SUGIURA Kikuya

Professor
Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Osaka Prefecture University
Japan

Academician Veterinary Sciences
Biography

2005-present Associate Professor of Life and Environmental Sciences Osaka Prefecture University, 2001-2005 Associate Professor of Agriculture and Biological Sciences Osaka Prefecture University 1999-2001 Assistant Professor of Medicine Kansai Medical University , (1992)-1999 Research Associate of Medicine , Kansai Medical University , 1990-1992 , Research fellow with Professor Savita Pahwa , Cornell University-Medical College , 1987-1990 , Research fellow with Professor Robert A. Good , University of South Florida, College of Medicine , 1984-(1987) Research Associate of Medicine , Kansai Medical University.

Research Intrest

My major interest is in establishment of immunotherapy against cancer in dogs using dendritic cells (DCs). For attaining this purpose, I induce DCs from blood monocytes, and engineer the DCs effectively augment immune responses against cancer. I am also underway to establish monoclonal antibodies against dog hematopoietic cells and to clone genes of dog hematopoietic factors for analysis of hematopoitic disorder in dogs.

List of Publications
Ikehara S, Yasumizu R, Inaba M, Izui S, Hayakawa K, Sekita KI, Toki J, Sugiura K, Iwai H, Nakamura T. Long-term observations of autoimmune-prone mice treated for autoimmune disease by allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 1989 May 1;86(9):3306-10.
Ikehara S, Kawamura M, Takao F, Inaba M, Yasumizu R, Than S, Hisha H, Sugiura K, Koide Y, Yoshida TO. Organ-specific and systemic autoimmune diseases originate from defects in hematopoietic stem cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 1990 Nov 1;87(21):8341-4.
Ishida T, Inaba M, Hisha H, Sugiura K, Adachi Y, Nagata N, Ogawa R, Good RA, Ikehara S. Requirement of donor-derived stromal cells in the bone marrow for successful allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Complete prevention of recurrence of autoimmune diseases in MRL/MP-Ipr/Ipr mice by transplantation of bone marrow plus bones (stromal cells) from the same donor. The Journal of Immunology. 1994 Mar 15;152(6):3119-27.