PROFILE

MURAKAMI Akira, M.D., Ph.D.


Department of Ophthalmology

Short Biography

1981
M.D. Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University Hospital
1982
Assistant, Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
1986
Research Fellow, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Institute of Neuroscience
1988
Research Fellow, National Eye Institute, Maryland, U.S.A.
1989
Research Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
1992
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, National Defense Medical College
2000
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
2001
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
2003-2016
Head, WHO Collaborating Center for Prevention of Blindness
2003-Present
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
2016-2021
Deputy director, Juntendo University Hospital
2020-Present
Professor, Department of Digital Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
 

Keywords

  • Retinitis pigmentosa
  • Ocular genetics
  • Retinal dystrophy
  • Prevention of blindness
  • Corneal surgery

Main Research Topics and Interests

  • Retinal development
  • Retinal cell biology
  • Genetic eye diseases
  • Cell therapy for retinitis pigmentosa
  • Burden of eye diseases

Publications (in English)

  • Original Articles: 214
  • Review Articles: 5
  • Books: 3
  • h-index: 19 (Web of Science)
  • Sum of Times Cited: 1,507 (Web of Science)

Recent Main Publications

  • Iida A, Iwagawa T, Baba Y, Satoh S, Mochizuki1 Y, Nakauchi H, Furukawa T, Koseki H, Murakami A, Watanabe S: Roles of histone H3K27 trimethylase Ezh2 in retinal proliferation and differentiation. Dev Neurobiol 75: 947-960, 2015, IF:3.935/CI:30
  • Kawamura Y, Suga A, Fujimaki T, Yoshitake K, Tsunoda K, Murakami A, Iwata T: LRRTM4-C538Y novel gene mutation is associated with hereditary macular degeneration with novel dysfunction of ON-type bipolar cells. J Hum Genet 63: 893-900, 2018, IF:2.831/CI:3
  • Inomata T, Nakamura M, Iwagami M, Shiang T, Yoshimura Y, Fujimoto K, Okumura Y, Eguchi A, Iwata N, Miura M, Hori S, Hiratsuka Y, Uchino M, Tsubota K, Dana R, Murakami A: Risk Factors for Severe Dry Eye Disease: Crowdsourced Research Using DryEyeRhythm. Ophthalmology 126: 766-8, 2019, IF:8.470/CI:13
  • Inomata T, Iwagami M, Nakamura M, Shiang T, Fujimoto K, Okumura Y, Iwata N,Fujio K, Hiratsuka Y, Hori S, Tsubota K, Dana R, Murakami A: Association between dry eye and depressive symptoms: Large-scale crowdsourced research using the DryEyeRhythm iPhone application. Ocul Surf 18: 312-319, 2020, doi:10.1016/j.jtos.2020.02.007. Epub 2020 Feb 27. PubMed PMID: 32113987, IF:12.336/CI:9
  • Yoshida Y, Hiratsuka Y, Kawachi I, Murakami A, Kondo K, Aida J: Association between visual status and social participation in older Japanese: The JAGES cross-sectional study. Soc Sci Med 253: 112959, 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112959. Epub 2020 Apr 1, IF:3.616/CI:2
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