TOMOHIRO SUGIMOTO

Last Updated :2025/04/03

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

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2010/04/01, 2012/03/31, Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital, Clinical Resident
  • 2012/04/01, 2014/03/31, Shobara Red Cross Hospital, Doctor
  • 2014/04/01, 2016/03/31, Onomichi municipal Hospital Setoda Clinic, Doctor
  • 2016/04/01, 2018/03/31, Jinsekikougen Town Hospital, Doctor
  • 2018/04/01, 2019/03/31, Hiroshima Prefecture, Doctor
  • 2019/04/01, Hiroshima University Hospital, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Assistant Professor

Educational Backgrounds

  • Jichi Medical School, Japan, 2004/04, 2010/03

Academic Degrees

  • Hiroshima University

In Charge of Primary Major Programs

  • Medicine

Research Fields

  • Medicine,dentistry, and pharmacy;Clinical internal medicine;Collagenous pathology / Allergology

Research Keywords

  • Medicine,dentistry, and pharmacy;Clinical internal medicine;Collagenous pathology / Allergology

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • Japan College of Rheumatology
  • The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
  • The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases
  • Japanese Society for Sjogren's Syndrome

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Year, Clinical diagnosis and treatment II
  2. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Practice of Medicine I
  3. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Practice of Medicine II

Award of Education

  1. 2023/03/24

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Association between increased serum IL-23 levels and ACPA positivity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, Clin Exp Rheumatol ., 202305
  2. Seasonal influence on development of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: a retrospective cohort study conducted at multiple institutions in Japan (J-CANVAS), J Rheumatol, 2023
  3. Ameliorated nailfold capillary morphology of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis, treated with riociguat, Rheumatol Adv Pract, 20230119
  4. Safe Introduction of Hydroxychloroquine Focusing on Early Intolerance Due to Adverse Drug Reactions in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Intern Med, 20221116
  5. Appearance of anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis after COVID-19 vaccination, Mod Rheumatol Case Rep, 7(1), 108-112, 20230103
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  6. Portal Vein Thrombosis as a Cause of Undetermined Thrombocytopenia with Liver Dysfunction in a Patient with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, INTERNAL MEDICINE, 62(1), 123-127, 20230101
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  7. Expression of factor XIII originating from synovial fibroblasts and macrophages induced by interleukin-6 signaling, INFLAMMATION AND REGENERATION, 43(1), 20230106
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  8. Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography-Positive Ear Lesions Responsive to Immunosuppressive Therapy in a Patient with Otitis Media with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis, Mod Rheumatol Case Rep., 20230103
  9. Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis Associated with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance Developed after Sustained Virologic Response of Hepatitis C: A Case Report, Intern Med, 20221116
  10. 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, MODERN RHEUMATOLOGY, 32(1), 141-148, 20220105
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  11. Importance of anti-centromere antibodies in the diagnosis of Sjogren's syndrome, JOURNAL OF ORAL SCIENCE, 64(4), 324-326, 20221001
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  12. Bilateral facial nerve palsy responded to immunosuppressive therapy in a patient with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Rheumatol Adv Pract ., 20220829
  13. The Efficacy of Amenamevir for the Treatment of Disseminated Herpes Zoster Complicated with Probable Varicella-zoster Pneumonia in an Immunocompromised Patient, INTERNAL MEDICINE, 61(11), 1785-1788, 20220601
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  14. ★, Nailfold capillaries and myositis-specific antibodies in anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis, RHEUMATOLOGY, 61(5), 2006-2015, 20220505
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  15. The Lipopolysaccharide Mutant Re-LPS Is a Useful Tool for Detecting LPS Contamination in Rheumatoid Synovial Cell Cultures, Pathobiology, 89(2), 92-100, 2022
  16. Comment on: Combination of immunosuppressive therapy and nintedanib improves capillaroscopic changes in systemic sclerosis-interstitial lung disease: a case report, Rheumatol Adv Pract., 6(1), 20220531
  17. Exacerbation of systemic lupus erythematosus after receiving mRNA-1273-based coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine, J Dermatol., 49(6), e199-e200, 2022
  18. 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
  19. Lower CH50 as a predictor for intractable or recurrent lupus enteritis: A retrospective observational study, MODERN RHEUMATOLOGY, 31(3), 643-648, 20210504
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  20. Tapering and discontinuation of oral glucocorticoids without deterioration of disease status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis under a stable treatment, MODERN RHEUMATOLOGY, 31(4), 803-808, 20210704
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  21. The clinical characteristics and predictors of severe digital ischemia in patients with anti-aminoacyl transfer RNA synthetase antibodies, JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, 48(7), 1044-1051, 202107
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  22. Immunoglobulin D-kappa multiple myeloma in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis: a case report and review of the literature, MODERN RHEUMATOLOGY CASE REPORTS, 5(1), 22-28, 20210102
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  23. Rapid changes of nailfold capillary abnormalities during treatment for a patient with dermatomyositis complicated by lung cancer: a case report, MODERN RHEUMATOLOGY CASE REPORTS, 5(1), 95-100, 20210102
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  24. Asymptomatic coronary aneurysms in a patient with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis who developed a digital gangrene, MODERN RHEUMATOLOGY CASE REPORTS, 5(1), 130-136, 20210102
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  25. A Rare Case of IgG4-Related Disease Presenting as a Unilateral Severe Dacryoadenitis Complicated by Hypophysitis and Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis., J Clin Rheumatol, 27(8S), S571-S573, 2021
  26. Methotrexate-associated reversible liver atrophy in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis, Rheumatol Adv Pract, 2020
  27. Successful hydroxychloroquine treatment in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus-associated nailfold capillary abnormalities., Rheumatol Adv Pract., 5(4), 2, 2020
  28. Multiple External Root Resorption of Teeth as a New Manifestation of Systemic Sclerosis-A Cross-Sectional Study in Japan, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE, 8(10), 201910
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Publications such as books

  1. RHEUMATOLOGY, Nailfold capillary abnormalities in anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis, dermatomyositis, MDA5, nailfold capillary, nailfold video-capillaroscopy(NVC), KAGAKU-HYORONSHA Co., 2023, 2023, Scholarly Book, Single work, 日本語, Tomohiro Sugimoto, 336-343

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Characteristics of nailfold capillary abnormalities in anti RNA polymerase III antibody positive systemic sclerosis, Tomohiro Sugimoto, Yusuke Yoshida, Sho Mokuda , Shintaro Hirata, The 67th Annual General Assembly and Scientific Meeting of the Japan College of Rheumatology, 2023/04/26, Without Invitation, English, Japan College of Rheumatology, Fukuoka
  2. Insufficient efficacy of immunosuppressants on skin sclerosis in patients with systemic sclerosis without interstitial lung disease, Tomohiro Sugimoto, Michinori Ishitoku, Hiroki Kohno, Yusuke Yoshida, Shintaro Hirata, The 66th Annual General Assembly and Scientific Meeting of the Japan College of Rheumatology, 2022/04/25, Without Invitation, English
  3. Insufficient efficacy of immunosuppressants on skin sclerosis in patients with systemic sclerosis without interstitial lung disease., Sugimoto T., Yoshida Y. Hirata S., 23rd Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology, 2021/08/28, Without Invitation, English
  4. Usefulness of nailfold video-capillaroscopy for diagnosing patients positive for anti-centromere antibody, Sugimoto T., Kobayashi H. Suma H. Hosokawa Y. Ishitoku M. Watanabe H. Tokunaga T. Ohnari S. Yoshida Y. Mokuda S. Hirata S. Sugiyaa E., The 65th Annual General Assembly and Scientific Meeting of the Japan College of Rheumatology, 2021/04/26, Without Invitation, English
  5. Nailfold Capillary Changes in Patients with Anti-Melanoma Differentiation-Associated Gene 5 Antibody-Positive Dermatomyositis., Sugimoto T., Yoshida Y., Mokuda S., Hirata S., Sugiyama E., 22rd Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology, 2020/10/24, Without Invitation, English
  6. Immunosuppressive treatment promptly improves abnormalities in nailfold capillaries in patients with dermatomyositis, Tomohiro Sugimoto, Takuji Omoto, Hiroki Kohno, Hirofumi Watanabe, Kazutoshi Yukawa, Tadahiro Tokunaga, Tatsuomi Kuranobu, Katsuhiro Oi, Yusuke Yoshida, Sho Mokuda, Keisuke Oda, Shintaro Hirata, Takaki Nojima, Eiji Sugiyama, 2020/08/17, Without Invitation, English