Collaborative Studies on Methylmercury (メチル水銀に関する国内共同研究,2005年〜)



Sakamoto M, Kubota M, Liu X-J, Murata K, Nakai K, Satoh H: Maternal and fetal mercury and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as a risk and benefit of fish consumption to fetus. Environ Sci Technol 38: 3860-3863, 2004

Sakamoto M, Murata K, Nakai K, Satoh H: Difference in methylmercury exposure to fetus and breast-feeding offspring: a mini-review. Kor J Environ Health 31: 179-186, 2005

Sakamoto M, Kaneoka T, Murata K, Nakai K, Satoh H, Akagi H: Correlations between mercury concentrations in umbilical cord tissue and other biomarkers of fetal exposure to methylmercury in Japanese population. Environ Res 103: 106-111, 2007

Ohno T, Sakamoto M, Kurosawa T, Dakeishi M, Iwata T, Murata K: Total mercury levels in hair, toenail, and urine among women free from occupational exposure and their relations to renal tubular function. Environ Res 103: 191-197, 2007

Sakamoto M, Kubota M, Murata K, Nakai K, Sonoda I, Satoh H: Changes in mercury concentrations of segmental maternal hair during gestation and their correlations with other biomarkers of fetal exposure to methylmercury in the Japanese population. Environ Res 106: 270-276, 2008

Sakamoto M, Murata K, Kubota M, Nakai K, Satoh H: Mercury and heavy metal profiles of maternal and umbilical cord RBCs in Japanese population. Ecotoxicol Environ Safe 73: 1-6, 2010

Sakamoto M, Murata K, Tsuruta K, Miyamoto K, Akagi H: Retrosepctive study on temporal and regional variations of methylmercury concentrations in preserved umbilical cords collected from inhabitants of the Minamata area, Japan. Ecotoxicol Environ Safe 73: 1144-1149, 2010

Yaginuma-Sakurai K, Murata K, Shimada M, Nakai K, Kurokawa N, Kameo S, Satoh H: Intervention study on cardiac autonomic nervous effects of methylmercury from seafood. Neurotoxicol Teratol 32: 240-245, 2010

Suzuki K, Nakai K, Sugawara T, Nakamura T, Ohba T, Shimada M, Hosokawa T, Okamura K, Sakai T, Kurokawa N, Murata K, Satoh C, Satoh H: Neurobehavioral effects of prenatal exposure to methylmercury and PCBs and seafood intake: Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale results of Tohoku Study of Child Development. Environ Res 110: 699-704, 2010

Yaginuma-Sakurai K, Murata K, Iwai-Shimada M, Nakai K, Kurokawa N, Tatsuta N, Satoh H: Hair-to-blood ratio and biological half-life of mercury: experimental study of methylmercury exposure through fish consumption in humans. J Toxicol Sci 37: 123-130, 2012

Tatsuta N, Nakai K, Murata K, Suzuki K, Iwai-Shimada M, Yaginuma-Sakurai K, Kurokawa N, Nakamura T, Hosokawa T, Satoh H: Prenatal exposures to environmental chemicals and birth order as risk factors for child behavior problems. Environ Res 114: 47-52, 2012

Sakamoto M, Chan HM, Domingo JL, Kawakami S, Murata K: Mercury and docosahexaenoic acid levels in maternal and cord blood in relation to segmental maternal hair mercury concentrations at parturition. Environ Int 44: 112-117, 2012

Sakamoto M, Chan HM, Domingo JL, Kubota M, Murata K: Changes in body burden of mercury, lead, arsenic, cadmium and selenium in infants during early lactation in comparison with placental transfer. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 84:179-184, 2012

Sakamoto M, Yasutake A, Domingo JD, Chan HM, Kubota M, Murata K: Relationships between trace element concentrations in chorionic tissue of placenta and umbilical cord tissue: potential use as indicators for prenatal exposure. Environ Int 60: 106-111, 2014

Tatsuta N, Nakai K, Murata K, Suzuki K, Iwai-Shimada M, Kurokawa N, Hosokawa T, Satoh H: Impacts of prenatal exposures to polychlorinated biphenyls, methylmercury, and lead on intellectual ability in 42-month-old children of Japan. Environ Res 133: 321-326, 2014

Sakamoto M, Chan HM, Domingo JL, Oliveira RB, Kawakami S, Murata K: Significance of fingernail and toenail mercury concentrations as biomarkers for prenatal methylmercury exposure in relation to segmental hair mercury concentrations. Environ Res 136: 289-294, 2015

Iwai-Shimada M, Satoh H, Nakai K, Tatsuta N, Murata K, Akagi H: Methylmercury in breast milk of Japanese mothers and lactational exposure of their infants. Chemosphere 126C: 67-72, 2015

Tatsuta N, Nakai K, Satoh H, Murata K: Impacts of the Great East Japan Earthquake on child's IQ. J Pediatr 167: 745-751, 2015

Sakamoto M, Itai T, Yasutake A, Iwasaki T, Yasunaga M, Oliveira RB, Kawakami S, Nakamura M, Murata K, Chan HM, Domingo JL, Marumoto M: mercury speciation and selenium in toothed-whale muscles. Environ Res 143: 55-61, 2015

Sakamoto M, Murata K, Domingo JL, Yamamoto M, Oliveira RB, Kawakami S, Nakamura M: Implications of mercury concentrations in umbilical cord tissue in relation to maternal hair segments as biomarkers for prenatal exposure to methylmercury. Environ Res 149: 282-287, 2016

苅田香苗, 坂本峰至, 吉田稔, 龍田希, 仲井邦彦, 岩井美幸, 岩田豊人, 前田恵理, 柳沼梢, 佐藤洋, 村田勝敬: メチル水銀、水銀およびセレンに関する研究動向−疫学研究を中心に. 日衛誌 71: 236-251, 2016

Iwata T, Takaoka S, Sakamoto M, Maeda E, Nakamura M, Liu X-J, Murata K: Characteristics of hand tremor and postural sway in patients with fetal-type Minamata disease. J Toxicol Sci 41: 757-763, 2016

Sakamoto M, Kakita A, Domingo JL, Yamazaki H, Oliveira RB, Sarrazin S, Eto K, Murata K: Stable and episodic/bolus patterns of methylmercury exposure on mercury accumulation and histopathologic alterations in the nervous system. Environ Res 152: 446-453, 2017

Tatsuta N, Kurokawa N, Nakai K, Suzuki K, Iwai-Shimada M, Murata K, Satoh H: Effects of intrauterine exposures to polychlorinated biphenyls, methylmercury, and lead on birth weight in Japanese male and female newborns. Environ Health Prev Med 22: 39, 2017

Tatsuta N, Nakai K, Iwai-Shimada M, Suzuki T, Satoh H, Murata K: Total mercury levels in hair of children aged 7 years before and after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Sci Total Environ 596-597: 207-211, 2017

Tatsuta N, Murata K, Iwai-Shimada M, Yaginuma-Sakurai K, Satoh H, Nakai K: Psychomotor ability in children prenatally exposed to methylmercury: The 18-month follow-up of Tohoku Study of Child Development. Tohoku J Exp Med 242: 1-8, 2017

坂本峰至, 板井啓明, 村田勝敬: メチル水銀の胎児期曝露影響―水俣病から環境保健学研究へ. 日衛誌 72: 140-148, 2017

Sakamoto M, Chan HM, Domingo JL, Koriyama C, Murata K. Placental transfer and levels of mercury, selenium, vitamin E, and docosahexaenoic acid in maternal and umbilical cord blood. Environ Int 111: 309-315, 2018


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