Yoshiko Ohgari

Mechanisms involved in δ-aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-induced photosensitivity of tumor cells: Relation of ferrochelatase and uptake of ALA to the accumulation of protoporphyrin

Yoshiko Ohgari, Yuki Nakayasu, Sakihito Kitajima et al. · Biochemical Pharmacology · 2005 · 150 citations

Biochemistry, Photosystems, Photochemistry +10

The role of nitric oxide in δ-aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-induced photosensitivity of cancerous cells

Fuki Yamamoto, Yoshiko Ohgari, Nao Yamaki et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2006 · 54 citations

Nitric Oxide, δ-Aminolevulinic Acid, Redox Biology +16

Heme Synthase (Ferrochelatase) Catalyzes the Removal of Iron from Heme and Demetalation of Metalloporphyrins

Shigeru Taketani, Mutsumi Ishigaki, Atsushi Mizutani et al. · Biochemistry · 2007 · 52 citations

Engineering, Iron Metabolism, Nitric Oxide +21

Roles of Porphyrin and Iron Metabolisms in the δ‐Aminolevulinic Acid (ALA)‐induced Accumulation of Protoporphyrin and Photodamage of Tumor Cells

Yoshiko Ohgari, Y. Miyata, Taeko Miyagi et al. · Photochemistry and Photobiology · 2011 · 30 citations

Ferrochelatase consisting of wild-type and mutated subunits from patients with a dominant-inherited disease, erythropoietic protoporphyria, is an active but unstable dimer

Yoshiko Ohgari, Mari Sawamoto, Masayoshi Yamamoto et al. · Human Molecular Genetics · 2004 · 24 citations · Full text