Titles of Research Projects in the Department of Oral Microbiology (Directed by Prof. Hoshino)

• Microbiological and immunological approach to dental caries, and endodontic and periodontal diseases.Published papers
• Oral asaccharolytic anaerobes, with special attention to new species of the genus Eubacterium which will be assigned to new positions.
• Ecology of dental plaque.Published papers
• Physiological characteristics of oral obligate anaerobes.Published papers
• Immuno-chemical structures of oral bacterial antigens.Published papers
• Lesion sterilization and tissure repair (LSTR) therapy. Information and Published papers

GRANTS

Grant duration:
From April of the year indicated to March of the next year

ON-GOING

• HOSHINO Etsuro, Kota K., Suzuki M, Oyanagi H.
  JSPS-UGC Joint Researc Program, (H18-20)(200-2008)
  A model program of Oral Public Health in Bangladesh.
  
• HOSHINO Etsuro, Kota K., Ohshima H., Suzuki M.
  JSPS-GDHE Joint Researc Program, (H18-20)(200-2008)
  The New Paradigm In Oral Health: Tissue Repair Strategy Using LSTR Method.
  
• Boonyanit Thaweboon, HOSHINO Etsuro.
  JSPS Dissertation prgram, (H16-20)(2004-2008)
  Detection of host DNA from periodontal pockets and sera for precaution of epithelial barrier destruction and acute infection.
  
• Juni Handajani, HOSHINO Etsuro.
  JSPS Dissertation prgram, (H18-22)(2006-2010)
  Repair of Infected Dental Pulps with Spontaneous Pain After LSTR 3Mix-MP Therapy-Pathohistological Evaluation.
  

Completed and Reported

• HOSHINO Etsuro, Kota K., Ohshima H., Suzuki M.
  GADSR (B), (H17-19)(2005-2007)
  Immuno- and patho-histologicla evaluation of LSTR 3Mix-MP Save-pulp therapy.
  
• HOSHINO Etsuro Kota K., Yagi M.
  GADSR (B)(2), (H14-17)(2002-2005)
  Internation Dental Health Models for advanced caries treatment in dentist-less areas.
  
• Sato Michiko, supervised by HOSHINO Etsuro
  GA-EYS (2), (2004)
  AAGNC culture-difficult bacteria having unique metabolisms
  
• Ikeda Tetsuro, supervised by HOSHINO Etsuro
  GA-EYS (2), (2004)
  Agents to sipport growth of AAGPR, culture difficult oral bacteria
  
• Sato Michiko, supervised by HOSHINO Etsuro
  GA-EYS (2), (2003)
  Isolation and identification of fungus-like anaerobic rods from oral cavitities
  
• HOSHINO Etsuro, F. Nakazawa, N. Sato & H. Uematsu
  GADSR Research Project (12470383)(2000-2002)
  Capusulataion of foreign bodies - A new immunological mechanism to remove infected bacteria in lesions-
  
• HOSHINO Etsuro, T. Ishii, T. Nishizawa, S. Imai, K. Fukusima, Y. Iijima, T. Matsukobo, N. Takahasi, T. Kanehira, S. Watanabe & J. Matsuyama
  MH-SRG (H12-MT-005)(2000-2002) Standerized evalution of low-, non- and anti-cariogenic food for the popularization
  
• Sato Michiko, supervised by HOSHINO Etsuro
  GA-EYS (2), (2002)
  Isolation and identification of fungus-like anaerobic rods from oral cavitities
  
• IKEDA Tetsuro (Spv. by HOSHINO Etsuro)
  GA-EYS (2), (2002)
  Growth stimulation of assaccharolytic anaaerobic bacteria by peptides available in inflamed lesions
  
• HOSHINO Etsuro>, K. Kota & H. Mayanagi
  GADSR Research Project (12557182)(2000-2001)
  Lesion Sterilization and Tissue Repair (LSTR)-Endodontic Therapy for decidious teeth with physioloical root resorption -To save decidious teeth -
  
• NAKAZAWA Futoshi, & HOSHINO Etsuro, Sato Naomi, YOSHIE Hiromasa, OKUDA Kazuhiko & SUDA Norihiko
  GADSR Research Project (11671798)(1999-2001)
  Heterogenicity and pathogenecicity of anaerobic Gram-nagative rods on oral infective lesions.
• SATO Michiko (Spv. by HOSHINO Etsuro)
  GA-EYS (2), 2001
  Fungus-like anaerobic bacteria associated with glossitis of oral xerosis.
• HOSHINO Etsuro
  GA-ER Research Project (11877316)(1999-2000)
  Biological action modes of Bacterial mass in biofilms.
• HOSHINO Etsuro & S. E. Poco Jr.
  GA-JSPSF Research Project (99174)(1999-2000)
  Phylogenetical classification of oral asaccharolytic anaerobic Gram-positive rods (AAGPR) and their pathogenicities in oral infectious diseases
  
• IKEDA Tetsuro (Spv. by HOSHINO Etsuro)
  GA-EYS (2), (2000)
  Growth stimulation of assaccharolytic anaaerobic bacteria by peptides available in inflamed lesions
  
• HOSHINO Etsuro
  JSPS 1999 (Short term international Resaerch Grant)
  Lesion sterilization and tissue repair therapy in endodontic treatment (LSTR-NIET) in Bangladesh rural areas. April 4-20, 1999.
• HOSHINO Etsuro & Zhu Min
  GA-JSPSF (98145)(1998-1999)
  Cariogenic Bacteria in Biofilm
• HOSHINO Etsuro, NAKAZAWA Futoshi & Sato Naomi
  GADSR Research Project (09470390)(1997-1999)
  Priodontitis-pathgenicity of culture-difficult bacteria which predominate in periodontal pockets.
• IWAKU Masaaki, HOSHINO Etsuro, KOTA Kohichi, AYUKAWA Yukio and YAMAGA Masahiro.
  GADSR Research Project (A)(2)(08107063)(1997-1999)
  A new histocompatible and antibacterial dental material for infected pulps and its clinical application.
• HOSHINO Etsuro
  JSPS 1998 (JSPS-NRCT Joint program)
  LSTR in rural areas. February 18-26, 1999.
• HOSHINO Etsuro
  GADSR Research to germinate (09877342)(1997-1998)
  Immunological mechanism to eliminate foreign bodies by capsulation.
• HOSHINO Etsuro
  JSPS 1998
  Lesion sterilization and tissue repair (LSTR) therapy in endodontic treatment. 1998 FDI, Barcelona, spain.
• IKEDA Tetsuro (Spv. by HOSHINO Etsuro)
  GA-EYS (10922050)(B), 1998
  Growth promoting factors for cuture-difficult oral Gram(+) bacteria in anaerobic infectionous lesions
  
• IWAKU Masaaki, HOSHINO Etsuro, KOTA Kohichi, et al., colaboration with UCSF
  GADSR International Research Project (1996-1998)
  A new histocompatible and biofunctional dental material.
• SATO Michiko (Spv. by HOSHINO Etsuro)
  GA-EYS (‚a) (09922047), 1997
  Classification of so-called Jodococcus which had once been reported in 19 century but left unisolated.
• KOHNO S, HOSHINO Etsuro, HORI R.
  GA-ER (08877290)(1996-1997)
  Lesion sterilization and tissue repair therapy in abutment preparation - attempt to sterilize and leave carious lesions on abutment -
• HOSHINO Etsuro
  JSPS 1996 (JSPS-NRCT Joint program)
  Comparative analysis of oral flora. January 20-27, 1997.
• HORI-SAITO Ritsuko (Spv. by HOSHINO Etsuro)
  GA-EYS (08771778)(A), 1996
  Aging and the related bacterial shifts of oral floral bacteria and changes of anti-infectious functions.
• IKEDA Tetsuro (Spv. by HOSHINO Etsuro)
  GA-EYS (08922044)(B), 1996
  Growth promoting factors for cuture-difficult Eubacterium species
  
• YAMAZAKI Hiroshi (Spv. by HOSHINO Etsuro)
  GA-EYS (08922044)(B), 1996
  Clinical evaluation of LSTR in Pediatric Dentistry
  
• HOSHINO Etsuro, ABE, K., UMEMOTO, T., OHTA, H., TAKAHASHI, N., TUCHIYA, H., FUKUSHIMA, H., MAEDA, N.
  GADSR Research Project (A)(1), (07307018), 1995-1996�F
  Ecological approach to periodontal pocket plaque control.
• HOSHINO Etsuro, SATO Naomi, UEMATSU Hiroyuki
  GADSR Research Project (C)(2),(07457427), 1995-1996
  New culture-difficult oral bacterial species, Eubacterium saphenum and its periodontitis-pathogenic characteristics.
• HOSHINO Etsuro, KOTA Kohichi
  GADSR Research Project (A)(2), (07557113), 1995-1996�F
  Magnetic bead-antibody complex and the application for oral infectious diseases.
• NAKAZAWA Futoshi, HOSHINO Etsuro, YOSHIE Hiromasa
  GADSR Research Project (C)(2), (07807166), 1995-1996
  Genetic identification and immunolocical characterization of new periodontopathogenic Eubacterium species.
• MATSUYAMA Junko (Spv. by HOSHINO Etsuro)
  GADSR (postgraduate fellowship, No. 0143), 1994-1996
  Cariogenicity of sugar substitute in children.
  On induced and selected degradations of sugar-substitutes in children's dental plaque.
• 9 grants in 1995
• 11 grants in 1994

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