Takaki Ishikawa
chair and professor, Osaka City University, Osaka · Japan
Editorial leadership for Journal of Advanced Forensic Sciences ISSN 2692-5915
Research interests
- Legal Medicine
- Forensic Science
Biography
Takaki Ishikawa is chair and professor at Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan, where he specializes in legal medicine and forensic science with particular expertise in forensic pathology and toxicology. He has participated in medico-legal examination of approximately 4,000 cases, including natural deaths involving endocrine metabolic diseases, traffic accidents, assaults, sexual abuse, child abuse, and other forensic matters. His current research focuses on forensic endocrinology and pathological evaluation of various stress responses, exemplified by his most-cited publication, "Cortisol levels after cold exposure are independent of adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation" (2020), which has been cited 22 times. Professor Ishikawa's work encompasses exhumation of remains, collection of trace materials in clinical cases and autopsies, and he serves as an editorial board member of numerous international forensic, legal medicine, and clinical journals.
Selected publications
- Cortisol levels after cold exposure are independent of adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation 2020 cited 22×
- Soluble Receptor for Glycation End-products Concentration Increases Following the Treatment of Severe Diabetic Ketoacidosis 2020 cited 5×
- Genotyping of the c.1423C>T (p.P475S) polymorphism in the ADAMTS13 gene by APLP and HRM assays: Northeastern Asian origin of the mutant 2016 cited 4×
- Association between serum catecholamine levels and VNTR polymorphism in the promoter region of the monoamine oxidase A gene in forensic autopsy cases 2024 cited 1×
- Cortisol levels after cold exposure are independent of adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation 2019
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