HATSUSAKA Natsuko

■FacultyDepartment of Ophthalmology, Division of Vision Research for Environmental Health
■PositionAssistant Professor

Researcher Profile & Settings

Education

  • Kanazawa Institute of Technology Faculty of Engineering

Degree

  • Bachelor of Engineering

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Apr. 2009Kanazawa Medical University Department of Ophthalmology Assistant Professor

Research Activities

Published Papers

  • Nationwide multicentre comparison of preoperative biometry and predictability of cataract surgery in Japan., (Kazutaka Kamiya), Ken Hayashi, Mao Tanabe, Hitoshi Tabuchi, Masaki Sato, Norihito Gotoh, Takashi Kojima, Natsuko Hatsusaka, British Journal of Ophthalmolology, 2021:318825, Mar. 2021
  • Novel Technique for Retinal Nerve Cell Regeneration with Electrophysiological Functions Using Human Iris-Derived iPS Cells., Naoki Yamamoto, Noriko Hiramatsu, Mahito Ohkuma, Natsuko Hatsusaka, Shun Takeda, Noriaki Nagai, Ei-ichi Miyachi, Masashi Kondo, Kazuyoshi Imaizumi, Masayuki Horiguchi, Eri Kubo, Hiroshi Sasaki, Cells, 10:743, Mar. 2021
  • Association among pterygium, cataracts, and cumulative ocular ultraviolet exposure: A cross-sectional study in Han people in China and Taiwan., Natsuko Hatsusaka, Naoki Yamamoto, Hisanori Miyashita, Eri Shibuya, Norihiro Mita, Mai Yamazaki, Teppei Shibata, Hidetoshi Ishida, Yuki Ukai, Eri Kubo, Hong-Ming Cheng, Hiroshi Sasaki, PLoS ONE, 16:e0253093, Jun. 2021
  • UV Index Does Not Predict Ocular Ultraviolet Exposure., Natsuko Hatsusaka, Yusuke Seki, Norihiro Mita, Yuki Ukai, Hisanori Miyashita, Eri Kubo, David Sliney, Hiroshi Sasaki, Translational Vision Science & Technology, 10:1, Jun. 2021
  • Model-based approach for analyzing prevalence of nuclear cataracts in elderly residents, (Sachiko Kodera), Akimasa Hirata, Fumiaki Miura, Essam A.Rashed, Natsuko Hatsusaka, Naoki Yamamoto, Eri Kubo, Hiroshi Sasaki, Computers in Biology and Medicine, 126:104009, Sep. 2020
  • Effect of a Lens Protein in Low-Temperature Culture of Novel Immortalized Human Lens Epithelial Cells (iHLEC-NY2), Naoki Yamamoto, Shun Takeda, Natsuko Hatsusaka, Noriko Hiramatsu, Noriaki Nagai, Saori Deguchi, Yosuke Nakazawa, Takumi Takata, Sachiko Kodera, Akimasa Hirata, Eri Kubo, Hiroshi Sasaki, Cells, 9:2670, Dec. 2020
  • Association between ultraviolet radiation exposure dose and cataract in Han people living in China and Taiwan: A cross-sectional study, Miyashita H, Hatsusaka N, Shibuya E, Mita N, Ymazaki M, Shibata T, Ishida H, Ukai Y, Kubo E, Sasaki H, PLoS One, 14:e0215338, Apr. 2019
  • Visual Function and Functional Decline in Patients With Waterclefts, Tanimura N, Hatsusaka N, Miyashita H, Shibata T, Ishida H, Kunisho A, Kubo E, Sasaki H, Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 60:3652-3658, Aug. 2019
  • Distribution of corneal spherical aberration in a Tanzanian population, (Asano H), Hiraoka T, Seki Y, Shibata T, Osada H, Saruta T, Hatsusaka N, Fujikake F, Tabata Y, Mhina C, Sanyiwa A, Oshika T, Sasaki H, PLoS ONE, 14:e0222297, Sep. 2019
  • Optical simulation for subsurface nanoglistening, Y.Takahashi, T.Kawamorita, N.Mita, N.Hatsusaka, S.Shibata, N.Shibata, E.Kubo, H.Sasaki, Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, 41:193-198, Oct. 2015
  • Visual acuity and contrast visual acuity predicted from cataract type, S.Enta, N.Hatsusaka, Y.Sakamoto, N.Mita, M.Takahashi, H.Osada, E.Kubo, H.Sasaki, The Journal of the Japanese Society for Cataract Research, 27:68-73, Jun. 2015
  • Visual acuity and contrast visual acuity predicted from cataract type, S.Enta, N.Hatsusaka, Y.Sakamoto, N.Mita, M.Takahashi, H.Osada, E.Kubo, H.Sasaki, The Journal of the Japanese Society for Cataract Research, 27:68-73, Jun. 2015
  • Evaluation of casey eye Institute camera for photographic documentation of opaque crystalline lens, N.Hatsusaka, K.Sasaki, Y.Kawakami, M.Sasaki, H.Sasaki, 68:1413-1420, Oct. 2014
  • Assessing predictive accuracy of lens transparency property via 10-year follow-up in Japanese, N.Mita, N.Hatsusaka, E.Shibata, Y.Sakamoto, H.Osada, I.Shibata, N.Shibata, H.Yaguchi, K.Sasaki, H.Sasaki, 28:1503-1507, Oct. 2011
  • Evaluation of an Isosceles-Triangle-Coil phantom for magnetoencephalography, (D.Oyama), Y.Adachi, N.Hatsusaka, T.Kasahara, M.Yumoto, I.Hashimoto, G.Uehara, IEEE transactions on magnetics., 47:3853-3856, Oct. 2011
  • UV-B exposure to the eye depending on solar altitude, H.Sasaki, Y.Sakamoto, C.Schnider, N.Fujita, N.Hatsusaka, DH.Sliney, K.Sasaki, Eye & contact lens., 37:191-195, Apr. 2011
  • Analyzing Effect of Waterclefts on Visual Functions Via Optical Simulations, Yusuke Seki, Takushi Kawamorita, Naoki Yamamoto, Takashi Tanigawa, Norihiro Mita, Natsuko Hatsusaka, Eri Kubo, Hiroshi Sasaki, 63:22, Feb. 2022
  • Vision With Retrodots and Factors for Declining Visual Function, Natsuko Hatsusaka, Naoki Tanimura, Mai Yamazaki, Norihiro Mita, Yuki Ukai, Yusuke Seki, Hisanori Miyashita, Tsuyoshi Mito, Eri Kubo, Hiroshi Sasaki, 63:17, Nov. 2022
  • Aquaporins contribute to vacuoles formation in Nile grass type II diabetic rats, (Aihara Kana), Nakazawa Yosuke, Takeda Shun, Hatsusaka Natsuko, Onouchi Takanori, Hiramatsu Noriko, Nagata Mayumi, Nagai Noriaki, Funakoshi-Tago Megumi, Yamamoto Naoki, Sasaki Hiroshi., Medical Molecular Morphology, 56:274-287, Sep. 2023
  • Function of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase is enhanced in human lens epithelial cells at high temperatures, Takeda Shun, Yamamoto Naoki, Nagai Noriaki, Hiramatsu Noriko, Deguchi Saori, Hatsusaka Natsuko, Kubo Eri, Sasaki Hiroshi., Molecular Medicine Reports, 27:19, Jan. 2023
  • Prediction of low-addition segmented refractive intraocular lens position and deviation using anterior-segment optical coherence tomography, Mita N., Yamazaki M., Seki Y., Sasaki Y., Shibuya E., Mito T., Hatsusaka N., Kubo E., Sasaki H., PLoS One, 19:e0305076, Jun. 2024
  • Prevalence of Cataractous Changes in the Eyes and Chronic Inflammatory Changes in the Hands Among Spine Surgeons, (Yasukazu Hijikata), Kazuta Yamashita, Natsuko Hatsusaka, Tatsuo Nagata,Hiroko Kitamura, Koichi Morota, Satoru Matsuzaki, Koichi Nakagami, Go Hitomi, Tomoko Kuriyama, Munehiko Kowatari, Koichi Chida, Hiroshi Sasaki, Takashi Moritake, 107:e25, Apr. 2025
  • Characteristics of Patients with Late-onset Intraocular Lens Dislocation: A Prospective Multicenter Clinical Cohort Study in Japan, (Ken Hayashi), Tatsuhiko Sato, Norihito Gotoh, Kazutaka Kamiya, Takashi Kojima, Masaki Sato, Hitoshi Tabuchi, Natsuko Hatsusaka, Yoshihiro Tokuda; Data Analysis Committee of the Japanese Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, 272:136-144, Apr. 2025
  • Ambient heat exposure as a risk factor for cataracts: Evidence from a nationwide claims-based study in Japan, (Takayama Y), Hatsusaka N, Yamada Y, Sasaki H, Hirata A, Environmental Research, 292:123680, 2026
  • Cataracts in Atomic-bomb Survivors More than 70 Years after Radiation Exposure, (Ayumi Hida), Kozue Ohno, Mariko Yamamura, Richard Sposto, Natsuko Hatsusaka, Misa Imaizumi, Yoshimi Tatsukawa, Michiko Yamada, Yoshiaki Kiuchi, Takashi Kitaoka, Waka Ohishi, Hiroshi Sasaki, 205:284-294, 2026
  • Classification of Mixed Cataract Subtypes by an Adaptive Radial Feature Extraction Framework From Retroillumination Images, (Yoshiki Kubota), Akimasa Hirata, Hidekata Hontani, Natsuko Hatsusaka, Makoto Sasaki, Hiroshi Sasaki, 14:30675-30685, 2026
  • Mailed dose record review of occupational dosimetry records among Japanese medical radiation workers: the OREMS Study., (Kitamura H.), Hatsusaka N., Sasaki H., Moritake T., Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 0:ncag045, May 2026
  • Effects of Ultraviolet Exposure on Cataracts., Hatsusaka Natsuko., The Journal of the Japanese Society for Cataract Research, 38:41-43, Jun. 2026
  • Low-dose radiation exposure and risk of self-reported cataract in Fukushima nuclear emergency workers, (Hu Huan), Hatsusaka Natsuko, Little Mark P., Kurihara Osamu, Kim Eunjoo, Sasaki Hiroshi, Mizoue Tetsuya, Okubo Toshiteru., International Journal of Epidemiology, 55:dyag063, May 2026

Books etc

  • Effects of Low-Dose Radiation Exposure on tha Crystalline Lens of the Japanese Macaque Eye.
    Low-Dose Radiation Effects on Animals and Ecosystems Ⅱ(Manabu Fukumoto)
    (Naoki Yamamoto), Noriko Hiramatsu, Yu Kato, Yumika Kuno, Kana Aihara, Natsuko Hatsusaka, Hiroshi Sasaki, Noriaki Nagai, Yousuke Nakazawa, Masatoshi Suzuki and Manabu Fukumoto
      Apr. 2026