| Eikichi Ihara | Last modified date：2024.06.27 |
Associate Professor /
Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
Department of Clinical Medicine
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Department of Clinical Medicine
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Graduate School
Undergraduate School
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Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, .
Academic Degree
MD, PhD
Country of degree conferring institution (Overseas)
No
Field of Specialization
Gastroenterology, Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal motility disorder, Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction
ORCID(Open Researcher and Contributor ID)
0000-0002-7070-6610
Total Priod of education and research career in the foreign country
04years00months
Outline Activities
Outline of research:
Coordinated regulation of gastrointestinal (GI) motility contributes to general health and wellness when functioning normally but is also associated with morbidity and mortality when dysfunctional. Alterations in GI motility with resultant changes in transit can contribute to abdominal pain, intestinal cramping, diarrhea, constipation and urgency to defecate.The GI smooth muscle itself plays an important role in gastrointestinal (GI) motility. In overt inflammatory conditions of the bowel, such as infectious colitis and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), there have been longstanding observations of altered motility and impaired function of the GI smooth muscle. While the inflammatory mediators are known to affect GI smooth muscle and impaired gastrointestinal motility, it still remains to be investigated how the inflammatory mediators affects GI smooth muscle. The research goals are to those mechanisms which possibly lead to generation of novel therapeutics for patients with GI motility disorders.
Education:
I give lectures on gastroenterology and metabolic gastroenterology to medical students in kyushu university. I also instruct, supervise and evaluate their clinical trainings. Alternatively, I teach gastroenterological endoscopy and radiology to gastroenterology trainees.
Coordinated regulation of gastrointestinal (GI) motility contributes to general health and wellness when functioning normally but is also associated with morbidity and mortality when dysfunctional. Alterations in GI motility with resultant changes in transit can contribute to abdominal pain, intestinal cramping, diarrhea, constipation and urgency to defecate.The GI smooth muscle itself plays an important role in gastrointestinal (GI) motility. In overt inflammatory conditions of the bowel, such as infectious colitis and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), there have been longstanding observations of altered motility and impaired function of the GI smooth muscle. While the inflammatory mediators are known to affect GI smooth muscle and impaired gastrointestinal motility, it still remains to be investigated how the inflammatory mediators affects GI smooth muscle. The research goals are to those mechanisms which possibly lead to generation of novel therapeutics for patients with GI motility disorders.
Education:
I give lectures on gastroenterology and metabolic gastroenterology to medical students in kyushu university. I also instruct, supervise and evaluate their clinical trainings. Alternatively, I teach gastroenterological endoscopy and radiology to gastroenterology trainees.
Research
Research Interests
- The research about chronic constipation
keyword : Constipation
2023.04～2027.03. - Elucidation of underlying pathogenesis of esophageal achalasia
keyword : esophageal achalasia
2023.04～2025.03. - Etiology and pathogenesis of esophageal motility disorders and their novel treatments
keyword : Esophageal motility disorder, high-resolution manometry
2016.04～2025.03. - The underlying mechanisms of regulation of lower esophageal sphincter tone.
keyword : Lower esophageal sphincter、Mechanism of smooth muscle contraction、Myogenic tone regulation、Rho kinase
2016.04～2025.03. - To elucidate the pathogenesis of Gastroesophageal reflux disease
keyword : High resolution manometry、Esophageal impedance-pH monitoring、Gastroesophageal reflux disease、Esophageal motility disorders
2016.04～2025.03. - The underlying mechanisms by which intestinal inflammation associated with various gastrointestinal (GI) disorders impairs contractile function of intestinal smooth muscle and GI motility.
keyword : altered GI motility, intestinal smooth muscle, intestinal inflammation
2016.04～2021.03.
Reports
Papers