Yasukazu Saitoh

Biological safety of LipoFullerene composed of squalane and fullerene-C60 upon mutagenesis, photocytotoxicity, and permeability into the human skin tissue.

Shinya Kato, N. Miwa, Hisae Aoshima, 2009, Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology.

Defensive effects of fullerene-C60/liposome complex against UVA-induced intracellular reactive oxygen species generation and cell death in human skin keratinocytes HaCaT, associated with intracellular uptake and extracellular excretion of fullerene-C60.

Shinya Kato, N. Miwa, Hisae Aoshima, 2010, Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology.

Photodynamic anti-cancer effects of fullerene [C60]–PEG complex on fibrosarcomas preferentially over normal fibroblasts in terms of fullerene uptake and cytotoxicity

Yasukazu Saitoh, Nobuhiko Miwa, Ryoko Asada, 2014, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry.

Safety evaluation of highly purified fullerenes (HPFs): based on screening of eye and skin damage.

Shinobu Ito, N. Miwa, Hisae Aoshima, 2009, The Journal of toxicological sciences.

Anticancer effects of fullerene [C60] included in polyethylene glycol combined with visible light irradiation through ROS generation and DNA fragmentation on fibrosarcoma cells with scarce cytotoxicity to normal fibroblasts.

Yasukazu Saitoh, Nobuhiko Miwa, Feng Liao, 2011, Oncology research.