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Koji Yoshimoto Last modified date:2023.07.05

Professor / Deaprtment of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Neurological Institute
Faculty of Medical Sciences


Graduate School


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Homepage
https://kyushu-u.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/koji-yoshimoto
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https://www.ns.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp/
Phone
092-642-5521
Fax
092-642-5527
Academic Degree
M.D.,Ph. D.
Country of degree conferring institution (Overseas)
No
Field of Specialization
Neurosurgery
Total Priod of education and research career in the foreign country
02years02months
Research
Research Interests
  • Development of mitochondria targeted therapy in glioblastoma
    keyword : glioblastoma, mitochondria, targeted therapy, oncogene, metabolic disturbance
    2023.06~2023.06.
  • Elucidation of metabolic mechanisms of brain tumors
    keyword : Brain tumors  Metabolic mechanisms
    2021.07~2021.07.
  • Dissection of molecular mechanism of glioblastoma and application to the treatment based on transcriptome analysis
    keyword : glioblastoma, transcriptome
    2014.09~2016.09.
  • COX2 expression and its biological function in malignant glioma
    keyword : COX2、malignant glioma
    2010.04~2013.03.
  • Development of a new therapeutic stratergy for GBM treatment targeting the DNA repair system
    keyword : GBM DNA reapir
    2009.04~2012.03.
  • The development of new therapeutic stratergy targeted at brain tumor stem cell
    keyword : Brain tumor stem cell
    2008.04~2011.03.
  • The research about mesenchymal stem cell toward brain tumor
    keyword : mesencymal stem cell
    2007.04~2010.03.
  • The genetic and signal pathway analysis fo brain tumors
    keyword : brain tumor signalling pathway
    2007.04.
Academic Activities
Papers
1. Hideki Murata, Koji Yoshimoto, Detection of proneural/mesenchymal marker xpression in glioblastoma: temporospatial dynamics and association with chromatin-modifying gene expression, J Neurooncol. 2015;125(1):33-41. , 2016.06.
2. Koji Yoshimoto, Dual optical channel three-dimensional neuroendoscopy: Clinical application as an assistive technique in endoscopic endonasal surgery, 6, 45-50, 2016.06.
3. Yoshimoto K, Ma X, Guan Y, Mizoguchi M, Nakamizo A, Amano T, Hata N, Kuga D,Sasaki T, Expression of stem cell marker and receptor kinase genes in glioblastoma tissue quantified by real-time RT-PCR, Brain Tumor Pahology, 28, 4, 291-6, 2011.10.
4. Yoshimoto K, Dang J, Zhu S, Nathanson D, Huang T, Dumont R, Seligson D, Yong WH, Xiong Z, Rao N, Winther H, Chakravarti A, Bigner D, Mellinghoff IK, Horvath S, Cavenee WK, Cloughesy TF, Mischel PS:, Detection of EGFRvIII in routinely processed glioblastoma clinical samples, Clinical Cancer Research, 14(2): 488-493, 2008.01.
Presentations
1. Koji Yoshimoto, PGFRA amplification is asignificant prognostic marker in patients with IDH wild-type glioblastoma multiforme, WFNOS2022 SEOUL, 2022.03.
2. Koji Yoshimoto, HDAC7 as a possible therapeutic target for mesenchymal glioblastoma, 21Th International Conference on Brain Tumor Research and Therapy , 2016.04.
3. Koji Yoshimoto, Activation of the ATM/Chk2 pathway in intracranial germinomas, 4Th International CNS Germ Cell Tumor Symposium, 2015.04.
4. 吉本 幸司, Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery
-Early clinical experiences of 3D endoscopy-
, Italian-Japanese Joint Meeting 2012, 2012.11.
5. 吉本 幸司, Diagnostic significance of microRNA and gene expression in glioma patients., The 4th International Symposium of Brain Tumor Pathology, 2012.05.
Membership in Academic Society
  • THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF BRAIN TUMOR PATHOLOGY
  • THE JAPANESE SOCIETY ON SURGERY FOR CEREBRAL STROKE
  • THE JAPANESE CANCER ASSOCIATION
  • JAPAN EPILEPSY SOCIETY