Research Associate
Hirano, T., Yamaguchi, Y., Hirano, H., and Kasai, H. Age-associated change of 8-hydroxyguanine repair activity in cultured human fibroblasts. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.,214, 1157-1162 (1995)
Abe, T., Konishi, T., Hirano, T., Kasai, H., Shimizu, K., Kashimura, M., and Higashi, K. Possible correlation between DNA damage induced by hydrogen peroxide and translocation of heat shock 70 protein into the nucleus. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 206, 548-555 (1995)
Yamaguchi, R., Hirano, T., Asami, S., Sugita, A., and Kasai, H. Increase in the 8-hydroxyguanine repair activity in the rat kidney after the administration of a renal carcinogen, ferric nitrilotriacetate. Environmental Health Perspective, 104, 651-653 (1996)
Asami, S., Hirano, T., Yamaguchi, R., Tomioka, Y., Itoh, H., and Kasai, H. Increase of a type of oxidative DNA damage, 8-hydroxyguanine, and its repair activity in human leukocytes by cigarette smoking. Cancer Res., 56, 2546-2549 (1996)
Hirano, T., Yamaguchi, R., Asami, S., Iwamoto, N. and Kasai, H. 8-Hydroxyguanine levels in nuclear DNA and its repair activity in rat organs associated with age. J. Gerontol., 51A, 303-307(1996)