Published Papers & Misc - SAKURADA Koichi

1. Jun Ohta, Mana Nagata, Nanaka Noda, Saki Minegishi, Hisako Saitoh, Koichi Sakurada. Indirect ELISA-based detection of histatin 3 and cystatin D for the forensic identification of human saliva. Anal Methods. 2025.03; 17 (12): 2591-2599. ( PubMed, DOI )

2. Kutsuwada Y, Matsuda T, Satoh T, Sakurada K. A bioinformatic method to predict the 5' ends of primer sequences in multiple STR kits. International journal of legal medicine. 2025.02; ( PubMed, DOI )

3. Akutsu T, Minegishi S, Watanabe K, Toyomane K, Yamagishi T, Sakurada K. Quantitative evaluation of endometrium-expressed mRNAs for the purpose of discriminating between menstruation and traumatic vaginal injury in sexual assault cases. International journal of legal medicine. 2024.02; ( PubMed, DOI )

4. Hajime Utsuno, Yohsuke Makino, Shuuji Namiki, Saki Minegishi, Maiko Toya, Hirotarao Iwase, Koichi Sakurada. Morphological Observation of the Alar Region between the Piriform Aperture and the Alar Soft Tissue for Facial Approximation (Reconstruction) Forensic Anthropology. 2023.11;

5. Saitoh H, Takeyama M, Moriya T, Yusa K, Minegishi S, Torimitsu S, Chiba F, Hoshioka Y, Nagasawa S, Iino M, Sakurada K, Iwase H, Tokanai F. Usefulness of powdered crown of mandibular first premolars in birth year estimation by radiocarbon dating. Journal of forensic and legal medicine. 2023.10; 100 102607. ( PubMed, DOI )

6. Namiki S, Utsuno H, Makino Y, Minegishi S, Toya M, Iwase H, Sakurada K. Estimation of missing mandible from the skull using postmortem CT images. Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan). 2023.09; 65 102321. ( PubMed, DOI )

7. Sumi N, Minegishi S, Ohta J, Utsuno H, Sakurada K. Study on the Mechanism of the Pink Tooth Phenomenon Using Bovine Teeth: A Pilot Study. Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland). 2023.08; 13 (16): ( PubMed, DOI )

8. Ohta J, Minegishi S, Noda N, Sakurada K. Estimating the way of deposition of saliva stains using quantitative analysis of forensic salivary biomarkers. Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan). 2023.06; 64 102277. ( PubMed, DOI )

9. Koichi Sakurada. Effects on oral tissues of asphyxiation caused by cervical compression: The pink teeth phenomenon in Kato's studies (1941). Leg Med (Tokyo). 2023.06; 64 102284. ( PubMed, DOI )

10. Saki Minegishi, Hajime Utsuno, Jun Ohta, Shuuji Namiki, Maiko Toya, Nozomi Sumi, Hisako Saitoh, Koichi Sakurada. Comparison of racemization rates between vital and endodontically treated teeth for age estimation. Leg Med (Tokyo). 2023.03; 61 102189. ( PubMed, DOI )

11. Satomi Mizuno, Sachiko Ono, Yohsuke Makino, Shigeki Tsuneya, Susumu Kobayashi, Namiko Ishii, Ayaka Sakuma, Koichi Sakurada, Saki Minegishi, Hajime Utsuno, Fumiko Chiba, Rutsuko Yamaguchi, Suguru Torimitsu, Hirotaro Iwase. Validity of dental findings for identification by postmortem computed tomography. Forensic Sci Int. 2022.11; 341 111507. ( PubMed, DOI )

12. Maiko Toya, Saki Minegishi, Hajime Utsuno, Jun Ohta, Shuuji Namiki, Kana Unuma, Koichi Uemura, Koichi Sakurada. Forensic Characteristics of Physical Elder Abuse and Current Status and Issues of Collaboration between Forensic Medicine Departments and Related Institutions in Japan. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022.11; 19 (22): ( PubMed, DOI )

13. Saki Minegishi, Hajime Utsuno, Jun Ohta, Shuuji Namiki, Maiko Toya, Nozomi Sumi, Kana Unuma, Hisako Saitoh, Hirotaro Iwase, Koichi Uemura, Koichi Sakurada. Sixty-eight cases of postmortem pink teeth observed in dental autopsies of unidentified cadavers. J Forensic Sci. 2022.05; 67 (3): 1280-1287. ( PubMed, DOI )

14. Tomoko Akutsu, Isao Yokota, Ken Watanabe, Kochi Toyomane, Takayuki Yamagishi, Koichi Sakurada. Precise and comprehensive determination of multiple body fluids by applying statistical cutoff values to a multiplex reverse transcription-PCR and capillary electrophoresis procedure for forensic purposes. Leg Med (Tokyo). 2022.05; 58 102087. ( PubMed, DOI )

15. Mariko Kazuta, Utsuno Hajime, Yohsuke Makino, Saki Minegishi, Hirotaro Iwase, Koichi Sakurada. A post-mortem computed tomography imaging method for predicting the anteroposterior and superoinferior positions of the Japanese adult eyeball in the orbit. Forensic Imaging. 2022.04; 29 200504.

16. Saki Minegishi, Hisako Saitoh, Hajime Utsuno, Jun Ohta, Shuuji Namiki, Maiko Toya, Nozomi Sumi, Koichi Sakurada. Association of Cadaveric Factors with the Degree and Region of Discoloration on Pink Teeth: An Approach to Serial Cases. Appled Sciences. 2022.04; 12 4242.

17. Ohta J, Konishi-Kato Y, Minegishi S, Sakurada K. Oral bacterial DNA-based discrimination of human and canine saliva for the analysis of indistinct bite marks. Forensic science international Genetics. 2021.07; 54 102566. ( PubMed, DOI )

18. Rutsuko Yamaguchi, Koichi Sakurada, Hisako Saitoh, Maiko Yoshida, Yohsuke Makino, Suguru Torimitsu, Satomi Mizuno, Hirotaro Iwase. Fatal airway obstruction due to Ludwig's angina from severe odontogenic infection during antipsychotic medication: A case report and a literature review. J Forensic Sci. 2021.04; ( PubMed, DOI )

19. Nagai M, Sakurada K, Imaizumi K, Ogawa Y, Uo M, Funakoshi T, Uemura K. Evaluation of Parameters for Estimating the Postmortem Interval of Skeletal Remains Using Bovine Femurs: A Pilot Study. Diagnostics. 2020.12; 10 (12): ( PubMed, DOI )

20. Chihiro Tanaka, Hajime Utsuno,Yohsuke Makino, Saki Minegishi, Jun Ota, Hirotaro Iwase, Koichi Sakurada.. Facial soft tissue thickness of the Japanese population determined using post mortem computed tomography images Forensic Imaging. 2020.12; 23 200423.