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Record of research achievements
Publications
Fujii Y, Yoshino Y, Chihara K, Nakae A, Enmi JI, Yoshioka Y, Miyawaki I. Detection of fenoldopaminduced arteritis in rats using ex vivo / in vivo MRI. Toxicol Rep. 2022 Jul 28;9:1595-1602.
Fujii Y, Yoshino Y, Chihara K, Nakae A, Enmi JI, Yoshioka Y, Miyawaki I. Evaluation of in vivo MRI
for detecting midodrine-induced arteritis in rats. Toxicol Rep. 2023 Jan 5;10:97-103.
Conference presentations
Title: Detection of drug-induced vasculitis using in vivo MRI
Conference: The 47th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Toxicology
Presentation form: Poster
Title: Evaluation of rodent toxicity using MRI: fatty liver and vasculitis
Conference: The 47th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Toxicology
Presentation form: Oral (Work shop)
Title: in vivo イメージング技術の毒性評価への応用
Conference: 第 4 回 医薬品毒性機序研究会
Presentation form: Oral (Symposium)
Title: Detection of Fenoldopam-induced arteritis in rats using ex vivo/in vivo MRI
Conference: The 3rd Annual Scientific Meeting of Asian Society of Magnetic Resonance in
Medicine and the 49th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Presentation form: Poster
Title: Detection of drug-induced arteritis in rats using ex vivo/in vivo MRI
Conference: The 38th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Toxicologic Pathology
Presentation form: Oral (Work shop)
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Acknowledgements
I would like to express my deep gratitude to my supervisor, Professor Takeshi Yagi of Osaka
University and Yoshichika Yoshioka (former Professor of Osaka University), for their support and
kind guidance throughout the process of carrying out this research and completing my dissertation.
At the same time, I would like to express my deep gratitude to Dr. Jun-ichiro Enmi for his guidance
on experimental techniques and many valuable advices in carrying out this research.
Furthermore, we would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone in the Preclinical Research
Unit of Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. for their support in this research.
Finally, I would like to thank my family for their continuous support for my research activities.
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