Faculty Information - AKABA Tomohiro

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AKABA Tomohiro
Department School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine

Position Assistant Professor

■ Published papers

1.	Case report	Immunostaining and Ciliary Movement Analysis in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia With a Homozygous Deletion Involving Exons 1–4 of DRC1: A Case Report 2025/12
2.	Original article	Clinical characteristics and outcomes of acute eosinophilic pneumonia: A nationwide descriptive study. 2025/11
3.	Original article	Geographic variation in bronchoscopy use across Japan: A nationwide analysis using administrative claims data. 2025/11
4.	Original article	Nationwide trends in the use of antitussive agents in Japan before, during, and after the COVID-19 Pandemic: A descriptive study using a National Database. 2025/11
5.	Original article	Relationship between shingles and coronavirus disease 2019: a self-controlled case series study. 2025/08
6.	Original article	Nationwide trends in utilization and expenditure of biologic agents approved for asthma in Japan: Insights from the national database (2014-2023). 2025/07
7.	Original article	Expert consensus on cancer treatment-related lung injury. 2025/04
8.	Case report	The relationship between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 omicron variant epidemic and acute myocardial infarction: A self-controlled case series study. 2025/04
9.	Original article	Practical Guidelines for Asthma Management (PGAM): Digest edition. 2025/03
10.	Original article	The efficacy and safety of Fluticasone Furoate/Umeclidinium/vilanterol (FF/UMEC/VI) on cough symptoms in adult patients with asthma, a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group study: Chronic Cough in Asthma (COCOA) study. 2025/02
11.	Original article	Effectiveness of Oral Prophylactic Antibiotics for Diagnostic Bronchoscopy: A Nationwide Database Study. 2025/01
12.	Original article	Relationship between proton pump inhibitor prescription and asthma exacerbation among adult patients: a self-controlled case series study. 2024/10
13.	Case report	IgG4-related pleural disease diagnosed by thoracoscopic pleural biopsy: A case report. 2024/08
14.	Case report	Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis during the treatment of nonspecific interstitial pneumonia complicated by clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis: A case report. 2024/06
15.	Case report	A Fatal Case of Drug-Induced Lung Injury Potentially Related to Olanzapine. 2024/04
16.	Case report	Mycobacteroides abscessus infection in a patient with tetralogy of Fallot 2023/08/08
17.	Original article	Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of severe asthma patients with a history of multiple biologic drugs use. 2023/06
18.	Original article	Reduced Asthma Exacerbations in Adult Patients Treated With Bronchial Thermoplasty 2023/05/09
19.	Original article	Emerging new evidence for the treatment of pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma. 2023/03
20.	Original article	Analysis of the diagnosis of Japanese patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia using a conditional reprogramming culture. 2022/05
21.	Original article	Tryptase and IL-33 in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid May Predict the Types of Eosinophilic Pneumonia and Disease Recurrence. 2022
22.	Original article	Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of severe asthma patients with a history of multiple biologic drugs use. 2021/07
23.	Original article	Multifaceted analysis of Japanese cases of primary ciliary dyskinesia: Value of immunofluorescence for ciliary protein detection in patients with DNAH5 and DNAH11 mutations. 2021/07
24.	Original article	Characteristics of patients with severe asthma who experienced treatment failure with omalizumab. 2021/06
25.	Original article	Recurrent spindle cell carcinoma of the lung successfully treated by chemoimmunotherapy. 2021/06
26.	Case report	Coexistence of diffuse panbronchiolitis and sarcoidosis revealed during splenectomy: a case report. 2020/03
27.	Case report	A case of pulmonary infarction induced by undiagnosed HIV. 2020
28.	Original article	Obturator Artery Pseudoaneurysm. 2019/04
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■ Academic conference presentation

1.	A case of small cell lung cancer with paraneoplastic autoimmune limbic encephalitis, positive for anti-SOX1 and anti-GABAB receptor antibodies （ポスター掲示，一般） 2025/11/11
2.	Clinical characteristics and outcomes of acute eosinophilic pneumonia: A nationwide descriptive study （ポスター掲示，一般） 2025/11/11
3.	Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis during treatment for nonspecific interstitial pneumonia complicated by clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis: a case report （ポスター掲示，一般） 2023/11/19
4.	A case of living kidney transplant recipient for whom FDG-PET/CT was useful for the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis （ポスター掲示，一般） 2023/11/18
5.	Reduced asthma exacerbations in adult patients treated with bronchial thermoplasty: a retrospective nationwide database study （口頭，一般） 2023/11/18
6.	Combination of Tryptase and IL-33 in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid May Predict the Types of Eosinophilic Pneumonia and Disease Recurrence （口頭，一般） 2021/11/20
7.	Application of conditional reprogramming culture to analyze Japanese primary ciliary dyskinesia （ポスター掲示，一般） 2021/11
8.	Airway Mucin MUC5AC Production is increased in patients with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia （ポスター掲示，一般） 2019/11/16
9.	Japanese cases of primary ciliary dyskinesia with DNAH5 and DNAH11 mutations （ポスター掲示，一般） 2019/11/16
10.	Pulmonary aspergilloma in a patient with anorexia nervosa: A case report （ポスター掲示，一般） 2019/11/16
11.	Analysis of airway mucin concentration in patients with pulmonary eosinophilia （ポスター掲示，一般） 2019/10/01
12.	Tryptase levels in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) may predict the recurrence and chronicity of eosinophilic pneumonia （ポスター掲示，一般） 2019/10/01
13.	Neutrophilic inflammation of the upper airways is a characteristic feature of macrolide responders in patiens with asthma （ポスター掲示，一般） 2018/12/01
14.	Specific sphingosine kinase 1 inhibitor, SK1-I attenuates neutrophil elastase induced airway inflammation and goblet cell hyperplasia in mice （ポスター掲示，一般） 2018/11/30
15.	The Crucial Roles of Neurokinin A and Neurokinin Receptor 2 Signaling in Asthma Exacerbation Induced by a Viral Component, Double-Stranded RNA. （口頭，シンポジウム・ワークショップパネル（指名）） 2018/06/24
16.	Specific Sphingosine Kinase 1 Inhibitor, SK1-I Attenuates Neutrophil Elastase Induced Airway Inflammation and Goblet Cell Hyperplasia in Mice （ポスター掲示，一般） 2018/05/23
17.	Effect of Low-Dose Macrolide Therapy in Asthmatic Patients with Chronic Neutrophilic Rhinosinusitis （ポスター掲示，一般） 2018/05/20
18.	The Effects of Viral Components, Single-Stranded RNA and Double-Stranded RNA, on Allergen-Induced Airway Hyperresponsiveness and Airway Inflammation. （ポスター掲示，一般） 2018/05/20
19.	The Suppressive Effects of LECT2 in Allergen-Induced Airway Inflammation Mediated by Th2 Immune Responses （ポスター掲示，一般） 2015/11/19
20.	Profile of airway mucins in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis （ポスター掲示，一般） 2015/09/29
21.	The Effects of Double-Stranded RNA on allergen-Induced Eosinophilic Airway Inflammation in a Mouse Model. （ポスター掲示，一般） 2015/05/21
22.	Efficacy of once-daily QVA149 compared with tiotropium plus theophylline in symptomatic patients with moderate to severe COPD （ポスター掲示，一般） 2015/05/20
23.	Clinical characteristics of asthma complicated with eosinophilic otitis media （ポスター掲示，一般） 2015/05/19
24.	The clinical characteristics of six patients with interstitial pneumonia associated with anti-aminoacyl-tRNA-synthetase antibodies （ポスター掲示，一般） 2015/05/17
25.	Role of epidermal growth factor receptor in methacholine-induced airway hyperresponsiveness in rats in vivo （ポスター掲示，一般） 2014/11
26.	Clinical characteristics of the overlap syndrome of asthma and COPD in older adults （ポスター掲示，一般） 2014/09/08
27.	Prescriptions for the treatment of chronic persistent cough and cough variant asthma by general practitioners in Tokyo metropolitan area （ポスター掲示，一般） 2014/05/18
28.	Comparable effects of regular treatment with combination of Salmeterol/ Fluticasone propionate and long-acting bata2-agonist in cough variant asthma （ポスター掲示，一般） 2013/05/19
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■ Education

1.	2022/04～2023/03	School of Public Health, Graduate School, Division of Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Completed, Master of Public Health
2.	2014/04～2018/03	〔Doctoral course〕〔Doctorial Course〕, Graduate School, Division of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Completed, Doctor of Philosophy
3.	2004/04～2010/03	Fukushima Medical University, Graduated