AKIRA ISHIKAWA

Last Updated :2025/05/09

Affiliations, Positions
Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Assistant Professor
E-mail
a-ishikawahiroshima-u.ac.jp

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2022/04/01, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Assistant Professor
  • 2019/04, 2022/03, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Institute for Clinical laboratory, Doctor
  • 2018/09, 2019/03, Kure Kyosai Hospital, Department of Diagnostic pathology, Clinical Fellow
  • 2016/04, 2018/08, Hiroshima University, Hospital, Clinical staff
  • 2014/04, 2016/03, Hiroshima University, Hospital, Clinical Resident

Educational Backgrounds

  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, 2016/04, 2020/03
  • Hiroshima University, Faculty of Medicine, 2008/04, 2014/03
  • 2004/04, 2007/03

Academic Degrees

  • Doctor of Medical Science, Hiroshima University
  • Doctor of Medicine, Hiroshima University

Research Keywords

  • Biomarker
  • Gastrointesinal Pathology
  • Gastric Cancer
  • Molecular Pathology
  • General Pathology

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Clinical Pathology
  2. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, General Pathology
  3. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Pathology
  4. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Pathology
  5. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Pathology
  6. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Outline of Pathology
  7. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Outline of Pathology
  8. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Pathologic Basis of Diseases

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. A Case of Bilateral Synchronous Paratesticular Leiomyoma, 20230217
  2. With M-protein positive, could transthyretin amyrodosis be easily excluded? Not necessarily! Wild-type transthyretin amyrodosis with Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia: a case report., 20221101
  3. Minichromosome Maintenance 4 Is Associated with Cancer Stemness and Poor Survival of Patients with Gastric Cancer., 20220713
  4. Histopathology and Cytology of Pulmonary Myoepithelial Neoplasms: 2 Cases, 20220607
  5. Expression of kinesin family member C1 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma affects tumor progression and stemness., Pathology, research and practice, 154277, 20221219
  6. Protocadherin B9 Is Associated with Human Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Progression., Pathobiology : journal of immunopathology, molecular and cellular biology, 1-9, 20220407
  7. ★, Transcriptomic Analysis of Annexin A10 and Chemosensitivity in Gastric Adenocarcinoma Cells., Anticancer research, 42(4), 1707-1717, 202204
  8. Overexpression of aldolase, fructose-bisphosphate C and its association with spheroid formation in colorectal cancer, Pathology International, 72(3), 176-186, 20220211
  9. High Annexin A10 expression is correlated with poor prognosis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma., Histology and histopathology, 18397-18397, 20211125
  10. Utility of TMPRSS4 as a Prognostic Biomarker and Potential Therapeutic Target in Patients with Gastric Cancer., Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 26(2), 305-313, 20210811
  11. Systemic Inflammatory Score Predicts Response and Prognosis in Patients With Lung Cancer Treated With Immunotherapy., Anticancer research, 41(7), 3673-3682, 202107
  12. Hematogenous metastasis to colon from gallbladder cancer., JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 5(5), 626-628, 202105
  13. Annexin A10 Expression Is Associated With Poor Prognosis in Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma., Anticancer research, 41(3), 1349-1355, 202103
  14. Anterior Mediastinal Leiomyosarcoma: A Case Report and Literature Review, Case Reports in Oncology, 101-106, 20210225
  15. Rapid Growing Anterior Mediastinal Leiomyosarcoma with Pericardial Infiltration: Report of a Case, Kyobugeka, 74(9), 720-723, 2021
  16. ★, Loss of Annexin A10 Expression Is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Early Gastric Cancer., Acta histochemica et cytochemica, 53(5), 113-119, 20201029
  17. A case of Syringocystadenoma papilliferum in upper eyelid, 73(10), 584-587, 202010
  18. A case of Gastric adenocarcinoma of fundic gland type in cardiac region of the stomach, 73(10), 588-591, 202010
  19. Ovarian pulmonary-type small cell carcinoma diagnosed by means of ascitic fluid cytology: A case report with immunocytochemical analysis., Cytopathology : official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology, 32(2), 250-252, 20200928
  20. Intramucosal Poorly Differentiated Adenocarcinomas Detected in a Patient with Long-Standing Ulcerative Colitis, Case Reports in Oncology, 13(3), 1176-1184, 202009
  21. Unusual skin tumour with a large cystic component., Journal of clinical pathology, 74(3), e5, 20200812
  22. Tumor Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 4 Level Predicts the Efficacy of Lenvatinib in Patients With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma., Clinical and translational gastroenterology, 11(5), e00179, 202005
  23. 我が国における病理業務量の過去推移と2030年予測(Pathology-related workload in Japan: the past and future in 2030), 日本病理学会会誌, 109(1), 449-450, 202003
  24. ★, Annexin A10 is involved in the induction of pancreatic duodenal homeobox‑1 in gastric cancer tissue, cells and organoids., Oncology reports, 43(2), 581-590, 202002
  25. Workload and concern about new technologies among pathologists in Japan: A Questionnaire Survey, Pathology and Clinical Medicine, 37(11), 1151-1160, 201911
  26. Transcribed ultraconserved region Uc.63+ promotes resistance to cisplatin through regulation of androgen receptor signaling in bladder cancer., Oncology reports, 41(5), 3111-3118, 201905
  27. Clinicopathological and Prognostic Significance of Epithelial Gremlin1 Expression in Gastric Cancer., Anticancer research, 38(3), 1419-1425, 201803
  28. Overexpression of the Transmembrane Protein IQGAP3 Is Associated with Poor Survival of Patients with Gastric Cancer., Pathobiology : journal of immunopathology, molecular and cellular biology, 85(3), 192-200, 2018
  29. A case of ascending colon cancer accompanied with tumor thrombosis in the superior mesenteric vein treated with right hemicolectomy and greater saphenous vein grafting., International journal of surgery case reports, 51, 358-363, 2018
  30. Non-coding RNAs are promising targets for stem cell-based cancer therapy., Non-coding RNA research, 2(2), 83-87, 201706
  31. KIFC1 induces resistance to docetaxel and is associated with survival of patients with prostate cancer., Urologic oncology, 35(1), 31.e13-31.e20, 201701
  32. Acase of delayed-onset pleural tuberculoma during the treatment for tuberculous pleurisy, Kokyu, 34(10), 1014-1015, 201510
  33. An autopsy case of primary central nervous system lymphoma of brain stem, Japanese Journal of Diagnostic Pathology, 31(4), 384-388, 201410

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. The clinico-pathological significance of Kinesin family member 18B in gastric cancer, Akira Ishikawa, Ryo Yasumatsu , Takafumi Fukui, Aya Kido, Narutaka Katsuya, Kazuhiro Sentani, Naohide Oue, Wataru Yasui, The 15th International Gastric Cancer Congress, 2023/06/16, Without Invitation, English, other

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Elucidation of ANXA10-related new therapeutic target in Gastric cancer, 2021/04/01, 2023/03/31