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KAZUHISA SEKIMIZU, Ph. D.
Professor
Laboratory of Microbiology,
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
The University of Tokyo |
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EDUCATION
| 1974 |
B.Sc. |
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University
of Tokyo, Tokyo |
| 1979 |
Ph. D. |
The University of Tokyo (Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences) |
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 1979-1984 |
Assistant Professor of The University of Tokyo |
| 1984-1987 |
Post-Doctorial fellow of Stanford University (USA)
(School of Medicine, Professor Arthur Kornberg) |
| 1987-1992 |
Associate Professor of The University of Tokyo.
(Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences) |
| 1992-1999 |
Professor of Kyushu University
(Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences) |
| 1999- |
1999- Professor of The University of Tokyo.
(Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences) |
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Selected references
Duffy antigen and Glycophorin A
| 1. |
Rungruang T, Kaneko O, Murakami Y, Tsuboi T,
Hamamoto H, Akimitsu N, Sekimizu K, Kinoshita
T and Torii M. Erythrocyte surface glycosylphosphatidyl inositol
anchored receptor for the malaria parasite. Mol.
Biochem. Parasitol. 140, 13-21. (2005) |
| 2. |
Akimitsu N, Kim HS, Hamamoto H, Kamura K, Fukuma N, Arimitsu
N, Ono K, Wataya Y, Torii M and Sekimizu K.
Duffy antigen is important for the lethal effect of the lethal
strain of Plasmodium yoelii 17XL. Parasitol. Res.
(2004) |
| 3. |
Jilma B, Akimitsu N, Fukuma N, Sekimizu K and
Jilma-Stohlawetz P, Man,mouse and Duffy genotype-phenotype-specific
pharmacokinetics of monocyte chemotactic protein-1. Transfus.
Med. 14, 251-252. (2004) |
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Fukuma N, Akimitsu N, Hamamoto H, Kusuhara H, Sugiyama Y
and Sekimizu K. A role of the Duffy antigen
for the maintenance of plasma chemokine concentrations. Biochem.
Biophys. Res. Commun. 303, 137-139. (2003) |
| 5. |
Arimitsu N, Akimitsu N, Kotani N, Takasaki S, Kina T, Hamamoto
H, Kamura K and Sekimizu K, Glycophorin A
requirement for expression of O-linked antigens on the erythrocyte
membrane. Genes Cells 8,
769-777. (2003) |
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Kashiwazaki M, Tanaka T, Kanda H, Ebisuno Y, Izawa D, Fukuma
N, Akimitsu N, Sekimizu K, Monden M and Miyasaka
M. A high endothelial venule-expressing promiscuous chemokine
receptor DARC can bind inflammatory, but not lymphoid, chemokines
and is dispensable for lymphocyte homing under physiological
conditions. Int. Immunol. 15, 1219-1227.
(2003) |
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Selected Publications
| 1. |
Kaito C, Kurokawa K, Matsumoto Y, Terao Y, Kawabata
S, Hamada S and Sekimizu K. Silkworm-pathogenic
bacteria infection model for identification of novel virulence
genes. Mol. Microbiol. 56, 934-944.
(2005) |
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Hamamoto H, Kurokawa K, Kaito C, Kamura K, Razanajatovo
IM, Kusuhara H, Sannta T and Sekimizu K. Quantitative
evaluation of the therpeutic effects of antibiotics by using
silkwarms infected with humam pathogenic microorganisms. Antimicrob
Agents Chemother 48, 774-779. (2004) |
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