Keiichi Fukuda

Professor
Cardiology
Keio University School of Medicine
Japan

Professor Cardiology
Biography

Professor Keiichi Fukuda completed his Ph. D in Cardiology He is currently working as professor in Keio University School of Medicine His Research Interests; Cardiology

Research Intrest

Cardiology

List of Publications
"1. Masaki Ieda, Keiichi Fukuda, Kensuke Kimura, Yasuyo Hisaka, Haruko Kawaguchi, Kouji Shimoda, Eiko Takeshita, Hideyuki Okano, Yukiko Kurihara, Hiroki Kurihara, Junji Ishida, Akiyoshi Fukamizu, Linda Salamone, Howard J. Federoff, Satoshi Ogawa. Endothelin-1 regulates cardiac sympathetic nerve innervation in the rodent heart by controlling nerve growth factor expression. J Clin Invest (2004) 113: 1-10. 2. Shinsuke Yuasa, Yuji Itabashi, Uichi Koshimizu, Tomofumi Tanaka, Keijiro Sugimura, Masayoshi Kinoshita, Fumiyuki Hattori, Shin-ichi Fukami, Takuya Shimazaki, Satoshi Ogawa, Hideyuki Okano, Keiichi Fukuda. Transient and strong inhibition of BMP signals by Noggin induces cardiomyocyte differentiation in murine embryonic stem cells. Nature Biotechnology (2005) 23: 607-611. 3. Masataka Sata, Satoshi Ogawa, Yuji Hiraki, Keiichi Fukuda. Chondromodulin-I maintains cardiac valvular function by preventing angiogenesis. Nature Medicine (2006) 12: 1151-1159. 4. Shinji Makino, Motoaki Sano, Satoshi Ogawa, Keiichi Fukuda. Sema3a maintains normal heart rhythm through sympathetic innervation patterning. Nature Medicine (2007) 13: 604 – 612. 5. Yuwasa, Ruri Kaneda, Kengo Tomita, Naomi Eguchi, Yoshihiro Urade, Koichiro Asano, Yasunori Utsunomiya, Takeshi Suzuki, Ryo Taguchi, Hirotoshi Tanaka, Keiichi Fukuda. Glucocorticoid protects heart from ischemia-reperfusion injury through activation of lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase-derived PGD2 biosynthesis. J Clin Invest (2009)."