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Tohoku University

Biography

Professor Akira Sugawara belongs to the Department of Molecular Endocrinology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan. He graduated from Tohoku University School of Medicine on 1987 (M.D.), and got Ph.D. on 1991 from Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine. He performed Postdoctoral Fellowship in William Chin’s laboratory at the Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston from 1991 to 1994. His major is general internal medicine, endocrinology and metabolism and hypertension and nephrology. His research interest is 1) molecular biology of nuclear hormone receptors, 2) etiology of high blood pressure, 3) pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy, 4) gene regulation of aldosterone synthase, and 5) epigenetics of hypertension and diabetes mellitus.

Research Interest

1) Molecular Biology of Nuclear Hormone Receptors. 2) Etiology of High Blood Pressure. 3) Pathophysiology of Diabetic Nephropathy. 4) Gene Regulation of Aldosterone Synthesis. 5) Epigenetics of Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus.

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Publications

A brief overview to systems biology in toxicology: The journey from in to vivo, in-vitro and –omics

Skin toxicology: There Models in Toxicology

Akira Sugawara

: Toxicol Open Access 2022 8: 181.

Prevalence of Tuberculosis after the Great East Japan Earthquake: Late Stage Follow-Up in the Coastal Region of Northern Miyagi

Akira Sugawara

: Toxicol Open Access 2022, 8:173

Midterm-stage Follow-up for Tuberculosis Infection along the Coastal Region of Northern Miyagi after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Masahiro Sakurai, Tatsuya Takahashi, Miyako Ohuchi, Yuki Terui, Akira Suzuki, Takao Saijyoh and Kazuo Shikano

Short Communication: J Infect Dis Ther 2018, 6:368

DOI: 10.4172/2332-0877.1000368

The Effect of EMD Application for Intentional Replantation of Periodontally Involved Teeth in Dogs

Masahiro Sakurai, Tatsuya Takahashi, Miyako Ohuchi, Yuki Terui, Akira Suzuki, Takao Saijyoh and Kazuo Shikano

Short Communication: J Infect Dis Ther 2017, 5:342

DOI: 10.4172/2332-0877.1000342

The Effects of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists on Endothelial Function: Do They Function Directly or Indirectly?

Akira Saito and Emiko Saito

Research Article: J Interdiscipl Med Dent Sci 2014, 2: 125

DOI: 10.4172/2376-032X.1000125

Masataka Kudo, Akiko Saito-Hakoda, Ken Matsuda, Kyoko Shimizu, Ikuko Sato, Akira Uruno, Takeo Yoshikawa, Yuko Iki, Kaori Sugawara, Naotaka Kogure, Takako Saito-Ito, Sadayoshi Ito and Akira Sugawara

Editorial: J Autacoids 2013, 2:e121