Research keywords (3):
autonomic nervous system
, vascular smooth muscle
, smooth muscle
Research theme for competitive and other funds (10):
2023 - 2026 Microcontraction-afferent axis in physiology and disease of the lower urinary tract
2020 - 2023 蓄尿障害の主体としての膀胱粘膜下層細胞群の液性因子による制御
2020 - 2023 骨血管機能の性差から見た循環障害に起因する骨粗鬆症の病態解明
2019 - 2023 IBSのストレス性増悪因子としての直腸粘膜下血管機能異常
2017 - 2021 Functions of bladder muscularis mucosae during storage phase as a new therapeutic target
2016 - 2018 Spontaneous activity and regulatory mechanisms of rectal microvessels
2014 - 2017 Neural regulation and spontaneous constrictions of microvessels in the stomach
2014 - 2017 Is underactive bladder really downregulation of bladder contractility?
2011 - 2012 Dysfunction of multipotent pericytes as the primary cause of overactive bladder
2010 - 2012 Investigations into the role of uro-genital interstitial cells as a metabolic sensor in physiology and disease
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Papers (51):
Hiroyuki Nakamori, Atsuko Niimi, Retsu Mitsui, Hikaru Hashitani. Lipopolysaccharide accelerates peristalsis by stimulating glucagon-like peptide-1 release from L cells in the rat proximal colon. The Journal of Physiology. 2024
Retsu Mitsui, Mizuki Yamori, Hiroyuki Nakamori, Hikaru Hashitani. Stress-induced impairment of parasympathetic NO-mediated inhibition of sympathetic vasoconstriction in submucosal arteriole of rat rectum. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 2024. 476. 10. 1555-1570
Hikaru Hashitani, Retsu Mitsui, Yuuna Hirai, Hidekazu Tanaka, Kyoko Miwa-Nishimura. Nitrergic inhibition of sympathetic arteriolar constrictions in the female rodent urethra. The Journal of Physiology. 2024. 602. 10. 2199-2226
Wataru Kudo, Retsu Mitsui, Hikaru Hashitani. Involvement of ANO1 currents in pacemaking of PDGFRα-positive specialised smooth muscle cells in rat caudal epididymis. Cell and Tissue Research (Front cover). 2024. 397. 1. 1-12
Retsu Mitsui, Kyoko Miwa-Nishimura, Hikaru Hashitani. Roles of endothelial prostaglandin I2 in maintaining synchronous spontaneous Ca2+ transients in rectal capillary pericytes. The Journal of Physiology. 2023. 601. 23. 5213-5240
Role of pericytes in the initiation and propagation of spontaneous activity in the microvasculature. In: Smooth muscle spontaneous activity : physiological and pathological modulation (Eds., Hikaru Hashitani and Richard J. Lang)
Springer 2019 ISBN:9789811358944
Education (3):
- 2005 University of Shizuoka Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences Doctoral course
- 2002 Waseda University Graduate School of Human Sciences Master's course
- 2000 Waseda University School of Human Sciences
Professional career (1):
PhD (University of Shizuoka)
Work history (5):
2016 - 現在 Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
2011 - 2016 Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
2008 - 2011 Graduate School of Human Sciences, Waseda University
2006 - 2008 Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo
2005 - 2006 Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka
Awards (1):
2018/08 - 日本平滑筋学会 日本平滑筋学会第4回白鳥常男賞
Association Membership(s) (3):
The Japan Society of Smooth Muscle Research
, The Physiological Society of Japan
, The Japanese Association of Anatomists