Hirofumi Kiyokawa M.D., Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine

Postdoctoral Associate (previously held), Center for Regenerative Medicine

670 Albany St | (617) 358-0376
Hirofumi Kiyokawa
Sections

Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine

Education

MD, Kyoto University

Medical Science, PhD

Publications

Published on 10/6/2025

Yabaji SM, Lata S, Tseng AE, Araveti PB, Lo M, Gavrish I, O'Connell AK, Gertje HP, Belkina AC, Thurman CE, Kiyokawa H, Kotton D, Tan S, Endsley JJ, Bishai WR, Crossland N, Kobzik L, Kramnik I. Dysplastic lung repair fosters a tuberculosis-promoting microenvironment through maladaptive macrophage polarization. PLoS Pathog. 2025 Oct; 21(10):e1013563. PMID: 41052208.

Published on 8/1/2025

Kato M, Yamashita M, Kojima S, Tsukui M, Iijima Y, Araki K, Ishida J, Komatsu T, Nakamoto Y, Kawashima A, Konno M, Kiyokawa H, Sato Y, Sakurada T, Maehata T, Yasuda H, Tateishi K. Effectiveness of granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis in patients with ulcerative colitis and 5-aminosalicylate intolerance. Medicine (Baltimore). 2025 Aug 01; 104(31):e43389. PMID: 40760603.

Published on 3/4/2025

Yabaji SM, Lata S, Tseng AE, Araveti PB, Lo M, Gavrish I, O'Connell AK, Gertje HP, Belkina AC, Thurman CE, Kiyokawa H, Kotton D, Tan S, Endsley JJ, Bishai WR, Crossland N, Kobzik L, Kramnik I. Aberrant macrophage activation and maladaptive lung repair promote tuberculosis progression uniquely in the lung. bioRxiv. 2025 Mar 04. PMID: 40093068.

Published on 2/25/2025

Berical AC, Kiyokawa H, Beermann ML, Wallman D, Cherfane G, Dunphy V, Pan J, Tilston-Lunel A, Varelas X, Horani A, Brody SL, Kotton DN, Hawkins FJ. Reply to Huang et al.: Sowing Tailored Seeds: Gene-edited Basal Cells for Precision Regulation of Airway Phenotypes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Feb 25; 211(5):884. PMID: 39999444.

Published on 11/8/2024

Berical AC, Kiyokawa H, Beermann ML, Wallman D, Cherfane G, Dunphy V, Pan J, Tilston-Lunel A, Varelas X, Horani A, Brody SL, Kotton DN, Hawkins FJ. Airway Disease Modeling with Gene-edited Human Basal Cell Transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Nov 08; 211(1):131-4. PMID: 39514838.

Published on 8/24/2023

Ma L, Thapa BR, Le Suer JA, Tilston-Lünel A, Herriges MJ, Berical A, Beermann ML, Wang F, Bawa PS, Kohn A, Ysasi AB, Kiyokawa H, Matte TM, Randell SH, Varelas X, Hawkins FJ, Kotton DN. Airway stem cell reconstitution by the transplantation of primary or pluripotent stem cell-derived basal cells. Cell Stem Cell. 2023 Sep 07; 30(9):1199-1216.e7. PMID: 37625411.

Published on 8/10/2022

Nakatsubo D, Maeda Y, Hosokawa K, Kawada S, Okamoto M, Shimagami H, Tada T, Kiyokawa H, Sato K, Tahara S, Morii E, Narazaki M, Kumanogoh A. A case of relapsing polychondritis localized to the laryngeal cartilage in which FDG-PET/CT was helpful for diagnosis. Scand J Rheumatol. 2023 Jan; 52(1):102-104. PMID: 35946909.

Published on 9/7/2021

Kiyokawa H, Hoshino Y, Sakaguchi K, Muro S, Yodoi J. Redox Regulation in Aging Lungs and Therapeutic Implications of Antioxidants in COPD. Antioxidants (Basel). 2021 Sep 07; 10(9). PMID: 34573061.

Published on 6/14/2021

Kiyokawa H, Yamaoka A, Matsuoka C, Tokuhara T, Abe T, Morimoto M. Airway basal stem cells reutilize the embryonic proliferation regulator, Tgfß-Id2 axis, for tissue regeneration. Dev Cell. 2021 Jul 12; 56(13):1917-1929.e9. PMID: 34129836.

Published on 5/6/2021

Kiyokawa H, Morimoto M. Molecular crosstalk in tracheal development and its recurrence in adult tissue regeneration. Dev Dyn. 2021 Nov; 250(11):1552-1567. PMID: 33840142.

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