Tsukasa Okuda

Department of Molecular Medical Sciences
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Japan

Professor Molecular Biology
Biography

Dr. Tsukasa Okuda has received his PhD in Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine. Currently, he is working as Professor in Kyoto Prefectural University. His research has included molecular biology, hematology/oncology, biochemistry. Based on this research and fellowship training he has received several awards and honors, such as Shouren-Shou Award (Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Alumni Award), Japan Leukaemia Research Fund Shimizu Award. He have authored several research articles and books.

Research Intrest

biochemical, genetic, and molecular basis of human disorders

List of Publications
Fukushima-Nakase Y, Naoe Y, Taniuchi I, Hosoi H, Sugimoto T, Okuda T. Shared and distinct roles mediated through C-terminal subdomains of Acute Myeloid Leukemia/Runt-related transcription factor molecules in murine development. Blood (2005) 105(11): 4298-4307.
Nishimura M, Fukushima-Nakase Y, Fujita Y, Nakao M, Toda S, Kitamura N, Abe T, Okuda T. VWRPY-motif-dependent and -independent roles of AML1/Runx1 transcription factor in murine hematopoietic development. Blood (2004) 103(2): 562-570.
Okuda T, Takeda K, Fujita Y, Nishimura M, Yagyu S, Yoshida M, Akira S, Downing JR, Abe T. Biological characteristics of the leukemia-associated transcriptional factor AML1 disclosed by hematopoietic rescue of AML1-deficient embryonic stem cells by using a knock-in strategy. Molecular and Cellular Biology (2000) 20(1): 319-328.
Okuda T, van Deursen J, Hiebert SW, Grosveld G, Downing JR. (1996) AML-1, the target of multiple chromosomal translocations in human leukemia, is essential for normal fetal liver hematopoiesis. Cell (1996) 84 (2): 321-330.