TOMANA Mitsuru

College of Bioresource Sciences Department of Marine ScienceAssociate Professor

Research Keyword

  • immune system
  • chondrichthyes
  • vertebrate evolution

Field Of Study

  • Life sciences, Cell biology, Cell biology
  • Life sciences, Immunology, Immunology
  • Life sciences, Evolutionary biology, Evolutionary Biology

Career

  • Apr. 2013 - Present
    Associate professor
  • Apr. 2000 - Mar. 2013
    associate professor, college of bioresource sciences, nihon university
  • Apr. 1992 - Mar. 2000
    research associate, college of bioresource sciences, nihon university

Educational Background

  • 1992
    Kyoto University, Graduate School, Division of Natural Science, Animal science
  • 1986
    Kyoto University, Faculty of Science, Biology

Paper

  • Important issues in the seminar on a science experiment, using elasmobranchs
    Mitsuru Tomana
    日本大学生物資源科学部 教職課程紀要, Sep. 2017, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Co-culture of carp (Cyprinus carpio) kidney haematopoietic cells with feeder cells resulting in long-term proliferation of T-cell lineages
    Katakura F; Takizawa F; Yoshida M; Yamaguchi T; Araki K; Tomana M; Nakao M; Moritomo T; Nakanishi T.
    Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, Sep. 2009, Refereed, Not invited
  • An improved method for separation of leukocytes from peripheral blood of the little skate (Leucoraja erinacea)
    MItsuru Tomana; Angela Parton; David Barnes
    Fish & Shellfish Immunology, May 2008, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Stem cells from cartilaginous and bony fish.
    Barnes DW; Parton A; Tomana M; Hwang JH; Czechanski A; Fan L; Collodi P.
    Methods in Cell Biology, Apr. 2008, Refereed, Not invited
  • Analysis of leucocytes from Leucoraja erinacea by flow cytometry
    Mitsuru Tomana; Angela Parton & David Barnes
    Bulletin of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, 2006, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Characterisation of T cell antigen receptor alpha chain isotypes in the common carp.
    etsuou imai; jun ishikawa; tadaaki moritomo; mitsuru tomana
    Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Sep. 2005, Refereed, Not invited
    Corresponding
  • Characterization of a fourth immunoglobulin light chain isotype in the common carp.
    jun ishikawa; etsuou imai; tadaaki moritomo; miki nakao; tomoki yano; mitsuru tomana
    Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Mar. 2004, Refereed, Not invited
    Corresponding
  • Characterization of immunoglobulin light chain isotypes in the common carp
    mitsuru tomana; jun ishikawa; etsuou imai; tadaaki moritomo; miki nakao; tomoki yano
    Immunogenetics, May 2002, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Isolation of cDNA endoding immunoglobulin light chain from common carp(Cyprinus carpio L).
    mitsuru tomana; miki nakao; tadaaki moritomo; kazuhiro fujiki; tomoki yano
    Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Feb. 1999, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Isolation of cDNA encoding constant region of the immunoglobulim heavy-chain from common carp(Cyprinus carpio L. ).
    mitsuru tomana; miki nakao; tadaaki moritomo; mitsuru tomana; kazuhiro fujiki; tomoki yano
    Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 1998, Refereed, Not invited
  • Characterization of an adhesion molecule on mouse lymphocytes
    soshichi nagao; mitsuru tomana
    Annual Report(1996) Atomic Energy Research Institute of Nihon University, 1996, Not refereed, Not invited
  • Involvement of IL-7 in the development of γδ T cells in the thymus.
    mitsuru tomana; shin ideyama; kazuhiro iwai; junnichi gyotoku; w. t. v. germeraad; shigeru muramatsu; yoshimoto katsura
    Thymus, 1993, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • A Murine Thymic Stromal Cell Line which Supports the Development of CD4+8- Helper T Cells(jointly worked)
    mitsuru tomana; shin ideyama
    Memories of the College of Science University of Kyoto Series B(Biology), 1992, Not refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Neonatal tolerance induction in the thymus to MHC-class II-associated antigens IV. Significance of intrathymic chimerism of blood-born Ia+ cells in Mls tolerance. (jointly worked)
    masamichi hosono; shin ideyama; masafumi kurozumi; muneo inaba; shin ideyama; mitsuru tomana; jun-ichiro gyotoku; yoshimoto katsura; tomohide hosokawa
    Cellular Immunology, 1991, Refereed, Not invited
  • Intrathymic induction of neonatal tolerance to Mls-1a determinant : clonal deletion and clonal anergy by haematolymphoid cells (jointly worked)
    shin ideyama; masamichi hosono; s. imamura; mitsuru tomana; yoshimoto katsura
    Immunology, 1991, Refereed, Not invited
  • Differentiation of T cells on a thymic stromal cell line
    桂 義元、井手山 晋、苫名 充、渡部 良広
    Metabolism, 1990, Not refereed, Not invited

Lectures, oral presentations, etc.

  • To obtain living mottled skates as a model organism constantly
    Mitsuru Tomana
    板鰓類シンポジウム2016, Dec. 2016, Not invited
  • Flow cytometric characterization of Japanese bullhead shark leukocytes
    Naoya Nakamura; Kiyoshi Asahina and Mitsuru Tomana
    板鰓類シンポジウム2014, Dec. 2014, Not invited
  • Flow cytometric characterization of Japanese bullhead and whale shark peripheral blood leukocytes
    Takeshi Misawa; Angela Parton; Makio Yanagisawa; Yoshio Kanou; Kiyoshi Asahina; David W. Barnes
    12th Congress of ISDCI, Jul. 2012, Not invited
  • Characterization of T cell antigen receptor alpha chain isotypes in the common carp.
    Etsuou Imai; Jun Ishikawa; Tadaaki Moritomo; Teruyuki Nakanishi; Mitsuru Tomana
    Sixth International Symposium on Fish Immunology, 2004, Not invited
  • cloning of grass fish IgM H chain gene
    sachi nishio; tadaaki moritomo; mitsuru tomana; yuuki inoue; teruyuki nakanishi
    the japanese society of veterinary science, 2004, Not invited
  • analysis of carp immunoglobulin light chain gene
    jun ishikawa; etsuou imai; tadaaki moritomo; miki nakao; mitsuru tomana
    society of evolutionary studies, japan, 2001, Not invited
  • The complex pattern of VL-CL combination in the three isotypes of carp IgL.
    Mitsuru Tomana; Etsuou Imai; Jun Ishikawa; Tadaaki Moritomo; Miki Nakao
    Evolutionary Genomics Symposium, 2001, Not invited
  • Three isotypes of immunoglobulin light chain constant region in the common carp.
    Mitsuru Tomana; Tadaaki Moritomo; Miki Nakao
    11th International Congress of Immunology, 2001, Not invited
  • cDNA cloning of 3beta-hydoxysteroid dehydrogenase from common tree shrew
    yasuo shinozaki; mitsuru tomana; hideki endou; kuroumaru seidou; junzou yamada; worawut rekamnuaychoke; takao nishida; junpei kimura
    japanese society of zoo and wildlife medicine, 2001, Not invited
  • effect of carp IgM isoform on phagocytosis by neutrophil
    maki shimozono; hitoshi kodama; tadaaki moritomo; miki nakao; tomoki yano; mitsuru tomana; teruyuki nakanishi
    Japanese Society for Bio-Defence Research, 2001, Not invited
  • kinetics of antibody production in aging
    井上 小夜、苫名 充、甲斐 蔵、今井 清
    日本畜産学会, 1997, Not invited
  • immunoglobulin heavy and light chain gene in the common carp
    mitsuru tomana; miki nakao; tadaaki moritomo; kazuhiro fujiki; tomoki yano
    the challenge of lower vertebrates to immunology, 1997, Not invited
  • Analysis of chemokine expression during the evolution of collagen-induced arthritis
    mitsuru tomana; akira wake
    the Japanese Society for Immunology, 1996, Not invited
  • Adhesion Molecule Expression on Red Blood Cells
    mitsuru tomana; yuko sakurai; tamotsu taniguchi; norihiro aida; takashi uji; mari sakurai; akira wake
    japan society for cell biology, 1995, Not invited
  • Detection of Atretic Ovarian Follicles using DNA Nick End Labeling Method
    riya takano; noriko uetani; mitsuru tomana; akira wake; kahei sato
    japan society of Mammalian Ova Research, 1994, Not invited
  • inhibition of lymphoid cell line growth by CS-1 peptide
    mitsuru tomana; hiroshi nishikawa; akira wake
    japan society for cell biology, 1993, Not invited
  • role of Gp107 expression in cell-cell interaction
    tatsuo kina; mitsuru tomana; eiji takayama; shin ideyama; jun-ichiro gyotoku; yoshimoto katsura
    japanese society for immunology, 1991, Not invited
  • role of Gp107 in haematopoiesis
    eiji takayama; mitsuru tomana; jun-ichiro gyotoku; shin ideyama; tatsuo kina; yoshimoto katsura
    japanese society for immunology, 1991, Not invited
  • analyses of binding of fetal thymus-derived lymphoid cell line to molecule secreted by thymus stromal cell line
    mitsuru tomana; eiji takayama; tatsuo kina; yoshimoto katsura
    japanese society for immunology, 1991, Not invited
  • cytokine production by thymus stromal cell line TSt-4
    mitsuru tomana; yoshihiro watanabe; shinji fujimoto; keisuke teshigawara; tetsuo sudou; yoshimoto katsura
    japanese society for immunology, 1990, Not invited
  • stromal cell surface molecule mediating interaction between lymphocyte and stromal cell
    tatsuo kina; mitsuru tomana; jun-ichiro gyotoku; yoshimoto katsura
    japanese society for immunology, 1990, Not invited
  • analyses of the ability of thymus stromal cell line TSt-4 to induce T cell development
    mitsuru tomana; yoshihiro watanabe; tetsuo sudo; osamu matzuda; shin ideyama; jun-ichiro gyotoku; yoshimoto katsura
    japanese society for immunology, 1989, Not invited
  • role of IL-7 in the development of T cell lineage
    yoshihiro watanabe; mitsuru tomana; tetsuo sudo; osamu matzuda; yoshimoto katsura
    japan society for immunology, 1989, Not invited
  • effect of 5-FU on T lineage stem cell
    kouji uozumi; jun-ichiro gyotoku; mitsuru tomana; tatsuo kina; yoshimoto katsura
    japan society for immunology, 1987, Not invited

Affiliated academic society

  • Apr. 2020 - Present
    日本生化学会
  • the molecular biology society of Japan
  • the zoological society of Japan

Research Request Themes

  • elasmobranchs immunity