Kenkichi Baba, Ph.D. Pharmacology & Toxicology bkenkichi@msm.edu 404-756-8978 Research Wing 303 GRADUATE: 

Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy



Jacksonville State University

Degree: Master of Science 





UNDERGRADUATE:    

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Degree: Bachelor of Arts

• Circadian biology
• Ocular physiology
• Melatonin/melatonin receptor
• Neural degeneration 

• Baba K, Suen TC, Goyal V, Stowie A, Davidson A, DeBruyne J, Tosini G. The circadian clock mediates the response to oxidative stress in a cone photoreceptor‒like (661W) cell line via regulation of glutathione peroxidase activity. F1000Res. 2022 Sep 20;11:1072. PubMed PMID: 36405557
• Baba K, Piano I, Lyuboslavsky P, Chrenek MA, Sellers JT, Zhang S, Gargini C, He L, Tosini G, Iuvone PM. Removal of clock gene Bmal1 from the retina affects retinal development and accelerates cone photoreceptor degeneration during aging. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Dec 18;115(51):13099-13104. PubMed PMID: 30498030.
• Baba, K., Pozdeyev, N., Mazzoni, F., Contreras-Alcantara, S., Liu, C., et al., 2009. Melatonin modulates visual function and cell viability in the mouse retina via the MT1 melatonin receptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 106: 15043-15048. PMCID: 2736407
• Baba K., Benleulmi-Chaachoua, A., Journe, A.S., Kamal, M., Guillaume J.L., et al., 2013. Heteromeric MT1/MT2 Melatonin receptor modulate photoreceptor function. Sci. Signal. 6: ra89. PMCID: 3867265
• Baba K., Davidson A.J., Tosini G., 2015. Melatonin Entrains PER2::LUC Bioluminescence Circadian Rhythm in the Mouse Cornea. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 56: 4753-8. PMCID: PMC4516012
• Baba K., DeBruyne J.P., Tosini G., 2017. Dopamine 2 Receptor Activation Entrains Circadian Clocks in Mouse Retinal Pigment Epithelium. Sci Rep 7:5103. PMCID: PMC5505969
• Baba K., Piano I., Lyuboslavsky P., Chrenek M.A., Sellers J.T., et al., 2018. Removal of clock gene Bmal1 from the retina affects retinal development and accelerates cone photoreceptor degeneration during aging. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 115:13099-13104. PMID: 30498030

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