(Last updated : 2026-07-31 11:55:13)
  Akaike Toru
   Faculty of Nutrition
   Professor
■ Education
1. 1993/04～1999/03 School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Graduated, Bachelor of Medicine
2. 2006/04～2009/04 〔Doctoral course〕 Molecular Medicine and Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Completed, Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Science
■ Career
1. 1999/04～2001/03 Yokohama City University Hospital Resident
2. 2001/04～2003/03 Fujisawa City Hospital Pediatrics Clinical Fellow
3. 2003/04～2005/03 Yokohama City University Medical Center Cardiovascular Center in Pediatrics Clinical Fellow
4. 2005/04～2006/03 Yokohama City University Hospital Pediatrics Clinical Fellow
5. 2009/04～2012/09 University of California, Los Angeles Department of Anesthesiology and Molecular Biology Institute Postdoctoral Fellow
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■ Courses Previously Taught
1. Anatomical physiology（Kagawa Nutrition University）
2. Anatomical Physiology（Nursing School of The Jikei）
3. Anatomical Physiology Practice（Kagawa Nutrition University）
4. Anatomy（Kagawa Nutrition University）
5. Clinical Physiology（Kagawa Nutrition University）
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■ Research Interests/Keywords
Embryonic medicine and pediatrics, Physiology (Key Word：Ductus Arteriosus) 
■ Publications
1. Journal Articles Transgenic mice overexpressing Pitx2 in the atria develop tachycardia-bradycardia syndrome.  (Collaboration)  2025/09
2. Journal Articles Evaluation of Ductal Tissue in Coarctation of the Aorta Using X-Ray Phase-Contrast Tomography.  (Collaboration)  2021/03
3. Journal Articles Thiamine treatment preserves cardiac function against ischemia injury via maintaining mitochondrial size and ATP levels.  (Collaboration)  2021/01
4. Journal Articles Effect of Long-term Administration of Prostaglandin E1 on Morphologic Changes in Ductus Arteriosus.  (Collaboration)  2020/12
5. Journal Articles Fibrosis growth factor 23 is a promoting factor for cardiac fibrosis in the presence of transforming growth factor-β1.  (Collaboration)  2020/04
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■ Grants
1. 2013/04～2015/03  Role of cardiac fibroblasts on cardiac development and differentiation during fetal period  (Key Word : Cardiac fibroblasts)
2. 2014/04～2017/03  Molecular mechanisms of ductus Arteriosus closure 
3. 2016/04～2018/03  Elucidation of oxygen-sensing molecular mechanisms on fetal pulmonary and ductus arteriosus  (Key Word : Ductus Arteriosus)
4. 2016/04～2018/03  Troponin T replacement can be a new therapy for dilated cardiomyopathy  (Key Word : Dilated cardiomyopathy)
5. 2017/04～2021/03  Characterization of specificity and pathophysiology in pulmonary veins 
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■ Memberships
1. 2001～ Japan Pediatric Society
2. 2001～ Japanese Society of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
3. 2001～ The Japanese Circulation Society
4. 2006～ The Physiological Society of Japan
5. 2014/03～ ∟ Councilor
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