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Tohru Fukai

Barbara A. Schnuck Chr in Trans Medicine

Tohru Fukai

Barbara A. Schnuck Chr in Trans Medicine

Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Administration
Department of The Graduate School

Education

  • Ph.D., Medical Scientist. Kyushu University, 1995

  • MD, Medicine Kyushu University, 1988

Awards & Honors

  • American Physiological Society (APS)-CV section fellow American Physiological Society (APS), 2022

  • Circulation Research Reviewer Award American Heart Association, 2012

  • Circulation Research Reviewer Award American Heart Association, 2011

  • Circulation Research Reviewer Award American Heart Association, 2010

  • Circulation Research Reviewer Award American Heart Association, 2009

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • VBIO 9210

    Investigation of a Prob

  • VBIO 8020

    New Frontiers in Vasc Bio

  • VBIO 9010

    Seminar in Vascular Bio

  • VBIO 8010

    Methods in Cardiovascular Rese

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Type 1 Diabetes Impairs Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation Via Increasing Endothelial Cell Glycolysis Through Advanced Glycation End Products, PFKFB3, and Nox1-Mediated Mechanisms., 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Pentose Pathway Activation Is Superior to Increased Glycolysis for Therapeutic Angiogenesis in Peripheral Arterial Disease., 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Cysteine oxidation of copper transporter CTR1 drives VEGFR2 signalling and angiogenesis, 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Exercise improves angiogenic function of circulating exosomes in type 2 diabetes: Role of exosomal SOD3, 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Whole-Transcriptome Sequencing Analyses of Nuclear Antixoxidant-1 in Endothelial Cells: Role in Inflammation and Atherosclerosis., 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Department Service

  • the VBC post-doc evaluation committee 2018 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • the CNVAMC Subcommittee for Research Safety (SRS) 2018 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

University Service

  • the CNVAMC Subcommittee for Research Safety (SRS) 2018 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

Professional Service

  • VA 2017 - Present

    Role: Reviewer, Grant Proposal

  • NIH 2017 - Present

    Role: Reviewer, Grant Proposal

  • Editorial board for Scientific Reports 2017 - Present

    Role: Editorial Review Board Member

  • Editorial board for Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology 2016 - Present

    Role: Editorial Review Board Member

  • Editorial board for Am J Physiol-Heart and Circulatory Physiology 2015 - Present

    Role: Editorial Review Board Member