Shigeru Sassa

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Best Publications

• Heme mediates derepression of Maf recognition element through direct binding to transcription repressor Bach1.

  Kazuhiro Ogawa;Jiying Sun;Jiying Sun;Shigeru Taketani;Osamu Nakajima

  640
  Citations

• Identification of a human heme exporter that is essential for erythropoiesis.

  John G. Quigley;Zhantao Yang;Mark T. Worthington;John D. Phillips

  495
  Citations

• Positional cloning of the zebrafish sauternes gene: a model for congenital sideroblastic anaemia

  A Brownlie;A Donovan;S J Pratt;B H Paw;B H Paw

  290
  Citations

• Establishment and characterization of an erythropoietin-dependent subline, UT-7/Epo, derived from human leukemia cell line. UT-7

  N Komatsu;M Yamamoto;H Fujita;A Miwa

  271
  Citations

• Drug metabolism by the human hepatoma cell, Hep G2

  Shigeru Sassa;Osamu Sugita;Richard A. Galbraith;Attallah Kappas

  257
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• Heme oxygenase-1: a novel therapeutic target in oxidative tissue injuries.

  T. Takahashi;K. Morita;R. Akagi;S. Sassa

  255
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• Lead binding to delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) in human erythrocytes

  Ingvar A. Bergdahl;Anders Grubb;Andrejs Schütz;Robert J. Desnick

  248
  Citations

• Modern diagnosis and management of the porphyrias

  Shigeru Sassa

  242
  Citations

• Studies in lead poisoning. II. Correlation between the ratio of activated to inactivated delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase of whole blood and the blood lead level.

  J.L. Granick;S. Sassa;S. Granick;R.D. Levere

  236
  Citations

• Studies in lead poisoning. I. Microanalysis of erythrocyte protoporphyrin levels by spectrophotometry in the detection of chronic lead intoxication in the subclinical range

  S. Sassa;J.L. Granick;S. Granick;A. Kappas

  225
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• Purification and properties of bovine spleen heme oxygenase. Amino acid composition and sites of action of inhibitors of heme oxidation.

  T Yoshinaga;S Sassa;A Kappas

  205
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• Assays for Porphyrins, δ-Aminolevulinic-Acid Dehydratase, and Porphyrinogen Synthetase in Microliter Samples of Whole Blood: Applications to Metabolic Defects Involving the Heme Pathway

  S. Granick;S. Sassa;J. L. Granick;R. D. Levere

  192
  Citations

• Why Heme Needs to Be Degraded to Iron, Biliverdin IXα, and Carbon Monoxide?

  Shigeru Sassa

  192
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• A zebrafish model for hepatoerythropoietic porphyria.

  Han Wang;Qiaoming Long;Scott D. Marty;Shigeru Sassa

  188
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• Purification and properties of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase from human erythrocytes. A single enzyme catalyzing the four sequential decarboxylations of uroporphyrinogens I and III.

  H de Verneuil;S Sassa;A Kappas

  183
  Citations

• Induction of δ-Aminolevulinic Acid Synthetase in Chick Embryo Liver Cells in Culture

  Shigeru Sassa;S. Granick

  179
  Citations

• Hereditary Tyrosinemia and the Heme Biosynthetic Pathway. PROFOUND INHIBITION OF δ-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID DEHYDRATASE ACTIVITY BY SUCCINYLACETONE

  Shigeru Sassa;Attallah Kappas

  163
  Citations

• Heme deficiency in erythroid lineage causes differentiation arrest and cytoplasmic iron overload

  Osamu Nakajima;Satoru Takahashi;Hideo Harigae;Kazumichi Furuyama

  159
  Citations

• The role of heme in gene expression.

  S Sassa;T Nagai

  156
  Citations

• Heme biosynthesis in bacterium-protozoon symbioses: enzymic defects in host hemoflagellates and complemental role of their intracellular symbiotes.

  K P Chang;C S Chang;S Sassa

  131
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