Hokkaido University
Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Division of Surgery
Professor, Head of Division
Hokkaido University
Institute for the Promotion of Business-Regional Collaboration, Innovative Laboratory of OJI holdings
Professor
Research field (3)：
Other
, Veterinary medicine
, Cell biology
Research keywords (5)：
Joint disease
, Veterinary Orthopedics
, Veterinary Medicine
, Veterinary Surgery
, Establishment of precise diagnosis of joint disease in veterinary patients. Estimation of inflammation and inflammatory disorders by serological analysis.
Research theme for competitive and other funds (39)：
2023 - 2024 Clinical effects of Salmon nasal cartilage extracts in joint diseases in small animals
1997 - 1999 IMPROVEMENT OF NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR DISFUNCTIONS OF HEART, LIVER AND KIDNEY BY HEMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS USING DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN DOGS.
1995 - 1995 家畜の発育期骨軟骨疾患の病態発生と軟骨代謝の変動について
1994 - 1995 Usefulness and clinical significancy of the quantitative measurement of serum acute-phase proteins in inflammatory conditions of animals
1994 - 1994 家畜の発育期骨軟骨疾患の病態発生における軟骨活性の役割に関する研究
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Papers (146)：
Thibaut Cachon, Ole Frykman. John, F. Innes, B. Duncan, X. Lascelles, Masahiro Okumura, Pedro Sousa, Francesco Staffieri, Paulo V. Steagall, Bernadette Van Ryssen. COAST Development Group's international consensus guidelines for the treatment of canine osteoarthritis. Frontiers Veterinary Science. 2023. 10. 1137888-1137888
Carol MWALE, Takafumi SUNAGA, Yanlin WANG, Eugene C BWALYA, H M Suranji WIJEKOON, Sangho KIM, Masahiro OKUMURA. In vitro chondrotoxicity of bupivacaine, levobupivacaine and ropivacaine and their effects on caspase activity in cultured canine articular chondrocytes. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 2023. 85. 4. 515-522
Ryo Owaki, Tatsuya Deguchi, Satoru Konnai, Naoya Maekawa, Tomohiro Okagawa, Kenji Hosoya, Sangho Kim, Takafumi Sunaga, Masahiro Okumura. Regulation of programmed death ligand 1 expression by interferon-γ and tumour necrosis factor-α in canine tumour cell lines. Veterinary and Comparative Oncology. 2023. 21. 2. 279-290
Carol Mwale, Takafumi Sunaga, Yanlin Wang, Eugene C. Bwalya, H. M, Suranji Wijekoon, Sangho Kim, Masahiro Okumura. In vitro chondrotoxicity of bupivacaine at low concentrations in cultured canine articular chondrocytes. Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research. 2023. 71. 1. 1-11
Yanlin WANG, Takafumi SUNAGA, Carol MWALE, Ekkapol AKARAPHUTIPORN, Sangho KIM, Masahiro OKUMURA. Pentosan polysulfate sodium promotes redifferentiation to the original phenotype in micromass-cultured canine articular chondrocytes and exerts molecular weight-dependent effects. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 2023. 85. 6. 680-690
Enhancement of radiotherapy by oclacitinib-mediated inhibition of JAK signaling in a canine osteosarcoma cell line.
(World Veterinary Cancer Conference 2024)
Effects of Nerve Growth Factor on the pathophysiology of osteoarthritis and how it’s regulated by anti-Nerve Growth Factor monoclonal antibodies.
(Sapporo Summer Symposium for One Health (SaSSOH), Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, September 14-15, 2023 2023)
1990/03 - Japanese Veterinary Medical Association Prize, President of Veterinary Association Best Student Award
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Association Membership(s) (10)：
AO Vet
, 日本アフリカ学会
, Society for Functional Food Research
, European Society of Veterinary Orthopaedic and Traumatology
, Japanese Society of Equine Science
, Japanese Society of Veterinary Anesthesiology and Surgery
, Society of Small Animal Veterinary Medicine
, 日本獣医学会
, 日本癌学会
, Japan Institute of Metals and Materials
