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Masaaki Kurahashi

Physician · Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine

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History

Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
2021–Present

Toyohashi Municipal Hospital
2001–2004
University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine
Toyohashi Municipal Hospital
1998–2001
Nagoya University School of Medicine
1994–1998

Research

A functional role for the 'fibroblast-like cells' in gastrointestinal smooth muscles
The Journal of Physiology · 2011 · First of 6 authors · 186 citations
Platelet-derived growth factor receptor-α-positive cells and not smooth muscle cells mediate purinergic hyperpolarization in murine colonic muscles
American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology · 2014 · First of 4 authors · 83 citations
Platelet-derived growth factor receptor α-positive cells in the tunica muscularis of human colon
Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine · 2012 · First of 5 authors · 80 citations

KS
Kent Sasse
3 papers
Laren Becker
2 papers
Aida Habtezion
1 paper
Andres Gottfried
1 paper
Hirotaka Hasegawa
1 paper
SR
Samuel Rubin
1 paper

Grants

Inhibitory Mechanisms of PDGFRa+ Interstitial Cells in Gastrointestinal Motility
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $2.3M · University of Iowa
2013–2024