Researchers

FUJITA Mitsugu

FUJITA Mitsugu
Associate Professor
Faculty Department of Medicine
Researchmap https://researchmap.jp/mfujita47

Education and Career

Education

  • 1991/04 - 1997/03 , Nagoya University School of Medicine (M.D.),
  • 2001/04 - 2005/03 , Nagoya Universty Graduate School of Medicine (Ph.D.),

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Apr. 2021 - Today , Kindai University Faculty of Medicine Center for Medical Education and Clinical Training Associate Professor
  • Apr. 2012 - Mar. 2021 , Kindai University Faculty of Medicine Department of Microbiology Associate Professor
  • Apr. 2011 - Mar. 2012 , Aichi Cancer Center Division of Cancer Immunology Section Head
  • Feb. 2011 - Mar. 2011 , Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital Department of Neurosurgery Senior Neurosurgeon
  • Nov. 2009 - Jan. 2011 , University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Department of Neurological Surgery Assistant Professor
  • Nov. 2008 - Oct. 2009 , University of Pittsuburgh School of Medicine Department of Neurological Surgery Research Instructor
  • Jan. 2006 - Oct. 2008 , University of Pittsuburgh School of Medicine Department of Neurological Surgery Visiting Research Associate
  • Apr. 1999 - Mar. 2001 , Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital Department of Neurosurgery Neurosurgeon
  • Apr. 1997 - Mar. 1999 , Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital Resident

Research Activities

Research Areas

  • Life sciences, Healthcare management, medical sociology
  • Life sciences, Molecular biology
  • Life sciences, Tumor biology
  • Life sciences, Neurosurgery
  • Life sciences, Immunology

Research Interests

医学教育学, CAR-T細胞療法, 腫瘍微小環境, ケモカイン, がんの脳転移, Tumor immunology, Brain tumors

Published Papers

  1. Paquinimod Targeting of the S100A8/A9 Axis Suppresses Liver Metastasis in Aged Mice.
    Takao Tsuneki; Masafumi Saito; Kimihiro Yamashita; Masayuki Ando; Keisuke Yasuda; Naoto Shirakami; Ryota Ito; Yukari Adachi; Hiroki Kagiyama; Takaaki Tachibana; Masaki Imai; Sachiko Inubushi; Kazuki Kanayama; Yu-Ichiro Koma; Mitsugu Fujita; Joerg-Matthias Pollok; Yutaka Sugita; Taro Ikeda; Yasufumi Koterazawa; Tomoaki Aoki; Hitoshi Harada; Yasunori Otowa; Naoki Urakawa; Hironobu Goto; Hiroshi Hasegawa; Shingo Kanaji; Takeru Matsuda; Yoshihiro Kakeji
    Cancers  18  (10)  19, May. 2026  , Refereed
  2. Short- and long-term dynamics of gut microbiota, highlighting Fusobacterium nucleatum, Parvimonas micra, and Peptostreptococcus stomatis after colorectal cancer resection: prospective cohort study.
    Tomosuke Mukoyama; Kimihiro Yamashita; Masafumi Saito; Mitsugu Fujita; Seiichi Omura; Takuo Emoto; Tomoya Yamashita; Masayuki Ando; Kyosuke Agawa; Kota Yamada; Akihiro Watanabe; Tomoki Abe; Takao Tsuneki; Yukari Adachi; Ryuichiro Sawada; Yasufumi Koterazawa; Hitoshi Harada; Naoki Urakawa; Hironobu Goto; Hiroshi Hasegawa; Shingo Kanaji; Takeru Matsuda; Taro Oshikiri; Yoshihiro Kakeji
    BJS open  10  (3)  12, May. 2026  , Refereed
  3. Association of Iba1-Positive Macrophages and B7-H3-Positive Tumor Cells with Tumor Growth Kinetics in WHO Grade II Meningioma: A Pilot Watch-and-Wait Cohort Study.
    Eiji Ito; Masasuke Ohno; Mao Yokota; Shunichiro Kuramitsu; Toru Nagasaka; Toshiaki Inomo; Tadashi Watanabe; Mitsugu Fujita
    Cancers  18  (10)  10, May. 2026  , Refereed

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Books etc

  1. Brain Tumors - Current and Emerging Therapeutic Strategies, Immunotherapeutic Strategies for Brain Tumors , Hideho Okada; Mitsugu Fujita , InTech , Nov. 2011

Conference Activities & Talks

  1. γ-Glutamylcyclotransferase, transcriptionally accommodated by c-Jun, regulates proliferation of glioblastoma stem cells via Notch1 , 野瀬梢; 谷口恵香; 藤田貢; 茂山千愛美; 森昌也; 石田泉樹; 吉田達士; 飯居宏美; 酒井敏行; 中田晋 , 日本薬学会年会要旨集(Web) , 2025
  2. Targeting Cysteine Metabolism in Glioblastoma with GGCT and xCT Inhibitors to Enhance Ferroptosis , 森昌也; 曽根夕日; 松村麻生; 藤野瑛菜; 野瀬梢; 藤田貢; 松本崇宏; 飯居宏美; 中田晋 , 日本薬学会年会要旨集(Web) , 2025
  3. Combination of xCT inhibitor and GGCT inhibitor induces ferroptosis via cysteine depletion and synergistically suppresses glioblastoma stem cell proliferation , 曽根夕日; 森昌也; 松村麻生; 藤野瑛菜; 野瀬梢; 藤田貢; 松本崇宏; 飯居宏美; 中田晋 , 日本薬学会年会要旨集(Web) , 2025

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MISC

  1. 毎年実施されるプロフェッショナリズム教育は学生の共感力を下げない可能性がある , 池田 行宏; 三井 良之; 藤田 貢; 平野 豊; 冨士 佳弘; 東 賢一; 前田 法一; 梶 博史; 西尾 和人 , 医学教育 , 56 , Suppl. , 325 , 325 , Jul. 2025
  2. ホスピタルアートの教育プログラムはどの教育アウトカムと関連付けるべきか 学生へのアンケート調査から , 三井 良之; 池田 行宏; 藤田 貢; 梶 博史; 西尾 和人; 森田 ゆたか , 医学教育 , 56 , Suppl. , 348 , 348 , Jul. 2025
  3. グライコアレイデータの探索型因子分析によるギラン・バレー症候群診断に関連する潜在因子の同定 , 尾村誠一; 清水和秋; 桑原基; 森川みゆき; 藤田貢; 朴雅美; 佐藤文孝; PEDIO Erika; 楠進; 角田郁生 , 近畿大学医学雑誌 , 43 , 3-4 , 18A , 18A , 14, Dec. 2018

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Awards & Honors

  1. Jul. 2026, 近畿大学医学部, 2025 年度 Good Support Teacher 賞
  2. Jul. 2026, 近畿大学医学部, 2025 年度 Best teacher 賞
  3. Jul. 2025, 近畿大学医学部, 2024 年度 Good Support Teacher 賞

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Research Grants & Projects

  1. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Development and Evaluation of a 3D Metaverse-Based Undergraduate Medica Educational Program to Enhance Interprofessional Collaboration Between Dentistry and Nutrition , Okayama University
  2. 日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 転移性脳腫瘍における三次リンパ構造由来抗体を用いたCAR-T細胞療法の開発 , 愛知県がんセンター(研究所)
  3. 日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 病理組織学的空間解析を用いた食道癌個別化治療体系の開発 , 神戸大学

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