Prof. Ichiro Kurokawa
Meiwa Hospital, Japan
Email: kurokawa.i@meiwa-hospital.com
Qualifications
1988 Ph.D., Kansai Medical
university, Japan
1983 M.Sc., Kansai Medical
University, Japan
Publications (Selected)
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Tsuda K, Yamanaka K, Linan W, Miyahara
Y, Akeda T, Nakanishi T, Kitagawa H, Kakeda M, Kurokawa I, Shiku H, Gabazza EC,
Mizutani H., Intratumoral Injection of Propionibacterium acnes Suppresses
Malignant Melanoma by Enhancing Th1 Immune Responses, PLoS One.
2011;6(12):e29020. Epub 2011 Dec 21.
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Kurokawa I, Takahashi K, Moll I, Moll
R., Expression of keratins in cutaneous epithelial tumors and related
disorders--distribution and clinical significance, Exp Dermatol. 2011
Mar;20(3):217-28. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2009.01006.x. Review.
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Kitagawa H, Yamanaka K, Kakeda M,
Inada H, Imai Y, Gabazza EC, Kurokawa I, Mizutani H., Propionibacterium acnes
vaccination induces regulatory T cells and Th1 immune responses and improves
mouse atopic dermatitis, Exp Dermatol. 2011 Feb;20(2):157-8. doi:
10.1111/j.1600-0625.2010.01180.x.
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Tsuruta D, Akiyama M, Ishida-Yamamoto
A, Imanishi H, Mizuno N, Sowa J, Kobayashi H, Ishii M, Kurokawa I, Shimizu H.,
Three-base deletion mutation c.120_122delGTT in ATP2A2 leads to the unique
phenotype of comedonal Darier disease, Br J Dermatol. 2010 Mar;162(3):687-9.
Epub 2009 Nov 30. No abstract available.
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Kurokawa I, Danby FW, Ju Q, Wang X,
Xiang LF, Xia L, Chen W, Nagy I, Picardo M, Suh DH, Ganceviciene R, Schagen S,
Tsatsou F, Zouboulis CC., New developments in our understanding of acne
pathogenesis and treatment.
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Sugisaki H, Yamanaka K, Kakeda M,
Kitagawa H, Tanaka K, Watanabe K, Gabazza EC, Kurokawa I, Mizutani H.,
Increased interferon-gamma, interleukin-12p40 and IL-8 production in
Propionibacterium acnes-treated peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patient
with acne vulgaris: host response but not bacterial species is the determinant
factor of the disease, J Dermatol Sci. 2009 Jul;55(1):47-52. Epub 2009 Apr 17.
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Iinuma K, Sato T, Akimoto N, Noguchi
N, Sasatsu M, Nishijima S, Kurokawa I, Ito A., Involvement of Propionibacterium
acnes in the augmentation of lipogenesis in hamster sebaceous glands in vivo
and in vitro, J Invest Dermatol. 2009 Sep;129(9):2113-9. Epub 2009 Mar 12.
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Kurzen H, Kurokawa I, Jemec GB,
Emtestam L, Sellheyer K, Giamarellos-Bourboulis EJ, Nagy I, Bechara FG,
Sartorius K, Lapins J, Krahl D, Altmeyer P, Revuz J, Zouboulis CC., What causes
hidradenitis suppurativa?, Exp Dermatol. 2008 May;17(5):455-6; discussion
457-72.
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Kurokawa I, Umeda K, Nishimura K,
Yamanaka KI, Hakamada A, Isoda KI, Tsubura A, Mizutani H., Filaggrin expression
and the pathogenesis of epidermal cysts, Br J Dermatol. 2007 Aug;157(2):415-6.
Epub 2007 Jun 26. No abstract available.
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Omoto Y, Tokime K, Yamanaka K, Habe K,
Morioka T, Kurokawa I, Tsutsui H, Yamanishi K, Nakanishi K, Mizutani H., The
change in zoster-associated pain treated with oral valaciclovir in
immunocompetent patients with acute herpes zoster, J Immunol. 2006 Dec
15;177(12):8315-9.
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Kurokawa I, Murakawa K, Kumano K.
Human mast cell chymase cleaves pro-IL-18 and generates a novel and
biologically active IL-18 fragment, Int J Clin Pract. 2007 Jul;61(7):1223-9.
Epub 2007 Mar 16. Review.