Fusako Usuki

Methylmercury induces neuropathological changes with tau hyperphosphorylation mainly through the activation of the c-jun-N-terminal kinase pathway in the cerebral cortex, but not in the hippocampus of the mouse brain

Masatake Fujimura, Fusako Usuki, Masumi Sawada et al. · NeuroToxicology · 2009 · 110 citations

Neurophysiology, C-jun-n-terminal Kinase Pathway, Degenerative Pathology +9

In vivo protection of a water-soluble derivative of vitamin E, Trolox, against methylmercury-intoxication in the rat

Fusako Usuki, Akira Yasutake, Fujio Umehara et al. · Neuroscience Letters · 2001 · 94 citations

Vitamin E, Pharmacological Study, Biochemistry +9

Inhibition of nonsense‐mediated mRNA decay rescues the phenotype in Ullrich's disease

Fusako Usuki, Akio Yamashita, Itsuro Higuchi et al. · Annals of Neurology · 2004 · 92 citations

Specific inhibition of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay components, SMG-1 or Upf1, rescues the phenotype of ullrich disease fibroblasts

Fusako Usuki, Akio Yamashita, Isao Kashima et al. · Molecular Therapy · 2006 · 92 citations · Full text

Post-transcriptional Defects of Antioxidant Selenoenzymes Cause Oxidative Stress under Methylmercury Exposure

Fusako Usuki, Akio Yamashita, Masatake Fujimura · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2010 · 87 citations · Full text