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Kentaro Akiyama

D.D.S., Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Education Experience Publications

Education

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION	DEGREE	YEAR(s)	FIELD OF STUDY
Okayama University, Japan	D.D.S.	2001	Dental Science
Okayama University, Japan	Ph.D.	2005	Prosthodontics

Research & Professional Experience

2006-present	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California
2005-2006	Hospital Staff, Section of Implant and Fixed Dentures, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
2001-2005	Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

Publications

Sun L, Akiyama K, Zhang H, Yamaza T, Hou Y, Zhao S, Xu T, Le A, Shi S. Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation Reverses Multiorgan Dysfunction in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Mice and Humans. Stem Cells 27(6):1421-1432, 2009.

Feng F, Akiyama K, Liu Y, Yamaza T, Wang TM, Chen JH, Wang B, Huang G, Wang S, Shi S. Utility of PDL progenitors for in vivo tissue regeneration: a report of 3 cases. Oral Diseases 2009. In press

Okamoto Y, Sonoyama W, Ono M, Akiyama K, Fujisawa T, Oshima M, Tsuchimoto Y, Matsuka Y, Yasuda T, Shi S, Kuboki T. (2009) Simvastatin induces odontogenic differentiation of human dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) in vitro and in vivo. J Endod. 35(3):367-72.

Yamaza T, Miura Y, Akiyama K, Bi Y, Sonoyama W, Gronthos S, Chen W, Le A, Shi S. (2009) Mesenchymal stem cell-mediated ectopic hematopoiesis alleviates aging-related phenotype in immunocompromised mice. Blood. 113(11):2595-604

Yamaza T, Miura Y, Bi Y, Liu Y, Akiyama K, Sonoyama W, Patel V, Gutkind S, Young M, Gronthos S, Le A, Wang CY, Chen WJ, Shi S. Pharmacologic Stem Cell Based Intervention as a New Approach to Osteoporosis Treatment in Rodents. PLoS ONE;7:e2615, 2008.

Seo BM, Sonoyama W, Yamaza T, Coppe C, Kikuiri T, Akiyama K, Lee JS, Shi S. SHED Repair Critical-Size Calvarial Defects in Mice. Oral Diseases 14,428–434, 2008

T. Kuboki, M. Kanyama, T. Nakanishi, K. Akiyama, K. Nawachi, H. Yatani, K. Yamashita, T. Takano-Yamamoto, M. Takigawa: Cbfa1/Runx2 gene expression in articular chondrocytes of the mice temporomandibular and knee joints in vivo. Archives of Oral Biology 48(7):19-525, 2003.

M. Kanyama, T. Kuboki, K. Akiyama, K. Nawachi, F. M. Miyauchi, H. Yatani, S. Kubota, T. Nakanishi, M. Takigawa : Connective tissue growth factor expressed in rat alveolar bone regeneration sites after tooth extraction. Archives of Oral Biology 48(10):723-730, 2003.

K. Akiyama: Effect of titanium on the attachment, proliferation, differentiation and gene expression of osteoblast like (MC3T3-E1) cells. The Journal of Okayama Dental Society 24(1):1-16, 2004 (PhD thesis in Japanese).

Last Updated: 06/26/09