Faculty Information - KURATA Atsushi

（Last updated : 2026-02-19 15:20:00）

KURATA Atsushi
Department School of Medicine, School of Medicine Department of Pathology, Division of Pathological Neuroscience

Position Professor and Division head

■ Books

Chapter contribution　

Immunopathogenesis and presumable antigen pathway of sarcoidosis: A comprehensive approach, Sarcoidosis Diagnosis and Management 2011/10/21

■ Published papers

1.	Original article	Fascin expression is associated with aggressive clinicopathological features in parathyroid tumors 2026
2.	Original article	Suppressive role of fukutin on cell proliferation in uterine cervical carcinoma in relation to Aurora-A kinase 2025/09
3.	Case report	An Autopsy Case of Fulminant Systemic Infection of Clostridium perfringens With a Diverse Role of Toxins in a Healthy Patient 2024/11
4.	Original article	DNA hypomethylator phenotype reprograms glutamatergic network in receptor tyrosine kinase gene-mutated glioblastoma 2024/03/13
5.	Original article	Metabolic and epigenetic reprogramming in a case of nuclear protein in testis (NUT) carcinoma of the retroperitoneum. 2024/01/23
6.	Original article	Smooth muscle differentiation of coronary intima in autopsy tissues after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation 2023/06/07
7.	Original article	Expression of L-type amino acid transporter 1 is a poor prognostic factor for Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 2021/11/04
8.	Original article	Fascin as a useful marker for cancer-associated fibroblasts in invasive lung adenocarcinoma 2021/09/03
9.	Original article	Cisplatin induces differentiation in teratomas derived from pluripotent stem cells 2021/06/08
10.	Other	Strategy for postmortem diagnosis of myocardial infarction 2020/02
11.	Review article	JCS 2017 Guideline on Management of Vasculitis Syndrome　- Digest Version 2020/01/24
12.	Original article	Fascin as a useful marker for identifying neural components in immature teratomas of human ovary and those derived from murine embryonic stem cells 2019/07
13.	Original article	Intramucosal colorectal carcinoma with lymphovascular invasion: clinicopathological characteristics of nine cases 2019/06
14.	Original article	Differentiated thyroid cancer: Why does it affect predominantly women during the reproductive period and have higher incidence of mutual association with breast cancer? 2019/01
15.	Other	Building an understanding of the mechanisms of atherosclerosis leading to myocardial infarction 2019
16.	Original article	Expression level of microRNA-200c is associated with cell morphology in vitro and histological differentiation through regulation of ZEB1/2 and E-cadherin in gastric carcinoma 2018/01
17.	Case report	Thyroid carcinoma on the side of the absent lobe in a patient with thyroid hemiagenesis 2017/11/27
18.	Original article	Vascular smooth muscle cell maturation stage and Ki-67 index are diagnostic biomarkers for pathologic grade of ovarian teratoma 2017/11
19.	Case report	Case report of 2 sudden deaths after surgery for bone fracture: Usefulness of immunohistochemical analysis of coronary artery for identifying acute myocardial infarction 2017/05
20.	Original article	L-type amino acid transporter 1 expression in esophageal carcinogenesis according to WHO and Japanese classifications of intraepithelial neoplasia 2017/05
21.	Case report	Atherosclerosis of aberrant arteries from the left gastric artery into the right intralobar pulmonary sequestration complicated by mycobacterial epithelioid cell granuloma 2017/01
22.	Original article	Solitary pulmonary capillary hemangioma of adult cases: Clinicopathologic characteristics as an unrecognized entity 2016/10
23.	Case report	Necrotizing arteritis occurring in an intralobar pulmonary sequestration of a patient without systemic vasculitis syndrome 2016/05
24.	Original article	Quantitative nucleic features are effective for discrimination of intraductal proliferative lesions of the breast 2016/01/29
25.	Original article	Does perineural invasion of the myenteric plexus have a key role in annular rectal invasion and digestive system symptoms of prostate carcinoma patients? 2015/12
26.	Case report	Pulmonary arterial hypertension due to pulmonary vascular amyloid deposition in a patient with multiple myeloma 2015/11/01
27.	Original article	Smooth muscle immaturity in the carotid arterial neointima as a prognostic marker for systemic atherogenic cardiovascular events in the Asian male 2015/11/01
28.	Original article	Lymphatic Stomata in the Adult Human Pulmonary Ligament 2015/06
29.	Original article	Immaturity of smooth muscle cells in the neointima is associated with acute coronary syndrome 2015/01
30.	Case report	Carcinomatous encephalitis presenting with progressive dementia 2015
31.	Original article	Evaluation of the human papillomavirus mRNA test for the detection of cervical lesions in Japan 2015
32.	Case report	Improvement of IgG4-related Disease with a Supplemental Steroid 2015
33.	Case report	Ovarian small cell carcinoma of pulmonary type appearing in ante-mortem ascites: An autopsy case and review of the literature 2015
34.	Original article	Expression of L-type amino acid transporter 1 in various skin lesions 2014/10
35.	Case report	Multifocal kaposiform hemangioendothelioma in multiple visceral organs: an autopsy of 9-day-old female baby 2014/08
36.	Case report	Young-age-onset pancreatoduodenal carcinoma in Shwachman-Diamond syndrome 2014/02
37.	Original article	Association of renal cyst size with abdominal aortic dilatation in non-aneurysmal subjects 2014
38.	Case report	AP-VAS 2012 case report: a case of systemic MPO-ANCA-associated vasculitis that demonstrated brain infarction and immunohistochemically MPO-positive capillaries 2013/11
39.	Other	Supplement: Hygiene hypothesis: why south/north geographical differences in prevalence of asthma and sarcoidosis? 2013/11
40.	Original article	Correlation between number of renal cysts and aortic circumferences measured using autopsy material 2013/07
41.	Original article	Small cell ovarian carcinomas - Characterisation of two rare tumor entities 2013/07
42.	Case report	Intracaval and intracardiac extension of invasive thymoma complicated by superior and inferior vena cava syndrome 2013/01
43.	Original article	Hygiene hypothesis: why south/north geographical differences in prevalence of asthma and sarcoidosis? 2012/09
44.	Original article	Mitotic figure recognition: agreement among pathologists and computerized detector 2012
45.	Original article	Divergent expression of L-type amino acid transporter 1 during uterine cervical carcinogenesis 2011/11
46.	Original article	Fascin expression in dendritic cells and tumor epithelium in thymoma and thymic carcinoma 2011/11
47.	Review article	Aortic aneurysms in systemic lupus erythematosus: a meta-analysis of 35 cases in the literature and two different pathogeneses 2011/01
48.	Original article	Immunohistochemical characteristics of atypical polypoid adenomyoma with special reference to h-caldesmo 2011/01
49.	Case report	Aortic intramural hematoma associated with metastatic carcinoma 2010/12/15
50.	Case report	Adenocarcinoma of small intestinal type in retroperitoneal mature teratoma 2010/10
51.	Case report	Identification of MPO-positive capillaries of the pleura by immunohistochemistry in MPO-ANCA associated vasculitis 2010/09
52.	Case report	Immature teratoma of the ovary with distant metastases: favorable prognosis and insights into chemotherapeutic retroconversion 2010/09
53.	Case report	Two cases of breast carcinoma with osteoclastic giant cells: are the osteoclastic giant cells pro-tumoural differentiation of macrophages? 2010/08/23
54.	Case report	Extremely enlarged right atrial appendage in paediatric idiopathic pulmonary hypertension 2010/08
55.	Case report	Coexistent atypical polypoid adenomyoma and complex atypical endometrial hyperplasia in the uterus 2010/07
56.	Case report	Sarcoidal granulomas in the spleen associated with multiple carcinomas 2010/07
57.	Original article	Where does the antigen of cutaneous sarcoidosis come from? 2010/02
58.	Case report	Multiple aortic aneurysms complicated by a rupture in the systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report 2008/07/23
59.	Original article	Inflammatory cells in the formation of tumor-related sarcoid reactions 2005/05
60.	Case report	Systemic granulomatous necrotizing vasculitis in a MPO-ANCA-positive patient 2004/08
61.	Review article	Reappraisal of thromboangiitis obliterans--a pathological contribution 2004
62.	Original article	Different immunophenotypes in Buerger's disease 2003/09
63.	Case report	Multiple ulcers with perforation of the small intestine in buerger's disease: a case report 2003/09
64.	Case report	Clinically unidentified dissection of vertebral artery as a cause of cerebellar infarction 2001/06
65.	Original article	Clinicopathological study of intracranial fusiform and dolichoectatic aneurysms : insight on the mechanism of growth 2000/04
66.	Original article	Ten years' experience of aortic aneurysm associated with systemic lupus erythematosus 2000/03
67.	Original article	Thromboangiitis obliterans: classic and new morphological features 2000/01
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■ Academic conference presentation

1.	冠動脈の不安定プラークのUP　DATE （Speech，Special/Invited Lecture） 2024/02/24
2.	Differentiation of intimal smooth muscle cells as a beneficial role in the prognosis of coronary artery disease, in discussions of both plaque stability and coronary stent restenosis （Speech，Special/Invited Lecture） 2023/08/21
3.	Rsduced hippocampal neurogenesis in adult Smad4 CKO mice （Speech，General） 2023/07/06
4.	Immunohistological analysis of mechanisms of thrombus formation in autopsy cases of Trousseau syndorome （Speech，General） 2022/11/26
5.	Cisplatin induces differentiation in pluripotent stem cell-derived immature teratoma （Speech，General） 2021/09
6.	Significance of CA125-positive histiocytes by immunocytochemistry of peritoneal washing and ascites cytology in diagnosis of endometriosis （Speech，General） 2018/09
7.	Symposium 7 (SY7): Cardiovascular Surgical Pathology. Histological characteristics of Takayasu arteritis （Speech，Panelist at Symposium/Workshop (Appointed)） 2017/11
8.	Session: Cardiovascular Pathology: Pathology of Takayasu arteritis （Speech，Panelist at Symposium/Workshop (Appointed)） 2014/10
9.	A case of systemic MPO-ANCA associated vasculitis that demonstrated brain infarction and immunohistochemically MPO-positive capillaries （Speech，General） 2012/03/28
10.	Assessment of cytological appearance of malignant mesothelioma （Speech，General） 2010/01/15
11.	Difference of L-type Amino-acid Transporter 1 Expression in Hormone-reactive and Hormone-refractory Prostate Cancer （Speech，General） 2009/11
12.	Morphological change of cultured papillary thyroid carcinoma cells in various conditions （Speech，General） 2009/09
13.	A case of atypical polypoid adenomyoma in endometrial hyperplasia, complex （Speech，General） 2009/01
14.	Reappraisal of thromboangiitis obliterans （Speech，Panelist at Symposium/Workshop (Appointed)） 2004/06
15.	Thromboangiitis obliterans: classical and new pathological features （Speech，General） 1998/09
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