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Yoshito Kumagai

Yoshito Kumagai

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
16882
World Ranking
8602
National Ranking
578

Overview

Yoshito Kumagai is affiliated with the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Their research primarily spans biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on several subfields including molecular biology, biochemistry, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, nutrition and dietetics, and physiology.

Their scholarly work addresses key topics such as sulfur compounds in biology, genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress, mercury impact and mitigation studies, glutathione transferases and polymorphisms, air quality and health impacts, selenium in biological systems, as well as redox biology and oxidative stress.

Notable recent papers Yoshito Kumagai has contributed to include:

  • "Environmental pollutants and the immune response," 2020, Nature Immunology
  • "Control of protein function through oxidation and reduction of persulfidated states," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Redox toxicology of environmental chemicals causing oxidative stress," 2020, Redox Biology
  • "Gut microbiota reinforce host antioxidant capacity via the generation of reactive sulfur species," 2022, Cell Reports
  • "Nrf2 Activation and Its Coordination with the Protective Defense Systems in Response to Electrophilic Stress," 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Masahiro Akiyama
  • Yumi Abiko
  • Yasuhiro Shinkai
  • Takaaki Akaike
  • Takamitsu Unoki

Yoshito Kumagai's work is often published in venues such as the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, The Journal of Toxicological Sciences, Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society, Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, and Fundamental Toxicological Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Reactive cysteine persulfides and S-polythiolation regulate oxidative stress and redox signaling.

    Tomoaki Ida;Tomohiro Sawa;Hideshi Ihara;Yukihiro Tsuchiya

  • Redox activity of airborne particulate matter at different sites in the Los Angeles Basin.

    Arthur K. Cho;Constantinos Sioutas;Constantinos Sioutas;Antonio H. Miguel;Yoshito Kumagai;Yoshito Kumagai

  • The Antioxidant Defense System Keap1-Nrf2 Comprises a Multiple Sensing Mechanism for Responding to a Wide Range of Chemical Compounds

    Makoto Kobayashi;Li Li;Noriko Iwamoto;Yaeko Nakajima-Takagi

  • Cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase governs cysteine polysulfidation and mitochondrial bioenergetics

    Takaaki Akaike;Tomoaki Ida;Fan-Yan Wei;Motohiro Nishida;Motohiro Nishida

  • Nrf2 is essential for the chemopreventive efficacy of oltipraz against urinary bladder carcinogenesis.

    Katsuyuki Iida;Ken Itoh;Yoshito Kumagai;Ryoichi Oyasu

  • Redox chemistry and chemical biology of H2S, hydropersulfides, and derived species: implications of their possible biological activity and utility.

    Katsuhiko Ono;Takaaki Akaike;Tomohiro Sawa;Yoshito Kumagai

  • Effects of exercise training of 8 weeks and detraining on plasma levels of endothelium-derived factors, endothelin-1 and nitric oxide, in healthy young humans.

    Seiji Maeda;Takashi Miyauchi;Tetsuji Kakiyama;Jun Sugawara

  • The Chemical Biology of Naphthoquinones and Its Environmental Implications

    Yoshito Kumagai;Yasuhiro Shinkai;Takashi Miura;Arthur K. Cho

  • Evidence for induction of oxidative stress caused by chronic exposure of Chinese residents to arsenic contained in drinking water.

    Jingbo Pi;Hiroshi Yamauchi;Yoshito Kumagai;Guifan Sun

  • Oxidation of proximal protein sulfhydryls by phenanthraquinone, a component of diesel exhaust particles.

    Yoshito Kumagai;Sachie Koide;Keiko Taguchi;Akiko Endo

  • Arsenic: Signal Transduction, Transcription Factor, and Biotransformation Involved in Cellular Response and Toxicity

    Yoshito Kumagai;Daigo Sumi

  • Determination of Four Quinones in Diesel Exhaust Particles, SRM 1649a, and Atmospheric PM2.5Special Issue ofAerosol Science and Technologyon Findings from the Fine Particulate Matter Supersites Program

    Arthur K. Cho;Emma Di Stefano;Ying You;Chester E. Rodriguez

  • Hydrogen sulfide anion regulates redox signaling via electrophile sulfhydration

    Motohiro Nishida;Tomohiro Sawa;Naoyuki Kitajima;Katsuhiko Ono

  • Transcription factor Nrf2 activation by inorganic arsenic in cultured keratinocytes: involvement of hydrogen peroxide

    Jingbo Pi;Wei Qu;Jeffrey M Reece;Yoshito Kumagai

  • Environmental pollutants and the immune response

    Takafumi Suzuki;Takanori Hidaka;Yoshito Kumagai;Masayuki Yamamoto

  • Disposition of methylenedioxymethamphetamine and three metabolites in the brains of different rat strains and their possible roles in acute serotonin depletion.

    Teresa Chu;Yoshito Kumagai;Emma W. DiStefano;Arthur K. Cho

  • Decreased serum concentrations of nitric oxide metabolites among Chinese in an endemic area of chronic arsenic poisoning in inner Mongolia.

    Jingbo Pi;Yoshito Kumagai;Guifan Sun;Hiroshi Yamauchi

  • Biological hydropersulfides and related polysulfides – a new concept and perspective in redox biology

    Jon M. Fukuto;Louis J. Ignarro;Peter Nagy;David A. Wink

  • Control of protein function through oxidation and reduction of persulfidated states

    É. Dóka;T. Ida;M. Dagnell;Y. Abiko

  • Cytoprotective role of Nrf2/Keap1 system in methylmercury toxicity.

    Takashi Toyama;Daigo Sumi;Yasuhiro Shinkai;Akira Yasutake

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur K. Cho
Arthur K. Cho University of California, Los Angeles
Takaaki Akaike
Takaaki Akaike Tohoku University
Masayuki Yamamoto
Masayuki Yamamoto Tohoku University
Jon M. Fukuto
Jon M. Fukuto Sonoma State University
Jingbo Pi
Jingbo Pi China Medical University
Motohiro Nishida
Motohiro Nishida Kyushu University
Hirohisa Takano
Hirohisa Takano Kyoto University
John R. Froines
John R. Froines University of California, Los Angeles
Rie Yanagisawa
Rie Yanagisawa National Institute for Environmental Studies
Toshikazu Yoshikawa
Toshikazu Yoshikawa Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

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