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	(Last updated : 2026-05-27 15:09:49)   Akiko Fukushima    Faculty of Nutrition    Professor
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■ Education 1. 1985/04～1989/03 Department of Health & Nutrition, Undergraduate School of Nutrition Sciences, Kagawa Nutrition University, Graduated, 2. 1992/04～1994/03 〔Master degree program〕 Nutrition Sciences Degree Program,, Graduate Schools of Nutrition Sciences, Graduate School of Kagawa Nutrition University, Completed, 3. 1994/04～1998/03 〔Doctoral course〕 Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Graduate School of Saitama Medical University, Completed, Ph.D
■ Career 1. 1989/04～1994/03 Kagawa Nutrition University Faculty of Nutrition 2. 2000/04～2003/03 Kagawa Nutrition University Faculty of Nutrition Research Associate 3. 2003/04～2006/03 Kagawa Nutrition University Faculty of Nutrition Assistant Professor 4. 2006/04～2015/03 Kagawa Nutrition University Faculty of Nutrition Associate Professor 5. 2015/04～ Kagawa Nutrition University Faculty of Nutrition Professor
■ Research Interests/Keywords Nutrition science and health science, Molecular biology (Key Word：Molecular Biology, Nutrition, Gene Expression)
■ Qualifications 1. 1991/03/30 Medical Technologists
■ Publications 1. Journal Articles Lactase decline in weaning rats is regulated at the transcriptional level and not caused by termination of milk ingestion.  (Collaboration)  1997/09 2. Journal Articles Transcriptional regulation of rat calbindin expression during development determined by bacterially expressed protein.  (Collaboration)  1998/02 3. Journal Articles UTF1, a novel transcriptional coactivator expressed in pluripotent embryonic stem cells and extra-embryonic cells.  (Collaboration)  1998/04 4. Journal Articles Characterization of functional domains of an embryonic stem cell coactivator UTF1 which are conserved and essential for potentiation of ATF-2 activity.  (Collaboration)  1998/10 5. Journal Articles Carboxy-terminally truncated form of a coactivator UTF1 stimulates transcription from a variety of gene promoters through the TATA Box.  (Collaboration)  1999/05 6. Journal Articles The gene for the embryonic stem cell coactivator UTF1 carries a regulatory element which selectivity interact with a complex composed of Oct3/4 and Sox-2.  (Collaboration)  1999/08 7. Journal Articles Isolation and characterization of the fission yeast gene rpa42+, which encodes a subunit shared by RNA polymerases I and III.  (Collaboration)  1999/12 8. Journal Articles Structural analyses of the UTF1 gene encoding a transcriptional coactivator expressed in pluripotent embryonic stem cells.  (Collaboration)  2001/07 9. Journal Articles Chronic docosahexaenoic acid intake enhances expression of gene for uncoupling protein 3 and affects pliotropic mRNA levels in skeltal muscle of aged C57BL/6NJcl mice.  (Collaboration)  2001/10 10. Journal Articles The effect of fructo- oligosaccharides was analyzed by cDNA expression arrays.  (Collaboration)  2004/02 11. Journal Articles The specific expression patterns of lactase, sucrase and calbindin-D9k in weaning rats are regulated at the transcriptional level.  (Collaboration)  2004/08 12. Journal Articles Serotonin transporter polymorphisms affect human blood glucose control.  (Collaboration)  2005/09 13. Journal Articles Expression of calbindin-D9k, VDR and Cdx-2 messenger RNA in the process by which fructooligosaccharides increase calcium absorption in rats.  (Collaboration)  2005/12 14. Journal Articles Human nutrigenomics of membrane transporters and receptors to control metabolic syndrome.  (Collaboration)  2007/01 15. Journal Articles Short-chain fatty acids induce intestinal transient receptor potential vanilloid type 6 expression in rats and Caco-2 cells.  (Collaboration)  2009/01 16. Journal Articles Short-chain Fatty acids increase the level of calbindin-d9k messenger RNA in caco-2 cells.  (Collaboration)  2012/08 17. Journal Articles Folic acid supplementation reduced depression score in young Japanese women with depression-susceptible genetic polymorphisms.  (Collaboration)  2014/08 18. Journal Articles Association between Sleep Duration and Personality-Gene Variants: Sleep Duration is Longer in S/S Homozygotes of Serotonin Transporter than in L Allele Genotypes  (Collaboration)  2015/07 5 display All display(18)
■ Grants 1. 2007/04～2010/03  Effect of vitamin K on the calcium channel (TRPV) and calbindin-D9k genes in the gastrointestinal tract of rats and Caco-2 cells.  (Key Word : gene expression, rat, calcium channel, vitamin K, calcium absorption) 2. 2012/04～2014/03  Relations of the microRNA to the lactase gene expression in the weaning period.  (Key Word : lactase, microRNA, transcription, weaning period)
■ Memberships 1. 1992～ Molecular Biology Society of Japan 2. 1999～ Japan Society of Nutrition and Food Science 3. 1999～ Japanese Biochemical Society 4. 2005/10～ Japanese Association of Medical Technologists 5. 2013/08～ Japanese association of medical technology education 6. 2005/10～ Saitama Association of Medical Technologists 5 display All display(6)
■ Prizes,Honors,and Awards 1. 2007/03 The 18th Kato Memorial Bioscience Foundation "Incentive Research Grant

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