Hiromichi Fujino
Professor
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Tokushima
Japan
Biography
Hiromichi Fujino has done his PhD from Hokkaido University in 1997. Currently he is working as Professor in Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science at Tokushima University. His research interests are Pharmacology, Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Pharmacology, Elucidation of G protein-coupled receptor signaling system, elucidation of prostanoid receptor and pathology. Several Papers of his work were published in reputed international journals. He is also the member of The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, The Japanese Pharmacological Society, The Japanese Biochemical Society.
Research Interest
Pharmacology, Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Pharmacology, Elucidation of G protein-coupled receptor signaling system, elucidation of prostanoid receptor and pathology.
Publications
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Satoshi Yamane, Ryouya Nomura, Madoka Yanagihara, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Hiromichi Fujino, Kenjiro Matsumoto, Syunji Horie and Toshihiko Murayama. L-Cysteine/D,L-homocysteine-regulated ileum motility via system L and B°(,+) transporter: Modification by inhibitors of hydrogen sulfide synthesis and dietary treatments. European Journal of Pharmacology. 2015, 764: 471-479.
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Hiromichi Fujino, Naofumi Seira, Naoki Kurata, Yumi Araki, Hiroyuki Nakamura, W John Regan and Toshihiko Murayama. Prostaglandin E2-stimulated prostanoid EP4 receptors induce prolonged de novo prostaglandin E2 synthesis through biphasic phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases mediated by activation of protein kinase A in HCA-7 human colon cancer cells. European Journal of Pharmacology. 2015, 768: 149-159.
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Akiko Suganami, Hiromichi Fujino, Iori Okura, Naoki Yanagisawa, Hajime Sugiyama, W John Regan, Yutaka Tamura and Toshihiko Murayama. Human DP and EP2 prostanoid receptors take on distinct forms depending on the diverse binding of different ligands. The FEBS Journal. 2016, 283(21): 3931-3940.
