Book
1998
1. Localization of Au-induced metallothionein in rat kidney.
Shigeru Saito, Masashi Okabe and Masaaki Kurasaki, In "Metal
ions in biology and medicine Volume 5" (Eds. P. Colley, P.
Bratter, V. N de Bratter, L. Khassanova and J.-C. Etienne), John
Libbey Eurotex (Paris, France), p262-266, 1998.
1999
1. A new quantitative measurement for metallothionein using antibody
on blotting membrane. 1997, Tadashi Niioka, Tomomi Nagashima,
Masashi Okabe, Shigeru Saito, Masaaki Kurasaki, Toshitsugu
Hirauchi and Shinzo Kimura, In "Metallothionein IV"
(Ed.Curtis D. Klaassen), Birkhaeuser Verlag (Basel), 124-128,
1999.
2. Protein Engineering of metallothionein to study the metal-binding
ability. Masaaki Kurasaki, Futoshi Yamasaki, Rie Yamaguchi,
Ana Rosa Linde Arias, Masashi Okabe, Tadasu Emoto, Fumitomo Odawara,
Mika Suzuki-Kurasaki, Shigeru Saito, Shinji Oikawa and Yutaka
Kojima, In "Metallothionein IV" (Ed.Curtis D. Klaassen),
Birkhaeuser Verlag (Basel), 129-136, 1999.
3. Restriction of Cd transfer to egg from laying hen exposed to
Cd: Involvement of metallothionein in the ovaries. Shin Sato,
Masashi Okabe, Tadasu Emoto, Masaaki Kurasaki and Yutaka
Kojima, In "Metallothionein IV" (Ed.Curtis D. Klaassen),
Birkhaeuser Verlag (Basel), 315-320, 1999.
4. Relationship between Cu metabolism hereditary diseases and
distribution of Cu-metallothionein in kidneys. Masashi Okabe,
Shigeru Saito, Mika Suzuki-Kurasaki, Takeshi Saito, Akira Hata,
Fumio Endo, Koji Nagano, Ken-ichi Urakami, Ichiro Matsuda and
Masaaki Kurasaki, In "Metallothionein IV" (Ed.Curtis
D. Klaassen), Birkhaeuser Verlag (Basel), 413-419, 1999.
2000
1. Distribution of copper transported ATP7B in embryo and new born rat. Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Masashi Okabe, Masaaki Kurasaki, Akira Hata, Fumio Endo, Koji Nagano, Ichiro Matsuda, Ken-ichi Urakami and Takeshi Saito. In "Trace Elements in Man and Animal Vol 10" (Eds. Favier, A., Anderson, R.A. and Roussel, A.M.), Plenum Publishing (New York), 59-62, 2000.
2. Co-localization of Cu/Zn-metallothionein, NO-synthase and Zn/Cu-metallothionein in rat brain. Masashi Okabe, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Shigeru Saito, Takeshi Saito, Masaaki Kurasaki and Hidesuke Shimizu. In "Trace Elements in Man and Animal Vol 10" (Eds. Favier, A., Anderson, R.A. and Roussel, A.M.), Plenum Publishing (New York), 105-110, 2000.
3. Zinc-induced excessive glutamate releases may cause accelerated
senescence with defect in learning and memory in senescence accelerated
mouse. Takeshi Saito, Noriko Nakagawa, Kyoko Takahashi, Dan Li,
Yoshio Yamamoto, Masaaki Kurasaki, Masashi Okabe and Toshiyuki
Hosokawa. In "Trace Elements in Man and Animal Vol 10"
(Eds. Favier, A., Anderson, R.A. and Roussel, A.M.), Plenum Publishing
(New York), 429-432, 2000.
4. Copper metabolism in the rodent kidneys. Masaaki Kurasaki,
Masashi Okabe, Mika Suzuki-Kurasaki, Shigeru Saito, Toshiyuki
Hosokawa, Osamu Yamanoshita and Takeshi Saito. In "Trace
Elements in Man and Animal Vol 10" (Eds. Favier, A., Anderson,
R.A. and Roussel, A.M.), Plenum Publishing (New York), 933-936,
2000.
5. The effect of heavy metal-binding metallothionein on Zn, Cu
and Cd accumulation in rat kidney. Shigeru Saito, Masaaki Kurasaki,
Masashi Okabe and Katsumi Yoshida, In "Metal ions in biology
and medicine Volume 6" (Eds. J. A. Centeno, P. H. Colley,
G. V. Finkelman, H. Gibb, J. C. Etuenne), John Libbey Eurotex
(Paris, France), p786-788, 2000.