Torisu Kumiko
Associate Professor
Department of Nephrology,Hypertension,and Strokology
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Last modified date：2018.04.06
Graduate School
Administration Post
Other
http://www.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp/intmed2/Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences .
http://www.kcu.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp/Kidney Group of Kyushu University .
Nephrology, Molecular Biology
Clinical medicine, I meet outpatients and participate in treatment of inpatients through conference and round.
Basic research, I teach several graduate students.
Research Interests
- A role of autophagy in uptaking of albumin in renal tubular cells
keyword : autophagy, kidney
2016.09～2018.03.
- Role of PKCeta and Arg2 in kidney injury
keyword : PKCeta, Arg2, kidney, Nitric oxide
2015.10～2019.03.
- Role of NOX4 in kidney injury model mouse
keyword : NOX4, endothelial cells, kidney diseases
2014.04～2018.03.
- Role of autophagy in collagen secretion from mesangial cells under nephropathy
keyword : autophagy, mesangial cells, collagen
2013.09～2016.03.
- Role of autophagy in cardiovascular or kidney diseases
keyword : autophagy, vasucular diseases, kidney diseases
2013.04～2017.03.
Academic Activities
Papers
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Kumiko Torisu, Torisu Takehiro, Jun Hata, Kitazono T, Yusaku Nakabeppu, PKCη deficiency improves lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E‐deficient mice, The Molecular Biology Society of Japan, 2016.08. |
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Kumiko Torisu, Torisu Takehiro, Finkel Toren, Intact endothelial autophagy is required to maintain vascular lipid homeostasis, Aging Cell, 15, 1, 2016.02. |
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Kumiko Torisu, Takehiro Torisu, In-Hye Lee, Jie Liu, Daniela Malide, Christian A Combs, Xufeng S Wu, Ilsa I Rovira, Maria M Fergusson, Roberto Weigert, Patricia S Connelly, Mathew P Daniels, Masaaki Komatsu, Liu Cao, Toren Finkel, Autophagy regulates endothelial cell processing, maturation and secretion of von Willebrand factor, Nature Medicine, 19, 2013.10. |
Presentations
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Kumiko Torisu, Torisu Takehiro, Finkel Toren, Endothelial Autophagy Is Essential for Vascular Lipid Homeostasis, American Society of Nephrology, Kidney Week 2015, 2015.11.04. |
Membership in Academic Society
- Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
- Japanese Society for Dialysis therapy
- Japanese Society of Nephlorogy
Awards
- A role of autophagy in uptaking of albumin by renal tubular cells
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