Kagoshima University Division of Experimental Large Animal Research, Life Science and Laboratory Animal Research Unit, Center for Advanced Science Research and Promotion
About Kagoshima University Division of Experimental Large Animal Research, Life Science and Laboratory Animal Research Unit, Center for Advanced Science Research and Promotion
2019 - 2022 Preclinical study on organ preconditioning before transplantation for marginal grafts
2018 - 2021 Mechanism of development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy following heart transplantation using genetically engineered MHC-defined miniature swine.
2017 - 2020 Multiple control and visualization of self-somatic- stem cells for atrophic jaw bone augmentation
2017 - 2020 Development of protection and repair of preserved organs using small interfering RNA (siRNA) in large animal model .
2017 - 2020 Normothermic machine perfusion of the kidney to evaluate the donor organ before transplantation: Preclinical large animal study using MHC-defined CLAWN miniature swine
2016 - 2019 Establish a treatment strategy to diabetic nephropathy using combined kidney and islets transplantation
2016 - 2019 Modulation of inflammation and innate immune responses subsequent to endothelial cell damage in lung allo and xenotransplantation
2015 - 2018 Establishment of hydrogen sulfide therapy against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury using large animal to attempt to increase the donor organ pool
2014 - 2017 Induction of tolerance by rejuvenation of thymus in preclinical large animal model.
2014 - 2017 Preclinical study on protection strategy and function recovery strategy of preimplantation for marginal graft
2014 - 2016 Establishment of novel lung preservation method in a stable unfrozen state under high pressurized condition
2013 - 2016 Effects of carbon monoxide inhalation on allograft survival of the lung or kidney from brain death donors in miniature swine.
2013 - 2015 New organ preservation method under pressurized, non-frozen condition: Preclinical study using CLAWN miniature swine
2012 - 2014 Establishment of a new strategy to improve graft function after lung transplantation from brain-dead donors using mesenchymal stem cells - preclinical study using MHC-inbred CLAWN miniature swine
2011 - 2014 Intestinal Transplantation in CLAWN Miniature Swine: Establishment of Orthotopic Model and Roles of Chimerisms, HVG and GVH Responses
2011 - 2014 Attenuation of hyperacute dysfunction and coagulopathy in GalT-KO pulmonary xenotransplantation
2010 - 2012 Attempt to induce tolerance of kidneys by pharmacologic rejuvenation of thymus in miniature swine
2010 - 2012 Role of prevascularization of islets in the induction of tolerance of allogeneic islets in miniature swine
2009 - 2010 Beneficial Effects of Inhalation of Carbon Monoxide on Pulmonary Allograft Survival in MHC-inbred CLAWN Miniature Swine.
2007 - 2008 Control of ischemia-reperfusion injury and chronic allograft rejection of lung by inhaled carbon monoxide in miniature swine
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Papers (74):
Hidetaka Hara, Hisashi Sahara, Toyofumi Fengshi Chen-Yoshikawa. Future directions for xenotransplantation in lungs. Current opinion in organ transplantation. 2024
Takahiro Murokawa, Hisashi Sahara, Mitsuhiro Sekijima, Thomas Pomposelli, Takehiro Iwanaga, Yurika Ichinari, Akira Shimizu, Kazuhiko Yamada. The Protective Effects of Carbon Monoxide Against Hepatic Warm Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in MHC-Inbred Miniature Swine. Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 2020. 24. 5. 974-982
Hironosuke Watanabe, Yuichi Ariyoshi, Thomas Pomposelli, Kazuhiro Takeuchi, Dilrukshi K Ekanayake-Alper, Lennan K Boyd, Scott J Arn, Hisashi Sahara, Akira Shimizu, David Ayares, et al. Intra-bone bone marrow transplantation from hCD47 transgenic pigs to baboons prolongs chimerism to >60 days and promotes increased porcine lung transplant survival. Xenotransplantation. 2020. 27. 1. e12552
1988 - 1994 Kyoto University Department of Medical Science
Work history (13):
2024/11 - 現在 Kagoshima University Center for Advanced Science Research and Promotion Professor
2022/04 - 2024/10 Kagoshima University Division of Experimental Large Animal Research, Life Science and Laboratory Animal Research Unit, Center for Advanced Science Research and Promotion Associate Professor
2014/04 - 2022/03 Kagoshima University Center for Advanced Biomedical Science and Swine Research
2012/04 - 2014/03 Kagoshima University Center for Advanced Biomedical Science and Swine Research
2004/06 - 2007/01 Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Transplantation Biology Research Center, Research fellow
2003/04 - 2004/03 奈良社会保険病院 呼吸器科
2001/04 - 2003/03 日本赤十字社和歌山医療センター 呼吸器外科
1998/11 - 2001/03 京都桂病院 呼吸器センター
1994/07 - 1998/11 静岡市立静岡病院 心臓血管外科・呼吸器外科
1994/05 - 1994/07 京都大学 胸部疾患研究所 附属病院外科
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Committee career (5):
- 現在 日本臓器保存生物医学会 理事
- 現在 日本臓器保存生物医学会 異種移植プロジェクト委員・国際交流委員
- 現在 日本呼吸器外科学会 評議員
日本先進医工学ブタ研究会 世話人
日本異種移植研究会 世話人
Awards (9):
2012/09 - 公益財団法人金原一郎記念医学医療振興財団 基礎医学医療研究助成
2011/09 - 公益財団法人持田記念医学薬学振興財団 研究助成金
2011/08 - 公益信託外科学研究助成基金 助成金
2011/08 - Novartis CPCF Research Grant 2012
2011/06 - 公益財団法人武田科学振興財団 医学系研究奨励金
2010/10 - 日本臓器保存生物医学会 研究奨励賞
2009/11 - 財団法人斎藤報恩会 学術研究助成金
2008/05 - 井上科学振興財団 国際研究集会出席旅費援助助成金
2005/05 - TSFRE (The Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education) Research Fellowships Award
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Association Membership(s) (11):
日本臓器保存生物医学会
, International Xenotransplantation Association
, The Transplantation Society
, American Society of Transplantation
, The International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation
, 日本呼吸器外科学会
, 日本胸部外科学会
, 日本外科学会
, 日本移植学会
, 日本異種移植研究会
, 日本先進医工学ブタ研究会