Department of Environmental Health

 

Department Director
USHIYAMA Akira

Specialty

Environmental Health, Public Health

Works

Original papers

1 Tsutomu Shimura, Yui Takahashi, Chihiro Saito, Riko Maida, Megumi Sasatani, Tatsuki Kunoh, Akira Ushiyama Ionizing radiation triggers the release of mitochondrial DNA into the cytosol as a signal of mitochondrial damage.
Scientific reports 2025, 15(1) 23191

2 Siriwat Wasoontarajaroen, Hitomi Ishiwata, Jerdvisanop Chakarotha, Shin Ohtani, Akira Ushiyama, Kenji Hattori, Keiji Wada; Masateru Ikehata, Yukihisa Suzuki.
Realistically Poseable Mouse Model for Assessing Exposures to Magnetic Field in the Intermediate Frequency Band. IEEE Access. 2025 Volume: 13

3 Ohtani, S., Ushiyama, A., Siriwat, W., Wada, K., Suzuki, Y., & Hattori, K. (2024). Development of an in vivo pain assessment method for exposure to intermediate-frequency magnetic fields. Fundamental Toxicological Sciences, 11(1), 27-35.

4 Wakatsuki M, Takaki T, Ushiyama A, Honda K, Iijima T. Fast-track preparation of lung specimens for electron microscope observations of the pulmonary endothelial glycocalyx. Med Mol Morphol. 2023 Dec;56(4):239-249.

5 Ando T, Uzawa K, Yoshikawa T, Mitsuda S, Akimoto Y, Yorozu T, Ushiyama A. The effect of tetrastarch on the endothelial glycocalyx layer in early hemorrhagic shock using fluorescence intravital microscopy: a mouse model. J Anesth. 2023 Feb;37(1):104-118.

6 Shimura T, Totani R, Ogasawara H, Inomata K, Sasatani M, Kamiya K, Ushiyama A. Effects of oxygen on the response of mitochondria to X-irradiation and reactive oxygen species-mediated fibroblast activation. Int J Radiat Biol. 2023;99(5):769-778.

7 Ohtani S, Ushiyama A, Wada K, Suzuki Y, Hattori K. In vivo genotoxicity of high-intensity intermediate frequency magnetic fields in somatic cells and germ cells. J Radiat Res. 2023 Mar 23;64(2):250-260.