Associate Prof. Hidemitsu Kitamura

Hidemitsu Kitamura is an associate professor at the Section of Disease Control, the Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan.

Research Areas

  • Life sciences / Experimental pathology
  • Life sciences / Tumor diagnostics and therapeutics
  • Life sciences / Immunology

Academic & Professional Experience
2014 - Today Hokkaido UniversityInstitute for Genetic Medicine
2007 - 2014 Hokkaido UniversityInstitute for Genetic Medicine
2006 - 2007 Hokkaido UniversityInstitute for Genetic Medicine
2006 Hokkaido UniversityInstitute for Genetic Medicine

Education
- 1998 Hokkaido University Graduate School, Division of Earth Environmental Science and Technology
- 1995 Hokkaido University Graduate School, Division of Earth Environmental Science and Technology
1989/04 - 1993/03 Hirosaki University
- 1993 Hirosaki University Faculty of Agriculture

Association Memberships
Japan Research Association for Immunotherapeutics

Selected publications

IL6 modulates the immune status of the tumor microenvironment to facilitate metastatic colonization of colorectal cancer cells.
Toyoshima Y, Kitamura H, Xiang H, Ohno Y, Homma S, Kawamura H, Takahashi N, Kamiyama T, Tanino M, Taketomi A
Cancer Immunol Res Cancer Immunol Res in press 2019/09 [Refereed][Not invited]
研究論文(学術雑誌)

L-type calcium channel-mediated Zinc wave is involved in the regulation of IL-6 by stimulating non-IgE with LPS and IL-33 in mast cells and dendritic cells
Uchida R, Xiang H, Arai H, Kitamura H, Nishida K
Biol Pharm Bull Biol Pharm Bull 42 (1) 87 - 93 2019/01 [Refereed][Not invited]
研究論文(学術雑誌)

Interleukin-6/STAT3 signaling as a promising target to improve the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy
Kitamura H, Ohno Y, Toyoshima Y, Ohtake J, Homma S, Kawamura H, Takahashi N, Taketomi A
Cancer Sci Cancer Sci 108 (10) 1947 - 1952 2017/10 [Refereed][Not invited]
研究論文(学術雑誌)

Lack of interleukin-6 in the tumor microenvironment augments type-1 immunity and increases the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy
Ohno Y, Toyoshima Y, Yurino H, Monma N, Xiang H, Sumida K, Kaneumi S, Terada S, Hashimoto S, Ikeo K, Homma S, Kawamura H, Takahashi N, Taketomi A, Kitamura H
Cancer Sci Cancer Sci 108 (10) 1959 - 1966 2017/10 [Refereed][Not invited]
研究論文(学術雑誌)

Ecrg4 contributes to the anti-glioma immunosurveillance through type-I interferon signaling.
Moriguchi T, Kaneumi S, Takeda S, Enomoto K, Mishra SK, Miki T, Koshimizu U, Kitamura H, Kondo T
Oncoimmunology Oncoimmunology 5 (12) e1242547 2016/08 [Refereed][Not invited]
研究論文(学術雑誌)

Role: 
Associate Professor
Department: 
Section of Disease Control, Institute of Genetic Medicine
Academic discipline: