ATSUHIKO FUKUTO

Last Updated :2026/09/02

Affiliations, Positions
Hiroshima University Hospital, Associate Professor/Lecturer
E-mail
fukutohiroshima-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 for medical research
  3. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Ophthalmology
  4. 2026, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Advanced Seminar on Ophthalmology and Visual Science
  5. 2026, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Advanced Seminar on Ophthalmology and Visual Science
  6. 2026, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Advanced Research on Ophthalmology and Visual Science
  7. 2026, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Advanced Research on Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Corneal sub-basal nerves and sensation after autologous limbal epithelial cell sheet transplantation, npj Regenarative Medicine, 20260829
  2. Microbial contamination of donor corneoscleral rims and storage medium in keratoplasty, Jpn J Ophthalmol, 20260727
  3. Late-onset Exophiala dermatitidis keratitis after cataract surgery: A case report and literature review, Medical Mycology Case Reports, 52, 202606
  4. Rapid corneal endothelial cell loss following PreserFlo MicroShunt implantation, Acta Ophthalmol, 20260210
  5. Triple Immune Rings with Cytomegalovirus Corneal Endotheliitis, Ophthalmology, 20250919
  6. Two Cases of Curvularia geniculata Keratitis Successfully Treated with Natamycin-Based Therapy, Mycopathologia, 190(5), 84-84, 20250913
  7. Deep Fungal Stromal Keratitis After Cataract Surgery: A Case Report, Cureus, 17(4), e83101-e83101, 20250427
  8. Dose-dependent effects of histone methyltransferase NSD2 on site-specific double-strand break repair., Genes to Cells, 20240918
  9. Rapid Corneal Calcification Following Endothelial Keratoplasty: A Case Report., Cureus, 16(5), e60956-e60956, 20240523
  10. Corneal Copper Deposition Secondary to Monoclonal Gammopathy in a Patient With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: A Case Report, Cureus, 15(12), e50801-e50801, 20231219
  11. Refractory Fungal Keratitis Caused by Acrophialophora fusispora: A Case Report and Literature Review, Cureus, 15(8), e43181-e43181, 20230809
  12. Effect of graphene-based nanomaterials on corneal wound healing in vitro, EXPERIMENTAL EYE RESEARCH, 229, 20230216
  13. Metal Oxide Engineered Nanomaterials Modulate Rabbit Corneal Fibroblast to Myofibroblast Transformation, TRANSLATIONAL VISION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 10(12), 23-23, 20211018
  14. Foveal structure in nanophthalmos and visual acuity, Int Ophthalmol, 20201113
  15. Distinct roles of ATM and ATR in the regulation of ARP8 phosphorylation to prevent chromosome translocations, eLife, e32222-e32222, 20180508
  16. ★, SUMO modification system facilitates the exchange of histone variant H2A.Z-2 at DNA damage sites, Nucleus, 9(1), 87-94, 20180101
  17. Coordinated Regulation of TIP60 and Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase 1 in Damaged-Chromatin Dynamics, Molecular and Cellular Biology, 36(10), 1595-1607, 20160502
  18. Relaxed Chromatin Formation and Weak Suppression of Homologous Pairing by the Testis-Specific Linker Histone H1T, Biochemistry, 55(4), 637-646, 20160202
  19. Structural basis for ubiquitin recognition by ubiquitin-binding zinc finger of FAAP20, PLoS One, 10(3), e0120887-e0120887, 20150523
  20. Nap1 stimulates homologous recombination by RAD51 and RAD54 in higher-ordered chromatin containing histone H1, Scientific Reports, 4(4863), 20140506
  21. Cytotoxicity of 2D engineered nanomaterials in pulmonary and corneal epithelium, NANOIMPACT, 26, 100404-100404, 202204
  22. Matrin3 promotes homologous recombinational repair by regulation of RAD51, JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY, 166(4), 343-351, 201910
  23. hCAS/CSE1L regulates RAD51 distribution and focus formation for homologous recombinational repair., Genes Cells, 20(9), 681-694, 201509

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Cultivated Autologous Limbal Epithelial Transplantation Restores Ocular Surface: Mid-Term Outcomes in Five LSCD Cases, Chikama T, Fukuto A, Nakamura Y, Shinji K, Mitoma K, Sakaguchi H, WOC 2026, 2026/06/26, Without Invitation, English, ICO, Prague, Czech Republic
  2. Rapid Corneal Endothelial Cell Loss Following PreserFlo MicroShunt Implantation, Hirooka K, Deie S, Hirose K, Baba T, Okada N, Tokumo K, Fukuto A, Chikama T, Sakaguchi H, EGS 2026, 2026/06/01, Without Invitation, English, the European Glaucoma Society, Brussels, Belgium
  3. Morphological determinants of refractive error in limbal dermoids, Fukuto A, Mishima A, Chikama T, Nakamura Y, Sato Y, Shinji K, Mitoma K, Sakaguchi H, ARVO 2025 Imaging Conference, 2025/05/03, Without Invitation, English, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Salt Lake City, Utah
  4. Effects of ruthenium nanoparticles on corneal fibroblasts, Fukuto A, Deie S, Fukumoto K, Chikama T, Cell Bio 2024, 2024/12/17, Without Invitation, English, AN INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR CELL BIOLOG, San Diego, California
  5. Effects of Various Nanomaterials on the Ocular Surface, Fukuto A, The 30th Annual Meeting of the Kyoto Cornea Club, 2024/11/01, With Invitation, English, Kyoto Cornea Club, Kyoto City
  6. Autologous Cultivated Limbal Epithelial Cell Sheet Transplantation: A Report of Five Cases, Chikama T, Fukuto A, Mitoma K, Shinji K, Kiuchi Y, ARVO 2024, 2024/05/08, Without Invitation, English, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Seattle, Wash
  7. Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy on microorganisms adhering to soft contact lenses, Shinji K, Chikama T, Sueoka K, Fukuto A, Yoshitomi S, Kiuchi Y, ARVO2024, 2024/05/06, Without Invitation, English, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Seattle, Wash
  8. Impact of actin polymerization inhibitor YM-58483 on corneal stromal fibrosis in vitro, Fukuto A, Chikama T, Kiuchi Y, Cell Bio 2023, 2023/12/03, Without Invitation, English, The American Society for Cell Biology, Boston, MA