PROFILE
OHSAKA Akimichi, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Transfusion Medicine and Stem Cell Regulation
Short Biography
- 1979
- M.D. Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
- 1979
- Jichi Medical School Hospital
- 1992
- Department of Hematology, Hitachi General Hospital
- 2000-2019
- Professor, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Stem Cell Regulation, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
- 2019-Present
- Emeritus Professor, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Stem Cell Regulation, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
Keywords
- Regenerative medicine
- Angiogenesis/Vasculogenesis
- Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells
- Endothelial progenitor cells
Main Research Topics and Interests
- Therapeutic neovascularization using autologous bone marrow progenitor cells
- Risk management for preventing mistransfusion
- Information technology in transfusion medicine
- Roles of PDGF/VEGF-like growth factors (PVFs) in hematopoiesis
Publications (in English)
- Original Articles (74) <Impact Factor: 229.3>
- Review Articles (2) <Impact Factor: 2.73>
- Total Impact Factor (232.03)
Recent Main Publications
- Ohsaka A, Abe K, Ohsawa T, Miyake N, Sugita S, Tojima I: A computer-assisted transfusion management system and changed transfusion practices contribute to appropriate management of blood components. Transfusion, 2008; 48 (8): 1730-8.
- Ohsaka A, Abe K, Nakamura Y, Ohsawa T, Sugita S: Issuing of blood components dispensed in syringes and bar code-based pretransfusion check at the bedside for pediatric patients. Transfusion, 2009; 49 (7): 1423-30.
- Ohsaka A, Hirota-Komatsu S, Shibata M, Komatsu N: Neuropilin-1 forms complexes with vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 during megakaryocytic differentiation of UT-7/TPO cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 2009; 390 (4): 1171-6.
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