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Toru Asano, MD , PhD

 

Toru Asano, MD , PhD
Past Post-Doctoral Trainee/Fellow, Department of Pathology 
Virginia Commonwealth University/ Medical College of Virginia Campus

 

 

Position Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Pathology
Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus,
Richmond, VA
Education

1992 - M.D. University of Tsukuba School of Medicine, Ibaraki, JAPAN

2002 - Ph.D. Graduate School of University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JAPAN

(Thesis: Expression of Cyclooxygenase-2 and Prostaglandin E 2 receptor (EPs) in carcinoma of the gallbladder -The role of arachidonic acid metabolism in cancer proliferation-)
Memberships in Professional Societies
  • The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
  • The Japanese Society of Gastroenterology
  • The Japan Society of Hepatology
  • Japan Biliary Association
  • The Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
Research Interests

Carcinogenesis and proliferation of hepatobiliary carcinomas
Recent Publications

Shoda, J., Kano, M., Asano, T., Irimura, T., Ueda, T., Iwasaki, R., Furukawa, M., Kamiya, J., Nimura, Y., Todoroki, T., Matsuzaki, Y., Tanaka, N.: Secretory low molecular weight phospholipase A 2 and their specific receptor in bile ducts of patients with intrahepatic calculi—factors of pathophysiological significance for chronic proliferative cholangitis. Hepatology 29: 1026-1036, 1999.

Kawamoto,T., Shoda, J., Asano, T., Ueda, T., Furukawa, M., Koike,N., Fukao,K., Tanaka, N., Todoroki, T.: Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 in the subserosal layer correlates with postsurgical prognosis of pathological tumor stage 2 carcinoma of the gallbladder. Int J Cancer 2002;98:427-434.

Asano, T., Shoda, J., Kawamoto, T., Todoroki, T., Mutoh, M., Wakabayashi, K., Ueda, T., Shimonishi, M., Tanabe, T., Sugimoto, Y., Ichikawa, A., Tanaka, N.: Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 in carcinoma of the gallbladder—crucial role of arachidonate metabolism in tumor growth and progression. Clin Cancer Res 2002; 8:1157-1167.

Shoda,J., Ueda,T., Kawamoto T., Todoroki,T., Asano, T., Sugimoto,Y., Ichikawa,A., Maruyama, T., Nimura,Y., Tanaka, N.: Involvement of prostaglandin E 2 and its specific receptor subtype EP 4 in chronic proliferative cholangitis in the bile ducts of patients with hepatolithiasis. Clin Gastroenterol & Hepatol 2003;1:285-296.