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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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