Fumio Komatsu, M.D., D.Med.Sci.

Clinical Physiology

Research Theme: Relation of life style-related diseases and aging to oxidative stress.
Research Territory: Mongolia
It has recently been noted that older adults often suffer from various lifestyle-related diseases which may have a relationship to oxidative stress. Meanwhile, human physiology includes antioxidant functions which are enhanced by antioxidant foods. Surveying the effects of dietary habits and oxidative stress will thus be valuable in the study of aging and lifestyle-related diseases.

Published Articles:

Fumio Komatsu, Yasuo Kagawa, Terue Kawabata, Yoshinori Kaneko, Baatar Purvee, Jugder Otgon and Ulziiburen Chimedregzen. Dietary habits of Mongolian people, and their influence on lifestyle-related diseases and early aging. Current Aging Sci., 1:84-100, 2008.

Fumio Komatsu, Yasuo Kagawa, Mitsuru Sakuma, Terue Kawabata, Yoshinori Kaneko, Dugee Otgontuya, Ulziiburen Chimedregzen, Luvsanbazar Narantya and Baatar Purvee: Investigation of oxidative stress and dietary habits in Mongolian people, comared to Japanese people. Nutrition & Metabolism, 3:21. 2006 (PMID:16759377)
http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/3/1/21)

Fumio Komatsu, Kyoko Hasegawa, Yoshiko Yanagisawa, Terue Kawabata, Yoshinori Kaneko, Sanae Watanabe, Shigeji Miyagi, Mitsuru Sakuma, Yasuo Kagawa and Michiko Kajiwara: Prevalence of Diego Blood Group Dia antigen in Mongolians : comparison with that in Japanese. Transf. Apher. Sci., 30:119-124, 2004.

Fumio Komatsu, Kyoko Hasegawa, Sanae Watanabe, Terue Kawabata, Yoshiko Yanagisawa, Yoshinori Kaneko, Shigeji Miyagi, Mitsuru Sakuma, Yasuo Kagawa, Chimedregzen Ulziiburen and Luvsanbasaryu Narantuya: Comparison of electrocardiogram findings and lifestyles between urbanized people and ger-living people in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Atherosclerosis, 175:101-108, 2004.