Yasuko Ishikawa
Associate Professor
Faculty of Dentistry
University of Tokushima
Japan
Biography
Yasuko Ishikawa has done her PhD in Health Science from Tokushima University in 1983. Currently she is working as Associate Professor in Faculty of Dentistry at Tokushima University. Her research interests are Regulatory study of Oral Cavity, Dental Pharmacology, Gerontological Pharmacology, Chronopharmacology, Salivary Diagnosis, Molecular mechanisms and drug development in channel-transporter deseases, Mechanism of supersensitization and desensitization, Mechanisms of alterations of receptor-mediated signal transduction during aging, Chronopharmacological study of drug receptors, Salivary exosomes and disease diagnosis. Several Papers of her work were published in reputed international journals. She is also the member of General Association of Dentistry Basic Medical Society, Japan Dental Pharmacotherapy Society, Japanese Association for Oral Biology, Japan Salivary Gland Society, International Association for Dental Research, The Japanese Pharmacological Society, Shikoku Society of Dental Research.
Research Interest
Regulatory study of Oral Cavity, Dental Pharmacology, Gerontological Pharmacology, Chronopharmacology, Salivary Diagnosis.
Publications
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Gota Cho, Aneta Bragiel, Di Wang, Tomasz Pieczonka, Mariusz Skowronski, Masayuki Shono, Nielsen Soren and Yasuko Ishikawa. Activation of muscarinic receptors in rat parotid acinar cells induces AQP5 trafficking to nuclei and apical plasma membrane. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 2015, 1850(4): 784-793.
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Tomasz D Pieczonka, Aneta Bragiel, Hideaki Horikawa, Kana Fukuta, Masami Yoshioka and Yasuko Ishikawa. Long-term administration of whey alters atrophy, gene expression profiles and dysfunction of salivar. Journal of Functional Foods. 2016, 21: 349-358.
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Aneta Bragiel, Di Wang, Tonasz Pieczonka, Masayuki Shono and Yasuko Ishikawa. Mechanisms underlying activation of α1-adrenergic receptor-induced trafficking of AQP5 in rat parotid acinar cells under isotonic or hypototonic conditions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2016, 17(7): 1022-1041.
