HIROFUMI WATANABE

Last Updated :2026/05/08

Affiliations, Positions
Hiroshima University Hospital(Medical), Assistant Professor
E-mail
watahirhiroshima-u.ac.jp

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Hiroshima University

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2026, Undergraduate Education, Year, Clinical diagnosis and treatment II
  2. 2026, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Practice of Medicine I
  3. 2026, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Practice of Medicine II

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. ★, Expression of factor XIII originating from synovial fibroblasts and macrophages induced by interleukin-6 signaling, Inflamm Regen, 43(1), 2, 2023
  2. N1-methylpseudouridine-incorporated mRNA enhances exogenous protein expression and suppresses immunogenicity in primary human fibroblast-like synoviocytes, Cytotechnology, 74(4), 503-514, 2022
  3. C-reactive protein and ground-glass opacity as predictors for intractable interstitial lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis under cyclophosphamide treatment regardless of concomitant glucocorticoids, Mod Rheumatol, 32(1), 141-148, 2022
  4. Safe Introduction of Hydroxychloroquine Focusing on Early Intolerance Due to Adverse Drug Reactions in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Intern Med, 2022
  5. Nailfold capillaries and myositis specific antibodies in anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis, Rheumatology (Oxford), 61(5), 2006-2015, 2022
  6. Comment on: Nailfold capillaries and myositis-specific antibodies in anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody-positive DM. Reply, Rheumatology (Oxford), 61(5), e122-e124, 2022
  7. The Lipopolysaccharide Mutant Re-LPS Is a Useful Tool for Detecting LPS Contamination in Rheumatoid Synovial Cell Cultures, Pathobiology, 89(2), 92-100, 2022