Updated on 2019/06/14

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OKAMURA Ken
 
Title
Assistant Professor
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+81-23-628-5361
 
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+81-23-628-5364
 
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(Education) M.D. Yamagata University School of Medicine,Yamagata, Japan 4/2004- 3/2010 Ph.D. Yamagata University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan 4/2012- 3/2016 (Academic and Professional Appointments) Junior Resident, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine,Yamagata, Japan 4/2010- 6/2010 Junior Resident, Okitama Public General Hospital, Yamagata, Japan 7/2010- 5/2011 Junior Resident, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine,Yamagata, Japan 6/2011- 3/2012 Resident, Department of Dermatology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan 4/2012- 3/2016 Research Associate, Department of Dermatology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan 4/2016- present

Research Areas

  • Pigmentation disorders

Academic Society Affiliations

  • Japanese Dermatological Association

  • Japanese Society for Pigment Cell Research

  • Japanese Society for Investigate Dermatology

  • Society for Investigate Dermatology

 

Papers

  • Melanotic Malignant Melanoma in Oculocutaneous Albinism Type 4., Acta Derm Venereol, 97(2) 287-288, 2017.02

    Ozaki Saeko, Funasaka Yoko, Otsuka Yohei, Oyama Satomi, Ito Michiko, Osada Shin-Ichi, Ueno Takashi, Okamura Ken, Hozumi Yutaka, Suzuki Tamio, Kawana Seiji, Saeki Hidehisa

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Microsatellite polymorphism located immediately upstream of the phosphatidylinositol glycan, class K gene (PIGK) affects its expression, which correlates with tyrosinase activity in human melanocytes., J Dermatol Sci, 85(2) 131-134, 2017.02

    Okamura Ken, Hayashi Masahiro, Abe Yuko, Araki Yuta, Hozumi Yutaka, Suzuki Tamio

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • A novel three dimensional imaging method for the measurement of area in vitiligo and chemical leukoderma., J Dermatol Sci, 84(2) 219-221, 2016.11

    Hayashi Masahiro, Okamura Ken, Araki Yuta, Suzuki Masami, Tanaka Tomoyo, Abe Yuko, Nakano Shoko, Yoshizawa Junko, Hozumi Yutaka, Inoie Masukazu, Suzuki Tamio

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Whole-exome sequencing confirmation of multiple MC1R variants associated with extensive freckles and red hair: Analysis of a Mongolian family., J Dermatol Sci, 84(2) 216-219, 2016.11

    Araki Yuta, Okamura Ken, Munkhbat Batmunkh, Tamiya Gen, Erdene-Ochir Bujin, Nemekhbaatar Lkhasuren, Hozumi Yutaka, Suzuki Tamio

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria complicated by intracranial hemangiomas and Parry-Romberg syndrome., J Dermatol, 43(9) 1106-1108, 2016.09

    Yanagishita Saki, Fukai Kazuyoshi, Tsuruta Daisuke, Seto Toshiyuki, Shimono Taro, Okamura Ken, Hozumi Yutaka, Suzuki Tamio

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Case of a neutrophilic dermatosis involving lung abscess after influenza vaccination., J Dermatol, 2016.08

    Okamura Ken, Saitoh Hiroshi, Saitoh Soichi, Suzuki Tamio

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Case of Japanese Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome patient with deeply invasive squamous cell carcinoma and multiple lesions of actinic keratosis on the face and neck., J Dermatol, 2016.05

    Iwata Yohei, Kobayashi Tsukane, Arima Masaru, Numata Shigeki, Yagami Akiko, Okamura Ken, Araki Yuta, Sugiura Kazumitsu, Suzuki Tamio, Matsunaga Kayoko

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Behavior of melanocytes and keratinocytes in reticulate acropigmentation of Kitamura., Pigment Cell Melanoma Res, 29(2) 243-246, 2016.03

    Okamura Ken, Abe Yuko, Araki Yuta, Hozumi Yutaka, Kawaguchi Masakazu, Suzuki Tamio

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Genetic analyses of oculocutaneous albinism types 2 and 4 with eight novel mutations., J Dermatol Sci, 81(2) 140-142, 2016.02

    Okamura Ken, Araki Yuta, Abe Yuko, Shigyou Akari, Fujiyama Toshiharu, Baba Atsunori, Kanekura Takuro, Chinen Yasutsugu, Kono Michihiro, Niizeki Hironori, Tsubota Akiko, Konno Takayuki, Hozumi Yutaka, ...

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Rhododenol-induced leukoderma in a mouse model mimicking Japanese skin., J Dermatol Sci, 81(1) 35-43, 2016.01

    Abe Yuko, Okamura Ken, Kawaguchi Masakazu, Hozumi Yutaka, Aoki Hitomi, Kunisada Takahiro, Ito Shosuke, Wakamatsu Kazumasa, Matsunaga Kayoko, Suzuki Tamio

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Waardenburg syndrome type IIE in a Japanese patient caused by a novel missense mutation in the SOX10 gene., J Dermatol, 42(12) 1211-1212, 2015.12

    Okamura Ken, Oiso Naoki, Tamiya Gen, Makino Satoshi, Tsujioka Daishi, Abe Yuko, Kawaguchi Masakazu, Hozumi Yutaka, Shimomura Yoshikazu, Suzuki Tamio

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Immunohistopathological analysis of frizzled-4-positive immature melanocytes from hair follicles of patients with Rhododenol-induced leukoderma., J Dermatol Sci, 80(2) 156-158, 2015.11

    Okamura Ken, Ohe Rintaro, Abe Yuko, Ueki Masao, Hozumi Yutaka, Tamiya Gen, Matsunaga Kayoko, Yamakawa Mitsunori, Suzuki Tamio

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Case of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome 1 in a Japanese infant., J Dermatol, 42(9) 906-907, 2015.09

    Tanaka Mari, Yang Liping, Wataya-Kaneda Mari, Suzuki Tamio, Okamura Ken, Hozumi Yutaka, Yang Fei, Katayama Ichiro

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Mutation analyses of patients with dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria: Ten novel mutations of the ADAR1 gene., J Dermatol Sci, 79(1) 88-90, 2015.07

    Okamura Ken, Abe Yuko, Fukai Kazuyoshi, Tsuruta Daisuke, Suga Yasushi, Nakamura Motonobu, Funasaka Yoko, Oka Masahiro, Suzuki Noriyuki, Wataya-Kaneda Mari, Seishima Mariko, Hozumi Yutaka, Kawaguchi Ma...

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) in Japanese patients: five novel mutations., J Dermatol Sci, 74(2) 173-174, 2014.05

    Okamura Ken, Yoshizawa Junko, Abe Yuko, Hanaoka Keiko, Higashi Naoyuki, Togawa Yaei, Nakagawa Seitaro, Kambe Naotomo, Funasaka Yoko, Ohko Kentaro, Hozumi Yutaka, Suzuki Tamio

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Chemoradiation using cisplatin and S-1 in locally advanced giant squamous cell carcinoma of the buttock., J Dermatol, 41(3) 274-275, 2014.03

    Yaguchi Yoriko, Kawaguchi Masakazu, Murata Ichidai, Okamura Ken, Katagiri Yoshiyuki, Suzuki Tamio

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Case of a Mongolian child with extensive Mongolian spots in mucopolysaccharidosis type VI: identification of a novel mutation in the arylsulfatase B gene., J Dermatol, 40(9) 758-759, 2013.09

    Okamura Ken, Munkhbat Batmunkh, Batchimeg Batbaatar, Tamiya Gen, Hozumi Yutaka, Suzuki Tamio

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

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Academic Awards Received

  • Grant by the Japanese Dermatological Association for the Basic Dermatological Research from Shiseido, 2018.04, Japan, Ken Okamura

  • JSPCR (Japanese Society for Pigment Cell Research) Encouraging Prize, 2017, 2017.10, Japan, Ken Okamura

  • SID/JSID Young Fellow Collegiality Awards, 2017, 2017.04, Japan, Ken Okamura

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

  • Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists,2018.04 - 2021.03

  • Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists(B),2016.04 - 2018.03

Other external funds procured

  • Kao Melanin Workshop,2018.04 - 2019.03

  • Kao Melanin Workshop,2016.04 - 2017.03