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)

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.