Hiro-o Ito
Professor
Faculty of Dentistry
University of Tokushima
Japan
Biography
Hiro-O Ito has done his PhD from Osaka University in 1987. Currently he is working as Professor in Faculty of Dentistry at Tokushima University. His research interests are Preventive Dentistry, Systemic Infections Caused by Oral Indigenous Bacteria; Pathogenesis and Prevention, Search for Molecular Mimics That Inhibit Bacterial Adherence, Clinical Epidemiological Studies for Prevention and Treatment of Dental Diseases., Immune Network/Immunological Memory and Maternal Immunity/Mucosal Immunity. Several Papers of his work were published in reputed international journals. He is also the member of Japanese Society for Dental Health, Japanese Association for Oral Biology, Japanese Society for Immunology, The Japanese Society of Periodontology, Japanese Society of Public Health, International Association for Dental Research, American Society for Microbiology, Kinki Shikoku Shikoku Oral Hygiene Association.
Research Interest
Preventive Dentistry.
Publications
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Naofumi Tamaki, Fumihiko Yoshino, Makoto Fukui, Hideaki Hayashida, Ayaka Yoshida, Masayasu Kitamura, Takahiro Iwasaki, Reiko Furugen, Koji Kawasaki, Mio Nakazato, Takahiro Maeda, Susumu Kokeguchi, Tatsuo Yamamoto, Chang-Il Masaichi Lee, Hiro-O Ito and Toshiyuki Saito. Relationship among salivary antioxidant activity, cytokines and periodontitis: the Nagasaki Island study. Journal of Clinical Periodontology. 2015, 42(8): 711-718.
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S Hayashi, Hirotsugu Yamada, Makoto Fukui, Hiro-O Ito and Masataka Sata. Correlation between arteriosclerosis and periodontal condition assessed by lactoferrin and [alpha]1-antitrypsin levels in gingival crevicular fluid. International Heart Journal. 2015, 56(6): 639-643.
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Naofumi Tamaki, Rita Cristina Orihuela Campos, Makoto Fukui and Hiro-O Ito. Hydrogen-Rich Water Intake Accelerates Oral Palatal Wound Healing via Activation of the Nrf2/Antioxidant Defense Pathways in a Rat Model. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2016, 2016: 5679040.
