladimir Vartanian;M. Rick Rollins;Kunihiko Sakumi

  • The defense mechanisms in mammalian cells against oxidative damage in nucleic acids and their involvement in the suppression of mutagenesis and cell death.

    Yusaku Nakabeppu;Daisuke Tsuchimoto;Masato Furuichi;Kunihiko Sakumi

  • 8-Oxoguanine causes neurodegeneration during MUTYH-mediated DNA base excision repair

    Zijing Sheng;Sugako Oka;Daisuke Tsuchimoto;Nona Abolhassani

Frequent Co-Authors

Yusaku Nakabeppu
Yusaku Nakabeppu Kyushu University
Mutsuo Sekiguchi
Mutsuo Sekiguchi Kyushu University
mutsuo sekiguchi
mutsuo sekiguchi Fukuoka Dental College
Shinya Toyokuni
Shinya Toyokuni Nagoya University
Tetsuo Noda
Tetsuo Noda Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research
Frank M. LaFerla
Frank M. LaFerla University of California, Irvine
Takashi Saito
Takashi Saito Nagoya City University
Takaomi C. Saido
Takaomi C. Saido RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Yutaka Kiyohara
Yutaka Kiyohara Kyushu University
Mami Noda
Mami Noda Kyushu University

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