Maxillofacial Diagnostic and Surgical Science
Research outline

| Graduate School | Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences |
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| Course | Advanced Therapeutics Course |
| Field | Oral and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation |
| Department | Maxillofacial Diagnostic and Surgical Science |
| Homepage | http://w3.hal.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/dental/omfs1/ |
Contact
TEL.+81-99-275-6232 / FAX.+81-99-275-6238
Research interests
- Experimental and clinicopathological study on oral tumor
- Study on genetic and epigenetic changes in oral squamous cell carcinoma
- Clinicopathological study on odontogenic tumor
- Immunohistochemical study on diseases of oral mucosa
- Study on diagnosis and treatment of jaw deformity
- Clinicopathological study on oral lesions in HIV infectionm
- Electron microscopic study on oral diseases
- Molecular genetic study on pathogenic oral Candida species
- Study on cancer stem cells in oral malignant tumors and its clinical application
- Study on cancer metastasis suppressor, tetraspanin CD82 and its application for anti- cancer metastasis therapy on oral malignant tumors
- Study on regeneration method on salivary gland
Staff

Professor
| Name | Tsuyoshi SUGIURA |
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| Specialized field | Oral Surgery、Oral Oncology、口腔再建学、口腔外科手術学、Tumor Biology、Molecular Biology、Cell Biology |
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Associate Professor
| Name | Yoshiaki KAMIKAWA |
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| Specialized field | Oral Surgery、Oral Medicine |
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Assistant Professor
| Name | Haruyuki IMAMURA |
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| Specialized field | Oral Surgery |
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Assistant Professor
| Name | Kojiro YAMAGUCHI |
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| Specialized field | Oral Surgery、Imaging、Immunology、Oriental Herbal Medisine |
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Assistant Professor
| Name | Ryoichi SAKAMOTO |
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| Specialized field | Oral Surgery、Oral Medicine、口腔癌、Oral Mucosal Disease |
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Assistant Professor
| Name | Mayumi YAMASHITA |
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| Specialized field | Oral Surgery |
| Research interests | 口腔癌における血管新生と所属リンパ節転移の関連 |

| Name | Tomofumi HAMADA |
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| Specialized field | Oral Surgery、Oral Oncology |
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| Name | Tetsuya NITTA |
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| Specialized field | Oral Surgery |
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| Name | Yuichi GOTO |
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| Specialized field | Oral Surgery、Oral Oncology、Dysphagia Rehabilitation |
| Research interests | 口腔扁平上皮癌におけるΔNp63が浸潤・転移に及ぼす影響 |
Research results
- Mine M, Yamaguchi K, Sugiura T, Chigita S, Yoshihama N, Yoshihama R, Hiyake N, Kobayashi Y, Mori Y:
miR-203 Inhibits Frizzled-2 Expression via CD82/KAI1 Expression in Human Lung Carcinoma Cells.
PLoS One 2015, 10(7):e0131350. - Yoshihama N, Yamaguchi K, Chigita S, Mine M, Abe M, Ishii K, Kobayashi Y, Akimoto N, Mori Y, Sugiura T:
A Novel Function of CD82/KAI1 in Sialyl Lewis Antigen-Mediated Adhesion of Cancer Cells: Evidence for an Anti-Metastasis Effect by Down-Regulation of Sialyl Lewis Antigens.
PLoS One 2015, 10(4):e0124743. - Kamikawa Y, Fujisaki J, Nagayama T, Kawasak K, Hirabayashi D, Hamada T, Sakamoto R, Mukai H,Sugihara K.
Use of Candida-specific chicken egg yolk antibodies to inhibit the adhering of Candida to denture base materials: prevention of denture stomatitis.
Gerodontology:2015 No.12163 - Yamaguchi K.
Traditional Japanese herbal medicines for treatment of odontopathy
Frontiers in pharmacology:2015:6-14 doi : 10.3389/fphar2015.00176 - Yoshihama R, Yamaguchi K, Imajyo I, Mine M, Hiyake N., Akimoto N., Kobayashi Y., Chigita S, Kumamaru W, Kiyoshima T, Mori Y, Sugiura, T.
Expression levels of SOX2, KLF4 and branchyury trans cription factors are associated with metastasis and poor prognosis in oral squamous cell carcinoma
Oncology letters 2015: 1-12 doi : 10.3892/ol.2015.4047 - Yamada N, Hasegawa Y, Yue M, Hamada T, Nakagawa S, Ogawa Y
Xist Exon 7 Contributes to the Stable Localization of Xist RNA on the Inactive X-Chromosome.
PLoS Genetics2015. 5;11(8):e1005430. - Hayashi Y, Moriyama M, Maehara T, Goto Y, Kawano S, Ohta M, Tanaka A, Furukawa S, Hayashida JN, Kiyoshima T, Shimizu M, Chikui T, Nakamura S.
A case of mantle cell lymphoma presenting as IgG4-related dacryoadenitis and sialoadenitis, so-called Mikulicz’s disease.
World J Surg Oncol 2015. 13:225 - Ohta M, Moriyama M, Goto Y,. Kawano S, Tanaka A, Maehara T, Furukawa S, Hayashida JN, Kiyoshima T, Shimizu M, Arinobu Y, Nakamura S.
A case of marginal zone B cell lymphoma mimicking IgG4-related dacryoadenitis and sialoadenitis.
World J Surg Oncol.2015:21(13):67 - Maruse Y. Kawano S, Kiyoshima T, Goto Y, Matsubara R, Chikui T, Yoshiga D, Nakamura S..
Case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the sublingual gland accompanied with extensive dystrophic calcification and intratumoral bone formation.
Head & Neck. Mar 17.2015 - Jinno T, Kawano S, Maruse Y, Matsubara R, Goto Y, Sakamoto T, Hashiguchi Y, Kaneko N, Tanaka H, Kitamura R, Toyoshima T, Jinno A, Moriyama M., Oobu K, Kiyoshima T,Nakamura S.
Increased expression of interleukin-6 predicts poor response to chemoradiotherapy and unfavorable prognosis in oral squamous cell carcinoma.
Oncol Rep.2015,33(5):2161-8
Research Grant List
Tsuyoshi SUGIURA
| Project・Event / Span | Research |
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| 平成27年度科学研究補助金 基盤研究(B)代表 平成27年度 1,014万円 平成27年4月1日~平成30年3月31日(予定) |
転移先臓器と癌幹細胞を標的とした機能性RNAによる口腔癌新規治療法の開発(課題番号15H05045) |
Tomofumi HAMADA
| Project・Event / Span | Research |
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| 平成27年度科学研究補助金 基盤研究(C) 代表 130万円 平成27年4月1日~平成30年3月31日 |
うがい液からのDNAメチル化異常検出による口腔癌発癌予測システムの開発(課題番号15K11297) |
| 科学技術振興機構 A-STEP(研究成果最適展開支援プログラム) / ライフイノベーション分野 代表 169万円 |
うがい液からの口腔癌発癌予測システムの開発 (課題番号:AS262Z02191P) |
Yuichi GOTO
| Project・Event / Span | Research |
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| 平成27年度科学研究補助金 若手研究(B)代表 104万円 平成25年4月1日~平成28年3月31日(予定) |
口腔扁平上皮癌におけるΔNp63を介した上皮-間葉転換の浸潤・転移における役割(課題番号25870492) |
