Prof. Dr. Tsutomu Yasukawa

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsOphthalmology
Keywordsadvanced glycation end products, age-related macular degeneration, choroidal neovascularization, drusen, retinal pigment epithelial cells

Current contact address

CountryJapan
CityNagoya
InstitutionNagoya City University

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Peter WiedemannKlinik und Poliklinik für Augenheilkunde, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/2001

Programme(s)

2000Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2006Tsutomu Yasukawa, Yuichiro Ogura, Hideya KImura, Eiji Sakurai, Yasuhiko Tabata.: Drug delivery from ocular implants. . In: Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 2006, 261-273
2005Tsutomu Yasukawa, Yuichiro Ogura, Eiji Sakurai, Yasuhiko Tabata, Hideya Kimura.: Intraocular sustained drug delivery using implantable polymeric devices. . In: Advanced Drug Delivery Review, 2005, 2033-2046
2005Tsutomu Yasukawa, Yousef Yafai, Yu-Sheng Wang, et al.: Preliminary results of development of a single-mode Q-switched Nd: YAG ring laser at 213 nm and its application for the microsurgical dissection of retinal tissue ex vivo. . In: Lasers Med Sci., 2005, 234-239
2004Tsutomu Yasukawa, Yuichiro Ogura, Yasuhiko Tabata, Hideya Kimura, Peter Wiedemann, Yoshihito Honda. Drug delivery systems for vitreoretinal diseases.. In: Progress in Retina and Eye Research, 2004, 253-281
2004Tsutomu Yasukawa, Stefan Hoffmann, Wolfram Eichler, Ulrike Friedrichs, Yu-Sheng Wang, Peter Wiedemann: Inhibition of experimental choroidal neovascularization in rats by an ?v-integrin antagonist.. In: Current Eye Research, 2004, 359-366
2002Tsutomu Yasukawa, Hideya Kimura, Jing Dong, Yasuhiko Tabata, Hideki Miyamoto, Yoshihito Honda, Yuichiro Ogura.: Effect of tranilast on proliferation, collagen gel contraction, and transforming growth factor beta secretion of retinal pigment epithelial cells and fibroblasts.. In: Ophthalmic Res, 2002, 206-212
2002Tsutomu Yasukawa, Hideya Kimura, Yasuhiko Tabata, Hideki Miyamoto, Yoshihito Honda, Yuichiro Ogura.: Sustained release of cis-hydroxyproline in the treatment of experimental proliferative vitreoretinopathy in rabbits.. In: Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol, 2002, 672-678
2002Tsutomu Yasukawa, Hideya Kimura, Yasuhiko Tabata, Hiroshi Kamizuru, Hideki Miyamoto, Yoshihito Honda, Yuichiro Ogura: Targeting of interferon to choroidal neovascularization by use of dextran and metal coordination.. In: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 2002, 842-848
2001Tsutomu Yasukawa, Hideya Kimura, Yasuhiko Tabata, Yuichiro Ogura.: Biodegradable scleral plugs for vitreoretinal drug delivery.. In: Adv Drug Deliv Rev, 2001, 25-36